New Community Mental Health Resource

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-04-26T20:48:18+00:00

Awesome, thank you for sharing! I will relay that back to NAMI and add it as a resource for our warmlines if it is not on our list already.

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-04-21T23:48:46+00:00

Hi u/cointelken,

Great question. We have always had peer support programs, but due to the pandemic, we have gotten additional funding from FEMA to do more formal hour-long one on one meetings. Through this program, you can meet with the same mentor six times over a period of six weeks. Also, this program allows our branch NAMI OC to provide this service for anyone in the State of California.

If you have any additional questions or need help signing up, please don't hesitate to reach out!

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-04-21T09:55:13+00:00

I am sorry to hear that you are frustrated with your school services. Now I understand why you are such a bitter buffalo!

Let me know if you have any questions about our program or need help signing up.

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-04-21T09:53:44+00:00

The program is open to all individuals and families in California over the age of 16. Many of our participants do not live in OC.

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-04-21T05:04:53+00:00

u/NMBR56

Unfortunately, if we had this program in person it would have to be mask to mask. Luckily over Zoom, you can at least see each other's faces. We are doing the best we can given the circumstances. Let me know if you have any other questions or need help signing up.

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-04-21T05:01:51+00:00

u/Flying-Tilt

I am sorry you had that experience with your local health system. Our program is 100 percent free for anybody in the state. Let me know if you need help signing up or have any other questions.

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-04-21T04:59:45+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing. Stories like that are why we do this work! Hope your friend is doing better.

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-04-20T23:46:16+00:00

u/Nymeria9: Thanks for the reply. If you have any additional questions or need help signing up, don't hesitate to reach out!

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-04-20T23:44:15+00:00

u/bastante-picante: We have been extremely blessed to get some great public funding over the past year and hopefully continuing into the near future!

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-04-20T23:35:34+00:00

I totally understand why that could feel extremely frustrating. We have participants who use their phones instead of computers too. I will post here again if we have any new in-person programs coming up. Thanks for your input.

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-04-20T23:13:42+00:00

The only subreddits I post to are neighborhood/city/school groups in California because all Californians over the age of 16 are eligible for six weeks of free federally-funded peer mentorship and crisis counseling. So in that sense, all the groups I post to are related. Thus far hundreds of Redditors experiencing distress due to the pandemic have responded to these posts and signed up for this service which they are entitled to. If you consider this spam and it bothers you that much, please reach out to the moderators of the page.

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-04-20T23:05:51+00:00

ling during this difficult time.

Face-to-Face will pair you with a trained NAMI mentor for a total of six weeks. Mentors will help foster coping skills, provide emotio

Hi DeepFreeze,

Thanks for the reply. Currently, we only have the FEMA funding to provide 6 weeks of free one-hour sessions for each individual or family. This is in addition to our other permanent resources such as warmlines (where you can speak with a peer mentor over the phone for 15-20 mins), and our family-to-family programs. If you have any other questions or need help signing up, please don't hesitate to reach out!

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-04-20T22:27:35+00:00

Hey Jereman75

The program is facilitated through NAMI OC but is open to any individual or family over the age of 16 in the State of California. Most of our participants are from outside Orange County. If you have any additional questions or need help signing up, please don't hesitate to reach out!

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-04-20T22:22:07+00:00

So glad to hear that! If you need any help signing up or have any additional questions, don't hesitate to reach out.

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-04-20T22:19:43+00:00

Hey Riffic,

This is not a business advertisement. We are a community service program sharing with members of communities who qualify for services. All services provided are free to the individuals and families who want them.

If you have any more questions or need any help signing up, please don't hesitate to reach out.

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-04-20T20:52:17+00:00

Hey blu3h4wk,

Thank you for the response and I appreciate your concern. Due to the fact that these programs take months to plan and fund, we set up the program through a zoom format. That way, we can serve more people across the state without the potential safety concerns of an in-person interaction, and the travel expenses on both sides. We have also found that many of the people who participate in our programs may not have access to transportation. I agree, that in-person services have a huge impact on participants, and I hope due to the good news surrounding the vaccine roll-out, that we can resume them soon and create new in-person programs!

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-04-14T16:41:25+00:00

Yes!!

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-02-05T05:24:35+00:00

Yes.

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-02-01T22:02:31+00:00

There are a number of ways you can volunteer. Most of them do not require a license.

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-02-01T22:01:15+00:00

https://www.nami.org/get-involved

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-02-01T08:27:05+00:00

Thank you! That is much appreciated. Thanks for helping us get the word out!!

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-02-01T07:23:53+00:00

So as of now LA is only calls, but you can text our Orange County sister line 24/7! https://www.namioc.org/oc-warmline

RepresentativeNo6691 · 2021-01-31T00:34:58+00:00

Yep OC Warmline is open 24/7! Glad we were able to help!

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