Nami Clackamas

Community outerach and presentations provides a structure for educating the public, reducing stigma and discrimination. Public awareness events and activities including mental illness awareness week and nami-walks, successfully fight stigma and encourage understanding. Nami works with service organizations, the faith community, businesses, schools and with other members of the community on a daily basis to make sure they understand how important mental health is.

Support groups are free, drop in, peer-led groups for adults living with mental illness and those who love and care about them. Participants gain insight from hearing the challenges and successes of others. Groups are led by nami-trained facilitators who have experiences similar to those who are attending.

Peer resource connection services (perc) pairs a person affected by mental illness with another trained individual with experience in mental illness to work one-on-one to identify community resources, apply for programs that they may qualify for including reduced and free medications, and offer the support and insight of a person who has similar life experiences.

Organization is committed to improving the quality of life of those afflicted with mental illness.