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Webinar Attendees Tips and Partnerships

Webinar Attendees Tips and Partnerships. NAMI Indianapolis/VA F2F Project – Nov. 10, 2010 NAMI Georgia/VA F2F Project – Nov. 29, 2010 Front Line Project – Dec. 7, 2010. Outreach Tip Kathleen Fitzsimmons NAMI Sussex Co., NJ.

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Webinar Attendees Tips and Partnerships

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  1. Webinar Attendees Tips and Partnerships NAMI Indianapolis/VA F2F Project – Nov. 10, 2010 NAMI Georgia/VA F2F Project – Nov. 29, 2010 Front Line Project – Dec. 7, 2010

  2. Outreach TipKathleen FitzsimmonsNAMI Sussex Co., NJ • Check out a fantastic Web site that you can use to get the word out to families of veterans: www.veterancaregiver.com

  3. Outreach TipsNAMI Kern Co, CAPatrice Maniaci, VP & Peer Coordinator • We have a monthly meeting which includes our VA contacts; this creates a good relationship with the clinical staff. We presented NAMI at our local CBOC all staff meeting with 50 in attendance. • Our Readiness Center has all of our brochures that they pass out as our troops come home. • We are in the process of our 3rd class at our local CBOC in Bakersfield, CA.

  4. Outreach TipNAMI Metro New York City • See how we are promoting our next F2F/VA class on Facebook. http://tinyurl.com/2dd4ce3

  5. More Helpful Tips… • We will be doing information nights for veterans’ families to explain the class, help them understand symptoms, etc. – a short primer on what to look out for. This will be a lead in to F2F enrollment. Teddie Pierce, CA • To get more people involved, include on promotional materials the testimonials from students from the class 12 evaluations, i.e., what they write in the “any other comments” questions. It’s all anonymous, so there is no problem in publishing the testimonials. Francine Harbour, F2F teacher/trainer, AK

  6. More Helpful Tips… • Have you connected with Yellow Ribbon support centers which support deployed service members? Amy Foley,

  7. Outreach TipsBeth Barry, Local Recovery CoordinatorMadison VA • Since we’re doing much of the advertising for F2F through the veteran who has the mental illness we’re hoping to find some good quotes from the person with the mental illness. This message would be one of the first things seen by the veteran when receiving the literature. These quotes would be the different ways they’ve personally benefited from the class, such as “My spouse really ‘gets it”.

  8. Outreach TipSarah EisenmanNAMI Virginia • We got our free handbooks for family and friends of service members in the mail today from PBS’s This Emotional Life and they are great! I am going to ship some to all of our affiliates as an enticement tool for outreach with the OBOCs in their communities. http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/campaign/helping-military-families

  9. More Helpful Tips… Contact the National Federation of Woman’s Clubs who sponsor one illness every two years. The NJ Woman’s Club almost chose NAMI this past year. We came in second but if NAMI joins with the VA, we think we could win this volunteer sponsorship two years from now! Kathleen Fitzsimmons, NJ

  10. Where have F2F/VA Partnerships Occurred? • At the end of the first 3-year F2F/VA MOU project, 46 out of the 49 NAMI F2F program states had held one class at a VA hospital.

  11. Successful F2F/VA Partnership • The Alaska VA and NAMI have a very positive relationship. Last spring, had a great class in Anchorage at the local VA domiciliary that had about half vet-related people and half community members. We are signing up prospective students for the class that will start in Feb. 2011. Francine Harbour, F2F teacher/trainer, AK

  12. Successful F2F/VA Partnership • The San Francisco VA Medical Center has run 2 F2F classes as of this date. Michael Drexler, Ph.D., the point of contact and the Local Recovery Coordinator

  13. Successful F2F/VA Partnership • Our coordinator, Dr. E. Alice Van Ormer, at the Bedford Veterans Hospital in Bedford, MA, was fantastic as our partner in starting the first class. We hope to have another class there next year. V. Jane Fadden, F2F teacher, MA

  14. Successful F2F/VA Partnerships • NAMI NC has F2F going at VA sites in Durham, Fayetteville, Jacksonville, Asheville and Salisbury. We do lots of advertising in the VA and local newspapers. Brenda Piper, Education Director, NAMI NC

  15. Successful F2F/VA Partnerships • In Virginia, we have been successful in bringing F2F into two of our three statewide VA’s. We are currently conducting second classes at each location. Our next big interest is to outreach to the Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC’s). Sarah Eisenman, Education Director, NAMI VA

  16. NAMI Veterans Resource Center Welcome NAMI is proud to provide resources for everyone touched by military service, i.e., the people who are currently serving, those who have served and their families. They face unique stressors and need mental health information and treatment tailored to their needs. The mental health challenges faced by veterans, active-duty troops and their families include stigma, access to quality health information and innovative new treatments which are on the minds of military families and the rest of NAMI’s families. Visit the site today: www.nami.org/veterans

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