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Provides support to individuals affected by mental illness, education on mental health topics, and advocating for mental health awareness and resource withing the community. NAMI Peer-to-Peer: An 8-session course for adults living with mental illness, whether diagnosed or undiagnosed.

NAMI Family-to-Family: An 8-session course for family members, significant others, and friends of adults living with mental illness.

NAMI Basics: A 6-session educational program for parents and caregivers of children and teens experiencing symptoms of mental illness or who have received a diagnosis.

NAMI Support Groups: Weekly peer-led groups for adults living with mental illness, as well as for family members and caregivers seeking support.

NAMI Educational Courses: Offers 3-4 times annually for individuals living with mental illness and for those who support them. 

Public Presentations- NAMI Ending the Silence: Designed for junior high and high school audiences.

NAMI In Our Own Voice: Intended for the general public, featuring personal stories of recovery shared by individuals living with mental illness.

Wellness and Recovery Drop-in Center is located on Ames, provides a welcoming, peer-led, and stigma-free environment for support and connection.

Offers a community center for adults experiencing mental illness, including substance use disorder. Provides a fun, uplifting wellness center staffed by Peer Support Specialists (PSS's). Peer Support Specialists are persons with lived experience of mental illness(es) and Recovery from that/those illness(es). 

Offers a day program where people battling different mental illnesses can socialize and gather in a safe environment.

Members make their own event and lunch calendars each month, cook lunches on a daily basis and help keep the clubhouse clean by signing up for tasks. There are weekly groups and daily activities, monthly out of town or in town outings that may include going out to eat, to a movie, seeing a sporting event or whatever else members decide to do that month.

The program provides access to two in-house support staff and a peer support specialist who offer assistance with finding housing, obtaining medical benefits, and connecting clients to additional services or resources. Support also includes help with obtaining, completing, and filing official forms, certificates, and documents required to apply for benefits or services, as well as guidance in acquiring copies of official documents or understanding legal documentation.

Provides walk-in/referral crisis respite services for individuals who are currently experiencing a mild-moderate behavioral health crisis.

Offers support to adults aged 18 and older with severe and persistent mental disorders to help them maintain and enhance their adjustment and acceptance within the community. Services are tailored to each individual's capacity and may include structured opportunities for personal and social development, daily living skills instruction, basic education, recreational and social activities, coordination exercises, and other developmental support. These programs aim to foster functional skills necessary for community involvement, self-advocacy, self-care, and, where possible, employment.

Offers people experiencing a mental health episode an alternative to hospitalization. Services include crisis support, stress relief, coping skills training,  and community resource referrals.

A non-clinical, membership drop-in-center.

Advocates for consumers in the areas of mental health services, housing, financial issues, substance abuse, and medical issues. These services are offered through local support agencies.

Offers a pscyho-social environment with access to computers, TV, a pool table, newspapers, a telephone, and limited food services.

Offers crisis services for those experiencing mental health crises, such as suicidal thoughts, panic attacks, and acute psychosis; substance use crises, such as overdoses and withdrawal symptoms; and everyday issues such as relationship challenges, financial challenges, job loss, and grief and loss.

Services include:

- Pathways to Success: Provides access to intensive care coordination and additional home- and community-based services for youth ages 20 and younger with complex behavioral health needs.

- The Living Room: Offers a safe, quiet space where people experiencing emotional distress can find respite staffed by Certified Recovery Support Specialists who offer peer support. Designed as an alternative safe space for clients who might otherwise use emergency department services for mental health needs.

- Mobile Crisis Response: Clinicians respond to calls through the CARES Line and the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline when there is immediate need for support with the goal of stabilizing children and adults in community settings or determining the appropriate referral.

- Crisis Co-Response Team (CCRT): Teams that pair clinicians with police departments and law enforcement to provide crisis support and follow-up behavioral healthcare for individuals involved with 911 and emergency response calls.

Offers crisis services for those experiencing mental health crises, such as suicidal thoughts, panic attacks, and acute psychosis; substance use crises, such as overdoses and withdrawal symptoms; and everyday issues such as relationship challenges, financial challenges, job loss, and grief and loss.

Services include:

- Pathways to Success: Provides access to intensive care coordination and additional home- and community-based services for youth ages 20 and younger with complex behavioral health needs.

- The Living Room: Offers a safe, quiet space where people experiencing emotional distress can find respite staffed by Certified Recovery Support Specialists who offer peer support. Designed as an alternative safe space for clients who might otherwise use emergency department services for mental health needs.

- Mobile Crisis Response: Clinicians respond to calls through the CARES Line and the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline when there is immediate need for support with the goal of stabilizing children and adults in community settings or determining the appropriate referral.

- Crisis Co-Response Team (CCRT): Teams that pair clinicians with police departments and law enforcement to provide crisis support and follow-up behavioral healthcare for individuals involved with 911 and emergency response calls.

Offers immediate crisis and mental health support in an alternative, calmer environment than Emergency Departments. Peer recovery support specialists, including those with lived addiction recovery experience, assist distressed and overwhelmed individuals in a comfortable setting without using more intensive intervention.

Offers crisis services for those experiencing mental health crises, such as suicidal thoughts, panic attacks, and acute psychosis; substance use crises, such as overdoses and withdrawal symptoms; and everyday issues such as relationship challenges, financial challenges, job loss, and grief and loss.

Services include:

- Pathways to Success: Provides access to intensive care coordination and additional home- and community-based services for youth ages 20 and younger with complex behavioral health needs.

- The Living Room: Offers a safe, quiet space where people experiencing emotional distress can find respite staffed by Certified Recovery Support Specialists who offer peer support. Designed as an alternative safe space for clients who might otherwise use emergency department services for mental health needs.

- Mobile Crisis Response: Clinicians respond to calls through the CARES Line and the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline when there is immediate need for support with the goal of stabilizing children and adults in community settings or determining the appropriate referral.

- Crisis Co-Response Team (CCRT): Teams that pair clinicians with police departments and law enforcement to provide crisis support and follow-up behavioral healthcare for individuals involved with 911 and emergency response calls.

Offers a safe space for individuals experiencing emotional stress or overwhelming symptoms due to live circumstances.

Service may include, emotional support groups, assistance in applying for Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, housing applications, and Social Security and a safe place to enjoy a snack, watch TV, make art, or play a game.

Offers crisis services for those experiencing mental health crises, such as suicidal thoughts, panic attacks, and acute psychosis; substance use crises, such as overdoses and withdrawal symptoms; and everyday issues such as relationship challenges, financial challenges, job loss, and grief and loss.

Services include:

- Pathways to Success: Provides access to intensive care coordination and additional home- and community-based services for youth ages 20 and younger with complex behavioral health needs.

- The Living Room: Offers a safe, quiet space where people experiencing emotional distress can find respite staffed by Certified Recovery Support Specialists who offer peer support. Designed as an alternative safe space for clients who might otherwise use emergency department services for mental health needs.

- Mobile Crisis Response: Clinicians respond to calls through the CARES Line and the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline when there is immediate need for support with the goal of stabilizing children and adults in community settings or determining the appropriate referral.

- Crisis Co-Response Team (CCRT): Teams that pair clinicians with police departments and law enforcement to provide crisis support and follow-up behavioral healthcare for individuals involved with 911 and emergency response calls.

Offers a range of services, including:

-- Behavioral health assessment and treatment planning.

-- Individual therapy.

-- Family/marital/couples therapy.

-- Divorce mediation.

-- Divorce transition assistance for parents and children.

-- Group therapy.

-- Psychological assessment.

-- Crisis services.

-- Substance abuse prevention and education.

-- Pet therapy.

-- Home visiting program for children who are exhibiting behavior health concerns.

-- Outpatient behavioral health care.

-- Parenting education.

-- Psychiatry services.

Telehealth appointments are available.

Connections provides comprehensive support services aimed at fostering coping, problem-solving, and self-management for individuals with diagnosed mental illnesses. The center offers morning refreshments, including coffee and doughnuts, as well as a midday meal. The program emphasizes daily living skills, recreational and social activities, and developmental support to help participants enhance functional skills for community involvement, self-advocacy, and self-care.

Activity rooms are available for recreational and social engagement or relaxation, providing opportunities for personal and social development in a structured environment. 

Connections also maintains a donation room stocked with clothing, shoes, coats, gloves, and other essentials, updated frequently to meet client needs. Staff members assist with housing searches, accessing medical benefits, and connecting clients to additional services and resources. 

Provides groups that help enhance skills for socialization, connections, communication, support, wellness tools, resources, and provides a safe space that is non-judgmental and welcoming.

Drop In is run by individuals with lived experience in mental health recovery.

Drop-in center for people who are experiencing mental health and/or substance use challenges. The Peer Center is run by staff who have lived experience and a passion for supporting others in their recovery journey. It serves as a safe place to build friendships and receive support while identifying and pursuing individual goals for wellness and recovery.

Offers:

- Support and fellowship

- Educational groups

- Resource information

- Games, activities, art and music

- InShape programming