Provides education programs for middle and high schoolers about mental illnesses and warning signs. In our own voice program services provide personal perspective of mental health conditions. Family to family program offers a 12-week course for family caregivers of individuals with severe mental illnesses and education with various subjects such as mental illnesses, addictive disorders, medications, side effects, and strategies for medication adherence.

Counselors are present at various locations around the community. Visit website for a current listing.

Crisis intervention for individuals who are experiencing a personal or family crisis.

Professional consultation offers guidance to parents or other family caretakers, and church clergy or their staff seeking solutions for those in need.

Assessment, individual and family therapy counseling to address social, emotional, behavioral, or mental health issues.

Marital and family counseling to promote understanding, communication, cooperation, and joint resolution of problem issues.

Educational programs enhance awareness of mental health issues, increase informed choices and actions, prevent problems, increase community support, and initiate positive change.

Offers an 8-hour course that teaches how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. The training provides the skills needed to reach out and provide initial help and support to someone who may be developing and mental health or substance use problem or experiencing a crisis.

Also offers a course designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Topics include depression, anxiety, and eating disorders.

Provides mental health and psychiatry services to those in need. Services include counseling, medication management, and mental health case management.

Provides leadership to ensure the prevention and treatment of mental illness, developmental disabilities, substance abuse, and traumatic brain injury by identifying, planning, coordinating, fostering development, and contracting for quality services for all citizens. Responsibilities include allocating county funds designated for mental health services and providing community education programming.

Crisis team (Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor) provide mobile crisis response.

- On-site counseling.

- Mental health evaluation.

- Assess the need for psychiatric hospitalization.

Provides an advocacy group for persons with mental health concerns and has support groups statewide. It strives to raise public awareness and concern about mental illness, to foster research, to improve treatment and to upgrade the care delivery system.

NAMI locations offer a variety of support groups and educational programs for those with mental health concerns their family and friends. Visit the website or call to get more information about support groups available and other mental health resources available.

Provides mental health and psychiatry services to those in need. Services include counseling, medication management, and mental health case management.

Offers substance use disorder treatment options and services for youth and adults, including: family education, case management, individual and group counseling, DUI evaluation and education, inpatient and outpatient treatment, and treatment for co-occurring mental health disorders.

Offers to prepare youth to make healthy choices through prevention and education programs relating to substance use, adolescent pregnancy, and suicide prevention. These services provide early awareness, intervention, and out-of-classroom support to give youth the tools they need to stay on the right path.

Programs include:

Substance Use Prevention

Smoking and or vaping cessation

Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

Suicide Prevention

Youth Violence Prevention

Juvenile Delinquency Prevention

Human Trafficking Prevention

Crisis team (Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor) provide mobile crisis response.

- On-site counseling.

- Mental health evaluation.

- Assess the need for psychiatric hospitalization.

Crisis team (Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor) provide mobile crisis response.

- On-site counseling.

- Mental health evaluation.

- Assess the need for psychiatric hospitalization.

Organization dedicated to bringing hope and support to those affected by suicide by raising awareness, funding scientific research, and providing resources and aid to those affected by it.

Professional Partner program serves children, adolescents, and young adults who have serious emotional disorders and their families; provides intensive therapeutic case management program tailored to meet the needs of each youth and family.

Emergency Community Support program provides follow-up, continuity, and coordination services for individuals who have been admitted to emergency or civil protective custody.

Regional Housing Coordination provides rental assistance for adults who are low income and experience a serious mental illness to obtain safe housing at an affordable cost; must have referral from a community support worker or other behavioral health worker.

Regional Consumer Specialist (RCS) serves as an advocate and liaison to consumers of behavioral health services, including consumers of services which are designed to lead toward wellness and recovery from mental illness, substance abuse, or problem gambling; the RCS is available to consumers of all ages, their families and support system, throughout Region 3's geographic area.

Training related to Suicide Prevention, Suicide Postvention, Mental Health First Aid, Psychological First Aid, Trauma-Informed Care, Compassion Fatigue, Coping Through COVID, Calmer Classrooms: Working with Traumatized Youth, Psychological First Aid, Effective Strategies for Children with Developmental Trauma, Resilience for the Responders: Creative Tools for Compassion Fatigue & Secondary Trauma for Disaster Relief Workers, Introduction to Mindfulness Skills, Helping Adults Coping with Grief.

Disaster Behavioral Health Outreach, Counseling and Training for flood impacted counties (Buffalo, Custer, Hall and Howard) and for individuals impacted by COVID 19 for all 22 counties in Region 3.

Community groups, agencies, families, and individuals may request educational information, use mental health resources, and seek service consultation to aid in planning, designing, coordinating, or improving programs and services. These help prevent the need for more intensive services, increase awareness for and the advantages of early intervention, and increase the quality of mental health in the community.

Works to promote mental health, prevent mental illnesses, and improve care and treatment for persons suffering from mental and emotional disorders.

The website offers an online screening tool for different mental health conditions. Online information can help people search for support groups, psychiatrists, affordable psychiatric medications, education on mental illness, and resources on legal matters related to persons with mental illnesses.

Free 8-session class taught by trained NAMI members. The Family to Family curriculum focuses on:

- Schizophrenia.

- Bipolar disorder (manic depression).

- Clinical depression.

- Panic disorder.

- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

The course discusses the clinical treatment of these illnesses and teaches the knowledge and skills that family members need to cope more effectively. Classes are offered twice a year.

NAMI Champaign County also provides monthly educational presentations and can provide an in-service for teachers and staff to help identify the symptoms of mental illness in children.