"Chicago's Voice on Mental Illness"

Chicago, IL, USA
female, age 30
single
Speaks: polish, english and spanish
Joined Jul 9, 2008

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The mission of NAMI-GC, The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Greater Chicago is to provide hope and improve the quality of life for those in the greater Chicago area whose lives are affected by serious mental illness.

Our programs and services include:

• an Information and Referral hot line which receives more that 5,000 calls annually for assistance in dealing with serious mental illness;
• Informational Publications on all aspects of mental illnesses, including a Resource Card which is a wallet-sized guide to key services in Chicago and Baby Blues brochures which are distributed to providers throughout the Chicago area;
• family and patient Support Group Meetings in our office as well as at many sites throughout greater Chicago;
• an excellent, up-to-date Lending Library, a recently expanded Job Readiness Program for mental health consumers who are looking to return to employment;
• a Brown Bag Gift Program which delivers cards and gifts to mentally ill residents of Intermediate Care Facilities;
• Educational Meetings and Programs for members and the public including a Speaker’s Bureau, the 12 week Family to Family Education Course, and an 8 week educational course designed by consumers for consumers entitled Pathways to Recovery