Friday, January 16, 2015

Important Announcements - NAMI California 1-16-2015



Hello all.  Several items to announce this time.
·        Directing Change needs judges for their event.  Deadline is Feb. 1st.  For information about Directing Change please see the NAMI CA website www.namica.org  or contact Lauren@namca.org
·        Grants are now available for Peer and Family Programs.  The deadline is February 2.  This time the Family programs MOU grants are primarily for affiliates interested in holding a regional training, that is where you would invite local affiliates to participate.  The Peer grants can be a single affiliate or preferably a regional one, as there seems to be a great need for Connection trainings.  One stipulation is that a full or at least partial roster of candidates needs to be provided with the application.  Please see attached.  Applications will begin to be reviewed after Feb. 2nd. 
·        Peer to Peer in Fairfield is not yet full, so please continue sending applications for that training.  The new deadline is January 30th
·        The newly announced Family to Family training in Chico is also still accepting applications.  The support group training in Chico is full, but please let me know if you have interested people as I may be able to introduce another training in June depending on where the need is.  The Family to Family and Family Support Group trainings in San Diego still has room for participants.
·        Please remember the Persona a Persona training which is scheduled for March 27th in Ontario.  Do you have any Spanish -speaking candidates who would like to become Mentors?  We look forward to their applications!
·        A full time position for a Family and Peer coordinator is available here at NAMI California.  Please see attached job description.  The application process is being handled by HR.  Please defer all questions to them.  Thank you.
·        Lastly, I wish to announce my promotion to a newly-created Family and Peer Programs Supervisor position.  As some of you know I have been handling both departments since Stephenie left last fall.  I (impatiently) await an assistant to help me as we roll out these trainings. 
·        Please check the http://namifamilyprograms.blogspot.com for information on all these announcements.  Whenever I send out a blast, I post it on that website.  Another great source of training information is the Weekly Report.  Sign up for that and the monthly newsletter by simply emailing newsletter@namica.org
·        Please also remember that you can utilize the Affiliate Login website on www.NAMICA.org  if you have the password.  Affiliate leaders have been provided their affiliate’s password and with it you can download applications for the different programs and access other resources as well.  Thanks!

There is additional information in the next email regarding NAMI National and their data system – NAMI 360.

Have a nice weekend. And thank you for your faithful volunteerism!!

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