NAMI Family and Peer Programs

Going forward this blog will permanently be used for both Family and Peer Programs news.

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. 1^st.  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. 2^nd. 

·        Peer to Peer in Fairfield is not yet full, so please continue sending applications for that training.  The new deadline is January 30^th

·        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 27^th 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!!

2015 Manual updates - Family and Peer Programs

Hello all.  Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!  Thank you for all your hard work in 2014! 

No new updates for Peer to Peer, Family to Family and Basics this year except for a couple of changes in the policies and the code of conduct.  Please see below.  Would you please kindly share this information with all your teachers?  Thank you. 

This is a copy of the Announcement from NAMI National:

New manuals effective January 1, 2015: the following programs have new manuals with substantial updates from previous versions. You may use up any existing 2014 inventory before transitioning to the 2015 version. There will be no changes to these manuals again until January 2017, at the earliest.

·     NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group

·     NAMI Family Support Group

·     NAMI Homefront

·     NAMI Parents & Teachers as Allies

The 2014 manuals remain current for the following programs. There will be no new versions of these manuals until January 2016, at the earliest. You will need to replace the policy documents as described below.

·     NAMI Basics/Bases y Fundamentos de NAMI

·     NAMI Ending the Silence

·     NAMI Family-to-Family/De Familia a Familia de NAMI

·     NAMI In Our Own Voice

·     NAMI Peer-to-Peer

·     NAMI Provider Education

Other Resource Updates

The 2014 NAMI Signature Program Operating Policies and NAMI Signature Program Code of Conduct have both been revised. Copies of the 2015 document must be provided to all NAMI program trainers, teachers, mentors, facilitators and presenters along with instructions to replace the version in their 2014 manuals and on resource tables in support groups. Changes/updates include:

2015 NAMI Signature Program Operating Policies

·     Removed recommendations for stipends/contractual fees for all program leaders. Revised language on contracting with state trainers.

·     New section to address non- and de-certification of program leaders.

·     Added requirement of written approval from NAMI for all research conducted on NAMI signature programs.

2015 NAMI Signature Program Code of Conduct

·     Added language regarding the importance of not promoting and endorsing beliefs, groups and businesses.

Important Resources for Program Leaders

This is a new document for program leaders for each of the manuals that can be downloaded from the Edu Help Desk www.nami.org/eduhelpdesk

Latino Networking Group Time-Sensitive Survey

Latino Networking Group Announcement:  
For English translation, you may wish to use a website translator, such as Google translator.   I'm asking NAMI National if they will consider providing an English translation for their Spanish announcements as some affiliates have asked for it. 

Estimado(a) líder,

La conferencia telefónica programada para el día 4 de diciembre del 2014 a las 3 p.m. hora del este ha sido cancelada.

En su lugar usted recibirá una encuesta donde tendrá la oportunidad de hacer una evaluación sobre el funcionamiento del Latino Networking Group. Usted contestará preguntas tales como: Qué temas han sido interesantes y útiles para usted, qué temas no han sido de gran utilidad y qué le gustaría que se hablara en el grupo (asuntos, estrategias, organización de la llamada, frecuencia). La encuesta será anónima, por lo cual le invitamos a participar y a proporcionarnos recomendaciones que aseguren que este tipo de llamadas sean de gran utilidad tanto para usted como para el resto del grupo; con el fin de proporcionarle estrategias y herramientas que se adapten a sus necesidades y a las de la comunidad latina en la que usted se encuentra.

Por otro lado, le recordamos que el Centro de Acción Multicultural llevará a cabo un webinar donde usted podrá realizar preguntas sobre la beca de $3,000 que NAMI está ofreciendo para la implementación de Compartiendo Esperanza.

Hora y Fecha:
•    Jueves,  4 de diciembre
•    A las 3 p.m. hora del este.

Los pasos a seguir para participar en el webinar son los siguientes:

Paso 1: Abra el siguiente enlace (funciona mejor con Internet Explorer):
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/nami/join?id=W325JR&role=attend&pw=policy

Paso 2: Marque el número de teléfono directo del servicio de conferencia, y marque el código de participante que se muestra a continuación:
Audio Conferencing (Toll-free): 1-888-858-6021
Participant Code: 149 218 9292

Finalmente, le agradecemos los comentarios recibidos en la última llamada del Latino Networking Group con relación al plan estratégico de NAMI. El reporte final se les enviará antes de que finalice el año en curso.

Muchísimas gracias por el gran esfuerzo y trabajo que hacen en nuestra comunidad.

Saludos cordiales,

Ma. José, Julie y María

Schedule of Family and Peer Trainings - Winter and Spring 2015

NAMI FAMILY PROGRAMS TRAININGS – also posted on http://namifamily.blogspot.com

Note: These trainings are for family members to become teachers of the education programs listed below.  Support group trainings are for family members to become facilitators of a support group. 

Family to Family: January 16-18, 2015 Encino, California*

Basics:  January 23-25, 2015 Ontario, California

Family Support Group:  February 6-8, 2015 Chico, California

Family Support Group:  March 20-22, 2015 San Diego, California

Family to Family:  March 20-22, 2015 San Diego, California

Family to Family:  April 17- April 19, 2015 Bakersfield, California

Family to Family:  May 15-17, 2015 Vacaville, California

Basics:  May 15-17, 2015 Vacaville, California

The Family to Family training in Encino doesn’t offer a hotel stay.  All other expenses are covered.

Contact Al Henriquez (this training only) Spanish@namisfv.org

There are also Family to Family/Basics trainings offered by the LACC (NAMI Los Angeles County). 

Please contact Brittney Weissman for further details. brittney@namilaccc.org

For all other trainings above, or to apply for a grant to hold a training for your affiliate, please contact Lynn Cathy, Lynn@namica.org

NAMI Peer Programs Trainings – Please Note: 

Until a new Peer Coordinator is in place, Peer Programs announcements will also be posted on the http://namifamily.blogspot.com

These trainings are for peer members to become teachers (mentors) of the education programs listed below. 

Peer to Peer:  Fresno, January 23-25, 2015

Peer to Peer:  Fairfield, February 20-22, 2015

Peer to Peer:  Campbell, April 24-26, 2015

Peer to Peer:  San Diego, May 15-17, 2015

Persona a Persona:  Ontario, Date TBD

Grants will be available to NAMI California affiliates to put on their own trainings for the Connection (i.e. support group) and Peer to Peer programs after January 1, 2015.

Please contact Lynn Cathy, Interim Peer Coordinator, for more information.