NAMI Montana supports, educates, and advocates for Montanans with mental illnesses and their families.
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Mental Health Resource Guides
When someone is in crisis, an easy to use list of options can mean all the difference. NAMI Montana offers County Mental Health Guides for all 56 Counties and a State Wide Mental Health Resource Guide. Formatted to print to hand out at events, waiting rooms, or to give family and friends. These valuable handouts are updated frequently.
Local NAMI Affiliates
Montana’s local NAMI affiliates hold a variety of support groups facilitated by individuals directly involved and impacted by mental illness. Local NAMI support groups are lifelines so you don’t have to feel alone. Click here to find your community and get connected.
Of all of NAMI Montana’s work, we are particularly proud of our education programs. Our 8-week courses offer powerful insight into mental illness and recovery that is incredibly valuable to individuals struggling with mental illness and their families. NAMI Montana believes that these courses save lives. We are happy to offer them free of charge to the people and families that need them.
In addition to the family-to-family and peer-to-peer courses, we are happy to host an annual conference featuring presentations by top researchers, authors, and other figures from the mental illness field. We can’t wait to share details about our upcoming 2022 conference, located in beautiful Kalispell Montana.
How NAMI Montana Accomplishes its Mission
1. Helping concerned families and friends start up local support, education, and advocacy groups.
2. Educating the public to dispel mis-perceptions and overcome the stigma associated with mental illness.
3. Advocating for the interests of persons with mental illness, including advocacy for enlightened and effective laws and adequate funding for services.
4. Teaming with mental health service providers and other advocacy organizations to improve service delivery and encourage them to work with families as allies.
5. Promoting a range of support services in the community, including appropriate housing, income maintenance, low-stress employment and training, social networks, medical and rehabilitation services, and assertive case management.
6. Promoting research into the physiological, neurological, biochemical and genetic aspects of severe and persistent mental illness that could point to causes, treatment, and prevention.
How we keep the lights on.
Trans-Montana Charity Ride
The Trans-Montana Snowmobile Ride is an annual winter charity ride going across our great state of Montana raising awareness and money for NAMI Montana.
Annual NAMI Walk
Every year people across Montana come together for the Annual NAMI Walk, usually our largest fundraising event. It’s a fun way to support NAMI Montana and have healthy fun with the whole family.
Individual Donations Make It Work
We couldn’t do this work without the important one time and monthly donations from people like you. Your individual contributions pull it all together.
Stop Suicide: Save a Life
If you are feeling suicidal or you know someone who is demonstrating the warning signs of suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).