Nami Fox Valley Inc

Education & outreach program: nami fox valley's education and outreach program offers a wide variety of classes and presentations that increase mental health literacy, break down the stigma surrounding mental illness, and increase participants' ability to understand and address their own mental health needs and/or the mental health needs of others. In 2024, nami fox valley delivered 300 mental health and suicide prevention trainings in local classrooms to 6,622 students, presented 77 mental health trainings for adults to approximately 1,624 attendees, hosted resource tables at 34 events, and graduated 121 individuals with mental illness or their family members from 12 multi-week mental health education courses.

Support program: nami fox valley's support program offers numerous peer support groups and access to one-on-one peer support for individuals living with mental illness and their family members. Nami fox valley offers approximately 30 support group meetings each month, each of which is facilitated by two trained staff members or volunteers. The groups are designed to help individuals living with mental illness and their family members to feel understood, respected, supported, and heard, and to increase coping skills, self-advocacy, and hope. In 2024, a total of 2,494 participants attended 340 support group meetings. Nami fox valley also provided one-on-one support in a variety of contexts to individuals and families navigating the journey of mental illness.