About NAMI Vermont |

Mission: NAMI Vermont supports, educates and advocates so that all communities, families, and individuals affected by mental illness or mental health challenges can build better lives.

Vision: A world where Vermonters affected by mental illness or mental health challenges have the care, support and knowledge that they need.

Values:

Empathy: We share common experiences that develop understanding, empathy, and compassion for one another.
Acceptance: We practice non-judgmental, unbiased acceptance.
Hope: We maintain hope that through treatment and support people can and do recover.
Resilience: We believe in the resilience and capacity of individuals to recover and maintain wellness.
Honesty: We believe honesty builds self-awareness and open-mindedness.
Self-Care: We encourage self-care as a means to cope with challenges and maintain well-being.
Empowerment: We support individuals and families rebuilding their lives; we promote personal responsibility and self-advocacy; and we provide education and training that empowers individuals to develop their potential.
Inclusion: We value and respect the contributions of each person toward a better understanding of the diversity of needs and capacity among us, and we affirm the importance of those contributions toward empowerment, resiliency, and recovery.

Who We Are: NAMI Vermont is a statewide non-profit, grassroots volunteer organization comprised of people who live with a mental health condition, families, and advocates. We provide education, support, and advocacy on mental health issues.

NAMI Vermont began as a spontaneous, grassroots family movement in 1983, just six years after NAMI National was founded. NAMI Vermont was incorporated as a state organization affiliated with NAMI in 1984, and today offers family and peer recovery support groups as well as Family-to-Family, Mental Illness and Recovery, and Provider Education classes. With a dedicated board, over one hundred volunteers, and four staff members, NAMI Vermont provides education, advocacy and support to those in need.

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