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MEMBERSHIP in NAMI DALLAS

 

Welcome to the NAMI Membershp page.  NAMI Members teach classes, attend programs, run support groups.  Being a NAMI Member and getting the NAMI Newsletter is the best way to stay informed about the local mental health community and services available. 

 

 

Membership Categories

NAMI Dallas has several different membership categories with different annual dues.  In all cases, the dues and contributions are tax-deductible.

  • Corporate Member ($250/year - Listed monthly in our newsletter)
  • Regular Membershp: Individual/Family ($35/year)
  • Sponsor ($75/year)
  • Benefactor ($125/year)
  • Consumer ($10/year)
  • Open Door -- for persons with limited income ($5/year)

 

Who We Are

NAMI Dallas, Inc. is a voluntary self-help organization that addresses the needs of persons with severe mental illnesses and their families through support, education and advocacy.  It is affiliated with NAMI Texas and NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), a grassroots organization founded in 1979 in Madison, Wisconsin by a small group of desperate parents.  Currently NAMI has more than 220,000 members in more than 1200 affiliates from all 50 states.  NAMI Dallas has close to 600 members.

Who We Help

Families help families.  Emotional support, shared problems and experiences, together with resources, services and education empower families to survive, focus on stability and become a vital force for change.  Improving the lives and future of prsons with mental illnesses helps all members of the families as well as society.  Consumers, professionals and friends join families to become a powerful "voice on mental illness."

How We Help

NAMI Dallas provides information, resources and support.

NAMI Dallas sponsors speakers and educational and informational programs, provides family and consumer education courses and support groups, organizes seminars, and reaches out to the community.

NAMI Dallas advocates for improved and equitable services and nondiscriminatory funds at local, state and federal levels for persons with mental illnesses.  NAMI Dallas advocates for a community continuum of care, adequate treatment, therapy and support systems.  NAMI Dallas advocates for effective new generation medications, supported housing, social and job skills rehabilitation, and employment.  NAMI Dallas advocates for appropriate health care and insurance parity.

Join NAMI Dallas

We hope you will become a member of NAMI Dallas. We welcome your membership and look foward to meeting you.  When you join NAMI Dallas, you automatically become a member of NAMI Texas and NAMI. You will receive newsletters from all three organizations. Our NAMI Dallas members include people from all over the Dallas metropolitan area. 

  • Consumers
  • Family members
  • Other care givers
  • Friends
  • Professional care provider  

 

Click on the link below to Join NAMI Dallas:

 

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