Consumers are welcome to join and participate in all NAMI-Vermont activities. Our Board of Directors has several members who are also mental health consumers, and we are strongly committed to increasing consumer participation in the future. We offer reduced rate 'open door' memberships to all consumers who would like to join NAMI-VT but have limited financial resources.

NAMI-Vermont now offers its own peer-led, recovery-oriented support group program for consumers, NAMI Connection. It provides a place to share our experiences, and use them as learning opportunities for ourselves and others. NAMI Connection support groups are a safe space to confront the challenges that most consumers face, regardless of diagnosis: low self-esteem; social isolation; dual diagnosis; stigma and discrimination. Groups are now meeting weekly in several locations around Vermont, with more coming soon. Click here to learn more about the new NAMI Connection Recovery Support Groups in Vermont.

We run two Provider Education courses every year in different areas of the state. Two of the five teaching team positions for these sessions are always held by consumers. If you are interested in one of these teaching slots, please call the NAMI-VT state office at (800) 639-6480 to get more information.

NAMI-VT works very closely with consumer peer organizations like Vermont Psychiatric Survivors, and with individual consumers to address common needs and concerns on public issues with as unified a voice as possible. Vermont Psychiatric Survivors has support groups all over the state for people diagnosed with mental illnesses. To find a support group near you call 1-800-564-2106.

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