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Welcome to NAMI - Grand Rapids Area (Minnesota)

Mission:  To provide education, support and advocacy for children and adults with mental illness and their families
If you have a mental health CRISIS, call (218) 326-8565 or 1-800-442-8565.

Meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month at the Grand Rapids Area Library, 140 NE 2nd St., Grand Rapids, MN

• 5:00-6:30 pm Family Support Group meeting - for family or friends of people with a mental illness
• 6:30-7:30 pm Education Meeting  - June 18 topic:  "Mental Health Benefits of Horses".  Angela Montana will be talking about the benefits of horses and the therapy that is being done using them.  Please join us.  The public is welcome.

NEWS:

• Project Care Free Clinic - first and third Tuesday and second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 5:30-7:30 pm, 100 NW 3rd St., Suite 2 in Grand Rapids.  For those who need medical attention and cannot afford or do not have adequate health care coverage.  For information, call 218-263-8549 or Rose at 218-326-7008. 
• New website to end the stigma - Make It OK Take the pledge!

• IPS (Individual Placement and Supports) power point

• Co-Occurring Disorders & Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) 
• Psychiatric Hospitalizations - new NAMI-MN booklet
• State Operated Services Dental Clinics (serve people with serious mental illness)
• Wanted:  Family members to serve on the Itasca County Local Advisory Council on mental health.  This group provides input to the county on mental health service needs.  Meetings are at 5:00 pm the first Tuesday of the month at the Itasca Resource Center in Grand Rapids.   Contact Dan Seward (218) 256-5821 if you are interested.
• Online Learning Program for hospital staff - to help hospital staff and health care personnel understand mental illnesses so that people with mental illnesses receive appropriate treatment.
• Free NAMI membership for persons with a mental illness - click here for form
• Peer Support Specialist program  

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