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Welcome to NAMI Pennsylvania Chester County!

NAMI Pennsylvania Chester County (commonly known as NAMI Chesco or NAMI Chester County), is an affiliate of NAMI Pennsylvania and of NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

NAMI, the acronym for the National Alliance on Mental Illness is a grass roots, education, support and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of families who have relatives with a brain disorder (mental illness). This includes families and consumers diagnosed with a mental illness, relatives and friends, mental health professionals, and all who share NAMI's vision and mission.

NAMI was founded in 1979 and has grown to more than 210,000 members in over 1,200 affiliate groups in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico , the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and Guam. NAMI is getting stronger every day. In fact, Worth Magazine recently ranked NAMI in its "Top 100 charities most likely to change the world".

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