Education, Advocacy, Outreach, and 

Support  

March is a month to cel­e­brate many caus­es like  Social Work Month, Wom­en’s His­to­ry Month,  Nation­al Read­ing Month, Dis­abil­i­ty Aware­ness Month, Mul­ti­ple Scle­ro­sis Aware­ness Month, and Kid­ney Month. We want to rec­og­nize our staff that have social work degrees Bill Buck­man, Tra­cy Jacob­son and Julie Joseph.  They each bring some­thing impor­tant to the NAMI Lex­ing­ton team.  Thank you to all those work­ing in the social work field and with social work degrees. 

 

STOP House Bill 5

All Ken­tuck­ians should be able to feel safe in their com­mu­ni­ties, but House Bill 5 does not fur­ther that goal. Instead, it turns back the clock to the tried-and-failed poli­cies of yes­ter­day that dam­aged vul­ner­a­ble fam­i­lies and mas­sive­ly increased incar­cer­a­tion with­out ben­e­fit­ing communities.

HB 5 would:

  • Crim­i­nal­ize home­less­ness by mak­ing “unlaw­ful camp­ing” a crime, while also restrict­ing fund­ing to proven meth­ods of fight­ing homelessness.
  • Increase crim­i­nal penal­ties relat­ed to fen­tanyl, an approach that has been shown to raise the risk of fatal over­dose by scar­ing peo­ple away from call­ing for help.
  • Increase our already glob­al­ly high incar­cer­a­tion lev­els through an anti­quat­ed “three strikes” pro­vi­sion and oth­er larg­er penal­ties that research shows aren’t effec­tive at reduc­ing crime and improv­ing safety.
  • Fur­ther crowd local jails by incar­cer­at­ing more peo­ple pre-tri­al just because they are too poor to afford bail.

CALL TODAY

Please call the Leg­isla­tive Mes­sage Line today to say NO to HB 5 – 1–800-372‑7181

OR

Send a let­ter to KY law­mak­ers here.

For more infor­ma­tion on the bill and what it does, check out these sources:

 

House Bill 5 can be viewed here


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Join us for the Anx­i­ety Workshop 


Schiz­o­phre­nia Alliance Group — Every Sat­ur­day, at 3:00pm at Par­tic­i­pa­tion Sta­tion. 
This group is a nation­al­ly rec­og­nized 6‑step pro­gram for indi­vid­u­als deal­ing with Schiz­o­phre­nia, Psy­chosis, Schizoaf­fec­tive D/O, and relat­ed dis­or­ders. If you can not join us in per­son please join is via zoom with the link found at https://tinyurl.com/37vfs2jd 
The group will typ­i­cal­ly run 60–90 min­utes and fol­low the guid­ance of the “Blue Book” which was devel­oped by Joanne Ver­ban­ic, the founder of Schiz­o­phre­nia Anony­mous. 
Cer­tifi­cat­ed Facil­i­ta­tor Kevin Hag­ger­ty, APSS



 

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NAMI HelpLine volunteers and staff have compiled this directory of outstanding resources to help you identify possible options to meet your needs. The resources included in the NAMI National Resource Directory are not endorsed by NAMI, and NAMI is not responsible for the content of or service provided by any of these resources. Throughout this directory you will find NAMI Knowledge Articles that provide detailed resources, support options, and information.

Click Here to Download Full Resource Directory (PDF)



2023 NAMI Lexington’s Annual Report

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For more information on NAMI’s free programs and affordable mental health training,
please call 859–272‑7891.

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Expand­ed Mis­sion State­ment
NAMI Lex­ing­ton is a 501c3 non-prof­it orga­ni­za­tion that pro­vides assis­tance to Fam­i­lies, Care­givers and Indi­vid­u­als whose life expe­ri­ence includes liv­ing with a seri­ous and per­sis­tent men­tal ill­ness. NAMI Lex­ing­ton direct­ly serves cen­tral Ken­tucky and part­ners to serve com­mu­ni­ties across the Com­mon­wealth of Ken­tucky. We offer free advo­cacy, edu­ca­tion, out­reach and sup­port pro­grams and spe­cial events designed to raise com­mu­nity aware­ness and reduce stig­ma around men­tal health issues. Our guests encounter pas­sion­ate “lived expe­ri­ence” wis­dom in a wel­com­ing environment.
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Its Not All in Your Head

 

 

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