NAMI
NAMI New Jersey (NAMI NJ) is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. Through education, support, advocacy and public awareness programs NAMI NJ fosters understanding about mental illness, confronts stigma often associated with mental disorders, advocates for public policies that benefit those affected by mental illness, and promotes research into the causes, treatment and recovery of mental health disorders.
Website
https://www.naminj.org/about-us/mission/
Services
- Offered in Spanish to serve the Hispanic/Latino community in New Jersey
- NAMI Family Support Group
- 2nd Tuesdays, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
- Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSex_GQGLE3hlVvyjNt6-ZJioKltc47xYubuKYMXfqQTqW3mbA/viewform
- NAMI Connection
- 3rd Tuesdays, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
- Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSex_GQGLE3hlVvyjNt6-ZJioKltc47xYubuKYMXfqQTqW3mbA/viewform
- Free Self Help Support Groups (all are online right now, but these are the locations when they move back in person)
- Middlesex County
- Dates: Third Friday of every month except August
- Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm (light lunch provided)
- Location: Harmony Family Success Center/PRAB, 255 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
- NAMI NJ & Mom2Mom
- Dates: Second Tuesday of every month
- Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
- Location: NAMI NJ Office, 1562 Route 130, North Brunswick, NJ 08902
- Hudson County
- Dates: Third Wednesday of every month except August
- Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
- Location: Palisades Family Success Center, 1408 New York Ave, Union City, NJ 07087
- Hunterdon County
- Dates: Fourth Friday of every month
- Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am
- Location: Harvest Family Success Center, 87 Park Avenue, Flemington, NJ 08822
- NAMI connection
- Third Friday of every month (except August), 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
- Location: Harmony Family Success Center/PRAB, 255 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
- Register through email: enespanol@naminj.org
- NAMI Family-to-Family: 8 week education course for families of adults living with mental illness, offered in Spanish; offered in different counties in NJ
- How to register:
- Atlantic/Cape May: contact nami1557@comcast.net
- Bergen: fill out https://namigreaterbergen.org/support-and-education/mental-health-education/nami-family-to-family/
- Burlington: contact msuluki5@gmail.com
- Camden: contact tony.sandy.wilson.basics@gmail.com
- Mercer (you do not have to pay if you do not want to): https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E251659&id=124
- Middlesex: contact tufrmone@yahoo.com or mcqueen0250@gmail.com
- Somerset: contact
- carolynhespe@gmail.com
- Or (908) 285-2238
- or MaureenK24@comcast.net
- or (908) 403-9193
- Union: contact 732-397-8123 or patroman2@aol.com