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Advocacy Alert! – We need your help!
NAMI Ohio Call to Action - Ohio House Budget a Disaster for Mental Health Governor DeWine’s Budget made great strides in the funding of much needed mental health services. It is our understanding that the amended House version of the Budget Bill for FY 24-25 (HB 33)...
PAC Request for Application Information Session for New Agencies
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NAMI Ohio joins Gov. DeWine as He Vows to Bring Mental Illness Out of the “Shadows” in State of the State Message
COLUMBUS, OH: Gov. Mike DeWine outlined broad improvements to the mental health system in his State of the State speech, vowing to bring Ohioans with mental illness out of the shadows. “NAMI Ohio will be working with Governor DeWine and the General Assembly to develop...
A Call for Help: NAMI Ohio Answered
Mary’s sister had been in a Columbus psychiatric hospital for two weeks this past summer, and despite daily calls to the hospital, Mary had been unable to reach the hospital treatment staff. Not once. In two weeks. As days passed, Mary, who lives in Marietta, Ohio,...
Celebrating Life
Written & Submitted By: Danei Edelen Nothing says spring like the feeling of fresh air blowing through our house on a warm spring day like the afternoon after the Georgetown Community Day at Georgetown Elementary. After two years of isolation, I think everyone was...
NAMI Ohio Thanks Governor DeWine for Continued Commitment to Ohioans Impacted by Mental Illness
COLUMBUS, OH: Vowing to remedy “unfinished business” from decades ago when thousands of people were released from psychiatric hospitals without adequate treatment, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced a plan to greatly expand community services for those with mental...
The Mean Disease
Written by Alan Johnson, NAMI Ohio Mental illness is a mean disease. It can come unexpectedly, hide in plain sight, and cause unbearable grief. Kristin Jonsson knows that grief first-hand. She has suffered every day of the two years since Kristine, her smart, kind,...