NAMI National Friday Facts **May 26, 2006** NAMI’s Annual Convention: Information, Programs, and Election News 1. There’s Still Time to Register for NAMI’s Annual Convention! 2. Eliminating Disparities: Multicultural Strategic Summit 3. Airline discounts available for NAMI Convention Attendees. 4. NAMI 2006 Elections NAMI Education and Program Information 5. Line-Up of Friday Conference Call Series 6. NAMI – C.A.R.E. Facilitators Needed at Convention 7. In Our Own Voice Grants now Available Beyond NAMI 8. LIVE Webcast – Ask the Experts: Mental Health Care 9. Consumers and Family Members: New Citizen Documentation 10. Lobotomy Documentary: Stories Wanted 11. NIMH Outreach Partner Solicitation Deadlines and Dates to Remember NAMI’s Annual Convention Information, Programs, and Election News 1. There’s Still Time to Register for NAMI’s Annual Convention! Due to an unavoidable production delay, the spring issue of the Advocate will not arrive in time to allow members to utilize the special Convention registration and voting information contained in the issue. If you've already registered to attend NAMI's Convention, we look forward to seeing you in our nation's capital this June. If you wish to attend the NAMI Annual Convention taking place in Washington, D.C. June 28 - July 2, 2006 and haven't registered yet, there is still time! Simply visit the NAMI Web site to download a paper registration form or register online by clicking here. It’s easy, fast, and secure. To receive the special room rates at the participating hotels, you must reserve your room by May 27. Rooms are filling up quickly - don't miss out on these special rates. Convention pre-registration ends May 30. Additional details on registration, the convention program, hotel and Washington, D.C., travel information can be found on the NAMI Web site by clicking here. The special, spring 2006 edition of the Advocate also contains information on the election of this year's candidates for the NAMI Board of Directors and the text of two changes proposed for the NAMI bylaws. To read an electronic version of the spring Advocate and to find out more about NAMI's Convention and elections visit the NAMI Web site. 2. Eliminating Disparities: Multicultural Strategic Summit NAMI’s Multicultural Action Center (MAC) will host the Eliminating Disparities: Multicultural Strategic Summit on June 28 to July 2 as part of NAMI's 2006 Annual Convention. The Summit will bring together multicultural mental health leaders from across the nation to address the lack of access to care and the disparities in treatment faced by multicultural communities. The Summit will feature policy and research briefings, plenary sessions and program tracks to address issues specific to African American, American Indian, Asian American and Latino/Hispanic communities. Nationally recognized consumer and family advocates, researchers, policymakers and providers will work together to offer a vision for change. For more information contact us at MACenter@... or visit www.nami.org/summit. 3. Airline discounts available for NAMI Convention Attendees We have arranged discounts on two airlines, UNITED AIRLINES and AMERICAN AIRLINES, for attendees for the NAMI National Convention in Washington, DC, June 26-July 2, 2006. We have arranged the following discount on UNITED AIRLINES: Book your ticket at least 30 days in advance and receive 7% off the lowest fare. Simply call the United Airlines Meeting Desk at 1-800-521-4041 and refer to Meeting ID Number 538TO. Either you or your travel agent can make this reservation. (To book the United discount fares you must call the Meeting Desk. These special fares are not available on-line.) We have also arranged the following discount on AMERICAN AIRLINES: a) 5% discount off Coach fares. To make your reservations on American, please call American Airlines Meeting Services at 1-800-433-1790 and provide the discount code A5666BG. If you prefer to make your arrangements on-line, you may review fare and schedule information and make reservations using the 5 percent discount at American Airlines web site. 4. NAMI 2006 Elections Congratulations to our 2006 NAMI National Board candidates! The following NAMI leaders have been nominated for the five slots up for election on the National Board of Directors: Don Muller (nominated by NAMI Utah) For information about the election, proposed bylaws changes and the Board candidates (including their letters of nomination, photographs, and answers to five questions on the most pressing issues facing NAMI), visit www.nami.org/voting. NAMI Education and Program Information 5. Line-Up of Friday Conference Call Series with Dr. Ken Duckworth, NAMI’s Medical Director Friday, June 16: Self-Injurious Behavior Among Teens – What is a Parent to Do? Featuring Dr. Ken Duckworth, NAMI’s Medical Director. Friday, July 21: Recent Class Action Legal Victories in Children’s Mental Health and How NAMI Leaders Can More Effectively Work with Their State Protection and Advocacy Lawyers. With special guests – Elizabeth Priaulx, Senior Disability Legal Specialist and Elizabeth Greczek, Staff Attorney with the National Disability Rights Network. All calls are scheduled from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. To access all three toll-free calls, dial 888-858-6021; access code: 309918. We hope that you can join us for these important topics and a great discussion! 6. NAMI-C.A.R.E. Facilitators Needed at Convention The NAMI Education, Training and Peer Support Center will continue its tradition of holding NAMI-C.A.R.E. Consumer Support Groups at the Convention. The groups will be offered at the following times: Thursday, June 29 and Friday, June 30 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, and Saturday, July 1 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM. If you have completed the NAMI-C.A.R.E facilitator training and would like to volunteer as a facilitator, please contact Marshall Epstein at marshall@..., or 703-516-7975. 7. In Our Own Voice now Available NAMI is pleased to announce three new In Our Own Voice (IOOV) grants now available to state organizations and local affiliates that show a commitment to sustain and expand IOOV in their states. This request for proposals facilitates a selection of six sites. Grant applications are due on or before June 15th. You can learn more about the Grants, by visiting the NAMI website . Beyond NAMI 8. LIVE Webcast – Ask the Experts: Mental Health Care On Thursday, June 1 a panel of experts will answer questions about the financing and delivery of mental health care in the U.S. during a live webcast of “Ask the Experts,” a kaisernetwork.org program. Send questions in advance to ask@....
The discussion will be moderated by kaisernetwork.org Managing Editor Jill Braden Balderas. 9. Consumers and Family Members: New Citizen Documentation Requirements to Apply for or Stay on Medicaid According to the newly enacted Deficit Reduction Act, as of July 1st, 2006, anyone applying for or being recertified as Medicaid eligible will be required to prove United States citizenship. To date, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have not provided any guidance to states on this. Since the deadline, however, is less than two months away, we wanted to make advocates aware of the provisions and urge you to begin talking with your state officials about how they plan to implement this requirement. For further information about this requirement and specific recommendations from NAMI and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, check the NAMI website. If you have questions, please contact Mary Giliberti at maryg@.... 10. Lobotomy Documentary: Stories Wanted A PBS-TV documentary is being made for the American Experience series about Walter Freeman, the man who once promoted lobotomy as a treatment for mental illness. Historians and authors have written about when and where lobotomies were done, but the producer wants to talk with people who actually experienced the procedure, or their family members, who can discuss the effect on their lives. If you are interested in sharing your story, please contact the filmmaker directly at KateCWalker@... or 718-832-5279. 11. NIMH Outreach Partner Solicitation The Outreach Partnership Program website has posted an advance notice providing information about the upcoming solicitation for new Partners. On June 5, the NIMH will invite applicants to submit proposals for becoming an NIMH Outreach Partner from the following states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Charitable non-profit organizations with statewide outreach that focus on mental illness or substance abuse disorders are eligible to apply. We encourage existing Partners to submit proposals. Proposals will be due at NIMH on August 7, 2006. They have established the following dedicated e-mail account to handle inquiries related to the solicitation: partnerssfpnimh@.... To be as fair as possible, they cannot respond to phone inquiries about the competition. Please forward inquires related to the competition to this e-mail address. All questions and their responses will be posted on the Program's website on July 10, 2006. Outreach Partners will be selected by the end of 2006. For more information, see the NIMH web site. Deadlines and Dates to Remember - May 30: Convention pre-registration ends. - May 31: F2F Hall of Fame Nominations due to Lynne@.... - June 16: Friday Conference Call with Dr. Ken Duckworth. Topic: Self-Injurious Behavior Among Teens – What is a Parent to Do? 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. To access toll-free call, dial 888-858-6021; access code: 309918. - June 26: Final day for Absentee voting and credentials submission - June 28-July 2, 2006: NAMI's 2006 Annual Convention at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. - June 28-July 22: NAMI’s Multicultural Action Center (MAC) will host the Eliminating Disparities: Multicultural Strategic Summit as part of NAMI's 2006 Convention. - July 21: Friday Conference Call with Dr. Ken Duckworth. Topic: Recent Class Action Legal Victories in Children’s Mental Health and How NAMI Leaders Can More Effectively Work with Their State Protection and Advocacy Lawyers. 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. To access toll-free call, dial 888-858-6021; access code: 309918. - September 25-27: Second Annual CIT Conference. For information e-mail bonnies@.... - October 1-7: Mental Illness Awareness Week, Building Communities, Taking Action. - October 5: Bipolar Disorder Awareness Day - November 10-12: NAMI’s 2006 Fall Leadership Conference, St. Louis, MO. NAMI Friday Facts are electronic newsletters provided free of charge as a service to NAMI members, leaders and staff. With more than 1,100 state and local affiliates, NAMI is the nation's largest grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with severe mental illnesses. Contributions to support our work can be made online at www.nami.org/donate. You are subscribed with the e-mail address: chrissymalson@.... If you do not wish to receive further Friday Facts, please click here, sign in and uncheck the box next to Friday Facts. Please do not reply to this email (it will go to an unattended mailbox.) If you have any questions, concerns, or comments, please send an email to staterelations@.... NAMI ~ 2107 Wilson Blvd. ~ Suite 300 ~ Arlington, VA 22201 |
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