Thank you for visiting our new website. Here you will find essential information about NAMI Rhode Island, All of the staff at NAMI-RI are available to you should you need any additional help or have questions. Here, you can feel comforted that there are others, like you, in search of information, support and advocacy for families affected by the severe mental illness of a loved one. You are not alone. NAMI is here to provide those affected by mental illness with support, education and advocacy.

We reach out through more than six different educational programs to families, consumers and the general public. NAMI Rhode Island also provides opportunity for hundreds of people each year to be directly involved in our mission to bring wholeness and hope.  I hope you will investigate further the opportunities to involve yourself in this work.  You may decide you want to come visit us, volunteer for a few days, or build support in your community for our mission that continues to make a difference in the lives of so many.  Let us know how you want to be a partner with us.

The mission to promote recovery, reduce stigma, and improve health care and treatment for those living with a mental illness and their families requires a strong advocacy effort. Equally required, is awareness of the many issues that touch the lives of those that NAMI Rhode Island serves. We work with state and federal agencies and our elected officials on a regular basis to assure that laws and regulations do no harm and indeed work to improve lives. NAMI Rhode Island also has an excellent relationship with state health care organizations and provider groups, working collaboratively to achieve a better mental health system for all Rhode Island citizens. Mental Illnesses is devastating to the people with them and to their families as well. Support is an absolute necessity to get through the various stages of these illnesses. We are here to be that support….

Again, Thank You for supporting the mission.
-Chaz Gross