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Counseling and Case Management:

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NAMI Connection Recovery Support Groups

Available to: Adults with a mental illness

This is a support group for persons coping with a mental illness. The 90-minute weekly group is facilitated by persons who live with mental illness. Constructive resource sharing and problem solving are utilized. This group is held at the following locations:

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Saint Ignatius Church (Madison Street entrance)

Every Saturday (except the 5th Saturday of each month)

10:30am-12:00pm

801 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202

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Therapeutic Living for Families

1st and 3rd Tues.

5:00pm-6:30pm

2435 Sinclair Lane, Baltimore, MD 21213

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VA Baltimore (For veterans only)*

Every Thursday

11:00 AM

10 North Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

* Please contact Royal Riddick before attending this group. ([email protected])

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NAMI Family Support Group

A 90-minute weekly peer support group for relatives and significant others. Trained peers facilitate constructive resource sharing and problem solving.

Govans Boundary United Methodist Church

5210 York Road, Baltimore MD 21212

Every Thursday, 7-8:30pm; Doors CLOSE at 7:15 PM!

For more information on group locations and times please call our office.

Education and Training:

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Peer-to-Peer Class

“Individuals living with mental illness will be transformed from simply living with mental illness to actively advocating for themselves and taking charge of their recovery. Presented by trained consumers, the course is aimed at relapse-prevention.

Topics include individual relapse prevention planning, a debriefing/storytelling week and an advance directive for psychiatric care. The course meets for two hours once a week for 10 weeks.”

Start Date: Tuesday Sept 9, 2014, 10am-12pm

Contact Marisol Berrizbeitia ([email protected]) or call the office to register

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NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program

Available to: Adult family members who have a son/daughter/relative with mental illness who is age 18 or older.

A free 12-session course for family members and caregivers of persons with mental illness. Participants will walk away from this course with a more thorough knowledge of the clinical treatment of these illnesses and the skills necessary to cope more effectively. The Family-to-Family Class will be offered this Fall at the following locations:

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Calvary Baptist Church

3911 Garrison Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21215

Start Date: Thursday, Sept 11, 6:30pm-9:00pm

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NAMI Baltimore Office

Govans Boundary United Methodist Church, Rear Annex

5210 York Road, Baltimore, MD 21212

Start Date: Monday, Sept 15, 6:30pm-9:00pm

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St. Vincent's Villa

2300 Dulaney Valley Rd, Timonium, MD 21093

Start Date: Wednesday, Sept 3, 6:30pm-9:00pm

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Please contact the office at 410-435-2600 to register for the course.

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NAMI Basics

Available to: Adult family members who have a son/daughter/relative with a mental illness age 17 or younger.

A free 6-session education course for parents and other kinship caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental health illnesses. The course is taught by trained teachers who are also parents/caregivers of individuals who developed the symptoms of mental illness in childhood.  

Classes include: getting an accurate diagnosis, treatment options, communication skills, handling challenging behavior, and advocating for your child. The curriculum discusses current information about the major childhood mental illnesses and provides the fundamentals a caregiver needs to care for themselves, their family, and their child who is living with a mental illness.

Govans Boundary United Methodist Church, Rear Annex (the 5210 York Rd. office)

Start Date: Thursday, Sept 18, 6:30pm-9:00pm

Please contact our office at 410-435-2600 to register for the course.

LGBT Services and Support/Drop-In Center---

Counseling and Case Management:

Information on therapists and transgender transitioning

Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation:

Hearts & Ears Alcoholics Anonymous (http://www.heartsandears.org/schedule/)

Education and Training:

Schedule: http://www.heartsandears.org/schedule/

Health Care:

Information on gay friendly doctors, medication management and illness education

Nourishment:

Information on food assistance

Permanent and/or Supportive Housing:

Counseling and Case Management:

Client Services: in-house client supportive services that provide current clients with intensive case management services (connected to housing, mental and physical health, child care, transportation, life skills, education and criminal histories).

Education and Training:

The Baltimore Responsible Fatherhood Project: designed for low-income fathers who wish to accept the financial and emotional responsibilities of fatherhood

Workforce Development Program: attitudinal-based employment training and placement services for low-income men and women (STRIVE Baltimore) as well as retention and career advancement services and work supports

Alumni Services: a program and extensive network of long-standing community and agency partners in which each client and family are provided with extended access to the critical supports and resources necessary to help sustain their long-term progress towards greater self-sufficiency and fulfillment.

Counseling and Case Management:

Case management teams develop plans for long-term stability

Health Care:

Residents are engaged with mobile mental health providers

Transitional Housing:

20 bed transitional housing for homeless adults with severe mental illness (can be concurrent with somatic conditions) that impact their daily lives

Must pay 30% of your income if you have an income

Minimal expectations and rules: low demand shelter

No specific time limit: it is determined case by case, although residents must be working toward housing, self determination, and income

There is a waitlist: to get on the waitlist, provider must give a referral