1. Advocate for the elimination of the great disparities in access to services between the best systems and the worst.
2. Provide programs and activities that recognize ethnicity, socio-economics, geography, culture, age and other unique influences as essential to quality and success.
3. Develop targeted outreach materials for diverse populations and for those at various points in the continuum of care.
4. Collaborate with the Veteran’s Administration healthcare system in Ohio to provide Family-to-Family at VA facilities.
5. Distribute family, consumer and provider survey data gathered by the Consumer Quality Review Team (CQRT) project, the largest employer of consumers in the state of Ohio, throughout the mental health system.
6. Support Family-to-Family Education program within the Amish community (classes are taught by and for the Amish).
7. Manage Bridging the Gap: Creating Systems of Care for Offenders with Mental Illness Program:
· Collaborative effort between NAMI Ohio, the Ohio Department of Mental Health, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services and the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addictions Services.
· Promote re-entry programs for ex-offenders leaving the state prison system who need mental health services.
8. Serve as a member of the Mental Health and Deafness Taskforce for the State of Ohio.
9. Continue outreach to the Faith Community, including the development of a ministry and mental illness curriculum.
10. Support efforts of local affiliates to offer Family-to-Family in Spanish to the Hispanic community.
11. Provide Jail/Court training:
· Enhance the Jail/Court education program by incorporating the goals and recommendations of the Freedom Commission Report.
· Offer 25-30 presentations per fiscal year with an average of 30-40 attendees.
· The mental health education course is geared to correction officers, deputies, social workers, parole officers, probation officers and administrators who have contact with incarcerated people with mental illness.
12. Manage a grant promoting Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training statewide:
· Curriculum is for police and other first responders such as Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and fire fighters who may have contact with individuals with mental illness. The goal is to avoid lethal force while protecting the safety of the community and the first responder.
· NAMI manages the training certification process, arranges presenters and coordinates meeting space.
13. Collaborate with ODMH to promote cultural competency via Multi-Ethnic Advocates for Cultural Competence (MACC).
14. Outreach to urban and rural school personnel and parents regarding the impact of a mental illness on school performance.
15. Expand NAMI presence in under-served urban, rural and Appalachian communities.
16. Collaborate with the Ohio Federation for Children’s Mental Health to provide targeted information regarding services to youth transitioning into the adult system.
- 17. Serve as the state’s administrator for reform via the Olmstead Decision.f
