Home
Phone Nos.
Links
Search
Advocacy
Editorial
Experiences
News
Newsletters
People
Recovery
Research
Santa Cruz
Site Map

 

Children's Mental Health Site of the Month

 

 

 

NAMI Santa Cruz County    Updated on 05.11.2008

                

 NAMI-SCC 
 
Mental Health News
 
Recovery 
 
Advocacy 
 
Fresh Air 
 
Santa Cruz, California,  Local News ...                      

 
bulletHOPE Meetings 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of month.
bullet
bullet Family to Family Classes offered.
bullet Peer to Peer program expanded in California.
bullet Santa Cruz County Proposition 63 Letter to the Community.
bulletJudy Williams honored as a 2004 Santa Cruz Community Hero for her CIT and NAMI work.
bullet My family member has been arrested, what do I do?
bullet

Santa Cruz Mental Health System adds unnecessary stress to clients lives.

bullet

Weekly Santa Cruz support group...  Surviving the Fear of Loss - confidential support group for families with loved ones who have attempted suicide.

bullet

Santa Cruz County Receives $1 Million Grant To Reduce Recidivism

bullet

New Research studies at Stanford Bipolar Disorders Clinic.

 

Santa Cruz Mental Health Information

bullet

MHCAN

bullet

NAMI Santa Cruz Membership Flyer

bullet

Local Crisis Phone Numbers - Listings of Santa Cruz County services and crisis numbers.

bullet

Santa Cruz County Mental Health Services - Information on county programs.

bullet

Support Groups - Information on weekly meetings and classes.

 

NAMI Santa Cruz County Newsletters

bullet Spring 2007 NAMI-SCC Newsletter - (requires installation of Adobe Acrobat)
bulletFall 2006 NAMI-SCC Newsletter
bullet Spring 2006 NAMI-SCC Newsletter
bullet Winter 2006 NAMI-SCC Newsletter
bulletFall 2005 NAMI-SCC Newsletter
bulletSummer 2005 NAMI-SCC Newsletter
bulletSpring 2005 NAMI-SCC Newsletter
bulletWinter 2005 NAMI-SCC Newsletter
bulletSummer 2004 NAMI-SCC Newsletter 
bullet Summer 2003 NAMI-SCC Newsletter 
bullet Spring 2003 NAMI-SCC Newsletter   
bulletWinter 2002 NAMI-SCC Newsletter 
bullet

Summer 2002 NAMI-SCC Newsletter

bullet

Spring 2002 NAMI-SCC Newsletter Part 1

bullet

Spring 2002 NAMI-SCC Newsletter Part 2 - (inside pages)

bullet

Winter 2001 NAMI-SCC Newsletter  

 

 News

bullet Santa Cruz Mental Health Care-lessness.
bullet

Santa Cruz County Local Mental Health Board held a Mental Health Summit on October 13-14, 2003.

bullet

California budget compromise restores funding for community services.

bullet

NAMI Santa Cruz County in the early days...

bullet

SC Supervisors voted to put back 2% of the Mental Health Budget. 
Santa Cruz County Budget Cuts - help save mental health services! 

bullet

NAMI-SCC letter to the Governor regarding the budget cuts

bullet

Donations Needed - your help is needed for supportive client services in Santa Cruz County.

bullet

Thank you NAMI Santa Cruz County ...

bullet

Thomas Leavitt, candidate for Santa Cruz City council answers our candidate questionaire.

bullet Minutes from the June 9 board meeting.
bullet David Hacker writes to Governor Davis.
bullet Minutes from the March 7 board meeting.
bullet Great new website for seniors with resource directory and Santa Cruz County information. 
bullet A local resident writes asking for help in her battle against Blue Cross and their WellPoint Behavioral Mental Health Program.
bullet The Santa Cruz Public library now has a number of videos that we have provided as a local resource...
bullet NAMI Santa Cruz County donates books to the main library.
bullet MHCAN may receive planning grant for housing on the adjacent site of Grace Methodist Church which was destroyed by fire in October, 2000.
bullet Family involvement is an essential part of helping a family member control his/her illness.
bullet NEW Date/Time: Santa Cruz workshop with Rebecca Woolis on September 20, 2002.
bullet

What are Assembly bills AB34 and AB2034?

bullet

Individual Mental Health Rehabilitation Services include services to assist a client in improving, maintaining or restoring various community living skills such as functional skills, daily living skills, social skills, and leisure skills.

bullet

The second week long Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) for the local police was again a success.

bullet

Justice Officers Ponder Treatment of Mentally Ill.

bullet

NAMI-SCC donations to the Santa Cruz Public Library.

bullet

Skills Builder classes offered by Santa Cruz Interfaith Compeer.

bullet

Owen Peterson named NAMI-SCC Honoree for the Year 2002.

bullet

Your support is needed for the Family Partnership Program.

bullet

MHCAN will collaborate with NAMI Santa Cruz County to offer Peer to Peer education series.

bullet

Bonnie Schell of Santa Cruz MHCAN is looking for volunteers to work on a group to see how to get mental health clients to get proper recommended health screenings, x-rays, lab work, etc.

bullet

Winter 2002 events and news - From the NAMI-SCC Board.

bullet

NAMI Santa Cruz County and Santa Cruz County Mental Health worked closely with the Santa Cruz Police Department to sponsor the first 25 Santa Cruz Police Officers to receive CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) Training in Santa Cruz County.

bullet

Results from the NAMI Santa Cruz County survey of families experiences with Dominican Behavioral Health have been compiled.

bullet

NAMI-SCC requests Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors to provide legal assistance to those in financial need who need to create an LPS Conservatorship.  

bullet

NAMI SCC Board members recently toured the Cordilleras Mental Health Center locked treatment facility in Redwood City.

bullet

Santa Cruz NAMI has written a letter of support for the proposed SAMHSA Community Action Grant to support creation of a housing center next to the MHCAN community drop-in center.

bullet

NAMI-SCC Meeting Notes - Speakers meetings and Board meeting minutes.

bullet

Efforts to prevent repeal of the Santa Cruz County utility tax failed and so County Mental Health services faces cuts next year.

 

Santa Cruz County Residential Facilities

bullet

Mental Health Community support services in Santa Cruz County.

bullet

The story behind the residential care facilities in Santa Cruz County.

 

Santa Cruz County Mental Health Services

bullet

Career Services in Santa Cruz County - Carol Caruso writes about the services available in Santa Cruz for developing employment skills.

bullet

MEDI-CAL focus group reports on Services in Santa Cruz County.

 

Personal Experiences, Poetry & Artwork

bullet

Biggest challenge of mental illness is the stigmatization - Mael Anne Dinnell.

bullet To help you cope...
bullet

Messengers - In January, we published this story in our newsletter.  Read what happened, and the power that newsletters and web sites can have to effect change in our society.   

bullet

David tells his story of struggles with dual diagnosis, schizophrenia and bipolar.

bullet

One family's story of how they tried to care for their son who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and the difficulties of dealing with the system.

bullet

Shawn describes his struggles with schizophrenia and gradual progress in learning to manage it.

bullet

Client Poetry and Artwork from the Santa Cruz Mental Health Client Action Network. 

bullet

David Dangzalan took his life on March 9th, 11 days before his 22nd birthday. His father assesses the quality of service afforded David by  Santa Cruz County Mental Health Services.  NAMI-SCC donates a memorial tree in David's memory.

bullet

Dear Son - poem from Joy to her son at Atascadero State Hospital.

bullet

Every Asylum has a big back yard: poetry by Bonnie Schell.

 

NAMI Santa Cruz County

bullet

NAMI SCC President's Messages 

bullet

NAMI-SCC Mission Statement - A summary of our purpose, mission and beliefs.

bullet

Contact Information -  Helpful numbers, organizations, phone numbers & resources.

bullet

Help needed for our phone tree.

 

Web Site Categories...    (archives by topic)                  

Action Alerts

Events

Experiences

Legislation

News

Newsletters

Opinion

Organizations

People

Recovery

Reports

Services

Calendar
bullet Family Coping Group - Our weekly family coping group is give and take.
bulletSanta Cruz Sentinel Calendar - Local Santa Cruz events including ours, see our listing.
bullet Board Meetings - Board Meetings are the 2nd Monday of each month at 5:30 PM in the Sutter Hospital Meeting Room, 2900 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz.  All are welcome!

 

Thanks for visiting!

Healing Happens!

 Last Updated on 05/11/08   webmaster@namiscc.org

 

Home Phone Nos. Links Search Advocacy Editorial Experiences News Newsletters People Recovery Research Santa Cruz Site Map

 

 

Opinions expressed in this web site do not necessarily reflect the views of NAMI Santa Cruz County, NAMI California or any affiliated organizations.  We attempt to present a balanced perspective on issues by presenting multiple viewpoints.

Copyright 2005 National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Santa Cruz County, All Rights Reserved.

FAIR USE NOTICE: This may contain copyrighted (©) material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such material is made available to advance understanding of ecological, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and social justice issues, etc. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml  If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.