NAMI Stark County

     NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families.  Founded in 1979, NAMI has become the nation’s voice on mental illness, a nationwide organization with affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the country. NAMI is dedicated to the eradication of mental illnesses and to the improvement of the quality of life of all whose lives are affected by these diseases.   

     NAMI Stark County works to “Provide Hope for Recovery for Persons and Families Impacted by Mental Illness”. We are dedicated to improving the lives of persons and families in Stark County who have been touched by mental illness through NAMI public education and information; family and peer education, support and advocacy on behalf of people living with mental illness and for the health of our community; and visible public events that raise funds and awareness.