N.C. gets plan to improve child welfare
December 29, 2018BY LYNN BONNER lbonner@newsobserver.com
It’s hard for counties to keep child welfare workers from quitting their jobs.
Foster children – and their parents – have trouble getting mental health services.
Caseworkers don’t meet face-to-face as often as they should with parents who want to reunite with their children placed in foster care.
These are some of the critical observations from a consultant’s report delivered to legislators and state and local officials Read More
Public Education Meeting 11/27/18
Presenter Eric McClellan with GeneSight describes the three categories medications may fall into on a specific individual’s genomics. One key finding: Switching patients to genetically optimal medications may decrease healthcare costs. The new word for the evening is: “Pharmacogenomics.”
If we have any skilled videographers in our membership please consider volunteering to tape our Public Education Meetings. What we learned last evening and at other meetings is important and needs to be made available to our members who cannot attend a Read More
NAMI Orange County Annual Meeting
NAMI ORANGE COUNTY, NC ANNUAL MEETING WAS A SUCCESS! OUR PATHWAYS TO WELLNESS CELEBRATION AND DINNER FEATURED DALAI LAMA FOUNDATION UNSUNG HERO OF COMPASSION AWARD WINNER: SUE ETHERIDGE, MA MEET YOUR NEWLY ELECTED BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Suicide Prevention Walk
NAMI Orange County Public Education Meeting
President’s Letter
Please join NAMI Orange County in supporting Club Nova’s building fundraising campaign. Their goal is to raise $5 million to replace the crumbling mill-house that has been their home for thirty years, with a new building to meet their expanding needs. Club Nova’s positive impact in our community cannot be overstated. Club Nova demonstrates every day that with the support of community, meaningful recovery is possible for anyone who lives with a serious and persistent mental illness.
Club Nova is not Read More