2008 Affiliate President Conference Call Schedule Posted Calls will be held from 12:00 to 1:00 PM on the Thursday prior to the Board of Directors meetings/calls. 2008 Board of Directors Meeting Schedule Posted Family to Family Teacher calls: 2nd Wednesday of the month. If you would like to be on the call, please contact Lisa Moore at lmoore @namitexas.org.

Mission

NAMI Texas is dedicated to supporting the inclusion of individuals with mental illness throughout the organization.

NAMI Texas will provide guidance, coordination and resources to promote communication and education through its affiliates by:

• Establishing a network of local support groups/affiliates that will serve as influential resources for the decisions that affect persons with serious mental illness in Texas.
• Establishing NAMI Texas as the pivotal voice for persons affected by serious mental illness.
• Combating stigma through education and raising public awareness that mental illnesses affect everyone and treatment works.
• Moving all partners of the mental health system toward the common goal of a comprehensive recovery-based model that meets the needs of persons (including children, adolescents, and adults) with serious mental illnesses in the community.
• Empowering interested community stakeholders to become informed participants at the national, state, county and local level through education in order to understand the comprehensive community mental health system and the needs of decision makers for knowledge that will allow for decisions to be made that will result in successful political and financial outcomes.