In this issue: NAMI-SCC Annual Picnic, June 10 General Meeting, Changes of NAMI-Santa Clara County Bylaws, NAMIWalks Silicon Valley 2025, Mental Health Awareness Month with FaithNet, NAMI National Convention (NAMICon), NAMI California Conference, FREE Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Training, Could it Be Tardive Dyskinesia (TD)?, Volunteer Spotlight: Jessica Hardijanto, Money Makes the World Go Round, Life-Income Gifts
In this issue: MAY is Mental Health Awareness Month, April 8 General Meeting Recap, NAMI SCC Provider Course, NAMI National Convention, NAMI California Conference, NAMI-SCC’s Annual Picnic, NAMIWalks Silicon Valley 2025, NAMI-SCC Celebrates 50 Years, Tips to Celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month, Stigma FREE Workplace, Volunteer Spotlight: Olga Razumovskaya, Diversity in the Silicon Valley and at NAMI
In this issue: Join Us for NAMI-Santa Clara County’s 50th Anniversary Celebration!, March 11 General Meeting Recap, Installation of Board Officers 2025-2026, Changes to NAMI-Santa Clara County Bylaws, NAMICon, NAMI California Conference, NAMIWalks Silicon Valley 2025, NAMI-Santa Clara County’s NAMI Do-It-Your-Way, A Rainy Sunday Filled with Hope, Behavioral Health Board Event, Mental Health Mentors Share Lived Experience With Peers, Planned Giving
CARE is a compassionate civil court process that provides individuals with schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders with a clinically appropriate, community-based set of services and supports that are culturally and linguistically competent. Stephanie Welch, Deputy Secretary of Behavioral Health for the California Health and Human Services (CalHHS) Agency, will provide an overview of CARE,…
On July 27, 2022, the County of Santa Clara launched the Behavioral Health Navigator Program, intended to help individuals and families find information about mental health and substance use services in the county. Any resident in Santa Clara County can call the behavioral health non crisis line at 800-704-0900, option 4, and a peer navigator…
By Moryt Milo Momentum for Health, one of the largest nonprofit agencies in Santa Clara County, helps youth and adults diagnosed with mental health disorders. The nonprofit focuses on the whole person by recognizing that successful treatment requires viewing the individual’s health through a 360-degree lens. CEO and president David Mineta said Momentum’s goal is…
David Mineta, President and CEO of Momentum, found his calling in the field of social work, determined to help some of the most underserved and vulnerable in society. For close to 30 years not a day has gone by in which David hasn’t been eager to improve the behavioral health landscape. We talked to David about his passion, career, work at Momentum, and the pandemic.
We’re starting our Fall lineup with the Interim and Deputy Directors of SCC Behavioral Health Services and Valley Medical Center’s COO-Behavioral Health Services. They will discuss how COVID-19 has affected the mental health system and its programs, and how they are working together to improve systems of care. Sherri Terao, Interim Director, Santa Clara County…