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Provides a selection of multiple presentations. - About NAMI Vermont: An introduction to who and what NAMI Vermont is, including how we operate and what services we provide. -Ending the Silence: A 50-minute educational presentation usually delivered to middle- and high- school students. This focuses on key information about mental health, healthy coping strategies, warning signs to watch for, and what students should do if they notice warning signs in themselves or others. -In Our Own Voice: Presenters who are living in recovery with a mental health condition share their story, following a format of What Happened, What Helps, and What's Next, ending on a note of hope. -Family Voices: Presenters who are family members of individuals with a mental health condition share the story of their experience from their perspective as a family member, following a format of Challenges, Supports, and Hopes & Dreams. Presentations always end with hope for the future.

Provides preventative health care education and referrals for individuals and families. Services include assistance with accessing benefit programs, assistance finding housing and employment, health education and wellness programs, and referrals to health care and to local resources such as volunteer drivers, utility assistance, and food assistance programs. Also provides meeting space for social services agency use and health and wellness programs.

Offers a full-day workshop taught from the family member's and peer's perspectives, which provides information on mental health conditions, treatments, and services and supports available to Vermonters. Workshop is taught by a trained peer and a family member with "lived experience."

Provides referrals for free, confidential mental health services of an hour per week for a year. Give an Hour also supplies a variety of links to mental health information and resources for military families. Works to reduce the stigma associated with mental health problems through education, training, and outreach efforts. Also provides free webinars for Wellness Ambassadors for promoting and advocating for mental health awareness in communities.

Acts as a bridge between individuals with mental illness and the community by facilitating community relations and education, promoting mental health, building community supports, encouraging self-direction, providing advocacy, by addressing issues of stigma, inclusion, and social integration. Works toward the development of caring communities that understand and accept persons with mental illness and contributes to their well-being by fostering community volunteer programs.

Provides personalized coordinated care to help individuals stay safely in their homes. SASH communities include a care coordinator and a wellness nurse who work in partnership with a team of community providers to assist individuals. With the guidance of SASH staff individuals determine their own health and wellness goals.

Provides a comprehensive range of inpatient, outpatient, and outreach services for individuals with mental illnesses and serious emotional disturbances, and for people with developmental disabilities. Services include case management, rehabilitation, and specialized programs.

Provides mental health and substance use disorder services that include psychiatry, clinical mental health counseling, screening for drug, alcohol, and tobacco use, screenings for depression, medications, prescriptions, and medication management, and referrals to specialists.

Offers an educational course for families and friends of individuals with a mental health condition. Provides information and support to help families understand and support their loved ones while maintaining their own well-being. Course is taught by 2-3 trained family members with lived experience.

Provides a course designed to empower parents and caregivers of youths with the tools, knowledge, and support needed to navigate the challenges of supporting a young person with a mental health condition. The course features workshops, presentations, discussions, and interactive elements, allowing participants to forge connections with others in the class and develop essential skills. Basics is led by two trained NAMI Vermont volunteers who have lived experience supporting a young person with a mental health condition.

Provides a national, confidential helpline for use as a starting point to access help and resources by automatically routing callers to the appropriate state or regional call center for assistance.

Provides care coordination to individuals around mental health support, substance use treatment, Veterans’ benefits and housing assistance, among other supports. The Veteran Care Navigator program is equipped to help individuals and families with a wide range of intricate challenges including the lingering effects of trauma, service-related injuries, difficulty accessing resources, and stress and emotional burden carried by family members and caregivers, both during and after an individual is deployed.