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NAMI Kern County’s FRONT LINE Established 2007

NAMI Kern County’s FRONT LINE Established 2007. Russ Sempell & Patrice Maniaci Founders. www.frontlinenami.org. NAMI Kern County’s FRONT LINE Program Overview

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NAMI Kern County’s FRONT LINE Established 2007

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  1. NAMI Kern County’sFRONT LINE Established 2007 Russ Sempell & Patrice Maniaci Founders www.frontlinenami.org

  2. NAMI Kern County’s FRONT LINE Program Overview FRONT LINE is a network of weekly Support Groups facilitated by NAMI Trained Family and Connection Facilitators for our Veterans, their families and loved ones. FRONT LINE holds quarterly Educational and Resource Conferences (open to our community) to increase awareness and educate the public on issues faced by our Veterans and their families; including PTSD/TBI, suicide prevention, and family issues involving reintegration back to civilian life. Our Speakers include professionals, Veterans and their Families that participate with the FRONT LINE collaborative. FRONT LINE is NAMI Kern County’s Collaborative Network of mental health and other resources available to our Veterans, their families and loved ones in our community. The FRONT LINE Community Collaborative meets monthly. We network with individuals committed to assist Veterans and their families in the FAITH Community, housing, obtaining benefits, educational training, accessing medical and behavioral health services, and other links to needed resources.

  3. NAMI Kern County’s FRONT LINE Veterans, Family and Loved Ones NAMIWalk Team

  4. FRONT LINE’S MISSION • Increase awareness of NAMI • Provide needed Support to Military Families • Educate community of PTSD/TBI & related conditions • Network with Mental Health & Military Community • Saving Lives & Saving Families

  5. Chris and Paul Allen As a result of FRONT LINE & participating in the FAMILY TO FAMILY Educational Class, the Allen Family, after 5 years of turmoil, were able to reunite with their son Chris. Chris is a 24 year old Iraqi Veteran who suffers from PTSD, both father and son are former Marines.

  6. A report issued in the spring of 2010 estimated that 18 veterans die by suicide every day. The same report found that as many as 950 suicide attempts each month occur among veterans receiving services through the Veterans Administration (VA). The rate is lower, however, among veterans aged 19-29 who are receiving services when compared to those who are not currently receiving care through the VA.

  7. Focus on Military FamiliesNAMI Family to Family Family to Family Educational course has been held for three (3) consecutive years at the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Bakersfield CA. When asked the questions, “Who here is a Veteran?” and “Who has a loved one in or has been in the Military?” ~ The pictures tells it all……..

  8. Recruiting the Family to Family Participants FRONT LINE support groups are held weekly in Kern County. During the support group, at the end, we announce the upcoming class. Others that have taken the class are encouraged to tell their story of how Family to Family benefited them. Also, at our quarterly conferences a sign up sheet and brochures on PTSD and the Family to Family Educational program are displayed. Emails are also sent announcing the class to our FRONT LINE Collaborative partners as well as our support group & conference attendees. Constant Contact has been very beneficial as a means of communication. As the class start date approaches, reminder emails and phone calls are done.

  9. Family to Family Week 10 - November 3, 2010Artie Coulter - Instructor & Wife of a Vietnam Veteran JR Browning - Iraqi Veteran & Guest SpeakerErnie - Father of an Iraqi Veteran

  10. Greater Los Angeles Veterans Administration Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) • In the fall of 2007 joined FRONT LINE as a Collaborative Partner • CBOC had never heard of NAMI prior to FRONT LINE • Opened their doors and welcomed the First NAMI Family to Family Educational Class in September of 2008 • September 2009 & 2010 - 2nd & 3rd consecutive years of Family to Family • Continues to support and refer to NAMI Kern County and FRONT LINE

  11. SUPPORT Vet & Family Support Groups NAMI Kern County's FRONT LINE offers several support groups for families and loved ones of veterans. Information is available on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its symptoms, including depression, sleep disorders, anxiety and substance abuse-related conditions. First and third Tuesdays of every month6:00pm - 7:30 p.m. Good Samaritan Hospital, Southwest, 5201 White Lane, Bakersfield 1st half of group Veterans split to their own group then rejoin family group (Veterans Support group led by NAMI Trained Veterans) Fourth Tuesday of every month6:00pn - 7:30 p.m.Mobile Estates Senior Park, 333 S. Dennison, Tehachapi

  12. NAMI Trained FRONT LINE Participants Patrice Maniaci – Family Support Group Facilitator Family Support State Trainer Family to Family Instructor Connection Support Facilitator Peer to Peer Mentor Peer to Peer State Trainer Russ Sempell - Family Support Group Facilitator Family Support State Trainer Family to Family Graduate Peer to Peer Graduate J.R. Browning - Connection Support Facilitator Peer to Peer Mentor Denita Hartfield -Connection Support Facilitator Speaker, CA State Psychological Association

  13. EDUCATION Family to Family Education NAMI Trained Instructors *Spouse of Vietnam Veteran *Daughter of WW11 and Korean Veteran Peer to Peer Recovery Education NAMI Trained Mentors *Iraqi Combat Veteran Quarterly Conferences Open to the Community

  14. ADVOCACY "The War Within: Eyewitness News Investigates PTSD," KBAK/KBFX-TVThis November 2008 special report on veterans' Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder features NAMI Kern County's FRONT LINE www.frontlinenami.org/TheWarWithinEyewitnessNewsInvestigatesPTSD/tabid/84/Default.aspx Kurt Rivera krivera@bakersfieldnow.com I am also the proud recipient of several awards, including three Edward R. Murrow Awards. One, a 2006 National Murrow for a series of reports on meth. I have received a pair of EMMY Awards for breaking news coverage in Detroit and for a half hour special called “The War Within” on veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I have been honored by the Associated Press and Radio/Television News Association (RTNA) for best investigative, consumer, feature and news series reporting. In 2009, I received the NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) California Media Award for “excellence in reporting on serious mental illness.” In 2010, I was awarded the Mental Health America best “Local Television” national award for outstanding coverage of a mental health issue for news special called “Dying For Help.”

  15. Wally BeVille FRONT LINE Veteran, Peer to Peer Graduate, Volunteer, Kern County Mental Health Crisis Unit with focus on Veterans

  16. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Kern, State of California officially proclaimed October 10-16, 2010 as National Alliance on Mental Illness FRONT LINE Awareness Week in Kern County RESOLUTIONS/PROCLAMATIONS 1) Proclamation proclaiming October 10 - 16, 2010 as National Alliance on Mental Illness FRONT LINE Awareness Week in Kern County - PROCLAIMED; MADE PRESENTATION TO J.R. BROWNING AND DENITA HARTFIELD, U.S. ARMY VETERANS; AND PATRICE MANIACI, CO-FOUNDER, NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS (NAMI) FRONT LINE PROGRAM, AND VICE PRESIDENT OF NAMI KERN COUNTY; J.R. BROWNING, DENITA HARTFIELD AND PATRICE MANIACI, HEARD Maggard-Maben: 4 Ayes; 1 Absent - Rubio

  17. NAMI Kern County’s FRONT LINE OUTCOME • Membership • Family to Family • Peer to Peer • Board Participants • Community Activities • Walk Participants • Media Coverage • Speaking Engagements • Fundraising • Trained Facilitators & Instructors • Support Groups • Stigma

  18. NAMI Kern County’s FRONT LINE Veterans Day Parade November 11, 2010 Bakersfield, CA

  19. NAMI Kern County’s FRONT LINE Russ Sempell and Patrice Maniaci Founders www.frontlinenami.org United We Stand

  20. Thank You Russ Sempell & Patrice Maniaci Founders NAMI Kern County’s FRONT LINE est 2007 www.frontlinenami.org (661) 303-1416 (661) 333-5484

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