Our mission is to mobilize youth and community partners to reduce youth substance abuse and create a safe, healthy and drug-free environment where youth and families thrive.
September 2016 Highlights & Updates
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month which promotes resources and awareness around the issues of suicide prevention, how you can help others and how to talk about suicide without increasing the risk of harm. See more at: www.nami.org
Stratford Partnership for Youth & Families was presented with the 2016 Student Search Institute Survey and Supplemental Survey results.
Latin Music Festival, Connecticut Distributor's Wellness Fair and School Open Houses
Stratford Partnership for Youth & Families provided valuable information
at the Latin Music Festival, CT Distributors' Wellness Fair along with School Open Houses.
ABC's Asset Ambassadors
promote Asset #5 Caring School Climate
Stratford's Asset Building Classrooms (ABC) Asset Ambassadors are promoting Asset #5: Caring School Climate in September and October as their Asset of the Month.
Community Updates:
As of September 30, 2016, the Medication Drop Box has successfully collected and properly disposed of 3,100.2 pounds of medications since October 2013.
Stratford Community Services offers their 2016 Fall groups, click here.
Sterling House Community Center has welcomed new Development Director, Christopher Carroll. A new volunteer program, Rake & Shovel, begins this fall to assist those in the community who are unable to rake leaves or shovel snow on their own.
One Book Stratford will be hosting numerous events related to the book, Gaining Ground, by Forrest Pritchard at the Stratford Library.
South End Community Center is now accepting donations for the food pantry. Head Start program is accepting children, ages 3 and 4, limited space is available. Also, SECC will be developing a Strategic Plan.
CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services toll-free number to connect those seeking treatment for an opioid addiction to walk-in assessment centers is-- 1-800-563-4086.For a complete list of walk-in assessment centers and their hours, please visit:www.ct.gov/dmhas/walkins.
The next Stratford Partnership for Youth and Families meeting is on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at CT Distributors, 333 Lordship Blvd.
About NAMI Connecticut
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
NAMI Connecticut is a statewide, grassroots, member organization which, along with its local affiliates share a common three-fold mission:
Support to families and individuals with mental health challenges who face the ongoing difficulties of mental illnesses;
Education for families, people with mental illnesses and the public about brain disorders and the impact of diseases on the lives of individuals and families;
Advocacy for improved treatment and services for all individuals with mental illnesses, as well as increased research that will lead to more effective treatment.
