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Financial Results for FY2010

(July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010)

REVENUE AND SUPPORT

DMH Grant $244,738 Special Event - NAMIWalks $381,564 Contributions $104,186 Other Operating Income $49,882 Interest Income $3,846Net Assets Released from Restrictions Used

for Operations $58,963

Total Revenue and Support $843,179

2010 Annual Report

OPERATING EXPENSES

Salaries and Related Expenses $352,259 Employee Benefits $59,200 Professional Fees $37,781 Occupancy Costs $45,162 Operating Supplies and Expenses $122,536 Insurance, Other $4,962 Travel Expenses $22,517 Training and Education Expenses $31,307 Donation Expenses $2,105 Payment to Affiliates $74,814 Payment to NAMI National $28,388 Dues $7,501

Total Operating Expenses $788,532

Surplus - Unrestricted $54,647

MissionThe mission of NAMI Massachusetts is to improve the quality of life both for people with mental

illnesses and for their families.

VisionWe seek to extend the education, support, and advocacy programs of NAMI Massachusetts so that we will reach out to all Massachusetts consumers and their families; improve the public’s awareness

and understanding of mental illnesses; and advocate at all levels to ensure that all persons affected by mental illnesses receive, in a timely fashion, the services that they need and deserve.

ValuesCentral to NAMI Massachusetts is a commitment to programs that are both peer/consumer-driven

and family-driven; to the key concepts of recovery, resiliency, and support that are essential to wellness and quality of life; and to full and meaningful lives for all persons.

400 West Cummings Park, Suite 6650, Woburn, MA 01801-6528

781-938-4048 · fax 781-938-4069

www.namimass.org

Corporate Sponsors

We wish to thank and recognize the 79 corporate sponsors of NAMIWalks Massachusetts 2010. We are grateful to all.

Polaris Healthcare ServicesSeven Hills FoundationSouth Bay Mental HealthSouth Shore Mental HealthWalden Behavioral Care, LLCWestbridge Community Services

Supporter SponsorsAssociation of Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.Bose FoundationBournewood Health SystemsBrockton Area Multi-ServicesBridgewellThe Children’s CastleDimock Community Foundation, Inc.The Edinburg Center, Inc.Fallon Community Health PlanFellowship Health Resources, Inc.Galanea CorporationHealth & Education ServicesJohn BartleyJustice Resource InstituteMarylou SuddersMassachusetts League of Community

Health CentersMassachusetts Nurses AssociationNeuroneticsNFI Massachusetts, Inc.PLAN of Massachusetts Inc.Riverside Community CareTeva PharmaceuticalsUMass Memorial Health Care, Inc.Union Installations, Inc.MetroWest Medical Center

Kilometer SponsorsBoston Public Health CommissionBrudnick Neuropsychiatric Research InstituteChanning Bete CompanyComfort Home CareCummings Properties, LLCMassachusetts Association of Behavioral

Health SystemsMassachusetts Clubhouse CoalitionMassachusetts Organization for

Addiction Recovery

Lead SponsorBeacon Health Strategies

Major SponsorPartners HealthCare

Psychiatry and Mental Health

Gold SponsorsAstraZenecaMassachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership

Silver SponsorsBaycove Human ServicesDonoghue, Barrett & Singal, P.C.Vinfen Corporation

Start/Finish Line SponsorsAdvocates, Inc.Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBristol-Myers Squibb CompanyCambridge Health AllianceBoston Medical Center/BU School

of MedicineEli Lilly and CompanyMcLean HospitalOptum HealthPublic Consulting Group, Inc.

Bronze SponsorsArbour Health SystemsBlue Cross Blue Shield of MassachusettsBMC HealthNet PlanChildren’s Hospital BostonRBS Citizens N.A.Community Counseling of Bristol

County, Inc.Eliot Community Human Services, Inc.Foley Hoag, LLPGary Zalkin, Esq., LICSWJewish Family & Children’s ServicesSEIU Local 509Neighborhood Health PlanNetwork HealthNorth Suffolk Mental Health Associates, Inc.Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharma, Inc.PAMLAB, L.L.C.

Massachusetts Psychiatric SocietyMental Health Association of Greater LowellNortheast Hospital Corp./BayRidge HospitalState StreetSteven & Barbara GrossmanVillage BankWild Acre InnsWork Inc.

In-Kind DonationsBertucci’sCheese Cake FactoryFresh ConceptsBoston Children’s TheaterStarbucksWachusett MountainWelch’sIsabella Stewart Gardner MuseumBoston Duck ToursThe Coolidge Corner TheatreTitterington’s Baking CompanyCape Cod Potato ChipsUno’s Chicago GrillMarket BasketRoche BrothersHannaford’sShaw’sStop & ShopBJ’sCostcoWhole FoodsNantucket NectarsTable Top PiesKHC AudioPrice ChopperPeggy LawtonBoston CelticsBoston Red SoxNatural Bakers of New EnglandFood Should Taste Good

While we have made every effort to include all the generous busi-nesses that gave in-kind donations, if we have inadvertently omitted any entity, or misspelled any names, please accept our apologies and contact our office.

Board of Directors

Guy Beales, PresidentLynda Michaud Cutrell, Vice PresidentTim Wing, TreasurerHoward Trachtman, Corresponding SecretaryRita Sagalyn, Recording SecretaryMarylou Sudders, At Large Executive BoardJane Martin, At Large Executive Board

Directors:Jean AlbanesePam AndrewsRobert AntonioniRenee ChampagneBernice Drumheller

Left to right: 2010 NAMI Mass Board of Directors Robert Antonioni, Chris Previtera, Jean Albanese, Tim Wing, Pam Andrews, Guy Beales, Marylou Sudders, and Howard Trachtman.

Not pictured: Lynda Michaud Cutrell, Rita Sagalyn, Jane Martin, Brenda Venice, Renee Champagne, Bernice Drumheller, Constantine Souris, Tom Scurfield, and Hannah Martinez.

Hannah MartinezChristine PreviteraTom ScurfieldConstantine SourisBrenda Venice

and we are grateful to all those individual members and affiliates who advocated on behalf of these substantial changes.

Advocacy efforts also included our annual Advocacy Day at the State House on March 29, with an emphasis on contacting our legislators and their staff and making our voice heard. NAMI Massachusetts also released a position paper on emergency psychiatric services, and we are pleased that the paper has already resulted in one important change: a statewide 800 number for callers to find their Emergency Services Program (ESP or “crisis team”).

And we walked! Our Seventh Annual Walk was held on May 15, 2010 at Artesani Park in Boston, the most successful ever—thanks to the hard work of volunteers throughout Massachusetts and to the generous support of our lead Corporate Sponsor, Beacon Health Strategies, scores of other organizations, and thousands of individuals who joined teams and walked. Together we raised awareness—we celebrated recovery—and we raised funds to continue our programs of education, support, and advocacy.

As we celebrate the year’s accomplishments, we also recognize that much remains to be done. Working together—as individual volunteers, affiliates, staff, and members of the Board—we will continue toward the realization of our mission to improve the quality of life both for people with mental illnesses and for their families.

On behalf of our Board of Directors and the NAMI staff, thank you.

Guy Beales Laurie MartinelliPresident, NAMI Mass Board of Directors Executive Director, NAMI Mass

President’s and Executive Director’s MessageDear Friends:

Although it was a difficult economic climate and state budget cuts were problematic, in fiscal year, 2010, The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Massachusetts (NAMI Mass) worked arduously to carry out its mission to improve the quality of life for people with serious mental illness and their families.

The staff of NAMI Massachusetts worked with hundreds of dedicated volunteers throughout Massachusetts to carry out our educational programs. For example, we offered 22 Family-to-Family education programs and trained an additional 18 teachers. There were 117 In Our Own Voice presentations, reaching an audience of more than 2000 people. NAMI Basics and Children’s Challenging Behavior courses were presented in six different towns and cities. And there were fourteen workshops for the nearly 400 members and friends who attended the annual convention in Springfield on October 24. 2009.

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act, which includes significant changes and improvements in the range and quality of mental health care. Such legislation has been a priority for NAMI,

Guy Beales, NAMI Mass Board President

Laurie Martinelli, Executive Director

President’s Message

Donors to NAMI Massachusetts

Kenneth DavisYanel DeAngelJean DeDomingJude DeHartKeith DemersStephanie DevastoRobert DewaldSharon DiCarloDr. Philip DingmannLena Dohlman-GerhartKenneth DonovanGovernor and Mrs. Michael DukakisNancy DummFrancis and Rose EarleyFritz EberleDr. Stuart E. EdelmanDr. Bernard EdelsteinDr. Robert EisendrathMichael EllisJames EllisonJean FainMarguerite FarnsworthJohn FeeneyMichael FetchoDanuta FichnaDr. Steven FischelRobert FleischnerMichelle FowlerColleen FoxRichard and Heidi FredetteDr. Rohn FriedmanMaryjane and Gerard FrommPatrice GallagherDr. George GardosBrian and Molly GarrityJoanne GaySid and Goldie GelbSteven GelderDr. Max GellerJack GershmanMeridy GilesBernice GilmanDorothy and Roger GippsPriscilla GleasonErik GodaireNelson & Terry GoguenMr. Richard GoldmanDr. Marianne GoldsmithSusan GoldsteinMichael and Ellen HallorRoy HammerCarl and Signe HansonDr. James HarburgerPatricia Ann HarneyDr. Jennifer HarrisDr. Alexandra HarrisonBarbara HartJoanne HarveyJenny Hauser-CramBeatrice Hering-HeinzeMarie HermannDr. Marie Hobart

Janet HodgesDr. Daphne HoltPenny HommeyerBrian HonanSusan HooleJerry & Suzanne HoughtonChristina HoughtonDr. John HowlandGerard and Cecile HuberdeauNancy and John HugginsNeal JacobsMichael JakubczykMelba T. JamesMelaine JanskyJohn JohnsonNina JordanSusan B. KahnDan and Judy KarpDr. Howard KatzDr, Patricia KauffmanDr. Monte KaufmanDr. Annette KaweckiW. Scott KerryLiza KetchumDr. and Mrs. Edward KhantzianLinda KingRobert King, Jr.Ann KnowlesDr. David KraftJoan KravetzHelen KrzeminskiNancy LaneMeryl and Melvin LangbortElaine and Morris LarkinDr. Jasper LawsonRichard LeoneSelma LernerPamela LetendreJeffrey LeyhDr. and Mrs. Benjamin LiptzinSherry Penney LivingstonAnn LoomosBill and Susan LouisignauRobert and Kathryn LovezzolaDr. Kirk LumJean LynchRobert and Kathryn MacLaughlanGrace MahoneyDr. Deborah ManegoldDr. Gerald MargolisThomas and Jane MartinLaurie MartinelliGrace MayneAnna McCaddenDr. Dennis McCroryDr. James McGuireJerome MedalieJohn and Carole MerrifieldNicholas MetcalfDr. Martin MillerDr. Richard MorrillJoel and Peggy Moses

Margaret AbellsDr. and Mrs. David AdlerWilma AlessandroDr. Alex AltamiranoDr. Jane AndersonCatherine AndersonPamela AndrewsRobert AntonioniDee ArchambaultRuth ArenaElissa and Daniel AronsJohn ArsenaultElsa AuerbachKenneth BackalerPaul BarreiraPeter and Peggy BarrettAdam BassRoss BealesBetty Jean BechDr. Kathy BecherDiane BermanDr. Joseph BiedermanElaine BirkholzElouise BjorkmanMary BlanchardDiane BleakneyNancy and Robert BoltonThe Borden FamilyMargot BotsfordDr. Carl BrownsbergerEllen BruceBetty BrudnickKathleen and Richard BucchianeriWayne BuddFenton & Peggy BurkeWalter and Gail BurkeJonathan BurkeMary BurneySusan BushDr. Anne ButlerDavid ButtDr. Thrassos CalligasSusan CaponWarren CarbergDr. Joseph CassDr. Linden CassidyPeter ChubinskyCharles CnuddeBruce CohenRosario ConsoloCelia CoutureDr. Joseph CoyleCynthia CresswellMavis CurtisLynda CutrellAntone DaCostaPhyllis DalelioPhyllis D’AlelioDr. James DalsimerCarl and Claire DantasDr. Paul DavidMartha Davidson

Dr. Stephen MuellerDonna M. MurphyJohn NealeCarolyn NeeDr. Sheila NemserDr. Paul NoroianJoann OberbeckR. Christopher O’BrienDr. David OsserDr. Abigail R. OstowBarbara PageDr. Lawrence PanychJohn PapasGerry and Eleanor PeierceErnest and Josephine PeltierSherry Penney LivingstonRobert and Rachel PerlmutterDr. Lawrence PetersGeorge PhearBeverly PhelanEric PlakunDr. Paul PlaskyDr. Charles PopperMary Pat PradoChristine PreviteraDr. Seth RafalDan and Sue RanieriHoward and Susan RashbaMaurice H. RichardsonDr. Alexandra RoldeLee RosenbaumMarcos RosenbaumStephen RosenfeldDrs. Daniel & Barbara RosennTom and Debby RosenthalDr. Jonathan RothmanDebra RoyDr. Elana RudavskyEvelyn RussellMerilyn RussellLaurence SaraziniDr. and Mrs. Edward ScolnickDr. Leo ShapiroJoanne SharacStephen SheaLouis SiegelDr. George SigelRachel SilverJayne SkomialDr. Blake SmithRoberta SoliwodaArthur SpencerBeverly and Lawrence St. ClairHenry and Lorraine St. Laurent

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Left to right: Board member Marylou Sudders, DMH Commissioner Barbara Leadholm, Representative Liz Malia, and NAMI Mass Executive Director Laurie Martinelli kicking off the 2010 Walk.

NAMIWalks Massachusetts

In 2010, the seventh annual walkathon had the distinction of being the leading revenue raiser out of nearly 80 walks across the nation. Our Walkers, donors and corporate sponsors contributed $381,564.

With over 6000 people in attendance enjoying the music, looking through the exhibitor area, taking in the sun, or walking the 3-mile route around the Charles River, the Walk gives us the opportunity to deliver our anti-stigma message and educate the public about mental illness. With one in four adults diagnosed with a mental illness each year and ten percent of children and adolescents experiencing serious emotional and mental disorders that cause significant functional impairment in their day-to-day lives at home, in school and with peers, the Walk celebrates resiliency and recovery for all those affected by mental illnesses. Every walker and donor has a compelling reason for their participation in NAMIWalks Massachusetts; empathy, dignity and hope are the order of the day.

There were 137 walk teams and just under 2000 walkers registered for NAMIWalks 2010; many of whom have participated before in the event. Our leading affiliate was NAMI Central Middlesex led by their masterful team captain Tom Scurfield, in the aggregate the affiliate earned $37,852, and their share for local projects was $17,033. This year, we distributed a record $68,020 to the 19 affiliates who participated in the Walk.

Our top team was NAMI Cambridge Middlesex with $19,877 and 52 people raised $1000 or more. Again, hats off to Mary Sine, Peggy McNeil, Ken Mack and Hector Merlin—the lead organizers of Recovery is Real, our biggest Walk team with 182 individuals. We are immensely grateful to the sixty or so volunteers who helped out the day of the event, especially Naresh Gajera, Marilyn DeSantis, and John Sharp, our Operating, Registration and Safety Leads respectively. A special thank you to our Lead Corporate Sponsor Beacon Health Strategies and their Chief Executive Officer and President Tim Murphy, whose Walk team raised an outstanding $16,330.

Photo credits: Carolle PhotographyGraphic Design: Dwyer Design

State Senator Flanagan and Representative Malia Co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse sponsored the event. Hundreds of NAMI members and allies called on our state legislators, policymakers and officials to reinstate the funding for mental health services which were cut from recent budgets.

Everyone also staunchly advocated for our top five legislative priorities:

I. RestoreFundingtotheDepartmentofMentalHealth

II. PreserveAccesstoAppropriateMedications

III.PromoteHousingforPeoplewithMentalIllness

IV. EncourageJailDiversionandCoordinatedRe-EntryServicesfromtheCriminalJusticeSystem

V. EstablishaComprehensiveChildren’sMentalHealthSystem

Finally Toby Fisher, formerly Executive Director and then Policy Director, long a fixture at the Statehouse advocating for persons with mental illness, has moved from NAMI Massachusetts to the Service Employees International Union. He will be based at SEIU Local 509 in Watertown helping the union in campaigns to improve services for people with mental illness. Toby said “I am and always will be a proud NAMI member. One never really leaves NAMI!”

NAMI Massachusetts Affiliate Organizations

NAMI Mass has 22 Affiliates (local chapters) and 2100 members. When you become a member of NAMI you join us at the Affiliate, State, and National level. Most of our 22 Affiliates have both Family Support Groups and NAMI Connection Recovery Support Groups. Working with the NAMI Mass Education Program Managers, Affiliates were involved in conducting 22 Family to Family education classes and six education classes for families dealing with mental illness in school age children. Affiliates are NAMI Mass’ major sponsor of Education Seminars and are major contributors to the success of the NAMIWalks Massachusetts campaign. Next year we look forward to sustaining our present Affiliate activities and increasing our Affiliate membership with a focus on underserved populations.

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NAMI Mass Affiliates and Board Presidents:

NAMI Attleboro .......................................... David R. Arnold

NAMI Berkshire County .................................... Molly Boxer

NAMI Cambridge/Middlesex .............................. Jane Martin

NAMI Greater Boston CAN .................... Howard Trachtman

NAMI Cape Ann ................................................ Marcia Ford

NAMI Cape Cod ................................................... Chris Ebel

NAMI Central Massachusetts .................. Annette Mysliewiec

NAMI Central Middlesex ...Lynda McCumber & Ivy Pompei

NAMI Coastal ..........................................Fanny A. Zambuto

NAMI Dorchester/Mattapan/Roxbury ..............Karen Weaver

NAMI Greater Fall River ................................. Brenda Venice

NAMI Greater Framingham ...........................Tina DeAngelo

NAMI Greater Lowell .......................................Marilyn Jonas

NAMI Greater North Shore ............................. James Cassetta

NAMI Latino Metro Boston ...........................Carmen Rivera

NAMI Newton/Wellesley ................................ Eileen O’Toole

NAMI North Central Mass ................................... Guy Beales

NAMI Northeast Essex ....................Charlie & Ruth Lambert

NAMI Plymouth ...............................................Jean Childers

NAMI South Norfolk ...........................................Ray Breton

NAMI South Shore ....................................... Barbara Sullivan

NAMI Western Mass .........Bernice Drumheller & Linda Roy

Judith StaffordJohn StaintonJohn & Valerie StellingMarcia SternGeorge StoneRonald StoryDr. John StrausBonnie StrickmanMarylou SuddersDr. Owen SurmanScott TabernerJanet TannebringBetsy TarlinSarbjit ThiaraKimberly TraceyAlicia TullyAlice TuomivaaraJoseph VallelyKaren VanderborghMeredith VianoLyubov VishnepolskayaHarry VoorheesDr. Alexander VuckovicSarah WalshDr. Mitchell WanghDr. William WatermanDr. Charles WelchSuzanne WestbrookBrenda WettergreenCarolyn WhiteNeal and Alyssa WigetmanRandall WightThe Willis FamilyTimothy WingDr. Andrew WinnegIra WolfsonDr. Paula WolkJames WolstenholmeDr. Julia WoodSam YounesMark & Ginny Zanger

Gifts to Honor, Gifts in Memory

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to NAMI Mass through gifts made in honor of someone or in memory of a loved one.

While we made every effort to include all donors in this report, from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, if we have inadvertently omitted any donor, or misspelled any names, please accept our apologies and contact our office for record correction.

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Family to Family

Family to Family (F2F) is a free 12 week course for family and friends of individuals with a serious mental illness taught by volunteer family members who have been there and know the challenges.

What does the course include?

• Current information about schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, borderline personality disorder, and co-occurring brain disorders and addictive disorders

• Up-to-date information about medications, side effects, and strategies for medication adherence

• Current research related to the biology of brain disorders and the evidence-based, most effective treatments to promote recovery

• Gaining empathy by understanding the subjective, lived experience of a person with mental illness

• Learning problem solving, listening, and communication techniques

• Acquiring strategies for handling crises and relapse

• Focusing on care for the caregiver: coping with worry, stress, and emotional overload

• Guidance on locating appropriate supports and services within the community

• Information on advocacy initiatives designed to improve and expand services.

In fiscal year 2010 we offered 22 F2F courses:

• 2 in Concord • Ipswich

• Great Barrington • Brighton

• Lowell • Jamaica Plain

• Williamstown • Pittsfield

• Worcester • Holyoke

• Woburn • Waltham

• Salem • Martha’s Vineyard

• Hingham • Billerica

• Boston • 2 in Framingham

• West Roxbury • Bedford

West Roxbury, Bedford and Jamaica Plain classes were offered to Veterans and their families.

Thank you to Vinfen, The Veterans Administration and Advocates, Inc. for underwriting F2F courses for your client’s families.

Education and Support Programs

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During fiscal year 2010, we offered Children’s Challenging Behavior workshops for teachers and caregivers, and offered three Webinars.

• Children’s Challenging Behavior, September 11, 2010, Co-Sponsored with NAMI Western Mass. in Springfield

• Children’s Challenging Behavior, Co-Sponsored with Metro Boston Recovery Learning Community; March 27, 2010, in Boston

• Children’s Challenging Behavior, November 26, 2010, Co-Sponsored with NAMI Dorchester, in Dorchester

• Children’s Challenging Behavior, May 26, 2010, Co-Sponsored with PAL and NAMI Northeast Essex, in Haverhill

• Children’s Challenging Behavior, September 26, 2009, Co-Sponsored with NAMI North Central, in Leominster

• Children’s Challenging Behavior, November 7, 2009, Co-Sponsored with NAMI Plymouth, in Plymouth

Advocacy and Public Policy

Much of fiscal year 2010 was involved with the budget debate and DMH reorganization. The final appropriation for DMH FY2010 is $621,868,708, which is a significant cut from the final FY2010 spending of $633,705,000. This budget does fund Partial Hospitalization Programs at Mass Mental, Corrigan and Pocasset. This is a victory since these facilities were slated to close and NAMI Mass advocated staunchly that they remain open. However the budget cuts will require closing 95 to 100 inpatient beds. DMH will do this across the system, closing at least one unit in each of the hospitals. Finally, DMH has reduced its areas from six to three, which are as follows: Central-West Area with Theodore Kirousis as Area Director, Northeast-Suburban Area with Susan Wing as Area Director, and Metro-Southeast Area with Clifford Robinson as Area Director. Clearly, this is a time NAMI Mass must remain a strong advocate for greater mental health coverage.

NAMI Mass joined forces with disability groups from across the state to celebrate the Americans with Disabilities Act. The 20th anniversary of the passing of the bill into law was greeted with public celebration on Boston Common on July 26th and was a huge success.

Although this year has seen trying economic and political times, NAMI Mass has been aggressively advocating, which has resulted in some victories. The annual NAMI Mass Advocacy Day held on March 29, 2010 at the State House was a qualified success. A key victory was that NAMI Mass released the paper, “Massachusetts Emergency Behavioral Service Program,” which called for a statewide emergency service phone line so that anyone in any part of the state could call the same number for help. A few short weeks later, MassHealth established a statewide Emergency Services Program (ESP) toll free number, by which anyone in Massachusetts can obtain the phone number of their local Emergency Services Program and Mobile Crisis Intervention services, by entering a zip code. The statewide toll free number is 877-382-1609.

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Advocacy Day March 29, 2010

NAMI Mass Visits Congress

Family to Family:

“I find it helpful that I am not alone

in this. There is a wealth of information in

the course.”

- F2F Graduate, mother

“The information is important and beyond

belief. It is helpful to see others who are

experiencing the same problems.”

- F2F Graduate, spouse

“This was a life changing experience. It has

helped me handle many difficult situations.”

- F2F Graduate, sibling

“Excellent course. Extremely interesting

and informative. I have gained insight into

my grandson’s actions and needs.

- F2F Graduate, grandparent

In Our Own Voice:

“You have put a human face and real-life

stories behind what might otherwise be

viewed as mere clinical diagnosis. The

students have a much better sense that

mental illness does not define who a

person is, that people with mental illness

can be fully functioning members of

society. The students are now more likely

to seek help if they need it, offer help

for those in need, and be more vigilant

in ensuring that those with mental illness

are treated with the utmost respect

and dignity.”

- Brian Lamoureaux, teacher, Carver High School


We graduated over 300 family members who now know they are not alone!

We also held a training for new F2F teachers taught by first year trainers Larry and Tina DeAngelo which graduated 18 new F2F teachers.

In Our Own Voice

In Our Own Voice (IOOV) is an hour-long, free presentation given by two trained people about living with their mental illnesses. The program includes personal testimony, a video portion, and discussion with the audience. The goal of IOOV is to address stigma in the community and to enrich the audience’s understanding of how people cope with serious mental illness.

In fiscal year 2010, NAMI Mass gave 117 IOOV presentations and reached an audience of 2,102 people. There were a variety of venues where IOOV was presented: including The Walden School (school for the deaf ), Beacon Health Strategies, the MA Suicide Prevention Conference, Harvard School of Public Health, Greenfield Community College, the Bedford Veterans Administration, Tufts University, and the CIT training offered by NAMI Berkshire County in Pittsfield.

IOOV held a weekend training in September, 2009, and we have nine new presenters.

Working closely with the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health and the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, we developed an American Sign Language (ASL) version of the video to be used to reach the underserved community of people who are deaf and hard of hearing.

NAMI Connection

NAMI Connection is a peer run support group for people with mental illness where everyone learns from shared experiences, talking about coping strategies, and offering each other encouragement and understanding. In fiscal year 2010, NAMI Mass sponsored 13 NAMI groups across the state. Thank you to these groups and their facilitators:

• Agawam office at NAMI Western Massachusetts

• Greenfield: The Carson Center

• Fitchburg: Messiah Lutheran Church

• Clinton: Clinton Hospital

• Lowell: Veterans Community Care Center (vets only)

• 2 groups in Gloucester on Cape Ann

• 3 groups on Cape Cod: One at the NAMI Cape Cod office in Hyannis, one in Orleans, and one group on Martha’s Vineyard

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• Framingham: UCC Conference Center

• Cambridge/Somerville Recovery Learning Community

• Metro Boston Recovery Learning Community

In December 2009, we held our first state sponsored training. Twelve graduates joined the existing Connection groups around the Boston Metro area to bolster and support the facilitators who are already in place. Thank you to Jaqueline Martinez from Casa Primavera in Boston, and Pete Aresco from NAMI CT who facilitated that training. Over 1,000 people came to our peer run support groups last year with 82% returning time and time again. In post surveys, 92% of participants say they feel better for having attended a Connection group and 88% say they feel that NAMI Connection has significantly improved their outlook about the possibilities of recovery. As one NAMI Connection participant said, “NAMI Connection has given me real hope that I can get better. Now I don’t feel so alone because I know other people are going through the same things I do.”

Child and Adolescent Programming

The Child & Adolescent Department works to improve the lives of children and adolescents living with mental illnesses and their families through education, support and advocacy. We offer resources and education programs to schools, professionals, and caregivers/families. We also collaborate with our local chapters to bring programs to different areas and agencies in the state. We support parents and caregivers of children with mental illnesses by providing information, referrals, education programs and resources to families and youth.

During this fiscal year, we introduced a new NAMI educational program: NAMI Basics. The course joins our one-day comprehensive course Children’s Challenging Behavior (CCB).

CCB, a five hour workshop, helps people better understand why children with mental health issues behave the way they do, gives people the opportunity to learn new ways of managing behavior and communicating with these children and offers strategies for home and school.

In October 2009 we had a teacher training at The United Church of Christ Conference Center in Framingham. Dr. Teri Brister, the creator of NAMI Basics from NAMI National, facilitated the weekend training and we now have 16 trained NAMI Basics teachers around the state. NAMI Basics is the new signature education program for parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illnesses. It is taught by the trained teachers who are the parent or other caregivers of individuals who developed the symptoms of mental illness prior to the age of 13 years. The course consists of six classes per program. NAMI Berkshire County offered the first Basics course in April 2010.

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NAMI Connection continued

Judith StaffordJohn StaintonJohn & Valerie StellingMarcia SternGeorge StoneRonald StoryDr. John StrausBonnie StrickmanMarylou SuddersDr. Owen SurmanScott TabernerJanet TannebringBetsy TarlinSarbjit ThiaraKimberly TraceyAlicia TullyAlice TuomivaaraJoseph VallelyKaren VanderborghMeredith VianoLyubov VishnepolskayaHarry VoorheesDr. Alexander VuckovicSarah WalshDr. Mitchell WanghDr. William WatermanDr. Charles WelchSuzanne WestbrookBrenda WettergreenCarolyn WhiteNeal and Alyssa WigetmanRandall WightThe Willis FamilyTimothy WingDr. Andrew WinnegIra WolfsonDr. Paula WolkJames WolstenholmeDr. Julia WoodSam YounesMark & Ginny Zanger

Gifts to Honor, Gifts in Memory

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to NAMI Mass through gifts made in honor of someone or in memory of a loved one.

While we made every effort to include all donors in this report, from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, if we have inadvertently omitted any donor, or misspelled any names, please accept our apologies and contact our office for record correction.

Donors continued

Family to Family

Family to Family (F2F) is a free 12 week course for family and friends of individuals with a serious mental illness taught by volunteer family members who have been there and know the challenges.

What does the course include?

• Current information about schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, borderline personality disorder, and co-occurring brain disorders and addictive disorders

• Up-to-date information about medications, side effects, and strategies for medication adherence

• Current research related to the biology of brain disorders and the evidence-based, most effective treatments to promote recovery

• Gaining empathy by understanding the subjective, lived experience of a person with mental illness

• Learning problem solving, listening, and communication techniques

• Acquiring strategies for handling crises and relapse

• Focusing on care for the caregiver: coping with worry, stress, and emotional overload

• Guidance on locating appropriate supports and services within the community

• Information on advocacy initiatives designed to improve and expand services.

In fiscal year 2010 we offered 22 F2F courses:

• 2 in Concord • Ipswich

• Great Barrington • Brighton

• Lowell • Jamaica Plain

• Williamstown • Pittsfield

• Worcester • Holyoke

• Woburn • Waltham

• Salem • Martha’s Vineyard

• Hingham • Billerica

• Boston • 2 in Framingham

• West Roxbury • Bedford

West Roxbury, Bedford and Jamaica Plain classes were offered to Veterans and their families.

Thank you to Vinfen, The Veterans Administration and Advocates, Inc. for underwriting F2F courses for your client’s families.


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During fiscal year 2010, we offered Children’s Challenging Behavior workshops for teachers and caregivers, and offered three Webinars.

• Children’s Challenging Behavior, September 11, 2010, Co-Sponsored with NAMI Western Mass. in Springfield

• Children’s Challenging Behavior, Co-Sponsored with Metro Boston Recovery Learning Community; March 27, 2010, in Boston

• Children’s Challenging Behavior, November 26, 2010, Co-Sponsored with NAMI Dorchester, in Dorchester

• Children’s Challenging Behavior, May 26, 2010, Co-Sponsored with PAL and NAMI Northeast Essex, in Haverhill

• Children’s Challenging Behavior, September 26, 2009, Co-Sponsored with NAMI North Central, in Leominster

• Children’s Challenging Behavior, November 7, 2009, Co-Sponsored with NAMI Plymouth, in Plymouth

Advocacy and Public Policy

Much of fiscal year 2010 was involved with the budget debate and DMH reorganization. The final appropriation for DMH FY2010 is $621,868,708, which is a significant cut from the final FY2010 spending of $633,705,000. This budget does fund Partial Hospitalization Programs at Mass Mental, Corrigan and Pocasset. This is a victory since these facilities were slated to close and NAMI Mass advocated staunchly that they remain open. However the budget cuts will require closing 95 to 100 inpatient beds. DMH will do this across the system, closing at least one unit in each of the hospitals. Finally, DMH has reduced its areas from six to three, which are as follows: Central-West Area with Theodore Kirousis as Area Director, Northeast-Suburban Area with Susan Wing as Area Director, and Metro-Southeast Area with Clifford Robinson as Area Director. Clearly, this is a time NAMI Mass must remain a strong advocate for greater mental health coverage.

NAMI Mass joined forces with disability groups from across the state to celebrate the Americans with Disabilities Act. The 20th anniversary of the passing of the bill into law was greeted with public celebration on Boston Common on July 26th and was a huge success.

Although this year has seen trying economic and political times, NAMI Mass has been aggressively advocating, which has resulted in some victories. The annual NAMI Mass Advocacy Day held on March 29, 2010 at the State House was a qualified success. A key victory was that NAMI Mass released the paper, “Massachusetts Emergency Behavioral Service Program,” which called for a statewide emergency service phone line so that anyone in any part of the state could call the same number for help. A few short weeks later, MassHealth established a statewide Emergency Services Program (ESP) toll free number, by which anyone in Massachusetts can obtain the phone number of their local Emergency Services Program and Mobile Crisis Intervention services, by entering a zip code. The statewide toll free number is 877-382-1609.

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Financial Results for FY2010

(July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010)

REVENUE AND SUPPORT

DMH Grant $244,738 Special Event - NAMIWalks $381,564 Contributions $104,186 Other Operating Income $49,882 Interest Income $3,846Net Assets Released from Restrictions Used

for Operations $58,963

Total Revenue and Support $843,179

2010 Annual Report

OPERATING EXPENSES

Salaries and Related Expenses $352,259 Employee Benefits $59,200 Professional Fees $37,781 Occupancy Costs $45,162 Operating Supplies and Expenses $122,536 Insurance, Other $4,962 Travel Expenses $22,517 Training and Education Expenses $31,307 Donation Expenses $2,105 Payment to Affiliates $74,814 Payment to NAMI National $28,388 Dues $7,501

Total Operating Expenses $788,532

Surplus - Unrestricted $54,647

MissionThe mission of NAMI Massachusetts is to improve the quality of life both for people with mental

illnesses and for their families.

VisionWe seek to extend the education, support, and advocacy programs of NAMI Massachusetts so that we will reach out to all Massachusetts consumers and their families; improve the public’s awareness

and understanding of mental illnesses; and advocate at all levels to ensure that all persons affected by mental illnesses receive, in a timely fashion, the services that they need and deserve.

ValuesCentral to NAMI Massachusetts is a commitment to programs that are both peer/consumer-driven

and family-driven; to the key concepts of recovery, resiliency, and support that are essential to wellness and quality of life; and to full and meaningful lives for all persons.

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Corporate Sponsors

We wish to thank and recognize the 79 corporate sponsors of NAMIWalks Massachusetts 2010. We are grateful to all.

Polaris Healthcare ServicesSeven Hills FoundationSouth Bay Mental HealthSouth Shore Mental HealthWalden Behavioral Care, LLCWestbridge Community Services

Supporter SponsorsAssociation of Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.Bose FoundationBournewood Health SystemsBrockton Area Multi-ServicesBridgewellThe Children’s CastleDimock Community Foundation, Inc.The Edinburg Center, Inc.Fallon Community Health PlanFellowship Health Resources, Inc.Galanea CorporationHealth & Education ServicesJohn BartleyJustice Resource InstituteMarylou SuddersMassachusetts League of Community

Health CentersMassachusetts Nurses AssociationNeuroneticsNFI Massachusetts, Inc.PLAN of Massachusetts Inc.Riverside Community CareTeva PharmaceuticalsUMass Memorial Health Care, Inc.Union Installations, Inc.MetroWest Medical Center

Kilometer SponsorsBoston Public Health CommissionBrudnick Neuropsychiatric Research InstituteChanning Bete CompanyComfort Home CareCummings Properties, LLCMassachusetts Association of Behavioral

Health SystemsMassachusetts Clubhouse CoalitionMassachusetts Organization for

Addiction Recovery

Lead SponsorBeacon Health Strategies

Major SponsorPartners HealthCare

Psychiatry and Mental Health

Gold SponsorsAstraZenecaMassachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership

Silver SponsorsBaycove Human ServicesDonoghue, Barrett & Singal, P.C.Vinfen Corporation

Start/Finish Line SponsorsAdvocates, Inc.Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBristol-Myers Squibb CompanyCambridge Health AllianceBoston Medical Center/BU School

of MedicineEli Lilly and CompanyMcLean HospitalOptum HealthPublic Consulting Group, Inc.

Bronze SponsorsArbour Health SystemsBlue Cross Blue Shield of MassachusettsBMC HealthNet PlanChildren’s Hospital BostonRBS Citizens N.A.Community Counseling of Bristol

County, Inc.Eliot Community Human Services, Inc.Foley Hoag, LLPGary Zalkin, Esq., LICSWJewish Family & Children’s ServicesSEIU Local 509Neighborhood Health PlanNetwork HealthNorth Suffolk Mental Health Associates, Inc.Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharma, Inc.PAMLAB, L.L.C.

Massachusetts Psychiatric SocietyMental Health Association of Greater LowellNortheast Hospital Corp./BayRidge HospitalState StreetSteven & Barbara GrossmanVillage BankWild Acre InnsWork Inc.

In-Kind DonationsBertucci’sCheese Cake FactoryFresh ConceptsBoston Children’s TheaterStarbucksWachusett MountainWelch’sIsabella Stewart Gardner MuseumBoston Duck ToursThe Coolidge Corner TheatreTitterington’s Baking CompanyCape Cod Potato ChipsUno’s Chicago GrillMarket BasketRoche BrothersHannaford’sShaw’sStop & ShopBJ’sCostcoWhole FoodsNantucket NectarsTable Top PiesKHC AudioPrice ChopperPeggy LawtonBoston CelticsBoston Red SoxNatural Bakers of New EnglandFood Should Taste Good

While we have made every effort to include all the generous busi-nesses that gave in-kind donations, if we have inadvertently omitted any entity, or misspelled any names, please accept our apologies and contact our office.

Board of Directors

Guy Beales, PresidentLynda Michaud Cutrell, Vice PresidentTim Wing, TreasurerHoward Trachtman, Corresponding SecretaryRita Sagalyn, Recording SecretaryMarylou Sudders, At Large Executive BoardJane Martin, At Large Executive Board

Directors:Jean AlbanesePam AndrewsRobert AntonioniRenee ChampagneBernice Drumheller

Left to right: 2010 NAMI Mass Board of Directors Robert Antonioni, Chris Previtera, Jean Albanese, Tim Wing, Pam Andrews, Guy Beales, Marylou Sudders, and Howard Trachtman.

Not pictured: Lynda Michaud Cutrell, Rita Sagalyn, Jane Martin, Brenda Venice, Renee Champagne, Bernice Drumheller, Constantine Souris, Tom Scurfield, and Hannah Martinez.

Hannah MartinezChristine PreviteraTom ScurfieldConstantine SourisBrenda Venice

and we are grateful to all those individual members and affiliates who advocated on behalf of these substantial changes.

Advocacy efforts also included our annual Advocacy Day at the State House on March 29, with an emphasis on contacting our legislators and their staff and making our voice heard. NAMI Massachusetts also released a position paper on emergency psychiatric services, and we are pleased that the paper has already resulted in one important change: a statewide 800 number for callers to find their Emergency Services Program (ESP or “crisis team”).

And we walked! Our Seventh Annual Walk was held on May 15, 2010 at Artesani Park in Boston, the most successful ever—thanks to the hard work of volunteers throughout Massachusetts and to the generous support of our lead Corporate Sponsor, Beacon Health Strategies, scores of other organizations, and thousands of individuals who joined teams and walked. Together we raised awareness—we celebrated recovery—and we raised funds to continue our programs of education, support, and advocacy.

As we celebrate the year’s accomplishments, we also recognize that much remains to be done. Working together—as individual volunteers, affiliates, staff, and members of the Board—we will continue toward the realization of our mission to improve the quality of life both for people with mental illnesses and for their families.

On behalf of our Board of Directors and the NAMI staff, thank you.

Guy Beales Laurie MartinelliPresident, NAMI Mass Board of Directors Executive Director, NAMI Mass

President’s and Executive Director’s MessageDear Friends:

Although it was a difficult economic climate and state budget cuts were problematic, in fiscal year, 2010, The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Massachusetts (NAMI Mass) worked arduously to carry out its mission to improve the quality of life for people with serious mental illness and their families.

The staff of NAMI Massachusetts worked with hundreds of dedicated volunteers throughout Massachusetts to carry out our educational programs. For example, we offered 22 Family-to-Family education programs and trained an additional 18 teachers. There were 117 In Our Own Voice presentations, reaching an audience of more than 2000 people. NAMI Basics and Children’s Challenging Behavior courses were presented in six different towns and cities. And there were fourteen workshops for the nearly 400 members and friends who attended the annual convention in Springfield on October 24. 2009.

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act, which includes significant changes and improvements in the range and quality of mental health care. Such legislation has been a priority for NAMI,

Guy Beales, NAMI Mass Board President

Laurie Martinelli, Executive Director

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