Nami Fox Valley Inc.

“Nami fox valley is a membership organization, with over 200 current members.”

“Members elect new representatives to the board of directors at the annual meeting in january.”

“The finance committee will review the form 990 prior to filing and approve it. The full board will receive the form after the return has been filed.”

“Nami fox valley's conflict of interest policy requires board members to disclose actual, potential, or perceived conflicts. Members must promptly inform the board chair if any such conflict arises.”

“For raises or bonuses for the executive director, the raises are approved by the finances committee and the full board as part of the budget and the board chair signs a letter addressed to the executive director stating the amount of the raise or bonus. The board does not research comparability data, though they have experience to understand reasonable compensation.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available upon request.”

“Nami fox valley suspended in-person programs in mid-march 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic. In-person programs remained suspended for the remainder of the year. Beginning in april 2020, nami fox valley began to offer virtual support groups. Beginning in early summer 2020, the agency began to offer virtual education and outreach opportunities. Our virtual programming has been enormously successful and we expect to continue to offer virtual programs even after in-person programs resume.”

“Education & outreach program: nami fox valley's education and outreach program offers a wide variety of classes and presentations to provide community members with information that will increase mental health literacy, brake down the stigma surrounding mental illness, and increase their ability to understand and address their own mental health needs and/or the mental health needs of others. The program offers trainings for the community at large as well as trainings targeted to specific groups, including, among other groups: individuals who live with mental illness, family members of individuals who live with mental illness, local school students, and service providers. Nami fox valley aims to reach as many community members as possible with the most targeted, effective trainings possible. In 2020 we reached fewer participants than usual due to the covid-19 pandemic, but were still able to offer many programs virtually. Nami fox valley delivered over 95 mental health and suicide prevention trainings to local (mostly virtual) classrooms to 2,032 students, presented 48 non-classroom-based community mental health learning opportunities to approximately 1,079 attendees, and graduated 26 individuals with mental illness or their family members from our multi-week peer-to-peer, recovery education & advocacy, and family -to-family educational courses.”

“Support program: nami fox valley's support program offers numerous peer support groups and access to one-on-one peer support for individuals living with mental illness and their family members. Peer support is an evidence- based practice that fosters recovery and improves quality of life. We know that the community need for mental health care far exceeds access and that clinical treatment may also be enhanced by supplemental options. Nami fox valley is proud to address those issues through the agency's extensive support program. Nami fox valley offers approximately 30 support group meetings each month, each of which is facilitated by two trained volunteers and/or staff members. These groups met virtually for the majority of 2020, due to the covid-19 pandemic. Each support group meetings typically is 90 to 120 minutes long. The groups are designed to help individuals living with mental illness and their family members feel understood, respected, supported, and heard, and to increase coping skills, self-advocacy, and hope. In 2020, 1,975 participants attended nami fox valley's support groups.”

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