Nami St Tammany

“The form 990 is submitted to the board for review. The board reviews, and takes a vote to accept the form 990 as prepared. Once passed, the form is filed electronically.”

“On an annual basis, the newly elected board of directors is required to fill out a questionnaire regarding conflicts of interest.”

“On an annual basis, the executive committee of the board of directors reviews its compensation package and meets with its executive director. At the following board of director's meeting, recommenations are made to the entire board of directors for approval.”

“No officers of the board of directors are compensated.”

“No documents available to the public”

“Over the last fiscal year, nami southeast louisiana held 3 separate free support groups in our community. These are nami connection, which is a recovery support group for adults living with mental health challenges, nami family support group, which is open to family members and family caregivers of individuals living with a serious mental illness, and survivors of suicide (sos) which provides family members who have lost a loved one to suicide come together for resources and support. All groups are confidential with participants sharing as much or as little at they wish. Our organization held 169 support groups last year (117 family support groups, 42 connection groups, and 10 survivors of suicide groups) with 1,000 individuals in attendance. (730 for family support group, 228 for connection, and 42 for survivors of suicide). Nami southeast louisiana also held 2 different signature education classes in the community. These include: peer-to-peer and family-to-family. Peer- to-peer is an 8-week program that meets in a safe, confidential setting where adults living with mental health challenges can learn skills to establish wellness and maintain a solid recovery. Family-to-family education, another 8-week program, was developed for family members or family caregivers who have loved ones living with mental illness. Over the last fiscal year, we provided 6 (2 peer-to-peer and 4 family- to-family) classes with a total of 76 individuals in attendance. In addition to support groups and signature education programs, nami southeast louisiana added individual sessions of signature nami programs. Nami provider, a program for healthcare providers, administrative and operational staff and medical students to help them understand the lived experience of individuals with mental illness and their families, fostering empathy, collaboration, and compassionate care, offered 2 sessions at a local hospital. Nami in our own voice, a public education program where trained speakers with lived experience share their journey to recovery, was featured in 8 sessions across southeast louisiana and had 274 participants. Nami southeast louisiana also introduced sharing hope to our community with 2 pilot sessions and 8 attendees. Sharing hope is designed to create supportive, safe spaces for conversations about mental health within black and brown communities. The nami faithnet pathways to hope conference was also added this year with 60 participants coming together to combat the stigma surrounding mental illness and bringing together faith communities, mental health providers and individuals with lived experience and their families. We have presented on a variety of subjects to support the needs of individuals living with mental illness, family members, health care providers and the community. Conferences, trainings, educational panels, and open forums are presented by mental health professionals, community leaders, various community-based service organizations, and nami representatives. Over the last year we provided a total of 149 events consisting of over 16,719 attendees. This included 25 mental health first aid courses with a total of 558 participants. We also hosted 2 namiwalks event (northshore - may and southshore - october) with 1,243 participants, the autumn polo classic with 400 of participants, and nami angels program where 1,200 individuals in local behavioral health and substance mis-use hospitals received a wrapped gift of self-care items to open on christmas morning. Nami sela's clinical services include both therapeutic support and case management. Therapeutic support is where illness management, problem- solving, and coping skills are addressed. Various therapy modalities are used by licensed clinicians and are utilized offering sliding scale, medicaid and medicare. Telehealth was also made available. 109 clients came to us for therapeutic support last year. Case management services include linkage to resources, access to behavioral health”

“Effective july 1, 2024, a joint merger agreement (the merger) was entered into pursuant to the provisions of la. R.s. 12:242, et seq., of the louisiana nonprofit corporation law by and between nami st. Tammany, inc., a louisiana nonprofit corporation (hereinafter referred to as the surviving entity) and nami new orleans, inc., a louisiana nonprofit corporation(hereinafter referred to as the constituent entity). The articles of incorporation and the bylaws of the surviving entity were not altered or otherwise affected by virtue of the merger, except to the extent necessary to change the name of the surviving entity to nami southeast louisiana. The merger was accounted for under the carryover method in accordance with accounting standards codification (asc) 958-805, not-for- profit entities business combinations. In a merger, the historical carrying amounts of the assets, liabilities and net asset of both entities are carried forward to the financial statements of the combined entity. No assets and liabilities were remeasured to fair value, and no goodwill or bargain purchase gain was recognized as a result of the merger. The net assets of the combined entity at the date of the merger consisted of the sum of the net assets of nami new orleans and nami st. Tammany as previously reported in their respective financial statements immediately prior to the merger. All significant accounting policies of nami southeast louisiana are consistent with those previously applied by nami new orleans and nami st. Tammany. The financial statements for the year ended june 30, 2025, includes the results of operations of both entities from the date of the merger forward. The merger was approved by the respective governing boards of nami new orleans and nami st. Tammany and, where required, by applicable regulatory authorities. The purpose of the merger was to enhance mission impact through combined resources, eliminate duplication of services, and improve operational efficiency. No consideration was transferred by either entity as part of the merger.”

“3,550,024 net assets of nami new orleans combined in merger: net assets without donor restrictions 3,368,597 net assets with donor restrictions 181,427 total net assets 3,550,024”