COVID-19 Support Update – Virtual Support Groups
NAMI-CO’s virtual support groups are open to all.
- Please download the free Zoom app on your phone, tablet, or laptop and link to them.
- Once you have the app, at the meeting start time, click on the link and your app will open. Click on “join the conversation.”
- Zoom Tutorial
We will let you know when in-person support groups start meeting again.
NAMI Family Support Group is a peer-led support group program for family members, caregivers, and loved ones of individuals living with mental illness. In these groups which meet weekly or monthly, family members can talk frankly about their challenges and help one another through their learned wisdom. NAMI’s Support Groups are unique because they follow a structured model to ensure you and others in the group have an opportunity to be heard and to get what you need.
Bend Family Support Group: third Tuesday of every month, 5:15 PM – 6:45 PM
- Contact Bud Manley: manleypenman@aol.com
- Zoom link
Bend Family Support Group: last Thursday of every month, 5:15 PM – 6:45 PM
- Contact Catherine: catherine@steffano.org
- Zoom link
- Meeting ID: 914 504 297
- Password: 002702
- Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files
Redmond Family Support Group: First Saturdays, 10:00 AM -11:30 AM.
- Contact Linda: longjourneyhome40@gmail.com
- Zoom link
- Password: 720700
NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group is a free, peer-led support group for adults living with mental illness. You will gain insight from hearing the challenges and successes of others, and the groups are led by NAMI-trained facilitators who’ve been there. NAMI’s Support Groups are unique because they follow a structured model to ensure you and others in the group have an opportunity to be heard and to get what you need.
Bend Connections Peer Support Groups: every Monday from 7 – 9 PM via Zoom
- Open to adults 18 and older in Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson Counties who live with mental illness
- TO REGISTER: Call NAMI Oregon at 503-230-8009
Connections: Thursdays at 10:30 AM (currently on a break)
- Contact: Janet Marie at 541-408-8675 or Joe at 458-256-8623.
The NAMI-CO volunteers listed below are available for those needing support while our group gatherings are suspended. Please remember that NAMI-CO support/connections are volunteers and respect what time of day calls are made.
For Family Support
- Bud Manley: manleypenman@aol.com
- Catherine Steffano: 512-784-4066 or catherine@steffano.org
- Michael Steffano: michael@steffano.org
- Roger Olson: 541-480-1960 or rogero@bendbroadband.com
- Kelly Harrild: 541-280-0582 or kellyharrild@gmail.com
- Linda Shaw: 541-279-0589 or longjourneyhome40@gmail.com
General Help
For Peer Support/Connections:
- David Romprey Oregon Warmline: 800-698-2392
- Marcia Miller: 541-480-8269 or marshmiller@live.com
- Andrea Rematore: 480-772-8915 or andrearem2855@gmail.com
- Janet Zapata: 541-408-8675
NAMI HelpLine
- Call the NAMI HelpLine at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), M-F, 7am-7pm PT (10am-10pm ET)
- Chat or email info@nami.org
- In a crisis, text “NAMI” to 741741 for 24/7, confidential, free crisis counseling
NAMI Oregon Helpline
- Call the NAMI Oregon Helpline at 503-230-8009 or 800-343-6264 or email namioregon@namior.org. Callers receive live assistance from 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays.
NAMI Oregon Support Groups
- NAMI Oregon Support Groups are available online. For a complete list: Support Groups – NAMI Oregon
Talk it Over
- Talk it Over (parent support group online meetings) is for all family members of a child, teen, or young adult with a behavioral disorder that meets every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month. This is a free public service provided by NAMI Oregon, with support from the Providence Foundation. Click here to sign up.