NAMI-NYS is pleased to offer the Family-to-Family Program, a dynamic 12-week family psychoeducation course offered to - and taught by - individuals who have a loved one with a serious mental illness.

Developed by Joyce Burland of National NAMI, the Family-to-Family curriculum provides participants with clear, accurate, and practical information on topics such as the categories of an biology of mental illness; medications and research; crisis management; communication skills; problem solving; self-care; advocacy, and recovery. A recent study conducted by the University of Maryland School of Medicine showed that course participants gained a greater understanding of mental illness, coped much better, worried less, and felt newly empowered to advocate for better treatment and services for their relative.

The course - taken by over 115,000 individuals nationwide to date – is offered by NAMI-NYS affiliates free of charge. For more information on the Family-to-Family Program, please contact Paul Klein at (518) 462-2000, or via e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

NAMI-NYS Affiliates Offering the Family-to-Family Program

 New York State Counties             

 Albany:    Contact NAMI NYS for Latham NY offerings.   518-462-2000

 Allegany:   No offerings.  Call NAMI Cattaraugus   716-372-4123

 Broome:   No offerings.   Call NAMI Delaware   607-563-3976

 Cattaraugus:   NAMI Cattaraugus   716-372-4123

 Cayuga:   No offerings. Call NAMI Syracuse   315-487-2085

 Chautauqua:   NAMI Chautauqua    716-673-5443

 Chemung: No offerings   

 Chenango:   No offerings   

 Clinton:  NAMI Champlain Valley    518-561-2685

 Columbia : NAMI Columbia    518-336-0246

 Cortland :  NAMI Cortland REACH   607-758-6100 x256

 Delaware :  NAMI Delaware    607-563-3976

 Dutchess :  NAMI Mid-Hudson   845-473-6736

 Erie:   NAMI Buffalo and Erie   716-226-6264

 Essex :   NAMI Champlain Valley    518-561-2685

 Franklin:   NAMI Champlain Valley    518-561-2685

 Fulton:   NAMI Montgomery, Fulton and Hamilton    518-843-3261

 Genesee :   NAMI Rochester Families and Friends   585-423-1593

 Greene:   NAMI Greene   518-622-9163, x246

 Hamilton :   NAMI Montgomery, Fulton and Hamilton    518-843-3261

 Herkimer : No offerings.  Call NAMI Montgomery, Fulton and Hamilton    518-843-3261

 Jefferson: No offerings.  Call NAMI St. Lawrence Valley    315-287-9180

 Lewis:   No offerings. Call NAMI St. Lawrence Valley  315-287-9180

 Livingston:    No offerings. CAll NAMI Rochester Families and Friends  585-423-1593

 Madison : No offerings. Call NAMI Syracuse  315-487-2085

 Monroe :   NAMI Rochester Families and Friends  585-423-1593

 Montgomery :   NAMI Montgomery, Fulton and Hamilton     518-843-3261

 Nassau:   NAMI Queens/Nassau   516-326-0797;  NAMI North Shore  516-671-3957;   NAMI Long Island Regional Council   516-420-0929 

 Niagara :   No offering.   Call NAMI Buffalo/Erie  716-226-6264

 Oneida:   NAMI HOPE (Utica)   315-733-7115

 Onondaga :   NAMI Syracuse   315-487-2085

 Ontario:   NAMI Ontario, Yates and Seneca     315-789-9068

 Orange:   NAMI AMICO     845-956-6264

 Orleans:  No offering. Call NAMI Rochester 585-423-1593, NAMI Buffalo/Erie   716-226-6264

 Oswego: No offerings. Call NAMI Syracuse  315-487-2085

 Otsego:   Call NAMI Otsego, for coordination with NAMI Delaware   607-547-9544

 Putnam:   NAMI Putnam  845-278-7600, x246

 Rensselaer :   Call NAMI-NYS for Latham course 518-462-2000,  NAMI Greene  518-622-9163, x246

 Rockland:   NAMI FAMILYA of Rockland  845-359-8787       

 Saratoga:   NAMI North Country  518-668-3367

 Schenectady : No offerings. Call NAMI Montgomery, Fulton and Hamilton  518-843-3261

 Schoharie:   No offerings. Call NAMI Montgomery, Fulton and Hamilton  518-843-3261

 Schuyler:   No offerings.   

 Seneca:   NAMI Ontario, Yates and Seneca     315-789-9068

 St Lawrence:   NAMI St. Lawrence Valley    315-287-9180

 Steuben :   No offerings.   

 Suffolk:   NAMI of Central Suffolk  631-675-6831,  NAMI Huntington    631-271-2935

 Sullivan:   NAMI Sullivan   845-794-1029

 Tioga:   No offerings.   

 Tompkins:   NAMI Finger Lakes  607-273-2462

 Ulster:   No offerings. Call NAMI Greene  518-622-9163, x246

 Warren:   NAMI North Country  518-668-3367

 Washington:   NAMI North Country  518-668-3367

 Wayne:   NAMI Rochester Families and Friends  585-423-1593

 Westchester:   NAMI Westchester   914-592-5458

 Wyoming:   No offerings. Call NAMI Rochester 585-423-1593,  NAMI Buffalo/Erie  716-226-6264

 Yates:   NAMI Ontario, Yates and Seneca   315-789-9068

New York City Counties                    

 Bronx:   NAMI Bronx Families and Advocates   718-862-4828

 Kings:   NAMI East Flatbush    718-512-5269 or NAMI April of Brooklyn   718-748-1328

 New York:   NAMI NYC Metro   212-684-3365,  NAMI Harlem    212-368-0215

 Queens:   NAMI Queens/Nassau   516-326-0797

 Richmond:   NAMI NYC Staten Island    718-477-1700

For more information about our education, training or support programs, please call the NAMI-NYS Office at (800) 950-3228.