When a child or other loved one lives with serious mental illness, families face critical decisions about oversight and financial security for immediate and long-term needs. Attorneys Jim Funnell and Amy Orlando will address these difficult decisions in their presentation, “Ensuring Care For Your Loved One With A Mental Health Condition.” The two will discuss ways to obtain benefits needed for care and treatment, and how to gain authority to become an oversight caretaker. The event, sponsored by NAMI Southwest CT, takes place from 7:30 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 17 at Tully Health Center, Auditorium, 32 Strawberry Hill Court in Stamford. Topics discussed will include:
· Common Entitlement and Assistance Programs
· Gifts from Grandparents and Others with “White Hearts”
· Special Needs Trusts
· ABLE Accounts (Section 529A Accounts)
· Delegated Decision Making
About the Presenters
Jim Funnell is a principal member of the Westport, Connecticut law firm of Hermenze & Marcantonio LLC.
When a child or other loved one lives with serious mental illness, families face critical decisions about oversight and financial security for immediate and long-term needs. Attorneys Jim Funnell and Amy Orlando will address these difficult decisions in their presentation, “Ensuring Care For Your Loved One With A Mental Health Condition.”
— an announcement from NAMI Southwest CT
The two will discuss ways to obtain benefits needed for care and treatment, and how to gain authority to become an oversight caretaker. The event, sponsored by NAMI Southwest CT, takes place from 7:30 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 17 at Tully Health Center, Auditorium, 32 Strawberry Hill Court in Stamford. Topics discussed will include:
· Common Entitlement and Assistance Programs
· Gifts from Grandparents and Others with “White Hearts”
· Special Needs Trusts
· ABLE Accounts (Section 529A Accounts)
· Delegated Decision Making
About the Presenters
Jim Funnell is a principal member of the Westport, Connecticut law firm of Hermenze & Marcantonio LLC.
If you live with or are a family member of someone with a mental illness, you can learn more about it, how you can help and how you can cope with a free, 12-week class starting in early September in Stamford. The Southwest Connecticut Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness is offering the class on Monday evenings, starting Sept. 9 at St. John’s Lutheran Church at 884 Newfield Ave. — an announcement from NAMI Southwest CT
NAMI Family-to-Family is a free, 12-session education program for family, partners, friends and significant others of adults living with mental health challenges.
Parents and caregivers of children under age 18 with behavioral, emotional and mental health concerns are being offered a new support group by the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). — an announcement from NAMI Southwest CT
NAMI Support Groups are free-of-charge, confidential, and provide safe environments in which family members and caregivers can speak freely without judgment. The groups are facilitated by trained NAMI volunteers with lived experience. Open to all residents in the Southwest Connecticut area, this new NAMI CAN (Child & Adolescent Network) Support Group will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on the first Wednesday of each month, at the First Congregational Church of Greenwich, 108 Sound Beach Avenue, Old Greenwich. No preregistration is required, and walk-ins are always welcome.
The signature NAMI Basics course — for parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents under 17 who live with mental health challenges — is starting April 24. The course is offered by NAMI Southwest CT, the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. — an announcement from NAMI Southwest CT
NAMI Basics is a cost-free, six-session education program designed to teach participants how best to support their children at home, at school, and when getting medical care. Developed by NAMI, the course focuses on evidence-based practices most likely to produce positive outcomes as validated through clinical research. The course will be taught by trained teachers from the local community who have lived experience.
