NAMI-Alabama

04/29/2026

📣 **Important Update: NAMIWalks Alabama** 📣

Due to inclement weather, the NAMIWalks Alabama event originally scheduled for May 2nd has been **postponed**.

🌧️ **New Date:** July 25th
📍 Same location, same mission—just a new day!

While we’re disappointed we won’t be gathering this weekend, the safety of our participants, volunteers, and community comes first. We look forward to coming together this summer to raise awareness, support mental health, and walk with purpose.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support. Stay safe, and we’ll see you on July 25th! 💙

04/15/2026

Congratulations to Tuscaloosa Police Department CIT Program for receiving the 2026 RESPECT Award. This award is given by the Alabama Dept of Mental Health at the annual AIR Conference. The recipients are chosen by a panel of mental health peers. Criteria is a person or organization that shows respect, understanding, support, etc. to the mental health community in Alabama. During the program's 40 hr training there is a module for peers and family members to share their stories. Tuscaloosa CIT has gone above and beyond by including someone with lived experience as a State Trainer who participates in the entire 40 hr training. This program has embraced the unofficial motto of Alabama peers "Nothing about us without us". They do not simply do trainings about mental health peers, they do trainings With peers. Congratulations!!! Well deserved.

04/10/2026

WellStone has opened its first therapy clinic in Madison, offering mental health and substance use programs for adults.

03/31/2026

Listen up, North Alabama!

03/25/2026

A group of medical professionals wants to address the growing need for mental health care in Alabama. A new psychiatric urgent care has opened in Huntsville to address the need for quick care.

Read more: https://www.al.com/news/2026/03/states-first-urgent-care-to-address-psychiatric-needs-opens-in-north-alabama.html

03/25/2026

A new Alabama license plate is putting mental health issues at the forefront.

The Mental Health Matters plate will be available starting April 1.

The tag, which is sponsored by the Alabama Department of Mental Health, will cost an extra $50.

Proceeds from the tag will go toward promotion of state, regional and local mental health resources.

🔗: https://www.al.com/news/2026/03/alabama-getting-a-new-specialty-license-plate.html

03/25/2026

Help us wish NAMI Alabama's Director of Development Roman Rauccio a very happy 5th year work anniversary! Roman definitely puts the FUN in fundraising 🎉. He is an integral member of the team, and NAMI Alabama is so fortunate to have him!

03/09/2026

NAMIWalks Alabama is OPEN! Please register to join us on Saturday, May 2nd at the lovely Lanark Park in Millbrook, AL (just north of Montgomery). Free food, music, kids activities and more!

03/09/2026

This March, join NAMI Alabama in recognizing National Criminal Justice Month by advocating to end the criminalization of mental illness and divert people from further criminal justice system
involvement! Visit nami.org/NCJM to take action today.

01/16/2026

The Veterans Mental Health Steering Committee announced a grant program that will give Alabama veterans 24/7, year-round access to mental health support.

Uwill, a national mental health and wellness platform, will administer the program, providing immediate, confidential mental health and wellness support to Alabama’s veterans.

The company developed the first individual and therapist matching platform, offering immediate appointments with licensed counselors, teletherapy, crisis connection, on-demand medical care, prescription management, wellness programming, realtime data and support.

The program is funded by Act 2024-426, signed into law by Governor Kay Ivey. The law set aside $3 million for pilot programs to support veterans’ behavioral health needs. Funding was awarded through a competitive application process and is intended to help fill gaps in services and expand access to care for veterans across Alabama.

Read the full story here: https://yellowhammernews.com/new-grant-program-will-provide-alabama-veterans-with-24-7-mental-health-support/

01/16/2026