NAMI Dane County

11/27/2025

The NAMI Dane County office will be closed on Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28. From the entire staff, we wish you a restful and peaceful holiday weekend.

If you are having a mental health emergency that requires attention from the Su***de/Crisis Lifeline, please call 988.

If there is an emergency that requires a first responder, please call 911 and ask for a mental health trained officer.

Dane County 24/7 Crisis Hotline: (608) 280-2600

Solstice House Peer-Run Warmline: (608) 244-5077

NAMI Helpline: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)

11/25/2025

What a great day of training at Goodwill of South Central Wisconsin!

Goodwill team members in various roles from several locations attended a Mental Health 101 and Verbal De-Escalation training today and we had a lot of great discussions about how we can best serve our community by educating ourselves about mental health.

11/21/2025

On Transgender Day of Remembrance we honor the trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming lives cut short by anti-trans violence.

Our trans and nonbinary family, friends, and neighbors deserve more than equality – they deserve safety, dignity, joy, and more than anything, they deserve to grow old.

11/20/2025

We had an incredible day of learning and networking at the NAMI Wisconsin Affiliate Leadership Summit!

NAMI affiliate leaders, volunteers, and board members from across the state met in Madison to hear presentations on self-care, advocacy, marketing, and new and exciting programs that affiliates are implementing to best serve their communities.

Never stop learning!📝

11/15/2025

Harm reduction saves lives.

Be a part of preventing overdoses! OAK boxes are all over Dane County and contain free Narcan and fentanyl test strips. Use them in an emergency or take them for future use.

Find a location near you thanks to Safe Communities:
https://tinyurl.com/39cbazje

11/15/2025

Knowing what to expect may make calling 988 easier.

Read along and pass along!

11/01/2025

We had an incredible parent seminar today with parents/caretakers of kiddos who are part of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County program.

We talked about youth mental health, creating supportive environments, mental health resources for families, and the importance of self-care for parents/caretakers. By the end of the day, moms who didn't previously know each other were exchanging information and planning ways to connect in the future.

Special thanks to Bethany and Allie from BBBS for hanging out with the kiddos for the afternoon so child care wasn't a barrier to attending.

11/01/2025

Witch-ing you a spook-tacular Halloween! 🎃

10/28/2025

We had an incredible morning connecting with other nonprofit orgs and school staff from districts in both Dane and Columbia county today at the Homeless Education Network's 2nd annual resource fair.

10/22/2025

The Trump administration has laid off more than 100 employees at the nation's main mental health agency.

Advocacy is an essential piece of the work we do at NAMI. Deep cuts to services like those provided by SAMHSA will be detrimental to communities across Wisconsin.

Call your US House Representative and US Senators to let them know you want them to support mental health through public policy.

Find Your Representative: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

Find Your Senator: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

10/09/2025

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Hitting REFRESH on our Walk page has become our new favorite hobby! Watch the exact moment we met our fundraising goal.

We've reached our goal, but our mission isn't over! Help us meet our ✨stretch goal✨ of $310,000!

10/06/2025

Dedicated supporters like Deb are the backbone of our fundraising efforts to ensure we can continue to provide programming at NO COST to participants.

It's not too late to donate - visit www.namiwalks.org/danecounty