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Mission: To promote mental health, develop services to prevent mental illness and ensure the proper care and treatment of mentally ill children and adults.
Programs: Presented forums for the public on mental health and mental illness to eliminate the stigma which prevents people from seeking the help they need. Promoted and provided programs to meet the needs of individuals suffering with mental illness, to improve mental health, and to reduce conditions which impede the attainment of mental health.
focusing on recovery, the association provides empowerment training through its four-day leadership academies for mental health consumers and others with mental health concerns. Graduates of the leadership academy use their training in many ways, including organizing mental health self-help groups, joining provider networks, and serving on mental health committees.