Lessons From the Field: Implementing Mental Health Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) & Recommendations for Future Success
January 2024
NAMI-NYC’s report provides key recommendations for companies, including establishing dedicated ERGs or committees for mental health, formalizing governance structures, securing organizational support, and fostering collaboration across departments.
Last year, we touched the lives of thousands of New Yorkers. As we look to the future, we want to continue to grow the number of families and individuals we touch each year. And we look toward the coming year with hope.
People living with mental health issues deserve trauma-informed, culturally responsive health care, not a jail sentence. Mental health courts are an alternative that can treat underlying conditions and break the cycle of incarceration.
Mental Health Family Support for BIPOC New Yorkers
July 2023
As a part of our anti-stigma grant with NYS Office of Mental Health, we conducted field work throughout New York City to determine baseline attitudes about mental health within the Latino community. We discovered so much more.