03/19/2026 – NAMI Steering Committee Meeting

The next NAMI Schenectady Steering Committee meeting will be held Thursday, March 19, 2026 at Emmanuel Friedens Church, 218 Nott Terrace, Schenectady. This is indeed a week later in the month than these meetings are normally held. The meeting will run from 6:00 – 8:00 PM.  Arrival time no earlier than 5:45 PM to allow staff time to open the doors to participants. All members are invited to attend.  The agenda is as follows:
1. Approval of minutes from 15 January 2026 (5 minutes)?
2. Switching Affiliate Model update (10 minutes)
 a. Certificate of dissoultion status
 b. Remaining to be done:
  i. IRS
  ii. CHAR500
  iii. New agreement with NAMI NYS & national
 c. Reimbursment form
 d. New trifold?
3. Signature Programs (20 minutes)
 a. Status Training Leaders?
 b. What do we want to do & when
4. Outreach (20 minutes)
 a. LAD
 b. Tabling
  i. Clifton Park: May 12, St Edward Church Behavioral Health Ministry kickoff
  ii. Niskaday: May 16
  iii. Union College: May 12
  iv. Unity Day: Aug 21 4-6:30 pm (set-up 3-3:30)
5. Social/ Educational Meetings(20 minutes)
 a. April Meeting: Vision Boards?
 b. June?
 c. August Picnic?
6. Request we have received:(20 minutes)
 a. U-CAN Court Mentoring (g-mail, Feb 27) list of local providers for evaluation?
 b. Taylor Locke: Schizophrenia resources research grant
 c. Representative to NAMI NYS Government Affairs Committee (3 rd Thursday, 4 pm)
 d. Representative at local OMH meetings?
7. Priorities for 2026 (20 minutes)
 a. Signature programs
 b. Other outreach
 c. Education programs?
 d. Social
 e. Volunteer engagement
8. Other items: (10 minutes)
 a. Phone: Calls received & Who will take?
 b. Anything else?