Since 1979, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has been offering education, support, advocacy and, most especially, hope backed by science for individuals and families affected by mental illness. Since then, NAMI has been the most formidable grassroots mental health organization in the country. NAMI Washington supports the work of 22 local NAMI affiliates in communities large and small around the state. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for all those affected by mental illness. We do this by providing a statewide, unifying voice of advocacy and coordinating the delivery of education, support and recovery.

NAMI Washington and affiliate organizations around the state conduct a variety of free education and support programs. Over the past 20 years, these programs have reached thousands of family members and people living with mental illness, establishing NAMI as the national leader in peer-directed education.

The membership of NAMI Washington consists of all chartered affiliates in the state of Washington. An affiliate is defined as a group of five or more individual members who have been granted status as an affiliate of NAMI Washington by NAMI National with the consent of the NAMI Washington Board of Directors and who maintain membership records as designated by the Board of Directors.