OLRS PAIMI Advisory Council Brochure

The information in this section is from a brochure about the OLRS PAIMI Advisory Council. The brochure also can be viewed as a PDF document: OLRS PAIMI Advisory Council Brochure (PDF file). To view and print PDF documents, you need to have Adobe® Reader®, a free software program, installed on your computer. Download Adobe® Reader®.

What we do:

• advise Ohio Legal Rights Service on priorities and issues important to people receiving mental health services.
• promote recovery through increased access to client rights and advocacy services

Our goal is to promote rights, recovery and leadership in Ohio's Mental Health Consumer Community.

Our Products and Activities:

• Self-advocacy guides
• Rights and recovery handbook
• Rights video for deaf and hearing impaired
• Website
• Advocacy research and reporting
• Workshops and trainings on self-advocacy

Who we are:

The Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Advisory Council is comprised of the following representatives:

• people who received or are receiving mental health services;
• family members;
• attorneys;
• mental health professionals;
• citizens knowledgeable about mental illness;
• providers of mental health services.

To learn more contact:

Ohio PAIMI Advisory Council
c/o Ohio Legal Rights Service
50 West Broad Street, Suite 1400
Columbus, Ohio 43215-5923
Tel: 800-282-9181
TTY: 800-858-3542
Fax: 614-644-1888
Web: http://olrs.ohio.gov

To apply to be a member of the PAIMI Advisory Council, contact OLRS at the above address or phone numbers, or review the application form on line at http://olrs.ohio.gov/asp/about_PAIMIApply.asp

You are invited to join the OLRS' PAIMI Advisory Council's Leadership Institute

We believe that people who have mental illness can be leaders in a community which promotes and supports their own recovery and the recovery of others. For this reason, we created the Leadership Training Institute which has its purpose

• to promote leadership within the mental health consumer community, and
• to increase self-advocacy skills of consumers and their organizations.

Will you help lead the mental health consumer community to become better than it is?

• Your ideas could improve the mental health consumer community so it better promotes and supports recovery.
• Your skills could guide consumers as they travel the path to recovery.
• Your knack for bringing people together could energize consumers to work as a team.
• Your experiences could give others insight into "what it's all about."
• Your voice could be the voice of the mental health consumer community.

The Leadership Training Institute will provide you with the training you need to become a leader. Contact OLRS' PAIMI Advisory Council, because our best leader might be you!

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