NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI Okaloosa Walton (aka NAMI Emerald Coast) is a nonprofit organization affiliated with NAMI Florida and NAMI National. The Emerald Coast affiliate seeks to provide support to the families and friends of the mentally ill; to promote the education of its members and the community about mental illness; to advocate for the rights of, and better services for, the mentally ill; and to foster research to find the causes and a cure for mental illness.