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Welcome to NAMILand. It's NAMI at your fingertips with documents from NAMI's departments in one convenient location.

Resources on Federal and State Policy

Publications

• State Mental Health Cuts: A National Crisis
  This report documents the state-by-state funding changes for public mental health services since 2009 for youth and adults living with serious mental illness.
  
• NAMI’s Public Policy Platform
  Please note that this policy platform does not reflect adopted changes from the July 2009 meeting of the NAMI Board of Directors.
• Grading the States 2009
  A NAMI report on America’s state mental health care systems for serious mental illness.
  

Leadership Institute

Better Together: NAMI's Grassroots Advocacy

• PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
• Coverage for Care
• Adult Mental Health Service and Support Array
• Child and Youth Mental Health Service and Support Array
• Service Array Glossary of Terms
• Advocacy at NAMI
• Grassroots Advocacy for NAMI Leaders
• Ten Simple Ways to Advocate

NAMI Smarts: Telling Your Story Handouts

• Sample Story
• Six Steps to Telling Your Story
• Story Practice Sheet

State Advocacy Network at Convention

PowerPoint Presentations

• Coalition Budget Fight: Judith Evans, executive director, NAMI Florida
• Coalition Budget Rally: Michael Cohen, past executive director, NAMI New Hampshire
• Ohio Sleep-Out: Betsy Johnson, deputy director, NAMI Ohio
• Responding to a Tragedy: Clarke Romans, executive director, NAMI Southern Arizona
• CAN Action Network: Bettie Reinhardt, State Advocacy Network, NAMI California
• Media Coverage and Interviews: Bill Lindsey, executive director, NAMI South Carolina
• Electronic Outcomes Survey: Matt Kuntz, executive director, NAMI Montana
• Georgia Behavioral Health Legislative Caucus: Eric Spencer, executive director, NAMI Georgia

Health Care Reform Part 2: Bringing It All Back Home

• PowerPoint: Kevin Martone, deputy commissioner, New Jersey Department of Human Services
• PowerPoint: Suzanne Fields, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W., senior consultant, Technical Assistance Collaborative
• PowerPoint: Kate Gross, assistant director for health planning, Illinois Department of Insurance
• Adult Mental Health Service and Support Array
• Child and Youth Mental Health Service and Support Array

Managed Care, Medicaid and Mental Health Resource Guide

• What is Managed Care? (Overview)
• What to Ask: A Checklist for Advocates
• Managed Mental Health Care: Provider Network Managment

Online Resources

• NAMI's Legislative Action Center
  Find urgent legislative alerts and updates important to NAMI. Use the Legislative Action Center to learn about local, state and federal elections, find your Congressional members and write to them.
• NAMI State Advocacy
  NAMI’s advocacy is needed to prevent harmful consequences and ensure the right care at the right time and in the right place for everyone. Visit NAMI's State Advocacy website for advocacy tools, important information and ways to take action.
• 2010 Capitol Hill Day Leave-Behind Packet
  Find fact sheets, planning tips, sample meeting request letters and issue briefs provided in Legislative Leave-Behind packets for Congressional visits during Convention at www.nami.org/hillday2010.

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