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NAMI Calls for Increased Mental Health Funding in House Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today testified in front of the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee during its Fiscal Year 2023 Public Witness Day, urging Congress to continue its bipartisan support for mental health funding. -
NAMI Receives Innovation Award for 988 Advocacy Efforts
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today was recognized for its #ReimagineCrisis campaign, receiving the Communications Innovation Award from the Public Affairs Council during its annual Advocacy Conference in Austin, Texas. -
NAMI Praises Mental Health Investments in President Biden’s FY 2023 Proposed Budget
NAMI is grateful that the President’s budget includes such an unprecedented focus on mental health and we urge the House and Senate to prioritize mental health by enacting these key provisions of the President’s budget into law. -
NAMI Celebrates the Introduction of the 988 Implementation Act to Improve Crisis Services Nationwide
The 988 Implementation Act is a critical piece of legislation that will help us realize the potential of 988 to truly help people in crisis connect to effective care and make sure everyone has someone to talk to, someone to respond and somewhere to go in a crisis. -
How Advocates Can Push for A Crises Standard of Care
People who experience a mental health crisis deserve a mental health response, not a criminal justice response. -
As Launch of 988 Mental Health Crisis Number Looms, NAMI Poll Finds Broad Support for the System and Fees to Fund It, Opposition to Police Response to Mental Health Crises
“By responding to a mental health crisis with mental health professionals, lives will be saved and people in crisis can get the right care when they need it most,” said Daniel H. Gillison Jr, NAMI CEO. -
Reimagining Our Crisis Response System with 988
To truly ensure people in crisis receive the help they need, we must develop an entire 988 crisis response system.
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How Advocates Can Push for a Crises Standard of Care
People who experience a mental health crisis deserve a mental health response, not a criminal justice response. -
Black Mental Health and the Importance of 988 Legislation
"The intersectionality of racism, mental health, law enforcement, homelessness and often self-medication via illicit drug use has decimated the Black community." -
By July 2022, 9–8–8 will be the Nationwide Mental Health Crisis and Suicide Prevention Number
The law enables states to enact fees similar to those in place for 9-1-1 that will support the need for expanded services at the local level to receive and respond to crisis calls.