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    https://www.nami.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250617LettertoCongressionalLeadershiponMentalHealthWorkforce-1.pdf (opens in new tab)
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    Letter to the Senate Finance Committee and House Energy and Commerce Committee, uplifting the importance of several behavioral health workforce issues and policy recommendations for consideration during the duration of the 118th Congress.
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