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Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Mental Health Funding
Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee leadership urging support of H.R. 7808, the Early Action and Responsiveness Lifts Youth (EARLY) Minds Act, which would allow states to use up to 5% of their Community Mental Health Block Grant funds for prevention and early intervention services with children and adults. -
Letter to CMS on Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Mental Health Workforce and Medicaid
Letter to Administrator Brooks-LaSure asking that CMS issue new guidance related to Youth Peer Support. -
Regulatory Comment to the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury on Parity
Letter urging the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury to immediately finalize the proposed rule, “Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.” -
Letter to CMS on Mental Health Workforce and Medicaid
Letter to Deputy Administrator and Director Daniel Tsai encouraging CMS to provide meaningful guidance to states on peer support services and peer support specialists as part of overall guidance on increasing behavioral health. -
Congressional Testimony on Mental Health Funding and Crisis Services
Outside Witness Testimony from NAMI’s Chief Advocacy Officer to the Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee, thanking subcommittee members for prioritizing critical mental health programs in FY 24 and asking for continued investment in addressing the mental health crisis in FY 25. -
Regulatory Comment to the Bureau of Justice Statistics on Criminal Justice and Research and Treatment Innovation
Comment to the Bureau of Justice Statistics in support of efforts to collect information through the tool, “Capital Punishment Report of Inmates Under Sentence of Death,” and recommending the tool collect information on mental health treatment and diagnosis to document the disproportionate use of capital punishment toward people with serious mental illness. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Mental Health Funding
Letter thanking Senate and House Appropriations Committees for their longstanding bipartisan support of the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program, including an increase in FY 24 funding, and asking for $758M in FY 25 to fund the program. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Mental Health Workforce, Medicare, and Crisis Services
Letter in support of the Peers in Medicare Act, which would expand peer services in community Medicare settings and expand peer support in integrated care and as part of mobile crisis. -
Letter to Congressional Bill Sponsors on Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Mental Health Funding
Letter to bill sponsors in support of the Early Action and Responsiveness Lifts Youth (EARLY) Minds Act (H.R. 7808), which would allow states to better tailor the response to the youth mental health crisis in their states by allowing them to use funds from the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Mental Health Funding
Letter to House and Senate Committee leadership requesting $13M for Pediatric Mental Health Care Access program funding in FY 2025.