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Hope Starts With Us: Take Time to Recharge
Episode Audio Episode Video Asset Gallery David Ko David Ko is the CEO and serves on the Board of Directors of Calm, the mental health company with the #1 app to help you sleep more, stress less, and live mindfully. Before joining Calm, David was the co-founder and CEO of the health tech company Ripple […]
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Letter to Congressional Leadership on Medicaid and Mental Health Funding
Letter with the Partnership to Protect Coverage expressing deep alarm and strong opposition to the devastating Medicaid cuts being considered for inclusion in the FY25 budget reconciliation package. -
NAMI Statement on Proposed Federal Funding Cuts for FY 2026
Arlington, VA — The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is deeply alarmed following the release today of President Trump’s proposed discretionary funding levels for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, which seek unprecedented and drastic funding cuts across the federal government. While the proposal is a high-level document without specifics on all programs that may be impacted, […] -
Insurance Status and Mental Health Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic
According to new research analyzing data from the Mental and Substance Use Disorder Prevalence Study, which took place during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, adults with a mental health diagnosis and no insurance were less likely to have received outpatient mental health treatment in the past year compared to privately insured adults – just 31% versus 62%.
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NAMI Ask the Expert: Mind the Gap – Closing the Divide Between Psychosis and Psychotherapy in the U.S. Mental Health System
This webinar took place on May 8, 2025. The recording is available below.Registration for the event is now closed. In a 2021 position statement, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration asserted that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychosis (CBTp) “should be implemented within our mental health system and CBTp-informed care at a minimum should […]
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NAMI’s Dr. Ken Duckworth to Receive 2025 Humanitarian Award from the Society of Biological Psychiatry
Arlington, VA – The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is proud to announce that Dr. Ken Duckworth, NAMI’s chief medical officer, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Humanitarian Award by the Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP). The award will be presented during SOBP’s annual meeting in Toronto, Ontario, today, recognizing Dr. Duckworth’s […] -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Research and Treatment Innovation and Mental Health Funding
Letter calling on House and Senate appropriators to reject the proposed cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the National Institutes of Health, that were included in the leaked copy of the HHS FY 2026 budget “Passback” document. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Medicaid and Mental Health Funding
Letter to Congressional Leaders with Primary Care Collaborative urging rejections of proposals to cut Medicaid. -
Hope Starts With Us: Braver Through Hope With NAMI HelpLine Volunteers
Episode Audio Episode Video Asset Gallery Megan Rochford Megan Rochford, PCC-S is a licensed clinical counselor with over 25 years of experience in leadership and clinical roles in the field of community mental health. Megan is the Director of NAMI HelpLine Operations, where she oversees the planning and implementation of the NAMI HelpLine service program […]
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Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Research and Treatment Innovation and Mental Health Funding
Letter urging Congress to robustly fund NIH at least $51.303 billion for FY 26.
