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Hope Starts With Us: Caring for Communities After Traumatic Events
Episode Audio Episode Video Asset Gallery Erin Raftery Ryan Erin Raftery Ryan is the CEO of NAMI West Los Angeles and comes from a family of military and first responders. She is married to an Army veteran and brings a multidisciplinary approach to leadership, blending expertise in nonprofit management, politics, and entertainment. A former NCAA […]
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Why is Medicaid Important and What’s at Risk?
This virtual town hall took place on April 22, 2025. The recording is available below.Registration for the event is now closed. Tuesday, April 22, 2025 | 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. ET Medicaid is a public health insurance program that covers over 72 million people, including many people with mental health conditions, as well as pregnant […]
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Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Research and Treatment Innovation and Mental Health Funding
Letter urging Congress to fund the FDA’s Neurology Drug Program at $5 million in FY 26. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Research and Treatment Innovation and Mental Health Funding
Letter encouraging Congress to restore funding to $680 million for the BRAIN Initiative for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. -
Statement on Mental Health Funding
Statement opposing the recent program funding rescissions and staffing cuts at SAMHSA and restructuring of HHS that could lead to additional weakening of critical substance use and mental health services. -
Letter to the VA on Veterans’ Mental Health and Medication Access
Letter urging the Department of Veterans Affairs to make all clinically appropriate non-opioid therapies available to all Americans seeking care at a VA facility. -
Regulatory Comment on Health Coverage
Regulatory comment expressing concerns that the Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Proposed Rule would make comprehensive coverage more difficult to obtain and deprive people of coverage. -
Hope Starts With Us: Medicaid and Mental Health: What Changes Could Mean for Our Community
Episode Audio Episode Video Asset Gallery Sue Abderholden, MPH Sue Abderholden has devoted her career to changing laws and attitudes that affect people with disabilities and their families. Since the fall of 2001, she has served as the executive director for NAMI Minnesota. She has held leadership positions with Arc of Minnesota, U.S. Senator Paul […]
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Congressional Testimony on Mental Health Funding, Crisis Services, and Research and Treatment Innovation
Outside Witness Testimony from NAMI’s Chief Advocacy Officer to the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee, requesting FY26 funding for 988 and the Community Mental Health Block Grant within SAMHSA and NIMH. -
Letter to Congressional Leadership on Maternal Mental Health and Medicaid
Letter to Congressional leaders urging rejections of proposals to cut Medicaid because of harmful impacts on mothers and families.