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Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Mental Health Funding, and Social Supports
Letter urging Congress to include Family Resource Centers in the FY 2026 budget under the Social Services Block Grant. -
Letter to Congressional Bill Sponsors on Crisis Services and Mental Health Funding
Letter to bill sponsors in support of the bipartisan Suicide Prevention Act (S.1062) to establish a pilot program to expand surveillance of self-harm and suicide attempts in partnership with State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments. -
Statement on Parity
Joint statement with leading mental health and substance use disorder advocacy organizations, expressing disappointment at the Administration’s plans not to enforce, and then ultimately reconsider regulations that enforce the federal mental health parity law. -
Statement on Medicaid, Health Coverage, and Mental Health Funding
Statement in advance of the House Energy & Commerce and Ways & Means Committee markups, opposing proposed cuts to Medicaid and the ACA. -
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. -
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. -
NAMI-led Regulatory Comment to the FCC on Privacy and Georouting Texts to 988
Regulatory comment to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on behalf of organizations in the Reimagine Crisis partnership, in response to the Commission’s request for further information related to georouting for texts to 988. The letter reiterates partners’ support for the FCC’s proposed rule to implement georouting for texts to 988, so that text messages sent […] -
People Need Help, Not Handcuffs: Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System
People with mental illness are significantly overrepresented in our nation’s jails and prisons. Each year, roughly two million people with serious mental illness are booked into jail. Nearly 2 in 5 individuals in state and federal prisons—and 44% of those in local jails—have a history of mental illness. March is National Criminal Justice Month, a […]
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Letter to Congressional Bill Sponsors on Health Equity, Social Supports, and Mental Health Funding
Letter expressing support and endorsement for the SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act, which would raise the Supplemental Security Income asset limits and adjust the levels automatically with inflation each year. -
NAMI-led Introductory Letter to HHS Secretary Kennedy
Letter to HHS Secretary RFK Jr. to congratulate him on his confirmation, introduce the Mental Health Liaison Group, and encourage him to bring the voice of lived experience to the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission.