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Letter To Congressional Committee Leadership On Medicaid, Medicare, Mental Health Workforce And Criminal Justice
Letter to Senate Committee on Finance supporting the Better Mental Health Care, Lower Drug Cost, and Extenders Act, which will strengthen the behavioral health workforce, expand access to integrated care, improve telehealth options, increase the accuracy of provider directories, provide important data, and take first steps toward expanding coverage for people in jails and prisons. -
Letter To Congressional Committee Leadership On Mental Health Workforce And Medicare
Letter to Senate Finance Committee leadership expressing appreciation and support for the Better Mental Health Care, Lower Drug Cost and Extenders Act. -
Letter To Congressional Committee Leadership On Medicare And Mental Health Workforce
Letter to Congressional Committees in support of the bipartisan Improving Access to Mental Health Act (S. 838/H.R. 1638), which will expand access to care by expanding the scope of clinical social workers (CSWs) in Medicare. -
988 at One: Celebrating Progress & Looking Ahead to Help People in Crisis
Its success shows what we can accomplish when advocates, partners and policymakers work together toward a common goal. -
New NAMI-Ipsos Poll Finds Low Familiarity of 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline but Broad Bipartisan Support for Federal Funding
Days before the one-year anniversary of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline becoming available nationwide, a new poll from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) finds most Americans (82%) are still not familiar with 988 — a resource to help people in mental health, substance use and suicide crises get connected to crisis support. -
Letter to Congressional Bill Sponsors on Child and Adolescent Mental Health & Mental Health Workforce
Letter to Congressional Bill Sponsors supporting H.R. 2412, the Helping Kids Cope Act, which aims to expand the availability of a variety of pediatric mental health services and invest in the pediatric mental and behavioral health workforce. -
The Dual Life of Being a Peer with Bipolar Disorder and a Mental Health Clinician
I'm still fleshing out the nuances of inhabiting both sides of this space: peer and clinician. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Mental Health Workforce
Letter to Senate HELP Committee leadership in response to the request for information (RFI) on the health care workforce shortage. -
How Working as a NAMI HelpLine Volunteer Changed My Life
I greatly improved my ‘helping skills,’ and made the choice to find recovery of my own. -
How to Help Yourself and Others with Suicidal Ideation
Survival is something to celebrate but so is the journey.