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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. -
NAMI Releases Issue Brief Exploring Trends in Access to Mental Health Care State Policy
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, NAMI released a new publication, Trends in Access to Mental Health Care State Policy. This issue brief provides highlights on state legislation passed in 2023 that will improve access to mental health care. There are many barriers to accessible, comprehensive and affordable mental health care. Studies routinely show […] -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Mental Health Workforce
Letter thanking Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee leadership for their critical effort to reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (H.R. 7153/S. 3679), which provides health care workers better access to education and training on preventing stress and burnout before the need becomes dire. -
2023 State Legislation Issue Brief Series: Trends in Access to Mental Health Care State Policy
Overview NAMI believes that people should get the best possible mental health care. There are many barriers to accessible, comprehensive and affordable mental health care. Studies show that less than half of adults with mental illness receive treatment in a given year. NAMI’s Trends in Access to Mental Health Care State Policy shows how state policymakers and advocates can […] -
Mother of Former Miss USA turns pain into purpose
April Simpkins is the mother of the late Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst. Kryst battled persistent, depressive disorder for years and unfortunately died by suicide on January 30th, 2022 at the age of 30. The final chapter of (her new) book includes notes from April Simpkins. She details the pain she felt from the moment […] -
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 Leadership on Health Coverage
Letter to Congressional leadership re-introducing the Partnership to Protect Coverage and requesting a meeting to discuss issues impacting the patient and consumer community. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Maternal Mental Health and Veterans’ Mental Health
Letter to House and Senate Committees on Armed Services leadership to request inclusion of S. 3641/H.R. 7087, the Maintaining Our Obligation to Moms Who Serve (MOMS) Act of 2024, which would direct DOD to create a pilot program to implement evidence-based maternal mental health programs at military treatment facilities, in the FY25 National Defense Authorization […] -
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.