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Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Mental Health Funding
Letter to Senators Blunt and Murray and Reps. DeLauro and Cole, expressing thanks for the bipartisan inclusion of $4.25 billion for mental health and substance use programs above and beyond regular FY 2021 spending in the COVID-19 relief portion of the Consolidated Appropriations Act. -
Letter to HHS Secretary on Medicaid
Letter to HHS Secretary-Designate Becerra, requesting action to nullify the Medicaid 1115 work and community engagement requirements policy. -
Advocacy Resource on 988 Crisis Response Problems and Solutions
Advocacy resource reviewing the problems with the current mental health crisis response and the solutions a 988 crisis response system offers to change how people experiencing crises get help. -
Advocacy Resource on 988 Crisis Response System Vision
Advocacy resource explaining the three pillars of a robust 988 crisis response system, including 24/7 crisis call centers, mobile crisis teams and crisis stabilization programs. -
Letter to HHS Secretary on Medicaid
Letter to HHS Secretary-Designate Becerra, urging to rescind guidance (SMD 18-002) to state Medicaid programs regarding work and community engagement requirements upon taking office. -
Letter to President Biden on Treatment Innovation
Letter to President Biden, urging to rescind the human fetal tissue research restrictions and policy changes that the Department of Health and Human Services made in 2019. -
By July 2022, 9–8–8 will be the Nationwide Mental Health Crisis and Suicide Prevention Number
The law enables states to enact fees similar to those in place for 9-1-1 that will support the need for expanded services at the local level to receive and respond to crisis calls. -
FCC Designates 988 as a Nationwide Mental Health Crisis and Suicide Prevention Number
Today, NAMI thanks the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for formally designating 988 as a nationwide 3-digit number for mental health crisis and suicide prevention services. -
Behavioral Health Diversion Interventions: Moving from Individual Programs to a Systems-Wide Strategy
This publication is intended to provide these local leaders with a systems-level conceptual framework for developing a continuum of behavioral health diversion interventions that span the community’s criminal justice system—starting from first contact with law enforcement through incarceration -
FCC Report on the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018
This report recommends that a 3-digital dialing code be used for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system