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Letter to Attorney General on Criminal Justice
Letter to Attorney General Garland, asking him to commute the death sentences of people with serious mental illness on federal death row. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Health Coverage and Telehealth
Letter to House and Senate appropriations subcommittee leadership opposing the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 (H.R. 824), which would allow employers to offer workers stand-alone telehealth benefits. -
Regulatory Comment to ACF on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Regulatory comment to the Administration for Children and Families applauding efforts to prioritize mental health throughout Head Start programs, and offering comments to strengthen the proposed rule, “Supporting the Head Start Workforce and Consistent Quality Programming (0970-AD01).” -
Letter to CMS and HHS on Medicare and Criminal Justice
Letter to HHS Secretary Becerra and CMS Administrator Brooks-LaSure asking CMS to change Medicare’s custody definition to ensure access to health insurance coverage for older adults and people with disabilities who are not subject to institutional confinement. -
NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison, Jr. invites you to NAMICon 2024!
From June 4–6, join us for an unforgettable convention in Denver, Colorado, where you will build lasting connections and experience inspiring moments—all in the name of mental health awareness, education and advocacy. Find out more at convention.nami.org -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Veterans’ Mental Health
Letter to Senate and House Committees on Veterans’ Affairs to encourage the inclusion of three key bipartisan bills in any end-of-year legislative package focused on Veterans’ health and suicide prevention. -
Ethnoracial Representation In Psychosis Research
Inclusion of BIPOC individuals (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) in clinical research is critical for understanding how conditions develop in different populations. In a systematic review, researchers explored participant data from 12 North American multisite research studies of clinical high risk for psychosis and first episode psychosis (FEP). Most ethnoracial groups were appropriately represented in high risk studies based on their share of the U.S. population; Black participants were overrepresented in FEP studies. Inclusion of BIPOC individuals in both types of studies is encouraging, but opportunities exist to most effectively incorporate diverse backgrounds into psychosis research. To learn more, see the study in Psychiatric Services. -
Hope Starts With Us: Manifesting Healing in 2024
On this first episode of the year, NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison Jr. speaks with international motivational speaker, certified life coach and best selling author Steven Anthony King about how we can harness the power of purpose, positivity and perseverance to manifest healing in 2024.
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Regulatory Comment on Health Coverage and Crisis Services
Regulatory comment to Treasury Secretary Yellen, Secretary Becerra, and CMS Administrator Brooks-LaSure on the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2025 Proposed Rule, focusing on the need to encourage state coverage of crisis response services as an Essential Health Benefit. -
Regulatory Comment on Health Coverage
Regulatory comment to Treasury Secretary Yellen, HHS Secretary Becerra, and CMS Administrator Brooks-LaSure on the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2025 Proposed Rule, offering recommendations to address specific provisions of the proposed rule.