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Statement on Criminal Justice, Health Equity and Social Supports
Statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v. Grants Pass, emphasizing that the Court’s decision will have devastating consequences on the large and growing number of Americans experiencing homelessness, including people with mental health disabilities. -
Letter to FCC on Crisis Services
Letter to the Federal Communications Commission expressing strong support for the proposed rule on georouting solutions for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. -
Letter to Congressional Bill Sponsor on Mental Health Workforce
Letter expressing support for the Community Mental Wellness Worker Act, which would authorize a new $25 million SAMHSA program to help community mental health clinics train a corps of community mental wellness workers capable of providing short term counseling and interviewing interventions to people with depression, anxiety and substance use disorders in their community. -
Regulatory Comment to HUD on Criminal Justice, Health Equity and Social Supports
Regulatory comment addressed to Acting HUD Secretary Todman in support of the HUD’s efforts to decrease barriers to HUD housing programs for formerly incarcerated and convicted people as exemplified in the proposed rule, “Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing” (FR-6362-P-01). -
Letter to CMS on Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Mental Health Workforce and Medicaid
Letter to Administrator Brooks-LaSure asking that CMS issue new guidance related to Youth Peer Support. -
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. -
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. -
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 Bureau of Justice Statistics on the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails
Letter sent to the Bureau of Justice Statistics in response to their request for public comment on the reinstatement of the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails.