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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. -
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. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Mental Health Workforce, Medicare, and Crisis Services
Letter in support of the Peers in Medicare Act, which would expand peer services in community Medicare settings and expand peer support in integrated care and as part of mobile crisis. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Mental Health Funding and Criminal Justice
Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership, requesting $520 million for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne JAG) and $40 million for the implementation of the Law Enforcement De-escalation Training Act, in the Fiscal Year 2025 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations bill. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Research and Treatment Innovation, Mental Health Funding and Criminal Justice
Letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees requesting the highest possible funding level in the FY 25 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) within the Department of Justice. -
Letter to Congressional Bill Sponsors on Mental Health Funding and Crisis Services
Letter to bill sponsors expressing strong support for H.R. 6928, the CONtinuity in Necessary Evaluative Crisis Treatment (CONNECT) Act, which would provide funding to crisis centers for follow-up treatment for individuals receiving suicide prevention and crisis intervention services. -
Amicus Brief to SCOTUS on Criminal Justice
Amicus brief in Grants Pass v Johnson, arguing that the Supreme Court should affirm the decision that a municipal ordinance prohibiting individuals from “camping” – or sleeping in public with even rudimentary bedding materials such as a blanket – violates the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause of the Eighth Amendment because it effectively criminalizes a […] -
NAMI Statement on FCC Action to Improve 988 Call Routing
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today released the following statement from Chief Advocacy Officer Hannah Wesolowski. -
NAMI Leads 40+ National Organizations to Urge Immediate Improvements to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
NAMI applauds the FCC for taking steps to ensure 988 help seekers get connected to their local call centers Arlington, VA — Yesterday, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) led a group of over 40 national organizations in urging leadership at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human […]