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NAMICon 2022 Virtual Event Honors Mental Health Leaders
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has honored and presented awards for exemplary national, state and local leadership as part of “NAMICon 2022, Together for Mental Health,” one of the nation’s largest gatherings of leaders and advocates across the mental health community. -
NAMI Poll Finds Public Unaware of 988 Before July Launch but Supportive of Policies to Improve Crisis Response
With only 30 days before 988, the new three-digit number for mental health and suicide crises, is available nationwide, a new poll from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) finds that people are still largely unaware that this potentially lifesaving resource is on its way. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Letter to Senate Commerce Committee leadership, urging leadership to hold a Senate Commerce Committee markup this month on the Kids Online Safety Act (S. 3663) and child-related privacy and tech legislation to protect young users online. -
NAMI Releases Virtual Mental Health Education Program for Teens
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today announced that its free, signature education program for middle school and high school-aged students, NAMI Ending the Silence, is now available on a virtual platform that can be used anywhere. -
NAMI Statement on Fatal Shooting in Uvalde, Texas
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is deeply saddened by the horrific and avoidable school shooting that occurred yesterday in Uvalde, Texas. The mass killing of at least 19 children and two adults at the elementary school impacts all of us. It impacts the mental health of our entire country. -
NAMI Participates in White House Event on Youth Mental Health
As a part of the MTV Entertainment Group’s and the Biden-Harris Administration’s Mental Health Youth Action Forum, NAMI leaders today attended a White House event focused on youth mental health. -
Letter to Congressional Bill Sponsors on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Letter to Representatives Eshoo, Fitzpatrick and Blunt Rochester, thanking them for introducing H.R. 7236, the Strengthen Kids’ Mental Health Now Act. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Letter to House & Senate Appropriations Committee leadership, thanking the committees for providing $11 million in funding for the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program in the Fiscal Year 2022 omnibus bill and to request $14 million for the program in the FY23 Labor, HHS, Education appropriations bill. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Letter to Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee leadership expressing support for the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (S. 3663), a comprehensive social media platform accountability bill to safeguard the mental health of young social media consumers. -
Letter to House Bill Sponsors on Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Letter to Representatives Schrier and Miller-Meeks, expressing support for the introduction of H.R. 7076, the Supporting Children’s Mental Health Care Access Act of 2022, which would reauthorize the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program at the Health Resources and Services Administration for five years and make program improvements.