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Letter to Congressional Leadership on Medicare and Crisis Services
Letter to Congressional leadership, urging the enactment of Medicare mobile crisis intervention services in the Medicare program in the end-of-the-year legislative package. -
Letter to DEA Administrator and US Attorney General on Medication Access, Telehealth and COVID-19
Letter to Attorney General Garland and DEA Administrator Milgram, urging action to ensure patients are able to continue receiving treatment where and when they need it once the PHE ends and until the promulgation of the Special Registration for Telemedicine Rules. -
Regulatory Comment to CMS Administrator on COVID-19 & Medicaid
Regulatory comments to CMS Administrator Brooks-Lasure, urging CMS to rescind 42 CFR §433.400 and no longer allow states to reduce Medicaid benefits or modify beneficiary cost-sharing while the state receives the enhanced FMAP. -
Help Not Handcuffs: Restorative Justice
October 20, 5:00 p.m. ET Join us for thoughtful discussion about the topic of restorative justice. In this webinar, panelists will share their diverse perspectives, stories and successes as they promote justice diversion through restorative practices and connection. This session will be moderated by Nina Richtman, Director of NAMI’s Justice Diversion Task Force. Those who […]
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Letter to Congressional Bill Sponsors on Criminal Justice
Letter to Representatives Bass, Issa, Trone, and Chabot in support of H.R.8637, the Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022, which would direct the U.S. Attorney General to develop training curricula to help educate law enforcement officers and covered mental health professionals about how best to respond to behavioral health crises. -
Letter to HHS Secretary on COVID-19
Letter to HHS Secretary Becerra, requesting that the Department of Health and Human Services takes proactive steps to integrate mental health and substance use throughout the operations of the newly-formed the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. -
988 and What It Means for Families of People with Serious Mental Illness
A SAMHSA-Sponsored Webinar And Roundtable Discussion 988*, the new three-digit number for mental health and suicidal crises, is now available nationwide. 988 is poised to change the way communities respond to people in crisis, connecting individuals to trained crisis counselors that can provide de-escalation and mental health intervention services by phone. This new number holds […]
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Mobile Crisis Teams: Providing an Alternative to Law Enforcement for Mental Health Crises
People experiencing a mental health emergency deserve quick access to effective mental health care. -
Advocacy Resource on Crisis Services and Mental Health Funding
NAMI ad in the Washington Post announcing 988’s availability and calling for continued work on improving mental health crisis response. -
Regulatory Comment to HHS Secretary on Medicare & Criminal Justice
Regulatory comments to HHS Secretary Becerra, speaking in favor of the proposed special enrollment periods for exceptional conditions, including incarceration.