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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 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 […] -
Letter to Missouri Governor on Criminal Justice
Letter to Missouri Governor Parson, asking for Brian Dorsey’s death sentence to be commuted to life without parole, given Mr. Dorsey’s severe psychiatric symptoms and egregiously inadequate legal representation. -
Regulatory Comment to NCQA on Crisis Services and Research and Treatment Innovation
Regulatory comment supporting the NCQA’s Proposed Changes to Existing HEDIS Measures: Follow-Up After Emergency Department Visit for Mental Illness (FUM) and Follow-Up After Hospitalization for Mental Illness (FUH), and providing additional recommendations to strengthen the measures, including guidance on follow-up care. -
Criminal Justice And Mental Illness: A Webinar On The State Of The Issue
Wednesday, March 20 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM EST People with mental illness are overrepresented in our nation’s jails and prisons. Nearly 80% of people released from prison in the U.S. each year have a chronic medical, substance use, or psychiatric condition, and the justice system faces difficulties creating meaningful connections to care. During this […]
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Letter to HHS and Domestic Policy Council on Health Coverage, Medicaid and Parity
Letter to HHS Secretary Becerra and Domestic Policy Council Director Tanden urging the prompt finalization of a number of pending rules that will greatly advance affordable, accessible, and adequate healthcare coverage. -
Regulatory Comment to Department of Labor on Health Coverage
Regulatory comment to the Department of Labor, offering strong support to its proposal to rescind the 2018 “Definition of Employer—Association Health Plans” final rule. -
Letter to Congressional Leadership on Criminal Justice
Letter to Senators Cornyn and Whitehouse urging passage of the Supporting Treatment and Recovery Over Narcotics for Growth, Empowerment, and Rehabilitation Act (STRONGER Act), which would reauthorize the Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment program for the next five years while making improvements to the program.