New bill focuses on efforts to reduce veteran suicide and improve mental health outcomes through improved access to care, better diagnostic tools and increased oversight of VA programs
Read MoreFor too long, even with parity laws, people with mental health conditions have found that, too often, even if their health plan “covered” mental health services, they would be denied the most appropriate and effective treatment.
Read MoreJoin us at this day-long event focused on connecting Self-Advocates with their legislators to talk about issues that matter to them.
Read MoreNAMI’s Advocacy & Public Policy team discusses new guidance that permits states to apply for a waiver of the IMD exclusion, as well as information on the government shutdown and its impact on people with mental illness and families.
Read MoreState Superintendent Tony Evers’ 2019-21 budget includes a tenfold funding increase for school mental health programs.
Read MoreNext week, the House will consider multiple pieces of legislation to address the opioid epidemic, many of which will improve mental health and substance use care.
Read MoreThe House passed a bipartisan FY 2018 omnibus appropriations bill to fund the federal government through Sept. 30, 2018. The bill includes significant investments in research at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), to the Mental Health Block Grant and to key programs at the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Veterans Affairs and Justice.
Read MoreOn Monday, Feb. 12th, the President released his proposed budget for FY 2019. The President’s budget includes proposed legislative changes affecting people with mental illness.
Read MoreAssembly Bill 791 converts Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake juvenile corrections facilities into adult facilities, requires less funding with the use of pre-existing facilities as opposed to new construction, and calls for public comment.
Read MoreStrategic Behavioral Health plans to build a new psychiatric facility that will offer a variety of inpatient and outpatient services to adults and children, as well as a 24/7 crisis assessment unit.
Read MoreOn Dec. 4th, the House voted to go into conference committee with the Senate to negotiate a compromise between the differing House and Senate tax reform bills.
Read MoreWhen you hear about tax reform, you may not think it affects people with mental health conditions and their families. But the bills in Congress do. Here’s how
Read MoreGovernor Walker's budget amendment will invest $7 million in state funding to raise Medicaid rates for professionals providing outpatient mental health and substance abuse services.
Read MoreThe White House has signed an executive order that would make significant changes to mental health coverage. Meanwhile, congressional leaders are working toward reauthorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and have forged a tentative bipartisan agreement to stabilize the insurance markets.
Read MoreWe are encouraged by DCHS’s commitment to maintaining existing levels of service for those programs that impact people affected by mental illness
Read MoreThough providing the necessary aid for homeless persons with severe mental illness is not always an easy task, it’s one that we cannot abandon. We encourage public officials and the community to explore all options that may help Safe Haven continue serving some of our most vulnerable citizens.
Read MoreJourney Mental Health and NAMI Dane County are committed to working with DHS and Wisconsin healthcare stakeholders at this critical time in order to ensure that the health and mental health care needs of our state’s most vulnerable populations are met.
Read MoreDane County doesn’t need a larger jail. It needs greater investment in community-based mental health treatment.
Read MoreIn an effort to better understand the role of mental health in multicultural communities, I attended a Lobby Day as a part of Black History Month. Because I have not lobbied before, I was not completely sure what to expect in attending this event, however, this experience showed me the importance of lobbying for change.
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