[…] preparation frenzy, one topic often goes overlooked: mental health. NAMI and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) want to make sure that is not the case. While suicide is at a 30-year high, and college counselors are seeing a record number of students with depression and anxiety, we need to make college student mental […]
[…] for Vet Centers, which provide mental health and readjustment counseling for combat veterans, and the National Centers for PTSD. The package also increases the investment in veteran suicide prevention programs and outreach, and includes the Honor Our Commitment Act, which requires the VA to provide mental and behavioral health care to hundreds of thousands […]
[…] life to where we were like, man, something is going on with me.” Hubbard also reveals a life-changing moment from high school when a friend died by suicide after being bullied for being gay and struggling at home. This experience changed his perspective on the importance of getting help for yourself and others. Hubbard’s […]
[…] 23, 2020, from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. ET Register Online Now What Will It Cover? This webinar will share the warning signs of mental health conditions and suicide in youth and young adults and what this might look like during our current pandemic. Attendees will learn how to be there for someone in need […]
[…] organization as NAMI advances the goals of the 2020-2025 Strategic Plan. His experience and expertise in strategy and leadership, as well as his past efforts on advocacy for veteran suicide prevention, expanded access to health care, and underserved veteran populations, will be an asset in his new role at NAMI. Read the full press release.
[…] focus that represent issues of critical importance to NAMI’s mission and that also saw significant legislative action in 2019. Those issues include: Early Intervention, Mental Health Education, Suicide Prevention, Medicaid and State-Regulated Health Insurance Coverage, Mental Health and Substance Use Parity, Medication Access, Continuum of Mental Health Services, Mental Health Workforce, Inclusive and Culturally […]
[…] investments in the President’s FY 2023 proposed budget include: $697 million to the 988 and Behavioral Health Services program, including funding for local call centers, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and related crisis services — an increase of $590 million over FY 2022 $1.653 billion for the Community Mental Health Block Grant, an increase […]
[…] said. Wesolowski highlighted several key appropriations requests by NAMI: Increased funding to help our communities reimagine the response to people in crisis, including funding for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline network, local call centers and mobile crisis teams. $1 billion for the School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program to vastly increase the number of […]
[…] his administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget proposal, released earlier today. The proposal focuses on increasing the mental health workforce, expanding crisis response and the new 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, improving mental health parity, and additional proposals that will help people affected by mental health conditions. “Mental health is the bipartisan issue of […]
[…] to grapple with a nationwide mental health crisis in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, the launch of 988 (the new three-digit number for mental health, suicide, and substance use crises) on July 16, 2022, put crisis response at the forefront of many states’ mental health agendas. As state policymakers look towards the […]
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