Advocacy Snapshot

Helping You Help Others

While you’ve been working hard to keep your communities healthy, we’ve been advocating for the federal policies and funding you need to support your work. Here’s a snapshot of some of our most recent advocacy accomplishments on your behalf:

• We secured more than $3 billion in block grants for substance abuse and mental health funding via the

American Rescue Plan Act and the

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Our efforts led to billions in provider relief funding being made available for National Council members through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – relief that included a targeted distribution specifically for mental health and substance use treatment organizations.

• We successfully advocated for more than $1 billion in funding for Certified Community Behavioral

Health Clinic (CCBHC) grants, benefiting hundreds of mental health and substance use treatment organizations and laying the groundwork for an expanded CCBHC presence.

• With one eye on the future, we successfully passed 988 legislation and are continuing to shepherd further implementation support legislation through Congress. We also secured the passage of a crisis stabilization bill that creates community-level crisis response programs and trainings for organizations serving justice-involved individuals.

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