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2006

• The Campaign has a new director (11/16/06)
• Mental Illness Over-Represented in Jails & Prisons (9/7/06)
• News Bipartisan Mental Health Caucus Announced by U.S. Senators Domenici, Kennedy, Smith and Harkin (4/3/06)
• Letter to House and Senate Budget Committees setting forth mental health priorities for FY 2007
• On March 29, 2006, the Campaign for Mental Health Reform reconvened the members of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health on Capitol Hill to discuss returning war veterans, suicide as a national priority, and mental health in the workplace.
• Media Advisory for March 29, 2006 reconvening of members of President’s Commission on Mental Health
• Letter to key Representatives urging them to vote "no" on final passage of S. 1932, containing major cuts in Medicaid (01/26/06)

2005

• Letter to key Senators urging that they stand by their commitment to oppose harmful Medicaid cuts (12/19/05)
• Letter to Senate Majority Leader urging consideration of S. 1716, to provide emergency Medicaid coverage to people dislocated by Hurricane Katrina (10/23/05)
• CMHR white paper explaining that proposed cuts in Medicaid rehabilitative services and TCM would, instead of saving money, institutionalize people with serious mental illnesses and cost more money (10/21/05)
• Letter to the President urging support for S. 1716, to provide emergency Medicaid coverage to people dislocated by Hurricane Katrina (9/20/05)
• Fact Sheet: Impact of S. 1932, the Budget Reconciliation Bill on Access to Mental Health Services
• Letters to the House of Representatives and the Senate opposing proposed Medicaid provisions (12/9/05)
• Letter to Congress urging opposition to the Budget Reconciliation Bill (11/16/05)
• Letter to Congress urging emergency assistance for Hurricane Katrina victims and first responders (pdf - html also available) (9/14/05)
• Letter to Congress strongly opposing cuts to Medicaid rehabilitative services and targeted case management (9/2/05)
• Transcript and photos of July 27 press conference (8/10/05)
• 16 National Organizations Cite Crisis in Mental Health Systems, Release Roadmap for Reform (7/27/05)
• Campaign for Mental Health Reform Appoints Charles S. Konigsberg Director (7/15/05)
• Press Release on the May 11, 2005 Capitol Hill Briefings (5/11/05)
• Children's Mental Health Briefing Materials (5/11/05)
• News Advisory: Campaign for Mental Health Reform Hosts Hill Briefings on Children's Mental Disorders (5/6/05)
• House Medicaid Cuts Devastating for Americans with Mental Illnesses, Say Advocates (3/17/05)
• Keeping Families Together Act Re-Introduced (2/15/05)
• Budget Brings More Broken Promises (2/8/05)
  • The President's FY 2006 Budget at a Glance (2/8/05)
• Why Rep. Ron Paul Is Wrong – Wrong about "Universal Mental Health Screening" and Wrong about Mental Health (2/05)

2004

Position Statement: Early Detection of Mental Health Problems in Children and Adolescents (Nov. 18, 2004)

Whither Medicaid?: A Briefing Paper on Mental Health Issues in Medicaid Restructuring (9/10/04)

Whither Medicaid?: A Briefing Paper on Mental Health Issues in Medicaid Restructuring (Printer-friendly PDF Document; You will need the free Acrobat Reader to view and print this file.)

Whither Medicaid?: A Briefing Paper on Mental Health Issues in Medicaid Restructuring (Browser-friendly HTML version)

Campaign for Mental Health Reform Calls for Improved Performance and Outcome Measurements in Mental Health (7/20/04)

Testimony by Howard Goldman before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee’s Subcommittee on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (7/20/04)

Advocates Praise Senate Passage of Suicide Prevention Bill (7/9/04)

Advocates Praise Efforts to Address Criminalization of People with Mental Illnesses (6/22/04)

News Advisory: Congressional Hearing on People with Mental Illnesses in the Criminal Justice System (6/21/04)

2003

Special Report on the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health*: Comments from the Bazelon Center and other prominent mental health advocates on the significance of the final report by the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, from the November 2003 issue of Psychiatric Services. This is a PDF file; You will need the free Acrobat Reader to view and print this document. (11/03)

Campaign for Mental Health Reform Testifies Before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Subcommittee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (11/4/03)

Kerry Releases Mental Health Policy Statement; Campaign for Mental Health Reform Statement to the Media (9/12/03)

Mental Health Advocates’ Statement on Dean Mental Health Agenda (9/12/03)

U.S. Senate Confronts Criminalization of People with Mental Illness (7/30/03)

President’s Commission Offers Prescription for Broken Mental Health System (7/22/03)

DC Mental Health Commissioner Testifies on Mental Health Reform Before Senate Committee (7/15/03)

One of every two Americans who need mental health treatment do not receive it, and the rate is even lower —and the quality of care poorer—for ethnic and racial minorities.

©2003 Campaign for Mental Health Reform