All for a future where America values the overall health of all citizens.
Your business succeeds when your industry succeeds.
You can maximize your organization’s impact when you align yourself with NABH. NABH advocates for behavioral health and represents provider systems that are committed to the delivery of responsive, accountable, and clinically effective prevention, treatment, and care for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults with mental health and substance use disorders. NABH is a respected industry leader and conducts outreach to and collaborates with all segments within the continuum of care. We have also established relationships and meet regularly with Members of Congress, Executive Branch representatives, and other industry stakeholders on your behalf.
How you can use your voice to advocate
Talk to your congressional leaders about your organization’s impact in their district and help them understand the value of your work within their community, both as a treatment provider and as an employer. Remember to:
Use NABH-provided materials to prepare for the meeting and to leave behind for more information.
Keep your discussion focused on no more than three issues and use concrete examples of how they affect your organization and the Member’s district.
Ask the office staff for a commitment or action on the policy issues that affect you.
After the meeting, follow up with a “thank you” e-mail to the person you met with on Capitol Hill.
Contact NABH to share how your meeting went.
Advocacy Priorities
2024 is a critically important year as the country continues to face intense access challenges for both mental health and substance use disorder patients. With demand for NABH services across all age groups nationwide being at an all-time high, ensuring access to mental health and addiction treatment and recovery services could not be more urgent.
NABH’s advocacy priorities reflect the organization’s mission to advance responsive, accountable, and clinically effective prevention, treatment, and care for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults with mental health and substance use disorder. NABH advocates for these ongoing priorities and will continue to prioritize securing sufficient funding to expand the behavioral healthcare information technology infrastructure.
Mental Health
Securing the Promise of Parity
Behavioral Healthcare Workforce
Behavioral Health Information Technology
IMD Exclusion
190-day Lifetime Limit
The Addiction Crisis
Opioid Treatment Programs
Maintain Coverage of Tele-Behavioral Healthcare
Increase Crisis Stabilization Services for 988 Hotline Calls
