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ROCKLAND COUNTY - Advocacy
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NAMI-NYS Advocacy Toolkit
This toolkit contains the resources you need to become a more effective and educated advocate for the mental health community. You will find everything from basic information on the legislative process to NAMI-NYS issue fact sheets and more. We encourage you to download, print and share these tools with your community and your legislators.
Click Here for the Tool Kit
The kit will help you best project your advocacy voice by:
2. NAMI-NYS Public Policy Program Overview: We are here to help you
3. New York Facts & Figures: Mental health statistics for New York that you can use when advocating
4. Glossary of Mental Health, Health & Housing Terms
5. Legislative Fact Sheet: Review state government structure
6. Legislative Process: How a bill becomes law in NY
This toolkit contains the resources you need to become a more effective and educated advocate for the mental health community. You will find everything from basic information on the legislative process to NAMI-NYS issue fact sheets and more. We encourage you to download, print and share these tools with your community and your legislators.
Click Here for the Tool Kit
The kit will help you best project your advocacy voice by:
- Detailing our advocacy agenda
- Explaining NAMI-NYS’s view of the Executive Budget proposal
- Providing strategies to have the most impactful legislative visits
- Speaking points on our issues
- Providing templates for Letters to the Editor on our key issues
- Information on how to engage in advocacy activities on social media
2. NAMI-NYS Public Policy Program Overview: We are here to help you
3. New York Facts & Figures: Mental health statistics for New York that you can use when advocating
4. Glossary of Mental Health, Health & Housing Terms
5. Legislative Fact Sheet: Review state government structure
6. Legislative Process: How a bill becomes law in NY
NATIONAL - Advocacy
Take Action On Policy Issues
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Policy change is one major way we can make a difference in the lives of people living with mental health conditions and their families. NAMI’s legislative and public policy priority is to support Americans affected by mental illness’ opportunities to build better lives. NAMI advocates for an array of issues including:
Take action on current issues the National Alliance on Mental Illness is advocating for by just clicking on the Take Action button!
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Policy change is one major way we can make a difference in the lives of people living with mental health conditions and their families. NAMI’s legislative and public policy priority is to support Americans affected by mental illness’ opportunities to build better lives. NAMI advocates for an array of issues including:
- Securing better funding for research
- Protecting people’s access to treatment and services
- Attaining mental health parity
Take action on current issues the National Alliance on Mental Illness is advocating for by just clicking on the Take Action button!
