Announcement for 11/29/11
NAMI Releases New Report on State Mental Health Spending
In NAMI's
State Mental Health Cuts: The Continuing Crisis, the authors found that states have cut more than $1.6 billion in general funds from their state mental health agency budgets for mental health services since FY2009, a period during which demand for such services increased significantly. These cuts led to significant reductions in both hospital and community services for vulnerable individuals with serious mental illnesses. The report provides an update on NAMI’s March 2011 report on the same subject. To read the recent report (and for access to the original report),
click here.
