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Welcome to the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD), home to the only member organization representing state executives responsible for the $29.5 billion public mental health service delivery system serving 6.1 million people annually in all 50 states, 4 territories, and the District of Columbia.  NASMHPD operates under a cooperative agreement with the National Governors Association. 

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What's NEW...

Forensic Division 2008 Annual Meeting September 21-24 at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Register. Click here for the Agenda

Legal Division 2008 Annual Meeting November 16-19 at the Perdido Beach Resort in Orange Beach, Alabama. Register. Click here for the Agenda

Interstate Compact Coordinators for Mental Health/Mental Retardation-Developmental Disabilities 2008 Annual Meeting November 16-19 at the Perdido Beach Resort in Orange Beach, Alabama. Register

Selected presentations from the 2008 Summer Commissioner's Meeting, held on July 12-14, 2008, in Nashville, Tennessee, are now available for download in pdf format.

The 2007 Community Mental Health Services Mental Health Block Grant Expenditures Report. This report was prepared by the NASMHPD Research Institute for SAMHSA/CMHS, and it discusses how states have used Block Grant funding and provides a justification for an increase in funding for the Block Grant.

NASMHPD letter to the House leadership (same letter sent to Senate) supporting a moratorium on seven Medicaid regulations, including the rehabilitative option and case management.

NASMHPD comments on proposed Medicaid rule on the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) State plan amendment provided under the new 1915(i) option, created in the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005.

NASMHPD's Letter to Congressman David Obey (D-WI), the Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, on FY 2009 Federal Funding for Mental Health Services

NASMHPD's Testimony on FY 2009 Federal Funding for Mental Health Services Submitted to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

See how the mental health community is partnering to establish a Consumer Memorial at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C.

A Plan for a National Consumer Memorial

Updated: Tobacco-Free Living in Psychiatric Settings: A Best-Practices Toolkit Promoting Wellness and Recovery

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