Ensuring Addiction is Treated as a Health Issue. Addressing the addiction to drugs and alcohol that is challenging our communities, we work to advance racial justice by centering community needs, and advocating for policy and practice changes to ensure addiction is treated as a health issue and not a criminal one.
Youth with lived experiences of mental illness and substance use challenges, including addiction, understand first-hand the limitations, inequities, and failures of the current system. [ Blog ]
For the first time in history, the U.S. National Drug Control Strategy includes support for harm reduction – drug overdose prevention and health interventions that save lives. This is a major step forward in preventing fatal drug overdoses. [ Blog ]
Statement in response to false statements and racist tropes made by a handful of policymakers and propagated by media outlets regarding the use of federal grants for harm reduction services for people who use drugs and alcohol. [ Press Release ]
It is time to dial up the pressure on Build Back Better. We’ve provided a full toolkit below. [ Alert ]
In light of recent developments regarding the Build Back Better Act, we will continue to work hard alongside policymakers and advocates across the country to deliver critically-needed improvements in health care affordability, access and equity for all. [ Press Release ]
As we continue to push the Senate to take up the Build Back Better Act in the coming weeks, we need to be ready to celebrate the enormous investments this bill will make in the health of our families and communities. [ Alert ]
The American Academy of Pediatrics and other prominent health associations declared a national state of emergency in children’s mental health last week. [ Blog ]
President Biden and Congress released an agreed upon framework for the Build Back Better Act, which would make historic investments to enhance the health, economic security and well-being of people and communities across the country. [ Press Release ]
Take action to pass the Build Back Better agenda. [ Alert ]
These new and updated tools can help you raise your voice and amplify the need for Congress to act now. [ Alert ]
The U.S. House of Representatives appears set to vote on a $3.5 trillion budget resolution. The resolution signals support for a number of critical health policies. [ Press Release ]
The Senate unveiled a $3.5 trillion budget resolution, that includes making permanent the tax credits that have significantly lowered the cost of health coverage and getting millions of people the Medicaid coverage they deserve as intended by the ACA. [ Press Release ]
The Racial Justice Action Center is a multiracial organizing and training center working to build the grassroots leadership and power of communities of color and low income communities in order to achieve political and social transformation in Georgia.
The Georgia Council on Substance Abuse is a nonprofit advocacy organization with the overall mission to reduce the impact of substance abuse in Georgia communities.
Georgians for a Healthy Future's mission is to build and mobilize a unified voice, vision, and leadership to achieve a healthy future for all Georgians. They provide a strong voice for Georgia consumers and communities on the health care issues and decisions that impact their lives.
Health Law Advocates (HLA) is a 501(c)(3) public interest law firm whose mission is to provide pro bono legal representation to low-income residents experiencing difficulty accessing or paying for needed medical services. HLA is committed to ensuring universal access to quality health care in Massachusetts, particularly for those who are most at risk due to such factors as race, gender, disability, age, or geographic location. With its partner organization, Health Care For All, HLA combines legal expertise with grassroots organizing and policy reform to advance the statewide movement for universal health care access.
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC) is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to ensuring the health and safety of children through direct services to children and families and public advocacy on their behalf.
The Parent/Professional Advocacy League (PPAL) is a statewide family organization dedicated to improving the mental health and wellbeing of children, youth and families through education, advocacy and partnership.
New Futures is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advocates, educates and collaborates to prevent and reduce alcohol and other drug problems in New Hampshire. New Futures envisions a State and local communities where public policies support prevention, treatments and recovery oriented efforts to reduce substance misuse problems.
This project will be a collaboration between Salvation and Social Justice, the Latino Action Network Foundation, New Jersey Policy Perspective, and the New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund. Together this partnership will build a multi-racial campaign based on lived experiences that will make quality health care for traditionally excluded communities a reality. The campaign will work towards the adoption of universal health care coverage for all children and adults who are now ineligible or unable to afford existing health care coverage options, and develop a base of directly impacted people and leaders among Black, Latinx and low-income communities to build power for these high-priority health care advocacy efforts.
Young People in Recovery – New Jersey (YPR-NJ) supports young people in or seeking recovery by empowering them to obtain stable employment, secure suitable housing and explore continuing education. The chapter also advocates on the local and state levels for better accessibility of these services and other effective recovery resources.
NCADD-NJ is a private nonprofit organization founded in 1982 to advocate on behalf of those affected by drug and alcohol addiction and their families. We are the New Jersey State Affiliate of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
As the state's largest citizen watchdog coalition, New Jersey Citizen Action works to protect and expand the rights of individuals and families and to ensure that government officials respond to the needs of people rather than the interests of those with money and power.
Pennsylvania Recovery Organization - Achieving Community Together (PRO-ACT) is a grassroots advocacy and recovery support initiative covering Southeastern Pennsylvania. PRO-ACT works to reduce the stigma of addiction, ensure the availability of adequate treatment and recovery support services and to influence public opinion and policy regarding the value of recovery.
Pennsylvania Health Access Network (PHAN) is a statewide coalition of organizations working to protect high quality health insurance coverage for individuals and businesses and to expand coverage to the uninsured. PHAN works to promote change at the state and national level by mobilizing affected constituencies, including consumers, health care providers, business, labor, the faith community and the general public to press for a more accessible and affordable health care system.
Pennsylvania Health Access Network (PHAN) is a statewide coalition of organizations working to protect high quality health insurance coverage for individuals and businesses and to expand coverage to the uninsured. PHAN works to promote change at the state and national level by mobilizing affected constituencies, including consumers, health care providers, business, labor, the faith community, and the general public to press for a more accessible and affordable health care system.
USARA's mission is to celebrate, advocate, support and educate on behalf of drug and/or alcohol addiction recovery and Utah's recovery community.
Citizen Action of Wisconsin is an issue focused coalition of individuals and organizations committed to achieving social, economic, and environmental justice. Citizen Action employs an integrated strategy of grassroots organizing, public education, earned media, professional research, voter engagement, and political lobbying to advance progressive values and shape the public and political debate around health care, economic development, and consumer protection.
To generate the public and political will necessary to support this systemic change, WISDOM and its partners conducted a health impact assessment which illustrates the potential health benefits that the proposed budget shift could afford to prisoners, their families and their communities.
It is time to dial up the pressure on Build Back Better. We’ve provided a full toolkit below. [ Alert ]
As we continue to push the Senate to take up the Build Back Better Act in the coming weeks, we need to be ready to celebrate the enormous investments this bill will make in the health of our families and communities. [ Alert ]
In response to a request for information, Community Catalyst offered both reach goals and specific bipartisan policy recommendations on ways to transform services to meet people’s needs. [ Comment Letter ]
Take action to pass the Build Back Better agenda. [ Alert ]
These new and updated tools can help you raise your voice and amplify the need for Congress to act now. [ Alert ]
Community Catalyst submitted comments regarding behavioral health coverage to Massachusetts officials on their request for extension of a Section 1115 waiver, including a provision to extend MassHealth (Medicaid) benefits to incarcerated individuals. [ Comment Letter ]
This toolkit illustrates how advocates can leverage American Rescue Plan Act funds to spur transformative change and address the unique needs of communities. [ Publication ]
Community Catalyst responds to the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s (ONDCP) Request for Information: Application of Equity in U.S. National Drug Control Policy. [ Comment Letter ]
Comments to a federal workgroup on revised Medicaid Care Quality Measures for adults and children. [ Comment Letter ]
In this first national examination of treatment and recovery services outcomes prioritized by people with substance use disorders, nearly 900 people from across the country shared what matters most to them. [ Publication ]
Check out our Medicaid Birthday toolkit! [ Alert ]
This resource offers advocates information about directing funding streams, decision makers on a state and local level, and advocacy strategies to influence them. [ Publication ]
It is time to dial up the pressure on Build Back Better. We’ve provided a full toolkit below.
As we continue to push the Senate to take up the Build Back Better Act in the coming weeks, we need to be ready to celebrate the enormous investments this bill will make in the health of our families and communities.
Take action to pass the Build Back Better agenda.
These new and updated tools can help you raise your voice and amplify the need for Congress to act now.
Check out our Medicaid Birthday toolkit!
Tomorrow night’s state of the union marks the first time President Biden will speak to Congress. Our job is to remind the Biden administration and policymakers that health care is central to infrastructure – and the time to be bold is now.
The funding coming into your state first and foremost must be responsive to the needs of people and communities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
The endurance of the ACA for over a decade is a testament to the strength of our collective efforts in the never-ending fight for progress.
We have a short window to make significant progress through this legislation on health care issues that matter to people with substance use disorders and/or mental illness, who have greater risk of COVID-19 and still face many barriers to care.
Peers Speak Out lays the groundwork for more effectively and equitably addressing the national epidemic of substance use disorders. See the findings and actions steps for service providers, policymakers and researchers.
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