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Press Contact:Sophia Majlessi202-621-1631 (office)SophiaM@TheNationalCouncil.orgDecember 6, 2019 – National Council for Mental Wellbeing President and CEO Chuck Ingoglia today released the following statement in response to a Senate Finance Committee proposal to extend and expand the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) program. If enacted, the legislation would extend and…

Press Contact:Sophia Majlessi202-621-1631 (office)SophiaM@TheNationalCouncil.orgNovember 21, 2019 – National Council for Mental Wellbeing President and CEO Chuck Ingoglia today released the following statement in response to Congressional approval of a continuing resolution that includes an extension of funding for the bipartisan Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sophia Majlessi 202-621-1631 office SophiaM@TheNationalCouncil.org National Council honors Reps. Markwayne Mullin, Paul Tonko and Gwen Moore, and Sens. Ron Wyden and Chuck Grassley. WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 18, 2019) – The National Council for Mental Wellbeing …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:Sophia Majlessi202-621-1631 (office)SophiaM@TheNationalCouncil.orgUnite for Behavioral Health Campaign Launched at Hill Day; New Public Opinion Research Shows Broad Bipartisan Support for Increased Federal FundingWASHINGTON, D.C. (September 17, 2019) – More than 600 addiction and mental health providers, consumers, family members, and care partners  from around the country will…

Following news reports that the White House is considering creation of a Health Advanced Research Projects Agency (HARPA) that would study incidents of mass violence to develop more effective ways to prevent them, Chuck Ingoglia, president and CEO of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, issued the following statement.WASHINGTON, D.C.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContactDrew LovejoyDrewL@TheNationalCouncil.org(304) 541-1223The National Council for Mental Wellbeing issued the following statement from Chuck Ingoglia, President and CEO, in response to President Trump’s suggestion that the United States should forcibly institutionalize people with serious mental illness as a response to mass violence.Let’s be perfectly clear. The president is…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACTSophia MajlessiSophiaM@TheNationalCouncil.org(202) 621-1631WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 13, 2019) – The National Council for Mental Wellbeing strongly opposes the Department of Homeland Security’s final rule on the Public Charge Determinations [DHS Docket No. USCIS-2010-0012] policy that would expand the definition of “public charge,” effective October 15, 2019.When reviewing immigrants’…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACTSophia MajlessiSophiaM@TheNationalCouncil.org(202) 621-1631WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 8, 2019) – The National Council for Mental Wellbeing today announced Reyna Taylor will join the organization as vice president of public policy, effective August 19. In this role, she will lead the organization’s public policy and government affairs activities, supervise legislative…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACTSophia MajlessiSophiaM@TheNationalCouncil.org(202) 621-1631Behavioral Health-based Report Recommends Communitywide Response to Mass ViolenceWASHINGTON, D.C. (August 6, 2019) – Today, the Medical Director Institute (MDI) of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing released, “Mass Violence in America: Causes, Impacts and Solutions,” a comprehensive response following recent episodes of mass…

Contact:Sophia MajlessiSophiaM@TheNationalCouncil.org(202) 621-1631Washington, D.C. (July 30, 2019) – The National Council for Mental Wellbeing today applauded Congress’s vote to extend the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) program through September 13. “CCBHCs are on the front lines of our national efforts to curb the opioid epidemic and halt rising…