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On August 14, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released staggering new data showing the COVID-19 pandemic is creating devastating collateral damage to our nation’s mental health, particularly for young people.

Chuck Ingoglia today released the following statement in response the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announcing two new states, Kentucky and Michigan, will be added to the CCBHC Medicaid demonstration program.

The New Role of Virtual Care in Behavioral Health shares how providers are embracing technology and virtual care as an ongoing part of their treatment toolbox rather than a short-term solution during a national emergency.

The National Council for Mental Wellbeing presented awards to numerous individuals and organizations for their efforts to improve behavioral health treatment, access to care and service delivery in America.

The National Council for Mental Wellbeing is pleased to announce the results of its recent Board elections. We welcome our newly elected Directors and Officers.

The National Council for Mental Wellbeing will recognize three mental health and addiction treatment advocates for their extraordinary work during Hill Day.

As people throughout the nation address police brutality and other overt acts of racism, we must explicitly acknowledge that many of the institutions throughout our country were founded upon and continue to perpetuate systemic racism.

In response to today’s announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) regarding distribution of additional Provider Relief Funds to Medicaid eligible providers, the National Council for Mental Wellbeing issued the following statement from President and CEO Chuck Ingoglia…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:Sophia MajlessiSophiaM@TheNationalCouncil.org(202) 621-1631The financial peril of community mental health and addiction treatment organizations has never been greater.That’s why the National Council for Mental Wellbeing launched a COVID-19 Relief Fund.Stay-at-home orders and other adjustment operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic have decimated behavioral health care providers and…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact:Sophia MajlessiSophiaM@TheNationalCouncil.org(202) 621-1631On June 3, 2020 the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the United States Senate Committee on Finance and the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy & Commerce sent a letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services,…