ADVOCACY RESOURCES

Messages and Talking Points
Vision of an Ideal State Mental Health System
NAMI Maryland Advocacy Brochure
The Issues
Fast Facts About Mental Illness
Six Issues that Need to be Addressed
Coverage of Care
Maryland Health Benefits Exchange
Adult Mental Health Service and Support Array
Child and Youth Mental Health Service and Support Array
Advocacy Help and Training
Seven Steps to Telling Your Story
Ten Ways to Advocate
Help with Tough Q&A for Advocates
Advocacy Day Training PowerPoints
Mental Health Care Gets My Vote!
Forms and Letters
Sample Constituent Letter to Legislators
Criminal Justice Resources
Police Response to Persons with Mental Illness: A Report from the 2009 IACP National Policy Summit
National Consensus Project Report
NAMI Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Resource Center
Improving Responses to People with Mental Illness:
Tailoring Law Enforcement Initiatives to Individual Jurisdictions
The Essential Elements of a Specialized Law Enforcement-Based Program
Government links
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH)
Behavioral Health Administration
DHMH Glossary & Common Acronyms
Maryland Insurance Administration- Consumer Information
Maryland Department of Disabilities
Maryland General Assembly