Inseparable fights for a future where mental health policy, no longer an afterthought, helps our country thrive. Together, we will empower Americans from every town, city, and home to better care for one another by demanding and winning policy that better cares for us all.
Medicaid and mental health are inseparable — and at risk. Medicaid pays for 25% of all mental health care and 40% of all addiction treatment in America – more than any other insurer. At a time when voters are gravely concerned about America’s growing mental health crisis, the proposed cuts would decimate Medicaid and could impact mental health care access for up to 72 million Americans, including:
Contact your federal Representative now to tell them not to cut Medicaid funding!
OUR STORY
Mental health champions share their vision of hope and action in this video series.
There are a lot of problems that need to be addressed, but for us, three urgent policy priorities rise to the top:
In all three areas, the need is urgent, people are ready for action, and strategic leadership and courageous decision making will save lives in the future. Here’s how we work together to advance policies and drive initiatives that will ultimately improve and save lives.
Ensure every school has services to provide for the health and well-being of all students.
Inseparable has expanded school-based mental health care for children and youth in Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Montana, New Jersey, Washington, and is just getting started.
Eliminate the gap between the number of people who need help and the people who get help. Inseparable expanded insurance coverage for people suffering from mental health in Illinois.
We are advocating for increased access to mental health care. States should:
Mental Health Now is an initiative of Inseparable Action, an advocacy campaign working to ensure that mental health is at the forefront of policy in this nation. Mental Health Now recognizes candidates who commit to prioritizing mental health policy. In 2022, more than 630 candidates and elected officials, from every state in the country, signed the Mental Health Now statement of support.
Ensure a better response to mental health crisis and stop criminalizing mental illness. Too many of us are left desperate, struggling, in crisis, and often with nowhere to turn. Let’s advocate for federal standards for crisis response; coverage of behavioral health crisis services; Funding for the development of crisis services in communities across the country; and coordination among 911 dispatchers and 988 crisis call centers.
Inseparable is building grassroots and political power to make better mental health policy a reality — here’s how you can help.
We are taking urgent action to prevent more people from needlessly suffering because better caring for each other means demanding mental health policy that better cares for all of us.
Will you join us in our movement to finally bring accessible and affordable mental health care to everyone?
Too many people are struggling to navigate an under-resourced, fragile system for the lifesaving support they need. We are taking urgent action to prevent more people from needlessly suffering because better caring for each other means demanding mental health policy that better cares for all of us.
The mental health support our country needs to heal and move forward is in alarmingly short supply — help us change the mental health care system together.
After months of advocacy, storytelling, and determination, Governor Ferguson signed HB 1432 into law—a major step forward for mental health and substance use care in Washington.
This win belongs to everyone who showed up and spoke out. Youth who rallied at advocacy day. Parents who shared painful stories of fighting to get care for their kids. Providers, community members, and people with lived experience who laid bare the barriers they’ve faced.
HB 1432 closes some of the most frustrating loopholes that keep people from getting help when they need it. It’s a big win for Washingtonians—and a model for the national movement in making mental health care accessible.
We’re proud to have stood alongside partners like @nami_washington, @childrenscampaignfund, and many others. And we’re deeply grateful to legislative champions Rep. Tarra Simmons, Sen. Jessica Bateman, Rep. Nicole Macri, Rep. Dan Bronoske, and Sen. Annette Cleveland for their commitment to improving access to mental health care.
This is what’s possible when we fight together. Let’s keep going.
Students shouldn’t have to wait for help.
Thanks to the budget signed by Governor Kemp, Georgia schools will receive $6.9 million for student advocacy specialists (HB 268) and $2.3 million for additional school social workers—key support to help keep students safe and supported.
This win didn’t happen by accident. It’s the result of strong leadership from Rep. Holt Persinger, House Speaker Jon Burns, Lt. Governor Burt Jones, and many others.
It’s also a reminder: Georgians—and their elected officials—care about students’ well-being.
Mental health care isn’t reaching those who need it. That has to change.
Real change starts when real stories are heard.
Inseparable`s very own Angela Kimball joined a Capitol Hill panel hosted by the @bpc_bipartisan this week, where the stories of families and youth navigating today’s mental health crisis were brought to the forefront.
Angela, her fellow panelists, and task force members’ ongoing work with BPC’s Youth Mental Health Task Force helps ensure those stories move beyond the conversation—and into policy.
If you or someone you know needs help, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. Crisis Text Line also provides free, 24/7, confidential support via text message to people in crisis when they text HOME to 741741.
