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.
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.
The WA Senate just overwhelmingly passed HB1432 on a bipartisan vote of 48-1! Now that it’s over this big hurdle, the bill is just a couple steps away from becoming law. It will represent a big win for mental health and substance use care—and another step forward in the national fight to make care actually accessible when people need it.
Getting to this step wasn’t inevitable. It happened because people showed up. Advocates, providers, community members—and especially those who shared their own stories. People who talked openly about trying to get help for themselves or someone they love, only to run into endless, unnecessary barriers. It took guts to speak up. And it mattered. This win belongs to them.
We fought hard to get this bill across the finish line—alongside our partners, on-the-ground organizers, the bill’s sponsor Rep. Tarra Simmons, and other mental health champions like Sen. Jessica Bateman, Rep. Nicole Macri, Rep. Dan Bronoske, and Sen. Annette Cleveland who worked tirelessly every step of the way.
Our partners deserve their own big shout out for their relentless advocacy: NAMI Washington, Children’s Campaign Fund, the WA State Psychological Association, the WA Mental Health Counselors Association, the WA State Medical Association, and many others. HB1432 still needs one more procedural vote in the House and a signature from Governor Ferguson to officially move WA closer to a system where care is actually within reach—and not blocked by red tape or insurance games. There’s more to do, but this is real, tangible progress.
Providers—not insurance companies—should decide when someone needs mental health care.
In this clip, Washington State Rep. Simmons—one of the sponsors of HB 1432—testifies in support of the bill, which aims to close loopholes and ensure treatment decisions are based on medical evidence, not hidden insurance rules.
For many Americans, Medicaid is the only way to access the health care and mental health services they need. When Medicaid is threatened, it puts millions of people at risk of losing care they can’t afford to lose—care that’s already so hard to get.
A high school junior attempted suicide after her insurance denied coverage for therapy. This is unacceptable. Young people need access to care when they need it—not when insurers decide it`s “necessary.”
This clip is part of a testimony on HB 1432, a bill we`re fighting to get passed in Washington State. The testimony was given by Chetan Soni, a youth advocate and Government Affairs Director at the Children`s Campaign Fund Network.
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.
