--Current Issues--
ADA
Advance Directives
Campus Mental Health
Children's Mental Health
Children's SSI
Child Welfare
CHIP
Civil Commitment
Consumer Direction
Criminal Justice
Custody Relinquishment
Diversion from Jail/ Prison
SSI/SSDI Disability Benefits
Education
Employment
Federal Budget and Spending
Forced Treatment
Fair Housing
Health Care Reform
Housing
Income Support
Integration of Services
Judicial Nominations
Juvenile Justice
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental Health Courts
Mental Health Parity
Nursing Homes
Olmstead
Outpatient Commitment
Performance Improvement Project
Positive Behavioral Supports
Privacy of Health Information
Private Insurance
Restraint and Seclusion
Self-Directed Care
Service Animals
Special Education
Supported Employment
Supportive Housing
TANF
Therapeutic Foster Care
Transition-Aged Youth
Voting
Wraparound Services
Zero Tolerance
CONTACT US
DONATE
Where We Stand
Donate
Take Action
Call-for-Stories Topics
The Reporter
Reporter Archive
The Reporter Archive
These archived Reporters are in Adobe PDF format.
2010
Congress Reconvenes, Advocates Gear Up to Focus Lawmakers' Attention on Mental Health in Education, Criminal Justice
(4/15/10)
It’s Time to Say “Yes” to Health Care Reform, Medicaid Assistance, Mental Health and Criminal Justice Program Support and More
(3/11/10)
President's Budget is a Mixed Bag
(2/4/10)
2009
Road to Health Reform is Bumpy, But Protections and Programs Advance on Other Fronts
(12/17/09)
We're on the Road to Health Care Reform
(10/15/09)
Congress' Summer Break Offers Opportunities for Advocates
(8/5/09)
Healthcare Reform Tops Congressional Agenda
(7/9/09)
Schools and Mental Health Lead Legislative Agenda
(5/27/09)
Congress Springs Forward on Budget Bills
(4/9/09)
Show Me the Money: From Medicaid Dollars to the FY 2010 Omnibus Spending Bill
(2/26/09)
111th Congress Tackles Critical Economic and Health Initiatives
(2/4/09)
2008
Spotlight on America’s Health: Healthcare, mental health included, is high on the policy agenda
(12/17/08)
110th Congress Brings Victories for People with Disabilities
(10/16/08)
Congress Adjourns for Summer Recess; Now Is Your Best Chance to Press Key Issues
(8/6/08)
Congress Reconvenes After July 4 Recess; Some Issues Bang, Some Need a Light
(7/8/08)
Make May Mental Health
Advocacy
Month
(5/13/08)
Help May Be on the Way
(4/10/08)
President’s Budget Proposal Slashes Mental Health
(2/8/08)
Congress Weighed Down by White House Opposition
(1/2/08)
2007
Reauthorizations, Appropriations and Progress for People with Mental Disabilities
(11/7/07)
Congress Gets Busy on Issues Important to People with Mental Disabilities; CMS Issues Final Medicaid Rules for Documenting Citizenship
(8/6/07)
Snapshot of Policy Issues
(5/8/07)
President’s FY 2008 Budget Would Cut Human Services; Congress Finalizes FY 2007 Appropriations; Mental Health Parity Bill Headed for Passage at Last; Genetic Non-Discrimination Bill Approved by Committees
(2/22/07)
2006
The 109th Congress Punts Unfinished Business to 110th
(12/22/06)
How Medicaid Recipients Must Demonstrate U.S. Citizenship
(6/23/06)
What Deficit Reduction Means for People with Disabilities
(3/21/06)
Legislative Update on the 109th Congress
(1/10/06)
Earlier Years
Serious Concerns about New SSA Disability Rules
(10/17/05)
Medicaid Services at Risk
(10/7/05)
A Chilly Reception
(2/4/05)
Congress Convenes for "Lame Duck" Session
(11/17/04)
Lawmakers Pass Youth Suicide Prevention Bill
(9/22/04)
House Subcommittee Supports Mental Health Transformation
(7/9/04)
Appropriations Are Key to Transforming Mental Health
(5/6/04)
Good Samaritan Under-Funded
(3/24/04)
Medicaid Waiver Can Help States Serve Children
(2/24/04)
2000 SAMHSA Reauthorization: Summary of Important Mental Health Programs
(10/17/00)
Restraint Protections, Jail Diversion and Integrated Treatment Authorized
(10/4/00)
Share
|