Increase Mental Health Funding By $40 Million

Below is a copy of an email I received today from Mental Health America:

Dear Alicia,

A few weeks ago, a bipartisan majority in both the House and Senate passed a bill that would increase funding for mental health services, supports, and research over $40 million above last year’s level. Yesterday, President Bush vetoed this bill. The funding in the FY 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill would make a difference in the lives of millions of Americans with mental health conditions.

The House and Senate must now vote to override the President’s veto. The House needs a two-thirds majority to override the President’s veto, and the vote promises to be very close. A vote in favor of the veto override is a vote for mental health - consumer-centered programs, safe schools-healthy students, suicide prevention, and for moving research findings to community practice. President Bush’s budget request called for a nearly 10 percent cut to these critically important programs.

Ask Rep. Rahall to invest in the well-being and prosperity of our nation and vote to override the president’s veto. Click on the link below to send your letter.

http://takeaction.mentalhealthamerica.net/override

Thank you.

So, what are you waiting for? Write your Representative! (Note that Rahall is my representative - you’ll obviously be writing your own. Thanks to MHA’s nifty little form, your email will go directly to your Representative.)