Advocacy Day

We are so excited to announce the dates for our 2026 NAMI Massachusetts Advocacy Days from April 7–9! This annual event brings together hundreds of our supporters from across the Commonwealth to raise their voices for mental health and advocate for stronger mental health policies. Please register below.

On Wednesday, January 28, Governor Healey released her FY27 budget recommendation, a $62.8 billion proposal representing a 1.1% increase over FY26. The budget allocates $1.32 billion to the Department of Mental Health (DMH), level funding compared to FY26. While this reflects no nominal change, it effectively amounts to a cut when adjusted for inflation.

Some of the provisions in the Governor’s H.2 budget we’re looking at include:

• Maintains funding for DMH case managers at current staffing levels
• Maintains funding for intensive clinical services, including CIRT, IRTP, and Therapeutic Group Care
• Aligns certain child and youth service funding with current utilization trends, including Flex Services, Therapeutic Day Services, and Intensive Home-Based Therapeutic Care
• Proposes transitioning some DMH clients from MassHealth’s Community Partners Program to other MassHealth care management programs and DMH case management services
• Introduces an adjusted payment model for ACCS providers with higher-than-average clinical staff vacancy rates

We are developing a budget priorities factsheet, that will we share with all Advocacy Day registrants to be used during their meetings with their legislators.

NAMI Mass puts together a list of legislative priorities at the beginning of each 2-year legislative cycle. We have included a factsheet below with our legislative priorities for this session, as well as their current status. To learn more about any of priorities, read our testimony here.

Meet directly with your State Representative to share your story and advocate for key mental health priorities. These legislator meetings are the heart of our advocacy efforts, and we will provide you with more information about our policy asks soon. Registration is required.

Meet directly with your State Senator to share your story and advocate for key mental health priorities. These legislator meetings are the heart of our advocacy efforts, and we will provide you with more information about our policy asks soon. Registration is required.