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The Key Update has served as one of the widely read and respected periodicals serving the nation’s rights, recovery, survivor and peer support communities over the past two decades, thanks to the tireless dedication of Susan Rogers, Director of the National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse. Our Alliance Board was very pleased to honor Susan’s extraordinary efforts with our 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award. 

You can click on the link below to view the Key’s January-February issue. Please pay special attention to the first article, that encourages readers to sign on a petition authored by Paolo del Vecchio that urges Congress to support recovery policies and programs by:

1. Funding community-based mental health and addictions services��including recovery support services, Housing First and harm reduction approaches,
2. Retaining key federal agencies-including SAMHSA- along with staff,�����Ի�,
3. Blocking all expansion of long-term institutional and coercive care.

Action Alert! Sign the Petition: Just Say No to Long-Term Institutional Care!

“If you believe access to community-based mental health and addiction services should be protected and supported, add your voice to the  calling on Congress to support recovery….People with these conditions…desperately need help attaining the  – access to health and behavioral health care, housing, employment, and peer support. Instead of help, the Trump administration has hindered opportunities for recovery” including massive funding cuts, federal staff and agency eliminations, harmful policy changes and curtailed enforcement of the .” President Trump “issued an  that calls for the return to the  while ending support for  and  approaches…. By signing this , you are speaking out and demanding Congress support recovery.” To sign the petition, . (Note: If you use Chrome and have trouble signing the petition, you may need to switch to another web browser.) (Courtesy of Paolo del Vecchio via Harvey Rosenthal) 

The National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse is affiliated with the Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion. For a free subscription to the monthly Key Update, send an email to selfhelpclearinghouse@gmail.com with Subscribe in the subject line. To contact: The Clearinghouse: email Selfhelpclearinghouse@Gmail.Com, Susan.Rogers.Advocacy@Gmail.com and Jrogers08034@Gmail.Com