{"id":37313,"date":"2016-08-31T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/take-action-tuesday-early-childhood-mental-health-2-3\/"},"modified":"2016-08-31T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T16:00:00","slug":"take-action-tuesday-early-childhood-mental-health-2-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/take-action-tuesday-early-childhood-mental-health-2-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Action Tuesday: Early Childhood Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog_content\">\n<p>\n\tEarlier this summer, the U.S. House passed comprehensive mental health reform that included an investment in infant-early childhood mental health. The Senate, however, left for August recess without addressing the issue. Join advocates across the country tomorrow, August 31, in calling, emailing, and tweeting Senators to ask them to pass mental health reform.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFollow these steps to contact your Senators on Wednesday, August 31.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>1. Call your Senators\u2019 offices<\/strong> and use the talking points below. To reach your Senators\u2019 offices, call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask to be connected. Not sure of your Senators\u2019 names? <a href=\"https:\/\/email.zerotothree.org\/acton\/ct\/18223\/s-00b8-1608\/Bct\/l-sf-rpt-00O1a0000034rkd-0470\/l-sf-rpt-00O1a0000034rkd-0470:bfa7\/ct6_0\/1?sid=TV2%3AD5NaMEe48\" id=\"ct6_0\">Click here<\/a>. <u>Be sure to call both of your Senators\u2019 offices!<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tAs a constituent, I urge you to pass mental health reform this year.  <\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe bipartisan Mental Health Reform Act of 2016 includes a groundbreaking provision to invest where the foundations of strong mental health are laid \u2013 with very young children and their parents, starting from birth.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tBetween 9% and 14% of children under age 5 experience an emotional or behavioral disturbance. This means that between 1.9 and 2.8 million very young children in the U.S. need more intensive mental health support.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tBy beginning our national mental health policy at birth, this legislation will open the door for more effective prevention of severe mental health disturbances later in life.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tThe need for reform is urgent. You have the opportunity to act now to improve the lives of tens of millions of Americans, their families, and our communities.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tPlease urge your colleagues to bring mental health reform to the floor for a vote this year and vote \u201cyes.\u201d  Thank you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t Can\u2019t make a phone call? <a href=\"https:\/\/email.zerotothree.org\/acton\/ct\/18223\/s-00b8-1608\/Bct\/l-sf-rpt-00O1a0000034rkd-0470\/l-sf-rpt-00O1a0000034rkd-0470:bfa7\/ct7_0\/1?sid=TV2%3AD5NaMEe48\" id=\"ct7_0\">Click here<\/a> to send an email to your Senators<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>2. Tweet at your Senators<\/strong>. Be sure to include both of your Senators\u2019 Twitter handles in the post below! <a href=\"https:\/\/email.zerotothree.org\/acton\/ct\/18223\/s-00b8-1608\/Bct\/l-sf-rpt-00O1a0000034rkd-0470\/l-sf-rpt-00O1a0000034rkd-0470:bfa7\/ct8_0\/1?sid=TV2%3AD5NaMEe48\" id=\"ct8_0\">Click here<\/a> to find your Senators\u2019 Twitter handles. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tBabies\u2019 #MentalHealth matters! #Rally4Babies &amp; pass #MentalHealthReform this year!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_tags":[],"event_category":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-37313","thread-blog","type-thread-blog","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Take Action Tuesday: Early Childhood Mental Health - Thread<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/take-action-tuesday-early-childhood-mental-health-2-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Take Action Tuesday: Early Childhood Mental Health - Thread\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Earlier this summer, the U.S. House passed comprehensive mental health reform that included an investment in infant-early childhood mental health. 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