Good afternoon all,

Thank you for your ongoing advocacy and letters to support Restoring and Fully Funding the Department of Mental Health Budget!

Tomorrow the Joint Ways and Means Committee will hear testimony from parents, advocates, agencies and other community members both through in-person testimony and written testimony.

YOUR written testimony is due by 5pm tomorrow
Submit it ASAP to the email addresses below.
Kip.Diggs@mahouse.gov
SenateCommittee.Ways&Means@masenate.gov  

PPAL will be there testifying in person! We have several families and community leaders that will be there using their voices as well! We need all the voices and people together-- please feel free to find Pam Sager, Executive Director at PPAL, if you are signed up to testify! We'd love to connect with you.

Do you want to sign on and listen to testimony?
It will start at 10:30am!
Here is the link for the live video page:
https://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/5100

Written testimony may be submitted until 5:00pm 4/8/25 to the committee by emailing Kip.Diggs@mahouse.gov or SenateCommittee.Ways&Means@masenate.gov  

THANK YOU for advocating for our children and families. We are in this together!