Advocacy

Supporters of the POINTS Act

NCPG is gathering a list of organizations and individuals that support the Providing Opportunities for Individuals In Need of Treatment & Support (POINTS) Act. This bipartisan bill would set aside one-third of the existing federal excise tax on sports wagers to fund programs for gambling addiction prevention, screening, intervention, and treatment services.

POINTS Act

Organizational Supporters

  • Active Minds
  • American Art Therapy Association
  • American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
  • American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work
  • American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP)
  • American Association on Health and Disability
  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  • American Group Psychotherapy Association
  • American Psychiatric Association
  • American Psychiatric Nurses Association
  • American Psychological Association Services
  • Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare (AABH)
  • Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
  • Centerstone
  • Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Crisis Residential Association
  • Crisis Text Line
  • Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
  • Education Development Center
  • Employees Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA)
  • Huntington’s Disease Society of America
  • Inseparable
  • International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC)
  • International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses
  • Lakeshore Foundation
  • Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance
  • Mental Health America
  • The Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness
  • National Association for Rural Mental Health (NARMH)
  • National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors (NACBHDD)
  • National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
  • National Board for Certified Counselors & Affiliates
  • National Register of Health Service Psychologists
  • National Women’s Shelter Network, Inc.
  • Psychotherapy Action Network
  • Recovery Innovations
  • REDC Consortium
  • SMART Recovery
  • The Jed Foundation
  • The Kennedy Forum