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Dear Reader,<br />
Now is the time to solve the growing behavioral health needs in our country by adv<strong>an</strong>cing public<br />
policies that tr<strong>an</strong>s<strong>for</strong>m the delivery of mental health <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> subst<strong>an</strong>ce use disorder services <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> address<br />
outdated funding mech<strong>an</strong>isms.<br />
This paper is part of Think Bigger Do Good, a series of papers launched in 2017 through the support <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong><br />
leadership of the Thomas Scattergood Behavioral <strong>Health</strong> Foundation <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> Peg’s Foundation. While the<br />
paper topics continue to evolve, our goal to develop a policy agenda to improve health outcomes <strong>for</strong> all<br />
remains const<strong>an</strong>t.<br />
In partnership with national experts in behavioral health, including our editors, Howard Goldm<strong>an</strong><br />
<strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> Const<strong>an</strong>ce Gartner, we identified seven critical topics <strong>for</strong> this third series of papers. Each paper<br />
identifies the problem <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> provides clear, actionable solutions.<br />
We hope you join us in advocating <strong>for</strong> stronger behavioral health policies by sharing this paper with<br />
your programmatic partners, local, state, <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> federal decision makers, advocacy org<strong>an</strong>izations, <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong><br />
voters. To learn more about Think Bigger Do Good <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> to access the other papers in the series, visit<br />
www.thinkbiggerdogood.org.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Joseph Pyle, M.A.<br />
President<br />
Scattergood Foundation<br />
Founding Partner of Series<br />
Rick Kellar, M.B.A.<br />
President<br />
Peg’s Foundation<br />
Founding Partner of Series<br />
J<strong>an</strong>e Mogavero, Esq.<br />
Executive Director<br />
Patrick P. Lee Foundation<br />
Tracy A. Sawicki<br />
Executive Director<br />
Peter & Elizabeth Tower Foundation<br />
<strong>COVID</strong>-<strong>19</strong>, <strong>Structural</strong> <strong>Racism</strong>, <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> <strong>Mental</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Inequities</strong>: <strong>Policy</strong> <strong>Implications</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>an</strong> <strong>Emerging</strong> <strong>Syndemic</strong> 3
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