Organizations across the United States have united in their opposition to the expansion of coercive intervention in behavioral health. Learn more below.
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Read Bazelon's Position Statement on Involuntary Commitment
Disability Rights California
Read DRC's Letter in Opposition to CARE Court (civil outpatient committment in California)
Western Center on Law & Poverty
Read WCLP's statement Why We Sued to End CARE Court
New York Civil Liberties Union
Read NYCLU's Testimony in Opposition to Extending Kendra's Law (AOT in New York)
New York State of Local Mental Hygiene Directors
Community Access (New York City)
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
Read NYLPI's Letter to State Legislators Regarding Kendra's Law
Wildflower Alliance
Browse the Alliance's Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Information Center
On Our Own of Maryland
Disability Rights North Carolina
Read DR-NC's report North Carolina's Involuntary Commitment Process Overused, Misused, Harmful
Disability Law Center of Massachusetts
Read DLC's joint report with the Center for Public Representation and Mental Health Legal Advisor's Committee: Involuntary Outpatient Commitment: A Legal & Policy Analysis