Advocacy Protects Public Mental Health Services
Advocacy in all its forms seeks to ensure that people, particularly those who are most vulnerable, are able to have their voice heard on issues that are important to them, safeguard their rights, and have their wishes genuinely considered when decisions are being made about their lives. Anyone can be an advocate for individuals who use the public mental health system. The links below will help you contact your legislators to voice your views.Who Are My Legislators?
United States
https://www.usa.gov/ Each state in the United States has two Senators who represent them in the Senate in Washington DC. For Michigan, our Senators are Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters.Michigan
https://www.michigan.gov/ The state of Michigan is divided into 38 Senate districts. St. Clair County, falls within the 25th Senate District and is represented by State Senator Dan LauwersSenator Debbie Stabenow
Website: https://www.stabenow.senate.gov/
Email:
senator@stabenow.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-4822
Fax: (202) 228-0325
Mailing Address:
The Honorable Debbie Stabenow
731 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
Senator Gary Peters
Website: https://www.peters.senate.gov/
E-mail:
senator@peters.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-6221
Fax: (202) 224-1388
Mailing Address:
The Honorable Gary Peters
724 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
Senator Dan Lauwers
Website: https://www.senatordanlauwers.com/
E-mail: dlauwers@senate.michigan.gov
Phone: (517) 373-7708
Fax: (517) 373-1450
Mailing Address:
The Honorable Dan Lauwers
905 Farnum Building
P.O. Box 30036
Lansing, MI 48909-7536
Michigan is divided into 14 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. St. Clair County falls within the 10th Congressional District and is represented by Congressman Lisa McClain.
Michigan is divided into 110 Districts by the House of Representatives. Parts of St. Clair County falls within 32nd House District represented by Pamela Hornberger, the 81st House District, represented by Gary Eisen, and the 83rd House District, represented by Shane Hernandez.
Representative Lisa McClain
Website: https://mcclain.house.gov/
Email:
https://mcclain.house.gov/contact
Phone: (202) 225-2106
Fax: (202) 226-1169
Mailing Address:
Honorable Lisa McClain
218 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Representative Pamela Hornberger
St. Clair County 32nd House District:
- Casco Township
- Columbus Township
- Ira Township
- Kenockee Township
- Kimball Township
- Riley Township
- Wales Township
Representative Gary Eisen
St. Clair County 81st House District:
- City of Algonac
- Berlin Township
- Brockway Township
- Clay Township
- Clyde Township
- China Township
- Cottreville Township
- East China Township
- Emmett Township
- Grant Township
- Greenwood Township
- Lynn Township
- Marine City
- City of Marysville
- Mussey Township
- Port Huron Township
- City of St. Clair
- St. Clair Township
- City of Yale
Representative Andrew Beeler
St. Clair County 83rd House District:
- Burtchville Township
- Fort Gratiot Township
- City of Port Huron
Information/ Fact Sheets
- Repealing Medicaid Expansion - National Council for Behavioral Healthcare
- Refinancing Medicaid into a block grant or “per capita cap” system - National Council for Behavioral Healthcare
- New Study from Center for Healthcare Research and Innovation Documents Dramatic Cost Savings (3/21/17)
Links for More Information
- National Council for Behavioral Healthcare - Unite4BH
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network - ACA Toolkit for Self-Advocates