The National Coalition on Mental Health and Deaf Individuals

Welcome to the home page of the National Coalition on Mental Health and Deaf Individuals (NCMHDI)! This website will enable you to review our Mission Statement; Goals; Officers/Board Members and Contacts.

The NCMHDI is a non-profit corporation established in 2008 to provide leadership and support in the areas of public mental health and deaf and hard of hearing populations in the United States. We are specifically committed to expanding the participation of consumers/survivors in all aspects of our work. In addition, the Coalition offers technical assistance to state mental health departments who are interested in developing or modifying mental health systems of care to provide their deaf and hard of hearing populations with culturally and linguistically appropriate care.

NCMHDI Mission:
To create and modify public systems of care to adequately provide culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health and substance abuse services to humans with hearing loss. We carry out this mission through research, technical assistance, networking, advocacy, and education with extensive community and stakeholder input and participation.

NCMHDI Values:
Shaping a world where deaf and hard of hearing people are respected, self-determining, and living well.

• Respected – NCMHDI honors the choices of people with hearing loss and their families. 
• Self-determining – NCMHDI encourages each person to take control over his/her own life.
• Living Well – NCMHDI holds the expectation that all humans with hearing loss are entitled to the same rights that humans with hearing hold under our Constitution; the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

NCMHDI Goal Areas:

• Access and Early Intervention.
• Advocacy/Empowerment
• Training and Workforce Development
• Service Continuum
• Policy Development and Leadership

Additional Information

• Report on the 2008 Deaf Expert Meeting and a Framework for Action
• Information Gaps on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Population: A Background Paper
• Reducing the Use of Seclusion and Restraint Part III: Lessons From the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Communities

NCMHDI Officers/Board Members

Contact Information:
Candice M. Tate, Ph.D.
201 East Simpson Street
Unit B #2
Lafayette, CO 80026
VP/Text 303-709-6811
Candice@purplemonarch.com