Advocate for Proven Supportive Programs in Minnesota
Advocacy is our North Star — the tool that will truly unlock our mission of helping our clients lead stable, fulfilling lives in their chosen community. We need you more than ever to sustain our work. Help support our lifesaving services during the 2025 legislative session!
May 2025 Updates
- Important Action Alert! HF2441 could cut employment programs by nearly 60%. Act now! Call your legislator and share these solutions:
- Reallocate existing one-time funds: These funds could be strategically used to extend current services into future years, providing immediate relief and stability.
- Redirect small increases in other DEED programs: Even modest adjustments to the budgets of other Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) programs could collectively preserve all existing IPS client services.
- Require DEED to increase referrals to trusted Community Rehab Providers (CRPs): CRPs like Guild offer high-quality support at a lower cost, providing a cost-effective solution to maintain service levels.
- Importantly, none of the above solutions would negatively impact taxpayers.
- Efforts are underway to expand supportive housing services for adults with mental illness through HF99 and SF1014.
How You Can Help
Your voice matters! Act Now to protect mental health services in Minnesota. Find your legislator and contact them today using the email and phone scripts linked below. Then, spread the word using the social post below. Together we can make a difference!
To find your legislative representative, enter your home address into this state website. Anyone, even if they aren’t an eligible or active voter, can and should contact their representatives. Their decisions impact everyone in Minnesota.
Get Involved
- Review our Advocacy 101 blog for specific ways to get started working with your legislators.
- Follow us on social media and subscribe to our e-newsletter (at the bottom of this page!).
- Get involved in your local advisory councils.
- Reach out to your state and federal representatives to advocate for policy change.
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Take action with me to protect vital services for those with serious and persistent mental illness! Right now, we’re fighting to:
- Secure permanent funding for employment programs through SF670 while opposing the devastating cuts proposed in HF2440.
- Expand supportive housing through HF99 and SF1014, enhancing services for adults with serious mental illness.
Employment programs are proven to work, and supportive housing is essential. Your calls and emails make a difference. Let’s ensure our legislators understand the importance of these programs!
Find tools to contact your elected leaders and take action today: guildservices.org/get-involved/advocate
The Mental Health Legislative Network (MHLN) 2025 Agenda
Guild is a proud member of the Mental Health Legislative Network (MHLN): a broad coalition that advocates for a statewide mental health system that is of high quality, accessible, and has stable funding. The organizations in the MHLN all work together to create visibility on mental health issues, act as a clearinghouse on public policy issues, and pool our knowledge, resources, and strengths to create change.
As part of our work together, we’ve developed a complete 2025 legislative agenda—the “Blue Book”—which guides our collective priorities. It includes helpful information such as issue descriptions, background information, and specific policy recommendations for each priority area that can be used to increase your personal knowledge of the issues, and equip you with important information when speaking with your legislators.
Last updated April 2025