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    • ABOUT US
    • STRATEGIC ROADMAP
    • TEAM
    • BOARD OF DIRECTORS
    • STATE DIRECTORS >
      • MEET YOUR 31 DIRECTORS
      • AL: Holly Strayer
      • AK: Krista Schooley
      • AZ: Crystal Fox
      • CA: Jacqueline Janssen
      • CT: Melissa Valdivia
      • DE: Heidi Nasstrom Evans
      • FL: Joanne Schmitz
      • FL: Jack Wood
      • IN: David Doerner
      • GA: Daniel White
      • HI: Chad Koyangi
      • IL: Cindy Tank-Murphy
      • KY: Angeline Davis
      • MA: Lynda Cutrell
      • ME: John Nutting
      • MI: Carla Van Farowe
      • NH: Mara Briere
      • NJ: Chip Angell
      • NC: Beth Wallace
      • OH: Darrell Herrmann
      • OR: Breanna Smith
      • PA: Marcie Sohara
      • PA: Carter Hawley
      • RI: Ruth Scott
      • SC: Susan Lea
      • TX: Julie Plank
      • UT: Sherri Wittwer
      • VA: Mary Troy
      • WA: Leanna May Franklin
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arm the frontlines

ARM THE FRONTLINES

​Accountability isn't a request; it’s a mandate. We are equipping our State Directors with the tactical tools needed to dismantle systemic neglect and secure medical intervention for those with SMI.

​The Frontline Mobilization Kit

​To win, our leaders must look, act, and be equipped as the highest authority in the room. Each kit includes:
  • Professional Advocacy Branding: NSSC-branded apparel and identifiers that signal a unified, national presence during legislative sessions.
  • The Evidence Brief: High-impact, professionally printed data sets and personal narratives that make the human and economic cost of neglect impossible to ignore.
  • Digital Mobilization Tools: Technology to record testimonies, coordinate real-time state alerts, and stream frontline updates to our national network.
  • Tactical Leave-Behinds: High-end policy summaries designed to sit on the desks of governors and directors long after the meeting ends.

​​From Ignored to Irresistible

Decision-makers are used to "awareness." They are not used to accountability.
  • Breaking the Status Quo: Without professional tools, advocates are often dismissed as "emotional families." With these kits, our State Directors enter rooms as Subject Matter Experts and political forces.
  • Uniformity is Power: When a State Director walks into a capitol building in Ohio, California, or Florida, they carry the weight of a national coalition. The kit ensures our brand and our message are indestructible.
  • Real-Time Intervention: These kits allow our directors to respond to local tragedies or policy shifts within hours, not weeks. We are arming them to be the First Responders for SMI policy.

SECURE A STATE. SAVE A LIFE.

​We have the leaders. We have the strategy. We just need the tactical edge. Your contribution doesn't go to "overhead"—it goes to the literal tools that put our message in front of the people who can change the law.
Amount Deployment The Tactical Edge
$50 Evidence Packets Produces high-impact "Evidence Files" to ensure the truth stays on legislators' desks. These aren't just statistics—they are the hard evidence and raw stories of the human cost of neglect that decision-makers can no longer ignore.
$100 Field Branding Equips a State Director with professional NSSC identifiers—branded apparel, hardshell briefing portfolios, official business cards, and NSSC pens. This establishes the institutional gravity required to command authority in every meeting.
$450 Field Command Kit Supplies the full mobilization hub—banners, runners, and display materials—to turn any community event or conference into a high-visibility NSSC station for nationwide education and frontline recruitment.
$1,000 The Full Armory Completely arms a State Director with a full suite of tactical advocacy systems, plus a year of strategic support to lead the fight for life-saving reform in their state.


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