In West Virginia, we pride ourselves on resilience. We rally for our neighbors, we lift up our communities and we carry our burdens with grit and grace. But when it comes to mental health, resilience alone isn’t enough. Access to care, support and hope must be part of the story, too.

This May, as we recognize Mental Health Awareness Month, NAMI is proud to launch the “More Than Enough” campaign, a message of hope, inclusion and empowerment. It’s a simple but powerful idea: no matter where you are on your mental health journey, no matter what you look like or what you’re going through, you are inherently worthy of life, love, healing and community. You are more than enough.

In West Virginia, that message is needed now more than ever.

We are facing a growing mental health crisis. Our state has the highest rate of adults diagnosed with depression in the nation. Suicide remains the second leading cause of death for West Virginians ages 10 to 34. Hundreds of thousands of our residents live in communities where there simply aren’t enough mental health professionals to meet the need. These aren’t just numbers. They are sons, daughters, mothers, neighbors and friends who deserve better.

One of the most powerful tools we have to support mental health in West Virginia is Medicaid. Medicaid funds one in every four dollars spent on mental health and substance use treatment in our state. It covers more than a quarter of adults with serious mental illness. Without Medicaid, many West Virginians would have no access to care at all.

Yet today, Medicaid is under threat. Proposals being discussed in Congress could impose devastating cuts through block grants, per capita caps and burdensome work-reporting requirements. These changes would force our state to limit eligibility, cut services and push people further from the help they need.

At NAMI in West Virginia, we are working every day to expand access to support groups, education programs and crisis intervention resources across our state. We are meeting with legislators, stakeholders and other elected officials to make one message clear: cutting Medicaid funding would cut care for thousands of West Virginians. It would deepen our crisis at a time when we need action, not retreat.

Mental Health Awareness Month isn’t just about raising awareness. It’s about raising our voices–for ourselves, for our communities and for those who feel unseen. It’s about rejecting stigma and reminding every person that their story matters and that there is help and hope available.

This May, we invite you to be part of something bigger. Uplift someone who feels invisible. Advocate for policies that expand care, not take it away. Help us create a West Virginia where everyone knows they are and always will be more than enough.

To learn more about NAMI’s “More Than Enough” campaign, Medicaid advocacy or how to get involved in your community, visit nami.org.

(Julie Gomez is the executive director of NAMI in West Virginia. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the largest grassroots mental health organization in the United States.)