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This Resolution supports designating May 10, 2026, as "National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day" to bring attention to a critical health crisis affecting the AANHPI community, an umbrella term for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. While this diverse population makes vast contributions to the United States, they face significant barriers to care, including high healthcare costs, a severe lack of mental health treatment where nearly two-thirds of individuals with a mental health problem receive no help, and alarming youth suicide rates. To address these challenges—which are worsened by language barriers, discrimination, and a cultural stigma surrounding mental health—the resolution encourages federal, state, and local health agencies to adopt policies that improve mental health literacy, increase the number of culturally and linguistically trained AANHPI healthcare providers, and make mental health services more accessible for communities of color.