Whereas more than 1 in 5 adults in the United States live with a mental health condition; Whereas suicide is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in the United States; Whereas stigma surrounding mental health conditions plays a significant role for people with mental health conditions to go untreated; Whereas minority persons are more likely to experience symptoms of diagnosable mental health conditions than nonminorities, with Native and Indigenous American adults reporting the highest rate of mental health conditions of any single race-identifying group; Whereas mental health conditions may first present themselves through experiencing and noticing systematic racial inequities and racial trauma; Whereas Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders faced almost a 150-percent surge in anti-Asian discrimination and xenophobic hate-related incidents during the COVID–19 pandemic, leading to exacerbated experiences of stress, anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation; Whereas studies show that experiencing racial discrimination has led to a direct link to mental health issues as this causes sustained levels of stress, which lead to adverse physical, emotional, and mental health outcomes, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and heart disease; Whereas Black adults are more likely to report frequent and consistent emotional distress symptoms yet do not receive the help they need; Whereas minority adults who live below the Federal poverty line are twice as likely to experience and report psychological distress compared to adults who live two times above the poverty line; Whereas minority mental health providers make up less than one-fifth of the profession, leading to a severe lack of access to representational mental health professionals and culturally informed treatment options; Whereas, in 2021, less than 13 percent of Latinx adults ages 18 to 44 who experienced mental health conditions received treatment, in contrast to over one-third of nonminorities