Whereas May 2024 is Mental Health Awareness Month; Whereas Rosalynn Smith Carter, since 1970, when her husband, future President of the United States Jimmy Carter, was a candidate for Governor of Georgia, was a leading advocate for raising awareness about mental health and substance use disorder; Whereas Mrs. Carter emerged as a national driving force for mental health when, during Jimmy Carter’s Presidential administration, Mrs. Carter became the active honorary chair of the President’s Commission on Mental Health; Whereas the work of President Carter’s Commission on Mental Health resulted in passage of the Mental Health Systems Act of 1980, which offered reforms to publicly funded mental health programs; Whereas, in 1982, President and Mrs. Carter founded The Carter Center, which is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people in the United States and in the developing world through programs waging peace, fighting disease, and building hope; Whereas, from 1985 to 2016, Mrs. Carter hosted the annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy, bringing together national leaders in the mental health community to discuss a specific topic each year, including promoting access to appropriate and affordable behavioral health care services, improving the quality of such services, and reducing the stigma and isolation associated with mental health disorders and substance use disorder