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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 312619" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Well...I hope this isn't a spreading trend but you know they have closed almost all of our state phosps here and are in the process of closing our last one for kids. Yes, they do let it turn into a legal issue and put them all into incarceration or probation/parole- but this has been my issue- they are NOT training the po's to know how to "case manage" these people and know appropriate services- and the funding they have available doesn't cover the mental health side of things- the PO's can advocate to the local "teams" in charge of a bigger pool of funding and get mental health services that way, but that would require the po's <em>knowing </em> what to advocate for and understanding that it really is needed. (difficult child's GAL didn't even understand and know about appropriate mental health care and the PO's sure don't either.) </p><p></p><p>But- of course, that doesn't solve the problem of preventing illegal activity by people having access to appropriate mental health care to begin with. What I have been told here is that the general public (voters and taxpayers) don't mind feeling like they are investing to get criminals off the streets but they don't like thinking that their money is going to provide mental health care for someone else, and that's why funds go in the direction they do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 312619, member: 3699"] Well...I hope this isn't a spreading trend but you know they have closed almost all of our state phosps here and are in the process of closing our last one for kids. Yes, they do let it turn into a legal issue and put them all into incarceration or probation/parole- but this has been my issue- they are NOT training the po's to know how to "case manage" these people and know appropriate services- and the funding they have available doesn't cover the mental health side of things- the PO's can advocate to the local "teams" in charge of a bigger pool of funding and get mental health services that way, but that would require the po's [I]knowing [/I] what to advocate for and understanding that it really is needed. (difficult child's GAL didn't even understand and know about appropriate mental health care and the PO's sure don't either.) But- of course, that doesn't solve the problem of preventing illegal activity by people having access to appropriate mental health care to begin with. What I have been told here is that the general public (voters and taxpayers) don't mind feeling like they are investing to get criminals off the streets but they don't like thinking that their money is going to provide mental health care for someone else, and that's why funds go in the direction they do. [/QUOTE]
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