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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 409682" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>This is one more thing to reach out to pastors for. You want to know if they know of programs and/or of any way to get FUNDING for these programs.</p><p></p><p>If that won't help, why not lay it out on the line and start some kind of fundraiser? SEll stuff on ebay with the message saying you are selling your beloved XYZ in a desperate attempt to get enough money to pay for the mental health treatment that your very ill teenage daughter needs, help you want her to get before she commits some horrible crime against another person. You have appealed to A,B,and C local state and federal agencies and not a single one of them will give you any help or even a dollar toward this. You are desperate to find a way to finance the help she needs because you cannot bear the thought of how many people she could hurt once she is an adult and you cannot force her to get help or if she were to suddenly snap and attack someone. You figure it has GOT to be easier to sell your cherished possessions to fund mental health treatment than it will be when she commits a crime and the state has to pay for her legal defense and for her lifetime prison sentence.</p><p> </p><p>Trust me - put a couple of ads like this on ebay then forward a link to some local reporters and let us know so we can also send it to reporters we know - you will get LOTS of attention. ESP if you say you have appealed to X State Dept of social services (or whatever) and have beentold they will show you how to set up a behavior chart but won't even provide weekly therapy because they have no funding.</p><p> </p><p>The state senators, reps, federal senators, reps, judges, governor, news people all over the WORLD will be talking about this. But you MUST make sure enough people know who can spread the word via twitter, blogs, etc...</p><p> </p><p>This just occurred to me - for some reason the memory of some mom who sold her kids' gamecube or ps3 or something because they couldn't follow the rules and destroyed the house so she had to sell it to pay for the repairs brought this to mind.</p><p> </p><p>The media LOVES a novel way to illustrate a current crisis. mental health care IS a crisis in this country. </p><p> </p><p>This may be too far out of the ballpark, out of normal or acceptable for you to be comfortable. But you are a creative person - maybe you can use it to find another way to get funding, cause it seems pretty clear that the agencies involved can't help because they don't have the $$. (or won't help because someone is embezzling, or whatever, the end result is the same.)</p><p> </p><p>I hope that isn't too far out into strange, It just sort of popped into my head and out onto the screen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 409682, member: 1233"] This is one more thing to reach out to pastors for. You want to know if they know of programs and/or of any way to get FUNDING for these programs. If that won't help, why not lay it out on the line and start some kind of fundraiser? SEll stuff on ebay with the message saying you are selling your beloved XYZ in a desperate attempt to get enough money to pay for the mental health treatment that your very ill teenage daughter needs, help you want her to get before she commits some horrible crime against another person. You have appealed to A,B,and C local state and federal agencies and not a single one of them will give you any help or even a dollar toward this. You are desperate to find a way to finance the help she needs because you cannot bear the thought of how many people she could hurt once she is an adult and you cannot force her to get help or if she were to suddenly snap and attack someone. You figure it has GOT to be easier to sell your cherished possessions to fund mental health treatment than it will be when she commits a crime and the state has to pay for her legal defense and for her lifetime prison sentence. Trust me - put a couple of ads like this on ebay then forward a link to some local reporters and let us know so we can also send it to reporters we know - you will get LOTS of attention. ESP if you say you have appealed to X State Dept of social services (or whatever) and have beentold they will show you how to set up a behavior chart but won't even provide weekly therapy because they have no funding. The state senators, reps, federal senators, reps, judges, governor, news people all over the WORLD will be talking about this. But you MUST make sure enough people know who can spread the word via twitter, blogs, etc... This just occurred to me - for some reason the memory of some mom who sold her kids' gamecube or ps3 or something because they couldn't follow the rules and destroyed the house so she had to sell it to pay for the repairs brought this to mind. The media LOVES a novel way to illustrate a current crisis. mental health care IS a crisis in this country. This may be too far out of the ballpark, out of normal or acceptable for you to be comfortable. But you are a creative person - maybe you can use it to find another way to get funding, cause it seems pretty clear that the agencies involved can't help because they don't have the $$. (or won't help because someone is embezzling, or whatever, the end result is the same.) I hope that isn't too far out into strange, It just sort of popped into my head and out onto the screen. [/QUOTE]
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