Because confusion has arisen lately regarding federal and state budget cuts and their effect on our ability to adequately care for the mentally ill, I thought I should clarify a few important issues. Many changes have been made during the past three years, and Missouri’s 2012 mental health budget calls for another funding cut of $21.2 million in services.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, has been specific in outlining how budget cuts in every state have affected the mentally ill during the past few years and how budget cuts will continue to affect the mentally ill in the future. Without rehashing the numerical data and the dire prophesies about what might occur in Missouri if these trends continue, I’ll point out a few of the most disturbing trends in Boone County during my first term.
Source and More:
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2012/jan/08/budgetary-disorder/?commentary
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