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Newsom’s Hari Kari

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While Governor Newsom seeks to undo LPS damage while preserving its finest points, perplexingly, he vetoes the companion bill that would make care courts work – Senator Stern’s Bill SB 1446. SB 1446 required the consideration of a full continuum of housing and treatment guarantees into a more coordinated strategy that prioritizes high risk populations for what advocates call, “housing that heals.” https://hth.ttinet.com/Housing_That_Heals_2020.pdf

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Healing Minds NOLA Summer/Fall Wrap Up – What’s Next?

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This year has been super challenging for many but despite the collective obstacles we have faced, there is no doubt we are making progress on changing the status quo of incarceration, homelessness, and death for our loved ones and community members with untreated and under-treated serious mental illnesses.  In this communication, we wanted to pause

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Orleans and Terrebonne Parishes Take Steps to Advance Sensible Mental Illness Policy

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Dear readers, Due to your steadfast support and advocacy, we are thrilled to report that on June 4th, the New Orleans City Council voted unanimously in favor of the resolution to urge the Governor to increase psychiatric capacity for serious mental illnesses. Read Resolution R-20-153 here. The resolution calls for adding Serious Mental Illness (SMI) & Serious

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