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MassHealth audit casts doubt on claimed savings in privatizing state services

April 4, 2017 By dave-from-hvad 2 Comments

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) Last year, State Auditor Suzanne Bump approved a proposal to privatize mental health services in southeastern Massachusetts after the for-profit Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership (MBHP) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: mental-health, privatization

Maura Healey Talks Prisons and Guns

June 5, 2014 By massmarrier 9 Comments

  Dem candidate for MA attorney general Maura Healey bears the mark of the progressive — she wants to go to the root of big problems and solve them. Click below to hear how she’d tackle two complex, interrelated areas of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: addiction, attorney-general, election 2014, guns, massachusetts, Maura Healey, mental-health, prisons, recidivism, reform, Tolman

Understanding and Compassion: Essential Ingredients to Mental Health Reform

December 30, 2012 By PaulHeroux Leave a Comment

In the wake of the devastating Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut, mental health reform is back in the national spotlight. There are risks associated with mental health reform when it comes to crime prevention. These risks … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: crime, mental-health, mental-healthcare, mental-illness

Mental health parity does not exist

May 30, 2011 By bostondem1234 1 Comment

Want to bring the BMG community’s attention to an impressive speech made during budget debate Thursday night by freshman Sen. John F. Keenan, who called insurance companies out on the carpet for failing to meet obligations  under the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, budget, budget-debate, democrats, economy, health-care, insurance-companies, massachusetts, mental-health, politics, Senator Keenan

ANOTHER inmate suicide, yesterday, in Shirley MCI – with POLL!!

July 28, 2009 By AmberPaw 3 Comments

Here is the story:  http://www.boston.com/news/loc... Once again, history of suicide attempts.  History of mental health problems. Dead - and with over crowding, cuts in prison mental health, cuts in staffing, cuts in mental … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: criminal-justice, mental-health, over-crowding, prison, prison-suicide, shawshank-redemption

I don’t get our governor

July 14, 2009 By moe 16 Comments

It's not about civil rights. He's all over that map. It's not about the rule of law or court settlements. It's not about getting people out of large institutions, since the child and adolescent funding is designed to keep them at home as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civil-rights, court-settlements, deval-patrick, health-care, mental-health, mental-retardation, vetoes

ALERT – Rosie D. leads to improved mental health services for minors receiving MassHealth

May 23, 2009 By AmberPaw Leave a Comment

[I received this information via a Special Education listserv in which I participate, as I am also active in the field of Special Education.  This information is critical for teachers, social workers, police, parents, and others. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: behavrioral-health, child-welfare, masshealth, mental-health, rosie-d.

DMH lays off 100 case mgrs in response to having funding cut – lets throw more kids under the bus!

January 8, 2009 By AmberPaw 25 Comments

DMH had its funding cut - and laid off 100 case managers, stripping them from 3000 cases and adding those cases to the 350 remaining case managers.  Once again, that is "throw the kids and the mentally ill under the bus."  There … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: case-load, child-welfare, dmh, foster-care, mental-health, when-kids-age-out-of-foster-care

Yale study shows both bullies and those they bully at increased risk of suicide

July 21, 2008 By AmberPaw 2 Comments

Yale researchers reviewed 37 studies in several countries.  The conclusion is that BOTH those bullied and bullies themselves are at increased risk of suicide - see http://www.sciencedaily.com/re... A zero tolerance for bullying, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bullies, bullying, mental-health, suicide, suicide-prevention

Seven Suicides in Massachusetts prisons this year – WHY??

December 9, 2007 By AmberPaw 10 Comments

My point, again, is that money spent on prisons and incarceration is money falling into a bottomless pit.  Human capitol is diminished and tax dollars generate no economic benefit.   A prison model based on retribution and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cost-benefit-analysis, don-hutto, incarceration, mental-health, prison, prison-industry

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travtuftsTravis@travtufts·
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Hey #mapoli please tell me come 2022 we are going to remember how Charlie Baker mismanaged the COVID vaccine rollout, vetoed the consensus police reform bill, vetoed abortion access, vetoed the consensus climate bill, didn’t fund the SOA, and slashed transit. Please.

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cdempcChris Dempsey@cdempc·
23 Jan

The New York Times Editorial Board(!) writes that @MassGovernor's push for @MBTA cuts in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic is "small-minded and shortsighted".

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/public-transit-funding.html

#mapoli #mbta #TransitisEssential #TransitisEssentialMA

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BenjaminDowningBenjamin Downing@BenjaminDowning·
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"Service cuts punish those who need public transit the most ... Policymakers need to make choices now that will serve the public interest in the long term. They need to ensure the trains & buses keep running." #mapoli https://twitter.com/cdempc/status/1353002390560141318

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The New York Times Editorial Board(!) writes that @MassGovernor's push for @MBTA cuts in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic is "small-minded and shortsighted".

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/public-transit-funding.html

#mapoli #mbta #TransitisEssential #TransitisEssentialMA

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Focus on the record - "small minded and shortsighted" justification for transit cuts that make it tougher to reduce emissions, harm those in need and hold back our recovery #mapoli https://twitter.com/cdempc/status/1353002390560141318?s=20

Chris Dempsey@cdempc

The New York Times Editorial Board(!) writes that @MassGovernor's push for @MBTA cuts in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic is "small-minded and shortsighted".

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/opinion/public-transit-funding.html

#mapoli #mbta #TransitisEssential #TransitisEssentialMA

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BenjaminDowningBenjamin Downing@BenjaminDowning·
21 Jan

Focus on the record - vetoing proposals that would break MA out of our failed transportation status quo https://twitter.com/BenjaminDowning/status/1352325656076541958?s=20

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"Many of the vetoes represent missed opportunities for building a more equitable transportation system for all residents" - well said @MonicaTibbitsN - a thread on how @MassGovernor 's vetoes lock in failed transportation status quo #mapoli https://twitter.com/MonicaTibbitsN/status/1351658881341136900

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