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Implementing 988 is Critical to Achieving Mental Health Parity

“Many Americans fall through the cracks of the current system. Many years and lives are lost before help, if it is given at all, is given.”  -George W. Bush Lack of access to the right type of mental health care at the right time compounds the crisis and increases the costs of care. Burdens fall on other systems (e.g. emergency rooms) and communities (e.g. jails) that are not equipped or train...
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Mental Health Service in Public Housing: The Promise of the 988 System

“Crisis care is the most basic element of mental health care, yet in many communities, it is taken for granted. Limited. An afterthought. A work-around. Even non-existent. A mental health crisis is not planned. It cannot be scheduled. It can happen to anyone... anywhere... anytime.”       - Crisis Now Washington Declaration, 2019  Lack of access to the right type of mental health care at the...
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