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To: Constant Reader who wrote (677)	6/11/2005 12:39:21 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 544125

That's very true. Our neighbors are dealing with a heartbreaking case of mental illness in a 20 something, and they have very little ability to keep her from hurting herself, because she is considered an adult- and she goes in and out of her mental illness, so she can often advocate for herself in ways that make it impossible for her parents to help her- even with things as simple as getting her to take her medicine. She has lived on the street. It's just so sad.

To: Constant Reader who wrote (677)	6/11/2005 1:06:40 PM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 544125

Well, you and I are sure on the same page today. I served on the board that handled the deinstitutionalization program in the late 70s in our area. There were people released who had no business being placed out, inmates who had been in the state care for thirty and forty years. The determination was based mainly on their passivity, it seemed to me. They were harmless. Our area was rural and close-knit and we were able to successfully place them and coordinate their services, but I can't imagine the chaos of large cities having thousands released into an inadequately prepared and already overloaded system. They are still paying the price.

To: Constant Reader who wrote (677)	6/13/2005 8:05:02 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 544125

Yes a big portion of the homeless are mentally ill. Another part of the problem is building standards and zoning laws. Building better quality buildings that are safer and more livable is a good thing but these improvements cost money. Some people at the bottom get priced out by quality standards, just as some less skilled people get forced in to unemployment (or in to off the books work) by minimum wage laws, esp. "living wage" laws which require a higher minimum wage. Tim