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Guest Post: Interview with Author of Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry

Bipolar Bandit

I had done mental health advocacy work on a national scale for years before beginning to work on Breakdown and was very inspired by advocates’ tragic stories. The states primarily funded these hospitals through taxes until the Medicaid program was created in 1965. The team would inform the patient of this override.

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Community Spotlight Series

Center for Child Protection

At the Center for Child Protection, we are deeply committed to ending the cycle of child abuse through advocacy, education, and community support. These series update our staff on the latest resources, enable comprehensive support for families, and strengthen advocacy through collaboration.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Expand Medicaid: Less “neglect.” WITNESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ● “Which would be worse,” asks Jasmine Wali, former director of policy & advocacy at JMAC for Families, in this story for The Nation : “being beaten by your partner, or having social services take away your children? Increase SNAP benefits: Less “neglect.”