Comments on: Headlines: Monday Morning Edition http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/08/27/headlines-monday-morning-edition/ A blog about mental health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/08/27/headlines-monday-morning-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-2437 Joe Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:11:50 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2007/08/27/headlines-monday-morning-edition/#comment-2437 On Florida: From the original column, Communities will suffer if cutbacks hit mental health Services, "Florida ranks 48th in the nation in per-capita mental health spending ...." If there is a cut of "4% to 10%" Florida's per capita mental health spending will likely be the lowest in the nation. Is this what Florida's DCF had in mind when it promised that, "Florida is transforming its publicly funded mental health system ...." More verbiage at DCF's website including, "Florida's transformed mental health system will: Offer meaningful services and supports to customers and their families that reflect individual choices and needs ...." http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/mentalhealth/mhtransform/ "Words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality." On Florida: From the original column, Communities will suffer if cutbacks hit mental health Services, “Florida ranks 48th in the nation in per-capita mental health spending ….” If there is a cut of “4% to 10%” Florida’s per capita mental health spending will likely be the lowest in the nation. Is this what Florida’s DCF had in mind when it promised that, “Florida is transforming its publicly funded mental health system ….” More verbiage at DCF’s website including, “Florida’s transformed mental health system will: Offer meaningful services and supports to customers and their families that reflect individual choices and needs ….” http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/mentalhealth/mhtransform/

“Words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality.”

]]> By: Joe http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/08/27/headlines-monday-morning-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-2436 Joe Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:38:06 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2007/08/27/headlines-monday-morning-edition/#comment-2436 Too bad suicide reduction or any other laudable mental health goal is not a function of the number of conferences, commissions, task forces, colloquia, presentations, seminars, meetings, forums, conclaves, retreats, conventions, sessions, caucuses, roundtables, etc. Perhaps, one day the words and the deeds will intersect. Too bad suicide reduction or any other laudable mental health goal is not a function of the number of conferences, commissions, task forces, colloquia, presentations, seminars, meetings, forums, conclaves, retreats, conventions, sessions, caucuses, roundtables, etc. Perhaps, one day the words and the deeds will intersect.

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