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My heart is heavy. My thirty one year old son is homeless and has been so for several months now.
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 721277" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Shelters dont do mental health. They give a person meals and a bed at night if the person follows their rules, like getting therevon top and not being intoxicated. I volunteered at a shelter. They DID have social workers visit and make job appointments and hand out trainb tickets to the next night's shelter (location rotated each night). Most visitors blew off the jobs) interviews. There were no consistent caseworkers. That requires SSI. Then you can get real services. But not in shelters.</p><p></p><p>Our shelters were run by volunteers and most of the people who came were there for the church lady's delicious home cooked meals and the mattresses (we were in a church basement and had no beds.) We did have warm blankets and an ear for those who wanted to talk. There were board games, books, and donated clothes, including coats, boots, gloves, scarves etc. Anyone could take what was there. Sometimes we had new hygiene products donated from locsl stored, like Walmart. They donated A LOT.</p><p></p><p>At 6am everyone had to leave. Often we packed them peanut butter sandwiches for lunch. That was what we did. Sometimes fights broke out and we had to call the cops, but not often.</p><p></p><p>Most visitors were drug addicts and shared little about their lives. </p><p></p><p>To get mental health services you needed to jump through a few hoops. Rehab too. Most did not show any interest. They were not interested in the system.</p><p></p><p>It is not easy to get help. You usually need to go to a hospital and then get a referral. And of course hospitals only keep you for 72 hours...not long enough.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, often jail gives the best mental health services to those who dont know the ins and outs of mental health. And who are indigent.That is why 1/3 of our homeless (or is it 2/3rds) are mentally ill.</p><p></p><p>Our mental health system is shameful. Shame on us!! Our politicians vote themselves raises and our indigent mentally ill walk the streets or go to jsil to get help. Makes me shake my head.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 721277, member: 1550"] Shelters dont do mental health. They give a person meals and a bed at night if the person follows their rules, like getting therevon top and not being intoxicated. I volunteered at a shelter. They DID have social workers visit and make job appointments and hand out trainb tickets to the next night's shelter (location rotated each night). Most visitors blew off the jobs) interviews. There were no consistent caseworkers. That requires SSI. Then you can get real services. But not in shelters. Our shelters were run by volunteers and most of the people who came were there for the church lady's delicious home cooked meals and the mattresses (we were in a church basement and had no beds.) We did have warm blankets and an ear for those who wanted to talk. There were board games, books, and donated clothes, including coats, boots, gloves, scarves etc. Anyone could take what was there. Sometimes we had new hygiene products donated from locsl stored, like Walmart. They donated A LOT. At 6am everyone had to leave. Often we packed them peanut butter sandwiches for lunch. That was what we did. Sometimes fights broke out and we had to call the cops, but not often. Most visitors were drug addicts and shared little about their lives. To get mental health services you needed to jump through a few hoops. Rehab too. Most did not show any interest. They were not interested in the system. It is not easy to get help. You usually need to go to a hospital and then get a referral. And of course hospitals only keep you for 72 hours...not long enough. Sadly, often jail gives the best mental health services to those who dont know the ins and outs of mental health. And who are indigent.That is why 1/3 of our homeless (or is it 2/3rds) are mentally ill. Our mental health system is shameful. Shame on us!! Our politicians vote themselves raises and our indigent mentally ill walk the streets or go to jsil to get help. Makes me shake my head. [/QUOTE]
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