Did you know that in North Dakota, it can cost $225,000.00 to have a child in a psychiatric residential treatment facility (prtf) for one year? Seriously. This cost doesn’t include medical services. It doesn’t include clothing. Pretty incredible isn’t it? In the coming weeks, Fighting for Answers will be checking with facilities in other states…
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Now is the time – For a National Conversation about Mental Health
Now is the time for a National Conversation regarding mental health. With our congressional leaders in Washington, D.C., we may have difficulty getting on the dais. Why? Because an individual presenting testimony to any committee regarding Mental Health, may not always speak to the same platform as varying members of Congress. What does that mean?…
about the blog and other allegations
Just got a phone call from Social Services/Child Protective Services again. We would like to talk about your blog and other allegations. I feel like I am being harassed. These people don’t understand that, without the blog, he wouldn’t be getting the care he needs in any facility. How hard is it to understand that?…