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Ontario justice system ‘punishes’ mental illness
The 1960s deinstitutionalization movement arose out of the belief that patients would be better served in the community, but it led to the mass closure of psychiatric beds without a corresponding investment in social supports such as housing and mental health treatment. The movement spurred a troubling and unintended consequence: an increase in encounters between the mentally ill and police… Now jails have replaced asylums as repositories for people who don’t have adequate resources to cope with community living
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, disabilities, featured, homelessness, ideology, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
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The disappearance of the moderate conservative
The virtually complete disappearance of moderate conservatives within the Harper Conservative Party mirrors, and draws inspiration from, the general drift toward sharper conservative ideology throughout English-speaking democracies… The older conservative idea of society as an organic whole and of the state’s capacity to defend and promote a common, collective interest, remembering the less fortunate among us, has all but disappeared in the Conservative Party.
Tags: featured, homelessness
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Ordinary people an untapped force for social change
Why do we continue to see such rates of poverty, inequality and climate threat despite our growing wealth and prosperity as a nation (and civilization)? There’s a certain wilful blindness in many of us. We keep our heads down. We ignore what others are doing. We think our efforts, our approach will be ‘the one,’ despite what has been done before and despite what others are doing now.
In reality we have more than enough solutions to our social economic and environmental challenges. They are just not at scale and that requires as I suggest in the book that we ‘think and act like a movement.’
Tags: disabilities, Health, homelessness, ideology, mental Health, multiculturalism, participation, standard of living
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Support a bold campaign to end homelessness
Under a Housing First approach, people are given a place to live as well as some assistance, such as a subsidy to cover rent. Often a support team will help them deal with other needs, such as medical care.
There’s solid evidence this can be life-changing. Giving people a place to put down roots and call their own results in less hospitalization and fewer entanglements with the law, as well as more opportunities for education, employment and a thriving family life.
Tags: Health, homelessness, housing, ideology, mental Health, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Inside the world’s best mental-health program to keep homeless people off the street
… the cost benefits are highest for people with the most severe mental illness, who have the most room to improve… Housing First participants reported better quality of life and 73 per cent were in stable housing after a year, versus 32 per cent of those receiving regular services… Some people eventually become self-sufficient, but others stay in the program indefinitely, which means funding needs to be stable. Housing First has focused on single people who are chronically homeless and need mental-health services.
Tags: disabilities, featured, Health, homelessness, housing, ideology, mental Health, standard of living
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We need to talk about poverty and health
… while health care deserves its place in the political spotlight, it’s also essential that voters understand a too-often ignored, inextricably linked issue: the human and economic costs of poverty on health.
These costs aren’t just personal — affecting those unfortunate many beneath the poverty line — but affect our economy and our communities as a whole. Fail to address poverty, and you fail to address health.
Tags: economy, featured, Health, homelessness, ideology, mental Health, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Fixing Toronto’s broken public housing system would help us all
Repairing Toronto’s dilapidated public housing stock isn’t just good social policy — it’s good business, too. A comprehensive study by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis shows that doing the right thing would create thousands of jobs, spur private investment, and generate billions of extra dollars in federal and provincial taxes… If upper governments won’t respond to basic human need, perhaps they’ll act in their own self-interest.
Tags: budget, economy, Health, homelessness, housing, mental Health, participation, poverty, standard of living, tax
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