Good editorial in today’s News & Record: “Clearing out The Block”: Greensboro police last week stepped up loitering enforcement and effectively cleared the place known as “The Block.” Just like that. Through a series of 30-minute patrols, officers shooed away the clusters of mostly men who routinely gather at the … > read more
Be sure to read Lorraine Ahearn’s News & Record article, “Benches highlight a bigger problem”, which begins like this: “The location of artistic benches, which were removed from the Downtown Greenway on Friday after neighbors complained, looked good on paper but ignored some basic urban topography. Just a stone’s throw … > read more
Betty Ann Scott stayed at our church’s women’s emergency shelter for a while this winter. She had medical problems, mental illness and an addiction disorder. Shelter staff and volunteers reached out for help for Betty Ann. At a special dinner marking the close of the winter shelter this past week, … > read more
Reading about the death of Steven Sabock, a patient at Cherry Hospital, a state-funded psychiatric hospital in Goldsboro, N.C., leaves me nauseated, disgusted, outraged and heartbroken: “…The hospital’s security video recorded Sabock’s care from April 28, when he choked on his medicine while a nurse stood by without helping him, … > read more
Members of the NC DHHS staff will be on hand to share information and answer questions about the state’s mental health reform efforts. Wednesday, Nov. 29th 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. GTCC, Jamestown Campus In the auditorium of Percy Sears Applied Technology Center Parking in front, in Lot D Need more … > read more
Lorraine Ahearn in the News & Record, 11/26/06: “At age 27, severely disabled mentally and physically because she once stopped breathing as an infant, Emily Massengill today has almost everything she needs.” “Her room is neat and warmly furnished; she eats well and gets a long, daily bath. She gets … > read more
In September, I posted about the 10,000+ patients in Western North Carolina who were losing their mental health services as part of our state’s mental health “reform.” This news followed an earlier series of reports in the Winston Salem Journal about that community’s struggles with mental health reform. Today the … > read more
From today’s News & Record: “The… Mental Health Association in Greensboro [says], ‘When you cut mental health services, problems erupt elsewhere.’ I agree. However, none of the changes in Guilford should reduce services.” — Mike Mosely, Director, NCDHHS An interesting choice of words, Mr. Mosely: “None of the changes in … > read more
On April 9th, I was appointed to represent HPCGC as a member of our local Task Force to End Homelessness, which is charged with developing the Greensboro/High Point/Guilford County Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. Below is a summary from my notes of the presentation given to the Task Force … > read more