Leslie Carpenter

Yeah, that's a really good question. So for me, that started, my first step was with research. I did extensive reading of books related to policy in this area to understand exactly that question, where do you start, right? Because it's not all about fixing laws. It's not all about education. And it's not all about just changing practices. It's all of it.

So I did extensive research and then just began. So I kind of think I break it down into a couple different ways. One is some of the work has to be community-based. Some of the work needs to be getting better collaboration and cooperation and communication between the players and the system in your area.

So I did extensive research and then just began. So I kind of think I break it down into a couple different ways. One is some of the work has to be community-based. Some of the work needs to be getting better collaboration and cooperation and communication between the players and the system in your area.

So I did extensive research and then just began. So I kind of think I break it down into a couple different ways. One is some of the work has to be community-based. Some of the work needs to be getting better collaboration and cooperation and communication between the players and the system in your area.

area to work with each other to help plug the gaps of where people are falling through and not getting care. So that's one level of work that needs to happen and I'm very much engaged with here in Iowa City, Iowa.

area to work with each other to help plug the gaps of where people are falling through and not getting care. So that's one level of work that needs to happen and I'm very much engaged with here in Iowa City, Iowa.

area to work with each other to help plug the gaps of where people are falling through and not getting care. So that's one level of work that needs to happen and I'm very much engaged with here in Iowa City, Iowa.

Another level of work is what can happen at the state level in terms of both getting improved laws so that the law allows for some improved practices, but also in terms of influencing the education of the players in the system at the state level to do, again, high level communication, collaboration and coordination of care.

Another level of work is what can happen at the state level in terms of both getting improved laws so that the law allows for some improved practices, but also in terms of influencing the education of the players in the system at the state level to do, again, high level communication, collaboration and coordination of care.

Another level of work is what can happen at the state level in terms of both getting improved laws so that the law allows for some improved practices, but also in terms of influencing the education of the players in the system at the state level to do, again, high level communication, collaboration and coordination of care.

Because when we're talking about the individuals with the most severe mental illnesses, it's not just busting stigma. It's not just getting equity or parity, right?

Because when we're talking about the individuals with the most severe mental illnesses, it's not just busting stigma. It's not just getting equity or parity, right?

Because when we're talking about the individuals with the most severe mental illnesses, it's not just busting stigma. It's not just getting equity or parity, right?

It is about doing the hard intensive case management that needs to happen around some of the people that are going through the revolving door churn to stop that revolving door, catch them and individualize their care so that they are not left to suffer. So some of the work is there. And then of course, at a bigger level, some of the work is national.

It is about doing the hard intensive case management that needs to happen around some of the people that are going through the revolving door churn to stop that revolving door, catch them and individualize their care so that they are not left to suffer. So some of the work is there. And then of course, at a bigger level, some of the work is national.

It is about doing the hard intensive case management that needs to happen around some of the people that are going through the revolving door churn to stop that revolving door, catch them and individualize their care so that they are not left to suffer. So some of the work is there. And then of course, at a bigger level, some of the work is national.

Some of the federal laws also have to change and attitudes. So it's big.

Some of the federal laws also have to change and attitudes. So it's big.

Some of the federal laws also have to change and attitudes. So it's big.

That is exactly the question. That is the whole crux of the problem. It is a lot easier to advocate for little kids for anything that they need, whether it's autism or cancer or whatever it might be, right? It's a sympathetic group to advocate for. It is much harder to get people to care about people with severe mental illnesses And what it takes is sharing stories.