Sherri Witwer

And in that time, the damage that has done to that person's life, their family, their their employment, their life situation, and involvement in utilizing resources in typically multiple systems.

It is a cost savings mechanism for everyone to be able to have an effective, accountable mental health system to make sure it's properly funded, but also that it's targeting interventions that we know work and we do know what works.

It is a cost savings mechanism for everyone to be able to have an effective, accountable mental health system to make sure it's properly funded, but also that it's targeting interventions that we know work and we do know what works.

It is a cost savings mechanism for everyone to be able to have an effective, accountable mental health system to make sure it's properly funded, but also that it's targeting interventions that we know work and we do know what works.

And using best practices and evidence-based practices and really being able to identify these issues earlier on and really wrapping services around people who need them. Not make people have to fail several times and cycle through.

And using best practices and evidence-based practices and really being able to identify these issues earlier on and really wrapping services around people who need them. Not make people have to fail several times and cycle through.

And using best practices and evidence-based practices and really being able to identify these issues earlier on and really wrapping services around people who need them. Not make people have to fail several times and cycle through.

Too often what happens is we blame the person, and the person blames themselves, and that compounds their feelings of worthlessness and difficulty, when really we are asking people to navigate systems that are incredibly broken, fragmented, siloed. And so then the thinking is, oh, we really need to just use a hammer. And then people tend to spend more time in the criminal justice system

Too often what happens is we blame the person, and the person blames themselves, and that compounds their feelings of worthlessness and difficulty, when really we are asking people to navigate systems that are incredibly broken, fragmented, siloed. And so then the thinking is, oh, we really need to just use a hammer. And then people tend to spend more time in the criminal justice system

Too often what happens is we blame the person, and the person blames themselves, and that compounds their feelings of worthlessness and difficulty, when really we are asking people to navigate systems that are incredibly broken, fragmented, siloed. And so then the thinking is, oh, we really need to just use a hammer. And then people tend to spend more time in the criminal justice system

There's a lot of discussion, there has been for decades now, about how jails and prisons have become the new mental health providers, and that does not work. Jails and prisons cause trauma. They compound the problem again. It is far more cost effective to have interventions that are community-based, that have people living in the community with wraparound services. We know it's more effective.

There's a lot of discussion, there has been for decades now, about how jails and prisons have become the new mental health providers, and that does not work. Jails and prisons cause trauma. They compound the problem again. It is far more cost effective to have interventions that are community-based, that have people living in the community with wraparound services. We know it's more effective.

There's a lot of discussion, there has been for decades now, about how jails and prisons have become the new mental health providers, and that does not work. Jails and prisons cause trauma. They compound the problem again. It is far more cost effective to have interventions that are community-based, that have people living in the community with wraparound services. We know it's more effective.

We know it's cost effective. We know people can do well. I guess my answer, twofold, being more accountable in the services that are provided, and two, really focusing on, again, point A to point B. So we have this great program, and once the person is released from that program, then what? And I think that's the question we should continually ask. Then what?

We know it's cost effective. We know people can do well. I guess my answer, twofold, being more accountable in the services that are provided, and two, really focusing on, again, point A to point B. So we have this great program, and once the person is released from that program, then what? And I think that's the question we should continually ask. Then what?

We know it's cost effective. We know people can do well. I guess my answer, twofold, being more accountable in the services that are provided, and two, really focusing on, again, point A to point B. So we have this great program, and once the person is released from that program, then what? And I think that's the question we should continually ask. Then what?

Okay, the person's released from jail, then what? Discharged from an inpatient facility, then what? How do we get them from that to a home in the community where they can live and engage and live a life? And we know that people can do well if they can get access to those services.

Okay, the person's released from jail, then what? Discharged from an inpatient facility, then what? How do we get them from that to a home in the community where they can live and engage and live a life? And we know that people can do well if they can get access to those services.

Okay, the person's released from jail, then what? Discharged from an inpatient facility, then what? How do we get them from that to a home in the community where they can live and engage and live a life? And we know that people can do well if they can get access to those services.

Yeah, so I come to this work as a family member, and I think we really need to hear more from families, from people with lived experience about what works and what works on, again, that very granular level.