SIGN PETITION TO STOP PROPOSED FUNDING CUTS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES‏ IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY

Further budget cuts of mental health services will cost taxpayers far more in increased costs in public hospitals, emergency police calls, inappropriate utilization of emergency room services, involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations
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 IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY


 
 
  • Safety of the community will be jeopardized when services are no longer available and when there is no access for medications and support services – Potential for the safety of children at risk, increase in drug / alcohol use (self medication), increase in crime rate, increase in death rate (suicide), and increase in domestic violence.

 

  • Increase in costly incarcerations and use of law enforcement.

 

  • Increase in the use of the Treatment Center, emergency rooms, and ambulance services.

 

  • No providers available for assessments required for CPS and APS reporting. No oversight of this service.

 

  • Huge cost increases overall to the County.