Disability: Mental Health

Georgia Still Sending Mentally Ill People To Homeless Shelters

News Story (Georgia)

Georgia Still Sending Mentally Ill People To Homeless Shelters

May 12, 2017 | Elly Yu , Alan Judd | Associated Press (AP) , Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC)
This is the system that Georgia, under pressure from the federal government, pledged seven years ago to radically overhaul. But with a court-enforced deadline fast approaching, the state increasingly seems unlikely to fulfill its promises.
Tags: Disability Rights | Disability: Mental Health

Restraints and seclusion used improperly at St. Peter state hospital, group alleges

News Story (Minnesota)

Restraints and seclusion used improperly at St. Peter state hospital, group alleges

July 30, 2015 | Chris Serres | Star-Tribune (Minneapolis)
Minnesota’s troubled psychiatric hospital in St. Peter continues to restrain and seclude patients in ways that violate the hospital’s own policies, according to a report released Wednesday by Legal Aid’s Minnesota Disability Law Center.
Tags: Disability Rights | Disability: Mental Health

Justice Index

Research/Policy/Organizing (NATIONAL, STATE COMPARISONS)

Justice Index

Launched 2014 by the National Center for Access to Justice (NCAJ), this website presents data comparing the performance of state-based justice systems in assuring access to justice.
Tags: Courts, Disability: Mental Health, Disability: Physical, Pro Se/Self-Help, Research/Data

Rebecca Vallas

Policy Advocate (NATIONAL, Pennsylvania)

Rebecca Vallas

Associate Director, Poverty to Prosperity Program, Center for American Progress. Previously worked as legal aid attorney at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia.
Tags: Disability: Mental Health, Disability: Physical, Poverty

Push to Provide Lawyers in New York City Housing Court Gains Momentum

Feature, News Story (New York)

Push to Provide Lawyers in New York City Housing Court Gains Momentum

December 16, 2014 | Mireya Navarro | New York Times (NYT)
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable housing strategy to help tenants remain in rent-regulated apartments, the lack of counsel in Housing Court is drawing increased attention.
Tags: Courts | Disability: Mental Health | Disability: Physical | Funding: State & Local | Housing: Homelessness | Minorities: Racial/Ethnic | Seniors | Women

Big Ideas in Social Change, 2014

Blog Post (NATIONAL)

Big Ideas in Social Change, 2014

December 11, 2014 | Tina Rosenberg | New York Times (NYT)
NYT Opinionator blog Fixes column cites medical-legal partnerships as one of the biggest ideas in social change of 2014.
Tags: Benefits of Legal Aid | Children & Juvenile | Disability: Mental Health | Disability: Physical | Health Care | Medical-Legal Partnerships | Minorities: Racial/Ethnic | Seniors | Veterans | Women