When the state cut funding for local governments and the schools, it cut money for Mental Health Services. Mental illness is a quiet epidemic that costs the economy $105 billion annually. Sixty percent of Americans with mental health disorders go untreated. The crazy part: U.S. spends $113 billion on mental health treatment.
What’s being done? Not much: states cut $1.8 billion from their mental health care budgets during the recession. Ohio is instituting even deeper cuts this year.
Even if you yourself are not crazy, it should be clear that Ohio is crazy for thinking that reduced funding for mental health services is any sort of an improvement to the situation. For more information, please attend the next Clermont League of Women Voters’ meeting on March 25. This information is on a need to know basis, and every taxpayer in Ohio needs to know how basic services are being cut.
Remember: the League is not just for women, it welcomes members of all sexes and genders.
The League will meet at 6:30 p.m. March 25. The topic will be: Mental Health – Financing at 6:30 p.m., Union Township Civic Center Queen City Room 4350 Aicholtz Road, Cincinnati, OH 45245.