5/18/2015 Group Watch: Mental Health Rally
Hundreds of people rallied at the State House in support of mental health services. The rally took place on Wednesday, after the House leadership pulled all the budget bills that will generate revenue from being voted on. The governor is predicting that more than 24,000 people will lose some or all of the services they receive and more than 1,000 mental health workers will lose their jobs. The cut in state dollars will result in the loss of $64 million in federal dollars because the of the agency’s inability to generate the state match.
