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Nation’s Largest Mental Health Organization Urges Supported Housing Reforms

January 14, 2019

The National Alliance on Mental Illness has asked U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis to make "adjustments and modifications" to an ambitious plan to move mentally ill New Yorkers from troubled group homes into their own apartments, in a letter citing an investigation by ProPublica and Frontline.

"The revelations in the ProPublica/Frontline investigation raise serious questions about whether all people being transferred out of adult homes are in fact receiving appropriate levels of services and supports, including adequate assessments prior to leaving adult homes," said the letter, which was sent to the judge late last month. "The investigation also reveals that there have been significant problems with monitoring the well-being of individuals who have been transferred from adult homes into the community."