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Arnie Alpert and Maggie Fogarty of the American Friends Service Committee-New Hampshire welcome guests Kate Frey of New Futures, and Ken Norton of NAMI-NH for a discussion of substance abuse and mental health issues as the State Legislature continues work on the State budget and other bills.
Voting rights SB3; Domicile; SB247 lead poisoning, prevention, fiscal notes; SB94 affordable housing; Fisher/Frost; Immigration, “Building a Culture of Peace forum”; – Pastures of Plenty – Dave Van Ronk – ; May 8 New Futures press conference excerpt; Kate Frey, New Futures, Drug induced deaths, youth alcohol use, treatment funding; Economic report, costs of the crisis; Medicaid, parity; Treatment infrastructure; Ken Norton, NAMI-NH (http://www.naminh.org/); Mental illness; Treatment infrastructure capacity; Wait list; Many wrongs; Inpatient and outpatient long wait times; State non-compliance; Kate: Prevention and recovery outcomes; SB191 kindergarten; – Deportee – Ani DeFranco, Ry Cooder – ; Ken: secure psychiatric unit; John Broderick, Senator Morse; HB400 mental health infrastructure enhancements, DCYF; Probable cause 72 hour rule; Kate: Secretary Price listening session; New Futures resource guide on website (http://www.new-futures.org/); Medicaid funding advocacy.
