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Kinship grandparent shares her experience with mental health supports and navigating the system |
Kinship Caregiver |
Kinship, Mental Health |
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02/15/19 |
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"...I cannot help but think that if she had access to mental health treatment, she might not have relapsed and died at age 22 almost one year clean, leaving behind her 9-month-old daughter." |
Kinship Caregiver |
Mental Health |
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01/30/19 |
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"...Growing up, I knew my mom had some challenges. I firmly believe mental health services would have helped my mom and helped me figure out how to support her..." |
Youth/Alumni |
Mental Health |
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01/29/19 |
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"...I wish I would have felt supported to address *all* of the major barriers and needs to quality parenting during the life of my case. Instead, I reacted with fear and stigma..." |
Birth Parent |
Mental Health |
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01/25/19 |
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"As a parent who is a trauma survivor — knowing what's available could have led to receiving help for trauma and mental health issues. Understanding helps families heal." |
Birth Parent |
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01/24/19 |
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"...Having access to support groups and information through groups like the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) helped our family understand the illness..." |
Kinship Caregiver, Organization/Advocate |
Mental Health |
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01/22/19 |
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"...While my mother was given services for substance abuse, housing, and employment, she did not receive any or adequate mental health services. I truly believe if she had mental health support/services I would have been reunified with her." |
Youth/Alumni |
Mental Health |
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01/22/19 |
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"...My parents didn't have support to access or understand how necessary mental health services were for them to keep their children..." |
Youth/Alumni |
Mental Health |
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01/17/19 |
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"The services in place weren't addressing my issue specifically. Things I said in confidence were repeated in family therapy, which made things worse. I felt like I had no one." |
Youth/Alumni |
Mental Health |
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01/14/19 |
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"Mental health services could have created stability, a safer living environment, and most importantly, I wouldn’t have ended in the foster system." |
Youth/Alumni |
Mental Health |
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01/10/19 |
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"Behavioral health services could have helped my mother... No one told her that her decision could impact our family for the rest of our lives... If someone had, I believe my family’s story would be different." |
Youth/Alumni |
Mental Health |
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01/07/19 |
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"I’ve gone through 15 years of abuse and actually talking to people that care to listen really helped me feel like I wasn’t alone. Everywhere I looked I saw everyone that supported me through my journey." |
Youth/Alumni |
Mental Health |
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01/04/19 |
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Ohio's Kinship Day at the Capitol: GrandRally Giving Voice to Kinship Families |
Organization/Advocate |
Kinship |
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11/13/18 |
