On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:16:01 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:


>
>I am aware of quite a lot second hand, but documented. I work for a not-
>for-profit mental health agency where most of our clients are on various
>state programs.

I have a friend who is helped by just such an agency in a state near
you. She can work at some jobs if she is on her meds, but once she
goes to work (always at very low wage and at places that offer no
insurance) she winds up losing her Medicaid and cannot afford her
meds. Once she is off meds, her symptoms reappear, she winds up
losing her job, as she is unable to function, and the whole cycle
begins again. Catch 22.

She has no family nearby or able to help, lives in something like an
SRO hotel, and has a pretty miserable time of it. It is these mental
health care agencies (or agency, I really do not know how many places
she goes to or has to report to) that help her get back to sanity and
job-capable, only to see it all crumble when she can't get meds.

Boron