Several community groups are concerned that time is running out to adequately fund mental health initiatives under existing budget proposals in the Indiana General Assembly.
At a Gary City Hall demonstration organized by the Interfaith Action Network on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, activists and community members rallied in support of a budget appropriation to fund the creation of a mobile crisis response team.
In a statement released on Friday, IAN member Rabbi Len Zukrow framed funding the bill’s mental health programs as a sacred duty to those in need. Haniah Davis, an organizer with Faith in Indiana, said that the organization supports the latter approach, which was also recommended by the Behavioral Health Commission’s report. It promises, she said, to be the most politically expedient in an often-tax hostile state.
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