” but given my life and the challenges being faced, I am proud of what I have accomplished. Not just career-wise, but also in volunteer work through church, schools, and more. But if, or when, the bottom falls out, my family stands to lose everything. We don’t live extravagantly, we have 8 of us in a modest 4 bedroom house. Of our vehicles, none were made in the new millennium. We live paycheck to paycheck. If I crash, we’ll lose our home and vehicles. I’ll lose my ability to earn a living in the way I am now. If I’m forced to subsist on public assistance levels, nobody wins. Not society, not my family, nobody.

Solution 2:
A way to get short-term assistance at such a level that homes and ways to earn a living are not at risk. Once again, an instant case worker that can take charge and see that a family doesn’t completely fall apart should the main wage-earner become incapacitated in some manner.

This discussion could go several directions, but what we DO NOT want is for any discussion to take the form of political bashing. Any of our elected officials and their parties could do MUCH more for the mental health community. We also don’t want this discussion to lean towards cutting back other benefits for “less deserving” anything. But this being said, what are YOUR cases and potential solutions? What are your ideas for improving society in this manner?

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