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Increase Funding for Mental Health Housing in New York State! Generation Citizen Fall 2018

The students of Generation Citizen at PS IS 157 in Brooklyn NY made this video to urge Governor Cuomo to increase funding for community mental health housing. They were inspired by the Bring It Home campaign: https://www.bringithomenys.org/ Governor Cuomo, Housing for people with serious mental illnesses in New York State is at a critical breaking point! We need more funding for mental health housing! The cost of housing people with mental illness has gone up over the years due to inflation, but the amount of funding from the state government hasn’t gone up as much. This means programs are not able to pay their bills! This is putting 40,000 people’s housing at risk. We need your help! Adequate funding for supportive mental health housing can solve the problem! I know money always seems tight, but this will save us money in the long run! If we don’t fund these housing programs, more mentally ill people will end up homeless, sick, in prison, or all three! That will actually cost MORE money! It is 40% - 94% less expensive to use community housing than state institutions, hospitals, jails and prisons. Also, it’s the right thing to do! Let’s take care of people who are most at risk. Governor Cuomo, it is CRITICAL that you invest in Mental Health Housing. I urge you to do so in the 2019-2020 Budget! Sincerely, The students of Generation Citizen at PS IS 157