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Maryland Enacts a “Draconian” Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program

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For over fifty years in America, pro-force family advocacy organizations, closely allied with the medical and judicial establishments, have worked to roll back the clock to the days when they had more legal control over the lives of those under their care. Advocates immediately found the broad eligibility criteria alarming.

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Grant, Interrupted: An Introduction and Report Back from Oregon

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We believe in the power of community, and so much of community occurs at the grassroots outside of nonprofits or even state funded services. The police cannot and will not be a part of how people will come to stay at the respite—guests will need to call us themselves and make a decision based in self-determination to stay.