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Human Services Advisory Commission Forum - September 13, 2000 <br />Mental Health - It Affects All Ages <br />The Friday Center <br />Chapel Hill, NC <br />experiences, etc. <br />adolescents' relationships are breaking <br />u <br />Community Services and Parent Services <br />Advocating for businesses to <br />Ongoing support and access to <br />provide training and jobs in the <br />community facilities, especially for <br />community <br />adolescents with special needs <br />Education about mental health <br />Lack of parental support; lack of <br />issues and normalization of mental <br />parental responsibility for <br />health issues <br />adolescent's school success <br />Community recognizing and <br />Parent education <br />valuing youth <br />Community empowerment to help <br />Community response to <br />adolescents <br />depression <br />Specific Issues <br />Teen pregnancy <br />Delinquency <br />Lack of insurance <br />Parental consent <br />Young Adults' Mental Health Issues <br />♦ Need for Affordable Housing (Single Room Occupancy - SRO) <br />♦ Improvement of flexibility in which County administers services and increase local funding <br />♦ Support services for mentally -ill young adults who want to live independently <br />♦ Educate community about what it can do to help <br />♦ Education and publicity about available services (especially for newcomers to the system) <br />Mid -Life Mental Health Issues <br />♦ Increase in supportive, safe, and affordable housing, including single room occupancy housing. <br />(Priority issue with 58 points) <br />♦ Need for an increase in unrestricted funding. (Top five with 25 points) <br />♦ There should be a full range of mental health services for domestic violence and sexual assault <br />survivors and their children. (Top five with 25 points) <br />♦ Improve transportation alternatives for the mentally ill. (Top five with 16 points) <br />♦ Need for developing community crisis teams. (Top five with 16 points) <br />♦ Adequate support in home or institutions for the mentally ill with due consideration for the family. <br />♦ Continuum of care for mid -life age range. <br />Page 3of5 <br />