The case for shutting down the peer centers
by hopeworkscommunity
1. Take a service that operates for about the price of a Mcdonald's quarter pounder, fries, and coke per person per day....
2. That serves a population largely not served by any other programs....
3. That historically normally has had lots of problems including using a lot of very expensive services with little success....
4. And enable that population to experience success for the first time in their lives, often dramatic success.....
5. And then shut down that service to save a few dollars in the short run ignoring totally the long term savings that success means for the individual, their families, their communities and the state....
6. And basically abandon one of the most vulnerable populations in this state without any real backup or contingency plan....
Thats basically it.
You might call it a "no-brainer."
by hopeworkscommunity
1. Take a service that operates for about the price of a Mcdonald's quarter pounder, fries, and coke per person per day....
2. That serves a population largely not served by any other programs....
3. That historically normally has had lots of problems including using a lot of very expensive services with little success....
4. And enable that population to experience success for the first time in their lives, often dramatic success.....
5. And then shut down that service to save a few dollars in the short run ignoring totally the long term savings that success means for the individual, their families, their communities and the state....
6. And basically abandon one of the most vulnerable populations in this state without any real backup or contingency plan....
Thats basically it.
You might call it a "no-brainer."
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