Where is the Alaska Mental Health Trust in the talks about Alaska Psychiatric Institute and its woeful performance? Maybe I don’t understand the role of the Mental Health Trust, but I thought it was created specifically to provide care for its beneficiaries, those with mental illness, developmental disabilities, drug and alcohol addictions, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, and traumatic brain injuries. With the Trust, why does API have such a poor record, and why is there a conversation about turning its management over to the private sector? In short, what does the Alaska Mental Health Trust do and why was it created, if not to provide for its beneficiaries?
- Jill Griffin
Anchorage
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