Response to the proposed SAFE HOME project of HARPA
A number of other people noticed this nefarious initiative and wrote about it, most prominent of which was the NY Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, Inc. September 18, 2019
NYAPRS Note: A large number of advocates from across the spectrum of the disability advocacy community have joined forces to strongly oppose false connections between gun and other forms of violence and people with mental health related conditions, as well as recent proposals favoring re-institutionalization and electronic monitoring. See below for a list of suggested social media messaging and references developed by members of the group. >They found this initiative THAT alarming... https://www.nyaprs.org/e-news-bulletins/2019/9/18/mhw-disability-community-decries-proposal-to-monitor-people-with-mi-to-predict-violence https://archive.is/m0Nyl Proposal to Monitor People With MI to Predict Violence Sparks Field Outcry By Valerie Canady Mental Health Weekly September 16, 2019
The director of policy and legal advocacy for the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law said she predicts a public outcry if this proposal actually moves forward. “It is extremely troubling that the White House is apparently exploring an effort to monitor people with psychiatric disabilities to try to identify when they might become violent,” Jennifer Mathis told MHW. “The entire premise of this effort is that having a mental health diagnosis makes a person likely to become violent, but the evidence is clear that that's false.”
