Upcoming Events

Sat, Feb 25, 2012
Council 93 Executive Board Meeting
10:00 am
12:00 pm
297 Shore Road, Chatham, MA 02633
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
Council 93 Executive Board Training
10:00 am
12:00 pm
88 Spring Street Portland, ME 04101
Sat, Apr 14, 2012
Council 93 Executive Board Meeting
10:00 am
12:00 pm
88 Spring Street Portland, ME 04101
Sat, Apr 21, 2012
Council 93 Stewards' Training
9:00 am
4:00 pm
Mansfield, MA
Class limited to 30 participants. For more information or to register contact Alva Arellano at 617-367-3686.

Council 93 News

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New Bedford Standard Times | Fri Jan 27, 2012

TAUNTON — Closing Taunton State Hospital won't simply inconvenience mental health patients and families from Southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the Islands, Sen. Marc Pacheco, D-Taunton, said Thursday. It could pose a danger to the community, he said.

"The mental health system is a very fragile system. If you take away this critical element, it actually becomes a dangerous system" if people cannot get care when they need it, he said. Hospitals in New Bedford and Taunton "already have a problem situation with crisis patients, places to find beds."

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Taunton Daily Gazette | Thu Jan 26, 2012

State Sen. Marc Pacheco, D-Taunton, has organized a meeting at noon Sunday at First Parish Church to discuss protecting mental health services in the region.

“Those are critical services provided at Taunton State Hospital,” Pacheco said.

“This is a comprehensive mental health system. When you take a critical piece of the system away, it undermines the whole system. We’re inviting federal, state, local, religious and community leaders, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill … We will have an action plan for people to move forward, to begin calling and advocating to do what we can.”

 

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Dept. of Legislation, Political Action and Communications | Wed Jan 25, 2012
Its been less than 24 hours since officials from the Patrick Administration informed the employees at Taunton State Hospital of plans to permanently close the facility by the end of the calendar year, but Council 93 is already working with key state lawmakers to formulate a plan to stop…
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