- Signatures: 420
- Goal: 5,000
- Deadline: 9-17-2002
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Family Residential Treatment Centers are proven 15 times more effective at reducing crime than prison and is one third the cost.
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | State | Country | Why I am signing this petition. |
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| 420 | 11:57 am PDT, May 29 | Mrs. | Anonymous | Ohio | United States | My 7 year old has been diagnosed with bipolar, adhd, odd, asperger, and schizoaffective disorder. His aggression and violence is getting worse and we can't get him in to any residential facilities. |
| 419 | 10:08 pm PST, Jan 22 | mary moore | Tennessee | United States | I have a stepson that moved in with us after being severely abused by his mother for years. He has psychosexual behavior disorder. He is being treated like a criminal by the system while his mother, who created his problems by her treatment of him, is free a a bird and not being held liable. We cannot afford good treatment for him so we have to take what the state will give us. sexually abused children can become abusers themselves without the right kind of treatment. It's the only way to stop the cycle. But you have to have alot of money to do it. | |
| 418 | 2:02 pm PST, Jan 2 | Ms. | pamela burch | Ohio | United States | I am signing this petition on here because I believe their are too many children that are living with severity mental issues today. These children are not able to cope in life by themselves. I have a step-child with severe behavior problems. His doctor rather have me on medication to deal with my step-sons problems.I think this is very lame of a doctor to even think this way. This is a major problem and I wish the government could do something about it. |
| 417 | 11:31 am PST, Dec 15 | Ms. | torah lapan | Virginia | United States | my son is in trouble substance abuse and odd behavior single mom on fixed income need help insurance will not pay |
| 416 | 3:30 pm PDT, Oct 12 | Anonymous | Pennsylvania | United States | ||
| 415 | 9:15 am PDT, Oct 10 | Mrs. | Anonymous | Kentucky | United States | My son needs residental care and here when he is fine on meds they want to send him home only to fall apart and providers don't know what to do except change his meds. Mental illeness patients need help and they are being passed over. |
| 414 | 6:28 pm PDT, Oct 9 | christina daniels | Pennsylvania | United States | 3 children on spectrum, severe-aspergers | |
| 413 | 9:20 am PDT, Sep 12 | Mrs. | Anonymous | Arizona | United States | I am signing this because my son has ADHD and has been recommended for a residential treatment facility...however they cost more per month that our total income per month. It seems to me that this should be covered by state funding. |
| 412 | 9:00 pm PDT, Jul 31 | Mrs. | jennifer parpis | New York | United States | My daughter has bipolar disorder and other illnesses, and I think that there should be more help to help these children that are so sick. |
| 411 | 6:06 am PDT, Jul 17 | Mr. | Anonymous | Illinois | United States | My daughter who is special eucted has medical diagnosis' with a reccommnedation for residential placement- I can not afford it and need help as to where a parent can go for help to receive good services funded from the state or federal help |
| 410 | 3:38 pm PDT, Jun 27 | Elizabeth Stambach | California | United States | We can not find schooling or help for our asperger's, medically fragile teenager son. | |
| 409 | 11:40 pm PDT, Jun 21 | Kathryn Hernandez | Nevada | United States | ||
| 408 | 6:28 pm PDT, Jun 17 | Mr. | Seth Stern | New Jersey | United States | |
| 407 | 9:11 am PDT, Jun 16 | Dr. | erica bob | New York | United States | i think this asowme |
| 406 | 3:45 pm PDT, Jun 3 | Anonymous | Ohio | United States | my son is autistic and a teen. he has been very violent and aggressive towards me and our home. He also does self-injurious behavior. Its a disgrace that there are no facilities to treat him and what he needs is be in a residential program so he can be thoroughly evaluated and treated. THERE IS NONE AROUND MY AREA. | |
| 405 | 6:02 pm PST, Feb 17 | Anonymous | Tennessee | United States | So many kids need good residential treatment centers that can work with their needs so that they do not end up in jails when they get older. Considering, the overcrowding of jails, it only seems common sense to helping kids that have disabilities such as ADHD, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, etc get help while they are young. It would be a cheaper method to provide funding to parents needing assistance now than in the long run. | |
| 404 | 9:33 am PST, Feb 3 | Ms. | Anonymous | Idaho | United States | My 21 yr old son lives with me and has Bi-Polar Disorder and ADHD. He has been in and out of a treatment center for the past 3 yrs. Doesn't seem to be any in house treatment living quarters for these young adults to recover with out the huge expense. He can't hold a job, and cannot pay for all the medical cost. The fact that it is so hard to get him on Social Security, plus the waiting period involved concerns me that there is not enough people with Bi-Polar getting the help they need. There for they commit suicide. I feel the government needs to step up and find a better way to support these people with this horrible disorder. |
| 403 | 9:08 pm PST, Jan 9 | Ms. | Anonymous | New Jersey | United States | Its time to take the first step to recovery and what better place to start it than at the home with the families. |
| 402 | 10:16 am PST, Dec 11 | Mrs. | Anonymous | Illinois | United States | I would like money spent on helping our teens to become evenly-tempered, non-destructive human beings that know what it means to respect and have compassion for others and to not expect something in return! |
| 401 | 6:15 am PST, Nov 10 | Mr. | Anonymous | New Jersey | United States | |
| 400 | 8:46 am PDT, Sep 13 | Mrs. | Anonymous | California | United States | I believe in helping people become better citizens by the method described here. |
| 399 | 4:09 pm PDT, Aug 27 | Mrs. | beth spayd | Pennsylvania | United States | my 15 year old nephew who lives with me has bi-polar and adhd. nothing seems to work. he needs residential treatment but i can not find or aford any. i'm afraid he will end up in prison or homeless unless he gets the help he need NOW! |
| 398 | 8:23 pm PDT, Aug 23 | Mrs. | Patricia Harmon | Rhode Island | United States | |
| 397 | 10:18 am PDT, Aug 20 | Carmen Colon | New Jersey | United States | Because I wholeheatedly believe that when it comes to healthcare, mental or physical; Class, Race, Ethnicity and Economic Status SHOULD NEVER matter. | |
| 396 | 9:59 am PDT, Aug 20 | Ms. | DEBRA MCCALL | Florida | United States | DEFINATE NEED FOR TREATMENT CENTERS! PRISON RECIDISM RATE IS OBNOXIOUS, JUST SAY NO DOES NOT WORK! WE CAN FUND WAR BUT NOT SPEND ON OUR OWN PEOPLE WHERE THERE IS A DEFINATE NEED! |
| 395 | 9:33 am PDT, Aug 20 | Ms. | Nancy Rosario | New Jersey | United States | Because my husband has an addiction. Wonderful guy who has no control. But when he's straight he makes my life heaven on earth. I sign this for all the wives/mothers/sisters/daughters/friends of addicts and those that need help! Stand with me and fight for the lives of those we love. We are not 2nd class citizens and neither are the ones that we love!!! |
| 394 | 7:00 pm PDT, Aug 13 | Terrie Day | Illinois | United States | I'm signing this petition because I have been trying to get my son in a Residential treatment center for his disabitlties.Right now we are waiting to hear from the state of Illinois I.C.U. grant.We were denied the first time & I'm praying for my son to get the help he needs. | |
| 393 | 1:59 pm PDT, Aug 4 | Mrs. | Anonymous | Pennsylvania | United States | to help the mentally ill. |
| 392 | 9:36 am PDT, Jul 6 | Ms. | Anonymous | Florida | United States | I work with families who are crying out for relief and help with children who have various mental health diagnosis, in Florida. So much emphasis these days is placed on brief short term therapy. These kids ineveitably end up in the correctional system because of the lack of residential treatment. Sadly there is not ANY respite for families with such high maintenence issues which appears to bring on even more mental health issues. |
| 391 | 9:31 pm PDT, May 24 | Mrs. | Samantha Heatherly | California | United States | These children will be in control of the world when we are seniors; think about it...very frightening indeed... |
| 390 | 9:44 pm PDT, May 7 | Anonymous | California | United States | I have a child who needs residential treatment. | |
| 389 | 5:58 am PDT, May 7 | anita ball | Pennsylvania | United States | ||
| 388 | 11:39 am PDT, May 4 | Anonymous | Tennessee | United States | I have a child that needs treatment | |
| 387 | 9:42 am PDT, Apr 28 | Anonymous | Connecticut | United States | ||
| 386 | 3:13 pm PDT, Apr 3 | msreena Johnson | Pennsylvania | United States | ||
| 385 | 1:20 pm PDT, Mar 21 | Shelly Wagner | Ohio | United States | I have 2 childern with autism/aspbergers/pdd and I'm so sick of the prof. making me feel like I have the only kid in the world with these problems. | |
| 384 | 1:48 am PST, Mar 8 | Samantha McKibben | California | United States | ||
| 383 | 8:01 pm PST, Dec 22 | Ms. | Emily MacDonald | Pennsylvania | United States | |
| 381 | 6:05 pm PST, Dec 12 | Leslie Gregoire | California | United States | ||
| 380 | 6:37 pm PST, Dec 11 | Susan C. | Indiana | United States | I have a child that needs residential treatment. The cost of residential vs insurance coverage leaves society with the risk of another 'statisic' of 'what if?' | |
| 379 | 6:10 pm PST, Dec 4 | Mrs. | Susan Hoadley | Indiana | United States | My husband and I have an adopted child who has Fetal Alcohol Effects, OCD, ADHD, Autism, ODD, and a few others. He is now 11, we have tried everything with him, but he is so out of control. We love him dearly and know he could benefit from residential treatment , but we can't afford it. Eventually my beloved son will be another jailhouse statistic. So sad for us, him and society. |
| 378 | 12:48 pm PST, Nov 30 | Jennifer Megeney | Canada | |||
| 377 | 12:13 pm PST, Nov 2 | Jill Trimmer | New Jersey | United States | ||
| 376 | 2:09 pm PDT, Oct 4 | Mr. | Bryan Connor | Georgia | United States | I work with patients in programs such as this. This is the best alternative they have. If it reaches a few by changing their lives, keeping them out of jail and prevents family breakups, then it is worth it. |
| 375 | 8:19 pm PDT, Sep 17 | Jason Bowman | California | United States | ||
| 374 | 1:23 pm PDT, Sep 15 | Ms. | Kathy Lamb | Oregon | United States | |
| 373 | 10:20 pm PDT, Sep 3 | Linda Bonura | Louisiana | United States | ||
| 372 | 9:47 pm PDT, Sep 2 | Ginger Cosentino | Arizona | United States | Treatment not prison!! | |
| 371 | 10:33 pm PDT, Aug 22 | Ms. | Jennifer G | Illinois | United States | I needed help as a teenager but repeatedly turned away for being on medicaid. Luckly things worked out for me but many teens aren't so lucky. Think again next time you look down on us because mentally ill/at-risk teens are just like everyone else. We want to succeed just like the rest of the world but sometimes we need that extra motivation |
| 370 | 1:49 pm PDT, Aug 18 | Ms. | PAULA DCASTLES | California | United States | please support this measure now! |
| 369 | 1:30 pm PDT, Aug 15 | Anonymous | Kansas | United States | ||
| 368 | 6:25 am PDT, Aug 10 | Kelly Norman | Georgia | United States | My husband suffers from an addiction. I have been on the internet for treatment programs for him and have found none. He is a wonderful person with a bad problem. He needs treatment not punishment. I believe this is the case for most of our so called criminals. | |
| 367 | 9:10 am PDT, Aug 6 | Sherry Heard | Georgia | United States | ||
| 366 | 4:56 am PDT, Aug 5 | Lovlei McKinnie | Pennsylvania | United States | ||
| 365 | 9:10 am PDT, Jul 21 | Tracie Fowler | New Jersey | United States | I have a son who is ADHD who is out of control, to the point that I can't even handle him anymore. I feel overwhelmed and out of control yet I can't afford an ADHD Boarding school or resedential treatment which would be the best placement for him. | |
| 364 | 8:14 pm PDT, Jul 20 | Anonymous | California | United States | My son has been needing a residential treatment for some time and I really cant afford it. My son has been diagnose with aspergers and Im having a hard time finding one in California. I believe every child deserves help in any way they can get it. | |
| 363 | 2:46 am PDT, Jul 20 | Mrs. | Tiffany Camilo | Armed Forces Europe | United States | I think it is more beneficial to place people in programs that will help them to recover |
| 362 | 10:14 pm PDT, Jul 16 | Anonymous | Iowa | United States | ||
| 361 | 4:10 pm PDT, Jun 30 | Michelle Whitney | Massachusetts | United States | ||
| 360 | 4:02 pm PDT, Jun 26 | Ms. | Brenda Schenk | Washington | United States | I'd rather see people who are addicted to drugs frind outpatient treatment than going to jail for having the bad habit. If people are helped before they go down the long dark road to destruction, then our jails wouldn't be so over-crowded. |
| 359 | 8:45 pm PDT, Jun 9 | Deb Bloom | Pennsylvania | United States | my 18 yr old daughter is currently in jail because of drug related crimes. The justice system in PA just doesn't see that it isn't necessarily the crime committed but WHY they committed it. Stop the addiction and you'll stop the crime | |
| 358 | 8:25 pm PDT, Jun 1 | Vicki P. Hines | North Carolina | United States | In the past I worked with the Youth Services Division for the State of Florida, from there I went on to work in the legal profession. I have handled what we call "criminal" cases. Some of the Pre Dispositional Reports we typed for the Judges in Florida were horrific. We must START TO take care of these matters WHERE THEY BEGIN, in the homes and the communities! We must try to nip these ever important matters in the bud before they become too big and out of control like so many others have already done, through NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN! We must give help where help is due!!!There have been so many young people ask for help and not get it. Then later we see them on TV after they have harmed someonely very badly or murdered someone! | |
| 357 | 3:36 pm PDT, May 20 | Brian Reynolds | New Jersey | United States | ||
| 356 | 6:43 am PDT, May 8 | AJ Redford | Kansas | United States | ||
| 355 | 10:36 am PDT, May 7 | Ms. | Ainsley Jo Phillips | Indiana | United States | I believe that our society has focused on getting even too often and, instead, needs to focus on extending a hand and helping our lost sheep find their way back home. |
| 354 | 6:19 am PDT, May 7 | Jim Treacy | Australia | |||
| 353 | 6:12 am PDT, May 7 | Stephen R Hannon | Massachusetts | United States | ||
| 352 | 4:06 am PDT, May 7 | Anna Asbury | Kentucky | United States | ||
| 351 | 10:36 pm PDT, May 6 | Angie Carroll-clark | Georgia | United States |
Spend Funds on Family Residential Treatment Centers
It costs Americans $64,000 per year to house a non-violent drug offender in jail, $42,000 in prison. Substance abuse is implicated in 80% of their crimes and 50-70% of them read below the sixth grade level. There is little treatment or education provided in prison, leading to a staggering 78.5% recidivism rate. It costs us $20-55,000 to place a child in foster care for one year and over 50% of them become incarcerated or addicted at some point. It would only cost us $26,000 to place a parent and two children in a family residential treatment program where they receive education, counseling, job and parenting skills. There are only a handful of these programs in America. There are thousands of jails and prisons. Please divert funds from imprisoning non-violent drug-offenders into building these treatment centers. Thank you.
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