The Mental Health Trust Authority on Oct. 26 announced they want to move in a different direction. Here is our suggestion: Provide assistance appropriate to an individual’s disabilities when Trust beneficiaries are filing a complaint or an appeal with providers. In our opinion, everything else is moot. Respect, dignity and justice are all wrapped up in a fair grievance process, which Alaska does not have for the disabled at this time.
The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority beneficiaries fall into four main categories and number 50,000 or more: the mentally ill, individuals with cognitive impairments, persons with Alzheimer’s and persons who have alcoholism. A common thread is individuals needing assistance from the state because of their disability.
Faith Myers and Dorrance Collins,
Anchorage