>In a message dated 5/3/99 7:10:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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>
>> State budgetary restrictions were not a defense, the appeals court said,
>>  unless the cost of compliance was "so unreasonable given the demands of the
>>  state's mental health budget that it would fundamentally alter the service
>>  it provides."
>if we can afford to bomb the serbs, we can surely afford to fund community
>based group homes and other solutions.  it's just a matter of Will.
>
>mag


        I basically agree with Mag. I serve on a Board of Directors of an
organization which serves about 1,000 clients(MR) in a community setting.
But, realistically, a group home is not nearly as profitable as a Cruise
Missile. BTW, the last figure I saw was that "saving" Kosovars was costing
us
$47,000.00 per minute!

Bobby