DeKalb to distribute 10,000 COVID-19 care kits with masks, sanitizer Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJCLOCAL NEWS| 9 hours agoBy Tyler Estep, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution DeKalb County will distribute 10,000 COVID-19 “care kits” this week, giving masks and hand sanitizer to residents in areas hit hard by the pandemic. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention haveContinue reading
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Alan Judd/AJC: State still sending mentally ill people to homeless shelters
State still sending mentally ill people to homeless shelters By ALAN JUDD The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 3 hrs ago http://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/news/state/state-still-sending-mentally-ill-people-to-homeless-shelters/article_b4537c5d-8212-5a63-bc39-e2766efb57c0.html#tncms-source=infinity-scroll-summary-siderail-latest ATLANTA (AP) — Mentally ill patients often left Georgia’s state psychiatric hospitals with just a bus token and directions to a homeless shelter. For people with disabilities, these same institutions became places of permanent confinement. ThisContinue reading “Alan Judd/AJC: State still sending mentally ill people to homeless shelters”