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Mental Health Agencies Brace For Funding Cuts In New State Budget

Groups that advocate on behalf of people with mental illnesses are watching the budget process unfold in Columbus with growing trepidation. At a time when demand for mental health services is on the rise, the mental health system in Ohio has been taking cuts. That's one of the concerns highlighted in a new report by the Cleveland-based Mental Health Advocacy Coalition and The Center for Community Solutions. The Coalition's Executive Director, Joan Englund, spoke with ideastream's Eric Wellman.