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19 Feb, 7 tweets, 13 min read
1/ @POTUS @VP @AlexPadilla4CA @GavinNewsom @SoniaMDLR @JerryDyerFresno @MiguelArias_D3 @Maxwell4Fresno @Esmeralda_Soria @esparza_nelson @fresnoland @NAMIAdvocacy @DaniBergstrom @FaithinValley @namicalifornia Homeless mentally ill punished by this system. -Michaela, Fresno, CA
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3/ @POTUS @AlexPadilla4CA @GavinNewsom @JerryDyerFresno @SoniaMDLR @MiguelArias_D3 @fresnoland The US' Social Security system needs an overhaul to quickly help those with disabilities, including mental, instead of punishing folks at their lowest. -Michaela
4/ @POTUS @AlexPadilla4CA @GavinNewsom @NAMIAdvocacy @namicalifornia @JerryDyerFresno @SoniaMDLR @MiguelArias_D3 @fresnoland Current Social Security disability system for mentally ill is akin to telling a person with broken bones from car crash, to climb Mt. Everest 🤨. -Michaela
5/ @POTUS @AlexPadilla4CA @GavinNewsom @SoniaMDLR @JerryDyerFresno @MiguelArias_D3 @fresnoland @NAMIAdvocacy @namicalifornia Mental illnesses are BRAIN DISORDERS. Look at MRI photos on Google Images to see color diffs btwn normal & sick brain. Very clear problem. -Michaela
6/ @POTUS @AlexPadilla4CA @GavinNewsom @NAMIAdvocacy @namicalifornia @SoniaMDLR @JerryDyerFresno @MiguelArias_D3 @fresnoland Majority of mentally ill who even apply for Social Security disability (and most don't have cognitive abilities to apply) are rejected for $! 🤨 -Michaela
7/ @POTUS @AlexPadilla4CA @GavinNewsom @SoniaMDLR @JerryDyerFresno @MiguelArias_D3 @NAMIAdvocacy @namicalifornia @fresnoland Social Security disability rejects must get attorney to appeal their case at federal level. Process takes yrs. -Michaela

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19 Feb
@taniahlthplce @bmocfresno Great job on covering the importance of free bus fare in Fresno, CA. I'm a 58 yr old unemployed homeless paralegal in Fresno. Sleep in car in long wait for gov apt & benefits after sick, hospital 3 yrs ago. No substance use or crimes. -Michaela /1
@taniahlthplce @bmocfresno 2/ I've used my paralegal education & SF Bay Area law ofc experience in conservatorships to help get homeless off the sts of north Fresno. -Michaela
@taniahlthplce @bmocfresno 3/ The biggest obstacle that they and I have faced is there was NO one to cover bus passes/fare for them. They could not get to vital and essential services that they were entitled to. -Michaela
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16 Feb
@Maxwell4Fresno Hi Tyler, I support free bus rides in @CityofFresno . I'm a former college-educated paralegal who was priced out of my native SF Bay Area. I moved to Fresno 3 yrs ago for cheaper cost of living, and a Social Work degree @Fresno_State . -Michaela /1
2/ @Maxwell4Fresno My plans were derailed by illness, hospital, and long application for benefits & housing. I'm too young for 62 yr old affordable apts (58) and too healthy for transitional programs (no drugs or alcohol). I sleep in my car in 2+ yr wait list. N Fresno.-Michaela
3/ @Maxwell4Fresno In my long healing period, I spent thru my savings and became homeless. I used a variety of Fresno's homeless services for women. They were dangerous, unethical, untrained, exhausting, and abusive. I wouldn't recommend them to any woman. Traumatic.-Michaela
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@POTUS @VP @AlexPadilla4CA @SenFeinstein @DevinNunes @JerryDyerFresno @SoniaMDLR @MiguelArias_D3 @Esmeralda_Soria Mr. President: Pls help Fresno, CA families ASAP. I'm unemployed homeless paralegal,58, sleep in car in Fresno in 2+ yr wait for gov apt. Sick, hospital.-Michaela
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@DaniBergstrom @Maxwell4Fresno @thaddeusmiller I wanted to share with you a very serious problem for Fresno's homeless, most of whom have disabilities like mental illness. Fresno & @FresnoCountyCA do NOT provide them with bus passes to get to appts. -Michaela /1
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@DaniBergstrom @Maxwell4Fresno @thaddeusmiller @FresnoCountyCA @threadreaderapp 2/ County case workers from Behavioral Health, did NOT meet clients needing housing throughout Fresno OR give them bus passes. Clients required to go to meetings every 2 wks with case manager. Case closed for housing if appts missed, including due to transportation prob.-Michaela
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@PressedTinP Hi Mr. Prince, Congratulations on your new job with Santa Clara County and tackling affordable housing there! I moved to Fresno 3 yrs ago for Social Work degree @Fresno_State . Was paralegal at law firms in SCC. -Michaela /1
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3/ @PressedTinP I sleep in my car, as do many others who've been sick. Used to the @MidPenHousing apts to stabilize vulnerable people where I lived and worked in Santa Clara County, I'm committed to those concepts in Fresno, CA. I participate in Zoom housing meetings.-Michaela
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