North Country Forum
Dr. Carney’s most recent posts are to be found here. He is in the process of compiling a complete archive of all articles he has written since his retirement from professional social work practice in 2010. All his blogs have as their focus issues pertaining to social justice; are generally placed in their historical context; and, ultimately, are subjected to in-depth analyses whose aim is to promote a full understanding of the issues being addressed.
“You Can’t Go Home Again: New York’s Medicaid Health Homes”
Shortly after I posted a two-part blog on this site back in February about New York’s just-approved Medicaid Health Homes, I got this crazy, ultimately grandiose idea to talk to the case managers and clients I had worked with for years as director of a New York City case management program. Most of them were still with the program and I believed we still had a good connection with one another. Given all the changes they would soon be subjected to, I thought it might be helpful if they got a view of the prospective impact of those changes from the perspective of an advocate and critic of the public mental health system. This a story about...