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There’s an urgency in her efforts to get the word out. Declining federal revenues, a dropping percentage increase in what the state provides, and a caseload swelled by the mentally ill and mentally retarded released from state hospitals in the on-going deinstitutionalization program have pushed the agency into crisis mode.
“Public support and public understanding may be critical,” Mrs. Gorman said.
The support is necessary, Mrs. Gorman said, to ensure that Gov. Gerald Baliles holds firm in his promise to divert $48 million of the state’s surplus to mental health and mental retardation services.
The understanding is necessary, she added, because even with that influx of dollars next year, services may still have to be curtailed. That’s why Mrs. Gorman and the other di
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