MENTAL healthcare is broken, so broken...

They way we handle mental health as a society is broken and not one single person can fix it.... but together we can turn a new direction. 
Please see my views of the current system below.
1. We have failed to support the staff at the State hospital in Yankton. We have physical bed space open but we choose not to fund the operations sufficiently to provide beds for those who are in crisis.
2. JFK started a process in the 1960s that began the downfall of central mental healthcare; intending to move from state run operations to community provided care. This community provided care has failed to launch at sufficient levels. We need to rebuild the support that has been eroded since then. 
3. When our neighbors are starting to struggle, government stays hands off. Only once people commit a crime does law enforcement have a path to intervein.  Often this leaves a person trying not only to get mental health treatment but also fighting a criminal wrap sheet. In my opinion, this is a step too late.