The state cannot stand by and say they have fiscal guardrails for a rainy day," he added. “Someone needs to get a new forecaster for our state leadership. They need to know it’s raining. It’s raining in the halls of DMHAS, it’s raining in the halls of DCF and other state facilities where healthcare workers are sacrificing their lives every day for those less fortunate than us."
- Pastor Samuel Saylor, Hartford Courant 10/17/24
This is a 24-hour facility and patients’ needs don’t stop just because there is a shift change,
- Tyler Kimball, Hartford Courant 10/17/24
Do you think it’s right that they are balancing the budget on the backs of our patients and workers? This is not acceptable.
Rebecca Simonsen, Hartford Courant 10/17/24
“I just don’t know what I’m coming into — that’s what’s scary,” White said. “I want to go home in one piece.
Sharon White, CT Mirror 10/17/24
It’s really ironic that I work for the Department of Mental Health but they don’t manage their workforce with a consideration for mental health. There’s no emotional intelligence from them. They’re kind of making a staff to patient pipeline.”
- Tyler Kimball, CT Mirror 10/17/24
It's very difficult to continuously show up with a hopeful outlook when you know you don't have the support that you need. What keeps driving me to do it is that I know I'm not alone in it,
Tyler Kimball, CT Insider 10/22/24
We know we've always had the resources to be able to fund our services. And now you know there's a new excuse, the fiscal guardrails, and so it's really a manufactured crisis.”
- Rebecca Simonsen, CTPost 10/22/24
Some Additional Great Member Quotes below ;
Stop roadblocking us and give us what we need. We want staffing, we want money, and we want it now!
Saleena White 10/17/24
“The staffing issues are so important to all of us so we can all make it home to our families.”
Tamika James 10/17/24
