In Fairbanks FMH does indeed have short-term acute care treatment but when you write, "Ensuring that people have access to mental health and addiction treatment, stable housing and employment opportunities is critical and is clearly the most effective way to support people in their recovery." and "others just need better access to the right services in their community" you state the problem correctly.

A person who only has Medicaid or Medicare will find not much in the way of access to any of the stability, treatment or opportunities you mention, just a 72 hour hold and then out the door they go!

The mental health trust is failing the people and given our current wing-nut anti-government thinking in the USA and Alaska does anyone think we will improve the situation?