I actually passed the NETWORK number around to staff today.  One of the points I made in yesterday's meeting is that the conservative politicians in Billings, MT, by far the largest city in Montana and very conservative, were going to have a lot of explaining to do when their streets were suddenly full of homeless mentally ill the Community Mental Health Centers used to be able to provide for.  Tax payers have a big decision to make with the mentally ill and the drug addicted:  You can pay big money to keep them all in detention of some sort, or let us in Community Mental Health do our work for much much cheaper bed rates.

The whole thing irritates me no end because it is opting for inefficiency over efficiency...not to mention, it's not at all Christian.