July 31, 2025 - Mental Health Association Oklahoma

Statement from CEO, Carrie Blumert, on Recent Executive Order

The Executive Order issued on July 24, 2025 regarding homelessness and mental health treatment includes many directives that cause us concern. Extensive evidence has shown that when we prioritize safe and stable housing—and combine it with voluntary and personalized access to resources and treatment—homelessness can be brief and nonrecurring. Policies that criminalize homelessness only increase […]

Responding to the Executive Order on Homelessness: What the Evidence Really Says

Leave a Comment / Homelessness, Housing, Mental Health News, Uncategorized / Amy Coldren

On July 24, 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order on homelessness and mental health treatment, an action which raises serious concerns for those working on the front lines of housing and mental health. Among the directives are proposals that would expand the involuntary commitment of individuals experiencing homelessness, mental illness, substance use disorder,

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