
Natalie Eilbert
Mental Health Reporter at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
journalist and poet; statewide mental health reporter for @journalsentinel; Overland, now out from @CopperCanyonPrs; she/hers 🌈
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1 day ago |
jsonline.com | Natalie Eilbert
A bill introduced in Congress this month would end the disparity in how long-term disability insurance carriers treat physical conditions and mental conditions or substance abuse disorders. Today, jobs with long-term disability benefits typically provide insurance coverage for physical ailments until retirement age.
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1 week ago |
sheboyganpress.com | Natalie Eilbert
Gun violence is the leading cause of death for young people in Wisconsin and nationwideSchool shootings, lockdowns due to shooting threats or fears, and rising gun violence have led to desensitizationIzzy Grob Polewski was waiting for their dad to pick them up after school when two cars sped by. One car backed up, passing them again — and someone within the car started shooting. Polewski was 15 at the time. The shooter emptied the clip at Polewski before driving off.
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1 week ago |
jsonline.com | Natalie Eilbert
As the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline approaches its third full year of operation, the Trump administration has announced plans to shutter the specialized crisis line for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults in the next 30 days. Since the LGBTQ+ youth line launched in September 2022, it's received more than 1.2 million crisis contacts nationally, accounting for nearly 1% of all crisis contacts.
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1 week ago |
jsonline.com | Natalie Eilbert
He believed the State of Texas was putting him to death to wash its hands of a vast conspiracy with Satan to cover up a pedophile ring. He believed it was to silence him from preaching the Gospel to his fellow death row inmates and anyone else who would listen. That Scott Panetti fatally shot his second wife's parents in September 1992 and took her and their 3-year-old daughter hostage for a night didn't register with him as the reason behind his sentence.
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2 weeks ago |
wisconsinrapidstribune.com | Natalie Eilbert
Wisconsin's Joint Finance Committee cut $10 million in funding for school-based mental health services over two years. The cut reduces the total state funding for these services to $20 million annually, down from $25 million the previous biennium. State Superintendent Jill Underly criticized the decision, while Republican committee members defended it as fiscally responsible.
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Wisconsin Republicans cut $10 million from school-based mental health services Thursday night. The funding cuts have sent staff at DPI scrambling to figure out what this will mean over the next two years. My latest: https://t.co/bEPUGpiDa2

RT @jessieopie: People agree change is needed in mental health services. Partisan gridlock stalls progress. https://t.co/Ay3TXHr94m via @na…

Wisconsin advocates know what bills are needed to push for stronger mental health care in Wisconsin. But that will require lawmakers to work across party lines. Will that happen? https://t.co/QCk9bPnQ3C