Our primary goal here at Advocates for Mental Health is to help those who fall through the cracks of the public social safety nets. Often, long-term solutions designed to eliminate poverty through traditional social services such as social security, subsidized housing, food stamps, VA benefits, etc. fail to address immediate needs. Consider those who have lost their jobs or become disabled. What aid exists for them when the electrical bill comes due? When the medication they need to live comes at the cost of all the money they saved for rent? Who will help them? We take seriously the words of the gospel: “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” (Matt 25:40)