Cemetery Community (disabled Preservation Project art group), state, Kentucky Archeology Survey Maine Cemetery Former patient, state Campaign to raise $50,000 to Project agency (DHHS), private design & install memorial. agency (AMISTAD) $10,000 donation from Elsie & William Viles Foundation (local charitable foundation). Massachusetts Danvers State Former patients, MH Deegan’s org. got a of Memorial Committee activist Pat Deegan & $58,000 from Center for (Pat Deegan), her National Mental Health Services for a Medfield State Empowerment Center, study of the history of Hospital Cemetery DMH personnel consumer/survivors in the Restoration mental health system. Committee, Medfield received some Westborough State monies” from “appropriated Hospital Cemetery an unspecified source. Project Westborough reported funds were available after closure of hospital. Minnesota "Remembering with Dakota County $950,000 in state funds Dignity" Project, Historical Society, (through 2008) for Anoka Metro NAMI of SW Remembering with Dignity Regional Treatment Minnesota, State of project and to State Center Auxiliary, Minnesota, former Historical Society Rochester State employees, local Hospital Cemetery Representative, Recognition Group Change “Advocating Together” a St. Paul – nonprofit Nebraska Adams County Not clear Historical Society, Nebraska DHHS, Nevada Friends of Northern Nevada Mental Health Not clear, although city and Nevada Adult & Development state have cooperated with Mental Health Services restoring cemetery from Services Cemetery previous incarnation as a children’s playground New Jersey President of State Attempts to get NJ Senate (Richard government to pay for work; Codey), Historian of and/or allow inmates from Evergreen Cemetery Department of Corrections to (before his death) help clean up.
Cemetery Preservation Project Community (disabled art group), state, Kentucky Archeology Survey Maine Cemetery Project Former patient, state agency (DHHS), private agency (AMISTAD) Campaign to raise $50,000 to design & install memorial. $10,000 donation from Elsie & William Viles Foundation (local charitable foundation). Massachusetts Danvers State Memorial Committee (Pat Deegan), Medfield State Hospital Cemetery Restoration Committee, Westborough State Hospital Cemetery Project Former patients, MH activist Pat Deegan & her National Empowerment Center, DMH personnel Deegan’s org. got a of $58,000 from Center for Mental Health Services for a study of the history of consumer/survivors in the mental health system. Medfield received some “appropriated monies” from an unspecified source. Westborough reported funds were available after closure of hospital. Minnesota "Remembering with Dignity" Project, Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center Auxiliary, Rochester State Hospital Cemetery Recognition Group Dakota County Historical Society, NAMI of SW Minnesota, State of Minnesota, former employees, local Representative, “Advocating Change Together” – a St. Paul nonprofit $950,000 in state funds (through 2008) for Remembering with Dignity project and to State Historical Society Nebraska Adams County Historical Society, Nebraska DHHS, Not clear Nevada Friends of Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services Cemetery Nevada Mental Health & Development Services Not clear, although city and state have cooperated with restoring cemetery from previous incarnation as a children’s playground New Jersey President of State Senate (Richard Codey), Historian of Evergreen Cemetery (before his death) Attempts to get NJ government to pay for work; and/or allow inmates from Department of Corrections to help clean up.
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