Description: Shelter operators sue Mental Health Department to take responsibility for mentally ill homeless people. Ray Flynn, Richard Ring, Henry Tomes. Homeless people lie near heat vent outside BPL, line up for food.
Description: Dangerous lead level detected in drinking water in Boston schools. Pediatrician explains why this is a threat to children. Young children playing indoors and outdoors. Laval Wilson
Description: Newly appointed mental health commissioner Henry Tomes addresses need for funding and proclaims his commitment to improving services. Lobbyists wary of budget priorities in legislature.
Description: Mental health advocates try to regain crisis care funding which they say Dukakis administration has withdrawn. Frank Keefe defends budget "reversions" in mental health services.
Description: Community mental health services are jeopardized by state budget cuts. Boston administrator Gerry Morrissey pleads for $$$ for the many patients who will suffer. Beds in night shelter for mentally ill.