For-profit companies are setting up group homes that deliver mental health services yet craft their delivery in such a way that they avoid state and federal regulation. Several such homes are operating just a handful of miles from where I live, run by a company named Hanbleceya. The Seattle Times newspaper has done a couple of detailed stories on them — one on how Hanbleceya operates and one on their mistreatment of a resident — and also shared a red flag-raising quote from Ron Honberg, the director for policy and legal affairs for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. “There has been a proliferation across the country of a new breed of unregulated boarding homes that provide long-term mental-health treatment… these homes often are operated by staffers who have little training or education in mental health, “ Honberg said.Continue Reading