husband to a beautiful wife, father to 4 wonderful sons, grandfather to 4, work from 5 AM to 5 PM, advocate for the seriously mentally ill the rest of the time.
Joined February 2019
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
Jun 15
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? -Mark 8:36
This is the company that runs my son’s community living home. I have no words for people who profit off of vulnerable mentally ill people.
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
May 15
So let me get this straight, the plan to help the mentally ill is to incentivize de-prescribing but fast track use of psychedelics? While laying the fall out on the backs of the faith community? What am I missing? @SecKennedy
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
Mar 20
I saw a solid biblical counseling group post this on social media to confirm that there are no biomarkers for psychiatric disorders. I agree the DSM is flawed, but please consider that we do not have biomarkers for many ailments such as migraines and autoimmune disorders. Mad in America is a notoriously anti-psychiatry site & implicitly bias against treatment for the severely mentally ill. Please consider. Families living with serious mental illness are isolated from the church and experiencing real suffering.
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
Jaffe’s Ted Talk on serious mental illness advocacy👌 youtu.be/1Eh_Keo5Xjw?si=RUI0…
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
Feb 25
Loved the President’s speech, but Decarlos Brown Jr. wasn’t an illegal immigrant. He was one of our own and here’s how we failed him and his victim.
12 Sep 2025
A THREAD 🧵 HOW DID WE GET HERE?
The day Decarlos Brown Jr. crossed paths with Iryna Zarutska on a NC light rail train ended in tragedy. Minutes later she was dead.
This was not an isolated event. It was the outcome of decades of broken policy on serious mental illness.
The IMD Exclusion is one of the quietest rules in Medicaid law yet it has fueled homelessness, incarceration & tragedy for decades. This thread traces how we got here & why it must end.
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
You can see who has the larger lobby. Definitely not the severely mentally ill. I still remember the rage last year over the fatal stabbing on a light rail in NC by a mentally ill man. This response is not adequate. It’s a start, but we still don’t get it. How much has already been spent on SU “prevention?” We need to prioritize the SMI! @JTLonsdale @dkurtzz
“Kennedy also highlighted new federal funding flowing through SAMHSA as part of its first 2026 block grant allocation, totaling $794 million. Of that amount, $319 million will support comprehensive community mental health services for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance, while $475 million will fund substance use prevention, treatment and recovery programs nationwide, according to the department.”
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
1 Dec 2025
“I, the unkind, ungrateful? Ah, my dear,
I cannot look on thee.”
Love took my hand, and smiling did reply,
“Who made the eyes but I?”
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
30 Sep 2025
1. Valleywise is a contractor. If they cannot meet obligations of contract, then the state should do its due diligence to hold them accountable or find another contractor.
2. See number 1. No one holds them accountable. They make very good money especially on eval centers. Tax payers should expect better, not have to bail them out for a billion dollars.
3. Patient care and treatment of family is declining. The ones who get help have to “know someone” in the mental health inner advocacy circle.
4. AHCCCS refuses to implement patient care surveys. Families of SMI have no voice.
5. Valleywise does not implement laws we have passed or train them on things like Family bill of rights. They are self protective, hide behind HIPPA and lawyers. Nothing changes, they get richer and hold the monopoly on services for Maricopa County.
30 Sep 2025
I’m voting No on Prop. 409, for those who asked. More on why later or just ask me.
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
12 Sep 2025
A THREAD 🧵 HOW DID WE GET HERE?
The day Decarlos Brown Jr. crossed paths with Iryna Zarutska on a NC light rail train ended in tragedy. Minutes later she was dead.
This was not an isolated event. It was the outcome of decades of broken policy on serious mental illness.
The IMD Exclusion is one of the quietest rules in Medicaid law yet it has fueled homelessness, incarceration & tragedy for decades. This thread traces how we got here & why it must end.
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
28 Jul 2025
I continue to read through the Executive Order on homelessness and I continue to be astonisheded at its reasonableness.
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
28 Jul 2025
One of my earlier podcasts on involuntary treatment for the seriously mentally ill. It’s not what you think. deborahgeesling.substack.com…
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
25 Jun 2025
Learn more about the IMD Exclusion & how it hurts the sickest mentally ill. Also see link in comments to informative webinar hosted by @taccommunicate open.substack.com/pub/debora…
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
4 Jun 2025
I was invited to share our story about getting help for our son who lives with schizophrenia on the Center Church Podcast. Here’s Part 1-
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
4 Jun 2025
“We don’t want to shoot the reality that there are people who have schizophrenia off into the sun for the convenience of maintaining a false understanding of the sufficiency of scripture. Scripture is sufficient & schizophrenia is real.” -Rich Richardson open.spotify.com/episode/7vB…
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
18 Feb 2025
OVERWHELMED: Autistic patients say conditions at our Arizona State Hospital are making them worse |
Important local investigative journalism by @amysilvermanaz & @AthenaAnkrah
@kjzzphoenix #SupportPublicRadio #accountability kjzz.org/the-show/2025-02-18…
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
6 Feb 2025
To be voted in a consent agenda…where’s the transparency? Explains why parents are choosing academic-focused options!
📢PHX UHSD to become comprehensive mental and health care clinic center under new partnership with tech startup, Golden Health Initiative - plans to roll out model nationwide:
📂Despite research showing hybrid school/mental health care model does not improve academic outcomes and may lead to more children on psychotropic medications,...
PXU Board plans to vote TODAY on consent agenda item (with no public hearing or discussion) to partner with tech startup Golden Health Initiative that may fundamentally transform PHXUSD from a traditional school district to a "health care clinic with school attached?"
▶️Plan to develop a "comprehensive school health system" with health centers on school campus -
▶️School to rent space for use as clinics - as many as 34 clinics on campus - or GHI will sell up to 34 clinics to district for $186,120
▶️Price includes products to operate clinic, including diagnostics such as labs, EKGs, ultrasound, pre-natal care equipment, and GHI to train PHX staff how to operate clinics
▶️"provides whole person care for the student and the family, including physical health, mental health, behavioral health and support"
▶️School-based health centers (SBHC) will be experimental model - and model and data to be published with universities and the state, to be "roadmap for replicating model nationally"
▶️Data and research publications from program to be shared with ASU and Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)
▶️"GHI's objective is to utilize the data [on children's health and mental care treatment] to continuously improve, integrating the best available technologies to provide best in class, comprehensive health care for students, families, faculty and staff."
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
30 Nov 2024
Sam Dingman with KJZZ (NPR) Phoenix interviewed my husband @GeeslingMatthew & myself. He captured more than cowboy fastdraw. My husband is candid about his past, faith, & we touch on our work at @P82home. Well done piece.
kjzz.org/show/kjzzs-the-show…
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
27 Jan 2025
I’ve lost some advocacy acquaintances over being a Trump supporter, well just being conservative in general. There’s a lot of TDS that’s honestly side lined the Federal work. Zero critique of Biden admin. That’s to our detriment. I learned today that CMS under Biden has cut funding for things like nighttime staff in group homes for SMI. Pretty sure there’s more. Time to come together please for sake of this cause.
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Matthew Geesling retweeted
27 Jan 2025
Interesting that these cuts to group home payments happened in October. Why? 🤔
27 Jan 2025
I’ve lost some advocacy acquaintances over being a Trump supporter, well just being conservative in general. There’s a lot of TDS that’s honestly side lined the Federal work. Zero critique of Biden admin. That’s to our detriment. I learned today that CMS under Biden has cut funding for things like nighttime staff in group homes for SMI. Pretty sure there’s more. Time to come together please for sake of this cause.
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