Storytelling: Abandoning Our Mentally Ill: 64-NPOY-WentK-36

Landlord Dawn Powell, far left, is handed money to buy supplies for tenants at their Milwaukee home, January 31, 2006. Both Susan, center left, and Bessie, right, were patients at the mental hospital as a result of their chronic mental illness. Although both women have caseworkers, their lifes really are in the hands of the landlord, who is supposed to provide shelter and food.

Landlord Dawn Powell, far left, is handed money to buy supplies for tenants at their Milwaukee home, January 31, 2006. Both Susan, center left, and Bessie, right, were patients at the mental hospital as a result of their chronic mental illness. Although both women have caseworkers, their lifes really are in the hands of the landlord, who is supposed to provide shelter and food.