EB4Strong Due Process Matters

10/08/2026

The road may be long, but we keep moving forward. 🤍

10/01/2026

We celebrate young athletes for being tough, getting back up, and pushing through.

But what happens when the injury is something we cannot see?

Concussions and repeated blows to the head can affect a developing brain. Changes in thinking, emotions, memory, behavior, and mental health deserve attention, understanding, and proper evaluation.

As parents, coaches, schools, medical professionals, and communities, we need to start asking better questions.

What happened before the behavior changed?

Was there a history of concussions or head injuries?

Were the warning signs recognized?

Was the right help provided early enough?

Brain health matters.

Early intervention matters.

And understanding what happened before may help change what happens next.

This is bigger than one person or one family. It is about protecting our kids, recognizing the signs, asking the right questions, and making sure brain injuries are taken seriously.

Sometimes accountability begins with understanding.

09/30/2026

Not every step forward happens publicly.

Some days are for asking questions. Some are for listening, documenting, and making sure the important questions do not get lost.

EB4 Strong will continue standing for brain health, mental health, due process, early intervention, and accountability.

One day at a time. One step at a time.

09/27/2026

Earlier this month, HHS announced $383.4 million dollars in behavioral health grants to strengthen treatment, prevention and crisis response nationwide.

If this is the direction we’re going as a nation, then we also need to ask how those principles reach people who are already inside our county jails.

What happens when serious mental illness and competency concerns intersect with the criminal justice system?

Who is responsible for making sure treatment continues?

How do we make sure people receive appropriate care, rather than simply being contained?

Treatment matters.

Continuity of care matters.

Mental health matters.

Due process matters.

Advocacy isn’t just pointing out problems. It’s also about asking how resources and reforms translate into meaningful change for the people who need them.

Accountability. Advocacy. Documentation. Reform.

HHS announced on 988 Day that the agency has awarded $383.4 million in grants.

09/26/2026

We are listening to families across Arizona who are asking the same important question:

How do we intervene earlier?

Their circumstances may be very different, but the question belongs to all of us.

We cannot only ask what happens after violence.

We also have to ask what happened before.

What warning signs were present before the crisis? What information was already known? Were there opportunities to intervene? Were the right services available? Were agencies communicating with one another? And when something was known, was anything done with that information?

Schools, mental health providers, families, law enforcement, courts, and correctional systems cannot operate as separate islands.

Those questions matter.

Because prevention is not simply responding after tragedy. It is having the courage to look backward, understand what led us there, identify where systems failed or succeeded, and use what we learn to prevent the next crisis.

Public safety matters.

Mental health matters.

Accountability matters.

Due process matters.

Documentation matters.

And sometimes the most important question we can ask is:

What happened before?

Accountability • Advocacy • Documentation • Reform

09/24/2026

Due process is not about asking for special treatment. It is about making sure the process continues to be reviewed as circumstances change.

Elliot has remained in pretrial detention for more than three years. During that time, there have been repeated competency proceedings, hospitalization, court ordered mental health treatment, and continuing concerns about his ability to meaningfully participate in his case.

When circumstances change this significantly, should pretrial release conditions be meaningfully reviewed too?

We believe questions like this deserve thoughtful review, transparency, and accountability.

Mental health matters. Due process matters. Fair process matters.

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09/22/2026

HOW LONG CAN SOMEONE SIT IN COUNTY JAIL WHILE SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH AND COMPETENCY QUESTIONS REMAIN?

My son Elliot has now spent more than three and a half years in county jail while his case remains pending.

During that time, our family has continued to ask questions, document concerns, and advocate for appropriate mental health care, continuity of care, competency protections, and due process.

This is bigger than one family.

When someone moves between a hospital, mental health housing, and another jail facility, who makes sure treatment and critical information follow them?

Who makes sure competency concerns do not get lost between systems?

And when gaps are identified, who is responsible for fixing them?

EB4 Strong is about identifying those gaps, demanding accountability, and advocating for meaningful reform.

No person should disappear between systems, and no family should be left wondering who is responsible.

Accountability • Advocacy • Documentation • Reform

09/19/2026

One simple request please pray for my son, Elliot. 🙏💙

Through everything, I continue to stand in faith, advocate for my son, and believe in the power of prayer.

Behind every case number is a human being. A son. A family. A life that matters.

Sometimes, you simply live on a prayer.

Please keep Elliot in yours. 🙏💙

09/16/2026

When families raise serious concerns about mental health care, pretrial detention, and due process, oversight cannot just be a word on paper it has to lead to real action.

Documentation, transparency, and independent review are essential to ensuring that safeguards like competency evaluation and restoration are properly upheld.

We continue to ask the critical questions: When concerns are reported, who ensures they are investigated and resolved? Families deserve clear answers and meaningful accountability.

09/13/2026

This is why EB4 matters.
Our family has lived through the gaps that can happen when serious mental-health needs and the criminal justice system collide. Elliot’s experience is one of the reasons I continue to speak up about due process, accountability, and better mental-health care in our jails.

I’m grateful Rep. Consuelo Hernandez is working with families and pushing these issues forward. I hope families with lived experience continue to have a real voice in the reforms ahead. 💙