WARNING: This story mentions suicide.

Two months after Jeremiah Dixon and his family spoke out about a mental health crisis that led to hospital staff sending him to a Halifax homeless shelter, the 19-year-old has been approved for disability funding that will allow him to move into his own apartment with one-on-one support. 

His mother says the decision is a “huge relief,” but it also took years of advocacy, letters from doctors, support from community organizations and speaking publicly about …