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Advocacy Issues
State Budget Cuts
Bridging Services on the County Chopping
Block
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Wake County Inner City Mental Health Clinic my
be forced to close click here
RHD's Varsity Crest Program facing funding
challenges click here
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A related story from the News Herald ... Burke County
Sheriff's Deputy Jason Taylor sits in the hallway of the
emergency room at Grace Hospital on Tuesday as the
department's round-the-clock observation of an involuntary
commitment patient extends past its sixth day. Sheriff John
McDevitt said the department is statutorally bound to keep a
deputy with the patient until she is admitted to a mental
health facility. The six-day wait places a strain on both the
patient and department, McDevitt said. This wait has been
one of the longest the department has experienced.
To view full newspaper article click here
Julie N. Chang | The News Herald
Published August 10, 2009
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