Colorado faces mental health bed shortage

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A significant number of patients came from outside its service area and many had drug or alcohol issues. Now patients with a mental health crisis can go to NCMC's emergency room where they will be assessed, … Larimer County also has Touchstone …
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Port St. Lucie transitional housing issue could take center stage in legislature

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City Council has agreed to lobby state legislators in March to help amend or reform a federal law that allows drug and alcohol rehab treatment centers to build transition homes for recovering addicts in single-family residential neighborhoods. The …
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Community groups partner with county on mental health services

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Family Support Center, 403 N. High St., Chippewa Falls; 715-833-1138; familysupportcenterfc.com. Private insurance, Medical Assistance and BadgerCare … “A high percentage of youth in juvenile delinquency had mental health and drug and alcohol-related …
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