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Clinical social worker urges council to fund youth crisis center and expand affirming services
Summary
A licensed clinical social worker told the committee Springfield is experiencing a youth mental-health emergency and urged the city to fund a youth-focused crisis center, expand school-based services and support LGBTQ+ affirming care.
A licensed clinical social worker testified at the Springfield City Council Committee July 8 that the city is in a youth mental-health emergency and urged immediate investment in alternatives to emergency departments for children in crisis.
"We are living in the middle of a mental health emergency," Kelly Brooks told the committee, describing children…
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