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Coastal Empire mental‑health center reports loss of federal grant, asks county for partial replacement funding
Summary
Coastal Empire Community Mental Health Center told the finance committee it lost a $225,000 federal SAMHSA ARPA grant and asked Beaufort County to consider a $112,500 contribution to replace half of the revoked funding so mobile crisis and school‑based services can continue.
Representatives of Coastal Empire Community Mental Health Center told the finance committee they lost a federal grant and asked for county help to replace part of the funding so they can sustain mobile crisis, school‑based and community outpatient services in Beaufort County.
A presenter for the center explained that the agency — which now operates under the newly renamed Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (the presentation referred to it as the Office of Mental Health within the new structure) — is the county’s largest provider of outpatient mental‑health services. The center said it operates two Beaufort County offices (Beaufort…
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