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Catawba Community Health details demand for mental-health services and asks county to maintain support
Summary
Catawba Community Health presented detailed operational metrics and requested continued county support for hospital bed days, mobile crisis and rental-assistance programs; leaders said local demand is high and that staff help divert people from hospitals and jails.
Tamara Edrington, executive director of Catawba Community Health, briefed council on the agency's mental-health caseload, mobile crisis responses and housing supports and asked the county to sustain or increase FY2026 funding for indigent hospital bed days, mobile crisis capacity and rental assistance.
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