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Residents and Guardian ad Litem urge county to prioritize children’s mental‑health and poor road conditions
Summary
During the informal public‑comment period, a guardian ad litem and a district administrator urged the county to use settlement funds and prioritization to expand mental‑health, developmental and emergency services for children in custody; another speaker detailed hazards and damaged culverts on Valley Trail and Willie Ray Road and asked the board
Several residents and child‑advocacy professionals used the informal public‑comment period at the April 21 Burke County commissioners meeting to press the county on child welfare and road safety.
Kelly Pearson, a guardian ad litem and adoptive parent, asked the board to consider settlement funds for expanded mental‑health services for children with intellectual and developmental delays and for child‑focused emergency psychiatric care. Pearson said current resources are overwhelmed and that crisis care is often reduced to “the ER hallway at Grace…
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