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Burke County seeks $6.5M for 16‑bed crisis stabilization center to reduce ED boarding
Summary
County staff presented a scope of need and plans to draw $6.5 million (Partners $3.5M and $3.0M from the state) to build a 16‑bed, 24‑hour facility-based crisis stabilization center aimed at reducing ED boarding and shortening EMS and law‑enforcement transports; planners estimate a 1.5–2 year timeline.
Dr. Katie Samuels, who presented the treatment-center planning material, said Burke County has submitted an expanded scope of work to draw down roughly $6.5 million to develop a facility-based crisis stabilization center. She told the group Partners have committed about $3.5 million and the county is seeking approximately $3.0 million from the state to cover the remainder of the projected funding.
Samules said the proposed facility — described to commissioners as a 16‑bed, 24‑hour stabilization center — would provide medical and psychiatric assessment, withdrawal…
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