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Burke County accepts 2025 community health assessment; homelessness, substance use and mental health top priorities
Summary
The Board accepted the 2025 Burke County Community Health Assessment after a presentation by public health educator Miranda Smith. The CHA identified affordable housing/homelessness, substance use disorder and mental health as the county’s top priorities and proposed a 2026 Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP).
Burke County commissioners voted Nov. 17 to accept the county’s 2025 Community Health Assessment (CHA), which identifies affordable housing and homelessness, substance use disorder and mental health as the county’s top public‑health priorities.
Public health educator Miranda Smith described the CHA process: primary data collection by survey (492 resident responses between April and June 2024), secondary…
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