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Commissioners accept 2025 Burke County Community Health Assessment; housing, substance use and mental health top priorities
Summary
Burke County commissioners accepted the 2025 Community Health Assessment, which collected 492 resident responses and identified affordable housing/homelessness, substance use disorder, and mental health as the top health priorities; next steps include a 2026 Community Health Improvement Plan.
Burke County’s public health educator, Miranda Smith, presented the county’s 2025 Community Health Assessment (CHA) on Nov. 17 and the Board of Commissioners voted to accept the report.
Smith said primary data collection ran from April to June 2024 and included 492 resident survey responses, focus groups (cultural diversity, people experiencing homelessness, and faith-based…
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