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NAMI Grand Traverse updates board on ARPA-funded services and urges regional mental-health campus
Summary
NAMI Grand Traverse reported ARPA-funded navigation, support groups and school outreach; leaders asked commissioners to support a regional mental-health campus plan (42–52 beds) and said remaining ARPA funds total about $96,042.
Kate Dahlstrom, president of the NAMI Grand Traverse board, and crisis navigator Jesse Perez updated the county on how ARPA funds have supported local mental-health navigation, support groups and school outreach programs. Perez described the navigator role as a "warm line" that connects families and individuals to resources, helps with pickup orders and temporary guardianship processes, and triages crisis calls for referrals to inpatient or residential care when available.
Dahlstrom summarized NAMI’s five core services—support…
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