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Committee member says ARPA funds redirected from planned mental-health facility to infrastructure project
Summary
A committee member said Forsyth County redirected roughly $30 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds originally earmarked for a crisis stabilization mental-health unit to a water and sewer return-flow project, citing financing and noting the state's separate plans for a large facility.
A committee member said Forsyth County decided to use American Rescue Plan Act funds to pay for a water and sewer return-flow infrastructure project instead of funding a county-built crisis stabilization mental-health facility.
The committee member said the choice was an economic and financing decision, not a judgment about local need: “the decision was not made ... whether the need was there or not,” and the board instead chose to allocate about $30 million in ARPA dollars to the…
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