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Nov. 1, 2021Maryville, Mo. |  By: Jeremy Werner

Organization pushing for mental health programs

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MARYVILLE, Mo. - After a joint October meeting with Worth, Atchison, Nodaway, Holt and Gentry Counties, members of The Fourth Circuit Leadership Team on Mental Health and Criminal Justice are hopeful for the passage of new mental health first responders programs.

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Associate Circuit Judge Robert Rice says the first phase of the grant addresses crisis intervention, alternative treatment court programs, transportation to services, and the urgent lack of local mental health resources to meet the public’s needs.

The second phase sustains the success of the first phase.