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What we heard at our community mental health seminar

By Renee Alston ·

Residents named stigma, cost, and wait times as the biggest barriers to care — and helped us reshape our referral process.

We opened the room and asked one question: what makes it hard to get help? The answers were practical. Cost. Transportation. Not knowing who to call.

In response, our navigators now maintain a live list of clinicians accepting new Medicaid patients across the metro area, updated monthly.

Wellness circles continue on the first Thursday of each month and are open to anyone, with no registration required.

This article is demonstration content created for the Communities In Action platform.