Mental Health Care a Community Problem; Private, Public Agencies Will Have to Work Together to Prevent System Failure

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County supervisors have staved off chaos by agreeing to subsidize inpatient services provided by the Gannon Center for Community Mental Health. But this is a temporary solution to a broad community problem. It will require the attention of several agencies - public and private - to fix it.

No doubt, the Gannon Center is in crisis. The agency has lost dozens of employees (both voluntarily and involuntarily) over the last year and a half. Financial problems led the center to announce it would discontinue inpatient care. That's when the county had to step in. The Gannon Center plays a vital role in this community and taxpayers have a stake in its operation. An audit of the Gannon Center's finances is in order.

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Mental Health Care a Community Problem; Private, Public Agencies Will Have to Work Together to Prevent System Failure

Though it is a private, non-profit agency, the center relies heavily on taxpayer money - coun...

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