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County Commissioners’ Association Calls for More Mental Health Funding in State Budget

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As state budget talks continue, the group that represents county commissioners says there is an urgent need for more mental health funding. Transforming Health’s Brett Sholtis reports, it’s a familiar request – but this year things are a bit different.

(Original air-date: 2/16/22)

Brett Sholtis is a health reporter for WITF/Transforming Health. Sholtis is the 2021-2022 Reveal Benjamin von Sternenfels Rosenthal Grantee for Mental Health Investigative Journalism with the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. His award-winning work on problem areas in mental health policy and policing helped to get a woman moved from a county jail to a psychiatric facility. Sholtis is a University of Pittsburgh graduate and a Pennsylvania Army National Guard Kosovo campaign veteran.