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PA Mental Health Workers Optimistic After $43 Million Increase for County Programs

By Brett Sholtis | WITF
Published July 18, 2022 at 7:01 AM EDT

County mental health departments are getting a big boost under the state’s new budget. WITF’s Brett Sholtis reports on the $43 million increase.

Read the full story at: https://www.witf.org/2022/07/14/pennsylvania-mental-health-advocates-applaud-funding-boost-in-new-budget-deal/

(Original air-date: 7/18/22)
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Brett Sholtis | WITF
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.
See stories by Brett Sholtis | WITF