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More mental health services coming to WNC

Posted on July 25, 2022July 18, 2022 by Jessica Wakeman

Buncombe County is one of the 91 counties the Office of Rural Health has designated as experiencing a behavioral health professional shortage. In fact, the 2022 departmental map designates all 16 counties of Western North Carolina as experiencing a shortage.

From NC Health News: Tackling NC’s rural provider shortage, one residency slot at a time

Posted on June 13, 2021June 14, 2021 by Xpress Contributor

As Bryan Hodge, director of rural initiatives at the Asheville-based Mountain Area Health Education Center sees it, rural communities often lack the staff and financial resources to establish and sustain residency programs.

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