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ACT plans to map mental health resources in Austin
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Neighborhood-focused research now underway By SAM TUCKER Contributing Reporter
Austin Coming Together is in the beginning stages of creating a neighborhood-wide strategy on expanding mental health resources in Austin. ACT, with the Black Researchers Collective, aims to create an authentic mental-health resource map in Austin, and a comprehensive action plan to expand access to mental health resources in the community. “What they’re really looking for is to lay out the assets and needs in the community. So, figuring out – through focus groups with residents – what are the big mental health needs that people are experiencing?” said Grace Cooper, the lead organizer at Austin Coming Together. “Then with the assets, what service providers are available in the neighborhood? What services are they providing? And not only just that, but how accessible are they?” See MENTAL HEALTH on page 10
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Students and teachers at the Carole Robertson Center for Learning march for peace, in memory of the four young girls who died in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama on Sept. 15, 1963. The school is named for one of the victims.
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