Cumberland County Schools Struggling with Chronically Absent Students
Three in ten students in Cumberland County Schools are chronically absent, a nagging problem that highlights one of the district’s biggest struggles.
Lawsuit Proceeds After Former Cumberland Deputy Loses Appeal in Killing of Veteran
A sheriff’s deputy shot Adrian Roberts in 2020 while trying to detain him for mental health care. A lawsuit in the matter is ongoing.
Fayetteville’s Office of Community Safety Delivers First Report to City Council
Fayetteville’s Office of Community Safety presented its first report, highlighting youth programs, behavioral health outreach, homelessness response, violence prevention, interagency collaboration, and future priorities for non-enforcement crisis support.
New doctor’s office to bridge gap between primary and behavioral health care
Alliance Health and Cape Fear Valley Health partnered to establish a doctor’s office within the Community Mental Health Clinic at 711 Executive Place with hopes of improving residents with behavioral health disorders’ access to primacy care.
Meet GRIFFITH, the Fayetteville Fire Department’s first crisis response dog
The 2.5-year-old-black Labrador is the Fayetteville Fire Department’s first crisis response dog and will support firefighters’ mental health as they come back from calls.
Children’s mental health is focus of Saturday event in Festival Park
Event will feature one-mile walk for suicide prevention, bike rodeo, cheerleader performances.
Mid-Carolina Regional Council sponsoring peer support specialist training
The Mid-Carolina Regional Council, a coalition of local governments across Cumberland, Harnett and Sampson counties, is sponsoring 15 people who want to be trained as certified peer support specialists.
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SouthLight Fayetteville to provide treatment for residents, by residents
SouthLight is the county’s newest mental health and substance use treatment provider. The nonprofit’s Fayetteville location is staffed by local residents and hopes to increase access to treatment as they care for anyone, with or without insurance.
Community concerns about mental health, but Cumberland has little capacity to address them
More than half the county is concerned about one thing: mental health. So are experts at Cape Fear Valley Health and the National Alliance on Mental Illness. But the county has few resources to address them.
Mental health resources in and around Cumberland County
CityView compiled a list of mental health care resources across Cumberland County and in neighboring areas. This list not a comprehensive list of all the resources available in the county.
A new era of public safety may be on the horizon for Fayetteville
Mental health, public safety and homelessness continue to be a major focus for Fayetteville residents voicing concerns to the Fayetteville City Council.
Council gets more advice on Office of Community Safety
At a special meeting following Monday’s Fayetteville City Council session, officials received more guidance and information about statewide alternative response programs as the city works to build out its Office of Community Safety (OCS).
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