The Fresno Center s community garden in Sanger serves 100 people.
It’s been 40 years since Dr. Ghia Xiong lived and farmed in Laos, but he says this seven acre community garden in Sanger always reminds him of his childhood.
“Going to the farm with my parents and seeing how beautiful it is and then being able to come to this garden just takes me back home like that,” he says.
Xiong says being here out in the open provides a sense of peace.
“The plants, the corn, the lemongrass here tells you where the wind flows,” he says.
Xiong is director of the Living Well Center at The Fresno Center and has developed mental health and wellness programs for more than 20 years, including prevention and early intervention services like this garden.
Managing mental health and substance abuse through COVID-19 Nicole Pasia | May 12, 2021
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At the Virginia State of Reform Health Policy Conference, behavioral health professionals and state legislators discussed the effects of COVID-19 on mental health and substance abuse, and how the state can better provide care services coming out of the pandemic.
The conversation featured Del. Rod Willett, member of the House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee, Alison Land, the Department of Behavioral Health and Development Services Commissioner, Bethany Teachman, professor and director of Clinical Training at the University of Virginia and Kevin Roy, Chief Public Policy Officer at Shatterproof.
Gov. Kemp signs $27.3B state budget, will block police raises
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp during recorded address April 7, 2021.
ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday signed a 2022 Georgia state budget that restores some money to K-12 education, increases some mental health funding, and pays nursing home operators more.
However, the Republican governor is telling agencies not to increase salaries for some state troopers and game wardens by creating new ranks, saying it would create inequity with other law enforcement personnel.
The plan spends $27.3 billion in state money and $22.5 billion in federal and other money in the year starting July 1, for total spending of nearly $50 billion.