This story was co-published by NC Health News and The Charlotte Ledger. In 2020, Charlotte businessman Michael Estramonte set out to build a nonprofit treatment center to create more space for kids in mental health crisis. The idea quickly won support from state and local lawmakers. Since 2023, the Katie Blessing Center has secured more than […]

(The Center Square) – Groundbreaking on Georgia's first state mental health hospital since the 1960s is planned for November, and it will be operational in 30 months.