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Crow Wing County: Tackling community problems in new way [brainerddispatch.com]

Alicia Doktor 6/13/183:04 PM

Crow Wing County officials are taking a new tact in dealing with issues such as suicide, juvenile offenses and dropout rates by partnering with Bridges of Hope for a "self-healing community."

The idea is to "engage the public, inspire innovation, support peer helping and ease the daily stress burden of parents to promote change so that together communities can better protect and nurture the next generation."

"We actually were the instigators of this whole idea," Community Services Director Kara Terry said of the early stages of the collaboration—a first for the Brainerd lakes area community.

[For more on this story by Frank Lee, go to https://www.brainerddispatch.c...ity-problems-new-way]

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