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By Kate Elizabeth Queram, Route Fifty, November 18, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated existing trauma and mental-health issues in vulnerable populations across the country. But the ubiquity of those issues—and the spotlight trained on them as communities continue to recover from the pandemic—presents a unique opportunity to implement new solutions to address them, municipal leaders said Wednesday at the National League of Cities Virtual City Summit.
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