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Why small communities address individual crises but not systemic gaps

My rural church community rallies around families facing medical bankruptcy but stays silent about the lack of mental health services that everyone knows we need.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Close-knit networks may excel at emergency response while avoiding problems that implicate broader systems.

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