For more than a year, WPTV has tracked a mental health crisis in Palm Beach County, showing how resources have dwindled while demand grows. Now, officials working to address those needs have made significant progress over the past year.
Palm Beach County leadership started sounding the alarm in November 2024 when JFK North Hospital ended its Baker Act program for kids under 13, leaving no place in Palm Beach County for the youngest patients in crisis.
In January 2025, the Palm Beach County Commission voted unanimously to spend $10 million to help build a comprehensive mental health facility providing crisis care and other help for people of all ages…