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Katie Blessing Center
Coverage of Katie Blessing Center in the Nexus archive.
- As political giving mounted, lawmakers backed mental health center
Charlotte businessman Michael Estramonte secured $35.2 million in state funding for the Katie Blessing Center, a pediatric mental health facility, amid allegations that he and his associates contributed nearly $1 million to political campaigns of lawmakers who supported the project. A campaign finance watchdog filed a complaint alleging potential violations in donor records, which Estramonte denies.
- NC's first pediatric behavioral health care facility to open soon in Mecklenburg County
North Carolina's first pediatric behavioral health care facility, the Katie Blessing Center, is set to open in Mecklenburg County by early 2027. Local and state leaders marked a construction milestone for the facility, which will be the state's largest of its kind.