Dubuque resident Debi Butler, founder of Brain Health Now, and Peter Supple, the Community Foundation's economic development coordinator, join us for this episode of Rethinking Rural to discuss how Dubuque is removing the stigma around brain health and increasing access to services.

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Learn more about brain health access work in the Dubuque region, get involved, or care for the well-being of yourself or someone else.

Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque Brain Health Access Initiative Partners:

• Brain Health Now
• Crescent Community Health Center Brain Health Clinic
• East Central Region
• Hillcrest Family Services — Counseling
• Mental Health America of Dubuque County
• MercyOne
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Dubuque
• Unity Point Health

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