A Palm Beach County social justice organization is part of a growing network dedicated to improving access to mental health services.

PEACE members are focused on community issues including the county’s teams of medical professionals and social workers who step in when severely mentally ill people are in crisis.

The faith-based organization contends that the teams are severely understaffed.

Last week, about 300 members of PEACE heard from state and county leaders who said they share their goal.

“I think our biggest takeaway is that we have people in Palm Beach County on all levels wanting to address this,” PEACE associate organizer Megan Sease told Stet News after the organization’s Oct. 27 Community Problems Assembly .

PEACE has appealed to the state Department of Children and Fam

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