OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst What Works! The first movement to “reform” mental health care came in 1963, when the Community Mental Health Centers Act (CMHCA) was passed by Congress and the President. The Act authorized federal funding to provide a powerful incentive to states to implement federal mental health policy; a policy that emphasized the responsibility of communities and local governments. The North Carolina General Assembly (NCGA) responded immediately by authorizing local communities to establish and operate mental health clinics as a joint undertaking with state government, which would develop a plan for establishing . . .

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst What Works! The first movement to “reform” mental health care came in 1963, when the Community Mental Health Centers Act (CMHCA) was passed by Congress and the President. The Act authorized federal funding to provide a powerful incentive to states to implement federal mental health policy; a policy that emphasized the responsibility of communities and local governments. The North Carolina General Assembly (NCGA) responded immediately by authorizing local communities to establish and operate mental health clinics as a joint undertaking with state government, which would develop a plan for establishing . . .