North Carolina’s Wake Mental-Health Transition Holds Uncertainties For Clients, Staff

Circle Connections: Mergers & Acquisitions Future treatment for as many as 3,000 Wake County people with mental illness � from child sexual-abuse victims to former Dorothea Dix hospital patients � remains in limbo as the county works to complete a partnership with UNC Health Care and the Alliance managed care organization. Under mental health reform, Wake County will no longer offer care through its own staff or choose professionals for treatment paid for by the federal Medicaid program. UNC is preparing to take over management of several operations at Wakebrook, a new mental health facility near WakeMed, and has committed . . .