North Carolina Mental Health System Redesign Underway Carolina Alternatives to End July 1

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Special Feature North Carolina’s public behavioral health system consists of 39 local behavioral health authorities for mental health, substance abuse, and developmental disabilities that service the state’s 100 counties. These entities are known as Area Programs. Sixteen are single county programs serving populations that range from 58,000 to 600,000. The remainder are multi-county programs that range from two to seven counties. Area Programs both operate and purchase the services delivered to consumers with funding from the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse . . .