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Each area authority or county program in North Carolina establishes a Local CFAC to be a self‑governing and self‑directed organization. Local CFACs provide advice regarding the planning and management of the public mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services. [1] [2]
[8] [page needed] Most recently, S.L. 2011-264 [9] instructed the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) to proceed with the statewide restructuring of the mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services system by implementing the 1915 (b)(c) Waiver Program statewide by July 1, 2013.
On January 4, 2013, [25] North Carolina Governor-elect Pat McCrory swore in Aldona Wos as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. [25] At the time, NCDHHS had around 18,000 employees and a budget of around $18 billion. [26] Wos declined her $128,000 salary and was instead paid a token $1. [27]
Last year, WFAE in partnership with PBS Frontline published a series on North Carolina’s mental health system, including individuals in jails waiting for assessments and mental health services ...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced efforts in his state to modernize the Mental Health Services Act and require a yearly $1 billion contribution for behavioral health housing and care ...
The ballot measure also asks voters whether to approve a restructuring of state Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funding, which comes from a 2004 millionaire’s tax, that would shift an ...
From 1998 to 2004, NAMI operated an ACT technical assistance center, dedicated to advocacy and training to make the model more widely available, with funding from the U.S. federal government's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. [80]
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