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{{#lst:North Carolina|navbar}}: mental health care
- Localities: /Chapel Hill, /Durham
- Pages:
- /2001 reform: an ongoing crisis
Related Pages
- state government entities:
- NC DHHS: Department of Health and Human Services
- NC MHDDSAS
- service providers:
- Alpha Management Community Services (multiple locations)
- Coordinated Health Services, Inc. (multiple locations)
- Touchstone Residential Services
- Chapel Hill:
- Durham: see /Durham
- other entities:
- ValueOptions: a sort of "gatekeeper" contracted to approve/disapprove requested services
- terminology
- Alternative Family Living
- CAP-MR/DD
- developmental therapy
- local management entity
- Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) (defined by US HHS)
- Residential Treatment Facility, divided into Levels I, II, III, and IV -- seems to be less intensive than PRTF
- documents
- NC DMA: December 2001 Special Medicaid Bulletin - Mental Health gives NC Medicaid qualifications and admission criteria for:
Links
Directory
Local Management Entities
- The Durham Center: Durham County (see /Durham)
- Five County Mental Health Authority (at least, I presume this is an LME): Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Vance, Warren
Organizations - Autism
- Autism Society of NC (links)
- TEACCH Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication-handicapped CHildren: "an evidence-based service, training, and research program for individuals of all ages and skill levels with autism spectrum disorders. Established in the early 1970s by Eric Schopler and colleagues"
- Carolina Living & Learning Center: an integrated vocational and residential program for adults with autism; located in Pittsboro
Organizations - Other
- Family Support Network of NC: "to promote and provide support for families with children who have special needs"
- NAMI NC: National Alliance on Mental Health, NC Chapter
- NC Health Policy Gateway, a project of Duke University and NC Blue Cross Blue Shield