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“Hope Grows Here”: Groundbreaking Marks New Chapter for Mental Health Community

July 23, 2025
Community members, advocates and healthcare leaders gathered at the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health’s Tiny Homes Village in Pittsboro to witness the groundbreaking of a long-awaited Community House—a space that promises to be a cornerstone for individuals living with severe mental illness.

Welcome Heidi Dohnert LCSW, LCAS, CCS!

April 21, 2025
Heidi is a therapist with over 20 years of experience providing therapy and supporting enhanced services in community mental health. I received my MSW from the Joint Masters Program at UNCG & NCA&T. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist and Certified Clinical Supervisor....

Secretary of the NC Department of Health and Human Services , Kody Kinsley joined UNC Psychiatry and UNC Family Medicine teams at the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health clinic at Whitaker Mill in Raleigh to discuss the impact of the NC Formerly Incarcerated Transition Program (FIT) and hearing from benefitted patients.

September 19, 2024

Tiny homes, built largely with philanthropic support, offer more patch than solution to homelessness

August 30, 2024

Thava Mahadevan speaks to AP News about the UNC Tiny Home Village in Pittsboro

August 29, 2024

Welcome Griffith Gilbert, LCSW, LCAS!

February 26, 2024

Congratulations Thava Mahadevan on becoming a Chapelboro.com Hometown Hero!

January 16, 2024

UNC REACH Enhanced Primary Care becomes newest Food As Medicine Partner of the Food Bank of CENC

January 2, 2024
The REACH Community Cabinet supports all visitors to the primary care clinic and co-located services on the Whitaker Mill Raleigh campus with basic needs distribution. Launched by a DIVE-IN grant in January 2023, the Cabinet served over 170 individuals through more than 440 Cabinet visits and distributed over 2800 food,...

Wellness Care is Well Rounded Care! The UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health is proud to welcome the REACH Enhanced Primary Care Clinic to Whitaker Mill

November 7, 2023

Today we celebrated the completion of construction at The Farm at Penny Lane’s Tiny Home Village!

October 26, 2023
Today we celebrated the completion of construction at The Farm at Penny Lane’s Tiny Home Village! On the sprawling 40-acre therapeutic farm off U.S. 15-105 between Chapel Hill and Pittsboro, crews are finished constructing a different kind of residential community: a village of 15 tiny homes, each priced at $50,000...