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Newsletter Summer 2019 Reality Check Editor: Alice Lockhart Photography: Brian Stickland Photography Alec Himwich Photography Copyright – UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, CB 7160, Chapel Hill, N.C.
5 years ago
Newsletter Summer 2019 Reality Check Editor: Alice Lockhart Photography: Brian Stickland Photography Alec Himwich Photography Copyright – UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, CB 7160, Chapel Hill, N.C.
5 years ago
It has been exciting and busy at the Center. We continue to grow our services to serve more individuals with serious mental illness in the Triangle and across the State. Thava Mahadevan, MS, our operations director, just received a new $2.4M federal grant that will provide coordinated care for individuals experiencing homelessness and mental illness …
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The UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health has received a $2.4 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to address homelessness and provide comprehensive behavioral (mental health) care and other services for individuals living with serious mental illnesses who are experiencing or who are at risk for homelessness. …
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The UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health and the UNC School of Nursing will collaborate with the Foundation of Hope to expand the Center’s mobile clinic, UNC Wellness on Wheels (W.O.W) program, and provide services two days a week to individuals with serious mental health challenges who live in Wake County. The Foundation …
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Deborah Lawson, a licensed clinical social worker and family therapist, at the Center’s Wake STEP Clinic in Raleigh, was appointed to the Wake County Human Services Board in November and approved by the Wake County Board of County Commissioners for a two-year term. Wake County Human Services Board is a consolidated policy and advocacy board …
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The Center celebrated its fifth annual No Limits Gala November 1, at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on the UNC campus. Nearly 150 friends and supporters celebrated the evening with dinner, music, as well as silent and live auctions. John Gilmore, MD, director of the Center, Thad and Alice Eure Professor and vice chair …
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Brushes with Life presents annual fall exhibition and reception Created in 2000 to provide artists recovering from mental illness a venue to exhibit their work, the UNC Brushes with Life Arts Program presented its annual exhibition and reception September 25. Following a reception at the UNC Starbucks, guests enjoyed art that was displayed in the …
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Reality Check Newsletter Summer/Fall 2018 Editor: Alice Lockhart, BA, Director of Communications [alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu] Photography Brian Stickland Photography Alec Himwich Photography Copyright - UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, CB 7160, Chapel Hill, N.C
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Beth Rossi Elizabeth “Beth” Rossi, director, quality management, has been named to a newly-created position, clinic manager. As clinic manager, she oversees the day-to-day operations of the Center’s three clinic sites in Orange and Wake counties. Her new responsibilities include monitoring patient-focused issues such as scheduling and clinic flow, and maintaining policy compliance with …
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Editor Alice Lockhart, BA Director of Communications alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu Photography Brian Strickland Photography Copyright UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health CB 7160 Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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Mark your calendar for Nov. 1, 2018 for the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health’s Fifth Annual No Limits Gala fundraiser at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on the UNC Chapel Hill campus. Expect a lively evening with music, food, auctions and friends. The Gala is set for 6:30–9:15 p.m. The evening …
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John Gilmore, MD I am pleased to share some news from the Center. We celebrated our 25th Annual STEP Symposium in April, and we were excited to have Lisa Dixon MD, MPH, and Daniel Weinberger, MD, join us. Our Eighth Annual Community Psychiatrists’ Symposium in May featured interesting discussions on upcoming changes in the …