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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 …
5 years ago
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
