Catherine Truitt, a senior advisor on education during Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration and current candidate for state superintendent of public instruction, was addressing an ... Keep Reading
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Lack of funds, or mismanagement, at DHHS?
The N&O is reporting on what appears to be significant layoffs in North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services, due to the state budget "stalemate." After more ... Keep Reading
Digital Disasters Plague State Agencies
Two big computer snafus in state government should be a warning to public officials everywhere: Stop trying to do too much! According to WRAL: North Carolina’s Medicaid billing ... Keep Reading
For Mentally Ill, Some Long-Awaited Glimmers of Hope
A version of this op-ed appeared in the Charlotte Observer. Last week, a young man from eastern North Carolina named Keith Vidal became the latest victim in a long series of ... Keep Reading
The New Front Lines of Mental Health
This week, another preventable tragedy in North Carolina. From WWAY NC: A Boiling Springs Lake father says his son was murdered by police this afternoon. Mark Wilsey called police ... Keep Reading
Assisted Outpatient Treatment Could Be Key Component in Crisis Solutions Initiative
Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the Crisis Solutions Initiative, a new state effort aimed at addressing the failures of Gov. Easley's 2001 mental ... Keep Reading
Therapist Explains Mental Illness, Mental Health System
The Civitas Institute has written extensively about the problem of untreated severe mental illness in North Carolina. But what is severe mental illness? We sat down with Elizabeth ... Keep Reading
NC Must Get Serious About Severe Mental Illness
(The following oped was originally published in the News & Observer.) Many people know that Gov. Mike Easley’s 2001 mental health reform was a failure, but few people realize ... Keep Reading
‘Independent’ News – With a Slant
Earlier this year, a liberal organizing network called Blueprint NC distributed a memo calling for a “collective statewide strategy” to “eviscerate the [Republican] leadership and ... Keep Reading
North Carolina’s Mental Health Crisis in One Graph
Last week, the Civitas Institute published the first article in a three-part series about North Carolina’s mental health system. The article described the disastrous effect of ... Keep Reading
