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Tuesdays @ Two: Rethinking Shelter

  On May 1, 2012, NCCEH held a Tuesdays @ Two conference call entitled "Rethinking Shelter".  Carson Dean, Executive Director of the Men's Shelter of Charlotte (MSC) and NCCEH Board Chair, spoke about the ways in which the shelter has integrated rapid re-housing, shelter diversion, and housing first approaches into its work.   Please click the links below to view the materials from the call. MSC Mission & Vision MSC Streets to Housing Model MSC Programming Model MSC Outcomes Report Carson also referenced these resources that MSC found helpful while retooling their program:  Bridgespan Partnership Template The NonProfit Secret: The Six Principles of Successful Board/CEO Partnerships Archived Recording: Current NCCEH members may access a recording of the conference call and presentation.  Members will need to log in to the website to access the recording.  If you are not an NCCEH …


North Carolina Voices: Mental Health Disorder

During the week of April 25, 2011, WUNC examines a persistent problem for mentally ill people in North Carolina – housing. Mental health reformers have repeated their intention to move people out of large institutions toward treatment options closer to home. But even as people have left hospitals, local resources have not kept pace. That means in North Carolina, many people with mental health disabilities live in adult care homes designed for frail elderly people. Now the U S Justice Department is investigating this situation.   In the first installment of the series, North Carolina Voices, Mental Health Disorder, Rose Hoban reports that it could mean big changes for North Carolina.   Listen to the interview and read the transcript on the WUNC website.


Asheville overflow shelter is open, but not for long

Temporary shelter for 50 women at the Center of Hope still needs $22,000 to remain open to Nov. 30.   Asheville Citizen-Times Mark Price September 27, 2010   The Center of Hope's new overflow shelter on East Fifth Street has taken in its first 25 homeless women and expects to reach capacity in the next two weeks, as more new cots arrive.   Salvation Army officials have so far raised $55,000 for the 50-bed project, which is designed to ease overcrowding at the center's regular, 250-bed shelter for women and children.   But they remain $22,000 short of what's necessary to keep it operating through Nov. 30, when the Urban Ministry Center opens its winter shelter program, Room in the Inn.   As it stands now, there is a three-week shortage, said Deronda Metz, director of the Center of Hope …


DHHS to move most operations from Dix Hospital

by Bruce Mildwurf and Gerald Owens WRAL.com   August 24, 2010   Raleigh, N.C. — The state Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that it would move most operations from Dorothea Dix Hospital to other facilities by the end of the year to save money.   State lawmakers didn't include any money for Dix operations in the 2010-11 budget, DHHS Secretary Lanier Cansler said, so the department had to find ways to cut $28 million in operating costs.   Shifting services from Dix to Central Regional Hospital in Butner and Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro would save about $15 million while maintaining needed capacity for inpatient mental health treatment, Cansler said.   Sixty adult inpatient beds, 11 long-term beds, 54 forensic beds, 12 clinical research beds and pre-trial evaluation outpatient and inpatient services will be moved to Central Regional. …


Duke Mental Health Webinar: Effects of War on Military Families

The Duke AHEC Program, in collaboration with the Sandhills Local Management Entity, has developed an ongoing continuing medical series to address important psychiatric management issues encountered in community mental health settings. The current series is targeted toward psychiatrists and other providers working with seriously mentally ill adults and child in underserved regions of the State.   At the completion of this training, the participant will: Increase the understanding of War Trauma Develop awareness of the effects of war on military families Learn the impact of war trauma on the surrounding communities Discuss family and community interventions This training is free and available online at any time.  To access the training, please visit the Duke AHEC website.   Training Author: Douglas A. Waldrep, MD, FAPA COL United States Army (retired) Dr. Waldrep obtained his medical degree from the Medical University of …


Women in Poverty on "The State of Things"

WUNC's "The State of Things" aired a program about women in poverty, both now and in the past.  Topics discussed included TANF, healthcare, and childcare.  Ann Burke, executive director of Urban Ministries of Wake County, spoke during the second half of the program.   Listen to the archived program on The State of Things website (scroll to August 19, 2009).


Here Now: Project gives hope to people struggling

Noel Edwards was homeless and staying at Good Shepherd Center when Sharron Cain found her. Shameeka Winfield was struggling with the effects of having a criminal record, the result of a mistake she made years ago. Both will graduate Friday from the fall classes of Project Uplift Career Pathways Academy, a training program for adults of low to moderate incomes. It’s operated by the Countywide Community Development Corp., which serves Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender and Columbus counties. Both have landed good jobs, Edwards at AME Zion Housing Development Corp. and Winfield at Family Perspectives LLC. They are among about 30 graduates of Project Uplift classes. One morning last week, Edwards and Winfield were in the office administration class at the Hillcrest Recreation Center off Dawson Street. About 15 women were working at computer terminals under the tutelage of Carmenitha Berry, …


Homeless women organization prepares for a new home

By DEE HENRY Hickory Daily Record Posted: Nov. 16 12:03 p.m. Updated: Nov. 16 8:05 p.m.   HICKORY, N.C. — The mosaic decoration on the kitchen wall, made of broken plates, bowls and cups, carries a strong message. "Even broken things can be made beautiful," said Debbie Haynes, executive director of the Safe Harbor Rescue Mission.   The wall was created by former residents of the Ada Geitner Home on Second Street, SE, in Hickory. The Hickory Daily Record reports that the home, built in 1980 to serve as a home for abused and homeless women, will soon be used again for that purpose, as Haynes moves the Safe Harbor Rescue Mission to the house.   The mission has been in the former parsonage for St. Paul's Lutheran Church since it opened as a day center in 2004. Haynes was …


Transformation: Collaboration to Put Consumers First

Transformation of the North Carolina public mental health, developmental disabilities and substance abuse services (MH/DD/SAS) system benefits from, and requires, collaboration at both state and local levels. This annual report identifies some of the most successful collaborative approaches and accomplishments undertaken during state fiscal year 2006 from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006.