Orange County’s 10-year plan
Posted by Tomsic on April 2, 2008
Libby Longino, a UNC-Chapel Hill student, spoke with the partnership about Orange County’s 10-year plan.
Longino said the students are concerned with funding for the plan. She cited the recent News & Observer series, “Mental Health: The Failure of Reform.” After the series, Governor Mike Easley has announced an overhaul on the mental health plan in the state.
The overhaul could provide another possibility for funding, Longino said.
The students are looking for ways to show the link between mental health and homelessness, hoping to get funding from the state as it revamps its mental health plan.
“(We’ll) see If we can’t convince some people from the state government to fund or partially fund (the plan) as sort of a pilot project for the state,” Longino said. “In some cases I realize it’s kind of a longshot. But there are some people at UNC who are very excited about the possibility of connecting you guys to state reps.”
