Grading the States 2006: North Carolina

Overall Grade: D+ Category Grades: Infrastructure: C- Information Access: D Services: D Recovery Supports: B+

Spending, Income, & Rankings     National Rank Per Capita Mental Health Spending $50.26 43 Per Capita Income $26,808 38 Total Mental Health Spending (in millions) $417 21 Suicide Rank 25 (tied with Mississippi)

Recent Innovations Building a new state hospital to replace two antiquated facilities Transparency; annual five-year plans

Urgent Needs Funding Go slow, learn from changes to date Build more crisis services and alternatives to hospitalization Safety net resources and alternatives to private providers Passage of mental health insurance parity legislation

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