Caswell Center to lose 24 positions – Kinston Daily News

August 27, 2009

State budget cuts to the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse totaling $155 million will result in job losses for 75 employees at mental hospitals and homes for the developmentally disabled in North Carolina.

PBH: Compliance and contempt
While it details non-compliance in meeting a court order that led to Piedmont Behavioral Healthcare being held in contempt of court, a September opinion from the NC Court of Appeals also cites the agency’s arguments that it is literally above the law, at least as far as the state’s mental health statutes are concerned. And […]
PBH: A tangled web ….
Piedmont Behavioral Healthcare (PBH) has finally honored North Carolina Mental Hope’s request for copies of minutes from its board of director’s meeting, a packet of printouts arriving last Friday. While I have not had time to delve into them, I finally made time this afternoon to respond to an email from Rep. Fred Steen’s office […]
PBH: Playing Legislators for Fools?
The question of whether Piedmont Behavioral Healthcare is playing legislators for fools would seem a fair one in light of an email from CEO Pam Shipman circulated to members of the Health and Human Services Legislative Oversight Committee regarding North Carolina Mental Hope’s July 26 request for minutes of PBH board of directors meetings. Copies […]

Caswell Center to lose 24 positions – Kinston Daily News

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