Area health agency may double territory | agency, health, area – Local – Sun Journal

The agency managing mental and behavioral health for this area continues to grow, and it may soon work with as many as 20 of the state’s 100 counties.

Roy Wilson, director of East Carolina Behavioral Health, told Craven County commissioners Monday that the organization that once served only Craven, Pamlico and Jones counties as Neuse Center may merge in July with 10 counties of the troubled Albemarle Mental Health Center.

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