It may be hard to believe in retrospect, but the state didn’t really set out to botch a much-heralded mental health system reform in 2001. But it flopped miserably, and now the U.S. Department of Justice is demanding answers as the first step in a federal investigation of whether the state is violating the Americans With Disabilities Act in failing to provide adequate care and housing for the mentally ill.
U.S. inquiry into mental health system is timely – Charlotte Observer
December 1, 2010
