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PARTNERSHIP FOR A DRUG-FREE NC WILL CLOSE FOUR CLINICS
February 18, 2008 (WINSTON-SALEM, NC) –
Partnership for a Drug-Free NC, Inc., an accredited non-profit agency helping North Carolinians in 54 counties, will close doors to four of its clinics on March 28th, 2008.
The facilities in Mount Airy, Yadkinville, Statesville, and Mooresville will cease services, affecting 256,000 people.
Partnership, doing business as Insight Human Services, provides a variety of psychiatric, psychological counseling, and outpatient behavioral health services for North Carolinians who are eligible for state, federal government block grant or Medicaid funding.
Crossroads is the Local Management Entity (LME), funded by the North Carolina General assembly, that hired Partnership to provide this type of care since December of 2005.
President and C.E.O. of Partnership, Bert Wood says, “Simply put doing business with Crossroads does not make sense. Crossroads has over-managed care to the point it could not be efficient. Our organization is only getting $.50 back for every dollar of care we provide.”
Wood says Insight has served more than 1,200 individuals in the first five months of this fiscal year, but the non-profit would lose $900,000 if services continued until June 30th of 2008.
Wood went on to say, “Other organizations get paid using a different fee structure or based on the expenses necessary to maintain stable care, but Crossroads has not displayed the same commitment for our services. It is unfortunate that some of our communities’ most fragile citizens may not have stable access to comprehensive mental health and substance abuse treatment they need.”
Since 2005 Crossroads has lost numerous other providers, including Telecare after seven months, Triumph after fifteen months, and ASAP after 25 months of operation.
About PDFNC
Partnership for a Drug-Free NC, Inc. is an internationally accredited non-profit organization that coordinates resources and provides services to reduce the negative impact of substance abuse and mental illness on North Carolina’s individuals, families, and communities. It employs more than 250 people and has three main divisions: Insight Human services, which provides treatment services; Unlimited Success, which offers school and community based prevention; and TASC (Treatment Alternatives for Safer Communities), which assists individuals involved in the criminal justice system who have substance abuse or mental health problems.
For more information or to set up a story please contact Robin Lindner at rlindner@drugfreenc.org or call (336) 575-3493.
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