Mental health treatment is going into Mecklenburg County’s streets.

Wellness Without Walls, a pilot psychiatry program sponsored by A Home For All, launched last week to increase access to care people may not  seek or get otherwise. Gifts totaling $200,000 from SteelFab and Duke Energy to street outreach partners Roof Above and Hearts for the Invisible, who will work with Atrium Health and Alliance Health. Another $100,000 from The Merancas Foundation to MedAssist supports medication management for patients and $3,000 from Molina Healthcare, along with supplies.

Street psychiatry programs have spread across the U.S. in recent years, with cities often collaboratin with hospitals, community outreach initiatives and shelters. Started in Pittsburgh in 1992, street medicine has evolved nationally and has become an initiative that provides communities and clinicians with expert training, guidance and support to develop and grow their street medicine programs.

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