A new street outreach program in Mecklenburg County is up and running with the goal of breaking barriers to mental health care.

The new street psychiatry program has been running for about a month with two psychiatrists and a nurse. The team currently goes out two days a week to places like uptown to support community members. Kate Rising is with Atrium Health and helps oversee the team that focuses on supporting unhoused adults.

“Our goal is to one provide more access to patients who can’t get our traditional treatment in a brick and mortar and then also reduce the stigma of the community, so making it okay to receive behavioral health support,” Rising said.

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