A report by a national mental-health advocacy group concludes that cuts to mental-health funding in North Carolina over the past three years haven't been so deep.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness released a report Thursday on state mental-health budget cuts since 2009 that showed North Carolina ranked 24th among all states.
"I think our secretary and our leaders have tried to preserve funding for mental health," said Deby Dihoff, NAMI North Carolina executive director. "I don't think it feels that way to the person who tried to use mental health (services). It feels like an environment that is problematic right now. At least (the state) hasn't cut the money more seriously."
The national report looks at two periods for its report: funding from fiscal years 2009 to 2012 and fiscal years 2011 to 2012.
North Carolina shows a 1.2 percent decrease between 2009 and 2012, where it comes in 24th, and a 7.3 percent reduction from 2011 to 2012, where the cut is the fourth highest, by percentage.
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