mental health http://wfae.org en State Gives MeckLINK Another Chance http://wfae.org/post/state-gives-mecklink-another-chance <p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Mecklenburg County will have another chance to prove it’s ready to take over more than $200 million in&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Medicaid funds for mental health services.</span></p> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:17:05 +0000 Ben Bradford 19985 at http://wfae.org Despite Decision, MeckLINK Proceeds As Normal http://wfae.org/post/despite-decision-mecklink-proceeds-normal <p>Mecklenburg County officials <a href="http://wfae.org/post/warnings-aplenty-mecklink-unprepared" target="_blank">learned last week</a> they will not get hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funds to administer mental health, disability, and substance abuse services. But, the county is proceeding as if will get the money, anyway, despite the state’s decision to reassign those funds to an outside organization.</p> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 03:21:05 +0000 Ben Bradford 18939 at http://wfae.org