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Philanthropic support is vital to Atrium Health’s efforts to develop new resources, improve mental health intervention, and expand our virtual and integrative programs.

• Expanding Capacity: Philanthropic support helps ensure patients experiencing a mental health crisis can receive care in appropriately equipped behavioral health settings rather than relying on the Emergency Department as the point of access. Investments are also helping consolidate and expand outpatient services through free-standing clinics that integrate psychiatry directly into the care model, improving access, continuity and coordination for patients and families.
• Wellness Without Walls: Launched in September 2025, Wellness Without Walls brings behavioral healthcare directly to people where they are—particularly unsheltered neighbors who are least likely to engage with traditional healthcare systems. In collaboration with community partners including Roof Above, Alliance Health, Hearts for the Invisible and Atrium Health’s Street Medicine team, the program supports coordinated outreach, resource sharing and more equitable access to compassionate, timely care.
• School-Based Services: Philanthropy is helping Atrium Health expand school-based behavioral health and teletherapy services across the Greater Charlotte region, with plans to extend support into 10 counties surrounding Rome, Georgia, (Atrium Health Floyd). In 2025, Atrium Health Behavioral Health launched school-based psychiatry services for middle and high school students in Stanly County, giving them faster access to care for psychiatric needs. As the program grows, average wait times for a school-based psychiatry appointment have decreased to less than two weeks.