RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) - The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and First Lady Anna Stein unveiled a pilot program focused on helping inmates with severe mental health needs successfully reenter their communities after they're released from jail or prison.

First Lady Stein announced the Forensic Assertive Community Treatment Team, also known as NC Fact, in front of NCDHHS staff and others at the headquarters Monday.

The $9.5 million investment will create FACT teams in Pitt, New Hanover, Wake/Durham, Buncombe, and Mecklenburg counties.

NCDHHS says the teams are part of a long-term effort by the department to support people when they are released from incarceration and will build on existing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams by addressing criminal behavior risks

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