Local Management Entities (LMEs) are where you go to find information on receiving mental health, developmental disability or substance abuse services in your county. LMEs will also help you with complaints about your services. They are available 24 hours a day.
In order to find your LME, they are listed below by name. There is also a list by county.
NC Council of Community Programs | NC Association of County Commissioners | LME Map (PDF)-2/12
Web | Counties Served: Edgecombe, Greene, Nash, Wilson
500 Nash Medical Arts Mall
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
Phone: 252-937-8141
Fax: 252-443-9574
24-hour Access/
Crisis Number:
888-893-8640
Area Director: Karen Salacki
Web | Counties Served: Davie, Forsyth, Rockingham, Stokes
4045 University Parkway
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
Phone: 336-714-9100
Fax: 336-714-9111
24-hour Access/
Crisis Number:
888-581-9988
CEO/Area Director: Betty Taylor
Crossroads Behavioral Healthcare
Web | Counties Served: Iredell, Surry, Yadkin
200 Elkin Business Park Drive
Elkin, NC 28621
Phone: 336-835-1000
Fax: 336-835-1002
24-hour Access/
Crisis Number: 888-235-4673
CEO/Area Director:David Swann
Cumberland County Mental Health Center
Web | County Served: Cumberland
711 Executive Place
PO Box 3069
Fayetteville, NC 28302-3069
Phone: 910-323-0601
Fax: 910-323-0096
24-hour Access / Crisis Number: 877-223-4617
Area Director: Hank Debnam
Web | County Served: Durham
414 East Main Street
Durham, NC 27701
Phone: 919-560-7100
Fax: 919-560-7250
24-hour Access/
Crisis Number: 800-510-9132
Area Director: Ellen S. Holliman
East Carolina Behavioral Health
Web | Counties Served: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington
800 Cardinal Road
PO Box 1636
New Bern, NC 28563
Phone: 252-636-1510
Fax: 252-633-1237
24-hour Access / Crisis Number: 877-685-2415
CEO: Leza Wainwright
Web | Counties Served: Duplin, Lenoir, Sampson, Wayne
100 S. James St.
Goldsboro, NC 27530
Phone: 919-731-1133
Fax: 919-731-1333
24-hour Access/
Crisis Number: 800-913-6109
Area Director:Ken Jones
Guilford Center for Behavioral Health and Disability Services
Web | County Served: Guilford
201 N. Eugene St.
Greensboro, NC 27401
Phone: 336-641-4981
Fax: 336-641-7761
24-hour Access/
Crisis Number:
800-853-5163
Interim Area Director: Anthony Ward
Johnston County Area MH/DD/SA Authority
Web | County Served: Johnston
PO Box 411, 521 N. Brightleaf Blvd.
Smithfield, NC 27577-0411
Phone: 919-989-5500
Fax: 919-989-5532
24-hour Access/
Crisis Number:
888-815-8934
Area Director:Janis Nutt
Mecklenburg County Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substances Abuse Services
Web | County Served: Mecklenburg
429 Billingsley Road
Charlotte, NC 28211-1098
Phone: 704-336-2023
Fax: 704-336-4383
24-hour Access/
Crisis Number:
877-700-3001
Interim Director:
Web | Counties Served: Burke, Catawba
1985 Tate Blvd. SE Suite 529
Hickory, NC 28602
Phone: 828-327-2595
Fax: 828-325-9826
24-hour Access / Crisis Number:877-327-2593
Area Director: John Hardy
Onslow Carteret Behavioral Healthcare Services
Web | Counties Served: Carteret, Onslow
165 Center Street
Jacksonville, NC 28546
Phone: 910-219-8000
Fax: 910-219-8072
24-hour Access / Crisis Number: 888-737-0327
Area Director: Mark Besen
Orange-Person-Chatham MH/DD/SA Authority
Web | Counties Served: Chatham, Orange, Person
100 Europa Dr. Suite 490
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Phone: 919-913-4000
Fax: 919-913-4003
24-hour Access / Crisis Number: 800-233-6834
Area Director: Judy Truitt
Web | Counties Served: Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln
901 S. New Hope Rd.
Gastonia, NC 28054
Phone: 704-884-2501
Fax: 704-854-4809
24-hour Access / Crisis Number: 800-898-5898
Area Director: W. Rhett Melton
Counties Served: Alamance, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Orange, Person, Rowan, Stanly, Union, Vance
Corporate Office
4855 Milestone Avenue
Kannapolis, NC 28081
Phone: 704-939-7700
Fax: 704-939-7907
24-hour Access / Crisis Number: 800-939-5911
Area Director: Pam Shipman
Alamance Caswell Community Operations Center
2451 South Church Street
Burlington, NC 27215
Phone: 336-513-4222
Fax: 336-513-4225
24-hour Access / Crisis Number: 888-543-1444
Five County Community Operations Center
134 South Garnett Street
Henderson, NC 27536
Phone: 252-430-1330
Fax: 252-431-3463
24-hour Access / Crisis Number: 877-619-3761
OPC Community Operations Center
100 Europa Drive, Suite 490
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Phone: 919-913-4000
Fax: 919-913-4001
24-hour Access / Crisis Number: 800-233-6834
Piedmont Community Operations Center
245 LePhillip Court
Concord, NC 28025
Phone: 704-721-7000
Fax: 704-721-7010
24-hour Access / Crisis Number: 800-939-5911
Sandhills Center for MH/DD/SAS
Web | Counties Served: Anson, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond
PO Box 9
West End, NC 27376-0009
Phone: 910-673-9111
Fax: 910-673-6202
24-hour Access / Crisis Number: 800-256-2452
Chief Executive Officer: Victoria Whitt
Web | Counties Served: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, McDowell, Swain, Watagua, Wilkes
44 Bonnie Lane
Sylva, NC 28779
Phone: 828-586-5501
Fax: 828-586-3965
24-hour Access / Crisis Number: 800-849-6127
Area Director: Brian Ingraham
Southeastern Center for MH/DD/SAS
Web | Counties Served: Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender
2023 S. 17th St.
PO Box 4147
Wilmington, NC 28406
Phone: 910-332-6888
Fax: 910-796-3133
24-hour Access / Crisis Number: 866-875-1757
LME Area Director: Foster Norman
Southeastern Regional MH/DD/SA Services
Web | Counties Served: Bladen, Columbus, Robeson, Scotland
450 Country Club Road
Lumberton, N. C. 28360
Phone: 910-738-5261
Fax: 910-738-8230
24-hour Access / Crisis Number: 800-670-6871
Area Director & CEO: Jeanette Jordan-Huffam
Web | County Served: Wake
401 E. Whitaker Mill Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27608
Phone: 919-856-6400
Fax: 919-856-5674
24-hour Access/
Crisis Number:
866-518-6784
Director:Ramon Rojan
LME Administrator: Carlyle Johnson, Ph.D.
Web | Counties Served: Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania, Yancey
356 Biltmore Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801-4594
Phone: 828-225-2800
Fax: 828-252-9584
24-hour Access / Crisis Number: 800-951-3792
CEO: Arthur D Carder, Jr.