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SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH company history timeline

1821

However, 1821 is the year that funds were appropriated at the State level in South Carolina to care for individuals with psychiatric disabilities.

1908

1908 South Carolina Postcards

1920

In the 1920’s, treatment of persons with a mental illness began to include outpatient care as well as institutional care.

1923

The first outpatient center in South Carolina was established in Columbia in 1923.

1963

The federal Community Mental Health Act of 1963 authorized substantial grant funds for the construction of local mental health centers as well grants to support the operation of mental health centers once established.

1964

Although the Department of Mental Health (DMH) was not created by statute until 1964, its jurisdiction, mission and resources were those of the South Carolina Mental Health Commission,

2015

As of August, 2015, DMH’s School-based program has mental health professionals embedded in approximately 500 public schools and serves 13,000 children per year.

Bull Street Campus The retention of historically significant buildings has driven Historic Columbia’s preservation advocacy efforts throughout the site’s redevelopment as The BullStreet District, which began in 2015.

2020

BullStreet’s Babcock Building stood both iconic and infamous in Columbia skyline Jessica Holdman, The Post and Courier, 12/17/2020

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