Ex-mental health commissioner King Davis (left) leads the Friends of Central State group. Dr. Ronald Forbes, the hospital’s first Black medical director, serves as vice chairman.

Providers alarmed by lack of notice; worry families will not receive the same support with transition to new model.

Central State Hospital was founded in 1870 as the Central Lunatic Asylum for the Colored ... The COVID-19 pandemic initially slowed admissions to the state’s overcrowded mental hospitals, ...

It was a surprise for every single private provider across the state,” said Theresa Lewis, executive director of The Arc of ...