This website is designed for people who work with North Carolina’s LMEs. LME stands for local management entity, the local government in North Carolina that is responsible for providing community-based, publicly-funded mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services. This site is designed for LME board members, directors, employees, attorneys, and providers of services. It is also available to county government officers and employees, consumers of LME services and their family members, as well as students, citizens, and others who want information about North Carolina’s mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services system.