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The University is expected to launch a Lyft voucher program soon to transport students to off-campus medical appointments. It comes after the start of the University of North Carolina’s Well Ride program, which offers free Lyft rides for students accessing mental health services off-campus.
With mental health being an increasingly talked about topic around the University, this new initiative is the result of a USG plan presented in their blockbusters mental health report last fall last April, partnering with the Office of Campus Life and Lyft. One of the biggest promises from the report was a 24 hour telehealth line launched last November.
Students have also emphasized the importance of “accessible and comprehensive mental health care,” and Associate Opinion Editor Eleanor Clemans-Cope highlighted the problems of CPS’s current model of referring students to counselors outside of the University, including the added cost of transportation. This partnership takes away one barrier to accessing off-campus mental health resources.
During the fall of last year, the Editorial Board ‘Prince’ called on USG to not let their initiatives, one of which was increasing transportation to off-campus care, fall through the cracks. With this new partnership, USG is delivering on one of its promises to increase mental health care for students.
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Analysis by Olivia Chen
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