Murdoch Developmental Center, located in Butner, is the state operated developmental center for North Carolina’s central region. The center provides services and supports to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), complex behavioral challenges and/or medical conditions whose clinical treatment needs exceed the level of care available in the community.
Services and supports include:
- Residential, medical, habilitation (help in developing functional living skills), and training to promote independence and self-determination.
- Facility-based therapeutic respite services to provide evaluations and assessments to individuals experiencing specific medical and/or behavioral challenges.
- Facility-based respite services to provide caregivers temporary relief.
- BART (Behaviorally Advanced Residential Treatment), a statewide program that serves young adult males with an IDD diagnosis and extreme behavioral challenges.