NC Rural Center

Kayla Reilly, a licensed clinical social worker, has expanded her Wilmington-based mental health practice Evolution Wellness to three locations.

A loan from First Citizens Bank, along with access to expanded capital from the Rural Center's Loan Participation Program, gave her the funds needed to open her third location and bring on additional therapists and another administrative team member.

“There was no way I was going to be a present, healthy mother if I’m running this business by myself,” Reilly says. “And in order to really step away, there had to be enough income to provide good salaries to not only retain really good clinicians, but also to support that administrative team and start paying some higher-level people, like a clinical director and practice director, which is just expensive for a small business.”

Learn more about how Kayla grew Evolution Wellness here: www.ncruralcenter.org/2024/11/rural-center-loan-lets-mental-health-practice-expand-so-owner-can-step-back

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Rural Center Loan Lets Mental Health Practice Expand so Owner Can Step Back Learn how Kayla Reilly planned, then grew her mental health practice, Wilmington-based Evolution Wellness, to three locations.