The man accused of killing a Raleigh teacher in her home is due in court Thursday.

Ryan Camacho is charged with breaking into Zoe Welsh’s home and murdering her. Her jarring murder sent ripples through the community. We wanted to know what has changed to make Raleigh safer in the months since her murder.

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From the usually quiet neighborhood near Fletcher Park where Camacho made camp to encampments across the city and the courthouse, the calls for change in the judicial system and the need for more resources to support those experiencing a mental health crisis are loud.

Watch: The Zoe Welsh case: What has changed in North Carolina since she was killed in January?

Criminal justice system adjust to challenges of suspects with mental illness

One change comes thanks to a state law. Many more cases have been flagged for potential mental health implications in Wake County alone. That’s because one month before Welsh’s killing, Iryna’s Law went into effect.

Iryna Zarutska was killed by a man suffering from mental illness in Charlotte.

The creation of Iryna's Law met the calls for something to be done about repeat offenders.

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Iryna's Law allows a judge to now consider someone’s entire criminal history, not only their previous convictions. And it makes it harder for a judge to release a person charged with a violent offense before their trial.

Another change may soon be found at the courthouse. Unlike neighboring Durham and Orange Counties, Wake County does not have a mental health court. The newly-elected district attorney says that changes on his watch.

“We've got to prioritize mental health and put the resources where they need to go to tackle these cases early on before they become some horrific murder like we have just obviously seen very recently," Wiley Nickel told WRAL in an interview earlier this year.

The challenge is in the execution. It can take years to stand up a mental health court considering the process of outlining and adopting policies, staffing, funding and creating the space for the court.

Nickel also plans to increase the number of prosecutors. It's a move he says will help push cases forward and address them in a timely manner.

Raleigh ACORNS pairs social workers with police to help those in crisis

Then, there's the issue of people without homes.

Raleigh’s ACORNS unit serves as a model for departments across the country, pairing four Raleigh Police officers with seven social workers to help unhoused people who are in crisis.

They haven’t made changes since Welsh’s killing. Theirs is a daily effort to build relationships with people often experiencing mental illness.

"ACORNS has made zero arrests. Our unit is specifically designed and intended to be a diversionary unit. Our original motto was care and safety first, enforcement as a last resort," said Sgt. Madeline Horner who oversees the program for Raleigh Police.

ACORNS leaves the enforcement to other officers and focuses instead on the changing needs of a growing population of people experiencing homelessness.

"We make a plan with them, and then we'll walk along with them. And that that kind of relationship is what allows us to have that touch point of knowing that, 'OK, this person is now, they're deviating from what their original plan was. It looks like they're going down this other road. Are there some interventions that we can do to keep them from having a flashpoint crisis,' Horner says the unit has to ask itself when assessing someone's changing mental state.

In the last year, ACORNS has made Wake County partners aware of many more encampments and people experiencing homelessness than they knew existed, Horner said. Now that they know of more unhoused people, Wake County Continuum of Care can apply for larger grants to meet the need.

As far as the courts, in December of this year, a provision of Iryna’s law takes effect.

It requires judges to involuntary commit someone who is charged with a violent crime and has been committed within the last three years. A judge can also commit someone who the judge believes could be a danger.