The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation is issuing a funding opportunity to support community-based organizations in expanding their ability to advocate for policy and systems change aimed at increasing access to healthy food for those most impacted by food insecurity. Learn more at: https://bit.ly/48h8kTi
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Job Opportunity: Medicaid Expansion Outreach & Education Coordinator
Position: Medicaid Expansion Outreach & Education Coordinator Reports to: Director of Communications Type: Full Time Location: Raleigh, NC or remote The Medicaid Expansion Outreach & Education Coordinator will lead and be responsible for the collaborative work of Care […]
North Carolina Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Renewal Posted for Public Comment
NC Medicaid’s Section 1115 Demonstration Renewal has been posted for public comment, which includes language about the Healthy Opportunities Pilot. Please see the e-mail notice below from the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services about how to share public comments: North Carolina will be requesting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services renew the NC […]
Equity+ Podcast Ep. 4: Affordable Housing: The Cost Helping Communities Get & Stay Housed
Join Care Share and our featured guests Dr. Sue Ledford of Four Square Community Action, Charis Blackmon of West Side Community Land Trust, and S.J. Hightower and Hope Williams of Legal Aid of North Carolina for our a discussion on the different ways their organizations approach their work to help individuals and communities get and remain in affordable housing. […]
Equity+ Podcast Ep. 3: Connecting Communities to Health w/ Honey Yang Estrada
Episode 3: Connecting Communities to Health w/ Honey Yang Estrada | Listen Here In this episode, we talk to Honey Yang Estrada, President of the NC Community Health Worker Association (NCCHWA). We discuss her background and what brought her to CHW work, how CHWs help bridge the gap between their community members and healthcare systems, and how the NCCHWA […]
Help Your Community Keep Medicaid Coverage
During the Public Health Emergency (PHE) due to COVID-19, states had to follow federal requirements around the “Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Condition”, and were therefore not allowed to remove individuals from their Medicaid programs. However, in March, 2023 the Consolidated Appropriations Act unlinked the continuous enrollment condition from the PHE, which allowed states to begin redetermining […]
Kellin Foundation
Today we are highlighting Community Based Organization and Equity+ Network member The Kellin Foundation! About the Organization The Kellin Foundation’s mission is to strengthen resilience among children, families, adults and communities through trauma-informed behavioral health services focused on prevention, treatment, and healing. The Kellin Foundation is a recognized partner of NCTSN (National Child Traumatic Stress […]
Equity+ Podcast Ep. 2 Ft. Dr. Dawn Baldwin Gibson
Episode 2: Dr. Dawn Baldwin Gibson | Listen Here Note: This episode deals with the loss of a child. In this episode, we share an interview with Dr. Dawn Baldwin Gibson, originally recorded as part of NC BIPOC Leaders series published last year on our blog. Dr. Gibson shares how her life experiences have informed and inspired the […]
NC Black Alliance
Today we are highlighting Community Based Organization and Equity+ Network member NC Black Alliance! About the Organization The North Carolina Black Alliance (NCBA) is working toward state-level systemic change by strengthening the network of elected officials representing communities of color throughout the state and collaborating with progressive, grassroots networks on intersecting issues. These issues range […]
The Help Center NC
Today we are highlighting Community Based Organization and Equity+ Network member The Help Center NC! About the Organization The Help Center NC believes a world without hunger is possible. We provide emergency resources to support low-income, no-income and senior populations facing food insecurity. Our team is dedicated to addressing root causes of hunger and the […]
Funding Opportunity: Maternal Health
A funding opportunity for Improving Maternal Health Outcomes is available to Community Based Organizations from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA). More information is available at: https://www.hrsa.gov/grants/find-funding/HRSA-23-084
NCDHHS Delays Implementation of the NC Medicaid Managed Care Behavioral Health and I/DD
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will delay the implementation of the NC Medicaid Managed Care Behavioral Health and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Tailored Plans. The launch was scheduled for April 1 and is now targeted for Oct. 1, 2023. Read More: https://www.ncdhhs.gov/press-releases
NC’s BIPOC Leaders: Rev. Dr. Dawn Baldwin Gibson at Peletah Ministries
Rev. Dr. Dawn Baldwin Gibson still remembers when she was only four years old sitting at a nurse’s station in the hospital, while her mother was visiting with Gibson’s father, who wasdying of pancreatic cancer. “So much of the work that I do around health equity comes from that very early knowledge of how important […]
NC’s BIPOC Leaders: Yesenia Cuello, Executive Director at NC FIELD
Yesenia Cuello may only be 30 years old, but she has a lifetime of experience to inform her work as Executive Director of NC FIELD, a non-profit working with farmworker youth, families, and H-2A guest workers by utilizing grassroots organizing principles to teach leadership, promote education, health and safety, and facilitate access to opportunities, including […]
NC’s BIPOC Leaders: Josie Williams of Greensboro Housing Coalition
Safe and affordable housing has always had a major impact on the life of Josie Williams, Executive Director of the Greensboro Housing Coalition. Williams spent her youth in an area many would consider not fit for children. “It was funny,” she says, “I was reading an article that described my old neighborhood, and it brought back […]
NC’s BIPOC Leaders: Chester Williams of ABC2
Care Share Health Alliance is excited to share a new series of articles on North Carolina’s BIPOC leaders working in the health equity space. Our first entry features Chester Williams, founder and Chief Empowerment Officer of A Better Chance, A Better Community. A Chance, a Better Community (ABC2) is an organization serving Northeastern North Carolina […]
