Addressing Housing-Related Social Needs Through Medicaid: Lessons From NC HOPS Program
North Carolina Medicaid’s Healthy Opportunities Pilots program is the country’s first comprehensive program to evaluate the impact of paying community-based…
Author: Devin Singleton
Lumber River United Way Hosts Free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program
“In the first year of [United Way’s] VITA program, we assisted 85 taxpayers and secured over $100,000 in refunds,” said…
NC Groups Work to Improve Health Equity Amid Medicaid Changes
Health equity is becoming a top priority in North Carolina as Medicaid undergoes changes. People across the state are experiencing…
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
The Robeson County School Board has proposed a KaBoom! Community playground for south Lumberton, which will cost the city very…
A Wake-Up Call for Investing in the South
North Carolina-based funder, the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, has recently worked to divest its portfolio from tobacco companies and…
Halifax County Smart Start Students Play Their Way Toward Improved Health
In 2015, the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust awarded the Halifax-Warren SmartStart a three-year, $334,871 grant to increase access to…
Stand With Us for Philanthropy
Joining foundations from across the country, the Trust has signed on to the Council on Foundations statement affirming our collective…
A Time for Courage
At the Trust, 2023 has been a year of deepening our commitment to transparency, racial equity, and systems change. It…