CLASP Launches Economic Equity Project in Mississippi and North Carolina
CLASP recently launched a new project, Building Equitable Economic Supports in the South (BEES). Through the BEES project CLASP is working directly…
Category: Equitable Health Systems
Philanthropy Profile: A Conversation with Laura Gerald
Current issues of trust between health care institutions and communities are rooted in generations of marginalizing behavior and system failures. In this interview, Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust President Laura Gerald emphasizes the hard truths about why trust is lacking and what must be done to build it.
Medical Task Force Makes Recommendations for NC Public Health
The North Carolina Institute of Medicine is making new recommendations to improve health care in the state.
The suggestions focus on expanding health care capacity, fostering healthy communities, and increasing local collaboration.
Acknowledging our Past for a Stronger Tomorrow
The final story in the series will tie together the theme of evolution introduced in the first five stories– and highlight the recent state-wide events and Wells Fargo announcement. It will focus on how the Trust has evolved to further Mrs. Reynolds’ original mission by working to change systems with racial equity at its core. It will tell the story of the Trust’s deepening commitment to racial equity and systems change throughout the first 75 years, and announce the divestment from tobacco.
Addressing North Carolina’s Mental Health Needs
The initial charge of the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust was to provide medical care for people who couldn’t afford it. Seventy-five years later, that work has evolved and intensified as the Trust continues to work toward a system where all North Carolina residents can access equitable care regardless of race, place, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status.
NC Medicaid Beneficiaries Urged to Find Plans Under New Managed Care
North Carolina residents who rely on Medicaid have until Sep. 30 to switch healthcare plans under the state’s new managed…
Health Department Funding Has Plummeted Over Decade; Columbus Not Alone
For more than a decade, Columbus County women have had fewer and fewer affordable options to test themselves for breast…
NC Public Health Departments Called Overworked, Underfunded
North Carolina has spent fewer and fewer dollars on public health over the past decade, and local health officials say…