Rural Forward NC Joins MDC to Enhance Capacity and Support Across the South
MDC is delighted to announce that Rural Forward NC has joined the MDC team, providing additional expertise and capacity to…
Category: Healthy Places NC
In Rural NC, Push for Mental-Health Resources as Kids Head Back to School
Across the state, teachers and staff expect more kids will need mental-health resources as they return to in-person school. McDowell…
Opinion: NC is Getting a Huge Opioid Settlement. Here’s What Should Happen Next
In July, N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein announced an historic agreement with drug distributors and opioid manufacturers that will bring $750…
Nonprofit Helps Build Future Leaders in Southeastern North Carolina
After her mother died in 2009, Alyssa Delts didn’t expect to find a new family. The next year, when she was…
Improving Mental Health in Rural North Carolina
The Trust gathered together community leaders to discuss the state of mental health care in North Carolina. Watch the discussion,…
‘Nobody is Speaking About it’: Latinx Group Tackles Mental Health in WNC
May marks mental health awareness month. It’s an issue stigmatized in many communities. One local organization hopes to tackle that…
Local Nonprofit Awarded $330,000 Grant to Address Overdose Rates, Deaths
A nonprofit agency here has been awarded more than $300,000 to aid opioid overdose victims and provide outreach services in…
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…