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The Robeson County School Board has proposed a KaBoom! Community playground for south Lumberton, which will cost the city very…
Category: Health Improvement in North Carolina
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…
‘It means the world’ – Volunteers, Trust Funding Make Bolton Playground Possible
“A dream that was years in the making came to life over the course of three days last week as…
Supporting North Carolina’s Immigrant Families
The Trust is proud to support a report co-authored by UNC and The Urban Institute that gleans insight and assesses barriers to enrollment and participation in safety net programs among our statewide immigrant population.
Medicaid Expansion Will Take Effect in Weeks. Here’s NC’s Outreach Strategy
Community organizations serve a pivotal role in the state’s plan to spread the word about the upcoming Dec. 1 launch of Medicaid expansion in North Carolina. The state Department of Health and Human Services estimates that over 600,000 North Carolinians will become eligible for this federal-state insurance program, which will now cover all adults in the state who make below about $20,120 a year.
An Expansive Survey Assesses Funders’ Surging Interest in Journalism — and Potential Growing Pains
On August 30, American Journalism Project President Sarabeth Berman reported that since the project’s launch in 2019, it has committed over $42 million to 41 nonprofit news outlets and galvanized $53 million to stand up local news initiatives.
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…
Medicaid Expansion for North Carolina will go into effect on Dec. 1
“To be ready once the budget was passed, the team at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services…