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Business Analyst: Pilot Program Helping Farmers not in NC Budget

NC Health Secretary Advocates Continued Social Services Support at Hendersonville Visit

NC's Health Secretary Advocates Support for Pilot Health Initiative

Jackson Faces HOP Program Shutdown Amid State Budget Cuts

NC Health and Human Services Secretary Dev Sangvai Tours Western North Carolina, Touts Hope4NC and Healthy Opportunities Pilots for Supporting Hurricane Helene Recovery

NC Health Secretary Visits Hendersonville Nonprofits Amid Budget Funding Concerns

NC Struggles in Key Child Health Measures, New Report Shows

A Question of "Worthiness": GOP Pols and the People They're Cutting Off From Core Health Programs

Western NC Braces for End of Medicaid Program that Funded Food, Health Support

State Lawmakers Should Reconsider Plans to End Highly Successful Health Program

Rural Appalachian Health Clinic Serves Those In Need

Equal Plates Project Feeding Asheville Residents Post-Helene, Funding Cuts Loom

Hunger Already an Issue in Post-Helene Western NC. Signs it Could Get Much Worse.

NC Health and Human Services Secretary Dev Sangvai Tours Western North Carolina, Touts Hope4NC and Healthy Opportunities Pilots for Supporting Hurricane Helene Recovery

June 13, 2025

New Research Showing Critical Impact Medicaid Expansion and Healthy Opportunities Pilots Have in Creating Healthier North Carolina

June 2, 2025

A Healthier North Carolina: Governor Cooper Celebrates Nearly 600,000 Enrolled in Medicaid Expansion and Other Major Health Care Accomplishments

December 4, 2024

Significant Cost Savings Realized as Healthy Opportunities Pilots Reach Two-Year Anniversary

As the Healthy Opportunities Pilots (HOP) program reaches its second anniversary, results from an independent study prove that the program is a success. HOP is

May 24, 2024

Healthy Opportunities Pilots Celebrate Two-Year Anniversary

April 2, 2024

CMS Approves New Flexibilities for NC’s 1115 Demonstration Waiver & HOP

On July 7, 2023, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved an amendment to North Carolina’s Medicaid Reform Section 1115 Demonstration. The demonstration, originally

August 2, 2023

DHHS Announces Three Regions for Medicaid Healthy Opportunities Pilots

A Major Milestone for Nation’s First Comprehensive Medicaid Program to Address Non-Medical Drivers of Health. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today

May 21, 2021