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NC House Proposed Their Own ‘Mini Budget’ With No Funding for Healthy Opportunities

NC House Proposed Their Qwn ‘Mini Budget’ With No Funding for Healthy Opportunities

WNC Famers Face Uncertainty; Legislators Consider Cutting Pilot Health Program Funds

Proposal for $30M for Medicaid Pilot Fails in N.C. House Ahead of July 1 Deadline

Proposal for $30M for Medicaid Pilot Fails in N.C. House Ahead of July 1 Deadline

NC Senate’s Proposed ‘Mini Budget’ Would Fund Healthy Opportunities Pilot, Medicaid Rebase

NC Senate’s Proposed ‘Mini Budget’ Would Fund Healthy Opportunities Pilot, Medicaid Rebase

WNC Farmers Face Uncertainty; Legislators Consider Cutting Pilot Health Program Funds

NC Senate Proposes a Limited Spending Bill as the Legislature Plans a Break Without a New Budget

As Budget Talks Stall, NC Senate Comes Up with a Funding Stopgap — For Now

As Budget Talks Stall, NC Senate Comes Up With a Funding Stopgap — For Now

Program Cuts Medicaid Costs, Improves Lives – and It’s at Risk

June 17, 2025

Program Cuts Medicaid Costs, Improves Lives – and It’s at Risk

June 14, 2025

The full circle: farmer to merchant to consumer

When First United Methodist Church in Waynesville decided to join a groundbreaking program aimed at transforming lives of those with low incomes, the service model

March 6, 2023

Local nonprofits move the needle on health with pilot program

An experimental program in North Carolina striving to shift health care’s focus on wellness instead of sickness is in full swing in Haywood. The Healthy

March 2, 2023

A grand experiment in wellness: solving social issues that underpin health

Many claim that good health is as much about life conditions as it is the lack of medical problems — like proper housing, food, transportation,

March 1, 2023

Mountain region could see influx of federal funds

SYLVA — As nonprofits and local governments search for solutions to make the regional stronger, a federal agriculture department spokesman had encouraging words. “Right now

June 25, 2022

ASAP’s farm fresh produce prescription expands

After piloting the Farm Fresh Produce Prescription in 2021, ASAP has expanded the program this season to partner with multiple healthcare access points and local

June 24, 2022