RALEIGH - North Carolina is directing more than $17 million to expand mental-health and substance-use services in rural communities. The state says the announced funding will support crisis response, opioid treatment and care for people experiencing psychosis.
RALEIGH - North Carolina has expanded its statewide newborn screening panel to include infantile Krabbe disease and GAMT deficiency, affecting tests offered to nearly 120,000 babies each year.
Three federal grants totaling approximately $7 million will support North Carolina’s 988 crisis line, mobile crisis teams and maternal substance-use treatment.
North Carolina and the U.S. Department of Justice have asked a federal court to end oversight of a 2012 community mental-health settlement.
Governor Stein, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, and the Governor’s Recovery Office for Western North Carolina announced the application window will open soon for $20 million to build and expand child care programs in communities impacted by Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Debby.
North Carolina will accept applications for $20 million to establish or expand child care facilities on public college campuses in disaster-affected counties.
NCDHHS will hold a Spanish-language town hall Aug. 25 on upcoming NC Medicaid rule changes.
NCDHHS says North Carolina has reported 718 cyclosporiasis cases and 24 hospitalizations since May 1.
NCDHHS has formed an advisory committee for a rural health initiative supported by more than $213 million in first-year federal funding.
North Carolina is asking CMS to revise medical-frailty guidance that state officials say could affect Medicaid coverage for more than 64,000 residents.
NCDHHS has formed a committee of more than 40 members to help guide the implementation of North Carolina’s federally funded Rural Health Transformation Program.
NCDHHS says its new traumatic brain injury plan will expand screening, support and prevention efforts through 2029.
