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Germinating New Healthy Cross-Sector Collaborations
WCH In the News Germinating New Health Cross-Sector Collaborations Original article courtesy of Build Healthy Places Networkby Jacob KraybillApril 13, 2017 As part of the Healthy Communities Initiative blog series, we highlight the role of regional Federal...
When you can’t afford the cost of life: Redefining poverty’s parameters
WCH In the NewsWhen you can't afford the cost of life: Redefining poverty's parameters Original article courtesy of The News & Observer.May 8, 2022. Lars Dolder, Staff Writer. When Cherrelle Ramsey moved last year into an aging apartment near downtown Cary,...
Analysis: Addressing Our Rural Childcare Crisis
The pandemic has underscored the relationship between our childcare systems and our nation’s economic and social health. A North Carolina project looks at how we need to improve.
NC must leverage American Rescue Plan funds to boost minority-owned, veteran businesses
Appropriations in the current state budget combined with federal dollars from the American Rescue Plan afford North Carolina leaders a propitious opportunity to simultaneously create a more inclusive business ecosystem and address some of the state’s most pressing social, economic, environmental and health equity issues.
Is There Any Gold to Mine in the Graying of America?
The over-65 population is growing faster than the generations who will take their place. Demographer James Johnson Jr. discusses the opportunities for growth given current demographic trends.
Council Hears About Possible Community Land Trust in City
A group of UNC-Chapel Hill students pitch the Rocky Mount City Council specifics of their analysis regarding how a possible community land trust could best serve city residents.