Department of Health and Human Services /tags/department-of-health-and-human-services Department of Health and Human Services en-US Copyright Mon, 21 Oct 2024 21:11:20 GMT Helene’s damage has devastated many child care centers /news/2024-10-21/helene-damage-child-care-centers-daycare-western-nc Helene damaged more than 200 child care centers in western North Carolina, and at least 55 of the hardest-hit centers are expected to remain closed for months. Mon, 21 Oct 2024 21:11:20 GMT /news/2024-10-21/helene-damage-child-care-centers-daycare-western-nc Liz Schlemmer Legislature approves Medicaid money — but not what DHHS says is needed /health/2024-09-12/legislature-approves-medicaid-money The state health department asked for $458 billion to keep up with rising Medicaid costs. Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:19:26 GMT /health/2024-09-12/legislature-approves-medicaid-money Grace Vitaglione | North Carolina Health ¹ÏÉñapp Durham resident faces last hurdle in lead paint battle /health/2024-02-12/durham-resident-faces-last-hurdle-in-lead-paint-battle A grandmother’s decades-long battle against lead contamination could come to a close soon if she can get just one more domino to fall. Mon, 12 Feb 2024 19:57:08 GMT /health/2024-02-12/durham-resident-faces-last-hurdle-in-lead-paint-battle Will Atwater | North Carolina Health ¹ÏÉñapp State launches new program to help fund county foster care, children still sleeping in DSS offices /2024-02-08/state-launches-new-program-to-help-fund-county-foster-care-children-still-sleeping-in-dss-offices New state funding may help some of the region’s most vulnerable: children in foster care who live in social services offices because of a lack of foster family placements.The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced the DSS Emergency Placement Fund to provide county departments of social services with resources to help children in their custody. Check out the breakdown of funding in WNC. Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:57:53 GMT /2024-02-08/state-launches-new-program-to-help-fund-county-foster-care-children-still-sleeping-in-dss-offices Lilly Knoepp Cooper, Medicaid leader push insurance enrollment as North Carolina Medicaid expansion also grows /2024-01-10/cooper-medicaid-leader-push-insurance-enrollment-as-north-carolina-medicaid-expansion-also-grows The number of people who have enrolled in Medicaid in North Carolina since expansion began in December is now over 310,000. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper offered that figure on Wednesday while at a Raleigh event with the nation’s chief Medicaid regulator to talk about expansion and those getting other subsidized insurance offered through the Affordable Care Act. Wed, 10 Jan 2024 22:17:23 GMT /2024-01-10/cooper-medicaid-leader-push-insurance-enrollment-as-north-carolina-medicaid-expansion-also-grows Associated Press NC raising Medicaid rates for behavioral health providers for first time since 2012 /health/2023-11-21/nc-raising-medicaid-rates-behavioral-health-providers-first-time-since-2012 Increased reimbursement for psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, substance use treatment professionals and others may lead more of them to accept Medicaid — expanding access to care for state residents. Tue, 21 Nov 2023 21:31:51 GMT /health/2023-11-21/nc-raising-medicaid-rates-behavioral-health-providers-first-time-since-2012 Jaymie Baxley | North Carolina Health ¹ÏÉñapp North Carolina Medicaid expansion still set for Dec. 1 start as federal regulators give final OK /health/2023-10-13/north-carolina-medicaid-expansion-dec-1-start Federal regulators have given their final approval for North Carolina to begin offering Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of low-income adults on Dec. 1. Fri, 13 Oct 2023 17:20:37 GMT /health/2023-10-13/north-carolina-medicaid-expansion-dec-1-start Associated Press Dr. Mandy Cohen to step down as secretary of NC DHHS /news/2021-11-30/mandy-cohen-resign-dhhs-north-carolina-secretary-cooper-covid Dr. Mandy Cohen, the secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, is stepping down, ¹ÏÉñapp has confirmed. She quickly became the public face of North Carolina's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tue, 30 Nov 2021 16:02:18 GMT /news/2021-11-30/mandy-cohen-resign-dhhs-north-carolina-secretary-cooper-covid Dave DeWitt, Jason deBruyn New NC state budget funds therapies for people with disabilities /health/2021-11-19/north-carolina-state-budget-funds-therapies-children-disabilities Tucked in the new state budget is an expansion of services for families of children with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. More than 28,000 families in the state qualify for state funding for in-home care like speech or behavioral therapies. Fri, 19 Nov 2021 16:52:33 GMT /health/2021-11-19/north-carolina-state-budget-funds-therapies-children-disabilities Jason deBruyn NC To Get $56M For Early Childhood Education, Health /education/2020-01-09/nc-to-get-56m-for-early-childhood-education-health North Carolina will receive up to $56 million toward improving early childhood education and health outcomes for at-risk children, Gov. Roy Cooper… Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:11:32 GMT /education/2020-01-09/nc-to-get-56m-for-early-childhood-education-health Associated Press