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A prison barbed wire fence. As people exit prison, they are high risk of overdose and more prisons are providing MOUD before release

NC prisons expand addiction treatment before release to curb deadly overdose risk

by Rachel Crumpler December 4, 2025December 5, 2025

A police chief and police social worker sit at a table inside police headquarters

Police embrace social workers to help field rising calls tied to homelessness, mental illness

by Rachel Crumpler November 19, 2025November 19, 2025

A woman stands at a podium with the seal of North Carolina on it talking about the launch of FACT teams to help people with serious mental illnesses leaving incarceration

NC invests $9.5 million in teams to help people with serious mental illness after their release from incarceration

by Rachel Crumpler November 10, 2025November 9, 2025

Shows a man with a beard who's reaching into a shelf at a food pantry to show off a can of food destined for someone who's losing their SNAP benefits.

North Carolinians cope with SNAP benefits freeze, navigate new food insecurities

by Rachel Crumpler and Rose Hoban November 3, 2025November 4, 2025

Supplies, such as the medications naloxone and buprenorphine, carried by Buncombe County community paramedics on the post-overdose response team.

From revival to recovery: Some paramedics are changing the front line of addiction care

by Rachel Crumpler October 29, 2025October 28, 2025

Five women in purple shirts stand together in a flier

‘We’re gonna be there’: NC counties rethink overdose response

by Rachel Crumpler October 23, 2025October 28, 2025