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Christina Schnabel talks about her family’s experience with the Healthy Opportunities Pilot in a scene from the documentary “The Root of Good Health.”

After a pioneering program was spiked, NC organizations build a new path forward

by Jaymie Baxley May 13, 2026May 18, 2026

children climbing up a ladder at a park playground

A crisis team that stays: How a new NC program is keeping kids out of the ER

by Taylor Knopf May 11, 2026May 9, 2026

Child in a wheelchair is pictured at NC General Assembly in a IDD Caucus.

‘There’s a quiet crisis’: NC families, advocates plead for greater disability services investment

by Ashley Fredde May 7, 2026May 6, 2026

A Black woman with glasses wearing a white cardigan with pink and teal writing on it looks at a silver laptop. Across from her sits a Black man in a brown jacket, khaki pants and black hat. Behind them are shelves lined with books. The woman is a social worker helping people with Medicaid and food benefits at the High Point Public Library in Guilford County, NC.

Looming Medicaid work rules bring big challenges to NC counties

by Jaymie Baxley and Jennifer Fernandez April 30, 2026April 29, 2026

A black man in a police uniform stands at a podium with a sign that reads "pre-arrest (LEAD) diversion & deflection programs expansion"

NC expands diversion programs for some low-level offenses as alternative to jail

by Rachel Crumpler April 28, 2026April 28, 2026

shows two adults providing applied behavior analysis, otherwise known as ABA therapy, with two young people.

NC moves to rein in soaring autism therapy costs amid fraud concerns

by Jaymie Baxley April 27, 2026April 30, 2026