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Photo of a young girl looking upset at her desk in the middle of class.

Food insecurity is hitting thousands of NC children—and it’s following them into the classroom

by Jessica F. Simmons

| March 9, 2026

Affordability | DHHS | EAT LOCAL | food | groceries | Lead Story | North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services | SNAP
More than 580,000 NC children rely on SNAP to help keep food on the table. On school mornings in North Carolina, some children arrive already exhausted. School teachers and nurses across the state report seeing the signs: difficulty concentrating, irritability, and complaints of headaches and stomach aches before lunch. In many cases, the cause is […]
NC teachers are facing rising health care costs

‘I feel robbed’: Veteran NC teachers buckle under medical bills

by Jessica F. Simmons

| December 22, 2025

affordable care act | DURHAM | EDUCATION | Federal Cuts | Federal Harm | HEALTH | health care | health insurance | health insurance denial | HEALTHCARE | insurance | Lead Story | North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services | SCHOOLS
As the NC State Health Plan faces a $507 million deficit, veteran NC teachers say shrinking benefits and rising out-of-pocket costs are driving them out of the classroom.
The Perinatal Quality Collaborative of NC has been credited with reducing C-section births, boosting breastfeeding and cutting infection rates in the tiniest babies.

Medicaid funding shortfall shutters statewide program helping moms and babies

by NC Health News

| October 30, 2025

CHILDCARE | Community | DHHS | FAMILY | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | infant mortality | JOSH STEIN | Lead Story | Medicaid | NC GENERAL ASSEMBLY | NC POLITICS | North Carolina | North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services | NORTH CAROLINA NEWS | north carolina politics | PARENTING | Perinatal Quality Collaborative of NC | politics
The Perinatal Quality Collaborative of NC has been credited with reducing C-section births, boosting breastfeeding and cutting infection rates in the tiniest babies.