Notes
The following are new initiatives or changes in our community in 2019:
- WIC has gone mobile and visits the isolated Canada community once/quarter. About 50 families have been served at each outreach event, which includes WIC, Environmental Health, Health Education, and MANNA Foodbank.
- Vecinos Farmworkers Program received funding through the Dogwood Health Trust to improve their mobile clinic
- Dogwood Health Trust will award more than 3 million dollars in grant funding to agencies in Western North Carolina in early 2020
- Highway 107 construction to take place and have a major impact on community businesses
- The Public Charge rule may hinder at-risk populations from accessing services