All people in North Carolina are financially stable and have lifetime economic prosperity.
Low income is a strong predictor of health disparities and instances of disease. Poverty is linked to restricted access to resources and opportunities for healthy living conditions. HNC 2030, p. 36
North Carolina ranks 39th in the nation for percentage of individuals below 200% Federal Poverty Level (FPL). The 5-year average percent of individuals below 200% FPL was 37% from 2013-2017 compared to 33% nationally. The 2019 200% FPL for individuals was $24,980. Ethnic and racial minorities are disproportionately affected by poverty with 52% of American Indians, 51% of African Americans, and 64% of Hispanic North Carolinians living below 200% of the FPL, compared to 31% of the white population. Over the past decade the percent of individuals below 200% FPL has been slowly decreasing across North Carolina. Current goals align with statewide 10-year targets to decrease the percent of individuals living below 200% FPL to 27% or to increase the rate of decline. HNC 2030 pp. 36-37
Child Care Services Association (CCSA) |
https://www.childcareservices.org/ |
Communities in Partnership (CIP) |
https://communitiesinpartnership.org/ |
Cooperative Christian Ministry |
https://cooperativeministry.com/ |
Crisis Assistance Ministry |
https://www.crisisassistance.org/ |
End Poverty Durham |
http://endpovertydurham.org/ |
Equity Before Birth |
https://www.equitybeforebirth.com/ |
NC Raise Up |
https://www.ncraiseup.org/fed-up |
GreenLight Fund- Charlotte |
https://greenlightfund.org/sites/charlotte/ |
Latin American Coalition |
https://latinamericancoalition.org/ |
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation |
https://www.mrbf.org/ |
NAACP |
https://naacp.org/ |
NCCARE360 |
https://nccare360.org/ |
NC Early Childhood Foundation (NCECF) |
https://buildthefoundation.org/ |
North Carolina Community Action Association |
https://www.nccaa.net/ |
North Carolina Early Education Coalition |
https://ncearlyeducationcoalition.org/ |
NC DHHS Office of Economic Opportunity |
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/divisions/office-economic-opportunity |
North Carolina Justice Center |
https://www.ncjustice.org/ |
NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence |
https://nccadv.org/ |
North Carolina Department of Commerce |
https://www.nccommerce.com/ |
North Carolina Network of Grantmakers (NCNG) |
https://ncgrantmakers.org/ |
North Carolina Poor People’s Campaign- A National Call for Moral Revival |
https://ppc-nc.org/ |
The Duke Endowment |
https://www.dukeendowment.org/program-areas/overview |
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation |
https://www.zsr.org/ |
- Advocate for universal basic income
- Advocate for universal health insurance/Expand Medicaid eligibility
- Bring back the infrastructure to support community & economic development at the state and federal level
- Focus economic development on well-paying jobs
- Improve third grade reading proficiency and high school graduation rates
- Increase paid medical leave
- Increase subsidized childcare
- Increase the state earned income tax credit
- Launch funds for minority businesses
- Raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour • Reduce incarceration
- Strengthen initiatives to prevent teen pregnancy
- Support and strengthen the community college system
American Community Survey (US Census)
- Economic Mobility: Job market (income); Savings rate; Ownership (home, business, investment)
- Study the Road to Zero Wealth - https://ips-dc.org/report-the-road-to-zero-wealth/
- Study Economic Mobility - https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/hendren/files/mobility_geo.pdf
- DHHS, in partnership with a diverse set of stakeholders, developed a standardized set of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) screening questions.
- Food insecurity
- Housing instability
- Lack of transportation
- Interpersonal violence
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/about/department-initiatives/healthy-opportunities/screening-questions
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