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Our community needs YOU: COVID-19

In this time of crisis, Care Ring needs you. The coronavirus pandemic has upended daily routines for everyone. For the people we serve, this rapid shift in daily life has had an immediate and profound impact. And for some, there have been serious consequences and sacrifices. Our community response is critical. Our community needs Care

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NC Health Guidebook now available

Health care in America is rapidly and dramatically transforming. Right before our eyes. And the impact of these changes on individuals with limited resources is profound. From understanding how “value-based payment” schemes work to learning about what really impacts health (hint: the answer lies far beyond the walls of a traditional clinic), everything we thought

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NFP featured on WSOC-TV as critical program to breaking cycle of poverty

Care Ring’s Nurse-Family Partnership program was highlighted by WSOC-TV reporter DaShawn Brown as an important tool in addressing Charlotte’s problem with economic mobility for those in poverty. NFP Nurse Tess Whitlock, her client Denise Ward, and Executive Director Donald Jonas, PhD, were interviewed for the story about how NFP is breaking the cycle of poverty

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NFP program highlighted in NC Health News

Care Ring’s Nurse-Family Partnership program was highlighted recently by North Carolina Health News. North Carolina Health News is an independent, not-for-profit, statewide news organization dedicated to covering health care in North Carolina employing the highest journalistic standards of fairness, accuracy and extensive research. The reporter, Yen Duong, decided to research and highlight the program after

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Care Ring to participate in grant project to expand opportunities for young families

“Young people are the workers of today and tomorrow. But those who become parents in their teenage years and early 20s, just as they are getting started in the world of work, are often confronted with a harsh reality: odds stacked against their ability to earn, learn and raise a family, which can threaten their

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Press Release: Care Ring to Lead Local Education Campaign on NC Medicaid Transformation

Care Ring is pleased to receive a grant from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust in Winston-Salem, NC to engage, educate and inform the residents of Charlotte-Mecklenburg about “Medicaid Transformation,” North Carolina’s shift to value-based care – a healthcare delivery model that pays providers based on patient health outcomes. Care Ring, a local nonprofit connecting

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Hope for Community Health Luncheon 2016

On December 12, 2016, nearly 600 of Charlotte’s top healthcare, government, non-profit, and business leaders joined Care Ring for the Hope for Community Health Annual Luncheon at the Westin in uptown Charlotte. Presented by OrthoCarolina, the event raised a generous amount of money that will support Care Ring’s programs: the low-cost clinic, Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP),

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