FACTSHEET: Lifting Up The Disadvantaged | Eastern North Carolina Now

Press Release:

Helping those who cannot help themselves


Health and Human Services

  • Our budget commits more than $10.8 billion in Department of Health and Human Services funding over the biennium, or more than 24 percent of the General Fund annually, to support the well-being of our most vulnerable citizens.
  • Invests nearly $82 million over the biennium in new funding for mental health and substance abuse services.
  • Continues substantial commitment to the North Carolina Families Accessing Services through Technology (NC FAST) and NC TRACKS information technology platforms, which are replacing legacy information technology systems to more efficiently serve citizens and pay providers.
  • Increases investments in foster care, adoption support and the collection of child support payments.
  • Includes funding to improve services and replace equipment for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
  • Recognizes that the need for Medicaid reform is a matter of simple financial reality given the rapidly growing burden on taxpayers.
    • Reflects an estimated need for $287 million in additional Medicaid funding in the first year of the biennium and $460.6 million in year two, taking into consideration forecasted changes in enrollment, anticipated costs per recipient, and utilization of services, as well as federal matching funds.
    • Supports the Healthy NC reform plan to put patients first and control costs for the taxpayers, while incentivizing health care providers to coordinate care.
    • Prudently allocates $175 million dollars over the biennium to the Medicaid Risk Reserve to provide a buffer against inevitable uncertainty in one of our biggest cost drivers.

Housing Finance Agency

  • The NC Housing Finance Agency represents one of the greatest returns on investment of any state money spent. This budget fully funds the HOME match program with more than $1.5 million in each fiscal year.
  • These dollars leverage Federal matching funds of $20 million and enable the state to collaborate with local governments and non-profits to serve 340 additional households, create over 400 jobs and generate an additional $1.7 million in state and local revenue.
  • Provides $9 million in the first year and $8.5 million in the second year for the Workforce Housing Loan Program to support the development and rehabilitation of low-income housing units throughout the state.
  • Funds $1 million each year to the Housing Trust Fund to help alleviate the shortage of safe, affordable housing for low- and moderate-income citizens.

  • Contact: Crystal Feldman
  •     govpress@nc.gov

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