Audience

Enhanced Services ECHO Series (February 2023)

Posted on by manda.hufstedler@duke.edu

Description

The NC InCK team and our guests discussed enhanced services, including Pre-K applications, nutrition services, and value-added services during the February 2023 ECHO Series event.

Click this link for the Enhanced Services ECHO Series Integrated Care Rounds slide deck.

Key Takeaways

  • Applications for Pre-K open in the Spring of each year, and districts have different eligibility and application deadlines. Details and links to Pre-K programs in NC InCK’s six school districts are provided.  
  • COVID-era food benefits are expiring, and Family Navigators can play an important role in connecting families to WIC, school meals, and making sure families are receiving the maximum SNAP benefit.  
  • Each PHP has a robust set of value-added services for families. This training walks through school supply, asthma, doula, and tutoring benefits offered by PHPs with links to each benefit page.

Resources

Child Care Referral Center: Search for child care options in your area or see contact details for the Referral Center for support in finding child care or applying to Pre-K

 

Online web pages to find the value-added benefits by Prepaid Health Plan: 

  1. Amerihealth Benefits 
  2. CCH Benefits 
  3. Healthy Blue Benefits 
  4. United Benefits 
  5. Wellcare Benefits 

Concrete Economic Supports Part 1 Integrated Care Rounds (March 2023)

Posted on by manda.hufstedler@duke.edu

Description

The NC InCK team and our guests discussed economic hardship and its impact of children and families during the March 2023 Concrete Economic Supports Integrated Care Rounds event.

Click this link for the March 2023 Concrete Economic Supports Integrated Care Rounds slide deck.

Key Takeaways

  • Poverty and the stress it creates is a systemic factor that is linked to negative outcomes across all core child service areas. 
  • Concrete and economic supports are goods and services that address a family's needs and can serve as protective factors for families, offsetting the impact of poverty.   
  • Family Navigators should actively support families in connecting to and enrolling in economic supports such as SNAP, WIC, child care assistance, housing assistance, utilities assistance, and financial aid.

Resources

Summer Supports Integrated Care Rounds (April 2023)

Posted on by manda.hufstedler@duke.edu

Description

The NC InCK team and our guests discussed summer activities for children, summer meals, and Medicaid renewal during the April 2023 Summer Supports Integrated Care Rounds event.

Click this link for the April 2023 Summer Supports Integrated Care Rounds slide deck.

Key Takeaways

  • Summertime can lead to numerous negative outcomes for children experiencing poverty, including academic loss, increased food insecurity, and unhealthy behavior. 
  • High-quality summer enrichment programs can improve academic, mental health, and physical health for children. 
  • This training includes camps and public programs offered through libraries, county parks and recreation, and cooperative extension offices in each of NC InCK’s five counties as well as guidance on how to learn about summer meal sites in a family’s area. 

Resources

Additional Online Camp Finder Tools:

  1. NC Site Finder-Summer Meals for Children
  2. NC Summer Camp Directory for Children with Special Needs 

For information on some Utility and Financial Assistance Programs through NCDHHS: 

  1. Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP)
  2. Crisis Intervention Program (CIP)
  3. Emergency Assistance (Short-Term Financial Assistance for Families in Crisis)/TANF
  4. Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) 

Enhanced ePASS Account Tips