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‘Deep care work:’ Medicaid's first food prescription pilot in WNC up for renewalCaja Solidaria is one of 57 Healthy Opportunities Pilot programs in Western North Carolina. Funds go to a preventative approach to health, known as "food as medicine."

North Carolina’s radical Medicaid reinventionNorth Carolina Medicaid has undergone a radical transformation emphasizing preventive care and social determinants of health.

El primer programa piloto de prescripción de alimentos de Medicaid en WNC está pendiente de renovaciónCaja Solidaria es uno de los 57 programas piloto de Oportunidades Saludables en el oeste de Carolina del Norte. Los fondos se destinan a un enfoque preventivo de la salud, conocido como "alimentos como medicina".

In North Carolina, a radical experiment targets social determinants of health with fresh produce and safe housingIn North Carolina, a pilot program aims to comprehensively test and evaluate how increasing access to healthy food and safe housing can improve health outcomes.

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Local food prescription service Caja Solidaria opens in HendersonvilleNonprofit food prescription service Caja Solidaria opens in Hendersonville. It delivers healthy food to those in need in Western North Carolina.

Work with Heart Community Fund selects 38 organizations to receive fundsWork with Heart Community Fund selects 38 organizations to receive funds; Mills River seeks applications for ARPA funds

March 10, 2023

Caja Solidaria receives $1,000 in funding to support mutual aid fund through the Community Foundation of Henderson County's Work with Heart Fund.

Have Medicaid? You may be entitled to a free weekly box of produce One day Mary K was speaking with her case manager at WellCare, the company that manages her Medicaid plan. She told the woman she’d been getting most of her food from pantries, but she could only get there when she had a ride. Once there, the food bank workers usually only offered shelf stable goods, such as peanut butter, pasta or beans, foods that didn’t help her keep her diabetes or weight under control.