This year, in Puerto Rico, staff from NCFHP and three NCFHP-funded sites (Vecinos, Black River and NC Farmworkers Project) presented at the East Coast Migrant Stream Forum: Vecinos presented on the process they went through to establish integrated behavioral health services for farmworkers in their region, including a needs assessment, the development of a Mental […]
NC Farmworker Health Program Celebrates 25 Years of Partnerships
On Sept. 19, 2019, NCFHP celebrated over 25 years of partnerships at an event in Chapel Hill, highlighting outreach and enabling services as essential components of care for farmworkers. The over 100 attendees included outreach workers, providers, clinic administrators, current and past board and staff members and representatives from partner agencies such as non-profits, state […]
Annual NC Farmworker Institute
Thursday, April 25th, 2019 8:30am – 4:30pm United Church of Chapel Hill – 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Register now for the annual North Carolina Farmworker Institute a gathering of agencies, organizations, and activists dedicated to advancing the lives of farmworkers and their families. Institute participants will share their skills, experiences, […]
NCFHP Publishes!
An article by our Program Director Elizabeth Freeman Lambar and Medical Director Dr. Gayle Thomas is a featured commentary in the latest issue of the NC Medical Journal: The Health and Well-being of North Carolina’s Farmworkers: The Importance of Inclusion, Accessible Services and Personal Connection North Carolina Medical Journal, March-April 2019 80:107–112; doi:10.18043/ncm.80.2.107 The article highlights the […]
Health Equity Award Goes to NC Farmworkers Project Coordinator
NCFHP congratulates Janeth Tapia, farmworker health outreach coordinator at NC Farmworkers Project in Benson, NC for being selected by Hispanics in Philanthropy as a 2018 recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Equity Award! RWJF’s post reads: “Providing access to affordable, quality health care for a population that is often politically marginalized and isolated is a […]
Breaking the Stigma around Behavioral Health
This summer, for National Farmworker Health Day (part of National Health Center Week) the farmworker outreach team at Rural Health Group tried something new. With one of their behavioral health therapists and their HIV team they visited one of their local farmworker camps to offer depression and HIV screenings to workers. 16 farmworkers (of the […]
Vecinos Featured in the News
NCFHP contract site Vecinos in Western North Carolina is highlighted in a recent issue of The Mountain Express including stories from staff and the farmworkers they work with. “Despite their importance to the region’s economy, these workers often labor in conditions that make obtaining health services difficult or impossible. Some dedicated advocacy organizations and health […]
August is Heat Safety Awareness Month in NC
Governor Roy Cooper released a proclamation that marks August as North Carolina’s Heat Safety Awareness Month . Agricultural workers are among those at greatest risk for experiencing heat illness – including heat stroke which can lead to death – because of high temps on the job and little relief. The short Spanish-language video below contains […]
NCFHP Medical Director Recognized for Poetry
The following poem by NCFHP’s medical director, Dr. Gayle Thomas, was selected as First Place Winner of the 2017 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Poetry and Prose Competition. It is expected to be published in the Journal of Family Medicine. The Migrant Farmworker We arrive with the twilight to the camp hidden in the fields […]
Spotlight on Vecinos, Inc
‘Somos vecinos’ means ‘we are neighbors’ in Spanish. We strive to be good neighbors to the farmworkers in our communities and we hope for a safe place to work and live for all agricultural workers in our country.” ~ Vecinos Website Vecinos is nonprofit organization in Western North Carolina supported by the North Carolina Farmworker […]