Now available! NCFHP RFA 2021-2022 Technical Assistance Webinar As you know, this year’s application is a little different. Here’s what you need to know. The RFA is Submitted through Qualtrics The application will be submitted via Qualtrics, an online survey tool. You will receive a personalized link for your agency’s application via email. You will […]
NCFHP Highlighted by NACHC for Enabling Services
NCFHP was one of four programs nationwide highlighted by the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) for innovative approaches to outreach, case management, health education and other enabling services. Click here to read the full article as well as the case study on NCFHP. The case studies have been shared nationally with administrators from […]
Vecinos Featured in BPR News Story on Farmworkers’ Mental Health
“There’s a lot that goes into providing healthcare for any specialized population, but certainly one that’s so marked by recent trauma,” Vecinos executive director Marianne Martinez said. “Barriers to care, like transportation, like language, like costs, like timing — this is why Vecinos exists.” Vecinos was featured in Blue Ridge Public Radio’s two-part story on […]
NCFHP at 2019 East Coast Migrant Stream Forum
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 […]