Health Care Cuts Could Hit North Carolina Program That Helps Students in Recovery

A recovery program for college students at the University of North Carolina Wilmington could lose thousands of dollars in grant funding, reports StarNews Online:

The program supports students in recovery from substance abuse, students seeking recovery and those affected by someone else’s addiction, [communications manager Krissy] Vick said. It is one of 14 recovery programs in the University of North Carolina school system…

More than $230 million in healthcare funding is at risk in North Carolina alone, according to a statement from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.

“The federal grant funding impacts a number of areas of work including immunization efforts, funding for the new N.C. Immunization Registry, infectious disease monitoring and response, behavioral health, substance use disorder services and more,” the department stated. “We are currently working to determine the depth of impact, but we are certain this will result in the loss of more than 80 jobs and at least $100 million for the department with more than $230 million in funding at risk that directly contributes to the health, safety and wellbeing of the people we serve.”