NC Community HealthCast

In this episode, Leslie Wolcott interviews Daphne Betts-Hemby and Brendan Riley about changes to North Carolina's State Plan Amendment that affect FQHCs.

We conclude the NCCHCA’s series on HIV awareness, prevention, and treatment with an interview with Kimberleigh Smith, Senior Director for Community Health Planning and Policy at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in New York. She talks to us about Callen-Lorde CHC and their effort to reach LGBTQ communities with affordable health care services, HIV awareness, prevention and treatment as well as advocacy for the 340B program.

In this episode of the North Carolina Community Health Center Association’s healthcast, Penny Washington, the retired CEO of Advance Community Health talks about how her interest in healthcare translated into a career in public health, the importance of mentoring the next generation of leaders and she also shares a special message to leaders of Community Health Centers.
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Penny Washington, one of the longest serving CEOs in the history of Advance Community Health retired in April. In this episode, she talks to the North Carolina Community Health Center Association (NCCHCA) team about how she joined the health center and quickly took on the role of CEO, serving underserved communities for 24 years, and her plans after retirement.
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In this wide-ranging interview, Scott Parker, the Director of Ryan White of Western North Carolina Community Health Center tells the NCCHCA communications team about the Ryan White program, HIV/AIDS stigma, and discrimination as well as serving underserved and marginalized communities affected by HIV/AIDS in North Carolina.
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Debra Weeks, CEO of The C.W Williams Community Health Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, talked to NCCHCA Communications intern, Alvine Kapitako, on why she thinks there is an increase in HIV infections, raising awareness about Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), and why community involvement is important to combating HIV/AIDS. Listen to Part 2 of the interview here.
 
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NCCHCA's communications intern, Alvine Kapitako with assistance from Leslie Wolcott, the Communications and Emergency Preparedness Coordinator talked to Debra Weeks, the CEO of C.W Williams CHC in Charlotte about HIV awareness, prevention, treatment, stigma, and a possible cure. Take a listen!
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In this edition, North Carolina Community Health Center Association (NCCHCA) Communications intern, Alvine Kapitako speaks to Tamara Jones, the former Coordinator of the NCCHCA Connecting Kids to Coverage Program on how the project is bridging health disparities in North Carolina by enrolling medically uninsured children for  Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). 

Guest host and Outreach and Enrollment Manager at NCCHCA April Morgan interviews Denise Belle and Tokila Cooper of Rural Health Group about Open Enrollment 2020.

Interview with Guy Simmons, former chair of the board of Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center and advocate for veterans’ health. Interviewed at RCCHC’s then new site, Creswell Primary Care.