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DURHAM — At Kate’s Korner, the day begins early – children arriving, classroom doors opening, small voices calling for teachers, parents saying quick goodbyes before heading to work. For the childcare center’s staff, the morning comes with one less worry: they don’t have to figure out how to pay for care for their own children. […]
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Starting Oct. 1, about 14,000 people living in North Carolina who were admitted to the United States for humanitarian reasons will no longer have comprehensive health insurance coverage through Medicaid. The provision ending most Medicaid coverage for refugees and people granted asylum was in the giant bundle of safety net and tax cuts Congress approved […]
Dr. Ellen Essick said there is a lot of good news about mental health in the 2025 North Carolina High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey. But there are areas that clearly need attention when it comes to the overall well-being of North Carolina’s young people. Essick, section chief for N.C. Healthy Schools in the state […]
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