Healthy Perspectives:
Food for thought from two healthcare leaders
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Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic |
In an op-ed piece for the Charlotte Post, co-authored with former Charlotte mayor Jennifer Roberts, Care Ring Executive Director Tchernavia Montgomery addresses the questioning of the Chetty Study data that ranked Charlotte 50th out of 50 cities in economic mobility. "Forced resilience used to survive adversity is a symptom of a broken system, but necessary for those in poverty.”
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Diversity in healthcare affects patient outcomes |
In this guest post for our blog, Dr. Jewel Greywoode of Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates (CEENTA), talks about a lesser-known social determinant of health: racial diversity in physicians and its effect on patient outcomes, and his own journey to become an MD. READ MORE.
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Generosity is Contagious:
Highlighting our awesome supporters!
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Thank you to the members of Healthy Charlotte Alliance who volunteered with us in January assembling resource packets for Community Health Workers to give out to clients they are serving through A Guided Journey. HCA is a generous funder of Care Ring and numerous other healthcare nonprofits in Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
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Care Ring received our first-ever grant award from the Foundation for Black Philanthropy, an affiliate of Foundation For The Carolinas. FBP awarded $40,00 to eight Black-led nonprofits addressing health and economic disparities in Charlotte communities. READ MORE.
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On March 11th we said farewell to our Chief Operations Officer, Carolyn Mullins. Carolyn has served Care Ring for the past eight years, and in that time has overseen and played a big role in the tremendous growth of the agency's three existing programs and the addition of a new program. Staff at her going-away party lauded her commitment to and advocacy for our patients and her staff. We wish Carolyn all the best in whatever her next big adventure brings. |
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Care Ring welcomed Sherresa Falls on March 23rd. She will serve in a newly-created role as Director of Maternal Child Health and oversee both Nurse-Family Partnership and A Guided Journey. Beginning her career as a labor and delivery nurse, Sherresa has spent the majority of her career as a leader within the Maternal Child Health space both within the hospital system and public health. A huge proponent of home visitation and targeted case
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management services for vulnerable families, she has made a difference in the health of parents, children and the community by promoting healthy child development and good parenting skills. |
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YOUR IMPACT ON OUR 4 PROGRAMS: |
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Primary care for people with modest resources
As we shared in the last Care Ring Connector, our Clinic began serving individuals experiencing homelessness through a special initiative. We served our first patient in January and recently spoke with Steffanie Sullivan, NP, to hear how the program is going, the challenges, and how patient Brenda W. is finding hope again for improved health. READ MORE.
In other news, the Clinic once again partnered with Atrium Health to host 6 more COVID-19 vaccination clinics in February and March to help our patients and community protect themselves and their families, particularly with the surge in cases due to the Omicron variant.
These kinds of important and responsive community health projects are only made possible by our supporters.
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Comprehensive healthcare for those most in need
March 30th marked National Doctors' Day and we were honored to celebrate the generous providers who generously donate over $51M in care to our patients each year, and their support staff.
Our PRO Provider Liaison Stephanie Malloy visited some of our providers at their offices and took them cookies and thank-you notes as small tokens of our appreciation.
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Carolina Asthma & Allergy |
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Novant Health Michael Jordan Family Medical Clinic |
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Dilworth Dermatology & Laser |
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Oral Surgeons of Charlotte |
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We were also pleased to highlight Dr. Wei Huang and Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates (CEENTA). Dr. Huang provided dignified and expert care to a PRO patient who was experiencing severe eye pain and at risk of blindness, and felt so distressed that they were considering taking their own life. Now, they are pain free and have hope, thanks to CEENTA & Dr. Huang. READ MORE.
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Personalized support for at-risk moms
Here we grow again - and in a BIG way! We are very excited to announce we were one of the 36 recipients of ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) Funding given to Mecklenburg County to continue to rebuild our community from the effects of the pandemic. This funding, totaling almost $3.4 million, will allow us to add a third NFP team of nurses, serving an additional 200 families per year. Thank you to Mecklenburg County and the Board of County Commissioners for giving us this opportunity. READ MORE.
We were blown away by the outpouring of love from Charlotte Checkers Hockey fans, who brought over 4,000 diapers to donate for the babies we serve during partner organization's March of Dimes (MOD) Night! Thank you fans, Checkers, MOD, and to Nurse-Family Partnership Nurse Supervisor Nenneh Springs (who represented us at the game and brought all those diapers back!) for making this happen!
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Support for new and expecting parents
A Guided Journey kicked off last Fall, and has already served 177 families, helping to connect pregnant women and those up to 90 days post-partum to critical community resources and providing education to new parents.
One client they were able to assist was Esther, a young mother with a two-month-old who was worried about her bill for a $2,000 ambulance ride when she went into labor prematurely. Her Community Health Worker (CHW) did some research and was able to assure Esther that her pregnancy Medicaid would cover the costs and instructed her on how to handle the bill. Her CHW also helped Esther to get enrolled with WIC, a free nutrition program for babies and young children. LEARN MORE ABOUT AGJ.
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CHANGING LIVES, SAVING LIVES:
Welcome our new Physicians Reach Out providers!
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Thank you to these generous medical practices and providers who have recently signed up to donate care for our most in-need patients. Collectively, the providers below will see at least 57 of our patients over the next year! BECOME A PRO PROVIDER.
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Dr. Cordula Lutz and Marquita Fields, DNP - Community Care Primary Care, Archdale Family Medicine
Dr. Shoba Jayaram - Neurosciences Institute Neurology Pineville
Dr. Sean Dieffenbaugher - CMC General Surgery
Dr. Douglas Meardon - Biddle Point
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THANK YOU TO OUR CORPORATE CHAMPIONS
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Welcome to these new Corporate Champions,
who joined at the Healthy Neighbor level.
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THANK YOU TO OUR CIVIC CHAMPION |
Care Ring is grateful for the extremely generous funding from Mecklenburg County government and its citizens as a trusted provider for our neighbors facing the challenges of poverty who need access to medical care. |
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Care Ring is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, tax ID# 56-0621073.
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