DHHS is partnering with the Department of Public Instruction to help keep students fed while school is out. The Summer Food Service Program provides students at risk for hunger with free, nutritious meals at sites across the state.

DHHS has created an interactive tool showing social determinants of health indicators in North Carolina, including the economic, social and neighborhood, and housing and transportation status of residents.

State health officials are advising North Carolinians to “Fight the Bite” by taking measures to reduce their risk of tick and mosquito bites.

DHHS submitted an informed vision for North Carolina’s behavioral health system to the General Assembly. It offers solutions to challenges facing our behavioral health system and aligns with the transformation of the state’s Medicaid program.

NCDHHS has released its latest policy paper, "Prepaid Health Plans in North Carolina Medicaid Managed Care." Comments are encouraged, and are due June 11, 2018.

DHHS and its partners aim to reduce opioid overdose deaths by 20 percent over four years by focusing on policies and practices that prevent opioid misuse, addiction and overdose.