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Decreasing Cost and Increasing Quality: Value-Based Care Could Improve Communities

Co-Author: David Brown According to the America’s Health Rankings by United Healthcare, North Carolina ranks 33rd in the country. As the ncIMPACT Initiative works alongside North Carolina stakeholders to solve … Read more



Sticky Floors Impede Economic Mobility in North Carolina

One of the ways in which economic mobility typically occurs is through advancing one’s educational status. Although our study found a clear desire for more education and training opportunities, barriers … Read more



ncIMPACT Top Tweets on Inclusive Economy

@uncsog professor Jonathan Morgan @sog_ced provides great summary of work on #inclusive #economicdevelopment https://ced.sog.unc.edu/equity-and-economic-development-whats-the-connection/ @IEDCtweets @EconomicPolicy @CenterOnBudget @AtlFedComDev @urbaninstitute @pewresearch @BrookingsInst @leagueofcities From @publicmediaNC & @uncsog Education is Key to … Read more



Women in Construction

Nationally, only about 9 percent of the construction industry is made up of women, while the North Carolina Department of Commerce estimated our state’s number at 4 percent in 2017.



Best Practices in Place-Based Grantmaking

Place-based strategies should look to use multi-level analysis that tracks changes beyond the place.