Category: Facts that Matter
Opioid Response Project Team Focus: Cumberland County
The C-FORT team is working hard to become the creative and recovery-ready community they see as necessary to tackle the opioid epidemic.
Broadband’s Impact on Economic Development: A Lack of Access to Social Capital
North Carolina residents with no or low access to quality broadband are missing out on important economic benefits of cultivating social capital through connections.
Opioid Response Project Team Focus: Wilkes County
The ability to bring different community leaders together to discuss problems and solutions is invaluable.
Shortage of Volunteer Firefighters
Did you know… Out of the 1,087 registered fire departments in North Carolina, more than 90% are volunteer or mostly volunteer departments?
Reentry from Incarceration to Workforce
Did you know… As many as 60% of North Carolinians with a criminal record remain unemployed within one year of being released?