Immigrant Mental Health

El Futuro - a community-based nonprofit organization that seeks to transform Latino-serving mental health care in North Carolina and beyond - has a desire to develop a network of organizations and individuals passionate about and/or providing immigrant mental health and well-being services, regardless of ethnicity or nationality. El Futuro collaborated with the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM) to learn more together about immigrant mental health services in North Carolina. Through this partnership El Futuro and the NCIOM have explored the strengths and challenges of various immigrant groups in the state and potential opportunities to address policy issues impacting immigrant access to adequate services and supports for their mental well-being. 

This work was supported by grants from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation and the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust.

NC Center on the Workforce for Health

In early 2021, NC AHEC, NCIOM, and the Sheps Center Program on Health Workforce Research and Policy began developing a concept for a statewide center focused on the collaborative and comprehensive development of North Carolina’s workforce for health. As of September 2023, these coordinating organizations have convened five quarterly meetings aimed at collecting and integrating feedback from state health care leaders on the priority goals, activities, and organizational structure of a North Carolina Center on the Workforce for Health.