Last August, Homeward Bound joined the North Carolina Healthy Opportunities Pilot (HOP), the nation’s most comprehensive program to use Medicaid funding to address major social determinants of health.
For Homeward Bound, HOP gives us the ability to expand the number of people we can serve. Since joining the program last August, which you can learn about here, our team has helped 20 families move into safe and stable homes.
Ella and Arbor, a HOP client family, say Homeward Bound and HOP have given their family the chance to “have a forever home."
They both worked hard to provide for their family, but the increased cost of living and Hurricane Helene left them with limited options. They turned to HOP, who was able to step in and secure a new home for their family in Black Mountain.
Ella says, “The joy and happiness and the relief that came with finally not only having our own place, but a place that is safe—that was a blessing.”
