http://wunc.org en http://wunc.org/post/group-home-residents-need-place-live-new-nc-secretary-promises-help <p>North Carolina's new Secretary of Health and Human Services says she's committed to helping residents of group homes find a place to live at the end of the month. About 14 hundred people with mental illnesses or developmental disabilities are no longer eligible for Medicaid reimbursements for personal care services.</p><p>The outgoing Governor, Bev Perdue, allocated one million dollars from a rental assistance fund to keep remaining group home residents in place until the end of January. But everyone's aware that money will run out, says Secretary Aldona Vos.</p> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:00:00 +0000 Jessica Jones 7302 at http://wunc.org http://wunc.org/post/aids-drugs-low-income-patients <p>Federal money will help get HIV and AIDS drugs to North Carolinians waiting for financial help.<br><br><strong>Leoneda Inge:</strong> There are about 280 HIV and AIDS patients in the state on a waiting list to help pay for life-sustaining drugs. The state received three-million-dollars from the Health Resources and Service Administration to go toward funding the Aids Drug Assistance Program. Lisa Hazirjian heads the North Carolina Aids Action Network.<br> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:00:00 +0000 Leoneda Inge 1945 at http://wunc.org