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Bill Summary · HB 888

Summary — HB 888 (NC): Funds for North Carolina Community Health Worker Association

Status: Passed 1st Reading (filed/introduced Nov 12, 2024)
Effective date: July 1, 2025
Sponsor(s): Representative Cervania (primary); (Edition lists Representatives Cervania, Wheatley, and Greenfield as primary sponsors)
Subject areas: Appropriations; DHHS / Public Health; Nonprofit grants; Workforce development

Main purpose

Provide one-time state funding to support the North Carolina Community Health Worker Association (NCCHWA) so it can continue mobilizing, training, and certifying community health workers (CHWs) for the State’s public‑health workforce.

Key provisions

  • Appropriates $1,000,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Fund to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Public Health, for the 2025–2026 fiscal year.
  • Directs DHHS/Division of Public Health to allocate the full $1,000,000 as a directed grant to the North Carolina Community Health Worker Association, a nonprofit corporation.
  • States the grant purpose: to fund continued mobilization, training, and certification of CHWs for North Carolina’s workforce.
  • Effective July 1, 2025.

Fiscal impact

  • State cost: $1,000,000 (one‑time / nonrecurring) in FY 2025–2026, paid from the General Fund.
  • No ongoing (recurring) appropriation is provided by this bill.
  • The bill does not specify administrative costs or indirect costs to DHHS beyond processing/grant administration; those would be absorbed within existing agency resources unless otherwise authorized.

Who or what is affected

  • Primary recipient: North Carolina Community Health Worker Association (nonprofit) — will receive the directed grant.
  • Implementing agency: DHHS — Division of Public Health — responsible for allocating the directed grant.
  • Beneficiaries: community health workers across North Carolina (through mobilization, training, certification efforts), and communities served by CHWs (potential improvements in outreach, prevention, and linkage to services).
  • No statutory changes to CHW certification requirements or regulatory framework are made—this is a funding appropriation only.

Timeline & procedural notes

  • Funds are for FY 2025–2026 and the act takes effect July 1, 2025.
  • The bill directs a single, nonrecurring grant; it does not create ongoing funding or a grant program with multi‑year authorization.
  • The statutory text does not include detailed grant terms, reporting requirements, performance measures, or timelines for expenditure; such details would typically be established by DHHS in grant documents or budget implementation language.

Considerations

  • The appropriation supports workforce development and certification capacity for CHWs, which can strengthen community-level public health efforts; measurable outcomes will depend on how DHHS and NCCHWA structure use of funds (training slots, certification cohorts, outreach, evaluation).
  • Absence of recurring funding means long‑term sustainment of expanded CHW capacity would require future appropriations or alternate funding sources.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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