COMMITMENT TO NORTH CAROLINA
Partnering for the Public Good
Carolina Across 100 (CX100) is a pan-university effort to partner with communities in each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. This five-year initiative responds to requests that the campus build and support community collaborations to address current challenges, primarily through cross-sector collaboration. CX100 is coordinated by the ncIMPACT Initiative at the UNC School of Government.
Common Effort
The University will contribute broad-based interdisciplinary teams of
faculty, staff and students to support community goals through Carolina Across 100 programs.
Reaching all 100 Counties in North Carolina
Our State, Our Work
Our State, Our Wellbeing
Tarheel Bus Tour
Rural Pharmacy Health Initiative
Our State, Our Homes
CARE4Youth
Our State, Our Future
Listening Phase
Designing Programs
Continued Responsiveness
Community partners involved in programs 1 and 2 identified a common theme: the specific need to support the mental health of youth. In response to this need, CX100 launched a new initiative: Community-Driven Approaches for Resilient and Empowered Youth (CARE4Youth), which engages ten community teams who participated in previous CX100 programming to build sustainable systems to support and target youth mental health.
Our State Our Work
Our State, Our Work connected young adults to living-wage employment and educational opportunities. Nearly 16,000 Opportunity Youth were reconnected in ways that addressed existing barriers.
Our State, Our Wellbeing
Our State, Our Wellbeing improved mental health outcomes across the state by increasing awareness of common mental health challenges. Over 19,000 North Carolinians received mental health training, and over 5,000 gun locks were distributed to support harm reduction.
Tar Heel Bus Tour Grants
Tar Heel Bus Tour Grants achieved impressive outcomes such as fentanyl and xylazine test strip training for NC community pharmacy staff and provision of peer support and behavioral health services to mothers with substance use disorder. 271 community members were impacted.
Rural Pharmacy Health Initiative
RuralRx offered access to high-quality rural healthcare in Eastern North Carolina, provided applied learning opportunities for pharmacy students, and contributed to the growth of the rural health care workforce. The Program placed 8 interns in rural pharmacy hubs and introduced 399 rural students to pharmacy careers.
Our State, Our Homes
Our State, Our Homes helped communities analyze challenges and implement strategies to address affordable housing. Teams provided 64,945 housing services during the program and committed to creating or preserving 9,795 housing units over the next five years.
CARE4Youth
CARE4Youth navigates youth behavioral health outcomes through local implementation of evidence-based interventions and youth leadership. In its first year, the teams delivered over 30,000 services to adolescents, involved over 1,000 in the design and delivery, and formed nearly 100 new partnerships in their communities.
Our State, Our Future
Our State, Our Future helps community leaders across the state respond to self-identified local challenges with effective leadership of cross-sector collaboration. In its first six months, the community teams have provided nearly 20,000 services to 8,000 community members and formed 150 new partnerships.
