Cassie Ward walking into Maternity Home with a bag full of groceries.

Drivers of Health

From homeless and pregnant to helping others: A woman’s inspiring journey

Cassie is helping young women and pregnant teens experiencing homelessness become self-sufficient. Hear how her experience as a young mother is leading others to find stability before and after childbirth. 

Devin Lyall

Drivers of Health

Paving the road to recovery from addiction in rural NC

Devin Lyall was a talented dancer who suffered from opioid addiction and lost everything. Hear how she’s using her experience with addiction and recovery to bring support, education, and compassion to mental health care in her Wilkes County community.

Vichi Jagannathan speaking to 2 African American men

Drivers of Health

Rural communities face higher rates of childhood trauma. One woman is using Stanford methodology to help them heal.

Unresolved childhood trauma can impact everything from mental health to education to career opportunities. We are partnering with organizations in rural communities that teach people how to break the cycle of trauma.

Drivers of Health

Treating trauma to help rural communities thrive

Unresolved childhood trauma can impact everything from mental health to education to career opportunities. We are partnering with organizations in rural communities that teach people how to break the cycle of trauma.

Learn more at blog.bcbsnc.com

A middle aged African American man stands outside and shakes hands joyously with an older Caucasian man with vitiligo and a long white beard. A middle aged African American woman stands in the background smiling and wearing a blue cardigan.

Drivers of Health

What are drivers of health, and how do they impact the price you pay for health care?

Keeping our communities healthy is a big step in making health care affordable for everyone. With partnerships across North Carolina, we’re addressing the social, economic and environmental factors that burden our health care system and drive up costs.

Two women, one with short brown hair in a purple shirt and jean shorts and the other a young African American woman in a bright yellow shirt, blue gloves on her hands, and a mask, stand behind the trunk of a parked car and lift cardboard boxes out of it.

Drivers of Health

Food Security Impacts Health and Well-Being

Food affects our health in so many ways—from malnutrition to chronic illness and much more. That’s why we’re working with organizations across the state to make sure families have food on the table.

Learn more at blog.bcbsnc.com