Overview
The health program is the largest program of the NC Farmworkers’ Project. The goal of the program is to connect farmworkers in our area to health services, health information, and to improve health outcomes for our patients. We achieve this by working with a network of clinical partners across the region and by conducting outreach and case management with farmworkers in our area.
Collaboration and Community Engagement
The North Carolina Farmworkers’ Project (NCFWP) excels at fostering partnerships that enhance care for farmworkers, promote health equity, and support vulnerable populations. Collaborating with safety net organizations and local medical providers, NCFWP maximizes care delivery, builds local support, and trains future providers in community-based services.
Current Collaborations
- UNC Department of Family Medicine: Provides physicians, residents, and medical student volunteers for mobile clinics. (The NCFWP telehealth clinics are often used for follow-up care to the mobile clinic appointments.)
- Benson Health (BH): Thursday evening clinics specifically serving farmworkers; many of our patients have visits during regular business hours as well.
- Campbell University’s Community Care Clinic: Hosts two free evening clinics weekly, including telehealth when weather or student schedules prevent in person clinics.
- Duke University Psychiatry Residency Program: two bilingual residents are available for evening telehealth appointments.
- Carlie C’s Pharmacy, Benson, NC: helps our patients access affordable prescription medications by participating in the 340B program.
- ECU Dental School: Offers dental care through its Community Service Learning Center in Lillington.
- El Futuro: Provides evening tele-behavioral health services.
- The Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education: provides nutrition education and cooking classes to our patients free of charge.
Enabling services NCFWP provides for these partners include outreach, evening clinic coordination including scheduling appointments and registration, transportation, interpretation, prescription medication delivery, and care management. Partnerships address systemic barriers like cost, language access, transportation, and need for late evening clinic hours while providing comprehensive care tailored to farmworkers’ needs.