Unlocking the Power of Community
“...The process of working collaboratively with and through groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity, special interest, or similar situations to address issues affecting the well-being of those people. It is a powerful vehicle for bringing about environmental and behavioral changes that will improve the health of the community and its members. It often involves partnerships and coalitions that help mobilize resources and influence systems, change relationships among partners, and serve as catalysts for changing policies, programs, and practices (CDC, 1997, p. 9).
Community Resource Assistance Guide: https://www.ncworks.gov/admin/gsipub/htmlarea/uploads/CRAG/Robeson_County.pdf
Robeson County Department of Social Services: https://www.ncdhhs.gov/divisions/social-services/robeson-county-department-social-services
Pembroke NA Meetings page: https://www.narcotics.com/na-meetings/north-carolina/pembroke/
The primary mission of the BCBSNC Community Health and Wellness Institute of Southeastern NC is to foster partnerships between the university and the community while addressing health disparities in southeastern NC to improve health and life outcomes for individuals, families, and communities and to promote a well-diverse healthcare workforce. This is being done through the support of the development of team-based care models, identification of new academic programs needed, enhanced field placement clinical partnerships, interprofessional education, continuing education for area healthcare providers, conducting research, and focusing on community engagement. In partnership with BCBSNC, the Institute creates an entity with a networked improvement goal to create solutions to long-standing problems through programming partnerships between the university and the community.
The mission of the Southeastern Prevention and Addiction Recovery Resource Center (SPARC) is to expand the current efforts of the Robeson County Health Care Corporation (RHCC) and Robeson County District Attorney’s (RCDA) Office, through the establishment of stronger partnerships, development, and support of a collaborative, widespread, community-focused effort to create one united voice to address the immediate and long-term substance use and recovery needs in the Robeson County community.
SPARC will work closely with the Robeson Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) Consortium, which was established via Robeson County Health Care Corporation (RHCC). The Consortium is a group of multi-sector agencies supporting community members through prevention, treatment, and recovery for substance use disorder (SUD). The goal of the Consortium is to strengthen and expand SUD and Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) prevention, treatment, and recovery services in rural areas in order to enhance access to treatment and movement towards recovery among residents of Robeson County.
He mission of Healthy Start CORPS is to enhance the perinatal service system in Robeson County while strengthening community empowerment.
The focus of Healthy Start CORPS is to eliminate disparities in perinatal health and empower communities to address the factors contributing to perinatal morbidity and mortality while ensuring that every woman and infant gains access to and continues care within a comprehensive family centered health delivery system.
The goal of the program is to reduce the number of infant deaths and low-birth weight babies in Robeson County by providing case management services to females for up to eighteen (18) months after delivery while providing the community with health education classes on nutrition, self-esteem, HIV/STD, Drugs and Alcohol, preterm birth, breastfeeding, and postpartum depression while maintaining strong linkages with local and State Title V perinatal services.
