Mission:
- To create a coordinated system of health care for the poor and uninsured in Brunswick and New Hanover counties.
- To increase the capacity of health care safety net providers by ensuring that low income residents have access to a medical home, receive preventive services, avoid unnecessary health complications, resulting in a better, healthier quality of life.
- Residents of Brunswick and New Hanover counties that have no health insurance with a household income at or below 200% of Federal Poverty Level (FPL).
| Income chart | |
|---|---|
| # in family | 200% FPL Income |
| 1 | $20,800 |
| 2 | $28,000 |
| 3 | $35,200 |
| 4 | $42,400 |
| 5 | $49,600 |
| 6 | $56,800 |
| 7 | $64,000 |
| 8 | $71,200 |
Vision:
- Resolve the need for health care access for the poor and uninsured by improving the current system’s safety net capacity.
- Rely on an established network of volunteer medical providers.
- Use available resources for maximum efficiency and productivity in health care delivery.
- Depend on a culture of healing and giving through a community collaboration of health care providers, religious and service organizations.
- Trust
- Respect
- Compassion
- Integrity
- Reliability
- Accountability
- In 2005, Cape Fear Healthy Carolinians, a state-funded coalition of non-profit health and human service agencies, reorganized in New Hanover and Brunswick counties. The group decided to address three categories of issues as defined by the state’s Healthy Carolinians leadership: Chronic Disease (in this case, obesity), Injury Prevention and Access to Health Care.
- A subcommittee was formed to look at each issue. The Access Subcommittee began meeting in August 2005 and soon added other members from health and human service agencies in New Hanover and Brunswick counties. Discussion focused on how to improve the way care is delivered to those who are poor and without insurance.
- Today, the Access Subcommittee is known as Cape Fear HealthNet.