• (NC DHHS)  NCDHHS Launches New Advertisements in Community-Based Print Publications to Urge North Carolinians to Get Behind the Mask
• (NC DHHS)  NCDHHS Launches SlowCOVIDNC Exposure Notification App; Available for Download Today
• (Governor) Governor Cooper Announces Additional $40 Million COVID Relief for Small Businesses; Steady numbers allow for large outdoor venues to open at 7% with safety precautions
• (NC DHHS)  Medicaid Waiver Recipients Receive Additional Support During COVID-19 Pandemic
• (NC DHHS)  SlowCOVIDNC, NCDHHS Exposure Notification App, Surpasses 50,000 Downloads in First Day 

• New Secretarial Orders 4 and 5 were added  here
• New  Fact Sheet: Connecting Residents to COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Support
• New Flyers added to Whatever Your Reason page
• Updated  NCS Access Points can be found  here
• New pages related to SlowCOVIDNC - the official exposure notification app of NC DHHS:
• Main page:  https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/slowcovidnc
• FAQs:  https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/slowcovidnc/frequently-asked-questions
• Comms Toolkit:  https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/slowcovidnc/communications-toolkit
• COVID-19 Resources for Higher Ed:  https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/higher-education-resources
• Updated  Partner Testing Toolkit 

• Updated CLI Surveillance  report
• Updated Outbreaks and Clusters  reports
• Updated Risk Factors for Severe Illness  report
• Updated Patients Presumed to be Recovered  report

As NC Medicaid moves forward with its planned implementation of Medicaid Managed Care, it is important for enrolled providers to act now to thoroughly review their individual and organization provider enrollment record in NCTracks.

 

Correct information on the NCTracks provider record will assist beneficiaries with the search for primary care providers in the new NC Provider & Health Plan Look-Up, expected to be available Jan. 1, 2021. Providers are encouraged to begin the Manage Change Request process to make necessary corrections and updates.

 

For more information, please see  Ensure Your Information Displays Correctly in NC's Provider Directory Tool - Provider & Health Plan Look-Up.

 

 

In the P-EBT program this fall, children are eligible if they had access to free or reduced-priced meals at school last year, their school district or charter school is eligible to provide free or reduce-priced meals at school this year, and their school district or charter school utilized remote learning for all students for at least five consecutive school days between August 17th and September 30th.

 

 

Families do not need to apply for P-EBT. Eligible families already receiving Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) benefits will receive an additional benefit on their existing EBT card. Families who received P-EBT in the spring and are eligible under the new criteria will receive additional benefits on their original P-EBT card. Eligible families who do not have an FNS or P-EBT card will be mailed a card. Families being mailed a new card will receive the card within the next two to three weeks.