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      <image:title>BLOG - UNC Asheville Hosts State Policy Makers and Regional Health Leadership at 2026 WNC Health Policy Initiative Legislative Summit - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>R-L: Opening speakers Chancellor Kimberly van Noort, Dr. William Hathaway, and Dr. Susan Mims, along with panel moderator NC Sen. Ralph Hise. Photo credit: Emmanuel Figaro, UNCA</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>NC Lt. Governor Rachel Hunt addresses summit attendees. Photo credit: Emmanuel Figaro, UNCA</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Laurie Stradley delivers the keynote address. Photo credit: Emmanuel Figaro, UNCA</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Summit panelist Sen. Timothy Reeder speaks with summit attendees. Photo credit: Michaela Lumpert, Impact Health.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Environmental epidemiologist Jen Runkle speaks to a group of attendees during the HPRC breakout session. Photo credit: Michaela Lumpert, Impact Health.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Student-Led Health Advocacy Team Addresses Critical Gaps in Youth Health Awareness - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Rhea Kothur (L) and Aanandi Thakur (R) holding copies of Remediate’s “Your Health Matters” flyer</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/no-wrong-door-in-north-carolina</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - No Wrong Door in North Carolina: Connecting Services for WNC and Beyond - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/fragmented-care-and-the-no-wrong-door-approach</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Fragmented Care &amp;amp; the No Wrong Door Approach - WNC Health Policy Podcast Ep. 20 - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/wnc-health-policy-year-in-review</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - WNC HPI 2025 Year in Review! - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Greg Borom (Director, Western North Carolina Early Childhood Coalition) addresses attendees at the WNC HPI’s 2025 WNC Legislative Summit event.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Marc Malloy (Sevenya, LLC and PCP4ME) and Sen. Ralph Hise (NC General Assembly, 47th District) speak about the shared history of the WNC HPI and Impact Health during the event’s opening session.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/unc-program-for-oral-health-policy</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - UNC Program for Oral Health Policy: Strengthening North Carolina’s Oral Health Systems - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>BLOG - UNC Program for Oral Health Policy: Strengthening North Carolina’s Oral Health Systems - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/weathering-the-storm-lessons-learned-episode-3</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Weathering The Storm: Lessons Learned from The Healthcare Response to Hurricane Helene, Part 3 - WNC Health Policy Podcast Ep. 19 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Image Credit: NCDOTcommunications, licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution 2.0 Generic license.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/regionalizing-food-systems-for-resilience</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-11-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Regionalizing Food Systems for Resilience: A Conversation with Dr. Patrick Baron - WNC Health Policy Podcast Ep. 18 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Image credits: Dr. Patrick Baron (background image: Khoirul Arif)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/2025-2026-working-group-updates</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-11-17</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/medicare-advantage-at-a-crossroads</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-11-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Medicare Advantage at a Crossroads: Incentives, Access, and the Future of Care</image:title>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Medicare Advantage at a Crossroads: Incentives, Access, and the Future of Care</image:title>
      <image:caption>Table 1. Comparison of Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/patients-fear-medicaid-rate-cut-fallout</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Patients Fear Fallout From NC Medicaid Rate Cuts (reprint) - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Patients Fear Fallout From NC Medicaid Rate Cuts (reprint)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Chelsea Gray of Rutherford County holds up a picture of her daughter during a Sept. 25 news conference. Credit: Anne Blythe / NC Health News</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/weathering-the-storm-lessons-learned-episode-2</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Weathering The Storm: Lessons Learned from The Healthcare Response to Hurricane Helene, Part 2 - WNC Health Policy Podcast Ep. 17 - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Inside the Politics of Health: A Conversation with Dr. Chris Cooper - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/budget-battles-lobbying-legislation-navigating-health-policy-in-nc-with-dr-chris-cooper</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-09-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Budget Battles, Lobbying &amp;amp; Legislation: Navigating Health Policy in NC with Dr. Chris Cooper - WNC Health Policy Podcast Ep. 16 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Image credits: Chris Cooper (background image: Thanakorn Lappattaranan)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/cms-rural-health-funding-announcement-takeaways</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-09-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - CMS’s Rural Health Funding Announcement - Key Takeaways - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/the-cost-of-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-wncs-fight-for-healthcare-access-wnc-health-policy-podcast-ep-15</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - The Cost of the One Big Beautiful Bill: WNC’s Fight for Healthcare Access - WNC Health Policy Podcast Ep. 15 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Image Credit: Titiwoot Weerawong</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/what-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-means-for-healthcare-access-in-wnc</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-09-22</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - What the "One Big Beautiful Bill" Means for Healthcare Access in WNC - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/wnchpi-impact-report-2024-2025</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-09-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Announcing the Release of the WNC HPI 2024-2025 Impact Report - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Announcing the Release of the WNC HPI 2024-2025 Impact Report - WNC HPI Ripple Effect Mapping</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Ameena Batada captures comments and connections share by WNC HPI participants to learn about and visualize the collective impact our work is having in our region.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Announcing the Release of the WNC HPI 2024-2025 Impact Report - WNC HPI Ripple Effect Map</image:title>
      <image:caption>Close-up image of the Ripple Effect map created by WNC HPI participants highlighting observed impacts organized by “region” or scope.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>WNC HPI 2024/2025 Ripple Effect Mapping themes.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>2024-2025 Impacts and Outcomes Survey Responses</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/weathering-the-storm-lessons-learned-episode-1</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Weathering The Storm: Lessons Learned from The Healthcare Response to Hurricane Helene, Part 1 - WNC Health Policy Podcast Ep. 14 - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/announcing-new-podcast-series-lessons-from-hurricane-helene</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Announcing a New WNC HPI Podcast Series Exploring Lessons from The Healthcare Response to Hurricane Helene - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Image Credit: NCDOTcommunications, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/healthcare-workforce-shortage-opportunities-in-western-north-carolina</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Healthcare Workforce Shortage Opportunities - WNC Health Policy Podcast Ep. 13 - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/housing-after-the-hurricane</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-11-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Housing After the Hurricane - WNC Health Policy Podcast Ep. 12 - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/inside-healthy-opportunities-voices-from-the-pilot</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-11-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Inside Healthy Opportunities: Voices from the Pilot, Questions for the Budget - WNC Health Policy Podcast Ep. 11 - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/healthy-opportunities-worth-the-investment</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-11-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Healthy Opportunities: Worth the Investment? WNC Health Policy Podcast Ep. 10 - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/governor-josh-stein-proclaims-may-as-mental-health-awareness-month</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-13</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Governor Josh Stein Proclaims May Mental Health Awareness Month - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Governor Josh Stein holds up a copy of the proclamation at an event to celebrate the announcement of May as Mental Health Awareness Month (via Gov. Stein’s Instagram)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/medicare-for-all-act-of-2025-introduced-to-us-congress</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-08</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/unc-ashevilles-wnc-health-policy-initiative-hosts-legislative-summit-on-childcare</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-31</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - UNC Asheville’s WNC Health Policy Initiative Hosts Legislative Summit on Childcare Crisis in Western North Carolina - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Greg Borom (Director, WNC Early Childhood Coalition) delivers opening remarks to attendees</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/governor-stein-announces-task-force-for-child-care-and-early-education</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Governor Stein Announces Task Force for Child Care and Early Education - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/caronova-and-partners-announce-north-carolina-youth-behavioral-health-action-plan</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - CaroNova and Partners To Develop Statewide Initiative to Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/study-highlights-nc-healthy-opportunities-pilot-role-in-reducing-medicaid-costs</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - New Study Highlights Role of NC Healthy Opportunities Pilot in Reducing Medicaid Cost and Improving Health Outcomes - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Photo by Sasirin Pamai</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/building-a-foundation-for-the-future-strategies-for-a-sustainable-childcare-solution-in-wnc</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Building a Foundation for the Future - Strategies for a Sustainable Childcare Solution in WNC - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/the-childcare-crunch-wnc-health-policy-podcast-ep-9</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-04</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - The Childcare Crunch: How NC’s Childcare Crisis is Putting Families and Businesses Between a Rock and a Hard Place - WNC Health Policy Podcast Ep. 9 - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/2024-wnc-health-policy-year-in-review</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-20</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>WNC HPI participants listen as Impact Health's Dionne Greenlee-Jones reads the results of a collaborative post-Helene priority refocusing activity.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Alex Howard from Dogwood Health Trust moderates a panel on WNC Workforce Needs and Opportunities at the WNC HPI’s 2024 WNC Legislative Caucus event.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>DLH representatives Eva and Audrey signing up attendees for the Community Resiliency, Environmental Action, and Collaborations for Health (REACH) Equity Study</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - WNC HPI 2024 Year In Review! - Special Report | Emerging Issues and Opportunities in Healthcare Policy for WNC: Social Care Delivery Systems, NC Medicaid Expansion and Workforce Development</image:title>
      <image:caption>This report was prepared in conjunction with the 2024 WNC Legislative Caucus, and was designed to provide additional context and information relating to the panel topics, identify policy-level efforts underway in NC to address these areas of concern, and how these issues intersect with the broader goals of improving life expectancy and overall quality of life for Western North Carolinians. Executive Summary (pdf) Full Report (pdf)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - WNC HPI 2024 Year In Review! - June 2023-July 2024 Impact Report</image:title>
      <image:caption>We also want to highlight our July 2023-June 2024 HPI Impact Report. This report covers the first grant/fiscal year of our recent continuance funding from Dogwood Health Trust, and highlights some of the successes and progress we made in that first fiscal period.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/ncdhhs-1115-waiver-renewal-approved</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - NC DHHS’ 1115 Waiver Renewal Approved to Continue and Expand NC Healthy Opportunities Pilots and Other Programs - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Photo credit: Thanakorn Lappattaranan via Vecteezy</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/north-carolina-celebrates-one-year-anniversary-of-medicaid-expansion</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - North Carolina Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Medicaid Expansion - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Image via NCDHHS</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - North Carolina Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Medicaid Expansion - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/nc-center-for-health-and-wellness-releases-mental-health-support-resources-for-helene-recovery-efforts</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - NC Center for Health and Wellness Releases Mental Health Support Resources for Helene Recovery Efforts - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/national-council-on-aging-announces-cdsme-toolkit-for-rural-communities</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - National Council on Aging Launches Toolkit to Promote and Expand Evidence-Based Programs in Rural Communities - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/lessons-learned-from-healthy-opportunities-pilots-housing-services</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Lessons Learned from the Implementation of Housing Support Services in North Carolina Medicaid’s Healthy Opportunities Pilots - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Photo by Kelly M Lacy</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/wnc-hurricane-helene-audio-storyline-ep-1-jmpro-community-media-podcast</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-08</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - JMPRO Community Media Podcast - WNC Hurricane Helene Audio Storyline - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - JMPRO Community Media Podcast - WNC Hurricane Helene Audio Storyline - JMPRO Community Media and Podcast</image:title>
      <image:caption>JMPRO is a grassroots nonprofit sharing essential news and information with rural communities and their community partners by way of community journalism. This preliminary release of JMPRO’s podcast includes samples of several upcoming series, including the WNC Hurricane Audio Storyline and an exploration of health issues in the WNC Latino community. Listen and explore other JMPRO Community Media outlets at jmprocommunitymedia.org, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and through community radio broadcasts via AshevilleFM.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/dogwood-health-trust-announces-30m-for-hurricane-helene-relief-efforts-in-wnc</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Dogwood Health Trust Announces $30M+ for Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts in WNC - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/innovative-multigenerational-housing-community-bridge-meadows</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Innovative Multigenerational Housing Community Provides Foster Families and Elders a New Opportunity - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/wnc-early-childhood-coalition-launches-yes-on-child-care-campaign</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - WNC Early Childhood Coalition Launches “Yes On Child Care” Campaign - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Yes on Child Care banner</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647dddfdd572da18b7225395/42d96c69-c53d-476c-bafb-fe092d6bfc34/YesonChildCare+Flier.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>BLOG - WNC Early Childhood Coalition Launches “Yes On Child Care” Campaign - To learn more about the Yes on Child Care campaign, download the flier on the left or visit the campaign website by scanning the QR code or clicking the link below:</image:title>
      <image:caption>Yes on Child Care campaign website</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/tiny-homes-big-impact-mahec-addresses-housing-crisis-for-residents</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Community Health Workers in WNC: An Interview with Honey Yang Estrada - WNC Health Policy Podcast Ep. 8 - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/language-access-part-3-strategy-policy-and-resources</loc>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Revolutionizing Healthcare: Unveiling North Carolina’s Strategies to Bridge Health Gaps Through Social Initiatives - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>BLOG - Special Report: Emerging Issues and Opportunities in Healthcare Policy for WNC - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.wnchealthpolicy.org/blog/may-is-mental-health-awareness-month</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-05-10</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/647dddfdd572da18b7225395/ef9c0b17-9830-42bc-883c-346d58074855/2022_WarningSignsofSuicide_Infographic.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>BLOG - May is Mental Health Awareness Month - Via the NCDHHS:</image:title>
      <image:caption>“May is Mental Health Awareness Month and NCDHHS wants to remind you that 988 is the number to use when you need help or don't know where to turn. Let’s get through it together. Call, text, or chat 988 day or night. Visit 988lifeline.org for more information about the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.” Visit the National Institute of Mental Health web page for educational information, toolkits, research, engagement opportunities, and sharable resources on mental health, suicide prevention and related topics.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - May is Mental Health Awareness Month - NAMI Resources</image:title>
      <image:caption>Visit the National Alliance on Mental Illness website to find information, support and educational resources, awareness events and ways to engage and get involved with Mental Health Awareness activities near you or online, and a toolkit to help allies spread the word.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>BLOG - May is Mental Health Awareness Month - WNC Health Network Resources</image:title>
      <image:caption>Visit WNC Health Network’s Mental Health in Western North Carolina page to learn more about the level and impact of mental and behavioral health needs in our region, explore the data behind the stories, understand the challenges our region faces in addressing these issues, and learn about efforts underway to close those gaps. (Access to the full datasets is available upon request)</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - 2024 Women’s Health Awareness Conference - WNC - Join us this April as the WNC Health Policy Initiative hosts the WNC site of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ 10th Annual Women’s Health Awareness Conference</image:title>
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      <image:title>BLOG - 2024 Women’s Health Awareness Conference - WNC - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Photo by Hermes Rivera on Unsplash</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Photo by Karolina Grabowska</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Hermelinda Miller speaks with a Community Health Worker client. (Photo courtesy of the NCCHW's Culture of Results Initiative)</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Photo by Julia M Cameron</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>BLOG - New Report Recommends 30 Strategies to Support Healthy Aging in North Carolina - North Carolina’s population is rapidly aging. By 2028, 1 in 5 residents will be over age 65, and by 2038 most North Carolina counties will have more residents aged 60+ than those under age 18. This signifies major changes in the health care needs of our state for which families, communities, medical providers, and policymakers must prepare.</image:title>
      <image:caption>A new report, A Place to Thrive: Creating Opportunities to Age Well in North Carolina, from the North Carolina Institute of Medicine’s Task Force on Healthy Aging recommends 30 actionable strategies for improving social connections, falls prevention, food and nutrition security, and mobility to support healthy aging for all North Carolinians.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rita Sneider-Cotter, Executive Director of OurVOICE</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Marianne Weant and Alecia Sanders of the NC Alliance for Health</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-24</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Photo by Andrea Piacquadio</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Laurie Stradley (CEO, Impact Health) delivers keynote address “Transforming for Resilience: How Western North Carolina is Reimagining Rural Health.” Close-up. Photo credit: Emmanuel Figaro, UNCA</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Laurie Stradley (CEO, Impact Health) delivers keynote address “Transforming for Resilience: How Western North Carolina is Reimagining Rural Health.” Showing Rural Health Transformation slide. Photo credit: Michaela Lumpert, Impact Health.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sen. Hise and Melanie Bush speak with attendee. Photo credit: Michaela Lumpert, Impact Health</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Bill Hathaway (CEO, MAHEC). Photo credit: Emmanuel Figaro, UNCA</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Panelists: Rep. Tim Reeder (NCGA) and Melanie Bush (Interim Deputy Secretary, NCDHHS. Photo credit: Michaela Lumpert, Impact Health.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rep. Tim Reeder speaks with attendees. Photo credit: Michaela Lumpert, Impact Health</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Laurie Stradley (CEO, Impact Health) delivers keynote address “Transforming for Resilience: How Western North Carolina is Reimagining Rural Health.” Showing Roots Hub slide. Photo credit: Michaela Lumpert, Impact Health.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Susan Mims (CEO, Dogwood Health Trust). Photo credit: Emmanuel Figaro, UNCA</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Laurie Stradley (CEO, Impact Health) delivers keynote address “Transforming for Resilience: How Western North Carolina is Reimagining Rural Health.” Wide shot. Photo credit: Emmanuel Figaro, UNCA</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Amy Russell (MAHEC). Panel Q&amp;A. Photo credit: Michaela Lumpert, Impact Health</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Laurie Stradley speaks with attendees. Photo credit: Michaela Lumpert, Impact Health</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Bill Hathaway and Dr. Susan Mims speak with attendee. Photo credit: Michaela Lumpert, Impact Health</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Vivian Gettys (NC Center for Health and Wellness). Panel Q&amp;A. Photo credit: Michaela Lumpert, Impact Health</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Attendees listening to regional health policy researchers a breakout session. Photo credit: Michaela Lumpert, Impact Health</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Opening speakers and other attendees at 2026 WNC Health Policy Summit. Photo credit: Emmanuel Figaro, UNCA</image:caption>
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