Eleanor Health Foundation

WE Evolve!: is our longest-running and most popular program. The program provides financial assistance associated with social determinants of health to individuals with Substance Use Disorder. The program served 269 individuals in 2022, up from 147 In 2021. Through this program, we provided $178, 874 in direct client assistance. Housing made up the largest share of this with about $63,000 in aid, with transportation and utilities next at $33,000 and $31,000 respectively. Medications rounded out our top four areas of aid with $20,000 distributed. During the year, we recognized the importance of providing more robust 1:1 assistance and redesigned the program to include more intensive recovery coaching.

Contingency Management: we launched this program in September of 2022. This program pairs financial-based incentives for positive steps toward recovery with recovery coaching. Initially, the program was only intended for Stimulant Use Disorder and for those who had used within 90 days. As this left a small, fairly unstable population, our enrollment was low and follow-up even lower. Towards the end of 2022, we broadened to 6 months since last use. The program is now robust, with regular referrals and a higher percentage of individuals remaining in the program.

Healthy Opportunities: began as an NCDHHS state pilot and developed in earnest via Impact Health in 2022. The first few months very few providers outside of food banks saw referrals. We began seeing more referrals in August and receiving reimbursements by the end of year. In December we saw a large increase in referrals and several thousand dollars in reimbursements,including for housing case management.