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We Have a One-in-a-1.7 Billion Chance to Strengthen North Carolina’s Healthcare Safety Net and Address Health Inequities

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Welcome to the North Carolina Justice Center

Our mission is to eliminate poverty in North Carolina by ensuring that every household in the state has access to the resources, services, and fair treatment it needs to achieve economic security.

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A Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise Decision to Expand Medicaid Under the ARP

Prosperity Watch

COVID-19 recession has created higher unemployment for people of color

NCJC Brief
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An Opportunity North Carolina Can’t Afford to Walk Away From

BTC Report
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Equitably Financing Child Care for North Carolina Families: 2021 Update

BTC Report

Lessons from previous COVID-19 aid: Without a new plan, pandemic will leave NC more divided, unequal

BTC Brief

Greater investment needed to address contracting disparities for North Carolina HUB firms

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COVID-19 Treatment and the Uninsured

BTC Report

State tax policy is not race neutral

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Budget & Tax Center

National and state unemployment insurance data show initial claims return to pre-COVID-19 levels

Education & Law Project

NC Justice Center opposes bill that prohibits the teaching of historical and current realities of racism and oppression

Health Advocacy Project

An Opportunity North Carolina Can’t Afford to Walk Away From

Budget & Tax Center

New data: A year into COVID-19, labor markets have shrunk across NC

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Upcoming Events

May 18, 2021 10:30am

NC Second Chance Alliance Day of Advocacy

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May 20, 2021 12:00pm

A Celebration to Honor Polly Williams

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