2024 Emerging Issues Forum - Strengthening Our Support Systems

Public benefits and community-based resources may increase a household’s resilience to unexpected emergencies by augmenting incomes and decreasing expenditures. MDC Senior Program Director Ralph Gildehaus, Dogwood Health Trust President and CEO Susan Mims, and United Way of North Carolina President and CEO Brittany Pruitt Fletcher examine challenges to accessing these services and efforts to better meet the needs of those in need of support systems and resources. Moderated by PBS North Carolina Director Kelly McCullen.
This conversation was part of the 2024 Emerging Issues Forum, "Weathering Financial Storms: A Resilient Future for North Carolina Families," held by the Institute for Emerging Issues on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, at NC State University.