<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4JgSzj_1Gvf4SbV00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4JgSzj_1Gvf4SbV00" width="1600" height="900" ><figcaption>The program is expected to start in early 2027. (The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services)</figcaption></figure>The above video is our WITN+ livestream and may not reflect the content in this story.RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - The NCDHHS announced that it is relaunching a program that will deliver healthy food boxes to eligible NC Medicaid members in 33 counties. The Healthy Opportunities Pilot (HOP) Program is expected to relaunch in early 2027, though a date has not been announced, according to the NCDHHS in a press release. An investment of about $25 million will support the program. “Addressing non-medical drivers of health is critical to supporting healthy communities, and we are grateful to our partners at the General Assembly for the investment to relaunch this program,” NC Health and Human Services Secretary Dev Sangvai said. “We know that food is medicine. By focusing on food insecurity, we are keeping our highest-risk neighbors healthy at home and proving that proactive nutrition is one of the most effective tools we have to keep people out of the hospital.” The program serves counties including Beaufort, Bertie, Edgecombe, Halifax, Martin, and Pitt. A full list is on the NCDHHS website.To be eligible, people must live in one of the three HOP regions, be an NC Medicaid member, and have one physical or behavioral qualifying condition and one social risk factor, listed in this document.The NCDHHS said this is the nation’s first comprehensive initiative to see how Medicaid funding can support evidence-based non-medical services to improve health outcomes. The program stopped back in July 2025 after the North Carolina General Assembly did not offer additional funding. NCDHHS said the program is scaled down for the relaunch due to reduced funding. </div></body>

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RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - The NCDHHS announced that it is relaunching a program that will deliver healthy food boxes to eligible NC Medicaid members in 33 counties. The Healthy Opportunities Pilot (HOP) Program is expected to relaunch in early 2027, though a date has not been announced, according to the NCDHHS in a press release. An investment of about $25 million will support the program.

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RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - The NCDHHS announced that it is relaunching a program that will deliver healthy food boxes to eligible NC Medicaid members in 33 cou

Healthy Opportunities Pilot Program is coming back in 2027

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