Where the War on Poverty Started In 1963, NC Governor Terry Sanford launched a statewide anti-poverty program to address the systematic...

"Michael", a Mitchell county resident, has mental health issues and very limited financial resources. He told us that he didn’t feel...

Mental illness is already complicated without factoring in what might have caused it. Poverty is also complicated and pervasive in its...

We all need healthcare, but for low-income individuals healthcare is almost completely inaccessible. Almost 70% of the uninsured...

“Adam” came in to Experiment in Self-Reliance (ESR) underemployed. He was trying to support two children and his wife who had to stay...

Stress is part of the human condition whether the source of stress is financial troubles, divorce, abuse or neglect, death of a loved...

Like everything else in life, there are different degrees and contexts to losing hope. It can range from general sadness or...

On September 27, 2019, "Valerie" joined the CSBG Self–Sufficiency program at Wayne Action Group for Economic Solvency (WAGES) with...

When some people think of poverty, they envision homeless people in city streets, backwoods hicks who don’t have electricity or...

When most people think of extreme poverty, they think of generational poverty: the parents were poor, their kids are now poor and their...

Tonya is a home health aide and has been embarrassed by her smile for years.  Her teeth have been bad since she was a child and she...

No one wants to live in poverty, and almost everyone who lives in poverty was forced into it by some external source out of their...

“Ian” is a single father with three daughters who came in to Experiment in Self-Reliance (ESR) under-employed. He wanted to increase his...

President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 Did you know Community Action agencies were created back in...

“John”, like many citizens with a criminal record, had always struggled to find work. Desperate to make money, he took a temporary...

We are excited to announce our sponsor, BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, has invested an additional one million dollars into our...

We are only as strong as our weakest link. That’s true whether we’re talking about our family, our sports team, our coworkers or our...

Reentry refers to a returning citizens reintegrating back into society. High reentry rates means more people are returning to their...

In recent years, the month of April has been declared Reentry Month by federal and state administrations. So let’s talk about what the...

Genetically Modified Organisms or GMOs are a hotly debated topic. These are plants are breaded and genetically engineered by scientist to...