Guidance on Reopening 

Workers

Small Businesses

Resources and guidance from leading experts, government agencies and America’s unions about the COVID-19 pandemic, and recommendations to limit its impact on working families – More

Families First Coronavirus Response Act

The FFCRA or Act requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19.                                               More

 

Shackle Free Community Outreach Agency

Our Mission is to promote self-reliance and to address all barriers that hinder the holistic well-being (mind, body, spirit) of individuals and families Our purpose is to educate, inspire, advocate, consult, counsel, and increase awareness in the community and beyond in support of a better way of life. We serve the underserved populations residing in the rural and historically marginalized communities in Duplin, Pender, Onslow, and the surrounding counties of Jones, Lenoir, Sampson and Bladen.

Interagency Partners

The Buzz

Hosts Town Hall Meetings every Thursday at 6pm via Zoom. Our community barber and beauty institutions are a trusted space to discuss personal and public issues.

Facebook

GoodDaddies Fatherhood Initiative

This Initiative is an effort to increase awareness around responsibile fatherhood/parenting issues and to increase families' access to support through local barber shops across the country. Website

M.O.M.S. (Mothers Overcoming Many Shackles)

Our Mission is to strengthen the health, leadership, power, and voices of mothers from marginalized and underserved communities.

 Website

The CARE Program

This program provides essential needs to senior, elderly, and disabled residing in nursing homes and other residential care settings. The CARE Program also distributes food and other items within the community as a whole.

Camp Unity

The camp Unity Series provides a holistic approach to foster the building of relationships through various projects containing elements relative to after school enrichment, tutoring, vocational training, diversity, inclusion, mentoring, counseling... More

Ribbons of Love

cProvides direct services including health information (Buzz), gift cards, and other essential services to cancer patients and their families. Shackle Free Team  Members are certified by Duke Cancer Institute's Office of Health Equity. Website

The African-American Covid Task Force-Plus (AACT-Plus) is a grass roots organization formed to encourage community conversations and share information through virtual town halls and social media dispelling myths regarding the Covid vaccination process.

URWell (NC) - The United Rural Health and Wellness Initiative of North Carolina@ Shackle Free

Education Partners

Food Distribution Partner

St. Lewis Missionary Baptist Church

Vaccination Support Providers

Hargett Pediatrics

Chapel Hill Pediatrics

Barber Shop & Salon Partners

Food/Services/URWell/Buzz

Wildcats Barber Shop

Destiny Total Healthcare, PLLC.    Headquarters for URWell-NC

Duke Cancer Institute - Office of Health Equity:

(Team Members are Certified Community Health Workers through this institute.) 

Building Healthy Minds, LLC: (mental health agency- providing on site services to rural communities)

Brier Creek Pain & Spine: Member of URWell(NC)

Providing on-site services in rural communities

Higher Ground Transportation, LLC. - Rural transportation provider

Teen Pregnancy:
Onslow Pregnancy Resource Center
.

Child Care:

LouAnna's Child Care Center
Tailored Learning Centers
.
Federal/State/Local Agencies:
United Way
NCCare360 (Chiquitta Lesene, CEO, played an integral part in the establishment of NCCare 360 to eastern NC
through the development of the NCServes Coastal grant for veteran & military families)
Department of Health & Human Services
Local Health Departments
Local Departments of Social Services
Vocational Rehabilitation
Family & Youth Services Bureau (SRAE Teen Abstinence Program)
Marine Toys for Tots
Duplin Toys for Tots
Duplin County Sheriff's Department
.
Political/Elected Officials:
Leonard Fillyaw, Mayor - Town of Teachey
Action PAC
Town of Warsaw
.
Social/Civic Groups:
Greek Fraternities
Tyre Lodge #60
Golden Jewel Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star
NAACP

Federal and Global COVID Resources

Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering

WHAT IS RAC CONNECT?

RAC CONNECT is the HIPAA compliant collaborative platform that is accessible through this module. The Vaccine Equity Survey is now available. Your survey results will be available on your RAC CONNECT dashboard to assist you in close to real time strategic decision-making. Here is a mock-up of a typical Vaccine Equity Results Dashboard. If you would like to deploy the Vaccine Equity Survey in your community please contact paige.sachwitz@efiia.com

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