In December 2021, American Rescue Plan Act Public Health Workforce Development Funds were made available to the region to support public health workforce initiatives. In January 2021, the NENCPPH received a grant from the Vidant Medical Center for a regional substance use information campaign. In 2018 the NENCPPH received a grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation for a Racial Equity Institute Phase I training to be offered in Northeastern North Carolina. The NENCPPH has also been able to use funds from the North Carolina Institute for Public Health to support: a regional walking challenge; a regional workforce development conference, “We Are the Champions! Moving Public Health Forward”; attendance at the Injury-Free NC Academy focusing on prescription drug poisoning and overdose; the creation of a Rabies CME Course; the implementation of Regional Immunization Meetings and Conference; Faithful Families Eating Smart and Moving More materials and funds for food demonstrations; and an intern to record the historical overview of the NENCPPH. The Partnership also used NCIPH funds to update its health assessment of the region. In 2013, the NENCPPH was awarded Community Transformation Grant funding to promote healthy lifestyles through billboards, gas pump toppers, and newspaper advertisements. In 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Promotion awarded the Albemarle Health Services, on behalf of the NENCPPH, funding for Partners to Improve Community Health (PICH) to reduce tobacco use and improve nutrition. Two Regional Coordinators were hired – which were the catalysts for the formation of the regional PICH Coalitions to address Tobacco-Free Living and Healthy Foods.
Prior to that, the NENCPPH received funds from the NC Division of Public Health to support its heart disease/stroke prevention project and funds from the Health and Wellness Trust Fund for a Regional Teen Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program in the high schools, a College Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program in the region’s community colleges and Chowan University, and an Obesity/Diabetes Prevention and Control Program in African American churches. The NC Office of Minority Health provided funds for the HIV Disease Prevention planning and prostate cancer awareness campaign. The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust Fund provided augmentation funds for a medical van. The NC General Assembly also awarded funds to the Partnership in 2004 and 2005 to improve the public health infrastructure in the region and to conduct health information campaigns to prevent Obesity and Diabetes.