RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — WellCare of North Carolina (WellCare), an NC Medicaid health plan and subsidiary of Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), is supporting health-related resources for communities across North Carolina through over $1.6M of investments in local nonprofit organizations. This funding, which began in 2024 and will continue throughout 2025, will help support critical healthcare needs such as assisting with food and nutrition, clothing, utilities, housing, and interpersonal safety for North Carolina’s most vulnerable citizens including families and children.
Wellcare of NC (PRNewsfoto/WellCare of North Carolina)
“Through hyperlocal investment in nonprofits across our great state, we can extend care directly into the communities we serve,” said Troy Hildreth, Plan President and CEO for WellCare. “Together, we are tackling challenges like food insecurity, housing stability, preventive care, and mental wellness, making a tangible difference in the lives of our neighbors.”
Organizations benefiting from this initiative include:
African American Male Wellness
Anson Cooperative Extension
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
Darnell Farms
Be You Be Great
Beloved Asheville
Camp Hope America
Connections of Cumberland County
Domestic Abuse is Not Acceptable (DANA) Services
Davidson County Connect
Diaper Bank of NC
El Camino Center
El Centro Hispano
Give Back Organization
H.O.P.E. of Winston Salem
HELP Carolina Inc
Homeward Bound
Knead It or Knot
March of Dimes
Mentoring Every Neighborhood and Community (MENAC)
Myra’s Angels
New Hope Community Development Group
Nourish NC Food Program
Pandemic of Love
Partnership for Children of Lincoln and Gaston Counties
Peers Family Development
Rowan Helping Ministries
Safe Space
Salvation Army of Washington
Support Educate and Engage Doulas to Serve Eastern NC (SEEDS ENC) Training Program
Share the Light/Duke Energy
SHIP Community Outreach
Southside Garden/Free Fridge Asheville
Suds of Love
The Carying Place
The Shepards House
Tia Hart Recovery & Food Pantry
Tiny Homes Community Development Inc.
Umbrella Center
UNC-Pembroke Doula Training
Equiti Foods
Women’s Resource Center of Greensboro
By directly meeting the unique needs of individual communities across North Carolina, WellCare works to improve the health of its members and our state.
About WellCare of North CarolinaHeadquartered in Raleigh, WellCare of North Carolina provides government-sponsored managed care services to families, children, seniors, and individuals with complex needs primarily through Medicaid as one of the state’s NC Medicaid Managed Care health plans (WellCare of North Carolina), Marketplace (WellCare of North Carolina by Celtic Insurance Company), Medicare Advantage (WellCare), and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (WellCare). WellCare of North Carolina is a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation, a leading healthcare enterprise committed to helping people live healthier lives. For more information, visit WellCareNC.com.
About Centene CorporationCentene Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a leading healthcare enterprise that is committed to helping people live healthier lives. The Company takes a local approach – with local brands and local teams – to provide fully integrated, high-quality and cost-effective services to government-sponsored and commercial healthcare programs, focusing on under-insured and uninsured individuals. Centene offers affordable and high-quality products to nearly 1 in 15 individuals across the nation, including Medicaid and Medicare members (including Medicare Prescription Drug Plans) as well as individuals and families served by the Health Insurance Marketplace and the TRICARE program. The Company also contracts with other healthcare and commercial organizations to provide a variety of specialty services focused on treating the whole person. Centene focuses on long-term growth and value creation as well as the development of its people, systems and capabilities so that it can better serve its members, providers, local communities and government partners. Centene uses its investor relations website to publish important information about the Company, including information that may be deemed material to investors. Financial and other information about Centene is routinely posted and is accessible on Centene’s investor relations website, investors.centene.com.
SOURCE WellCare of North Carolina
