UNC Rural and UNC Research Award 6 Collaborations Serving 29 Rural Counties
March 4, 2024
Photo by Kim Moore
Co-offered by UNC Rural and UNC Research, the Rural Research, Engagement and Advancement Fund (RREAF) supports several strategic initiatives described in Carolina Next. RREAF promotes community-campus partnerships based in rural North Carolina supporting a wide range of engagement endeavors. From a competitive selection process, 6 collaborations serving 29 rural counties have been selected to receive up to $15,000 each. UNC Rural Co-Director Giselle Corbie made the announcement at the Carolina Engagement Week Reception on Friday, March 1 with Interim Chancellor Roberts in attendance.
2024 RREAF Award Recipients
ECUIPPing Warren County Youth for EMPACT
- Rural County Served: Warren
- Community-Campus Partners: Amanda Northcross, Michael Fisher and Terry Alston Jones
Helping Rural Pharmacists Overcome Buprenorphine Dispensing Barriers
- Rural Counties Served: Martin and Pender
- Community-Campus Partners: Delesha Carpenter, Bayla Ostrach, Ashley Leggett and Elizabeth Locklear
Supporting Data Capture and Storytelling of Rural “Our State, Our Work” Teams
- Rural Counties Served: Jackson, Macon, Swain, Graham, Clay, Cherokee, Lincoln, Cabarrus, Caswell, Rockingham, Surry, Yadkin, Bladen, Columbus, Carteret, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Pamlico, Wilson, Beaufort, Bertie, Hertford and Martin
- Community-Campus Partners: Abigail Holdsclaw, Anita-Brown Graham, Jasmine Johnson, Marry Parry, Chelsea Brock, Michael Welker and Babara Steele
Through the Lens of Recovery: Photovoice Initiative for Healing in Robeson County
- Rural County Served: Robeson
- Community-Campus Partners: Alexandra Lightfoot, Robyn Jordan and Tony Locklear
Unheard Voices: Supporting the Transition to Adulthood for Foster Youth in Duplin County
- Rural Counties Served: Duplin and Sampson
- Community-Campus Partners: Molly De Marco, Gabriella Statia, Earlean Rivers and Brett Sheppard
Whole Robeson Together
- Rural County Served: Robeson
- Community-Campus Partners: Sarah E. Bledsoe, Anna Fetter, Brittany Gordon, Erica Little and April Oxendine
