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A ‘Godsend for recipients,’ HOP may lose funding

At Interfaith Assistance Ministry employees and volunteers pack and delivery healthy meals as part of the Healthy Opportunities Pilot. [CONTRIBUTED}

By Lightning Reports, Published: May 23, 2025

More than 11,000 at-risk households in Henderson, Transylvania, Polk, Rutherford counties and throughout the rest of Western North Carolina are growing healthier from North Carolina’s Healthy Opportunities Pilot, say HOP providers, who express concern that federal and state funding cuts may jeopardize the pilot.

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