The Senior Pharmacy Program (SPP) of Catholic Charities assists low-income seniors, ages 6O and over, with prescription costs and limited medical supplies to help manage their chronic illnesses.
Seniors must meet income standards (generally up to 2OO% of the poverty level); must not be eligible for Medicaid; have no private insurance for prescription costs; and have a chronic illness covered by the Senior Pharmacy Program such as diabetes, glaucoma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, acid reflux disease, arthritis, or clinical depression.
This program is only available in the Coastal Region serving the counties of Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow and Pamlico. Vouchers are distributed at sites in the following cities: Alliance, Morehead City, New Bern, Trenton, and Vanceboro.
For more information about the program, please contact Kim Walling, Senior Pharmacy Coordinator, at Kim.Walling@Raldioc.Org or by phone at 252-638-2188.
Counseling
Catholic Charities of the diocese of Raleigh provides professionally-trained bilingual clinical counseling services to individuals, couples, and families who:
- Are experiencing emotional distress
- Want to grow toward their full potential
- Are experiencing difficulty dealing with stress, depression or anxiety
- Desire increased skills to deal with life’s struggles
- Desire healing from grief, loss or strained relationships
Counseling Services are provided from a perspective which recognizes the emotional, behavioral, cognitive, spiritual and physical aspects of an individuals’ healing or growth. Counseling is provided by licensed mental health therapists in English or Spanish in many areas of eastern North Carolina. Services can be paid for with private insurance, Medicaid or through a sliding fee scale based on income and family size.
Pregnancy Services
Catholic Charities case workers will assist pregnant families with the following services:
- Work with pregnant women and families, and new families, as they prepare for birth and begin to establish a healthy environment in which to raise their child.
- Referrals for clinical counseling, free of charge.
- Provide health education and tangible resources to help families raise their children in healthy and loving homes.
- We partner with other community agencies such as Project Gabriel, Birthchoice, and Project Rachel and Catholic parishes to support pregnant families.
adoption services, economic self-sufficiency services, and disaster services
Catholic Charities also provides immigration services, disaster services, adoption services, and eocnomic self-sufficiency services.
