Trillium Providing Funds for Opportunity Center with ADLA, Inc.

Trillium providing funds for opportunity center with ADLA, Inc.
$1.3M will enhance opportunities to address health disparities and workforce development

MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. – Trillium Health Resources is providing $1,386,416 to help develop an opportunity center with ADLA, Inc. Since 2003 ADLA, Inc. has been dedicated to producing positive outcomes for youth and adults. ADLA, Inc. has served as a pillar in the community, consistently providing services to youth and adults who represent the economically disadvantaged and educationally at risk.

The opportunity center will help improve a variety of health and social outcomes. Case managers will help coordinate care, navigate health care systems, and connect individuals with the necessary resources. Health literacy programs will offer workshops to educate individuals about managing their health conditions, understanding their rights, and accessing available services. The education and workforce development program will schedule GED trainings and help guide transition into skilled employment or post-secondary educational opportunities.

Additional planned impact of the ADLA, Inc. opportunity center will be: 

• Digital Connectivity and Literacy: 
  • Provide access to digital and internet services to individuals and families who lack access 
  • Offer training programs to improve digital literacy, enabling individuals to effectively use telehealth services, access online health information and manage their health records. 
• ADLA, Inc. will establish a rapport with the Juvenile Justice System, Behavioral Health Agencies, and community-based organizations to work with justice-involved youth. 
• ADLA, Inc. will continue to utilize its food continuum to address any food insecurity needs of families. 
• ADLA, Inc. will continue to address housing needs by working with Housing agencies and community partners.

ADLA and Trillium will host a ribbon cutting on the date below and media are invited to attend:

Friday, July 18
11 a.m.
612 S. Breazeale Ave.
Mt. Olive, NC

Trillium appreciates valuable partners like ADLA to help us achieve our goals to help everyone in our communities to reach their potential.

ABOUT TRILLIUM HEALTH RESOURCES

Trillium Health Resources is an innovative health plan for individuals with serious behavioral health, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and traumatic brain injury in 46 counties in North Carolina. Through contracts with NCDHHS, we serve Medicaid members on the Tailored Plan and NC Medicaid Direct, state-funded recipients who are uninsured, and members on the Innovations Waiver. Trillium’s mission is transforming lives and building community well-being through partnership and proven solutions. We take an integrated approach to health and wellbeing, coordinating care across multiple systems to achieve improved health outcomes, quality of care and efficient use of resources. Trillium is dedicated to meeting the unique needs of the individuals and communities we serve, and remains focused on delivering the right services, in the right amount, at the right time.