In mid-July, the government announced it was discontinuing funding for North Carolina’s Healthy Opportunities Pilots.
Pitt County’s HOP location, Access East, was not included in the 2026 budget, and ECU Health was instructed to begin a permanent mass layoff.
https://www.witn.com/2026/01/28/ecu-health-announces-31-layoffs-greenville-medicaid-office/