NC DHHS says Healthy Blue Care Together went live Dec. 1, 2025, providing integrated physical and mental health services for about 32,000 current and former foster youth and young adults under 26.
Plan launch and scope
According to the NC Department of Health and Human Services, the Children and Families Specialty Plan went live on December 1, 2025. The department calls the plan Healthy Blue Care Together. NC DHHS says the plan is run with Blue Cross NC. In the department’s description, the plan provides integrated physical and mental health services.
People named in the release
NC DHHS says the plan is for about 32,000 current and former foster youth and young adults under 26. The department’s extract identifies those groups as the people receiving the integrated physical and mental health services. The release uses an approximate count rather than an exact enrollment figure. It describes the plan as a Children and Families Specialty Plan.
Details provided
The supplied NC DHHS extract identifies the launch date, plan name, work with Blue Cross NC, service description and population count. It does not provide additional details about how integrated physical and mental health services will be arranged. The extract also does not describe particular treatments, providers, locations, enrollment steps, benefits, costs, referrals or service availability.
The NC DHHS extract does not say whether the department expects the plan to change access, coordination or use of services. No clinic names, treatment modalities or location-specific service information appears in the supplied NC DHHS extract.
Launch status
NC DHHS describes this as a state launch, rather than a proposal or bill. The department says the plan was already live as of December 1, 2025. Its stated focus combines physical and mental health services for the named population. Beyond that description, the source extract does not characterize clinical services or make claims about outcomes.
What this means for North Carolina patients
For North Carolina patients and families looking for treatment locally, the directory lists 72 published clinics in North Carolina. The NC DHHS extract may be relevant to current and former foster youth and young adults under 26 because it describes a plan providing integrated physical and mental health services for that population. The extract does not identify clinics or say which services are available at any particular location. Patients seeking local treatment information may use the directory to find published clinic listings in North Carolina.
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