Happy Veterans Day! NCCARE360 would like to thank everyone who has served our country, including FHLI & NCCARE360 finance manager, Shauna Perkins.
Shauna is a veteran of the North Carolina Army National Guard with 12 years of service, including two tours to Iraq in support of the Global War on Terrorism. She joined the Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation in 2021 as Finance Manager. She has worked in both nonprofit and corporate environments and has significant experience in finance. In her role at FHLI, Shauna supports the VP of Finance and Administration with strengthening and aligning the fiscal functions of FHLI. Shauna also supports NCCARE360 program finances.
She joined the NC Army National Guard when she was 17 years old as a means to pay for college. In 2004, she was deployed to Iraq for the first time. She was the first female soldier in her unit as they realigned from infantry to quartermaster. Despite feeling shocked and a little anxious at the thought of deployment, she found that the high morale of her brothers and sisters in arms helped her get through that first year overseas. During her tenure, Shauna worked as a 92F Petroleum Supply Specialist, and her superb administrative skills allowed her to quickly move up the ranks to staff sergeant.
Back in the states, she earned her associates degree in May 2008 and had just begun working a corporate job when she received a call in August 2008 to re-deployed back to Iraq in March 2009. She didn’t let that get her down though, because she ended up buying her first house in the states while she was still stationed in Iraq!
Shauna completed her service and received an honorable discharge in August 2011. She now holds a Master of Business Administration degree from The University of Mount Olive and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from North Carolina Wesleyan College. Thank you, Shauna, for bravely serving our country.
FHLI and NCCARE360 are honored to have you on our teams!
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA – NCCARE360, the nation’s first statewide coordinated care network connecting individuals to local services and resources, announced today that NCServes, North Carolina’s technology network of public, private and non-profit organizations serving military families, is merging its network of resources with NCCARE360’s this summer.
“Unifying the technology and resources of NCCARE360 and NCServes brings an improved experience for North Carolina’s military community,” said Jeff Smith, Military and Veterans Program Liaison, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. “By joining forces, we will increase the number of resources available to our active-duty service members, veterans and their families.”
Launched in 2015, NCServes is the nation’s first statewide coordinated network of public, private, and non-profit organizations working together to connect military service members, veterans, and military families with providers and resources for which they are eligible. All NCServes network partners will now have access to additional NCCARE360 features and data to help them better serve military families. Implementation is currently underway, and the combined network launch is expected in mid-July of this year. “Joining these two robust resource platforms will not only provide improved access to services and resources for our state’s military families,” said Kelly Calabria, President and CEO of FHLI. “But the partnership builds on NCCARE360’s mission to better address the health needs of all North Carolinians.”
About NCCARE360 NCCARE360 is the first statewide network that unites health care and human services organizations with a shared technology that enables a coordinated, community-oriented, person-centered approach for delivering care in North Carolina. NCCARE360 is the result of a strong public-private partnership between the NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) and the Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation (FHLI). The NCCARE360 implementation team includes United Way of NC, NC 2-1-1, Expound Decision Systems, and Unite Us.
Contact For more information about NCCARE360, or any of its partner organizations, please send an email to connect@nccare360.org.
