Caring Foundation

Village Family Service Center expands its services with teen addiction recovery program

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Village Family Service Center is expanding its services with a teen addiction recovery program. “We’ve noticed there’s been a huge need for adolescent substance use in the Fargo-Moorhead area. There hasn’t been a program for several years. So we were able to establish an adolescent IOP program to help our youth in the community,” said…

The Caring Foundation partners with BIO Girls to reduce mental health stigma

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation is once again teaming up with the Fargo Force to battle mental health stigma with Shut Out the Stigma. The statewide initiative is focused on reducing mental health stigma and expanding access to resources. Around 46 percent of North Dakotans live in areas with limited access to…

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota opens scholarship applications for students going into medical field

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota’s population has continued to grow, and the need for doctors is also growing. Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota’s Caring Foundation aims to address the shortage by offering students scholarships. “Over thirty percent of our state is in a primary care shortage area, thirty percent as well have a shortage of dentist, and…

Blue Cross Blue Shield North Dakota Caring Foundation donates $25,000 to Great Plains Food Bank

FARGO, N.D.–The Blue Cross Blue Shield North Dakota Caring Foundation has donated $25,000 to the Great Plains Food Bank. Additionally, representatives from Blue Cross Blue Shield spent time volunteering inside the Great Plains Food Bank warehouse during the pandemic as a way to give back to the community. Great Plains Food Bank President Melissa Sobolik said, “When COVID-19 hit North…