Community Financial Resources

In addition to Duke Health's financial care counselors, there are many community resources that can help you with billing and payment-related issues. Here are just a few.

Health Insurance Marketplace

HealthCare.gov 
The Health Insurance Marketplace ("exchange”) can help you find health insurance coverage issued by the government and private companies. You can shop, compare, and choose a plan that meets your family’s needs and find out if you qualify for federal tax credits and subsidies, Medicaid, or North Carolina Choice.

Durham County Vocational Rehabilitation Services 


Receive the following services for physical, psychiatric, or intellectual disabilities or deafness, hard-of-hearing, or other communicative disorders: 

  • Counseling
  • Training
  • Education
  • Transportation
  • Job placement and maintaining employment
  • Assistive technology
  • Independently living
  • Other support services 


Call: (888) 666‐4916 or (919) 560‐6810 
Monday ‐ Friday, 9:00 am ‐ 5:00 pm 
Email: web.C0700@dhhs.nc.gov


Project Access
 Durham County

Located at Lincoln Community Health Center
Call: (919) 470‐7262
Monday ‐ Friday, 8:00 am ‐ 5:00 pm
Website: projectaccessdurham.org

Project Access Wake County

Call: (919) 554‐3762

Monday ‐ Friday, 9:00 am ‐ 4:00 pm
Website: wcmschf.org

Project Access Johnston County

Receive help for access to medical care if you:

  • Do not have insurance
  • Cannot afford insurance
  • Are a resident of Durham, Wake, or Johnston Counties

Located in the medical mall in the old 
Human Resources Building in Smithfield

Call: 
919‐550‐0011, Ext. #202

Monday ‐ Friday, 8:30 am ‐ 4:30 pm
Website: johnstonhealth.org

Purchase of Medical Care Services

If you apply and meet financial eligibility requirements and are able to prove you are an NC resident, you can receive health care coverage for the following:

  • Sickle cell syndrome
  • HIV medications
  • Infant early intervention services

Call: (919) 855‐3701
Monday ‐ Friday, 8:00 am ‐ 5:00 pm
Website: ncdhhs.gov