Cabarrus Health Alliance

What Cabarrus Health Alliance does

Cabarrus Health Alliance (CHA) is a county-level public health authority established by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners on July 1, 1997, formerly operating as the Cabarrus County Health Department. Headquartered at 300 Mooresville Road, Kannapolis, North Carolina, CHA delivers a comprehensive portfolio of public health services across Cabarrus County through three fixed locations (Kannapolis main site, CHA @ The Dream Center in Concord, and CHA @ Brown Mill), plus mobile dental and community units. Service lines span clinical care (family medicine, pediatrics, women's health, immunizations, communicable disease, international travel), dental care (preventive, restorative, mobile school-based delivery), behavioral health (LiVe Well outpatient therapy, RISE opioid MAT clinic, SUN clinic, syringe services), environmental health (food/lodging inspections, well/septic permitting, mosquito control), the federal WIC nutrition program for women, infants, and children up to age five, and a school health program that places public-health nurses in every Cabarrus County and Kannapolis City Schools campus — a model in place since 1999 that is the first of its kind in North Carolina.

CHA operates as a government public health authority rather than a venture-backed company. Revenue is generated from three streams: federal, state, local, and foundation grants (including a $5.42M U.S. Office of Population Affairs cooperative agreement for the Elevate adolescent program and a $300K Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC Foundation preschool dental expansion); insurance billing across Medicaid, Medicare dental plans, and major private payers; and a sliding-fee schedule for uninsured Cabarrus County residents, with services provided regardless of ability to pay. Customer concentration is structurally low because the entity serves an entire county population across the life course, but funding concentration exists on the grant side (one federal cooperative agreement alone is several million dollars). Governance is via a nine-member Board that includes county commissioners, Atrium Health-Cabarrus physicians, the NC Research Campus, Kannapolis City Schools, the Cabarrus dental community, and three public members.

CHA holds PHAB national accreditation for the 2023-2027 cycle, received the 2025 NC Local Health Department Achievement Award, and has won multiple individual recognitions including the Reynolds Achievement Award and two GlaxoSmithKline honors. The most significant recent strategic moves are the April 2026 opening of the Brown Mill / Rebuilders Campus co-located with Cooperative Christian Ministry in Concord, the multi-year Elevate adolescent expansion reaching into Rowan County, and the school dental extension into 18 preschools. There are no M&A, venture funding, or international operations; technology is built around a CureMD patient portal and basic public-health platform tooling, with no disclosed AI or proprietary model layer.

Name

Cabarrus Health Alliance

Legal name

Cabarrus Health Alliance, NC

Website

https://cabarrushealth.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Cabarrus Health Alliance is a county public health authority in Kannapolis, North Carolina, delivering clinical, dental, behavioral, environmental, school-based, and WIC services to Cabarrus County residents through fixed sites, mobile units, and grants-funded programming.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Services

NAICS

Social Assistance (624)

akta.pro primary industry

County/District/Local Health Departments (HLAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Non-Communicable Disease Prevention & Chronic Disease Programs (BPAIAJAI)

Keywords

• Public health services
• Community healthcare
• Clinical health services
• School health program
• WIC nutrition program

Headquarters

HQ city

Kannapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Grants: CHA receives numerous local, state, federal, and foundation grants to support public health in Cabarrus County and throughout the region. Major grants include U.S. Office of Population Affairs ($5,415,465), Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation ($300,000), North Carolina Alliance of Public Health Agencies ($81,775), and Cabarrus Partnership for Children ($45,000).
2. Healthcare Service Billing: Revenue from billing Medicaid, Medicare dental plans, and major private insurance policies for clinical, dental, and other health services provided to residents.
3. Sliding Fee Scale Services: Discounted/sliding fee schedule available based on family size and income for Cabarrus County residents who do not have dental insurance. Services provided regardless of ability to pay.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cabarrus Health Alliance is a county public health authority delivering clinical, dental, behavioral health, environmental health, school-based, and community health services to Cabarrus County, NC residents. Services include direct medical care, preventive programs, WIC nutrition support, environmental inspections, and emergency preparedness, provided through fixed clinics, mobile units, and school-based deployments regardless of ability to pay.

Product overview

Cabarrus Health Alliance is a public health authority providing a comprehensive portfolio of health services to Cabarrus County, North Carolina. The organization operates through multiple service lines including Clinical Services (behavioral health, dental, medical care), Public Health Programs (communicable disease, environmental health, emergency preparedness), Community Health Initiatives (school health, WIC, family support, community health programs), and administrative services (medical records, vital records). Services are delivered at the main Kannapolis location, Concord dental/WIC location, and the new Brown Mill satellite location. The organization was created by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners in 1997, formerly operating as the Cabarrus County Health Department.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Behavioral Health Services Mental health and substance use services including LiVe Well Counseling (outpatient therapy for ages 5+), RISE Clinic (Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder), SUN Clinic (substance use disorder services), prevention programs, and syringe service program.
• Clinical Services Medical services including breast health, family planning, pediatrics, women's health and maternity, adult health, and medical records management for the general public.
• Community Health Programs Health education and prevention programs covering adolescent health, cooking classes, diabetes management, Healthy Cabarrus initiative, kids cooking camps, lifestyle medicine, chronic disease management, worksite wellness, and yoga classes.
• Communicable Disease Services Investigation, surveillance, and prevention services for communicable diseases including COVID-19, immunizations, international travel medicine, tuberculosis, STDs, HIV prevention (PrEP), mpox, measles, and rabies.
• Dental Services Comprehensive dental treatment for patients of all ages with preventive and restorative care, mobile dental units visiting schools, and emergency appointments available daily at Concord and Kannapolis offices.
• Environmental Health Environmental health inspections and permitting including food and lodging inspections, drinking water well inspection, onsite wastewater/septic systems, public swimming pool inspections, tattoo establishment inspections, child care and school inspections, mosquito prevention, and lead poisoning prevention.
• Family Support Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Served 2,329 students in 45 schools through school-based oral health program
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Cabarrus Partnership for ChildrenmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Granted CHA $45,000 to provide ultrasounds to uninsured, pregnant Cabarrus County women. Without this grant, these expectant mothers would struggle to afford this critical part of maternal healthcare.
• North Carolina Alliance of Public Health AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024$81,775 grant to help Region IV health departments become stronger and more financially stable through audits, billing improvement, documentation, efficiency, and quality improvement. Project will review 118 provider charts over three months.
• Cooperative Christian Ministry (CCM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for long-term lease at Brown Mill site - The Rebuilders Campus. CHA's space at Brown Mill Commons extends operational footprint providing centrally located access for staff whose services reach across the entire county, as well as walkability and proximity to services for CCM beneficiaries and nearby residents.
• Cabarrus County Board of CommissionerscoreOthersCHA is a public health authority created by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners effective July 1, 1997. CHA is governed by a nine-member board composed of representatives of the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners, Atrium Health - Cabarrus physicians, the North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis City Schools, the Cabarrus County Dental Community, and three public members.
• Atrium Health - CabarruscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAtrium Health Cabarrus physicians represented on the Public Health Authority Board of Commissioners. Dr. Lara Pons from Atrium Health Cabarrus Family Medicine serves as Board Chair.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Novant Health: Large regional not-for-profit health system serving the Charlotte-metro region including Cabarrus County. Provides clinical and community health services that intersect with CHA's public health mission.
• Atrium Health Cabarrus: Major regional health system with presence in Cabarrus County and representation on CHA's Board. Operates overlapping clinical and family medicine services but as part of a much broader inpatient/outpatient portfolio.

Direct peers

• Durham County Department of Public Health: County public health agency for Durham County, NC. Delivers clinical, dental, behavioral health, environmental health, and community health services comparable to CHA's portfolio.
• Wake County Public Health Department: County-level public health agency serving Wake County, NC. Operates the same comprehensive portfolio (clinical, dental, WIC, environmental health, school health, behavioral health) as a government public health authority, making it the closest functional peer.
• Guilford County Public Health: Public health authority serving Greensboro and surrounding Guilford County, NC. Comparable as a North Carolina county health department with clinical, dental, environmental health, and WIC service lines.
• Rowan County Public Health: Neighboring NC county health department that already partners with CHA on the Elevate adolescent program. Operates similar clinical, dental, environmental health, and WIC services.
• Forsyth County Department of Public Health: County health department serving Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. Operates a parallel set of public health programs (clinical services, environmental health, dental, WIC) under a similar North Carolina governance model.
• Buncombe County Public Health: Public health division of Buncombe County Government in western NC. Comparable as a mid-size NC county health department offering clinical, dental, environmental, and community health services.
• Mecklenburg County Public Health: Public health division of Mecklenburg County Government serving the Charlotte metro. Directly comparable as a similarly-sized NC county health department providing clinical, dental, WIC, environmental health, and school health services.

Others

• North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) - Division of Public Health: State-level public health authority that funds, regulates, and coordinates all NC county health departments including CHA. Not a direct competitor but defines the regulatory and funding environment in which CHA operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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