HealthySteps focuses on serving children in low-income families who are more at risk of health issues throughout their lives. In North Carolina, just over 33,000 children are in HealthySteps pediatric care, said Natalie Tackitt, the program’s state coordinator. The majority, however, are in Guilford County where the Children’s Home Society started the program in 2018 with six HealthySteps specialists, according to Brianna White, HealthySteps program supervisor. And she was featured in an ad earlier this year advocating for Medicaid funding. According to Natalie Tackitt, North Carolina’s HealthySteps coordinator, HealthySteps has reached more than 25,000 children in Guilford County, not 6,000 as previously reported.