North Carolina Civic Health Index

The National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) has published America’s Civic Health Index annually since 2006. Through the passage of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act in 2009, NCoC formalized a partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau and the Corporation for National and Community Service to develop, refine, and implement annual measures of America’s civic health.

This year, NCoC has partnered with 13 states and 4 cities to assess state and local civic health. North Carolina’s Civic Health Index is overseen by a team of organizations committed to advancing civic engagement in North Carolina. Democracy North Carolina, North Carolina Campus Compact, the North Carolina Center for Voter Education, the North Carolina Civic Education Consortium, and the Department of Public Policy at Western Carolina University have joined to assess the state’s civic health with a united purpose to document, and ultimately improve, civic engagement in North Carolina. The Center for Civic Education provided crucial funding to support this project.