Brooks Ann McKinney

Board Member at Large

Brooks Ann McKinney, MSW is a healthcare and housing equity consultant from Greensboro NC.  Her career began over 24 years ago as a case manager in emergency shelters which evolved into administration and development of projects including medical respite care, permanent supportive housing, and a federal grant approval for a new FQHC/HCH clinic with outreach sites in public housing. She is on the board of directors for North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness(NCCEH), Respite Care Providers Network(RCPN), and was appointed to the  NC Governor’s Interagency Council for Homelessness to advocate for cross sector solutions. Since 2012 she has been a director of vulnerable populations in two major NC hospital systems and recently under an ACO umbrella to successfully implement coordination of care models and increase collaboration between the hospital, community providers, faith based organizations, and public housing entities. She received the Mission Health Spirit of Martin Luther King Jr Award in 2018 and the WJ Mackey National Medical Respite Award in 2019. Her current projects include implementation of a new medical respite project under the NC 1115 Medicaid waiver and supporting statewide organizations to build infrastructure for reimbursement…all of this with the goal to end homelessness and eliminate barriers for those in poverty.