ANOTHER study shows CASA is a failure (much to the distress of the person who did the study)
Sunday, November 19, 2017, By NCCPR Laurie Tuff really, really wanted her little study of the local Court-Appointed Special Advocates...
One in three North Carolinians affected by opioid crisis, poll finds
November 16, 2017, By Lindsay Marchello Carolina Journal https://www.carolinajournal.com/news-article/one-in-three-north-carolinians-affe...
Poor Parenting: When Poverty is Confused with Neglect
November 15, 2017, By Sharkkarah Harrison Rise Magazine For poor parents, life often feels like an avalanche of misfortunes that invites...
Arkansas Senator on CPS Kidnappings: “No Horror Movie Ever Prepared You for This”
Protecting the constitutional rights of innocent families and protecting children from abuse should not be an either/or proposition....
Cumberland County man, woman charged with child abuse
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.C. — A Cumberland County man and woman were charged with child abuse Thursday after a nine-year-old told her teacher...
NCDHHS Faces $1.7 Millon Federal Fine For Non-Compliance
The state is being placed on a three-year performance-improvement plan by the federal Department of Health and Human Services'...
Cumberland County has the most foster kids in NC: Nearly 900
That’s enough foster children to fill an entire middle school. The surge in numbers across North Carolina is alarming child advocates who...
DHHS Begins Reform of Social Services
The N.C. Department of Health Human Services' Division of Social Services collaborated with the Office of State Budget and Management,...
How You Can Help Reform Child Welfare
Some suggestions from Richard Wexler, Executive Director, National Coalition for Child Protection Reform It’s a question we get all the...
Some lawyers say child welfare system violates parents’ rights
For years, the state Department of Children and Families under Commissioner Joette Katz has worked to change the way it does business,...
