A state social services program called Healthy Opportunities Pilots (HOP) is celebrating its two-year anniversary.
The program offers assistance in food, housing, transportation, and domestic violence services, primarily in rural counties.
Governor Roy Cooper has declared April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and is calling on a coalition of organizations to help address child maltreatment.
A local nonprofit child welfare agency is expanding a program that helps kids at high risk of entering foster care stay with their families of origin. A contract from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will bring these efforts to 11 more counties.
State officials are seeking public comment on a newly released draft of the Olmstead Plan, aimed at guiding people with disabilities toward independence.
North Carolina is preparing a new initiative aimed at improving youth behavioral health. The Children and Families Specialty Plan is expected to launch later this year.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is joining a collaborative effort to bring syphilis case counts down. The goal is to align with other state’s public health and Medicaid programs to codify best practice recommendations.