State law requires North Carolina counties to administer and provide a number of social services and public assistance programs described in Chapter 108A of the North Carolina General Statutes, including (among others) Work First, Food and Nutrition Services, Medicaid, child … Read more

In the past few years, allegations against county departments of social services have formed the basis of lawsuits against some North Carolina counties and drawn attention in the press. In the wake of substantial media coverage on North Carolina’s social … Read more

This post was written by Meredith Smith. Someone once told me that to get people really interested in attending a meeting you need to either make it free to attend or provide food.  Well, thanks to funding from the North … Read more

UPDATE September 2013: For more recent information on this topic, click here. To consolidate or not to consolidate, that [may be] the question. In the coming weeks, the NC General Assembly could act on legislation that would permit a county … Read more