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photo is a close up of hands cuffed behind someone's back
Posted inChildren's Health

North Carolina raises the age for when children can marry and go to court

by Anne Blythe September 16, 2021September 16, 2021

By Anne Blythe North Carolina children are not eligible to vote for the state lawmakers who debated what age they could marry and go to court, but those adults made big decisions this summer that have an impact on when they can be thrust into grown-up circumstances. Lawmakers raised the age at which a child […]

legislative building in Raleigh where lawmakers create policy around Medicaid and other health issues
Posted inState Health Policy

NC House counters Senate budget with more funding for mental health, home and community services

by Rose Hoban August 6, 2021August 16, 2021
Shows a woman hugging a little boy she's had in foster care. She is signing his adoption papers.
Posted inChildren's Health

Foster care case numbers continue to climb in NC, as opioid crisis affects families

by Sarah Ovaska September 24, 2019September 23, 2019
legislative leaders stand at, around a podium. But they're not talking about Medicaid expansion
Posted inState Health Policy

New General Assembly budget includes many health care features, but no Medicaid expansion

by Rose Hoban June 26, 2019June 26, 2019
a Crossnore graduate sits behind the wheel of a new car, he holds the air freshener hanging from the rear view mirrow
Posted inChildren's Health

Driving foster children to success

by Yen Duong June 11, 2019November 13, 2019
shows a tile wall, each tile has the handprint of a child and some text on it as a proxy for child abuse
Posted inChildren's Health

Rousing a community to the effects of child abuse in Cumberland County

by Sarah Ovaska April 25, 2019November 13, 2019

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