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Tag: group homes

shows four people posing for a formal photo, two seated, two standing behind them. The two seated people are residents at a group home for people with intellectual / developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injury.
Posted inDisabilities

Proposed bills would bump up pay for people caring for NC’s most vulnerable

by Mona Dougani June 9, 2021August 31, 2022

By Mona Dougani In 2004, two weeks after her high school graduation, Brittany Stone was driving to pick up her younger sister from vacation Bible school during a storm. She hit a pothole and lost control of her vehicle. In the accident, she suffered a traumatic brain injury.  Seventeen years later, Stone has landed a […]

A man with white hair looks into the distance, he's Mike Sprayberry, director of emergency management and he's at a press conference about coronavirus.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – April 2 – Cases in NC prisons, unemployment system strain, state requests FEMA help

by Editor April 2, 2020October 27, 2022
shows several empty rocking chairs on the porch of a nursing home
Posted inLong Term Care

Funding increases likely for NC personal assistance allowance, community services

by Thomas Goldsmith June 24, 2019June 23, 2019
Shows a boarded up cottage with plywood over the windows. On the plywood is spraypainted: "Go Away FLorence"
Posted inMental Health

Telephone Becomes Lifeline for Mental Health Clients During Florence

by Rose Hoban September 26, 2018September 16, 2022
shows the silhouette of a boy, he's looking at a pool where others are playing.
Posted inChildren's Health

Future Uncertain for Thousands of NC Children in Group Homes

by Carolina Public Press July 13, 2018July 13, 2018
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Posted inState Health Policy

House Budget Wrapped Up, Heads Back to the Senate

by Catherine Clabby June 2, 2017October 4, 2022

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