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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the North Carolina Social Work Coalition on Workforce Development are partnering to create a Public Service Leadership Program (PSLP) that will strengthen the state’s social work workforce.
Published: Monday, October 13th, 2025 @ 3:48 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed March Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.
Published: Sunday, December 22nd, 2024 @ 12:02 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today released a multi-year Direct Support Professional Workforce Plan.
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2024 @ 12:26 pm
By: Kevin Smith
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced appointments to boards and commissions.
Published: Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 @ 1:47 am
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is launching the Inclusion Works initiative to promote competitive integrated employment for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities
Published: Saturday, October 14th, 2023 @ 4:23 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The General Assembly continued taking up significant, and at times controversial, policy items this week.
Published: Thursday, June 9th, 2022 @ 8:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced appointments to North Carolina boards and commissions.
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2022 @ 12:12 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced nominations and appointments to North Carolina boards and commissions.
Published: Friday, April 8th, 2022 @ 8:15 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper announced nominations and appointments to North Carolina boards and commissions today.
Published: Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 @ 3:15 am
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced that Behavioral Health and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) Tailored Plans will launch Dec. 1, 2022, instead of July 1, 2022.
Published: Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 @ 9:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the selection of seven organizations to serve as Behavioral Health and Intellectual/Developmental Disability Tailored Plans (Behavioral Health I/DD Tailored Plans).
Published: Tuesday, September 21st, 2021 @ 10:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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NCACC Weekly Update — August 6
Published: Monday, August 23rd, 2021 @ 8:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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NCACC Weekly Update — July 30
Published: Monday, August 16th, 2021 @ 4:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced appointments and nominations to North Carolina boards and commissions.
Published: Tuesday, July 20th, 2021 @ 2:46 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper announced new appointments and nominations to state boards and commissions today.
Published: Monday, May 10th, 2021 @ 6:42 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Group 4 vaccinations to begin March 24 for people who have a medical condition that puts them at higher risk or who live in certain congregate settings
Published: Sunday, March 7th, 2021 @ 2:33 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced new appointments to boards and commissions across North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, November 18th, 2020 @ 10:56 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued a Request for Applications for Behavioral Health and Intellectual/Developmental Disability (I/DD) Tailored Plans as part of North Carolina’s transition to Medicaid Managed Care.
Published: Monday, November 16th, 2020 @ 4:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The town halls will feature remarks and presentations from Deputy Secretary for Behavioral Health & IDD Kody Kinsley, DMHDDSAS Director Victor Armstrong and the CEO for the Local Management Entity/Managed Care Organization for each area’s town hall.
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2020 @ 11:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has been awarded a $2 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to support the state’s behavioral health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 @ 1:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) shares recommended strategies to support local solutions to maintain and sustain services for individuals with behavioral health needs and intellectual and developmental disabilities
Published: Saturday, April 18th, 2020 @ 9:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Division of Health Benefits (NC Medicaid) will temporarily increase payments rates to long-term care providers and facilities to support them in caring for Medicaid beneficiaries who are at high risk of serious illness from COVID-19
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2020 @ 8:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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For the disabled already on Medicaid, finding providers or in-home caregivers can be a nightmare.
Published: Sunday, September 29th, 2019 @ 2:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Cooper has appointed the following individual to the Alamance Community College Board of Trustees
Published: Wednesday, September 11th, 2019 @ 11:51 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The Senate’s proposed biennial budget includes the largest pay raises for state employees in more than a decade, but doesn’t include a cost-of-living increase for state retirees.
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2019 @ 9:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper today signed Executive Order No. 92, Employment First for North Carolinians with Disabilities, to increase opportunities for fair wages, employment, and careers for individuals with disabilities
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2019 @ 2:14 am
By: Daniel Bunting
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While the department always welcomes feedback on our publications and policies, we are releasing this final guidance to be transparent about our intended policy when BH and I/DD Tailored Plans launch in 2021.
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2019 @ 3:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) to help families locate missing loved ones with Alzheimer's disease, autism and related conditions unanimously passed the U.S. Senate
Published: Friday, December 22nd, 2017 @ 9:12 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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House and Senate Republicans are stuck in a debate about oversight of the state's largest mental health provider and who will control mental health services for hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians
Published: Thursday, July 13th, 2017 @ 1:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week, Governor Cooper signed the following bills into law
Published: Friday, June 9th, 2017 @ 11:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, the Republican incumbent for North Carolina's 8th Congressional District, is running on his track record and roots in the district
Published: Sunday, October 30th, 2016 @ 4:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has signed 16 bills into law, including legislation which protects consumers and supports those with development disabilities
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 @ 4:37 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Budget writers working on the state's 2016-17 spending plan received the OK to increase the amount of money to open new psychiatric beds around the state from $12 million to $18 million, using proceeds from the sale of the Dorothea Dix campus in Raleigh, while eliminating a controversial regulation.
Published: Saturday, June 25th, 2016 @ 1:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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1st Street Investments has finalized a 10-year lease with Trillium Health Resources to consolidate and relocate its headquarters in a facility occupying an entire city block in the Uptown Greenville district.
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2016 @ 3:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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