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The North Carolina House unanimously passed the “Dominique Moody Safety Act,” advancing a child-welfare reform package named for the six-year-old girl whose death exposed repeated failures by Mecklenburg County social services officials to act on reports of abuse and neglect.
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2026 @ 2:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Host Stan Deatherage welcomes Washington City Councilmen Nick Fritz and Max Perreault to discuss how they plan to reform local government in the city of Washington.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2026 @ 11:50 am
By: ENC NOW
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The NC General Assembly has wrapped the scheduled October session, but tensions are still running high between the chambers over a Medicaid rebase stalemate and its increasing sticker shock.
Published: Sunday, October 26th, 2025 @ 5:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
Published: Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 @ 8:44 am
By: ENC NOW
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Thomas Franklin Stallings, age 96, a resident of Cypress Glen, formerly of Washington, NC died with family by his side.
Published: Monday, December 9th, 2024 @ 7:00 am
By: Announcements
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MSM Big Media is part of propaganda wing of the UNDemocratic Party
Published: Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 @ 10:48 am
By: John Steed
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deep fake or real?
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2024 @ 9:00 am
By: John Steed
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On Monday, May 6, 2024, at the Beaufort County Commissioners' general meeting, Commissioner Stan Deatherage sponsored the Constitutional right of a Beaufort County citizen "to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Published: Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 @ 12:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today released the following statement on the Trails Carolina investigation:
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2024 @ 12:19 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Beaufort County Department of Social Services is making final preparations for the launch of North Carolina’s Medicaid Expansion on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 1:58 pm
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services distributed funds this week to county departments of social services to help improve placements for children in DSS custody who have complex behavioral health needs.
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 5:12 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Since the state expanded who is eligible for Medicaid on Dec. 1, 2023, 314,101 North Carolinians have enrolled in the program and now have access to comprehensive health care, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Medicaid Expansion Enrollment Dashboard.
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2024 @ 2:47 am
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is committed to improving youth behavioral health in North Carolina and is leveraging the historic investment from the NC General Assembly to ensure everyone receives the care they need when and where they need it.
Published: Friday, February 2nd, 2024 @ 5:17 pm
By: ENC NOW
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The Beaufort County Department of Social Services Board is pleased to announce that Deputy Director Lori Leggett has been chosen as the next Beaufort County DSS Director effective Jan. 1, 2024.
Published: Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 @ 5:39 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Gov Roy Cooper and NCDHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley announced Monday that Medicaid expansion will begin on Dec. 1.
Published: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 9:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services launched a dashboard to track monthly enrollment in Medicaid for people eligible through expansion.
Published: Friday, January 12th, 2024 @ 1:51 am
By: ENC NOW
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Today the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services began contacting up to 300,000 people who are enrolled in Medicaid’s limited Family Planning program
Published: Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 @ 12:55 am
By: ENC NOW
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Invites Key Members of Gov. Cooper’s Staff to Testify
Published: Thursday, November 16th, 2023 @ 10:25 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Effective Tuesday, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will temporarily assume leadership of child welfare services at the Nash County Department of Social Services, as authorized under state law.
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2023 @ 7:01 pm
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has announced those who lost Food and Nutrition Services benefits through card skimming, cloning or other forms of fraud are eligible to have their stolen FNS benefits (formerly known as food stamps) replaced.
Published: Tuesday, September 19th, 2023 @ 1:16 am
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has become aware of a potential scam targeting Food and Nutrition Services beneficiaries.
Published: Sunday, September 10th, 2023 @ 12:41 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Access to nutritious food is foundational for overall health and well-being.
Published: Tuesday, July 18th, 2023 @ 11:44 am
By: ENC NOW
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More than 60% of people requesting an emergency grant waited between 31 to 153 days for help. Federal law requires that Emergency Solutions Grant Program funds be paid within 30 days.
Published: Saturday, May 20th, 2023 @ 9:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Due to a change at the federal level, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will begin Medicaid beneficiary recertifications that could result in coverage termination or a reduction in benefits.
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2023 @ 3:41 pm
By: ENC NOW
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced it has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to operate the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) program during the 2022-23 school year.
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 11:19 pm
By: ENC NOW
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ECU partners with communities to open children’s advocacy center in Mount Olive
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2023 @ 8:05 am
By: ECU News Services
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Moore County residents who receive Food and Nutrition Services and lost food due to power outages from vandalism to an electrical substation on Dec. 3, 2022, will receive replacement benefits, thanks to two waivers approved by the United States Department of Agriculture.
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 @ 10:57 am
By: ENC NOW
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Effective Monday, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will temporarily assume leadership of child welfare services at the Bertie County Department of Social Services, as authorized under state law.
Published: Monday, May 16th, 2022 @ 10:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today released a coordinated action plan to address the urgent crisis of children with complex behavioral health needs who come into the care of child welfare services.
Published: Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022 @ 4:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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New Video Shows Impact of $6 million Distributed to Families
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2022 @ 12:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On February 27, 2022, Jean Perry Bell, 73, the most amazing wife, mother, mother-in-law and Nana, passed away.
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 @ 8:28 am
By: Announcements
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Global Supply Shortages and Shipping Delays Effect Food and Nutrition Services Recertification FormsThe North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced due to global shortages and delays in shipments it was unable to include return envelopes in the monthly mailing of the Food and Nutrition Services recertifications for February.
Published: Saturday, January 29th, 2022 @ 12:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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