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19813
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The 1984 of the North Carolina General Assembly a number of measures concerning the disadvantaged, youth, and families. These included Medicaid and AFDC, child support, child abuse and neglect, and domestic relations.
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19814
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Since the 1960s North Carolina's Criminal Code Commission has worked to overhaul the state's criminal law. A bill was presented to the General Assembly in the mid-1970s, but was postponed indefinitely and later withdrawn for further study. A committee is slowly working its way through the bill and will probably report its finding to the 1985 Assembly. This bulletin presents a summary of some of the proposed areas of change that may be of interest to social services personnel and their clients.
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19815
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Mason examines the complex relationship between the state and counties in the area of social services.
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19828
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The 1985 session of the North Carolina General Assembly produced legislation that will have substantial impact on a number of social services and juvenile services programs. This bulletin discusses these and other laws affecting county social services departments and the State Division of Social Services, Medical Assistance, and Aging in the Department of Human Resources.
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19829
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The 1985 North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation currently being implemented; however, there are bills from that session that passed one house but are pending in the other. This bulletin summarizes some of these bills and discusses their effect on existing law if passed in their present form. It also notes several related bills that were passed in the 1985 session.
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19830
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In the 1984-1985 fiscal year, 19,301 reports of suspected abuse or neglect of children were received by county social service departments in the state. The authors explain the statutory reporting requirements and related laws and attempt to address some of the primary confusion about the laws.
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19831
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This bulletin describes laws passed by the 1987 General Assembly, including an increase in eligibility and benefit levels for Medicaid and AFDC, and other legislative changes that affect county social services departments. It also describes amendments to the North Carolina Juvenile Code.
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19832
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Mason summarizes legislative developments of particular interest to people in social services and related fields. Legislation includes juvenile code amendments, domestic violence, and services for older adults.
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19833
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Mason describes laws passed by the 1989 NC General Assembly and other legislative developments affecting county social service departments; changes in the NC Juvenile Code; and other actions relating to low-income citizens, children and youth, aged and disabled persons, and charitable organizations.
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19834
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The 1990 \"short session\" of the NC General Assembly had the unpleasant task of reducing state appropriations for the second year of the biennium because of a drop in state revenue collections. However, some funds were available for new state programs, including the new JOBS program, which the authors describe. New state funding was appropriated for the AFDC program due to a drop in federal funding.
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19835
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Although social service programs did not escape budget cutting in the 1991 session of the NC General Assembly, substantial new state funding was provided for child protective services and some other areas. This bulletin describes these and other legislative developments relating to social services, juvenile law, aging, and related fields.
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19846
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The 1992 session of the 1991 NC General Assembly provided funds for the piloting of the Social Services Plan, appropriated additional funds for child protective services and family preservation services, increased the rates for adoption services and for domiciliary care payments, and shortened the time in which a parent's rights may be terminated when the child is in foster care.
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19847
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Under North Carolina law, a county social services board member may be removed from office during his or her term by the same body that appointed the individual to the social services board. However, the \"appointing authority\" must have \"good cause\" to remove a social services board member from the board during his or her term and must give the board member notice of the grounds for the removal, as well as an opportunity to be heard on the issue of removal.
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19848
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The authors review laws passed in the areas listed in the title. These include abortion funding, child support and paternity, child abuse, delinquency, and monitoring of rest homes.
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19849
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Mason describes acts of the 1994 extra session of the NC General Assembly that relate to juveniles.
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