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Robin Peacock, program manager for Adoption Services, North Carolina Division of Social Services, discusses the adoption field in North Carolina - past and present - and anticipates changes for the future.
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17850
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In 1963, the General Assembly rewrote school attendance law which made attendance counselors compulsory and to direct state funds to the hiring of such counselors. These counselors were tasked with overseeing cases of delinquency and truancy in students under the age of sixteen. Based on specifics of certain cases, the author analyzes a counselor's option and the level of involvement by the juvenile court.
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17856
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The 1965 General Assembly adopted portions of a Federal act developed by the U.S. Children's Bureau. It added two sections to the written law which varies from the federal law in three ways; mandatory reporting by doctors was not mandatory, abuse cases had to be reported to the County Director of public welfare and not police, and parents were still allowed to testify against a spouse in the case of child abuse.
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17983
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When the juvenile court was established in North Carolina in 1919, the clerk of superior court became the juvenile judge on a part time basis. Fifty years later many of the juvenile court laws seemed dated and inadequate; thus, the 1969 North Carolina General Assembly made considerable headway in changing juvenile corrections law including jurisdiction, detention, and custody.
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17984
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The 1969 North Carolina General Assembly enacted major legislative changes affecting public welfare programs. These included not only clarifying basic laws but also changing to the notion of public services rather than welfare and emphasizing work incentive programs, aid to families with children, and child day care.
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18044
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In 1968, there were seven juvenile detention centers in the state; Buncombe County Receiving Home (Asheville), Durham County Youth Home (Durham), Forsyth County Center (Winston-Salem), Gaston County Juvenile Detention Home (Gastonia), Guilford County Juvenile Detention Home (Greensboro), Mecklenburg County Juvenile Diagnostic Center (Charlotte), and Wake County Detention Home (Raleigh). These seven facilities are run on the county level with no financial support. Only three standards are overseen by the state; approval of staff, program consultation, and standards of training.
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18056
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Issues of juvenile delinquency is on the rise, and currently North Carolina has no law requiring that any state agency collect and analyze data on the extent of juvenile delinquency in the state.
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18159
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During the past year statewide interest in changing and improving the juvenile corrections system in North Carolina has gained momentum. Several bills call for the distinction between committing children to community based facilities and services rather than to training schools or juvenile halls.
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18276
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Throughout history, parental child abuse has been repressed and denied; society assumes that parents will protect their children. The tradition of the law in North Carolina has been that a parent may do anything to his child in the name of discipline without state interference unless the punishment is malicious and inflicts serious bodily injury. Periods of recognition and reform have occurred throughout the state's history, and North Carolina has developed two laws for reporting child abuse--voluntary and mandatory laws that have served to increase public awareness and understanding, as well as reporting of abuse.
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18336
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North Carolina provides social services in an extensive array of programs including public assistance and medical care. The program itself is complex because federal, state, and local governments are involved in designing and administering social services.
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18358
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The decade of the 1970s has been a period of change in juvenile justice in North Carolina. Thomas examines actions taken in the past decade and where juvenile justice in the state is going for the next decade.
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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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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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