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North Carolina LINKS is a program of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services. The agency's website states that the name LINKS was chosen as a word that captures the purposes and intent of the Foster Care Independence Act also known as The John H Chafee Foster Care Independence Program .
In a statement, DHHS said more than 10,000 children are in foster care and another 6,300 are receiving in-home services in North Carolina. DHHS said more foster homes are needed, especially homes ...
On January 4, 2013, [25] North Carolina Governor-elect Pat McCrory swore in Aldona Wos as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. [25] At the time, NCDHHS had around 18,000 employees and a budget of around $18 billion. [26] Wos declined her $128,000 salary and was instead paid a token $1. [27]
In 2020, there were 407,493 children in foster care in the United States. [14] 45% were in non-relative foster homes, 34% were in relative foster homes, 6% in institutions, 4% in group homes, 4% on trial home visits (where the child returns home while under state supervision), 4% in pre-adoptive homes, 1% had run away, and 2% in supervised independent living. [14]
NC attorney: A foster care bill making its way through the NC legislature would unnecessarily take kids from their families | Opinion
A lawsuit accusing North Carolina officials of unnecessarily warehousing foster children in locked psychiatric facilities has survived the Department of Health and Human Services’ effort to ...
The Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106–169 (text), 113 Stat. 1882, enacted December 14, 1999) was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on December 14, 1999. [2] The Act includes provisions relating to foster care and the OASDI and SSI programs. [3] [4] It also assists World War II veterans by providing special cash ...
NC DHHS reports that based on the pilot 1915 (b)(c) Waiver Program results to date, "North Carolina has demonstrated that the State can provide quality mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services through private and public sector cooperation and at a lesser or comparable cost than fee-for-service program costs for ...