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Moody hearing exposes failures, fuels DSS reform push
NC lawmakers weigh DSS reforms after DHHS found repeated failures in Mecklenburg’s handling of abuse reports before Dominique Moody’s death.
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Cooper, DHHS named in lawsuit alleging state abandons children in hospitals
“Is it better to be in the emergency room, or is it better be in my office?” asked the official. “You have no security, no food, maybe no shower. Where's it better for the kid to be?”
Opinion
NC’s foster-care laws should put children first
We are long past due for legislation that prioritizes placing our state’s most vulnerable children with stable families, whether blood relatives or not.
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DSS Case Sets Precedent
RALEIGH — The Home School Legal Defense Association says that the North Carolina Supreme Court’s precedent-setting Stumbo ruling — involving a home-schooling family's refusal to allow social workers to interview children privately — has already affected another action by child-protection services. The Court ruled in July that the DSS actions violated the Stumbos’ Fourth Amendment rights against illegal searches and seizure. In a new case, a judge dismissed a false report of child neglect after DSS officials tried to force parents to allow private interviews.
