House leaders ask DA to investigate Mecklenburg DSS failures
House Oversight leaders are calling for a criminal review of Mecklenburg DSS officials after findings of systemic child welfare failures.
NC lawmakers weigh DSS reforms after DHHS found repeated failures in Mecklenburg’s handling of abuse reports before Dominique Moody’s death.
We know more than we ever have about how to identify the children most at risk. Dominique Moody’s death has given NC both the reason and the opportunity to put that knowledge to work.
Like Iryna, Dominique deserved better. Hopefully this bill bearing her name can create systems and procedures that can prevent future situations where a child suffers abuse of this magnitude.
A child does not remain in that kind of danger for that long unless institutions miss the need for deeper scrutiny.