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• Legislative Changes in Child Welfare: The Short Session

  This entry was contributed by Sara DePasquale on July 16, 2024 at 8:36 am and is filed under Child Welfare Law.

  The North Carolina General Assembly made some changes to child welfare laws during this short session. Many of these changes have taken effect and some will be effective by January 1, 2025. All the amendments are important for those of you who practice in this area to be aware of. Continue Reading

• Lifetime Civil No-Contact Order Expanded to Cover Human Trafficking Victims

  This entry was contributed by Cheryl Howell on August 9, 2023 at 8:30 am and is filed under Domestic Violence, Uncategorized.

  We have Chapter 50B authorizing civil domestic violence protective orders to protect victims of domestic violence and Chapter 50C authorizing civil no-contact orders to protect victims of sexual misconduct and stalking who do not have the personal relationship with the perpetrator required for a 50B DVPO. In 2015, the General Assembly enacted Chapter 50D authorizing permanent, non-expiring civil no-contact orders to provide additional protection to victims of sexual violence. Effective August 1, 2023, Chapter 50D was expanded to authorize permanent protection for victims of human trafficking.

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• Human Trafficking: New SOG Resource Explaining Your Obligation to Make a Report and How the Agency Responds

  This entry was contributed by Sara DePasquale on January 18, 2023 at 9:45 am and is filed under Social Services.

  January recognizes the importance of knowing about human trafficking. The President has declared January Human Trafficking Prevention Month (see the proclamation here). The North Carolina Governor and the Chief Justice have both declared January Human Trafficking Awareness Month (see the Governor’s proclamation here and the Chief Justice’s proclamation here). The purpose of these declarations is both a recognition that human trafficking in the United States and North Carolina exists and to educate our citizens about this issue. Partnerships are required for a successful response to combat the crime of human trafficking, which involves both sex and labor trafficking. The national, state, and local responses involve the prevention of human trafficking, protection for victims and survivors, and the prosecution of traffickers.

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• 2018 N.C. Legislative Changes Impacting Child Welfare

  This entry was contributed by Sara DePasquale on July 9, 2018 at 9:00 am and is filed under Child Welfare Law.

  The 2018 Legislative Session created and amended various North Carolina statutes affecting child welfare. Some of those changes are effective now and others at later dates. Here are the highlights. Continue Reading

• Children in Foster Care and Sex Trafficking: New NC Policy to Know About

  This entry was contributed by Sara DePasquale on January 29, 2016 at 6:36 am and is filed under Child Welfare Law.

  

  For the last 15 years, there has been an increased awareness of human trafficking in the U.S. That awareness has resulted in various federal and state laws seeking both to prevent human trafficking and protect the victims of human trafficking.  See Trafficking Victims and Protection Act of 2000, 22 U.S.A. Chapter 78 (reauthorized in 2003, 2005, 2008, and 2013).  Today’s post recognizes that January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month and discusses recent federal laws and accompanying state policy that focus on identifying and providing services to children who are in foster care and are victims of sex trafficking. Continue Reading