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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