- Vance County’s Department of Social Services has been under investigation since last year for violating the safety of children and their families within the welfare system.
- UNC Down Syndrome Clinic in Chapel Hill is for children and adults. The clinic provides access to critical care that people with Down syndrome need.
- North Carolina's Children's health campus is only dedicated to children through a partnership between UNC Health and Duke Health systems.
- The Winston-Salem-based nonprofit received funding to expand its Bridging Families program aimed at reuniting kids with their families.
- Damaged roads, displaced people and spotty internet create headaches for NC county Department of Social Services agencies protecting children and others after Helene.
- Helene damaged more than 200 child care centers in western North Carolina, and at least 55 of the hardest-hit centers are expected to remain closed for months.
- As storms become more frequent and severe, an organization is increasingly traveling to disaster-affected communities to set up spaces where kids can process the disruption and devastation of a disaster while their parents start the long recovery process.
- Zebulon Police Department partnered with nonprofit New Blue, which helped create a new program to assist children during 911 emergencies.
- The county will soon provide incentive pay to encourage social service workers to stay after hours at Department of Social Services offices with children who don’t have a foster home to go to.
- Fayetteville nonprofit Healthy Child and Adolescent Network, formerly known as Bicycle Man, aims to give away 500 bikes for their annual giveaway this Saturday to benefit children from low-income families. But with only 100 bikes in stock, they're asking for help to reach that goal in just a few days.