North Carolina State University North Carolina State University was founded in 1887 with the mission of promoting social and economic improvements. This land-grant institution focuses on the agricultural and mechanical sciences. Some of the most successful research programs are found in the design, math, science, technology and engineering departments. In order to provide students with research opportunities while helping the community, North Carolina State University partners with various nonprofits
Goal Statement This paper will analyze County Department of Social Services Agency that is located in Salisbury, North Carolina and correlate the ecological theory rand the psychodynamic/ psychoanalytical theory to explain how this agency interact with its clients and the community. This agency has multiple service divisions such as the Adult and Family Support Services Division that consist of the Crisis Intervention Program, Food Stamp Program, Intake (Adult Medicaid), and Long-term care
evident in the state of North Carolina. A few years ago, North Carolina became the primary location for large-scale hog-raising operations. In particular, large companies like Coharie Hog Farm and Murphy Family Farms began locating along the eastern side of Interstate 95. This area was found to be suitable for hog farming because it is a coastal plain "where the land is flat, the rivers wide and human habitation scattered" ("The Brown Lagoon" 24). The state of North Carolina was also favorable for
programs and philosophies. Consequently, those similarities and differences for the states of North Carolina and Oregon will be individually analyzed and explored. The state of North Carolina advocates its mission to be the protection and safety of its citizens throughout the state by providing viable alternatives and meaningful supervision to offenders placed in their custody. The goal in North Carolina for the Division of Community Corrections is to use practices that have been empirically tested
effort to bring a national health care plan to the United States (U.S.). Policy makers in the U.S. are hopeful the ACA will be able to extend health care coverage to 47 million nonelderly uninsured citizens (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2014). The ACA broadens the Medicaid eligibility for low income individuals at or below the 138% Federal Poverty Line (FPL) and adds tax credits to assist people to purchase insurance in the Health Insurance Marketplace (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2015)
other, housed families living in poverty. In fact, many poor families – homeless or not – share similar characteristics: they are usually headed by a single woman with limited education, are usually young, and have high rates of domestic violence and mental illness. Some families living in poverty, however, fall into homelessness, usually due to some unforeseen financial challenge, such as a death in the family, a lost job, or an unexpected bill, creating a situation where the family cannot maintain
Evidenced-Based Practice in Mental Health In 2003, leaders in North Carolina’s healthcare field realized they needed to bring about changes to the services they provided in their community’s mental healthcare programs (McLaughlin & McLauglin, 2008). The North Carolina Science to Service Project (NCS2S) was implemented to bring more coordinated, quality healthcare services to their mental health patients (McLaughlin & McLauglin, 2008). The goals of the project were to better match healthcare
Under North Carolina’s General Statute 7B 1604a, any juvenile who commits a criminal offense on or after the juvenile 's sixteenth birthday is subject to prosecution as an adult (“Limitations”). North Carolina remains one of only two states in America that automatically prosecutes all 16- and 17-year-olds in the adult criminal justice system regardless of the severity of the crime they commit; punishments served to students involved in something as trivial as fist-fight in a local high school cafeteria
relocated to Fayetteville, North Carolina from Bahama, North Carolina to attend Fayetteville State University’s Master of Social Work Program. Fayetteville, North Carolina’s significant military population and the academic program offered many opportunities to students interested in researching and practicing with military personnel and their families initially generating an interest for me in the program. Within the first twenty-fours of living in Fayetteville, North Carolina, I had the opportunity
School, Vance County Early College High School, and Early High School STEM Program. Mr. Hawkins has been a social worker for over 20 years; however, he was been with the Vance Schools systems for over 12 years. The interview took place in Mr. Hawkins office at Western Vance High School in Henderson, North Carolina. Western Vance High School is Vance County alternative school for students to receive a second chance on receiving their diploma that they may not have successful intended at their traditional