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Determining Who's Eligible For Eugenics Compensation

North Carolina legislative building
Dave DeWitt
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WUNC
N.C. General Assembly

The public comment period on the procedure to determine who's eligible for the state's sterilization compensation program ends today.

State lawmakers included a measure in this year's budget that sets aside ten million dollars to compensate victims of the state's eugenics program, which ended in the 1970s.

Surviving victims must submit claims for compensation on or before June 30th of 2014. So far, the state has verified more than 175 survivors.

The temporary rules for eligibility include a variety of facts claimants must submit to be considered including one's full name and the date and venue of the sterilization procedure. According to the law, victims will not receive compensation until June 30th, 2015.

See here for more information.

 

Jessica Jones covers both the legislature in Raleigh and politics across the state. Before her current assignment, Jessica was given the responsibility to open up WUNC's first Greensboro Bureau at the Triad Stage in 2009. She's a seasoned public radio reporter who's covered everything from education to immigration, and she's a regular contributor to NPR's news programs. Jessica started her career in journalism in Egypt, where she freelanced for international print and radio outlets. After stints in Washington, D.C. with Voice of America and NPR, Jessica joined the staff of WUNC in 1999. She is a graduate of Yale University.
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