Foster System

Disability Rights North Carolina and the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP have joined forces to help children of color with disabilities in the state's foster care program get more community- and home-based treatment instead of being "warehoused" in locked psychiatric facilities that can be dangerous.

Wake Technical Community College is the only community college in the state with a program to help foster kids transition to college.The program,…

Last year, it looked unclear if Keilia Scott would be able to complete the cosmetology program she began at Wake Tech Community College in Raleigh. A…

Last year, it looked unclear if Keilia Scott would be able to complete the cosmetology program she began at Wake Tech Community College in Raleigh. A…