Legal Basics for Human Services Directors and Administrators

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This course is designed to provide leaders in local public health, social services, and consolidated human services agencies with an introduction to key areas of North Carolina law affecting their agencies’ services at the local level. The newly redesigned one-day version of this course supplements the Local Government Fundamentals course, which participants are strongly encouraged to take before or soon after attending Legal Basics. This course has been moved to online only.

2022 Legal Basics for Human Services Directors and Administrators Final Agenda

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2022 Legal Basics for Human Services Directors and Administrators Final Agenda

Materials for March 7, 2022

Introduction to Law and the Legislative Process – PDF Slides

The North Carolina General Assembly - PDF Handout

Aimee Wall and Christine Wunsche, UNC School of Government

Human Services: A Changing Landscape – PDF Slides

Kristi Nickodem, UNC School of Government

Morning concurrent sessions

Public Health: State Rulemaking, Local Health Department Accreditation, Local Boards of Health (composition and legal powers and duties)

Legal Basics for NCLHD Accreditation - PDF Slides

North Carolina Local Health Department Accreditation Program

N.C. Local Health Departments, Directors, & Boards - PDF Slides

Public Health, a chapter in County and Municipal Government in North Carolina (2014) - PDF Handout

Public Health Rulemaking - PDF Slides

Jill Moore, School of Government; Virginia R. Niehaus, Division of Public Health; and Amy Belflower Thomas, NC Institute for Public Health

Social Services: Child Welfare: Overarching Purposes and Legislative Updates – PDF Slides

Blog Post 2021 legislative changes to child welfare:

https://civil.sog.unc.edu/its-october-and-child-welfare-legislative-changes-are-in-effect/

https://civil.sog.unc.edu/s-l-2021-100-amends-the-juvenile-code-related-to-abuse-neglect-dependency-and-termination-of-parental-rights/

https://civil.sog.unc.edu/legislative-changes-focus-on-foster-parents/

https://civil.sog.unc.edu/juveniles-in-dss-custody-presenting-at-hospital-ed-for-mental-health-treatment-new-laws-and-new-court-hearing-possible/

https://civil.sog.unc.edu/parents-and-drugs-takeaways-from-s-l-2021-100-and-132-and-a-recent-u-s-dept-of-justice-investigation/

https://civil.sog.unc.edu/the-impact-of-s-l-2021-132-on-the-confidentiality-of-child-protective-services-information-and-records/

https://civil.sog.unc.edu/from-6-to-10-new-minimum-age-for-juvenile-delinquency-and-undisciplined-jurisdiction/

Resources (updated editions are coming this month!)

Abuse, Neglect, Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Proceedings in North Carolina (the A/N/D-TPR Manual) (Feb. 2022 edition available by March 12^th) online at no cost here or for purchase ($45) in a soft bound volume here.

Stages of Abuse, Neglect, Dependency Cases: From Report to Final Disposition (2021 Ed), here.

Sara DePasquale, UNC School of Government

Afternoon plenary sessions

Liability for Human Services – PDF Slides

Kristi Nickodem, UNC School of Government

Employment Issues in Human Services - PDF Slides

Personnel Decisions for North Carolina’s Consolidated Human Services Agencies - PDF Handout

The Mysteries of Comp Time Revealed Blog Post - PDF Handout

Confidentiality of Personnel Records - PDF Handout

Diane Juffras, UNC School of Government

Medicaid Transformation – PDF Slides

Mark Botts, UNC School of Government