Are there any consolidated human services agencies in North Carolina?

There are currently twenty-eight counties in North Carolina that have consolidated human services agencies (CHSAs).

Prior to 2012, only counties with a population of at least 425,000 could create a CHSA. Wake County created a CHSA in 1996. Mecklenburg County adopted a resolution creating a CHSA in 2008. In 2012, the North Carolina General Assembly passed Session Law (“S.L.”) 2012-126, which provided counties with new options regarding organization and governance of their human services functions. Specifically, S.L. 2012-126 allowed any board of county commissioners in a county with a county manager appointed pursuant to G.S. 153A-81 to combine two or more human services functions into a single CHSA.