Legal Basics for Human Services Directors and Administrators
- Chapel Hill, NCNovember 3 - 5, 2025
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.
*There will be an optional day of training provided on November 5th, 2025 for child welfare topics.
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- Chapel Hill, NCNovember 3 - 5, 2025School of Government
400 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514View Cancellation PolicyCourse participants who cancel their registration on or before October 26, 2025 will receive a full refund. No refund will be made for cancellations on or after October 27, 2025, but you will receive a transferrable credit to be used within 12 months. Click here to view the School’s full cancellation and refund policy.View Hotel InformationClick here for hotel information.
$350.00Registration and payment for this course grants access for a single attendee. In order to register a group of attendees, please register each person individually. If you have questions, please contact our registration office at registration@sog.unc.edu or 919.966.4414.
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Legal Basics for Human Services Directors 2025 Agenda
Main Basics Program (November 3-4)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2025
12:30 Registration and Snacks
1:00 Welcome and Overview - Kristi Nickodem, Kirsten Leloudis
1:10 Introduction to Law and Legislative Process - Kristi Nickodem, Kirsten Leloudis
2:00 Conflicts of Interest, Ethics, and Procurement - Crista Cuccaro
3:00 Break
3:15 Human Services Organization and Governance Options - Kristi Nickodem
3:45 Concurrent Session I
- HIPAA and Other Confidentiality Laws - Kirsten Leloudis
- Adult Protective Services: An Overview of the Law - Meredith Smith
5:00 Adjourn
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2025
8:30 Breakfast
9:00 Employment Law for Social Services and Public Health – Diane Juffras
10:00 Break
10:15 Concurrent Session II
- Public Health and DSS: Working Together in Child Welfare Cases – Kirsten Leloudis
- Adult Guardianship – Meredith Smith
11:30 Lunch
12:30 Liability and Immunity in the Human Services Context - Kristi Nickodem
1:30 Break
1:45 Public Records Law - Kristina Wilson
2:45 Break
3:00 Open Meetings Law - Kristina Wilson
4:00 Adjourn
Optional Half-Day Introduction to Child Welfare Law Program (November 5)
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2025
Note: No breakfast will be served so that the first session can start promptly at 8:30.
8:30 Purpose of the Child Welfare System: Balancing Safety, Constitutional Rights, and Best Interests -Sara DePasquale
9:30 Break
9:45 Overview of an Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Case in Court: From Report to Final Disposition -Sara DePasquale
10:45 Break
11:00 Laws Outside the Juvenile Code Affecting Child Welfare - Sara DePasquale
12:00 Adjourn
