March 23, 2021
The care management function under the BH/IDD Tailored Plan (Tailored Plan) appears to be evolving. The care management function under the Standard Plan and BH/IDD Tailored Plan have significant differences in requirements based on the needs of the members of these plans. An initial difference is that an Advanced Medical Home under the Standard Plan…
February 2, 2021
In the 200 page National Strategy for COVID-19 Response and Preparedness, January 2021 plan and among the many executive orders signed, President Biden is paying particular attention to individuals with disabilities and laying out new strategies to protect them from COVID-19 moving forward. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to issue new…
I am so honored to be the new Executive Director of the i2i Center for Integrative Health. As many of you know, I have been with i2i since its inception in January 2018 and with the legacy organization, the NC Council of Community Programs, since 1994. I have a family member who gives me the…
July 14, 2020
The NC General Assembly has effectively wrapped up the short session of the 2019-2020 biennium. With their adjournment on July 11th, any bill that did not get signed into law will now have to be reintroduced in the long session to be considered. As legislative leaders indicated, there was not one singular budget bill considered…
March 19, 2019
In 2017, the General Assembly passed Session Law 2017-41, legislation to address ways to strengthen and restructure the social service and child welfare system in North Carolina, to that end, the Social Services Regional Supervision and Collaboration Working Group (SSWG) was created to make recommendations for NC DHHS and the General Assembly on delivering optimal…