February 8, 2020
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 services and inter-county collaboration. On February 20, 2019, the second and final stage of recommendations was released. This report focused on information sharing, conflicts of interest, inter-county movement, and regional administration for inter-county collaboration. The first stage report of the SSWG made recommendations regarding regional state offices, allocation of social services administration duties, and information sharing.