Can You Make Christmas Wishes and Christmas Dreams Come True in Chatham County, NC?
For over 15 years, the Chatham County Department of Social Services in North Carolina has provided support during the holiday season for children and families in the Chatham County community. In 2021, the community provided holiday gifts and support to around 400...
Resources For Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
National Kinship Care Month September is National Kinship Care Month. Kinship care is the full-time care and nurturing of children by relatives, members of their Tribes or clans, godparents, stepparents, fictive kin, or extended family member. Some kin are related to...
August is Child Support Awareness Month
Child support are financial payments made by the parent of a minor child for the financial benefit of that child. Child support services are available to parents, alleged fathers, non-parent caretakers, minor children, social services agencies and judicial officials....
May is National Foster Care Month
Each May, organizations throughout the United States work to acknowledge the foster families, adoptive families, kinship and family members, child welfare professionals, judicial professionals, volunteers, mentors, and policy makers who support the well-being of...
Stephenson & Fleming, LLP Is Now the Only All Board Certified Child Welfare Specialist Law Firm in North Carolina
Both Angenette (Angie) Stephenson and Deana Fleming were recently recognized as Board Certified Specialists in Child Welfare Law by the North Carolina State Bar. With both of their certifications, Stephenson & Fleming, LLP is now the only all Board Certified Child...
New Court Specific Training Available to and Required of All Foster Parents in NC
Foster, adoptive, and kinship families work to support the permanency plans of the children and families they serve on a daily basis. One key component of that support, that can often be overlooked is the importance of attending juvenile court hearings on behalf of...