Program focuses on youngest kids in NC’s child welfare system

Program focuses on youngest kids in NC’s child welfare system

By Jennifer Fernandez Imagine a courtroom that’s not a courtroom and a judge who doesn’t look like a judge. Imagine a less adversarial system where social workers, court officials, community members and others work with families to help them address the issues that led to their children being taken away. Imagine a system where children in foster care get permanent homes more quickly, whether that means being reunited with a parent, placed with a…