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Proposed Bills Would Bump Up Pay for Those Caring for North Carolina s Most Vulnerable Expand Shari Webb (left) and Rholanda Artis (right), both employees at the Whittecar Group Home, share a moment with residents Brittany Stone and Mike Johnson. Photo credit: Mona Dougani In 2004, two weeks after her high school graduation, Brittany Stone was driving to pick up her younger sister from vacation Bible school during a storm. She hit a pothole and lost control of her vehicle. In the accident, she suffered a traumatic brain injury. Seventeen years later, Stone has landed a place at Whittecar Group Home in Raleigh, where she and five other residents get the help they need to live their lives. For the most part residents at the group home can take care of their basic needs, but Stone, for example, has trouble washing her back and hair because of tremors. She uses a walker to get around, but she does chores around the house. She can’t drive or run to the store independently.

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