Disability Rights North Carolina and the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP have joined forces to help children of color with disabilities in the state's foster care program get more community- and home-based treatment instead of being "warehoused" in locked psychiatric facilities that can be dangerous.
A federal lawsuit has been filed against state Health Secretary Kody Kinsley addressing the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services foster-care placement services for children with disabilities.
A court ordered the state to comply with a ruling to provide home services to 16,000 residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities. North Carolina’s health agency is appealing the decision.