November 2022

November 28 Resilient Bladen Meeting

Kelly Purcell · 11/28/2210:57 AM

Resilient Bladen Minutes November 28, 2022 Attendance: Tocarra Osborne Scottie Seawell Tyshell Jones Dr. Terri Duncan Welcome/Introductions/Icebreaker was given. Icebreaker question: What is your one wish for the children of the world? Some answers were that children can grow up in healthy, loving environments, that children don't have to grow up too quickly, and that children will be safe from harm. A brainstorm/IdeaBoardz asked: what do you want our focus to be for 2023? What do you want...

Resilience Screening December Dates

Kelly Purcell · 11/28/2210:55 AM

Mental health has a race issue: How misdiagnosis is impacting Black employees

Tocarra E. Osborne · 11/16/2210:59 AM

DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY Mental health has a race issue: How misdiagnosis is impacting Black employees By Alyssa Place November 15, 2022, 5:30 a.m. EST 6 Min Read Twitter LinkedIn Email Show more sharing options Photo by Rebrand Cities for Pexels When Dr. Jessica Jackson was called to do an evaluation at the hospital where she was the attending psychologist, what she encountered was not a mentally ill patient, but a persistent and dangerous issue rampant in the healthcare system . "They asked...

Judges’ order gives NC 10 years to provide more at-home disability services

Tocarra E. Osborne · 11/14/2212:23 PM

By Taylor Knopf and Rose Hoban Disability Rights North Carolina celebrates Judge Allen Baddour’s ruling that will help more people with disabilities live at home, but state officials say it may take longer to fulfill his order. In a sweeping judgment handed down last week, a Superior Court judge ruled that the state of North Carolina needs to provide services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the home settings that they choose. In his order , Judge Allen Baddour...

Bladen County’s plan for opioid settlement money has been in the works for years

Tocarra E. Osborne · 11/14/2210:34 AM

By Ivey Schofield iveyschofield@borderbelt.org As Bladen County awaits its share of a $26 billion national opioid settlement, officials say they’re ready to put money behind the plan they’ve been working on for the last five years. In 2017, the county formed a substance misuse task force that created a multifaceted strategic plan to combat alcohol and drug addiction. The plan includes improving coordination among services, implementing a prevention program for school-age children and...

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