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Volunteer Today for the DRNC Board of Directors

The Board of DRNC will have openings for new members in December, and is beginning the process of filling the vacancies. Application forms are available here on our website. The deadline for accepting applications is August 30th.

CONTACT US

Toll-Free: (877) 235-4210
Phone: (919) 856-2195
Fax: (919) 856-2244
Email: info@disabilityrightsnc.org
Postal: 2626 Glenwood Avenue
Suite 550, Raleigh, NC 27608

Employment Opportunities at DRNC

Designation of CLA as North Carolina's Protection and Advocacy Agency: Frequently Asked Questions

DRNC in the News

Disability Rights NC monitors patients' move to new Butner facility (in the N&O)
Disability Rights NC speaks out on new psychiatric hospital (in the N&O)
DRNC Executive Director Vicki Smith on cable TV's "Speak Up, Speak Out." (...read more)
"The Lay of the Land in the Disability Rights World" from NC Policy Watch. (article by Vicki Smith, 6/21/08)

Find the July 2008 issue of DRNC's newsletter, New Directions, and previous issues, in the Newsletter Archive.

Investigative Report Links Three Deaths To Inadequate Discharge Planning

PARENTS SPEAK OUT REGARDING SON'S DEATH (The Robesonian)

Read the Press Release

Read the Discharge Report

See Media Coverage of this Report

Are You a Resident in a Residential Facility?
Know Your Rights!

DRNC Targets for 2008

Thanks to all who participated in our Listening Forums or sent in comments regarding our 2008 priorities. Read more about our targets for 2008.

More Disability Rights NC in the News

Read news articles from the Raleigh News & Observer, the Durham Herald-Sun, the Asheville Citizen-Times, Concord Independent Tribune, the Jacksonville, NC Daily News, The Dispatch of Lexington, the McDowell News, the Morganton News Herald, the Statesville Record & Landmark, the Myrtle Beach Sun News, the Associated Press, Reflector.com, WAVY, WNCT and WRAL:

Jul. 22, 2008: "First patients go to Butner facility" in the Raleigh News & Observer
Jul. 15, 2008: "Budget speeds Dix's closing" in the Raleigh News & Observer
and more recent news articles.

CLA is now "Disability Rights North Carolina"!

On 22 September 2007, Carolina Legal Assistance became "Disability Rights North Carolina". Read more about this change.

Volunteer Today for the PAIMI Advisory Council

Highlights:

CLA becomes new P & A: Press Release
Special Funders for 2007

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