Research Report
Enabling the Disabled: Establishing a State Policy for North Carolina’s Disabled Citizens
posted December 31, 2000 by John Hood
Health and human services has become an important government responsibility, second only to education in terms of budget authorization. The disability services system, which serves North Carolina's mentally and physically disabled, receives approximately 17 percent of the funds of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), for a total of $1.25 billion in fiscal 1996.
By N.N. Fullwood, Ph.D.