Rep. Paul Ryan waves to the crowd with his family: son Charlie, 8, son Sam, 7, daughter Liza, 10, wife Janna and mother Betty Douglas, at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, Wednesday, August 29, 2012. (Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times/MCT)
In North Carolina, the demand for social workers in the state is growing as substance use and mental health service needs increase. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services launched the Public Service Leadership Program, a collaboration between the NCDHHS and 25 higher education institutions in the Social Work Coalition on NC Work Development, to help with that demand.Alongside the announcement of the new program on March 2, the NCDHHS released its first “State of North Carolina’s Mental Health and Substance Use Services Workforce Report” supported by UNC’s Behavior Health Workforce Research Center and Sheps Health Workforce NC.
Right behind the parking lot of the Station at Mill Point, stands a nondescript four-story tower branded by burn marks. That tower helps breed excellence and consistency in the Elon Fire Department’s ranks.
