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Four employees of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services were named Caswell Award recipients in June. The Caswell Award honors employees who have served North Carolina for 45 years or more.

Legislation that allows deaf and hard of hearing citizens to request a designation for their driver’s license from the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles was signed into law last week by Governor Roy Cooper.

The N.C. Department of Health and Health Services' Division of Aging and Adult Services and its partners recently collaborated on efforts to raise awareness about protecting elders across the state.

The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) recently announced strengthened contracts with Local Management Care Entities/Managed Care Organizations (LME/MCOs) seeking improved outcomes for mental health, developmental disabilities and substance use disorder services.

Governor Roy Cooper and DHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen, M.D., unveiled North Carolina's Opioid Action Plan this week at the Opioid Misuse and Overdose Prevention Summit.

Several data sources are being used by organizations, partners and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services to help paint a clear picture of the opioid epidemic, combat the crisis and save lives.

Nearly 7,000 drug overdoses have been reversed in North Carolina since August 2013, thanks to an antidote for opioid overdoses called naloxone.

Governor Roy Cooper and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen, M.D., kicked off the Opioid Misuse & Overdose Prevention Summit Tuesday morning and announced North Carolina's Opioid Action Plan. The plan is a living document that will be updated as progress is made on the opioid epidemic, and new issues and solutions arise.

Attendees at the Opioid Misuse & Overdose Prevention Summit heard messages Tuesday and Wednesday of redemption, of lives turned around and gratitude from people who are continuing in recovery after suffering from addiction.

N.C. DHHS selected two hospitals to increase the number and availability of inpatient psychiatric and substance use treatment beds in rural hospitals.