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County Legal Authority to Fund Non-Mandated Social Services Programs

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

328, 342 (2007); see also Saine v. State-County Special Assistance , which provides a cash supplement to certain older and disabled adults with low incomes to help pay for room and board in residential facilities or to help these individuals continue to live at home safely. See Blinson v. State , 186 N.C. State , 210 N.C. 594, 607 (2011).

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

Residents of “late modern” society find themselves increasingly responsible for elements of life such as economic security, risk management, and identity maintenance that once were delivered by social institutions (Beck, 1999; Bennet, 1998). 2007) Limiting dissent: The mechanisms of state repression in the United States. Boykoff, J.