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The Hoke County Sheriff's Office said Ted and Joann Chavis were long-time foster parents. They were found dead on Monday at a home on Cope Road.
North Carolina's foster care community was shaken by the deaths of a couple providing care to a juvenile in Hoke County Monday.
In the year since Avantae Deven's arrest for the murder of her two adopted children, North Carolina has seen significant movement towards foster care reform, spurred by the "Broken: Foster Care in North Carolina" documentary.
In March 2024, Fayetteville police went public with the case of a missing child. Blake Deven hadn't been seen in years. Since that time, WRAL has been investigating and highlighting critical failures in North Carolina's foster care system.
Titled the Fostering Care in NC Act, the law gives the state Department of Health and Human Services more power to hold county-run social services departments accountable.
Gov. Josh Stein on Thursday signed into law House Bill 612, which sponsors call the Fostering Care in NC Act. It would give the state more power to hold county-run social services departments accountable.
North Carolina has officially launched PATH NC, a new statewide digital system that unifies data tracking for foster children across all 100 counties.
House Bill 612, which sponsors call the Fostering Care in NC Act, would give the state more power to hold county-run social services departments accountable.
WRAL News staff
A bill that would overhaul North Carolina's troubled child welfare system is drawing praise from many stakeholders, but some adoption advocates say it could destabilize adoptive families.
Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol bureau chief
Avantae Deven, accused of murdering her two adopted children, is scheduled for a disposition hearing on Thursday morning. She will not make an appearance.
Ryan O'Donnell created Your Case Plan, an app designed to connect people involved in a foster care case.
In North Carolina, more than 10,000 children and teenagers are in the foster care system, waiting for a stable home.
A foster parent is urging reforms in the local social services after the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services intervened to overhaul child welfare services.
The North Carolina House has unanimously approved the Fostering Care in NC Act, marking a significant step towards reforming the state's foster care system.
An employee of Vance County Department of Social Services cited low morale, low pay and not enough staff to keep up with the workload.
The "Fostering Care in NC Act" would standardize the process to allowing parents to petition for reconnecting with their children after they've been removed to foster care.
North Carolina lawmakers have introduced a bill that seeks to make reforms to the state's foster care system.
The state of North Carolina is adding a statewide digital system for social workers to track foster children as they are relocated.
North Carolina is rolling out a new statewide digital system, PATH-NC, to track foster children and their history across counties, addressing the current reliance on paper records highlighted in a recent WRAL documentary.
The proposal aims to tighten procedures and deadlines for investigating reports of abuse and neglect. It would also create rules for identifying and handling conflicts of interest involving social services, employees or their relatives.
After a WRAL documentary exposed systemic failures in North Carolina's foster care system, state lawmakers have proposed legislation to establish a Child and Family Welfare Ombudsman office to provide independent oversight and advocate for children's best interests.
