Reports this year focused on housing, child health insurance, tax cut plans and the Governor and Senate budgets. The Justice Center's Policy Unit, as you can see, covers many issues. Let us know if we can be of help to you or if there is some development in your community that we should know about. During the special session of the General Assembly, NC Fair Share played a major role in getting the NC Children's Health Insurance passed into law. They have lived with contaminated water for over 15 years.
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North Carolina Fair Share Rocky Mount Chapter members held a successful Welfare Reform Community Forum at Edgecombe Community College in Rocky Mount. The forum provided the community the opportunity to address their concerns and become informed about Welfare Reform, the NC Work First program and its impact on Nash and Edgecombe county residents. Both counties have high unemployment and high poverty. Rocky Mount members conducted and organized the forum and participants included Work First and Welfare recipients. North Carolina Fair Share Pender County Chapter members held a Pender County Fair Share Community Awareness Day in Burgaw.