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  1. Orange County's Recovery and Family Court Case Manager receives Hometown Hero Award

    Shana Harper receives Hometown Hero Award for her outstanding work with participants of the Family and Recovery Courts

  1. Pre-Arrest Diversion in North Carolina -- A Handbook for Law Enforcement (2025)

  2. Familias Seguras - Guia de emergencia para inmigrantes (2025)

  3. Home After Incarceration: A Reentry Housing System Assessment in North Carolina (2025)

  4. More than 1 in 4 people released from NC prisons faced homelessness in 2024 (2025)

  5. Criminal justice diversion programs redirect, guide individuals (2024)

  6. Governor Cooper Issues Historic Executive Order Directing Whole-of-Government Coordination to Improve Reentry for Formerly Incarcerated People in North Carolina (2024)

  7. Orange County programs reduce juvenile criminal justice involvement, address root issues (2023)

  8. Environmental Scan of Substance Use-related Pre- and Post-Arrest Diversion Programs in North Carolina (2022)

  9. Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD): A Multi-Site Evaluation of North Carolina LEAD Programs (2022)

  10. Freedom riders' 1947 convictions vacated in North Carolina By Tom Foreman Jr. (2022)

  11. OCSO moves detention operations to new facility (2022)

  12. Our Lens, Our Voice, a photography and emotional expression project that reframes and refocuses narratives of justice-impacted youth (2022)

  13. Orange County judges enact bail reform policy regarding wealth-based detentions (2022)

  14. New Comprehensive Orange County Bail Policy Adopted (Jan. 2022)

  15. NCDHHS announces new funding opportunity to prevent opioid overdoses (2021)

  16. New Orange County Bail Reform Initiatives (2021)

  17. Lab Notes: Orange County Bail Reform Project (2021)

  18. Orange County Is Taking Steps to Make Its Criminal Justice System More Equitable (2021)

  19. Editorial: It's time to bail on cash bail (2021)

  20. Bail Reform Efforts in Orange County and Pandemic Responses in the Criminal Justice System (2020)

  21. For some opioid users in NC, jail doesn’t mean detox (2020)

  22. Commissioners Approve Eviction Diversion Program (2020)

  23. 'Our Lens, Our Voices' seeks to adjust youth criminal justice through art (2020)

  24. After Prison, Healthy Lives Built on Access to Care and Community (2019)

  25. Bail Reform in North Carolina: Orange County Reforms (2019)

  26. Orange County: Part of the Changing Face of Pretrial Justice (2019)

  27. Department of Public Safety Awards Reentry Council Contract to Orange County (2018)

  28. Court Fines and Fees: Criminalizing Poverty in North Carolina (2017)

  1. OC: Teens- Stay Physically Apart From Others to Reduce COVID-19 Risk (April 28)

  2. NCDHHS: NCDHHS Announces Carolina Community Tracing Collaborative (April 27)

  3. OC: Orange County Updated COVID-19 Data (April 24)

  4. OC: Orange County to Extend Stay at Home Order Through May 8 (April 23)

  5. OC: Orange County NC Ready to Strike Back at COVID-19 (April 21)

  6. NCDHHS: Additional Food Benefits to be provided for More than 800,000 Children Impacted by COVID-19 (April 20)

  7. OC: Orange County Updated COVID-19 Data (April 17)

  8. Joint Release: Leaders across Orange County Encourage the Public to Continue Social Distancing (April 16)

  9. Hillsborough: New State Order Addresses Social Distancing in Places of Business (April 14)

  10. OC: Health Department Reporting Second COVID-19 Associated Death

  11. OC: Health Department Reporting First COVID-19 Associated Death (April 10)

  12. OC: Health Department Reporting Outbreaks of COVID-19 at two long-term care facilities (April 8)

  13. OC: Health Department offering telehealth option, no longer allowing walk-in appointments at clinics (April 3)

  14. OC: Orange County reports two COVID cases at long-term care facility (April 2)

  15. NCDHHS: Governor Cooper announces statewide stay-at-home order until April 29 (March 27)

  16. OC: Orange County Issues a “Stay at Home” Order to Take Effect March 27 (March 26)

  17. Gov. Cooper: Cooper Extends School Closure Date To May; Orders Group Limit To 50 People (March 23)

  18. OC: Orange County announces first positive COVID-19 tests (March 20)

  19. Gov. Cooper: NC to Close Restaurants and Bars for Dine-In Customers, Allow Takeout and Delivery Operations to Continue (March 17)

  20. OC: Orange County to implement social distancing measures in response to COVID-19 (March 13)

  21. OC: Orange County declares State of Emergency in response to COVID-19 pandemic (March 13)

  22. NCDHHS: N.C. recommends new steps to protect against COVID-19 (March 12)

  23. NCDHHS: N.C. Medicaid updates policies to address COVID-19 (March 11)

  24. NCDHHS: Governor Cooper declares State of Emergency (March 9)

  25. OCHD: Orange County to increase preparedness measures for COVID-19 (March 5)

  26. OCHD: Information about the Novel Coronavirus (Jan. 29)