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Durham County staff brief commissioners on child welfare roles, PathNC timeline

Board of County Commissioners · January 5, 2026
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Summary

Durham County Social Services presented how the county-administered, state-supervised child welfare system operates and described the new statewide intake system PathNC; the Board requested PathNC data and heard citizen concerns about Child Protective Services.

Maggie Clapp, Durham County director of Social Services, briefed the Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 5 about the roles and responsibilities within the county’s child welfare system, explaining that the system is state-supervised and county-administered.

Clapp told the Board that Durham County Social Services (DSS) receives and assesses reports of abuse, neglect and…

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