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🌱 Why Hoffman’s juvenile center is a rare bright spot statewide

Hoffman, North Carolina Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • Why Hoffman’s juvenile center is a rare bright spot statewide

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Partly sunny and very hot, with a high of 99 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 95, low: 73.
  • Sunday: Warm with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 96 and low of 74 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Behind locked doors: Inside North Carolina's Juvenile Detention Centers (ednc.org) — Hoffman’s Richmond-Jenkins Juvenile Detention Center is highlighted as one of only three state-run facilities in North Carolina showing best practices and more supportive conditions for youth. A new Disability Rights NC report, based on 13 months of monitoring, finds many other juvenile detention centers overuse isolation and fall short on education and disability services, and urges statewide reforms to match the standards seen in Hoffman.
   

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  • Just a few days after our last update on the Barn Owl box, the youngest owlet passed.
    Owlet #5 likely passed due to a combination of factors including malnutrition, failure to thrive, competition from older siblings, drought‑related… (Nextdoor )
  • This week, Secretary of Revenue McKinley Wooten and our Public Affairs Director Dia Harris are representing us at the Federal Tax Administrators' Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.
    Secretary Wooten shared the importance of staying informed on emerging research, best practices, and industry trends that help us better serve… (Nextdoor )
  • Estes Express Lines, Inc. posted a job opening for Dock Worker in Aberdeen. Apply here.
  • PetSmart, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate in Aberdeen. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hoffman here.

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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