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Welcome to the North Carolina Justice Center

Our mission is to eliminate poverty in North Carolina by ensuring that every household in the state has access to the resources, services, and fair treatment it needs to achieve economic security.

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Recent Publications

Prosperity Watch

Achieving employment equity is key to a strong recovery

BTC Brief

Public policy must tackle poverty

BTC Brief

Final budget cuts North Carolinians’ priorities while keeping them out of the process

Prosperity Watch

Billionaires add trillion dollars to their collective net worth over past year

Prosperity Watch

Child Tax Credit payments, other cash benefits lead to a decrease in child poverty

Fact Sheet

North Carolina’s General Fund Budget This Year: An Opportunity to Address Hardship and Put NC on a Resilient Foundation

Fact Sheet

The Budget Story: Smart public investments can ensure access to justice and safety for all

Fact Sheet

Medicaid Managed Care Deadline to Change Plans – Sept. 30

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Latest News

The law and facts are clear: Race-conscious admissions is meaningful, necessary, and constitutional

Budget & Tax Center

The Budget & Tax Center to become an independent organization

Budget & Tax Center

Two new publications: Anti-poverty programs and family tax credits cut N.C. poverty

Immigrant & Refugee Rights

STATEMENT: Congress must fulfill promise to immigrant community and include a pathway to citizenship in reconciliation bill

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JLSA Job Event: Public Interest Law

Duke University Law School

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