New Horizon Coverage

Congressional push to tighten rules after NC shelter failure

The legislation follows a WRAL investigation into a shelter that got federal funding without a required license.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Taxpayers paid millions for migrant kids' shelters that never opened, investigation finds

A bipartisan U.S. Senate committee this week concluded that the federal government's failed oversight of a program to shelter unaccompanied migrant children cost taxpayers $32 million for several planned facilities that will never open, including one in North Carolina.

Tyler Dukes, News & Observer reporter

After losing federal grant to house migrant children, NC group home sues state health regulators

The North Carolina group home company that lost a multi-million-dollar federal grant to house migrant children after it failed to secure proper licensing is suing the state health department in federal court, accusing the agency of "outrageous violations" of the company's rights that ultimately led to millions of dollars in monetary losses.

Tyler Dukes, WRAL investigative reporter

Unlicensed company awarded grant to house migrant children must repay $3M, feds say

Federal officials are demanding a North Carolina group home repay more than $3 million in taxpayer money originally awarded to the company last year to house migrant children separated from their families.

Tyler Dukes, WRAL investigative reporter

Lawmakers demand answers over troubled company's $4M grant to house migrant kids

Democratic U.S. House members want to know how an unlicensed North Carolina group home operator won a multi-million federal grant to house migrant children, barely a year after one of the company's facilities was shut down over abuse and neglect allegations.

Tyler Dukes, WRAL investigative reporter

Judge upholds state's decision to remove children from problematic Robeson group home

A judge has upheld a decision by state regulators to abruptly shut down a residential mental health facility for children last year amid allegations of abuse and neglect, saying staff at the group home "failed miserably" to treat and care for the boys in their custody.

Tyler Dukes, WRAL investigative reporter

State denies license for company that wants to house migrant children in NC

The state has denied a key license to a company that hopes to house dozens of migrant children in Scotland County, further endangering the group's hold on a $3.9 million federal grant. The denial was expected, and it can be appealed.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Unlicensed NC company with troubled history gets $4M to house migrant children

Federal officials awarded millions in grant money to a little-known, unlicensed group home in southeastern North Carolina, which plans to house 72 unaccompanied migrant children in a former nursing home.

Tyler Dukes, Cullen Browder & Travis Fain, WRAL reporters

Questions mount over grant to bring migrant children to unlicensed NC group home

WRAL Investigates examined the details of a federal grant to house migrant children in North Carolina, awarded to an unlicensed, little-known group home with a history of abuse and neglect allegations.