free, comprehensive, easy-to-use website with mobile access that offers parents and caregivers, families, and teachers a one-stop connection to programs and services in Alabama. Programs, tools and information on child care, education, family services and health services can all be found on the site.
“Alabama Family Central will assist Alabama citizens to continue to build strong healthy families by ensuring parents and children in our state have access to crucial information and resources from numerous state agencies, service providers and non-profit organizations,” Governor Ivey said. “Great parents need strong partners. I thank the state agencies and other partners for this wonderful new resource,” Ivey continued.
Credit ADHR
Seven Alabama counties impacted by Hurricane Zeta in October can now apply for disaster food relief.
The Alabama Department of Human Resources has received federal approval to distribute D-Snap benefits to residents of these counties. D-SNAP is short for Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Brandon Hardin with ADHR said D-Snap is different than regular food assistance.
“Disaster assistance is meant for those individuals that were not on SNAP during the month of November but they suffered food loss and disaster related expenses such as tarps on your roof or your fence being down or having to buy batteries. For those individuals who also meet income guidelines from the USDA,” he said.
2020 recap: 22 homicides reported in Tuscaloosa County
Authorities in Tuscaloosa County investigated 22 homicides during 2020, the highest number in more than a decade.
Last year’s total was one more homicide than the 21 investigated in 2019 and matched the 22 homicides recorded in 2008.
While there may not be much change between the overall totals, the homicide classifications are where the differences between 2020 and 2019 are seen.
More capital murder cases were reported in 2019 whereas more non-capital murder cases were reported in 2020. There was also one additional justified homicide case reported in 2019, which is a homicide that was determined justified and no charges were brought.
2020: 22 total homicides
Jackson County man arrested for child sexual abuse
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
Jackson County authorities arrested a man Wednesday night on charges of sexually abusing a child.
Tyler Layne Carver, 22, was arrested at his home in Hollywood Wednesday night without incident, according to a spokesman for the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.
Carver has been charged with one count of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12. He is being held in the Jackson County Jail without bond.
The charges stem from an incident that supposedly happened around Jan. 8. Sheriff’s investigators and the Alabama Department of Human Resources worked the case.