Governor Beverly Perdue established the five-member 'Governor’s Task Force to Determine the Method of Compensation for Victims of North Carolina’s Eugenics Board' on March 8, 2011 with Executive Order No. 83.

The North Carolina Office of Justice for Sterilization Victims, as a Division of the North Carolina Department of Administration, will provide the necessary professional, administrative, and staff support services to the Task Force.

Task Force Duties

The five member panel shall have the following duties:

1. Recommend possible methods or forms of compensation to those persons forcibly sterilized under the North Carolina Eugenics Board program.
2. Evaluate recommendations from previous commissions regarding the North Carolina Eugenics Board program and sterilization victims.
3. Perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Governor.

The Task Force shall provide preliminary recommendations to the Governor by August 1, 2011 and a final report by February 1, 2012.

Task Force Membership

Task Force members were appointed by the Governor. Membership consists of the following five positions:

Task Force Meeting Minutes, Presentations & Reports

Wed, April, 27, 2011
Agenda	Minutes
Presentations:
Presentation 1:  History of NC Eugenics & The Role of the Foundation  Charmaine S. Fuller Cooper, Executive Director NC Office of Justice for Sterilization Victims Presentation 2:  Estimation of Number of Sterilization Victim Survivors  Don Akin, Statistician State Center for Health Statistics
Wed, May 25, 2011
Agenda	Minutes
Presentations:
Department of Cultural Resources by Sarah Koonts - State Collections Debbi Blake - State Archives  Handout A – Cultural Resources’ Eugenics Collection Finding Aid  Handout B – Eugenics Board Minutes – October 1950  Handout C – Eugenics Board Hearing – January 1969  Handout D – Redacted Patient Case File  Handout E – Redacted Patient Case File   Presentation Handouts:  Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities  by Barbara Pullen-Smith, Director  Lisa Hodges, Public Health Program Consultant Presentation Handout   N.C. Office of Justice for Sterilization Victims - Clearinghouse Program Charmaine S. Fuller Cooper, Director Presentation Handout
Wed, June 22, 2011 - Public Hearing
Agenda	Minutes
Wed, July 13, 2011
Agenda	Minutes
Mon, Aug 1, 2011
Governor's Eugenics Compensation Task Force Preliminary Report
Thurs, Oct. 27, 2011
Upcoming Meeting, 10 a.m. - Governor's Crime Commission, 1201 Front St - Suite 200, 2nd floor, Raleigh, NC
Agenda	Minutes
Tues, Dec. 6, 2011
Agenda	Minutes
Task Force Member Reports reviewing possible Compensation & Other Services
Eugenics Data by County
Tues, Jan. 10, 2012
Upcoming Meeting, 10 a.m. - Governor's Crime Commission, 1201 Front St - Suite 200, 2nd floor, Raleigh, NC
Agenda
Tues, Jan. 27, 2012
Final Task Force Report and Recommendations