GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1167

Short Title:  Making it UPSTREAM Funds.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Adams; Arnold, Black, Clary, Crawford, Decker, Fitch, Gardner, Hackney, Jarrell, Jeffus, McAllister, Michaux, Nye, Oldham, Smith, Wainwright, and Watson.

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Referred to:  Appropriations.

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April 28, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE MAKING IT UPSTREAM PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATIVE SERVICES TO MALE YOUTHS WHO HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN SERIOUS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, MAJOR DRUG ADDICTION, OR HIGHLY DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORS.
Whereas, Making It UPSTREAM, Inc., (" UPSTREAM" ) is a nonprofit corporation located in Guilford County, with a mission that includes a successful nonresidential program for male youthful offenders referred by juvenile court counselors and alternative sentencing centers from across the State; and
Whereas, the program targets males between the ages of 14 to 17 who are in significant trouble with the law, illegal drugs, and other pathologies except mental illness; and
Whereas, UPSTREAM's mission also includes establishment of a residential program for the target population that uses the residential strategy to provide a comprehensive approach in which all aspects of living are subject to instruction and learning and where educational and interpersonal skills development may be addressed; and
Whereas, it is in the best interest of the State to support UPSTREAM in carrying out its expanded residential rehabilitative mission; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Making It UPSTREAM, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, the sum of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) for the 1997-98 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) for the 1998-99 fiscal year for operating expenses to carry out its mission to provide residential rehabilitative services for targeted male youthful offenders.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.