GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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SENATE BILL 307
Children & Human Resources Committee Substitute Adopted 4/30/97
House Committee Substitute Favorable 9/29/98

Short Title:  TANF/First Stop Employment Assistance.	(Public)

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March 5, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS THE INTENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT EXCESS TANF FUNDS BE USED TO CONTINUE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FIRST STOP EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  It is the intent of the General Assembly that excess Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds in the amount of twenty-five million three hundred thirty-two thousand one hundred seventy-three dollars ($25,332,173) be used to continue the implementation of First Stop Employment Assistance, established pursuant to G.S. 108A-29.  The Employment Security Commission shall implement this initiative in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Community Colleges, to enable counties to develop and administer their own work initiatives to assist hard-to-employ TANF recipients, former TANF recipients, and noncustodial parents in securing gainful employment and achieving economic self-sufficiency.
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1998.