GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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HOUSE BILL 296*
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/5/95

Short Title:  Home Visit Funds.	(Public)

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February 23, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PROVIDE HOME VISITING SERVICES FOR CERTAIN FAMILIES, AND TO AUTHORIZE AN INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE THE FAMILY OUTREACH PROGRAM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Maternal and Child Health, the sum of five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000) for the 1995-96 fiscal year and the sum of one million fifty thousand dollars ($1,050,000) for the 1996-97 fiscal year to establish the Family Outreach Program to provide home visiting services for families at risk for child abuse and neglect.  The program shall be based on the Baby Love-Maternal Outreach Worker model, and funds shall be used to enhance the Child Services Coordination program.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.