A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the faith seeds community re‑entry coalition.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Faith Seeds Community Re‑entry Coalition, Inc., a nonprofit organization, the sum of one hundred twenty‑five thousand dollars ($125,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of one hundred twenty‑five thousand dollars ($125,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to support the organization in its efforts to help ex‑offenders in the Winston‑Salem area re‑enter society. These funds shall be used to fund the following:
(1)	A service coordinator position to address the employment needs of ex‑offenders.
(2)	A re‑entry simulation for use in educating the community about the process of re‑entry and the challenges ex‑offenders must overcome to achieve successful re‑entry.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.