A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to support a reentry rehabilitation program.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Correction the sum of twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of twenty‑five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to be allocated to Triangle Citizens Rebuilding Communities, Inc., to formulate and provide work experience and rehabilitative opportunities for recently released inmates. These funds shall be used to implement any initiative relating to the following:
(1)	Transitional counseling, substance abuse counseling, and life skills training for parolees or recently discharged inmates.
(2)	An instructional day program in primary vocational skills training.
(3)	Outreach efforts to heighten awareness of the need for employment and training opportunities.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.