A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for various youth projects in edgecombe county.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Bridging the Gap of Eastern North Carolina, Inc., a nonprofit organization, the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year to provide support services to youth in Edgecombe County.  These funds shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$50,000 for the Adolescents Pursuing Purpose Thru Leadership Enhancement (APPLE) Program, a juvenile reentry program for young males.
(2)	$50,000 for the Mentoring Children of Prisoners' Project, which matches children from Nash and Edgecombe Counties with a parent incarcerated in a State or federal prison with mentors.
(3)	$50,000 for the Edgecombe County Out‑of‑School Project, which provides youth with mentoring and tutorial support.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to Edgecombe County the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year to support the One Plus One Equals Success Program, a summer math and reading tutorial program for children in kindergarten through eighth grade.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.