NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 1015

SENATE BILL 531

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR FISCAL YEARS 1977-1979 TO BE USED TO INCREASE THE FOSTER-CARE BOARD RATE.

Whereas, county departments of social services place approximately 10,000 needy children each year in foster care; and

Whereas, it is difficult to recruit and retain foster home resources without the support of an adequate board rate; and

Whereas, the foster-care board rate was last raised in July 1973; and

Whereas, additional State funds are needed to increase the foster-care board rate from one hundred dollars ($100.00) to one hundred fifteen dollars ($115.00) per month for fiscal year 1977-1978 and to one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) per month for fiscal year 1978-1979; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  In addition to any and all other appropriations to the North Carolina Department of Human Resources, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the State of North Carolina the sum of three hundred ninety-seven thousand four hundred seventy‑two dollars ($397,472) for fiscal year 1977-1978 and the sum of six hundred sixty‑two thousand four hundred fifty-two dollars ($662,452) for fiscal year 1978-1979 to be used to increase the foster-care board rate in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 108-66.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.