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View NCGA Bill Details2011-2012 Session
House Bill 255 (Public) Filed Tuesday, March 8, 2011
TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES PURSUANT TO RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
Intro. by McLawhorn.

Status: Ref To Com On Appropriations (House Action) (Mar 9 2011)

Bill History:

H 255

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Mar 8 2011 - View Summary

    Appropriates $6,436,683 for 2011-12 from the General Fund to the Department of Administration to be allocated to the Domestic Violence Center Fund.
    Requires $1 million of the funds appropriated in the TANF Block Grant to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Social Services, for 2011-12 to be used for Domestic Violence Prevention and Awareness and for grants to support prevention initiatives by local domestic violence programs. Provides guidelines for awarding the grants. Requires that DHHS report on the use of the funds by May 1, 2012, to specified legislative entities.
    Requires that $2.2 million of TANF funds appropriated to DHHS, Division of Social Services (Division), for 2011-12 be used to provide domestic violence services to Work First recipients to provide counseling, support, and direct services to clients. Prohibits the funds from being used for a new shelter or for lobbying. Allows the Division to use up to $75,000 in TANF funds to support one administrative position to implement the requirements. Requires each county department of social services and the local domestic violence shelter program serving the county to develop a joint plan for using the funds and provides requirements for the plan. Requires the Division to allocate the funds to the county departments of social services as follows: (1) base allocation of $5,000 to each county and (2) an allocation of the remaining funds to each county based on the county's proportion of the statewide total of the Work First caseloads as of July 1, 2011, and the county's proportion of the statewide total of the individuals receiving domestic violence services from programs funded by the Council of Women as of July 1, 2011. Unspent funds may be reallocated to counties that submit a written request.
    Effective July 1, 2011.