Appropriates $9.5 million from the General Fund to the Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Solutions, for the following purposes: (1) to create mobile NC Works Career Centers to serve the specified diverse areas of the State, (2) to help displaced workers in the NCWorks Apprenticeship Program to develop skills that match current market needs and to develop skills to meet the future needs of businesses that may relocate to the area in which the workers live and work, (3) to maximize the application and certification of Work Ready Communities, and (4) to align economic development and local career centers in conformance with the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

Effective July 1, 2015.