Appropriates $2 million in recurring funds for each year of the 2023-25 fiscal biennium from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services, to provide additional funds for the Permanency Innovation Initiative Fund; requires these funds to be supplemented, not supplanted, by all available federal matching funds.

Appropriates $1.3 million in recurring funds for each year of the 2023-25 fiscal biennium from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services, to the Children's Home Society of North Carolina for the SaySo (Strong Able Youth Speaking Out) program, a statewide association of youth aged 14 through 24 who are, or have been, in the out‑of‑home care system in North Carolina, including foster care, group homes, and mental health placements.

Effective July 1, 2023.