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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina appropriates $100,000 to expand the Harmony Empowerment Life Center's youth athlete mental health program into seven counties
Last action · April 7, 2025: Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action)Sponsors: Kanika Brown and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina appropriates $100,000 in nonrecurring state funds for the 2025-2026 to expand the Harmony Empowerment Life Center's 'Never Limit An Athlete's Mind' program into Wake, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Mecklenburg, Union, and Anson counties, effective July 1, 2025.
The measure directs state tax revenue to a specific nonprofit to widen geographic access to mental health and opportunity-readiness services for minority residents and their families across seven specified counties.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Harmony Empowerment Life Center
The nonprofit organization receives a $100,000 directed grant to expand its program into seven new counties.
Office of State Budget and Management
The office receives the appropriated funds to administer the directed grant.
Minorities and their families in Wake, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Mecklenburg, Union, and Anson Counties
Target demographic gaining local access to the expanded mental health and future opportunity program.
Key Facts
- Appropriates $100,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
- Provides a directed grant to the Harmony Empowerment Life Center, a nonprofit organization.
- Funds are designated to expand the 'Never Limit An Athlete's Mind' program.
- The program aids minorities and their families to improve mental health and prepare them for future opportunities.
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- Expansion targets Wake, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Mecklenburg, Union, and Anson counties.
- The act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 7, 2025HouseRef to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 7, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Apr 2, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance25How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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