AN ACT appropriating funds to the department of health and human services, division of aging and adult services, for expansion of the project caregiver alternatives to running on empty (project c.a.r.e.) program.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Aging and Adult Services, the sum of one million forty thousand five hundred fourteen dollars ($1,040,514) in recurring funds for the 2025‑2026 fiscal year and the sum of one million forty thousand five hundred fourteen dollars ($1,040,514) in recurring funds for the 2026‑2027 fiscal year to expand the Project Caregiver Alternatives to Running on Empty Program (Project C.A.R.E.), which provides support to family caregivers of people living with Alzheimer's disease or other related dementias.

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2025.