AN ACT to expand temporary assistance for needy families (tanf)/work first program assistance benefits to include a woman who is pregnant.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 108A‑24 reads as rewritten:

§ 108A‑24.  Definitions.

As used in Chapter 108A:

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(3c)      Family means a unit consisting of a minor child or children and one or more of their biological parents, adoptive parents, stepparents, or grandparents living together. For purposes of the Work First Program, family also includes a pregnant woman, blood or half‑blood relative or adoptive relative limited to brother, sister, great‑grandparent, great‑great‑grandparent, uncle, aunt, great‑uncle, great‑aunt, great‑great‑uncle, great‑great‑aunt, nephew, niece, first cousin, stepbrother, and stepsister.

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(15)      Work First Family Assistance is a program of time‑limited periodic payments to assist in maintaining the children of eligible families while the adult family members engage in activities to prepare for entering and to enter the workplace.

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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.