House Bill 759 appropriates $100,000 in nonrecurring General Fund money for fiscal year 2025-2026 and directs the funds to the Office of State Budget and Management for a grant to Forsyth County. The grant would support the Family and Community Wellness Initiative by funding two mobile units intended to deliver health, social service, and nutritional assistance to residents in Forsyth and several surrounding counties, including Davidson, Davie, Guilford, Randolph, Stokes, and Yadkin.
The bill also funds a work-based learning parent program and a service-learning project for adult learners. According to the bill text, those programs are intended to strengthen community engagement, improve economic mobility, and provide support for families in need. The act would take effect July 1, 2025.
HB759 would create a new one-time state grant program by appropriating state funds to Forsyth County through the Office of State Budget and Management. It does not amend existing statutes broadly, but it does authorize a targeted expenditure of public funds for mobile service delivery, family support programming, and adult learner initiatives in Forsyth County and neighboring counties served by the initiative. The practical effect would be to expand local access to health, nutrition, and social services and to support workforce-related family programming.
The available record shows no committee transcript, floor debate, or recorded votes, so there is no documented public discussion to indicate support or opposition. Based on the bill’s purpose, it appears to be a local appropriations measure aimed at community wellness and family support, which is typically framed in positive terms, but the legislative history provided does not show any formal sentiment beyond referral to Appropriations.
No specific points of contention are documented in the provided materials. Potential areas of debate, if raised later, could include whether a state-directed grant for one county is the best use of General Fund dollars, whether the mobile units and adult learner programs should be funded statewide rather than locally, and whether the proposal duplicates existing health or social service programs. However, none of these concerns appear in the available transcripts or votes.