2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973.
§ 143B-394.4. Definitions.

Part 10B. Displaced Homemakers.

§ 143B‑394.4.  Definitions.

As used in this Part, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)        "Center" means any multi‑purpose facility or program serving displaced homemakers.

(2)        "Council" means the North Carolina Council for Women.

(3)        "Department" means the Department of Administration.

(4)        "Displaced homemaker" means an individual who:

a.         Has worked in his or her own household and has provided unpaid household services; and

b.         Is unable to secure gainful employment due to the lack of required training, age, or experience; or is unemployed, or underemployed; and

c.         Has been dependent on the income of another household member but is no longer adequately supported by that income, or is receiving support but is within two years of losing the support, or has been supported by public assistance as the parent of minor children but is no longer eligible, or is within two years of losing the eligibility. (1979, c. 1016, s. 2; 1991, c. 134, s. 6; 2005‑405, s. 1; 2006‑66, s. 17.7; 2006‑259, s. 33.5.)