2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973.
§ 143B-394.8. Services to be provided.

§ 143B‑394.8.  Services to be provided.

(a)        The center shall be designed to provide displaced homemakers with such necessary counseling, training, services, skills, and education as would enable them to secure gainful employment, and as would be necessary for their health, safety, and well‑being.

(b)        The center shall provide:

(1)        Job counseling programs specifically designed for displaced homemakers entering the job market, taking into consideration their previous absence from the job market, and their lack of recent paid work experience, and taking into account and building upon the skills and experience possessed by the displaced homemaker;

(2)        Job training and job placement services to train and place displaced homemakers for and into available jobs in the public and private sectors;

(3)        Health education and counseling services with respect to general principles of preventive health care, including but not limited to family health care, nutrition education, and the selection of physicians and health care services;

(4)        Financial management services with information and assistance on all aspects of financial management including but not limited to insurance, taxes, estate and probate matters, mortgages, and loans; and

(5)        Educational services, including information services concerning available secondary and post‑secondary education programs beneficial to displaced homemakers seeking employment; and information services with respect to all employment in the public or private sectors, education, health, public assistance, and unemployment assistance programs. (1979, c. 1016, s. 2.)