Golden LEAF "shall promote the social welfare and lessen the burdens of government [by using the funds] to provide economic impact assistance to economically affected or tobacco-dependent regions of North Carolina in accordance with the Consent Degree." Activities to be supported include, but are not limited to, the following:
A) Education Assistance for tobacco farmers and other workers impacted or projected to be impacted by a decline in production of tobacco products.
B) Job training and employment assistance for tobacco farmers and other workers dependent on tobacco farming, production and sales to transition to other sources of income.
C) Scientific research to develop new uses for tobacco or for the development of alternative cash crops.
D) Economic hardship assistance experienced by tobacco farmers, quota owners, their families and others as a result of decline in quota and/or production of tobacco or tobacco products.
E) Public works and industrial recruitment to local governments for upgrading utilities, transportation, and other public service infrastructure to attract new businesses or for more general economic development purposes.
F) Health and human services to improve health care other social services needed to maintain the stability of tobacco dependent communities.
G) Community assistance in the form of grants and or loans to economically depressed and deteriorating tobacco-dependent communities, to be used exclusively for public purposes.
