Reduces parent co-pays for subsidized child care; re-establishes the refundable state tax credit for each qualifying child of a taxpayer; increases the state minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2030, indexed to inflation thereafter; allows a higher local minimum wage; increases the income eligibility limit for the Property Tax Homestead Circuit Breaker; establishes a Homebuyers' Assistance Program for first-time homebuyers who work as public servants; establishes the North Carolina Paid Family Leave Insurance Act to allow self-employed individuals and employees of nonprofits and other entities to receive family and medical leave insurance benefits because of birth, adoption or placement through foster care of a new child, care for a family member with a serious health condition, care for employee's serious health condition, care for a covered service member who is a family member or next of kin, or because of qualifying exigency leave of a family member on active duty in the Armed Forces; provides for payroll contributions to finance benefits under the program; includes leave and employment protections for employees who use the program, and prohibits retaliatory personnel actions; requires employers to notify employees of the program's availability; includes enforcement provisions; establishes an Employer Grant Fund to offset costs for employers with financial need; requires an annual report to the Legislature on program utilization.