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human services priorities, an acceptable safety-net (essential elements of well-being) for adults and families with children, current resources available to meet the needs and gaps in the resources to support the needs." More than 40 citizens, including human service professionals, citizen activists, and human service consumers participated on the Task Force. The Task Force presented recommendations to the Orange County Board of Commissioners in October 1996. The group advised the following guiding principles for future program planning, development, and implementation. • Provide the essential elements of well-being, not otherwise accessible through the private, non-profit and public sectors. The essential elements of well-being are: Survival Growth/Development Econ Self-Sufficiency • Food • Health Care Work (income)/Training • Shelter • Safety Transportation • Clothing • Education Dependent/Child Care • Develop policies, regulations and guidelines that help realize the outcomes of well-being and economic self-sufficiency and that demonstrates cost savings, cost benefits, or cost effectiveness. Make investments in programs that contribute to outcomes of well-being and economic self-sufficiency and that demonstrate cost savings, cost benefits, or cost effectiveness. • Provide incentives to create jobs above the minimum wage to ensure economic self-sufficiency for all Orange County citizens. The 1997 Task Force Based on the foundation of the 1996 report, and the direction of the North Carolina General Assembly, more than 30 members of the original Task Force reconvened in October, 1997 to develop outcome goals, identify barriers and recommend strategies to overcome the barriers and achieve the outcomes. Task Force members represented both the public and private sectors. and included educators, clergy, business leaders, private non-profit managers and staff, retirees, community activists, human service professionals, and public assistance recipients. 22