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This group developed, in accordance with the NC Department of Health and Human <br />Services Work First regulations, the County's Work First Plan released in December 1997. <br />Skill Development Center <br />In July 1996 the County acquired a 13,000 square foot building at 503 W. Franklin Street <br />in Chapel Hill to house a Skill Development Center for Orange County. <br />The mission of the Center is to provide adequate training and services to allow all Orange <br />County citizens to be self-sufficient and free of all public and private assistance. The <br />mission will be accomplished by: supporting a holistic approach to coordinating skill <br />development and job search services to citizens; creating a "one stop" information center <br />for skill development and employment services; establishing formal linkages between <br />existing supportive services and skill development opportunities; co-locating agencies <br />offering training and employment services; designing training to better match emerging <br />jobs and include but go beyond the basic "3 Rs", providing world of work skill training; and <br />incentives to employers. <br />Collaborative Agencies in the Skill Development Center <br />A. Department of Social Services (DSS) -Work First <br />B. Durham Technical Community College (DTCC) <br />C. Joint Orange Chatham Community Action (JOCCA) <br />D. Orange County Literacy Council <br />E. Employment Security Commission (ESC) <br />The Center opened in .January 1999 and is providing quality service to Orange County <br />residents. <br />Family Resource Centers <br />There are four Family and Community Resource Centers in Orange County. They are <br />located in the Pine Knolls community in Chapel Hill (an urban neighborhood with Section <br />8 housing); in Cedar Grove/Efland-Cheeks (a rural community) and in Trinity Court (a <br />public housing neighborhood); and the Dobbins Hill Apartment Complex (an urban housing <br />tax-credit project.). <br />The mission of the family resource center project is to empower families and communities <br />to improve the quality of their own lives and to raise healthy, self-reliant children who are <br />23 <br />