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.~}-N~ac.~, -~~-t E -1 <br />• Outside Agency Descriptions <br />1. A Helping Hand <br />This agency enables senior citizens to live independently, maintain high levels of wellness and <br />avoid institutionalized care. Services provided by A Helping Hand include transportation to the <br />doctor, assistance with shopping for nutritious food and preparing healthy meals, assistance <br />with business correspondence, and light housekeeping for a clean and safe home environment. <br />2. Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of NC (APPCNC) <br />APPCNC seeks to lower the teen pregnancy rate in Orange County and North Carolina. The <br />program offers training and services to youth-service providers to implement teen pregnancy <br />prevention education. APPCNC is the only non-profit agency working to reduce teen pregnancy <br />statewide. <br />3. Adolescents in Need <br />This agency serves Orange County School District teens (grades 6 through 12 and those not in <br />school). The focus is primarily on those youths that are considered at-risk of early sexual <br />involvement, substance abuse, defiant behavior and physical or sexual abuse due to home, <br />family or other social surroundings. <br />4. Alliance of Aids Services <br />This agency operates two family care homes for low-income people living with HIV/AIDS, six of <br />• whom currently live at the Orange Community Residence ("Orange House") in Carrboro. This <br />grant will assist the Alliance in providing the proper nutrition and medication needed for the six <br />residents in the Orange House. <br />5. American Red Cross, Orange County Chapter <br />The American Red Cross, Orange County Chapter provides Disaster Services, Health and <br />Safety Services and Blood Services to the citizens of Orange County. Each year, the Orange <br />County Chapter responds immediately to over 75 local emergencies, including house or <br />apartment fires. Disaster relief focuses on meeting people's immediate emergency disaster- <br />caused needs. Each year, the Orange County Chapter trains 5,000 people in lifesavings skills - <br />programs that are designed to give individuals the confidence to respond in an emergency with <br />skills that can save a life. The Chapter also provides nearly one-third of UNC Hospital's .blood <br />supply from volunteer donors in Orange County. <br />6. ArtsCenter <br />The Arts Center links art, artists and audiences in Orange County through programs, events and <br />classes designed in response to community needs and interests. The co-existence of visual, <br />performing and literary arts in one accessible facility encourages multi-disciplinary <br />collaborations and provides wide-ranging experiences for professionals, amateurs and non- <br />artists of all ages to learn about and participate in visual and performing arts. <br />• <br />