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I Outside ,agency Descriptionsm continued 36. Mental Health Association The Mental Health Association in orange County promotes positive mental health through advocacy, education, collaboration and service. The Association supports activities to improve services to citizens who have a mental illness or emotional disturbance. This grant will be used to support the Compeer Program, which coord hates friendship matches between volunteers and mentally ill adults to address the social isolation that is often prevalent in mental illness. 37. Middle School After School Program-Communities in Schools The Middle School After School Program (MSAS) provides educational, social and recreational activities for middle school students during the after school hours from 3:00pm to 0:00prn. This program is offered at all middle Schools in the orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Districts. 33. Orange-Chatham Alternative Sentencing Orange-Chatham Alternative Sentencing (OCAS) provides critical inforrhatian to the judiciary and probations officers, magistrates, jailers, and other judicial officials so that they may make more informed decisions regarding the rehabilitation or release of Pretrial inmates in the 15-B County Jails. 39. orange Congregations in Fission (OCIM) This agency provides services to economically challenged and homebound northern Grange County residents through volunteer efforts of diverse congregations and individuals. 40. orange County Partnership for Young Children The mission of the Partnership is to ensure that all young children arrive at school healthy and ready to succeed. The Partnership serves as the administrator for the Smart Start Early Childhood Initiative and the More at Four Program in orange County. 41. orange Enterprises Orange Enterprises provides vocational training and sheltered employment programs for Orange County citizens who have employment barriers. 42. Piedmont Health Services Piedmont Health 'Services has served the health care needs of the citizens of central North Carolina since 1970. They operate six community health centers and provide high quality, comprehensive family health care Services to all patients needing access to those services. To meet their mission, they offer payment on a sliding fee scale for those who qualify. The agency also provides bilingual care to a growing Spanish-speaking population. 43. Piedmont wildlife Center This agency's mission is to support native North American wildlife and its habitat through rehabilitation, education, and scientific study, with emphasis given to wildlife and wilderness of the North Carolina Piedmont. Piedmont Wildlife Center takes in Sick, injured, and orphaned native North American wildlife with the intent of returning there in a healthy condition to their original habitat. Additionally, PvC teaches wildlife rehabilitation and restoration while Stressing the importance of preserving tracts of wilderness needed to support wildlife: populations. Page 8 of 8 29-9