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~ ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. q-~_ <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 16, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Community Assessment <br />DEPARTMENT: Manager's Office <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1~ <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1~ <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proposal Narrative <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Albert T. Kittrell, Assistant County Manager <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - - ezt. 2300 <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a request for funding from the Triangle United Way for an Orange <br />County Community Assessment. <br />BACKGROUND: Triangle United Way is the primary sponsor of three separate community <br />assessments for Durham, Wake and Orange Counties. The community assessment for Orange <br />County will consist of a general population survey of 600 citizens and 12 focus groups of <br />professionals and consumers to determine the needs and possible service gaps of children, families <br />and individuals in the human services system. The assessment will assist the United Way, <br />Partnership for Young Children-Smart Start and Orange County in developing priorities for human <br />services funding, evaluating programs to determine if they are effective in changing behaviors, <br />reducing waiting lists, and improving the overall functioning capacities of families. NC State <br />Center for Urban Affairs will conduct the assessment. <br />The total cost of the project for Orange County will be $76,121. The Triangle United Way will <br />contribute $25,000; Smart Start $10,000; Orange County Government has been requested to <br />contribute $10,000 and the balance of $31,121 will be requested from other organizations in the <br />County. <br />Anita Daniels and Michelle Rivest will present additional information about the community <br />assessment. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board consider the following: <br />(1) Page one of the enclosed Project Abstract indicates that the project outcome will determine <br />"needs" as well as "strengths, weaknesses and gaps" in the County's Human Services System. <br />Given the cost of $76,000, what will this project reveal that is not already known or in the <br />process of being confirmed? How would this project relate the efforts of the Partnership for <br />