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00033 Hoffman stated that currently Chatham County is involved with Lee County. However, Lee, Harnett and Sampson have ,joined together to Yorm a consortium with an invitation extended to Chatham. A decision has not been made by the Commissioners. _ Carl Thompson asked on what basis the money would be allocated to each County once the consortium is formed and Bob Ferguson, Director of the Orange County, Durham County and Durham City consortium, explained that the money is allocated by County and the decision for distribution is made by the PIC who in turn considers the equity of the allocation. Eighty~f'ive percent of the money is used for the actual training, administrative and staff costs to operate the program and only fifteen percent is actually received by the participants. Don Willhoit pointed out that the moneyis allocated using population and unemployment figures. Gloria Williams noted that with the. new redesignation process, the County Commissioners have the authority to specify, based on their proportional share, the procedure For distribution. Irving Nach, PIC Council, made reference to the PIC Council and asked to hear more about JOCCA and their activities and if it can, in fact, merge with what is being done by the PTC Council. Don Willhoit, in response to Mr. Nach,stated that JOGCA is a community agency involved with services to the poor for Durham and Orange County. They have been involved with fob training for a number of years and have an outreach program. Commissioner Carey suggested combining the strengths of both the Piedmont SDA and JOCCA in an effort to reach more of the people in Orange County. The advantages of both need to be capitalized upon and the relationship between the consortium and the Research Triangle needs to be maintained. Mr. Nach again asked for a breakdown of outreach services provided by JOCCA with the amount of money spent on such services. He spoke in support of the training accomplishments of the Central Piedmont SDA. There are programs in Orange County and Chapel Hill which do meet the needs of the citizens. Chair Willhoit noted that the opportunities have not been available for those in rural areas and a new arrangement might provide that opportunity. Cecil Brown, Assistant Durham City Manager, commented about the contri- butions they make to the consortium in terms of office space and money. George Esser, Chair of JOCCA, noted that JOCCA has had very good luck with developing fob training for small businesses in Chatham County. He feels the rural people-in Orange County need access to the labor market. JOCCA is asking that their strengths be used to reach those people who are poor and unemployed in an effort to get them into the labor market. Bob Ferguson referred to the PIC and their responsibility with reviewing the labor market area and looking at the population that is to be served to create programs which will address the needs of the affected population. No one has ever indicated to the PIC that they were not reaching out into the rural area.