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~U~1: 1J~ `Jtl U`J:iJ t:f.1 `J1:129JJy~U1 C1GUJ1V.~1 t1G:~L.tA ~uuJ ~ . ,. ~ ,. ;, ~a~i -~CaTe~::xvices Association P.O. Bvx 9(3'i, Cfiupei iiiil, N,~rthC~alina 27514 teleF+hone (919) 9fi7--3272 ~a*~+:~ (919) 967-768 December ?3,1997 Moses Carey 901 Lystra Lane Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Dear Commissioner Cazey, Day Care Services Association is seeking your support for our capital campaign to provide permanent housing for our agency. We are currently trying to locate either a building to purchase that would meet our needs now and in the future or a piece of land on which to build a building to meet our needs_ We are asking the County to help us in this effort. Since 1975 Day Care Services Association hob provided programs in Change County to improve the quality of child care and to help parents pay for it. Last year 3b2 children received child care scholarships so their parents could work or attend school. over 1,000 referrals were given to Orange County faaulies trying to locate child care. The agency has made spectia! efforts to help latinv families and families seen for services and support through the Orange County Department of Social Services. Child care providers in the county received scholarships to attend college through our T.E,A.C.H. Early Childhood Project; on-site technical assistance to .upgrade the regulatory or accreditation status of their program and salary supplements designed to address their low wages and to encourage continuing education and longevity with their child care program. Children in four Northern orange centers and six Southern Orange centers received over 215,000 meals from our kitchen, insuring a good nutritional program and more efficient center management The above is just a small sample of the innovative Services the agency prvvide5 in our community. In a recec~t United Way community survey "child care issues" were ranked as the number one need in Orange County. Clearly, the need for a quality, coordinated and effective child care delivery systeu~ for our community is critical for our children's futxire success in school, our families' ability to work and our community's economy_ The need ~ make welfare reform successful. for fa~on.ilies will hinge fur many on the availability of a quality child care placement. We are writing to ask for help. Day Care Services Association has reached a point where we have to literally limit our services and our growth because the space we occupy is too small. Currently, there are over 30 different funded projects with over 45 staff people operating out of 4,400 square feet of office space. This space includes a reception area, a resource library for providers and parents and a small conference room. In addition to overcrowded space, DCSA is spending a large amount of money each year to rent space, money that could be used to build Prc~mnting Affnrdahlo~ A~ra~ecihlo. H;gh C~..al;iy CF,;lri C'arP V"'~~1 p~AICORPF