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Orange County <br />Board of Commissioners <br />Action Agenda Item Abstract <br />Meeting Date: April 7, 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 94 <br />Subject: Intensive Home Visiting Grant and Establishment of New Time Limited Positions <br />Department: Health <br />Attachment(s): <br />1 - Executive Summary <br />2 - Grant Award Letter <br />Public Hearing: Yes No X <br />Budget Amendment <br />Needed: Yes x No <br />Information Contact: <br />Dr. Rosemary Summers, Interim <br />Health Director <br />Extension 2411 <br />Telephone Number: <br />Hillsborough <br />732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill <br />968 -4501 <br />Durham <br />688 -7331 <br />Mebane <br />227 -2031 <br />Purpose: To accept funding from the N.C. Division of Women's and Children's <br />Health, Department of Health and Human Services for an Intensive <br />Home Visiting Program and to establish 3.5 new time limited positions <br />in the Orange County Health Department to: <br />• Decrease child abuse and neglect, <br />• Improve parent -child interaction, <br />• Ensure adequate use of preventive family support services, <br />• Improve children's health and development and <br />• Improve the service delivery system in Orange County by <br />decreasing fragmentation and duplication. <br />Background: The North Carolina General Assembly has made funding available on <br />a competitive basis for seven intensive home visiting demonstration <br />projects. Orange County was among 24 Counties invited to submit <br />proposals for this funding. <br />Development of the grant proposal was a collaborative planning <br />process coordinated by the Orange County Partnership for Young <br />Children, our local Smart Start agency, with participation from a <br />