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Outside Agency Descriptions -continued ~ <br />• KidSCope $75,000 <br />KidSCope is an early intervention program that offers services to young children who are <br />experiencing social, emotional, and/or behavioral difficulties. Main service components include <br />individual play therapy with children, customized counseling and education for families, <br />technical assistance and training for childcare providers, service coordination and a therapeutic <br />preschool program. <br />Literacy Council $11,000 <br />The Orange County Literacy Council provides tuition-free instruction to adults who want to <br />improve their skills in reading, writing, basic math and/or computer-based literacy. Trained <br />volunteers provide individual tutoring and lead small group classes in a variety of public settings. <br />Middle School After School Program-Communities in Schools $57,000 <br />The Middle School After School Program (MBAs) provides educational, social and recreational <br />activities for middle school students during the after school hours. This program is offered at all <br />middle schools in the Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Districts. <br />OE Enterprises $45,100 <br />Orange Enterprises provides vocational training and sheltered employment programs for <br />Orange County citizens who have employment barriers. <br />• Orange Congregations in Mission (OCIM) $30,000 <br />This agency provides services to economically-challenged and homebound northern Orange <br />County residents through volunteer efforts of diverse congregations and individuals. <br />Orange-Chatham Alternative Sentencing $70,000 <br />Orange-Chatham Alternative Sentencing (OCAS) provides critical information to the judiciary <br />and probations officers, magistrates, jailers, and other judicial officials so that they may make <br />more informed decisions regarding the rehabilitation or release of Pretrial inmates in the 15-B <br />County Jails. <br />Piedmont Health Services $10,000 <br />Piedmont Health Services has served the health care needs of the citizens of central North <br />Carolina since 1970. They operate six community health centers and provide high quality, <br />comprehensive family health care services to all patients needing access to those services. To <br />meet their mission, they offer payment on a sliding fee scale for those who qualify. The agency <br />also provides bilingual care to a growing Spanish-speaking population. <br />., <br />