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• Volunteers for Youth, inc. -- "Every Girl Counts" Program - $x,0,000 <br />Beneficiaries. Approximately 20 youth living in households earning less than <br />80°/° of the area median income <br />Location; Tawn~-wide <br />Program Administration: $117,fi95 <br />Federal regulations allow up to 20°/° of a Community Development allocation to be <br />used for program administration and oversight of the Community Development <br />program and related affordable housing programs, as well as coordination with the <br />U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to achieve cpmpliance with <br />federal regulations, <br />General Questions <br />~.. Describe the geographic areas of the jurisdict~an' including areas of 1-~w income <br />families and/or racial minority concentrat~o~n~~ in which assistance will be directed <br />during the next year, Where appropriate, ~he:jurisdctian should estimate the <br />percentage of funds the jurisdiction plans to d~aca~~ to target areas, <br />orange County HOME Consortium es~onse: <br />Rolling hills, forests, and farmland cariverg~ with cosmopolitan urban cities and small <br />rural towns in Qrange County, This unique rnixvf.Iandforh7s;brings to the County an <br />abundance of historical, social, and cultural resources. Additionally, Orange County <br />anchors the western corner of the Resaarch~ firiang~e,` a regional economic engine <br />home to some of the world's leading technological companies as well as major <br />federal research instltutlons. °~range Ca~n~y encompasses four Cities to include <br />Hillsborough, Chapel.Hll, Carrbo~o, and M~b~ne~ <br />The county is also divi~e~ ~n~~o seveni ~tawr~sf~ips, though these political divisions no <br />longer carry legal standing.:~edar Grave`; Little River, Cheeks, Hillsborough, Eno, <br />Bingham,,.,, and Cl~ap~a, Hill.'` . <br />Den~~graphics <br />As of the 2000 Census count, Grange County had a total population of 1.8,227. The <br />County's racial makeup consisted of 78.05°/° White, 13.79°/° Black or African <br />American, fl~39°/° Amerl~an Indian and/or Native Alaskan, 4,x.0°/° Asian, 0.02°/° <br />Pacific Islan~der,..~.71°l° ~~om other races, and ~.~64°l° from two or more races; 4.46°/° <br />Were Hispanic or ~atin'o of any race. This demographic data, along with data broken <br />out for each of 'range County's four municipalities, is depicted in Table 1, below. <br />According to the X000 Census count for Crange County as a whole, there Were <br />45,863 households aut of which 30.3°/o had children under the age of 18 living With <br />them; 44.6°/o were married couples living together, 9.4°/° had a female householder <br />with no husband present, and 43°/° Were non-families, The average household size <br />Was 236 and the average family size was 2.95. <br />FY 2D~.1-2D~.2 Action Pfan 16 <br />