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APPROVED 5/1/2012 <br /> MINUTES <br /> Orange County Board of County Commissioners <br /> Social Services Board <br /> Joint Meeting <br /> March 15, 2012 <br /> 5:30 PM <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Joint Work Session with <br /> the Department of Social Services on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. in the Link <br /> Government Services Center, in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Bernadette Pelissier and <br /> Commissioners Valerie P. Foushee, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee, and <br /> Steve Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Alice Gordon <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Assistant County Managers Gwen Harvey and Michael <br /> Talbert, and Deputy Clerk to the Board David Hunt (All other staff members will be <br /> identified appropriately below) <br /> COUNTY STAFF ABSENT: County Manager Frank Clifton <br /> SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD PRESENT: Chair Pat Garavaglia, Albert Williams and <br /> Claire Millar <br /> SOCIAL SERVICES STAFF PRESENT: Nancy Coston, Denise Shaffer, Lindsey <br /> Shewmaker, Sharron Hinton and Joyce Lee <br /> Chair Pelissier called the meeting to order at 5:36 PM. She said that <br /> Commissioner Jacobs would be arriving about 6:30 and that Commissioner Gordon <br /> would be unable to attend. <br /> 1. Introductions <br /> Introductions were made. <br /> 2. Povertv Statistics and Public Assistance Data <br /> Lindsey Shewmaker made a PowerPoint presentation. <br /> BOCC — DSS Board <br /> Joint Meeting <br /> Orange County Department of Social Services <br /> March 15, 2012 <br /> Agenda <br /> • Introductions <br /> • Poverty Statistics and Public Assistance Data <br /> • Emerging Issues <br /> • Success Stories <br />