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•Food Stamps <br />•Emergency Assistance <br />•Child Protective Services <br />•Work First <br />•Health Choice <br />•Child Care Subsidy <br />•Adoption <br />•Faster Care <br />•Adult Services <br />•Skills Development Center <br />•Adolescent Parenting <br />*LIEAP <br />•LINKS <br />Major Accomplishments of 2005-2006 <br />• Developed alternatives for children previously served by Sheaffer House. These <br />included new contracts for emergency placements with Caring Family Network <br />and a new contract for a part time liaison position with OPC to assist with access <br />to alternative services. Same funds are being used for specialized faster care as <br />away to stabilize placements. <br />• Expanded social work staff assigned to Orange County School system. <br />Currently seven Social Services staff are providing services at the following <br />schools: Cameron Park Elementary, Central Elementary, Efland Cheeks <br />Elementary, Grady Brawn Elementary, AL Stanback Middle School, CW Stanford <br />Middle School, and Cedar Ridge High School. Orange County Schools have <br />social workers that provide services to the other schools. <br />• Coordinated the Helping Neighbor Fund, which provided assistance to Katrina <br />evacuees who were located in Orange County. Social Services staff provided <br />counseling and support to 17 relocated individuals, as well as $5,220.83 in <br />assistance. Additionally, the agency provided emergency Medicaid and Food <br />Stamp benefits to 28 Katrina families. <br />• Increased services to child welfare families through IV-E waiver, which allows for <br />funds to be redirected from foster care board payments to individualized services <br />for children and families. By redirecting federal funds, additional services can be <br />provided to families without increasing county costs. Through these funds, 4 <br />children now have guardians who are providing a permanent home for them, and <br />other families have received special services such as parent training and <br />emergency assistance. <br />• Developed new equine therapy program through a contract that has served 8 <br />children. This program assists children who have bonding issues by providing <br />counseling while they interact with specially trained horses. <br />• Provided financial counseling to 348 families through two contracts. (HR <br />Consulting and The Women's Center) Financial counseling is naw an integral <br />part of emergency assistance programs. <br />• Provided 3754 emergency financial assistance payments to Orange County <br />residents. See following charts for additional information about programs. <br />