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Program Updates: Veterans' Services • The Veterans' Services Office has been relocated to the first floor of Richard E. Whitted Human Services Building in Hillsborough, and is now co-located with other assistance programs. • The Veterans' Services Office has been incorporated into the community services division of the agency with plans to raise community awareness of veterans' issues and available benefits 4. Major Accomplishments of 2406-2047 Awards and Competitive Grants • Awards • Equine Therapy Best Practice Award • Food and Nutrition Program Award • Competitive Grants • Strowd Roses Grant • $5,QQQ grant to purchase cribs and car seats • Real Men Rock Grant • Adolescent Parenting Program Grant • Work First Grant • Increased from $27Q,QQ0 to $SQQ,QQ0 Work First Demonstration Grant • The purpose of the grant is to increase the participation rate • The Orange County Work First Pilot contains the following components: • Comprehensive 12 week enrichment training program with 2 weeks of work experience • On the Job TraininglSubsidized Employment • Program Support Staff • Work Incentives • The Work First Demo Grant has been successful in helping move Work First participants into the work force. The All Family Participation rate increased by more than 20°~ after program implementation. Helping Foster Children Became Successful Adults • Studies have documented that the outlook for children who age out of foster care is grim. They are much more likely to: • Lack a high school diploma • Be unemployed • Become homeless • Experience mental illness • Be incarcerated • Experience drug addiction • Experience early parenthood • In an effort to provide better outcomes for these children, the Orange County DSS utilized two new initiatives in 2Q06-Q7