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APPROVED 5/21/2013 MINUTES <br /> Orange County Board of County Commissioners <br /> Social Services Board <br /> Joint Meeting <br /> April 16, 2013 <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 Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. in the Link <br /> Government Services Center, in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Jacobs and Commissioners Alice M. <br /> Gordon, Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Mark Dorosin <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Frank Clifton and Assistant County Managers Clarence <br /> Grier, Michael Talbert, and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members will <br /> be identified appropriately below) <br /> COUNTY STAFF ABSENT: <br /> SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Pat Garavaglia <br /> SOCIALSERVICES BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Claire Millar and <br /> Arthrell Sanders <br /> SOCIAL SERVICES STAFF PRESENT: Nancy Coston, Denise Shaffer, Lindsey <br /> Shewmaker, Sharron Hinton, Dustin Lowell, Tina Clark, and Joyce Lee <br /> 1. Introductions <br /> Chair Jacobs asked for a moment of silence for those who were injured or lost <br /> their lives in Boston. <br /> Pat Garavaglia, Chair of Department of Social Services (DSS), said there are <br /> DSS members absent tonight due to illness or schedule conflicts. <br /> Nancy Coston reviewed the agenda and said DSS is going through the biggest <br /> changes in their programs especially in the area of economic support. <br /> 2. System Changes <br /> i) NC FAST <br /> Lindsay Shewmaker and Nancy Coston began a joint presentation of the <br /> following PowerPoint Slides: <br /> BOCC — DSS BOARD JOINT MEETING <br /> Orange County Department of Social Services—April 16, 2013 <br /> Lindsay Shewmaker presented the following slides: <br /> NC FAST <br /> - North Carolina Families Accessing Services through Technology (NC FAST) is <br /> an integrated case management system designed to replace 19 legacy systems <br /> in the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services <br /> - Implementation of this major automation project is being phased in over several <br /> years <br />