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1 1 Goals and O e Ives Orange Resource Connection (ORQ July 97- June 98 AmeriCorWVISTA • Triangle United Way has been selected as one of the eleven communities nationwide that will receive this grant. The Triangle United Way will sponsor four AmeriCorps`VISTA Team TECH members for the next year as they work with Durham. Orange, and Wake County non-profit organizations serving disadvantaged communities. The AmeriCorps•VISTA Team TECH members will help those agencies draw up technology plans and gain resources to implement them. Team TECH members and volunteers will also assist local groups in setting up technology training programs and making them available to the low-income communities they serve. • Team TECH members will also be installing the Directory of Community Resources on Disk in the agencies that receive computers. COLLABORATION • The Coordinator for ORC will remain active with collaborative efforts dealing with housing, elderly, and youth issues. • Be active in these collaborative efforts to identify gaps in service delivery. • The Coordinator has been elected to serve as the Chief Information Officer for the Youth Services Advisory Committee and also on the Advisory Committee for the Association for Community Agencies (ACA). DATABASE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES • Increase the number of ran-profit and government agencies using the Directory on Disk by 20%. • Provide training on the IRis program. Orange Resource Connection will be implementing an Orange Book Directory Advisory Committee this fall. This Committee will provide input for the layout of the book. The Orange County Public Library will be a partner in this publication. • Resources from Orange, Durham, and Wake Counties will be merged into one database. An upgrade to IRis has been developed that has additional components including case management. ORC feels that this version will be accepted more in the community service arena. ORC will be working during the year to find the money for upgrading agencies with this new version. INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICE • Answer calls from the general public and community service organizations, Monday-Friday, 8:30am- 5pm. • Forward Orange Resource Connections phone line to First Call Wake when the Coordinator leaves the office. • Participate, provide progress reports, and assist the Chair of the ORC Advisory Committee. • increase number of calls by 15% by June 1998. • Provide to the County Manager a periodic evaluation of ORC which will include statistical data and community needs assessments. • Conduct promotion, public relations, advertising, and marketing to increase and maintain public awareness about ORC.