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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 20, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: Programming In Skill Development Center <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING (Y/1): NO <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT (Y/1): NO <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> • Excerpt from Skill Development Program <br /> Board Final Report TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> • Skill Development Center Services Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> • Flow Chart of Services Chapel Hill -968-4501 <br /> • Floor Plan Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive information regarding programming for the Skill Development Center. <br /> BACKGROUND: At the March 19, 1996 Commissioners meeting, the Board reviewed the <br /> programming that agencies will provide at the Skill Development Center at 503 West Franklin Street. <br /> The Manager's Office has convened several meetings with agencies scheduled to co-locate in the <br /> building (Department of Social Services-Work First, Durham Technical Community College, Joint <br /> Orange Chatham Community Action Agency, Orange County Literacy Council; and Employment <br /> Security Commission) to: (1)Ensure that the mission of the Skill Development Center is consistent <br /> with the goals and recommendations in the Orange County Skill Development Program Board's Final <br /> Report submitted to the Commissioners on December 4, 1995; (2) Reconfirm collaborative agencies; <br /> (3) Identify services; (4) Develop flow chart of services; (5) Establish staffing and space allocation <br /> plan; (6) Identify possible grants and projected cost contribution from each agency. Each agency and <br /> and proposed services for the Skill Development Center are elaborated in the following pages. <br />