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• <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> Board of Commissioners <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No.=. <br /> Action Agenda Item Abstract <br /> Meeting Date: September 3. 1996 <br /> Subject: Agreement Between Orange County Health Department (OCHD) and The <br /> Joint Orange Chatham Community Action Agency(JOCCA) <br /> Department: Health Public Hearing Yes_ No_X_ <br /> Budget Amendment <br /> Needed Yes_No X <br /> Attachments(s) Information Contact <br /> Health Director's Office X2411 <br /> Agreement Between OCHD and JOCCA <br /> Telephone Number <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Purpose: <br /> The purpose of this agreement is for JOCCA to provide services specified in the Contract <br /> to improve the health of minority populations in Orange County Communities under the <br /> coordination of the Orange County Coalition. This Coalition involves the Health <br /> Department, the Cooperative Extension service, the UNC-CH School of Public Health, <br /> Piedmont Health Services, JOCCA, and several community-based organizations. <br /> Background: <br /> The Orange County Health Department serves as fiscal agent for the Orange County <br /> Coalition of the Community-Based Public Health Initiative. This Coalition has been <br /> funded through a Contract with the University of North Carolina which has received a <br /> grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The Coalition agreed that the Health <br /> Department enter into a sub-contract with JOCCA to provide some of the services <br />