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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 6, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. _~~ <br />SUBJECT: Final Report Human Services Issues Forum 2007 - "Domestic Violence Hurts <br />the Whole Community" <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Forum 2007 Program Agenda <br />Final Report -Forum 2007 <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Emily Adams, Chair, Human Services <br />Advisory Commission <br />Gwen Harvey, Assistant County <br />Manager, 245-2307 <br />PURPOSE: To present the Final Report on the proceedings of the Human Services Issues <br />Forum held on September 12, 2007 by the Human Services Advisory Commission (HSAC) of <br />the Board of County Commissioners. <br />BACKGROUND: Each fall, the HSAC, with a host of community partners and advocacy groups, <br />convenes a forum on an issue of social significance to the community. The topic for 2007 was <br />"Domestic Violence Hurts the Whole Community". <br />The format for Forum 2007 included a keynote address from District Court Judge Beverly <br />Scarlett, panel discussions featuring domestic violence survivors and a domestic violence <br />prevention/intervention service provider, Lunch Table Discussion Groups, and a call to action <br />from poet-activist Jaki Shelton Green. <br />Attached is a copy of the Final Report that depicts the activities and outcomes of the day. <br />Copies will be forwarded to all presenters, participants, and interested partners. The Final <br />Report is the work product of graduate student interns from UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina <br />Central University in Durham expressly retained by HSAC for this purpose. At its meeting on <br />February 18, the Final Report was approved by HSAC and recommended for presentation by <br />the Chair at the first BOCC meeting in March. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact with receipt of this report as information. <br />The BOCC did grant approval to reserve registration proceeds (in the amount of $1200) to be <br />used to help seed a project from a local nonprofit as an outgrowth of Forum 2007. HSAC will be <br />reviewing submittals and making a recommendation to the BOCC as part of the annual outside <br />agency application process later this spring. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board accept the Report from <br />the Human Services Advisory Commission on Forum 2007. <br />