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AGENDA ITEM T 6 <br /> 608 <br /> STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA <br /> COUNTY OF ORANGE SUGGESTED CONTRACT <br /> THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered as of the 15th day of September, 1980, <br /> by and between ORANGE COUNTY, hereinafter referred to as "COUNTY," and <br /> LUTHERAN CHILDREN'S HOME OF THE SOUTH, INC., a North Carolina Corporation <br /> d/b/a Lutheran Family Services, hereinafter referred to as "LUTHERAN SERVICES." <br /> WITNESSETH <br /> WHEREAS, the County is in need of emergency shelter homes to receive <br /> children placed in the custody of its Department of Social Services hereinafter <br /> referred o as 'DSS" Juvenile Court hereinafter referred to as the "court," <br /> voluntary placements, or otherwise; and <br /> WHEREAS, Lutheran Services has agreed to establish one emergency shelter <br /> home for such children; and <br /> WHEREAS, Lutheran Services has had considerable experience in the caring <br /> of children and is liscensed by the State of North Carolina to operate and <br /> maintain the emergency receiving home contemplated by this contract, <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the sums to be paid <br /> by the County to Lutheran Family Services, the County does hereby contract with-- <br /> Lutheran Family Services to provide services of the type hereinafter described <br /> and upon the following terms and conditions: <br /> (1) Lutheran Services shall maintain one around-"the-clock group home <br /> in Chapel Hill, North Carolina for the sole and exclusive use of Orange County. <br /> The home shall provide adequate care and supervision for not less than five (5) <br /> children at all times, and BSS and the court may place such children in the <br /> home as DSS and the court deem advisable. <br /> (2) In the event that the emergency shelter home prepares to accept <br /> a child, increasing the house population from five to six, from a county other <br /> than Orange, it shall do so only with prior and express written consent from <br /> the County of Orange. An appropriate fee shall be levied to the county of <br /> origin for the service provided by Orange County. <br /> (3) The County shall pay to Lutheran Services the sum of%933.25 per month <br /> for a twelve month period of operation to maintain said home, to provide food, <br /> shelter and services herein contemplated. <br />