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SOUTH CAMERON STREET 8QAR0: FIILL5BOROUGm, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 CLE-NIJOHNSON,CHAI RMAN TELEPHONE: NORMAN WALKER MAE MCLENDON HILLSBOROUGH OFFICE 942.72GO CHAPEL HILL, JOANNE CARL HILLSBOROUGH OFFICE 7122341 HILLSBOROUGH CHAPEL HI L,L OFFICE 969-0561 CHAPEL HILL DIRECTOR: General. .Assistance Program rHaMASrn.wARD ELIGIBILITY T`c 1M This project addxe ses eight pressing needs of low income residents of Oran County over the net twelve months. The General Assistance program is funded on a twelve months basis by County Comni.ssi.aners. This project will provide emergency a.ssistan e to approximately 500 families and individuals needing assistance with fo d, clothing, medical care, emergency transportation, fuel, shelter, utilities and emergency shelter needs during the 1977-197$ fiscal. year. These .needs often arise unexpectedly as the economic, domestic, and social status of the target population change due to such factors as Loss of jobs, loss of h8mes or shelter, marital problems, medical Problems, or nutritional probl.e�s. in order to meet t ese needs of the county residents, and to improve the economic, domestic and social_ conditions of Orange County as a whole, the Orange County Depaztment of Social. Services is xequ.esti.ng that two new employ- ees be hared to acbLinister this program. The two employees in these new Positions would su p1ement the small general assistance proms which cu:-reat-- ly exists and allo for expansion from approximately 100 to 500 persons who will receive this mergency assistance. Grange County Depaatment of Soci.anl. Services currently employs an equivalent of 91.5 full—time mnl.oyees, all of whom are partially federally funded.. This agency is a public agency which is an integral, paxt of the Social. Services Division of the North Carolina Lepaxtment of Human Resources. This. project perso el will interview and determine eligibility of applicants for emergency assis{tan.ce, and provide assistance to those who are found eligi- ble. Ability to ther data concerning family, health, and finances, and to read and comprehert d roles and regulations pertaining to this program will be neceasary. The educational requirements of -these employees should, be grad- uation from high school and three years of elrei"cal or pararprotessional experience involving interviewing, public contact or community work; or grad- uation from high ec ool and two years of clerical or paaratprofessional. exper- ience within a social services eligibility program; or an equivalent en.t combs.— nation or education and experience, The project personnel budget is noted below: P103ONS JOB STATE TRMIT TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL GRAM RE QUESTED TITLE PAS' GMB PAY STB? SALARY BENEFITS E -UM4ENT TOTAL Specialist 1' Eligibility 0 l �$,3 S 3 0 59,200 �. Lligibili ty Go 1 $8,363 $836 0 201 Specialist 518