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AN OFFICE FOR WOMEN IN ORANGE COUNTY <br /> With this report, the Orange County Commission for Women recommends <br /> to the Orange County Board of Commissioners that the Commission for <br /> Women be responsible for establishing an Office for Women in Orange <br /> County that will carry out the following functions: <br /> A. Research <br /> The principal function of the Orange County Commission for Women <br /> is to�serve as an advisory board to the Orange County Commissioners. <br /> To _UE�i ss1 on s wor , -c��i`c�Tor amen W-111 <br /> maint in a library an can�cuc research on the status of women in <br /> Orange County. The office should be familiar with programs for <br /> women1that already exist or that may be adaptable to the needs of <br /> Orange County Woven. The Office for Women will serve as a resource <br /> center for all people in the county who wish to have up-to-date <br /> infoation about women's issues. <br /> B. Utililation and development of resources <br /> The Orange County Commission for Women has a bona fine concern in <br /> the q ality, availability, and appropriateness of services for women <br /> in Orange County. To express these concerns the Office for Women <br /> will a responsible for the following: <br /> 1. To refer women seeking services tolappro'priate resources; <br /> 2. To assist women with multiple problems with the coordination <br /> of needed services; <br /> 3. To make known in Orange County, the stag, and the nation, the <br /> recommendations and statements of support of the Orange County <br /> Commission for Women on issues the Commission determines are <br /> of importance to the women of Orange County; <br /> 4. To coordinate the efforts of the Commission for Women with those <br /> of agencies and organizations'which share similar goals, most <br /> particularly with the Forth Carolina Council on the Status of <br /> amen and with other county councils. <br /> C. Progr m <br /> The c arge to the Commission for Women includes the responsibility to <br /> provi ;e educational and information programs for women in Orange County. <br /> Once the Commission determines the kinds of programs needed, it will be <br /> the function of the Office for Women to develop program proposals, to <br /> obtain funding following the procedures required by county government, <br /> and to implemetlt and evaluate these programs. <br />