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i f (4) Add one County Coordinator. As indicated on the organizational chart, there will be one County Coordinator for orange County and one -for Durham County. Each will serve as the "head counselor" for that area, directing his/her particular intake center, supervising intake and youth staff, monitoring worksites, counseling adult parti- cipants, and generally ensuring that programs are effectively implemented in that area. (5) Add another Youth Counselor so that tie can expand our four youth programs and still provide individual attention for participants; (6) Add an Outreach Worker who will recruit unemployed and disadvantaged citizens in the two county area for CETA programs by generating referrals from other agencies, organizing and ;implementing media presentations, and making, personal contacts; (7) Modify our current Title II--BC contract as follows: Cost Category Present Budget Proposed Budget_ Net Change Administration $62,045 $74,489 + $12,944 Services 38,624 53,717 +° 15,093 I have presented these revised program plans to the N.C. Division of Community Employment which, as you know, administers CETA funds to this area through the "balance-of--state" system,. As indicated by the attached letter from R. D. Locklear, Lead Planner for our area, DCE has approved these plans and supports our contention that a change in organizational structure is necessary in order to gain substantial improvement in prog€'am performance. His letter serves as written authorization for the orange--Durham Employment and Training Program to proceed with implementation of the revised structure and related budget changes, with the understanding that a formal modification of our contract will be forthcoming to ME in the near future. If these changes are acceptable to the Strange County administration, I propose to: (1) Discuss the revised structure with the present staff, and make a recommendation to you regarding any changes in the status of these employees. At the minimum; I will recommend that each pre.ant staff member be offerred a position in the new organization, appropriate for the person and the organization, at a salary at least equal to that person's current salary. (2) Advertise and fill the remaining positions in accordance with orange County personnel policies. Please consider this request and advise me as soon as possible regarding future steps from this point. Thank you for your time and support.