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, III 'Commission for Women, Departmental' REport Draft, page 2. Third the closing of the Eno Cone Mill plant adversely affected more women than men. Of those still unemployed, :about 80% are 4omen. The Cone Mill closing has also been mentioned as the cause of the increase in the drop out rate in the Orange County schools. Both employment and education needs may have increased significantly in Orange County this year due to this single closing. One primary but often unmentioned)goal of the Commission is to provide leadership • / - training for women so they can be effective in the policy setting role for other boards and governmental units. Many problems affecting women will be solved only through changes in public policy, and women must have input to define the problems and evalute proposed solutions. Mich staff time is given to maintaining the Commission as an organization. The 1984-85 workplan outlines 4 major projects. rreating a computerized informa- tion-referral data base is an inter departmental project. -The Commission staff will before sending to the DC Library for entr collect and edit information on 350 agencies./ Due to staff turnover, editing has not' December yet started. Almost 80 agencies have responded to the/request for information. 2) Analyzing the local JTPA consortium and presenting recommendations to the County Commissionsers is a second major project. A UNC student intern will assist the 1 . . * Commission committee. Most of the work remains to be done on this project. 3) The Employment Task Force is in its second year working to develop a model no-s fringe benefit package based on the a la carte or cafeteria style concept. Data- atre been collected', but needsto be analyzed before final recommendations can be made and a report can be presented to the Commissioners or the public.