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72,9 OPU <br /> (1, <br /> AGENDA ATTACHMENT 5 <br /> P.O.Box 633 <br /> Chapel HE North Carolina 27514 <br /> p. •Nor CSIM: <br /> -!`"010179 County Day Core Codition <br /> January 16, 1981 <br /> Dear Friends: <br /> For the at several years, Orange County has experienced an ever <br /> increasing need for child care services. This is partly due to the rapid <br /> growth in population but more substantially due to the increase in the <br /> number of working women, the number of single parent families, and the <br /> increasing demands, of the economy. Long waiting lists for services in all <br /> types of programs and locations in the county indicate, that these needs <br /> are not being met. Child care is, supported in many different ways through- <br /> out Orange County; government, community groups, churches, and families. <br /> However, with this unmet need, we must begin to question how this base of <br /> support can be broadened and increased. We are looking to the community <br /> for the solutions to these problems. <br /> As a part of this community problem solving process, the Orange <br /> . County Day Care Coalition is sponsoring a Community Forum on the issues <br /> of child care in the community. This Forum, to be held on April 11, 1981, <br /> will convene to give participants information about child care in our <br /> county, to begin efforts at understanding thecontributions, benefits, and <br /> unmet needs of child care, and to take a first step In creating community <br /> solutions to community child care problems. We are inviting representatives <br /> from local government, human services, businesses, health, education, the <br /> university, and child care programs to participate in this process. <br /> We would like to have your endorsement for this Forum to include on <br /> the invitations to participants. The more endorsements we get, from <br /> community groups and agencies like yours, the greater the likelihood of <br /> attracting participants from the entire community. If you are willing to <br /> endorse theCommunity Forum on Child Care"i please return a statement to <br /> that effect to the Coalition at the above address by January 28, 1981. " V. <br /> If you have any questions or would like to offer your endorsement by phone, <br /> . please call Deanna Bullard or Sue Russell at 968-4501 or 732-9361. <br /> Thank you for your continuing support. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Bever Mulvihill <br /> • Vice President <br /> Orange County Day Care Coalition <br />