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ADDED ITEM <br /> . <br /> ORANGE COUNTY Action Agenda <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Item No. et72, <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> MEETING DATE October 6, 1986 <br /> Subject: Teen Networking Team - <br /> Department: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Public Hearing: Yes X no <br /> Attachments: Information Contact: Shirley Marshall <br /> None Phone Numbers: 732-8181, 968-1+501, <br /> 227-0231 <br /> PURPOSE: To hear a presentation and receive a request from TNT (Teen Networking Team) <br /> NEED: Since April representatives of the. Board of Commissioners, the Health Board and the <br /> Social Services Board have been meeting regularly with concerned citizens and <br /> representatives of relevant agency Boards and staff, as well as Department Heads and <br /> Supervisors including Economic Development, Recreation and Parks, Health and <br /> Agricultural Extension to join forces and to explore ways in which existing Orange <br /> County agencies can better serve the occupation-oriented and recreational needs <br /> of teens in order to postpone young parenthood, encourage teens to finish their <br /> education and prepare teens for and help them find suitable and satisfying employ- <br /> ment. A teen project has emerged as a part of this effort which is to be presented <br /> to the Board for their encouragement and fiscal support. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> To fund the small request, not only to support the project itself but to support <br /> the County Staff in the many departments who have given generously of their <br /> personal time to support a massive interdepartmental, inter-agency coordination effort. <br />