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069 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Aga <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No. <br /> Meeting Date: NOVEMBER 18, 1986 <br /> SUBJECT: GENERAL ASSISTANCE FUND <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER/DSS PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGER'S <br /> OFFICE X501, TOM WARD X229 <br /> DSS Correspondence <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a status report on General Assistance Funds and <br /> request additional funds for the laid off Saratoga workers. <br /> NEED: The 1986-87 fiscal year General Assistant Budget totaled <br /> $28, 000. Approximately $3, 000 has been expended since July 1, <br /> 1986, however, funds are allocated monthly with demand exceed- <br /> ing the monthly allocations. The recent closing of one half <br /> of the Saratoga Mill in Hillsborough will increase the demands <br /> for general assistance funds. Approximately 130 workers will <br /> be affected by the closing. <br /> The 1984 closing of Cone Mill resulted in DSS expending <br /> $25, 000 general assistance funds to aid the laid-off workers. <br /> Based on the Cone Mill's experience it is projected of $8, 000 <br /> will be needed to aid the Saratoga workers and their families. <br /> IMPACT: Although the new statewide AFDC Emergency Assistance Program <br /> and other DSS programs will aid the laid-off workers, the <br /> expected emergency requests will deplete the general assis- <br /> tance account before the end of the fiscal year. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : <br /> Transfer $8,000 from the Commissioners contingency account to <br /> the Social Services General Assistance account to aid the <br /> laid-off workers and their families. <br />