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PROCLAMATION NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK APRIL 2 - 9 1988 WHEREAS, the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM has operated since 1974 to provide local governments with the resources required to meet the needs of persons of low and moderate income; WHEREAS, community development block grant funds are used by thousands of neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations throughout the Nation to address pressing neighborhood and human services needs; WHEREAS, in the last several years the Federal Government has reduced Federal assistance to local governments and nonprofit organizations; WHEREAS, during this time of constricted Federal contributions to the task of meeting the needs of low and moderate income persons, the problems have grown as evidenced by the dwindling supply of affordable housing, the massive rise in homelessness, and the resurfacing of hunger and malnutrition; WHEREAS, during this time of Federal withdrawal from responsibility, the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM has assumed increasing importance for meeting pressing community problems; WHEREAS, the Congress and the Nation has often overlooked the critical value of the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM and the significant number of organizations and projects that rely on its funds for support ; WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has declared April 2-9, 1988 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Orange County Board of Commissioners proclaim April 2-9, 1988 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK and call upon all citizen of our County to support the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, ON THIS THE FOURTH DAY OF APRIL, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHTY. Shirley M hall , Chair Board of Commissioners SEAL