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fr.isp 3O AGENDA ATTACHMENT 4 ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Room No 12 106 EAST MARGAREI LANE HILLSBOROUGH. N. C. 27278 ANNE BAINES,Ch.:, NORMAN GUSTAVP.SON NORMAN WALICIIR RICILAID WH1ED DONALD WILLMOIT July 28, 1981 MEMORANDUM TO: Ms. Anne Barnes, Chair Orange County Commissioners Mr. Norman Gustaveson Mr. Norman Walker Mr. Richard Whitted Mr. Don Willhoit 1A)4 FROM: Mr. William F. Baxter, Jr. Chairman, Orange County Human Services Advisory Commission SUBJ: Proposed Principles for the First Year of Block Grants as Adopted by the HSAC, July 22, 1981 Attached is a copy of subject Principles for the Board's consideration and action. This document supplements the Block Grant position paper adopted on June 1, 1981 by the Commissioners. It was felt that a brief review of the activities which have resulted in the above Principles might be helpful to the Commissioners in their deliberations of same. HISTORY AND PURPOSE By May of this year, it had become obvious that some form of the Block Grant approach to funding public services would be enacted by Congress and in an effort to prepare for this, several people got together and discussed what actions might be taken to impact on this process. The persons involved in these discussions were Bill Woodward, Peggy Pollitzer, Bill Baxter, Ted Parrish and Norman Gustaveson. This small group thought that it was very important to assume a pro-active leadership stance relative to Block Grants without necessarily taking a position on the merits of Block Grants per se. The position developed by the group contained two basic tenets: 1. The crucial need to try and influence the development of state policy regarding the implementation of Block Grants at the local level and 2. The desire to assist the Commissioners in developing criteria which could be used in allocating Block Grant funds at the local level.