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042 <br /> • <br /> • <br /> ' ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda <br /> Item No. F2. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: <br /> SUBJECT: SUBMIT A <br /> RITYAGROUPS COMMUNITY-BASED <br /> IN ORANGE COUNTY. <br /> EDUC <br /> DEPARTMENT: HEALTH PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: XXX <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: DAN. REIMER <br /> COPY OF RFP ATTACHED TELEPHONE NUMBER- <br /> _ Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-9331 <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> Request approval. to submit a grant for a community-based AIDS Education <br /> program targeting minority groups in Orange County. This grant would be <br /> endorsed by other agencies (OPC Mental Health, etc) and would involve <br /> community groups in the development of educational materials. The grant <br /> will award from $20,000 to $45,000. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The RFP has come from R. A. Meriwether, MD, Head of Communicable <br /> Disease Control Branch in Raleigh. At both the state and national <br /> levels, Blacks are disproportionately represented among those with AIDS. <br /> In North Carolina, Blacks comprise 22$ of the population and 44% of its <br /> AIDS cases. There is a growing body of evidence that AIDS education can <br /> have an impact on the behaviors that place people at risk for contracting <br /> or transmitting AIDS. The grant being written by the Health Department <br /> proposes to develop an effective cmThe AIDS ito eateand <br /> ddfacilitatell be <br /> behavior change among the target population. <br /> culturally sensitive and will be conducted at the local level by <br /> community agencies that have access to, experience with, and the trust of <br /> 0 <br /> ulation. • <br /> the target population. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : <br /> APPROVE SUBMISSION OF AIDS GRANT AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO SIGN. <br /> • <br />