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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No.V.2:137 /4 ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 15, 1994 SUBJECT: Contract with the UNC School of Social Work Foundation for Youth & Family Services Coordination DEPARTMENT: Manager PUBLIC HEARING: YES: NO: X ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: I. Contract with the UNC Manager' s Office - ext. 2300 School of Social Work Foundation TELEPHONE NUMBER - Hillsborough - 732-8181 Chapel Hill - 968-4501 Mebane - 227-2031 Durham - 688-7331 PURPOSE: To enter into a contractual arrangement with the UNC School of Social Work Foundation to provide consultation services for the Youth & Family Services Coordination Function. BACKGROUND: In the 1994-95 budget, the Board approved $30, 000 in county non-departmental funds; $20, 000 in reserve from Community-Based Alternatives (CBA) ; a redirection of $50, 000 from human services reform (one-half of one percent of all County funds that go into local public and private human services agencies) ; and $25, 000 in the CIP for automation of outside agencies. This total of $125, 000 will begin the County' s efforts of improving the human services delivery system to youth and family services during 1994-95. The recommendations toward the enhancement of the service delivery system included the following: (1) An Automated Information and Referral System - This system would provide a common database for children and family services and be shared between public and private agencies. (2) An Improved Case Management Process that is uniform to the extent that wherever the system is accessed, there is assurance that the clients will be informed of all appropriate services and agencies relevant to their identified needs.