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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. jaz-14 <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 29, 1993 <br /> SUBJECT: Agreement between Orange County and the University of <br /> North Carolina Hospitals for Social Worker I <br /> DEPARTMENT: Social Services PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : Agreement INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Marti Pryor-Cook, ext. 2802 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER- <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider an agreement between Orange County and the <br /> University of North Carolina Hospitals for a Social <br /> Worker I to provide certification and counseling services <br /> eight (8 ) hours per week at the Obstetrics and Gynecology <br /> Clinic. <br /> BACKGROUND: Since March 1986, a Social Worker I from Orange County <br /> Department of Social Services has been based at NCMH one day <br /> per week, providing certification and counseling services to <br /> patients referred for assistance from the North Carolina <br /> Abortion Fund Program. Orange County is reimbursed 100% of <br /> the expenses involved in maintaining the worker at the clinic, <br /> 2% of the cost of a full time social work supervisor, and a <br /> $2.00 processing fee for each "out of county" case. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : The Manager recommends approval of the Agreement <br /> and authorization for the Chair to sign. <br />