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2 <br /> Human Services Coordinating Council of Orange County <br /> Status Report August 1992-July 1993 <br /> The Human Services Coordinating Council of Orange County <br /> was created by the Association of Community Agencies, the <br /> Town of Carrboro, the Town of Chapel Hill, Orange County, and <br /> the United Way of Greater Orange to enable the human services <br /> system to work towards making the human services mission <br /> statement for the county a reality. To accomplish this goal, <br /> the Council is charged with three tasks during its first two <br /> years: ( 1) creating a system to collect, analyze, and share <br /> human services information; (2) producing an annual report on <br /> the state of human services for use during the funding <br /> application process; and, (3) encouraging community problem- <br /> solving efforts by identifying and keeping informed about <br /> task forces and interagency groups working on human services <br /> issues. <br /> In the Summer of 1992, each of the governing bodies were <br /> asked to appoint representatives to the Council. The <br /> membership currently includes: Maribel Carrion, Carrboro; <br /> Mark Chilton, Chapel Hill; Mary Bobbitt-Cooke and Tom McKeon, <br /> United Way; Marti Pryor-Cook (Co-Chair) and Jan Schopler <br /> (Chair) , Orange County; Jodi Flick and Margaret Henderson, <br /> Association of Community Agencies. Staff support is provided <br /> by Anita Daniels, United Way; Albert Kittrell Orange County; <br /> and, Julia Mack, Chapel Hill. The Council was convened in <br /> August and has met quarterly. The primary work of the <br /> Council is carried out in the subcommittees on Information <br /> Management, the Snapshot Report, and Task Forces. <br /> The January 1993 Snapshot Report was distributed to all <br /> of the governing bodies to provide common background <br /> information for setting human services priorities prior to <br /> making funding decisions for the 1993-94 year. Without the <br /> assistance of an intern, preparation of this report required <br /> numerous volunteer hours and was the primary focus of the <br /> Council ' s work during the first half of the year. The <br /> Council is evaluating the usefulness of the report to <br /> decision makers and exploring ways to make the report more <br /> comprehensive. <br />