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• <br /> • <br /> 1• <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> • Item No. F-4- <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> _ Meeting Date: January 17, 1989 <br /> SUBJECT: Agreement between Orange County and <br /> NC Memorial Hospital for Social Worker I <br /> DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING Yes X No <br /> Social Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Marti Pryor-Cook, ext. 229 <br /> Agreement <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> Th consider an agreement between Orange County and North Carolina Memorial Hospital <br /> (NCMH) for a Social Worker I to provide certification and counselling services 8 <br /> hours per week at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic. <br /> • BACKGROUND: <br /> Since March 1986, a Social Worker I from Orange County Department of Social Services <br /> has been based at NCMH one day per week, providing certification and counselling <br /> services to patients referred for assistance from the North Carolina Abortion Fund <br /> Program. NCMH reimburses Orange County 100% of the expenses involved in maintaining <br /> the worker at the clinic, 2% of the cost of a full time social work supervisor, and <br /> a $2.00 processing fee for each "out of county" case. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> Approve the Agreement and authorize the Chair to sign. • <br /> • <br />