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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Resolution Acknowledging The Women's Center of Orange County for <br />Assisting Women and Children to Improve Their Standard of Living by <br />Asset Management and Wealth Building <br />through the Individual Development Account (IDA) Program <br />Whereas, discrimination, economic injustice and limited opportunity continue to <br />present real barriers to women's full and equal participation in the United States <br />throughout every stage of women's lives, and <br />Whereas, North Carolina ranks 40'h amongst states for women's median annual <br />earnings, 39th among states for women living above the poverty level and where 56% of <br />working poor families are headed by women, and <br />Whereas, In Orange County 6.2% of families live in poverty, 17.6% of these <br />families are headed by women and 38% of female headed households with children <br />under the age of five live in poverty, and <br />Whereas, the effects of asset building for women and their families include <br />increased economic sufficiency, family and household stability, mental health and <br />physical well being, and civic and community involvement, and <br />Whereas, IDA programs increase homeownership rates and research reveals <br />that homeownership is linked to increased educational attainment for children and <br />decreased rates of intergenerational poverty, and <br />Whereas, Orange County continues to actively identify and pursue programs that <br />improve the economic, educational and institutional equality for women and their <br />families, and <br />Whereas, the Orange County Commission for Women is committed to improving <br />the quality of life of women and children in Orange County and eliminating barriers which <br />prevent equality for all women without regard to race, color, national origin, age, <br />disability, sexual orientation, familial status or source of income; <br />Now Therefore Be It Resolved that the Board of County Commissioners officially <br />acknowledges the Women's Center of Orange County for it's work to improve the status <br />of women and children in the County through its efforts to build women's financial skills <br />and gain long-term financial assets, empowering them to move their families to <br />economic sufficiency and stability. <br />This the 9`h day of February 2006. <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />