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- , .. . • <br /> . , <br /> - 042 <br /> _______ <br /> • . , ._ <br /> . <br /> _ . <br /> ..., <br /> „...** ■ <br /> ., <br /> .."07, ,..... —.,,,T., ,-7-7--.4c.,i• <br /> ,.- ' a< -” \ • 0::t.i`k(,.;;It;Ze 14:14..)/ <br /> 4 ''' r, •, <br /> % I - <br /> mAR9 SS <br /> ..........0. <br /> ORME COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES <br /> STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA <br /> . . <br /> DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES • . <br /> 325 NORTH SALISBURY STREET <br /> • <br /> JAMES B. HUNT. JR. <br /> 1 SARAH T. MORROW, KO.. M.P.H. <br /> , RALEIGH 27611 <br /> . secRETARy <br /> GovanNeR <br /> . " <br /> March 4, 1983 111441,110NE . <br /> . , 9 I73.14534 <br /> , • , <br /> . . <br /> Mr. Richer Whitted, Chairman <br /> • <br /> Orange CoUnty Board of Commissioners <br /> 128 W. Union Street <br /> Hillsboroukh, NC 27278 <br /> Dear .lir. Whitted: <br /> I <br /> In mid-January United States Department of Agriculture officials met <br /> in Raleigh with staff of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, <br /> Agricultural Extension Service, Agricultural Stabilization and <br /> Conservation Service, and the Department of Human Resources. The purpose <br /> of the visit was to encourage North Carolina to increase the quantity of <br /> cheese and butter distributed. As you know, this distribution of surplus <br /> cheese was presented initially as a one-time effort. Our planning was <br /> developed*with the thought that it would be only once. Now we believe <br /> that it willl be ongoing since there are 880 million pounds of cheese and <br /> 500 - 600 Million pounds of butter available. You are very much aware of <br /> the burden Icheese and butter distribution has been to county departments <br /> of social services, particularly in view of the court order in the <br /> Alexander Q . Hill case to handle applications timely or pay penalties; <br /> the additioh of monthly reporting in AFDC--and soon to be required in Food <br /> Stamps; th threat of federal fiscal sanctions if error rates are not <br /> reduced to required levels; and the frequency of changes in federal <br /> 1 <br /> regulationsr Further, there have been no administrative funds available <br /> for county 'departments of social services to cover unavoidable costs. <br /> . Volunteers have been used very successfully, but there is staff time and <br /> expense thait cannot be met by voluateers. I do want to stress that <br /> participati n on the part of counties is voluntary. <br /> With tLese facts in mind, along with the understanding that <br /> distributing cheese and butter is not a "welfare" program but rather an <br /> effort to u4e a surplus of dairy products, I have asked the Division of <br /> Social Services to take the lead in meeting with agriculture officials and <br /> other affected agencies to develop recommendations. Social Services also <br /> obtained input from local denartmAnre .4 ..m...J.1 . . <br />