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2 <br /> PROCLAMATION <br /> NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK <br /> APRIL 7 - 14 , 1990 <br /> WHEREAS, the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM has <br /> operatea since 1974 to provide local governments with the <br /> resouices required to meet the needs of persons of low and <br /> moderate inccn e; <br /> WHEREAS , community - development block grant funds are used by <br /> housaad:-3 c•r neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations <br /> throughout the Nation to address pressing neighborhood and <br /> human services ne <br /> eds ; <br /> WHEREAS , in the last several years the Federal Government has <br /> reduced Federal assistance to local governments and nonprofit <br /> organizations ; <br /> WHEREAS, during this time of constricted Federal <br /> contrioutions to the task of meeting the needs of low and <br /> moderate income persons, the problems have grown as evidenced <br /> by the dwindling supply of affordable housing, the massive <br /> rise in homelessness , and the resurfacing of hunger and <br /> malnutrition; <br /> WHEREAS . during this time of Federal withdrawal from <br /> responsibility <br /> , the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM <br /> has assumed increasing importance for meeting pressing <br /> community problems; ' <br /> ;WHEREAS , the Congress' and the Nation has often overlooked the <br /> criticai value of the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT <br /> r?RC hAM and the significant number of organizations and <br /> projects •that rely on Its funds for support ; <br /> WHEREAS , the Congress of the United States has declared April <br /> 7 - 14 , 1990 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Orange County Board <br /> of Commissioners proclaim April 7 -- 14 , 1990 COMMUNITY <br /> DEVELOPMENT WEEK and call upon all citizen of our County to <br /> support the L:OMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. <br /> GIVEN UNL,LR MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, <br /> .iN THIS THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH, IN THE YEAR OF OUR <br /> LORD, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY. <br /> Moses Carey, Jr . , Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> SEAL <br />