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13.Support groups for children from substance abusing 15 <br />families. <br />14.Provide better dissemination of information about services <br />to community. <br />Ongoing The Management Assistant is currently evaluating the <br />possibilities of implementing a computerized resource <br />guide /directory to County youth agencies, programs, and <br />services. <br />ongoing The Chapel Hill Teen center Clearinghouse is developing <br />informational resources. <br />15.Provide access to services earlier while problems are <br />still manageable. <br />16.Provide services within ability to pay. <br />ongoing Adolescent health services are available for sliding scale <br />payment or free through Orange - Chatham Comprehensive <br />Health services or the County Health Department's new <br />adolescent clinic. <br />17.Network private schools into broader community based <br />services. <br />18.Develop "umbrella" agencies to provide comprehensive <br />children's services. <br />19-Provide evening and weekend services. <br />ongoing The County Health Department, in collaboration with the <br />UNC Department of Pediatrics and the Adolescents -In- <br />Need Program, has opened an adolescent clinic in <br />Hillsborough one afternoon a week including after school <br />hours. <br />ongoing Recreational departments offer evening and weekend <br />activities. <br />Ongoing Planned Parenthood has expanded its clinic hours to <br />include two evenings a week. <br />ongoing The Department of Social services provides 24 -hour on call <br />emergency services for abused /neglected children. <br />