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- S 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No._ -- Meeting Date: March 20, 1991 SUBJECT : - Consultation- Services - Opportunities For Families Grant ------------------------------------ DEPARTMENT: County -Manager ----- PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION` CONTACT: Manager's Office - OFF Planning Committee Members - Letter of Agreement Planning Proposal TELEPHONE NUMBER - (Under Separate Cover) Hillsborough - 732 -8181 Chapel Hill - 968 -4501 Mebane - 227 -2031 Durham - 688 -7331 PURPOSE: To consider approving an agreement -with the - Center For Early Adolescence to provide consultation services for the Opportunities for Families Fund (OFF) Grant Proposal. BACKGROUND: On October 1, 1990 Orange County was one of 89 N.C. Counties that submitted "Opportunities For Families Fund" planning grant proposals to the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. The purpose of the OFF is to fund innovative county demonstration programs that will move poor families from dependency to self -- sufficiency, from poverty to a new quality of life. The County's proposal is based on the conviction that the key to breaking the cycle of poverty is to improve young males' chances of leading productive and economically self - supporting lives. On November 15, 1990 Orange County was one of 15 counties awarded $20,000 planning grants to develop OFF final proposals. The planning proposal became effective December 1, 1990 and final proposals are due August 1, 1991. From the 15 proposals the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation will award five counties up to $ 1 million to implement the final proposals. Counties will be notified of the awards in November, 1991. Staff used a committee /team approach to develop the planning proposal. The OFF Planning Committee was established in August 1990 and will continue to oversee the development of