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S 2 Center'for Early Adolescence University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Suite 211 • Carr Mill Mall a Carrboro, North Carolina 27510 • (919) 966 -1148 March 7, 1991 FAX • (919) 966 -7657 John Link County Manager orange County Hillsborough, NC Dear Mr. Link: The Center for Early Adolescence has agreed to provide consultation services to orange County to assist the county in responding to a new initiative of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. This initiative, the opportunities for Families Fund, would provide Orange County with up to $1 million over a three- to five -year period to implement structured reforms and improvements in their comprehensive efforts to help poor and dependent families to achieve economic self- sufficiency. orange County competed for, and won, a planning grant of $20,000 from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation to write this larger grant. The Center for Early Adolescence specifically agrees to write the grant by August 1, 1991, for submission to the Foundation. Center staff will meet regularly with the committees established by the county to determine the goals and objectives of the proejct. Center staff will be responsible for organizing these ideas into a document that can be submitted to the Foundation. Center staff will also review existing information from other programs to present ideas to the county planning committees for their consideration. The Center will be responsible for paying any fees to outside consultants who are identified in the grant writing process as having unique skills needed to write this grant. The Center will also cover any travel or incidental costs related to involving family members from poor families in the planning process. During the grant writing process, Center staff will periodically provide the community committees with drafts and outlines of specific portions of the grant as appropriate. The final document will be prepared by Center staff for review and approval by county staff and the citizen committees in ample time for submission to the Foundation by the county on August 1, 1991. Frank A. Loda, Director • Peter C. Saks, Deputy Director • ADVISORY BOARD: George B. Autry, MDC, Inc - Peter Benson, Search Institute • Robers Wm, Blum, University of Minnesota. Adolescent Health Program • Terry Brooks, Jefferson County (KY) Public Schools - John A. Calhoun, National Crime Prevention Council • Mary K. Chelton, Montgomery County (MD) Department of Public Libraries • M. Joyoelym Elders. Arkansas Department of Health - William C. Friday, President Emeritus. UNC • Harold Houle 11, Harvard Graduate School of Education - Kenji lma, San Diego State University • Edmard J. Meade. Jr., Education and Human Services Consulting • John Merrow 11. The Learning Channel • Aurelio M. Momtemayor, Intercultural Development Research Association • Lori S. Orum, National Council of La Ran • Karcn Johnson Pittman, Academy for Educational Development - Jane Quinn, Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development • Kenneth B. Smith, Chicago Theological Seminary - John B. Turner. School of social work. UNC -CH