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z <br />PROCLAMATION <br />NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK <br />APRIL 1 -- 7, 1991 <br />WHEREAS, the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM has <br />operated since 1974 to provide local governments with the <br />resources required to meet the needs of persons of low and <br />moderate income; <br />WHEREAS, community development block grant funds are used by <br />thousands of neighborhood - based nonprofit organizations <br />throughout the Nation to address pressing neighborhood and <br />human services needs; <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 />contributions 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 and the massive <br />rise in homelessness, <br />WHEREAS, during this time of Federal withdrawal from <br />responsibility, 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 />critical value of the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT <br />PROGRAM 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 />1 - 7, 1991 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Orange County Board <br />of Commissioners proclaim April 1 - 7, 1991 COMMUNITY <br />DEVELOPMENT WEEK and call upon all citizen of our County to <br />support the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. <br />GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, <br />ON THIS THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, <br />NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY -ONE.. <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />SEAL Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />