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5 VII. REPORTS A. JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FOR FY 91 -92 Albert Kittrell and members of the Private Industrial Council reviewed the Job Training Partnership Act training programs and funding for fiscal year 1991 -92. Commissioners Insko and Gordon asked for additional information which will be provided by Mr. Kittrell. This report was received as information. B. REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS Planner Mary Scearbo reviewed the procedure by which the Board of Commissioners may be notified of the submittal of an Environmental Assessment required by the Environmental Impact Ordinance. Motion was made by Commissioner Willhoit, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis that the current practice for reviewing environmental assessments continue to be an administrative process as outlined in Attachment I with only Environmental Impact Statements presented to the Board of Commissioners as part of the public hearing process. Environmental Assessments will be distributed to individual commissioners at their request. VOTE: UNANIMOUS VIII. ITEMS FOR DECISION -- REGULAR AGENDA A.0 STATE REQUIREMENT FOR A REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR CHILD ABUSE CASES Commissioner Willhoit indicated that a determination needs to be made if this requirement is good for Orange County or not. The Board has added Child Protective Workers to the Department of Social Services at 100% county money. Social Services Director Marti Pryor -Cook stated that this committee is being required by the State in response to growing concerns about the Child Protective Services system in North Carolina and the twenty -one children who died over the past year. The State of North Carolina has been severely criticized through the media for the lack of leadership in this area as it relates to working with the 100 counties to strengthen the system of protecting children and providing services to families. One particular point of criticism has been the lack of funding in this area to assist local governments. On May 2, the Governor issued an Executive Order mandating that all 100 counties create child protection teams as well as child fatality review teams in each county. The purpose will be to review certain cases of child abuse or neglect including local child fatalities. Counties that fail to implement the teams will lose state funding for protective service administration. In Orange County that amounts to about $55,000 or 1.5 social workers. The full impact of these teams on operations cannot be determined at this time because there have been no specific guidelines developed by the State Department of Human Resources as it relates to the scope Of the cases to be reviewed or the kinds of records or reports that must be maintained. She is to receive that information after June 5. According to the Executive order, these teams must be operational