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P: Project KIDS (Kids beserve Support) has won another award'. On April 4, 1991, the North Carolina Child Support Council's Board of Directors presented achievement awards to the: Child Supoor; Enforcement office,. Sheriff. Clerk of Court and District Court Judges of Orange County. (The North Carolina Department of Human Resources previously recognized PnQie�t KiDS by the presentation of the Department's first child support achievement award in October, 1990.) The North Carolina Child Support Council is a ion - profit organization. It is made up of 500 child support professionals (Judges, Clerks, Sheriffs, attorneys, child support officers) committed to making is easier for children to receive the support-to which they are entitled. These Orange County agencies were each presented an achi.evemeot award at the Council's eight annual training nonferenco. Project KiDS was a two month undertaking in which the Child Support Division of the Clerk of Superior Court and the Orange Co. Child Support Enforcement office worked together to bring over 350 child support cases to court an September 17, 1990. This was the first time a project of this nature had been undertaken in North Carolina. Phase I of Project KIDS began August 6, 1990 and was announced by public-service announcements, advertisements and news stories. The public was asked to call in any information they had about someone who was not paying child support. Phase II began August 20th as an "amnesty" week. Parents who were behind in their child support payments were encouraged to contact the Clerk or Child Support department I nd make arrangements to bring their accounts current. Those who came in avoided having their case taken to court. In Phase III, the Orange County Sheriff's Department assigned deputies to make an exerted effort to serve the remaining delinquent parents with orders to appear in court. Over 66% of those orders were served on Saturday, August 25th anti Sunday, August 26th.