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.s k ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No.� ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 25, 1991 1 SUBJECT: Status Report - Opportunities For Families Grant DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X ATTACHMENT(S): Draft of the INFORMATION CONTACT: Manager's Office OFF Grant Proposal TELEPHONE NUMBER- Hillsborough - 732 -8181 Chapel Hill - 968 -4501 Mebane - 227 -2031 Durham - 688 -7331 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PURPOSE: To update the Board on the developments of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation- Opportunities for Families Fund (OFF) proposal before the August 1, 1991 submission deadline. 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 a $20,000 planning grant 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 their final proposals. Counties will be notified of the awards in November, 1991. At the March 20, 1991 meeting the Board approved a contract with the Center For Early Adolescents to develop the final proposal. The Center For Early Adolescence and the OFF Planning Committee have developed a draft final proposal.