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A. <br />O R A N G E CO U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: JUNE 25, 1991 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # <br />SUBJECT: ORANGE COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATION PROJECT <br />DEPARTMENT: SHERIFF <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />PROJECT PURPOSE AND POSITION <br />RESPONSIBILITIES <br />PROJECT SERVICES SUMMARY <br />VICTIM SURVIVAL CARD <br />PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />MAJOR DON TRUELOVE, EXTENSION 2911 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967- 9251/968 -4501 <br />PURPOSE: To provide a report, for information only, concerning <br />the current status and impact on the community of the <br />new Domestic Violence Coordination Project ,and the <br />services it provides to victims. <br />BACKGROUND: This project was established out of community and <br />agency concerns to provide a coordinated response to <br />address the needs of victims of family violence. <br />The project is funded through the county, under a two <br />year federal "Victims of Crime Act" grant with the <br />Governor's Crime Commission. It is administered <br />locally through the Sheriff's Department, and receives <br />advisory support from the Domestic Violence Advisory <br />Board. A domestic violence coordinator was hired and <br />began working in September of 1990. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Receive the report as information only. <br />