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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: February 3, 1992 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # Vir-A <br />SUBJECT: Status Report on Developing a Human Services <br />Strategic Planning Process <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: Yes S No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Albert Kittrell, Extension 2300 <br />Status Report Margaret Henderson, Extension 2315 <br />Task Force Roster <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 update the Board on the activities of the Task <br />Force for the Future of Human Services. <br />BACKGROUND: One of the County Commissioners' goals from the 1991 <br />retreat was to develop an approach to achieve optimal <br />communication and coordination of services among <br />public and private nonprofit human services agencies. <br />Other providers and funders within the county wanted <br />to work together to achieve this objective. <br />The Task Force began meeting monthly in May, 1991. <br />Margaret Henderson, an intern from the Masters in <br />Public Administration Program at U.N.C., has been <br />providing staff support for the project since <br />September, 1991. Her salary is shared by the United <br />Way and Orange County. <br />The Task Force for the Future of Human Services is an <br />ad hoc committee comprised of members from the County <br />Human Services Advisory Commission, Chapel Hill's and <br />Carrboro's Human Services Advisory Boards, the United <br />Way Board, and the Association of Community Agencies. <br />I <br />