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a, <br />0 <br />i <br />O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 19, 1992 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # V= A <br />SUBJECT: Final Report from the Task Force for the <br />Future <br />of Human Services <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Albert Kittrell, Extension 2300 <br />Final Report <br />Margaret Henderson, Extension 2315 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967- 9251/968 -4501 <br />PURPOSE: <br />To present to the Board the findings and <br />recommendations from the Task Force for the Future of <br />Human Services. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Task Force for the Future of Human Services is an <br />ad hoc committee formed of representatives from the <br />Orange County Human Services Advisory Commission, <br />Chapel Hill's and Carrboro's Human Services Advisory <br />Boards, the United Way Board, and the Association of <br />Community Agencies. The Task Force began meeting <br />monthly in May, 1991, and will disband as its work is <br />completed this summer. <br />The charge of the Task Force was to: <br />(1) -- foster agreement on a..basic philosophy to govern <br />-- delivery of human services, <br />(2) promote the development of an information base <br />for planning and decision- making, <br />(3) develop a mechanism for identifying human service <br />priorities, and <br />(4) facilitate communication, coordination, and joint <br />action in responding to these priorities. <br />This Task Force represents the first time that <br />representatives from the five human service <br />provider /funder groups in the County have met <br />regularly to discuss common concerns. This final <br />report is physical evidence of the Task Force's work, <br />but these opportunities for communication have <br />