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J~7 said that she might be referring to the Summer Youth Leadership Development Institute or Youth Voices. She said that Sharon Hinton and Cooperative Extension put this together. About three years ago a challenge grant came from the Triangle United Way that had particular interest in doing something for youth from the central and northern end of the County. The challenge grant (approximately $10,000) was used for the first summer youth program. This program grew to become a construct of the Manager's office, Cooperative Extension, Human Rights and Relations, and Recreation and Parks. They will be entering the 4~h summer of this program and they bring in 15 youth, and they would like to expand this. .lohn Link said that the whole issue of a structure for youth has been around since 1992 when there was a Youth Summit at Orange High School. The outcome of that was that a Youth Coordinator was requested.. He said that they have some new players trying to address youth needs such as the Boys and Girls Club in Orange County and the Sportsplex, He thinks the County needs to continue to focus on youth services in some farm. Commissioner Foushee said that it seems that the looming unresolved issues are not looming anymore and they are not where they were four years ago. She would like to determine how to better use resources that are now available, add more to the outcomes, and take away from the unresolved issues. Commissioner Gordon supported what Commissioner Foushee said and said that this is a good chance to update what they have done for youth services. Commissioner Halkiotis said that they need to be careful because the seniors get concerned and upset when they hear about the Sportsplex becoming the end all to solve all juvenile issues and youth services problems. They may need to do something to meet the youth needs, but not at the cost of the seniors. Chair Jacobs said that part of the tension was the talk of the seniors sharing space with the children. Commissioner Gordon said that the timing is important since the seniors will probably be there in the day and the youth would be there later on in the day. Chair Jacobs made reference to the Joint Master Aging Plan and said that it relates to the strategic plan for the Health Department, Recreation and Parks, and the strategic plan for janitorial services. He read from the document, as follows: "Need for additional senior center staff, operate the new senior centers. Both centers will be larger, have expanded use hours, and have computerized facility management and registration." He wants to put a number to all of this because it sounds like someone is assuming that this is all a done deal. John Link would like to put a number to this also. Chair Jacobs said that he wants to be careful about asking volunteers to raise money for County functions, publications, or signage. He said that it is unreasonable to ask senior citizens to raise money for a County publication, John Link said that he has checked this out with staff, and there will not be any further staff encouraging seniors or other volunteers to raise money.. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he asked about the publication coordination because he saw it being done. He wants a report back on all of the publications that County government is engaged in, the publication budget, and whether the County is being efficient in communications, He suggested having some scrolling information on TV. Chair Jacobs said that they could with, the school systems, jointly produce publications and possibly get a better price from someone who does the printing. Gwen Harvey said that she followed up into using DTCC and printing options. She spoke with Wendy Wallace, VP for Publications, and they do two types of publications and they have a cost effective relationship with two vendors in Durham. Chair Jacobs asked Social Services Director Nancy Coston about the Workfirst Annual Report and the concerns about federal cuts. He asked her to track what the federal cuts are