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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 6, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. Cj - ~ <br />SUBJECT: Acceptance of Grant Funds To Continue Citizen Corps Council and Community <br />Emergency Response Team Proqrams <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Grant Award Notification <br />Memorandum of Agreement <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Jack Ball or Eric Griffin, 968-2050 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider accepting a federally funded, state pass-through grant in the amount <br />of $9,500 to continue the Citizen Corps Council and Community Emergency Response Team <br />programs within Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: On September 2, 2003, the Board of County Commissioners accepted two <br />separate grants to establish the Citizen Corps Council (CCC) program and the Community <br />Emergency Response Team (CERT) program. The amount of the two grants totaled $12,500. <br />The North Carolina Division of Emergency Management notified Orange County Emergency <br />Management on November 15, 2004 of a grant award to continue the County's existing CCC <br />and CERT programs. The continuation grant is 100% federal, State pass-through funding <br />through the 2004 State Homeland Security Grant Program. No match is required for these <br />funds and the County was not required to submit an application for grant funding. <br />Citizen Corps Council <br />The Orange County Citizen Corps Council program serves as a forum far emergency service <br />agencies and volunteer placement agencies to cooperate in utilizing volunteers in order to <br />reduce reliance on paid staff in appropriate areas. In the past year, the Orange County Citizen <br />Corps Council utilized its meetings to 1) determine how best to appropriately use volunteers, <br />2) prevent duplication of effort in community personal injury outreach initiatives, and 3) work <br />toward forming partnerships to apply for other grant funding. The Citizen Corps Council <br />program is still in its infancy, but has already assisted agencies in determining how to share <br />personnel on projects such as the Child Safety Seat checks. Also, the functioning of the CCC is <br />a prerequisite for Orange County's receipt of certain other federal funding such as the <br />Community Emergency Response Team program and Public Health's Medical Reserve Corps <br />program. <br />