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oRANCE courarY <br />BOARD OF GOMMISSIONERB <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM A85TRACT <br />Mee[Ing Date: December 11, 2001 <br />Action Agentla <br />Item NO. Il7-~t _ <br />SUBJECT: Emergency Assistance Progrems <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager and Social PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N( No <br />Services <br />ATTACHMENT(S); INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Dreft Orenge Cqunry Emergency Sharon Hlnbn, eat. 2302 <br />Assistance Programs Status Report NencV Colton eM. 2802 <br />(antler seperete cover) TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough ]32-8781 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-0501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 338-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receiveatlraft report on the increasing emergency needs of tow-income <br />families in Orange County. <br />BADKGROUND: On November 14, 2001, the County Manager arganpetl a work session with <br />local utility companies, Social Services end non-profit agencies to itleney Ne current nestle antl <br />issues relatetl to provitling emergency services, particularly u4lNies, to low-Income resitlents. <br />The repreaematives at the meeting provided information about the current economic sdue[lon in <br />the County, the demantl for emergency services, the actions being liken by utllly companies to <br />address the neetls, and the resoumes available from the charitable and public grganivations to <br />serve these families. The group also made some recommendations to help atltlress these <br />neetls. <br />The attachetl tlreft report is a summary of the cunrent progremming eROds of the agencies end <br />utility companies represented. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Although mere is no 5nanciel impact associatetl wdh this repod,the <br />BoeN of Commissioners approvetl an additional allocation of $30,000 to the Department of <br />Social Services a[ Me December 3, 2001 meeting to atltlress some of [he Incresaetl tlemantl. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager rewmmentls that the BOaN accept the draft report as <br />informatlon. <br />