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i. We are using National Family Caregiver Grant funding to hire an assistant to work with the R Place Respite program. Abby is an MSW student in the 3-year program, she will be working a few hours a week. e. Employment Specialist i. We are actively looking for a person to continue the work of Mike Komives and most recently Liz Bonus-Blankenship. While we are in this recruitment phase, Robert Bradford, our other Employment Specialist who is leading our MAP workgroup efforts, will be temporarily assisting folks with inquiries for job assistance. If you come across someone who is interested, please let Janice know. If we do not fill in the next 2-3 weeks, we may post the position. The position is 10 hours a week. 5. Early Voting at Seymour Center and Election Day voting at Passmore Center a. It will be very crowded at the Seymour Center with the local elections and early voting.There will be a lot of people coming through the center. The Passmore Center is a voting precinct and will be very busy on Election Day. 6. Asset Management Services (AMS) projects for FY 24 a. Janice reported that we have turned in next year's budget with our list of things that we need regarding our building, kitchen equip, windows, etc. We are getting on AMS' list so they can put together their budget. b. Janice encouraged everyone to take notice of the new furniture at Seymour. It brightens the place up. The furniture was purchased with grant money and gives the lobby a facelift. Passmore utilized funds to purchase new, lightweight tables. 7. Direct Care Worker Awards a. The Awards will take place on Thursday, Nov. 9, from 4:30—6 pm, at the Seymour Center. Mark your calendars. Ann Bradford is involved with the Direct Care Worker Awards and reported that the Awards' committee extended the nomination deadline to allow for more nominations to come in. This has been the case in years past as well. Old Business 8. Five-Year Strategic Plan for Orange County and MAP a. Orange County is putting together a 5-year strategic plan. Janice, and other department directors, will spend a day with commissioners and a day with department directors in sub- committees to discuss the survey results for the plan. Janice will also be working with MAP leaders to pull out key goals and strategies that we hope will be included in the County strategic plan. We will see what gets into the plan. 9. Community Health Assessment— Focus Groups are now being scheduled. a. The survey closed with 540 surveys completed. Thanks to all who completed the survey. The Health Department is now moving to the focus group component. Janice encouraged them to do a focus group in Mandarin on Nov 30, at 10 am. There will be multiple focus groups throughout the County, including one at the Passmore Center on Oct 30, at 10:30 am and the Seymour Center on Nov. 2 at 10 am. b. Another strategic planning effort is the revision of the County Land Use Ordinance and Janice is a part of the workgroup. A community workshop talking about the land use plan will take place at the Bonnie B Davis Center on Oct 26. It is important that our communities of color are reached for input. New Business 10. Elect a Vice-Chair