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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES <br />October 18, 2021 <br />1 <br /> <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MET ON MONDAY: October 18, 2021 virtually <br /> <br />BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MEMBERS PRESENT: Pat Garavaglia, Jane Garrett, and Oscar Fleming <br /> <br />GUEST: None <br /> <br />BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MEMBERS ABSENT: Earl McKee <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Nancy Coston, Director; Sharron Hinton, Human Services Manager; Crystal Mitchell, Child <br />Welfare Manager and Brittany Mann, Social Work Program Manager <br /> <br />I. Call to Order and Introductions <br /> <br />DSS Chair, Pat Garavaglia, called the meeting to order at 4:06 pm. <br /> <br />II. Board Comments <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />III. Public Comments <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />IV. Agenda Changes <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />V. Action Items <br /> <br />On a motion by Jane Garrett, the Board approved the minutes of September 2021. Oscar Fleming <br />seconded the motion. The motion was carried without dissent. <br /> <br />VI. Items for Discussion and/or Decision <br /> <br />1. Holiday Program <br />Sharron Hinton provided an overview of the Holiday Programs for 2021. OCDSS will offer the Share <br />Your Holiday sponsorship program. This will operate as it has in years past. Staff in our Child <br />Welfare, Employment Services, Adult Services, Adolescent Parenting, and Child Care programs <br />refer families they are working with. OCDSS recruits individuals, businesses, and churches in the <br />community to sponsor a child or adult. Gifts will be turned in the first weekend of December at <br />Southern Human Services Center or Hillsborough Commons. <br /> <br />Our second holiday program we will offer this year is Toy Chest. Ms. Hinton explained OCDSS is a <br />Toys for Tots partner site. We typically distribute 75-90 boxes for toy collection to businesses <br />throughout the Orange County area; we are in process of reaching out to local businesses. Ms. <br />Hinton shared we also accept monetary donations. <br /> <br />This year Toy Chest will be altered in response to the pandemic and to promote health and safety. <br />Toy Chest will be held the week of December 13-17th 2021. There will be an online registration for <br />families; if families are unable to register online they can call the office. Each family will be given an <br />appointment date/time. This year the program will only serve ages birth to 12 years old. If needed, <br />toys will be supplemented with gift cards. Each family will receive a gift card to Food Lion for food.