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MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES <br /> May 17,2021 <br /> THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MET ON MONDAY: May 17, 2021 virtually. <br /> BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MEMBERS PRESENT: Tamara Dempsey-Tanner, Pat Garavaglia, Earl <br /> McKee and Jane Garrett. <br /> GUEST: None. <br /> BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES MEMBERS ABSENT: None. <br /> STAFF PRESENT: Nancy Coston, Director; Lindsey Shewmaker, Human Services Manager; Sharron Hinton, <br /> Human Services Program Manager; Crystal Mitchell, Human Services Program Manager; and Brittany Mann, <br /> Child Welfare Program Manager. <br /> I. Call to Order and Introductions <br /> DSS Chair, Tamara Dempsey-Tanner, called the meeting to order at 4:04 pm. <br /> II. Board Comments <br /> Pat Garavaglia informed the Board that Friends of DSS received a grant for $25,000 from the Oakleaf <br /> Foundation for a program called Dress to Impress. This will allow clients working with Social Services <br /> to receive a gift card of$250 to Kohl's to purchase work clothing. <br /> Ms. Garavaglia also mentioned a situation she heard from someone at Legal Aid in which a client in <br /> Warren County had been evicted even after receiving funds for rental assistance through a COVID <br /> program and wondered if this was happening in Orange County. Nancy Coston responded that Orange <br /> County has several programs for rental assistance and eviction diversion as well as the Department of <br /> Human Rights which helps litigate fair housing issues. <br /> Ms. Garavaglia asked when the Board might be able to meet in person. Ms. Coston responded that all <br /> the current protocols for the county are still currently in place, including mask requirements. <br /> Tamara Dempsey-Tanner noted that she attended the Town Hall last week in Orange County on <br /> behavioral health. Several management staff from Alliance attended and answered questions about <br /> the transition from Cardinal. <br /> III. Public Comments <br /> None. <br /> IV. Agenda Changes <br /> None. <br /> V. Action Items <br /> On a motion by Pat Garavaglia, the Board approved the minutes of April 2021. Jane Garrett seconded <br /> the motion. The motion was carried without dissent. <br /> I <br />