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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAI. ORANGE COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER SERVICES CONTRACT i. General CompanY_Information -Orange Enterprises (OE) is a CARF- (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities - a national accreditation agency) accredited community rehabilitation prograni celebrating its 30`h year of service provision for persons with employment bazriers, Our mission is maximising the vocational potential for these individuals.. We aze a 501 C-3 organization funded by a vaziety of sources, About 34 percent ofour income is self-generated tlu°ough contract work. The other income is prunarily fee for service. United Way and the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro contribute to the agency. Orange County provides $43,175 annually and also provides the building and maintenance of that building, We began operations as a publicly funded operation (a part of Orange Person Chatham Mental Health Center) and became a private, non-profit agency in September, 1986. OE feels that assuming the animal shelter services contract fts within our mission for the following reasons: It will provide us with evaluation sites that are community-based and integrated. We have between 35 and 40 students who are currently working on an occupational course of study towards a high school diploma. Without this course of study, these students would either be drop-outs or leave school with a certificate of attendance. This course of study requires volunteer and paid employment hours, This will allow us to pro~ride some of these hours. It will also allow us to provide acommunity-based site for vocational evaluation, a service that we currently provide in-house for North Carolina Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, It will allow for potential paid employment in an integrated, community-based work site for our clients. e It will broaden our fmancial base. The more sources of income a company has, the better off a company is and the more services can be provided. m We will be able to spread our administrative income over a wider base of funding and fiuther strengthen our' fmancial viability. • It will allow us to hire a human resources professional. We currently have 42 full-time workers (Nine located in our Winston-Salem operation) and with the addition of staff; we will fall under the FMLA and also have to do more extensive f~,ffirmative Action programming. We currently do not have the level of expertise on staff needed to assure compliance with all rules and regulations. While OE does not have direct knowledge of animal shelter operations; we have had"a'great deal of'siicce5s "in establi"suing po"sitive relationships with the general public and with other agencies. Orange County would be purchasing this reputation as well as our expertise in agency management, customer relations, fmancial responsibility, achieving national accreditation, setting policies and