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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 18, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~~_ <br />SUBJECT: Re-establishment of The Orange Book <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Attachment I -Draft Sample Page <br />Attachment II -Status of Commissioners <br />Contingency Account <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Donna Baker, ext, 2130 <br />Sharron Hinton, ext. 2302 <br />Todd Jones, ext. 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To obtain approval from the Board to re-create and produce the "Orange Book", an <br />information and referral guide of local human services agencies. <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange Book, an information and referral guide was created in the <br />1980's to enable residents and agencies to locate community resources, It contained data <br />about County governmental offices and local human services agencies. The data included <br />general information about the organizations, a brief description of the services provided, agency <br />locations, telephone numbers, contact names, and any applicable fees, The Orange Baok was <br />produced in a 3-ring binder and divided by tabs, It had both alphabetical and topical indices <br />and included a listing of acronyms. <br />During the 1990's, the County contracted with the Orange County United Way to develop a <br />countywide, automated information and referral system that would enhance and replace the <br />Orange Book, Concurrently during this time, the Orange County United Way merged with the <br />surrounding United Ways in the Triangle area to form the Triangle United Way (TUW), The <br />information and referral project encountered several administrative problems and the County <br />ultimately discontinued its financial support. Triangle United Way continues its operation of the <br />automated information and referral system, now known as Triangle 211, <br />The Orange Book, as a printed document, has not been created in almost ten years, Interest <br />from the community has been expressed in re-creating the Orange Book, Staff, led by <br />Commissioner Margaret Brawn, has been researching the possibilities for producing the Orange <br />Book for distribution and access via the Internet, Production of the document involves the <br />following steps: <br />