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ORANGE COUNTY <br />COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER WEEK <br />AUGUST. 20 - 26, 2000 <br />WHEREAS, There is a significant number of residents and citizens in Orange County <br />who are currently medically underserved far a number of reasons, the most prominent of <br />which include geographical isolation, financial and/or language barriers, and an <br />insufficient number of health providers willing to serve them without regard to ability to <br />pay; and, <br />WHEREAS, The Piedmont Health Services, Inc. is a private, nonprofit corporation that <br />provide high quality comprehensive health raze to medically underserved people in <br />Orange and other counties; and, <br />WHEREAS, The Carrboro Health Center and Piedmont Women's Health Center serve <br />many Orange County residents and have made great strides in the Orange, County health <br />caze system specifically by maintaining a high standard of accountability, demonstrating <br />cost effectiveness, empowering our community to develop programs to its specific needs, <br />enhancing opportunities far children and families, and providing health caze services in <br />accessible low-cost culturally sensitive environments; and, <br />WHEREAS, The Carrboro Health Center and the Piedmont Women's Health Center have <br />also made a significant difference in the health care system by improving access to <br />quality care provided by trained professionals for the underserved by promoting <br />individual responsibility and health awazeness in the community, and offering primary <br />preventive care of the highest quality to reduce preventable deaths, costly disabilities, and <br />communicable diseases; and, <br />WHEREAS, Community Health Centers such as the Carrboro Health Center and the <br />Piedmont Women's Health Center promote 144% access and zero health disparities to <br />help achieve primary health care far everyone and end disparities. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE ORANGE COUNTYBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS do <br />hereby proclaim .the week of August 20 through 26, 2000 as "COMMUNITYHEALTH <br />CENTER WEE%" and urge our citizens to recognize the important contributions of the <br />Carrboro Health Center and the Piedmont Women's Health Center to the improvement of <br />the general quality of life of the residents of Orange County. <br />This resolution is adopted this day of August, 2000. <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />SEAL <br />