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2 ~ . <br />OINT ORANGE-CHATHAM COMMUNITY ACTION, INC. <br />P.O. IlOx 27 • Pr11sBOR0, NORTH CAROr.IIW 27312 •(919) 542rL781 • FAX p19) 542-0363 • (ORANGE COUNTY (919) 929-0494) <br />Grote M. ~viLUA~rs <br />October 15, 1998 <br />Ms. Margaret Brown, Chairperson <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Post Off ce Box 8181 <br />Iiillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />Dear Commissioner Brown: <br />D CvGO~IC~ ~ <br />OCT 2 01598 D <br />This.correspondence is written to advise you that I, along with other members of <br />the JOCCA Board of Directors, plan to appear before the Board of Commissioners at its <br />November 4, 1998 meeting. <br />JOCCA is a thirty-two (32) year old nonprofit human service organization <br />established by the Boards of Commissioners of Orange and Chatham counties to address <br />the causes and conditions that contribute to poverty in the two county area. <br />You may recall that we appeared at an earlier meeting and at that time, you and <br />the Commissioners were advised that we planned to return after our fiscal year 1998 audit <br />was completed. <br />The gurpose of our appearance will be to request consideration for cone-time <br />allocation to JOCCA, Inc. to address the agency's financial deficit. <br />. JOCCA's Board of Directors will make a brief presentation to the Commissioners <br />to provide background information on the agency's history, current programs and <br />services, and financial condition <br />JOCCA has accumulated a budget deficit and/or shortfall in its restricted net assets <br />due to the following reasons: <br />o New FAS-B Audit regulations were instituted by IRS in 1996 that required <br />JOCCA to incorporate its wholly owned subsidiary, Orange Chatham <br />Home Repair, Inc.(OCHR), into JOCCA's audit. The net assets (deficit) <br />at June 30, 1997 included OCHR's deficit. OCHR, Inc. is currently being <br />dissolved. <br />~,~~. <br />~~ <br />A UNITED WAY AGENCY <br />