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i~- Outside Agency Descriptions -continued Joint Orange-Chatham Community Action (JOCCA) JOCCA provides services to very low-income families and individuals with the goal of improving their quality of every day life. JOCCA offers the following services (1) nutrition and aging; (2) self-sufficiency services; (3) job training and employment; (4) community based assistance and teen court for youth offenders; and (5) energy conservation/weatherization and heating assistance. Increased funding for fiscal year 2007-08 will allow JOCCA to increase the numbers of meals it will serve to seniors at the new Seymour Senior Center in Chapel Hill. KidsCope KidScope is an early intervention program that offers services to young children who are experiencing social, emotional, and/or behavioral difficulties. Main service components include individual play therapy with children, customized counseling and education for families, technical assistance and training for child care providers, service coordination and a therapeutic preschool program. Leaflight The Leaflight, Inc. is an educational and scientific, charitable and religious nonprofit corporation whose mission is sustainable development. Leaflight will design, implement and evaluate a 21st Century Farmers' Market payment system for Orange and Durham Counties farmers' market operations and customers. The project's main effort is to help all limited resource households in Orange and Durham Counties utilize Electronic Benefits Transfer Food Stamp Program (EBT FSP) to access fresh nutritious food at area farmers' markets. Literacy Council The Orange County Literacy Council (OCLC) provides tuition-free instruction to adults who want to improve their skills in reading, writing, basic math and/or computer-based literacy. Trained volunteers provide individual tutoring and lead small group classes in a variety of public settings. Mental Health Association The Mental Health Association in Orange County promotes positive mental health through advocacy, education, collaboration and service. The Association supports activities to improve services to citizens who have a mental illness or emotional disturbance. This grant will be used to support the Compeer Program, which coordinates friendship matches between volunteers and mentally ill adults to address the social isolation that is often prevalent in mental illness. Middle School After School Program The Middle School After School Program (MBAs) provides educational, social and recreational activities for middle school students during the after school hours from 3:OOpm to 6:OOpm. This program is offered at all middle schools in the Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Districts. Increased funding for fiscal year 2007-08 will allow MSAS to expand its programming for Gravelly Hills Middle School in the Orange County School District. Orange-Chatham Alternative Sentencing Orange-Chatham Alternative Sentencing (OCAS) provides critical information to the judiciary and probations officers, magistrates, jailers, and other judicial officials so that they may make more informed decisions regarding the rehabilitation or release of Pretrial inmates in the 15-B County Jails. Page5of8