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Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency, Inc. Community Services Block Grant Program Fiscal Year 2016 -17 Application for Funding OEO Form 210 Agency Strategy for Eliminating Poverty Planning Period: 07/01/2016 - 06/30/2019 Section I: Identification of the Problem (use additional sheets if necessary) 1. Give the Poverty Cause name(s), rank the poverty cause(s) and identify which one(s) the agency will address. Assess poverty needs and conditions within the community facing low- income participants related to a) no or underemployment, b) little or no education or vocational skills and c) no or substandard housing. SRCAA will provide supportive services for families or individuals to develop occupational and life skills to increase income so they may rise above the income poverty level. SRCAA Family Services will use the Family Development approach to partner with participants and the community to: • Develop /Sustain a strategy to address those needs, both immediate and longer term, in the context of existing resources and opportunities in the community; • Identify specific outcomes to be achieved among low- income people and the community; and • Organize and implement program services, and activities, such as advocacy, support and guidance within the agency and among "partnering" organizations, to achieve anticipated results. 2. Describe the poverty cause(s) in detail in the community with appropriate statistical data (include data sources). Explain why the problem exists. Identify the segment of the population and give the number of people experiencing the problem. Explain how the persons are adversely affected. Socio /economic factors such as working below the poverty wage rate, in addition to the need for occupational skills development, impacts communities and the ability of residents to gain, maintain or improve employment options, consequently creating the foundation of poverty. The population of North Carolina is estimated to be 9,943,964 as of 2014 according to the United States' Census Bureau. Rowan County's population estimate is 138,630 and Cabarrus County which is more densely populated is 192,103. The median income in NC is $46,334 and is lower in Rowan than Cabarrus by over $12,000. Rowan County's median income is $41,495 and Cabarrus County's median income is $53,551. The current rate of unemployment of North Carolina is 5.8 %, Rowan County's current unemployment rate 5.6% and Cabarrus County's current rate of unemployment is 4.9 %. For the purposes of this grant whose participants must be income eligible, 18.8% of Rowan's population is below the poverty level and 13.2% of Cabarrus' population is under the poverty level. Fiscal Year 2016 -17 Community Services Block Grant Application Page 15 of 28 Attachment number 2 \n F -11 Page 301