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12/14/2015
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Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency, Inc. <br />Community Services Block Grant Program <br />Fiscal Year 2016 -17 Application for Funding <br />OEO Form 210 <br />Agency Strategy for Eliminating Poverty <br />Planning Period: 07/01/2016 - 06/30/2019 <br />Section I: Identification of the Problem (use additional sheets if necessary) <br />1. Give the Poverty Cause name(s), rank the poverty cause(s) and identify which one(s) the <br />agency will address. <br />Assess poverty needs and conditions within the community facing low- income participants related <br />to a) no or underemployment, b) little or no education or vocational skills and c) no or substandard <br />housing. SRCAA will provide supportive services for families or individuals to develop occupational <br />and life skills to increase income so they may rise above the income poverty level. <br />SRCAA Family Services will use the Family Development approach to partner with participants and <br />the community to: <br />• Develop /Sustain a strategy to address those needs, both immediate and longer <br />term, in the context of existing resources and opportunities in the community; <br />• Identify specific outcomes to be achieved among low- income people and the <br />community; and <br />• Organize and implement program services, and activities, such as advocacy, <br />support and guidance within the agency and among "partnering" organizations, to <br />achieve anticipated results. <br />2. Describe the poverty cause(s) in detail in the community with appropriate statistical data <br />(include data sources). Explain why the problem exists. Identify the segment of the <br />population and give the number of people experiencing the problem. Explain how the <br />persons are adversely affected. <br />Socio /economic factors such as working below the poverty wage rate, in addition to the need for <br />occupational skills development, impacts communities and the ability of residents to gain, maintain <br />or improve employment options, consequently creating the foundation of poverty. <br />The population of North Carolina is estimated to be 9,943,964 as of 2014 according to the United <br />States' Census Bureau. Rowan County's population estimate is 138,630 and Cabarrus County <br />which is more densely populated is 192,103. The median income in NC is $46,334 and is lower in <br />Rowan than Cabarrus by over $12,000. Rowan County's median income is $41,495 and Cabarrus <br />County's median income is $53,551. The current rate of unemployment of North Carolina is 5.8 %, <br />Rowan County's current unemployment rate 5.6% and Cabarrus County's current rate of <br />unemployment is 4.9 %. For the purposes of this grant whose participants must be income eligible, <br />18.8% of Rowan's population is below the poverty level and 13.2% of Cabarrus' population is <br />under the poverty level. <br />Fiscal Year 2016 -17 Community Services Block Grant Application <br />Page 15 of 28 Attachment number 2 \n <br />F -11 Page 301 <br />
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