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Salisbury-Rowan Community Service Council 9/16/94 - Homeless Task Force (of which Carolyn Carpenter was Chairman) asked Board to request that services through the Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) program be made available to Cabarms County and that the Salisbury-Rowan Community Service Council (SRCSC) be considered for administering funds in Cabarms County. Letter of request sent to the Governor. 4/3/95 - Carolyn Carpenter reported to the Board that $80,278 in CSBG funds for Cabarrus County had been included in the annual appropriation to SRCSC. Plans were for SRCSC to use the funding to hire a caseworker to work with the homeless and/or low income residents of Cabarrus County in addressing such issues as employment, housing, and self- sufficiency. She advised that 3 members would be added to the SRCSC Board, including Dan Carl (representing Cabarms Cooperative Christian Ministry) and Greg Stewart (representing the low-income community). Further, Carolyn advised that the Homeless Task Force had asked that she be appointed as the third member. Board voted to appoint Carolyn for a term ending April 30, 1996. 9/16/96 - Mike Murphy reported at Board meeting that the State Division of Energy had consolidated Cabarrus County with Rowan County for weatherization services and had appointed the SRCSC as the lead agency. It was reported at that time that Cabarms County members on the SRCSC Board were Carolyn Carpenter (Board's appointee), Mr. Greg Stewart and Mr. Tony Sanders. Carolyn's term had ended in April; therefore, the Board appointed Mike Murphy as its representative on the SRCSC due to the the County's weatherization funding being administered by that organization. Current Status per Mike Murphy: There are 24 members on the SRCSC Board. The organization is currently in the process of restructuring and reorganizing and has experienced budget problems. The director at the time Cabarms County joined the program retired, the next director left after a short time and a staff member currently serves as interim director. The group is looking at new by-laws. Membership consists of 1/3 public members, 1/3 private and 1/3 representing the poor community. SRSCS has a $9 million budget (State and Federal funds) and runs programs in six counties with a little less than half being used to fund Head Start programs. Other programs include fuel assistance, education, employment training, job training - most of which is spent outside of Cabarms County. Programs receiving funding in Cabarms County include weatherization, employment training, fuel assistance. (Talked with Jim Cook, he is not aware of services by SRCSC in Cabarrus County.) Efforts are currently under way with the State to insure that Cabarrus County's share of weatherization funds is used within Cabarrus County and not Rowan County. The Board of Directors meets monthly on the third Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. at the SRCSC office on South Banks Street in Salisbury. There are also called meetings and committee meetings.