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Count), Status: As part of the development of your plan, one o£the first decisions to be made is whether your county will seek electing county or standard county status. For definitions and descriptions of Standard and Electing counties, see NCGS I08A-27.3 and 108A-27.4. .Each ~ounty must notify DHHS by September 29, 2000 whether they wish to be a Standard or an Electing county for Work First. Use the attached form to notify the State of your decision regarding whether to seek electing or standard county status. Requests for Standard or Electing County status must be approved by the county commissioners with at least two thirds voting in favor. Electing County plans will be evaluated by the State DH/IS and Electing Counties will be designated by the General Assembly. Therefore, the State DHHS will not be able to advise counties o£the outcome of the electing county selection process until final approval of electing counties has been made by the General Assembly. County Plan Model: To help in your planning process, we have developed the attached model. Your plan should be developed in the same or substantially similar format as the model. You may add more information if you choose. An electronic copy of the model is available from your Work First Representative. Public Comment: Another important thing to remember as you are developing your loca[ schedule for plan development is the Statutory requirement at NCGS 108A-27.4 and 27.7 to provide the public with an opportunity to review and comment upon the plan. The.law does not specify the length of time your plan must be available for review and comment. That is a local decision. Contact Person: When you notify us of your status request, please also de~igna~3r~a~.~on~tact v~rson to receive all correspondence from the Division of Social Services d~ing the planning process. The State Plan: I encourage your county planning committee and county staffto review the current State Work First Plan and make commen~s and suggestions. The current plan can be found on the Interact at http://www, dh~hs.state.nc.us/dss/ei/ei_hm.htm. NC DHHS staffwill be working this fall to develop a new State Plan that will be submitted to the Genera[ Assembly early next year. Comments and suggestions should be addressed to: Pheon Beal, Chief Economic Independence Section ' NC Division of Social Services · 325 N. Salisbury St. 2420 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-2420 Deadlines: A timeline chart is attached to this letter that summarizes the deadlines established for the planning process at both the county and state levels. The State Plan is due to the General Assembly in April 2001. In order to meet this deadline and provide a 45 day public comment period, county plans are due to the DHHS by Dece~.b, E[~!.;,..;~00.1~< By the end of January, 2001, the Division of Social Services will complete its review of county plans and will make its recommendation to the General Assembly regarding designation of Electing Counties.