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NC S0S PROGRPt',I Fax :919-662-4653 Oct ~1 '96 State of North Carolina Office of the Governor 15: 55 P. 02/02 For Rele~.~: [MM'EDf~TE Contact: Date: Phone:. (919) 733-5612 · -' Gev. ltont announces lselp for at-risk students in C.~barrus County CI-L~RLOITE - The SOS nfter-schoo! crime prevention p~ogrnm xvili be ~ or expanded in 19 counties including Caban-us, Gev. Jim Hunt mmotmcgd today. The legislature tilts summer al~eed to pcovi~ an additional one million dollars ia funding to expand the SOS program. The new SOS countie~ - Brunswick, Burke, Caba,mas, Chh.tiara, Granville; Mgon, M~li~n, Northampton, Once. Pender, Roc 'kinght~ and Washington -- will receive grants of $65,000 per yeo. r. germ counties akeady operating, suc~ SOS ptog~ms - Bin~len, Forw/lh, Leuoir, Line, o/n, Mecklenburg, ( Inion and WaJce - wflJ re~ive grants rangi~.g from $12,000 to $50,000 to e~p~41d their proRTttas. Cab~rc~ Cooperative Extension Service will use thc $65,000 grant to ~ 60 studenta a! $.N. Fde~ Mitldle Sehool. The "Goldminer$" program will provide students ~c support and hands-on ictivities, i~cluding time on computers and 4-H ttefivitie6. SOS has been lauded by the National Council of State Governments ~ a program that empl'msizes creativity over b,creaucn~y. in the t~t two 3'ears of $O$, vqluntee~ have donated more than 100,000 hou~ ll¢lping almost 6,000 stude, nt~ in 52 counties, ~ Ioe~l pro~ .a~s h~ve rnised more than $5 million in cash and in-kind con~budons. "80$ work~, It improv~ the grades and behavior of stxxieats at a critical time in their lives, My i~oal Is to have SOS in every c,~unty in North Carolina," Hunt said. "And wit~ conflntled widespread community ~upport wc can make it happen." Through SOS, students get help with homewofl~ aad a ~ ~O pazticip~ I.n int~p~ ~luM ~ ~d~cs ~ ~ ~, su~,i~d ~v~t. ~g~ ~t have ~e ~ co,,~nt to ~l~tt~r ~ 3OS ~ude · e No~ C~i~ lay~, ~e No~ Caol~ l~or ~, ~e Wo~,'s ~$iol~ Union of ~ B~ 9~e ~nvenfi~ ~e No~ ~olina N~CO~cs Law E~O~t ~s~fion and ~ O~ Neff S~te ~w ~fomem~t ~s ~s~iation. For mor~ irlformation golllact Pamela Dutch at 70~-792-0~,30. (Attctched is ct [i. st of the new and expanglon SOS county ~rogram.r.) 'Go~aor's Pt~a Office St~ Capitol, Rale~lSh, lqC 27~;03-1001 (919) 7~.~-5612 - 'roll Free 1-$00.6~2-7005 Post-it~ Fax Note 7671 Date ' ColDep~ ~ Co r