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FINAL REPORT OF THE 21ST CENTURY COMMITTEE A. BACKGROUND The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners on February 4, 1991 agreed to establish the Human Services Committee (now called the 21st Centu- ry Committee) to consider the following tasks: Review operations of current publicly supported human ser- vices in Cabarrus County and make a recommendation on future capital needs. Methods of funding new capital pro- jects should be made. In working on this issue, the committee should examine the feasibility of co-locating human service providers into a user friendly human services campus complex. Make recommendations to the County Commission on future County funding for human services. In working on this task the committee should: Study which human services should be started or increased in the public school system. Ex~mlne services that may be preventative in nature. Make a recommendation to the County Commission for a mechanism to do on-going planning for human services in Cabm'r as County. At its meeting on March 4, 1991, the Board made the following appoint- ments to the Committee: Reverend Bob Sessum, Ms. Gall Linker, Ms. Jan Odell, Dr. Herb Smith, Mr. Rod Duncan, Ms. Betty Jewell, Ms. Vemice Morgan, Ms. Martha Macon, Dr. David Lockhart, and Mr. Dick Snyder. At a subsequent meeting of the Committee Dr. Herb Smith was selected as chair of the Commit- tee. The department heads of mental health, social services, health and aging were asked to provide staff support to the Committee. During the Spring of 1991, a number of Committee meetings were held where discussions related to the provision of services, the nature of services provided, the location of such services, the need for additional services, clarifl-