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! <br /> I Page Two <br /> Sixteen OFF Planning Grants Awarded <br /> <br /> The $20,000 OFF planning grants are just a begi~ing for the <br /> 20 counties involved in the OFF InitiatiVe. They will spend the <br /> next nine months planning and developing comprehensive efforts to <br /> implement structural reforms and improvements in their services <br /> for the poor. The best of these will then be selected for the <br /> larger awards. The aim is to spur positive changes in the <br /> efficiency and effectiveness of these services; to break through <br /> I obstacles and warring incentives; and to ensure that'such services <br /> capitalize upon every opportunity to improve the social <br /> well-being and economic independence of families in poverty. <br /> <br /> The Foundatio~ was established in 1936 and in the years since <br /> has made2'grants of over $165,000,000 in every county in the state. <br /> Its ExeCutive Director is Tom Lambeth and the Assistant Director <br /> who has r'eS~0nsibility for administration of the OFF project, is <br /> Joe Kilpatri~k. <br /> <br /> a:'-Fo~'-~i~{on~ information contact: <br /> <br /> '-'Joe K~patr~%k: (919)' 725-7541 or <br /> <br /> Lisa Cecil (919) 725-7541 <br /> <br />i =.-101 Regnolda Village · <br /> '--' Winston-Salem, NC 27106 <br /> <br /> <br />