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CABARRUS COUNTY <br /> Department o[ ocia ervices <br /> <br /> ~oncord, ~orth Uamlina 2802fl-0¢~8 <br /> <br /> Telephone: {~04) 780-7141 ~ames ~. Cook, dr. <br /> Di~eeto~ <br /> <br /> November 12, 1987 <br /> <br />TO: Charles McGinnis, County Manager {~.~ <br />FROM: James F. Cook, .Ir., SoCial Services Directo <br /> <br /> Cabar~ua County Department of Social Services is requesting <br />permission of the County Commissioners to apply for and accept a federal <br />grant for $38,000 offered by our state department for an Independent <br />Living Project for foster children. This grant is 100% federal funds <br />with no matching funds required and would begin as soon as selection <br />occurs and terminate September 30, 1988. <br /> <br /> If we are one of the ten counties selected, we plan to hire a <br />temporary Social Worker I as one of the budgeted items in the grant <br />request. The purpose of tbis grant is to conduct demonstration projects <br />which offer training, counseling, and supportive services to prepare <br />those adolescents in foster care age sixteen and over for independent <br />living once they leave foster care. This certainly can have a positive <br />influence in our community by having a better prepared and productive <br />adult. <br /> <br /> We would appreciate your putting this on the agenda as soon as <br />possible. Thank you. <br /> <br /> <br />