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CABARRUS COUNTY Department o[ Social Services P. O. Box ~ Concord, NOrth Carolina 28025 December 02, 1977 ~lr. Charles ~lcGinnis Cabarrus County [tanager 77 Union Street, Sonth Concord, North Carolina 28025 lie: Closing of Kannapolis Food Stamp OFffice Dear bSr. McGinnis: In ,January 1975, Mien the unemployment of our connry was high, and the number of Pood Stamp applicants increased, a satell established to assist the people in getting their assistance as soon as possible. The office is located in the courtroom in Kannapolis and is opened four days a i~eek bet~een the I:ours of 9:00 aod 4:00. At the time of its creation, this office ~,,as a tremendous asset to our office and very help£ul to the people in that parr cf oar county. Igc are no~ asking that a second look be taken re see if the need For this office still exists or if ~e can better serve the county by allocating oar manpower re more intensive investigations and help reduce the abuse in this program. Perhaps some of tile ffollo~ing t~ill 2ustify our concern over tile continuance of this office. (1) I~'e are required to transport tile telepbone, Files, and materials back and forth daily as there is no meaas of secur- ing this information in the orifice. (2) The workers, not baying access to records, must tic op a great deal of the clerical staff time by calling on each case and llaving them give aeeded i~formation via the telephoae. (3) Since the records must be kept in tile Concord office for security, clients i~ho do not have all of the required informa- tion the day they apply, must still 1. ravel to the Concord office to complete their applicatiou. They must also come to Concord to inquire about other services available to them. Many of tbem prefer tO come to Concord initially and handle all of their busi- nesses with us at the same time.