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Salisbury -Rowan Canmmiy, Action Agency, Inc. Community Services Block Grant Program Fiscal Year 2018-19 Application for Funding OEO Form 210 Agency Strategy for Eliminating Poverty Planning Period: iutyl n1fi—hmean9n�n Section I: Identification of the Problem (use additional shoats if necessary) 1. Give the Poverty Cause name(s), rank the poverty cause(s) and identify which one(s) the agency will address. A) no or underemployment, B) little or no education or vocational skills and C) no or substandard housing. SRCAA will provide supportive services for families or individuals to develop occupational and life skills to increase income so they may rise above the income poverty level. SRCAA's Family Services will use the Family Development approach to partner with participants and the community to: • Develop/Sustain a strategy to address those needs, both immediate and longer term, in the context of existing resources and opportunities in the community; • Identify specific outcomes to be achieved among low-income people and the community; and • Organize and implement program services, and activities, such as advocacy, support and guidance within the agency and among "partnering" organizations, to achieve anticipated results. 2. Describe the poverty cause(s) in detail in the community with appropriate statistical data (include data sources). Socioleconomic factors such as working below the poverty wage rate, in addition to the need for occupational skills development, impacts communities and the ability of residents to gain, maintain or improve employment options, consequently creating the foundation of poverty. According to the United States' Census bureau, the estimated population in Rowan County for 2016 was 139,933. Of that population 17.3% or 24,208 were living in poverty. In Cabarrus County the estimated population for 2016 was 201,590. Of that population 10% or 20,159 were living in poverty - Fiscal Year 2010-19 Community Services Black Grant Application Page 17 of 37 Attachment number 2 \n F-6 Page 105