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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
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ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: June 7, 1993
SUBJECT: Orange Enterprises-Additional Funding Request
DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X
ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert Kittrell
Correspondence From
Orange Enterprises, Inc. TELEPHONE NUMBER-
Hillsborough -732-8181
Chapel Hill -968-4501
Mebane -227-2031
Durham -688-7331
PURPOSE: To consider additional funding request from Orange
Enterprises, Inc.
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BACKGROUND: Orange Enterprises, Inc. is experiencing a large
deficit in funding this current fiscal year. Most of
the deficit is related to reduced contract revenue from
private companies that subcontract with Orange
Industries. Along with the attached information,
Kathryn Turner, Executive Director of Orange
Enterprises, Inc. , will present more specific budget
figures.
RECOMMENDATION(S) : As the Board decides.
Orange Enterprises, Inc.
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April 7, 1992 500 Volley Forge Rood
Hillsborough, NC 27278
919-732-8124
Mr. John Link, County Mgr.
Orange County
P. O. Box 8181
Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278
Dear John:
As you and I discussed, Orange Enterprises is facing a
significant loss of revenue this year. As of the end of
February we are $19,000 in arrears. Since our expenses are
fixed, additional revenue is our only recourse. State
funding traditionally never covers the full cost of any
program and we rely heavily on our contract income to make
up that difference.
This year has been a discouraging year for contracts.
Most of the blame can be laid to general economic condi-
tions. As you know, many companies are laying off workers
and in this climate, businesses do not subcontract work.
To complicate matters the very heart of our mission
(our community placement program) is a costly one. This
year the state is only reimbursing us at a 20 per cent level
of funding.
If we can't make up the impending deficit this year, we
will have to limit personnel involved in placement--which
will translate into a drastic reduction in placements. So
far this year we have had twenty people leave Orange
Enterprises to work in the community. The ramifications of
such a limitation will be twofold:
1. Persons with disabilities who now have the
opportunity to exercise their rights to work in a
community setting will no longer be able to do so.
2. Community placement opens up a space for someone
else to access Orange Enterprises. Right now, we
have a waiting list of nine. That waiting list
will increase.
While the County has been generous to us in the past, I
would like to request an additional $10,000 allocation for
this year.
Orange Enterprises provides excellent services and is
well respected throughout the state for our rehabilitation
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program. In fact, we frequently are asked by state
officials and university training programs to serve in a
consulting capacity to other agencies who want to upgrade
their programs.
This year we received a grant to provide transition
services to school students; and we are actively involved in
developing plans to assist aging developmentally disabled
adults as they make the transition into retirement. We also
received national recognition for excellent delivery of
services when we were awarded certification by the
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.
Orange Enterprises has established an outstanding
reputation for Orange County at both local and state
levels--a reputation which will be difficult, if not
impossible, to maintain without additional funding. But,
much more importantly, individuals will lose opportunities
to maximize their vocational potential. Some will have to
stay in a sheltered setting that is no longer appropriate
for them and others who really need our services will have
to remain at home.
I appreciate you past generosity and also your
consideration of this additional funding request.
Sincerely,
Kathryn Turner
Executive Director
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Orange Enterprises, Inc. 4
500 Valley Forge Rood
Hillsborough, NC 27278
919-732-8124
April 23, 1993
Mr. Albert Kittrell
200 South Cameron Street
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Dear Albert: :
In response to your request for more specific figures
concerning Orange Enterprises' anticipated shortfall, I am
you the following comparisons between last year and
this year. These figures are through March of 1991 and
1992.
1991 1992 Difference
Contract Income $197,532 $167,444 $30,088
Vocational Rehabilitation $ 22,094 $ 9, 458 $12, 636
(Supported Employment)
Total Difference (shortfall) in
revenues compared to last year = $42,724
Contract Income is currently $27,568 less than budgeted and
Vocational Rehabilitation Supported Employment is $10, 792
less than budgeted. These two items alone account for a
$38,360 deficit in revenues.
Thank you so much for your consideration of our one-time
request for an additional allocation.
Sincerely,
Kathryn Tur r
Executive Director
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