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Funds and services allocated to Orono households from January 1, to December 31 of <br />1996 were applied as follows: <br />Service Number of Assists Dollars Applied <br />Food (frmds)$ 744 <br />Foodshe; <br />Transportation <br />Housing <br />Utilities <br />Medical <br />Child Care <br />Other <br />6 <br />3 <br />1 <br />1 <br />807 <br />1,990 <br />298 <br />72 <br />323 <br />234 <br />Clothing <br />Rides <br />35 <br />15 <br />TOTAL 106 <br />13 <br />$4,481 <br />*lbs of food distributed to Orono residents - 1,538 <br />lOCP COLLABORATION <br />lOCP networks with a broad variety of human and social service providers, school <br />districts, church professionals, child care providers, health and mental health providers, <br />employment service providers, county, city and public safety professionals, recreational <br />resources, community service and civic group on an ongoing basis in both the <br />development and delivery of services to Orono residents. <br />As a result of community dialogue begun at lOCP’s 1996 Annual Meeting, five key <br />issues have been identified as the barriers to self-sufficiency for low-income families <br />in the eight west Hennepin communities served by lOCP, including Orono. These areas <br />have been targeted for action by lOCP through a community initiative called The Vision <br />for the Village. The Vision for the Village is focused on affordable housing, affordable <br />child care, transportation, employment, and valuing families and children. Task forces <br />made up of a broad cross-section of community leaders are now at work in each of these