WHEREAS, the United States Community Services Administration has determined not to refund Orleans County Council of Social Agencies, Inc. leaving the residents of Caledonia, Essex and Orleans Counties without a Community Action Agency; and

WHEREAS, a Community Action Agency offers significant promise in its mission to mobilize resources to lift the economic condition of the poor and offer them the social, cultural and economic advantages enjoyed by the more fortunate residents of the State; and

WHEREAS, the Community Action Agencies of Vermont, including Orleans County Council of Social Agencies, Inc., were designated by the Governor of the State of Vermont by Executive Order on June 20, 1968.

NOW THEREFORE, I, Richard A. Snelling, Governor of the State of Vermont, by Executive Order, do hereby designate North East Kingdom Community Action, Inc. to serve the towns, villages and cities in the Counties of Caledonia, Essex and Orleans.

The named agency shall work cooperatively with the other Community Action Agencies in the State and with the State Economic Opportunity Office as well as other state agencies in the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of programs to be carried out within the State of Vermont under the auspices of Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended.

Dated July 3, 1980.