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local government agencies,; such as <br /> OPC Area Mental Health Pmgram, <br /> Orange County and the Towns of <br /> Chapel Hill and Carrboro; as well as <br /> other Triangle-area non-profit <br /> agencies such as IFC, Orange Co. <br /> Habitat for Hunnanhx, Cross-Disability <br /> Services (Orange Co.), Housing for <br /> New Hope, Inc (Durham Co.) and <br /> CASA, Inc. (Wake Co.) in support of <br /> community development of safe <br /> affordable housing for persons with <br /> disabilities. We are the lead agency <br /> in the Orange Co. Partnership to End <br /> Homelessness Initiative's HUD- <br /> Continuum of Care grant funding <br /> request and continue to be the largest <br /> developer of this type of housing in <br /> Orange Co. <br /> FY 2007-08 CHALLENGES <br /> * Please describe challenges your agency faced while trying to reach your program objectives, in FY <br /> 2007-08' How did you work to overcome these obstacles? (If no challenges existed, please write <br /> none.) The agency faced a number of challenges this year in reaching our program objectives. <br /> o In addition to adding a treatment program that nearly doubled our program services budget and <br /> more than doubled our staffing level, our Financial Director, Jefferson Porker, who was also the <br /> staff person at the agency who led our Housing Development efforts for 5 years, left the agency in <br /> December to become the VP of Operations at the Jimmy V Foundation in Raleigh. While we had <br /> planned to hire a new Housing Director this yoar, we had planned to do so with his knowledge, \` <br /> guidance and support. It took 5 months for us to find the right candidate for the Houuing Director <br /> positiun, but we persevered and hired Veronica Kirkland in May 2008. Veronica has hit the ground <br /> running. Although originally from Durhann, she and her family have lived in Virginia for the last 10 <br /> years so she has had to learn anew the ins and outs of affordable housing in North Carolina and <br /> Orange County. <br /> o In oddition, we decided to take over the. property management of our housing units again and we <br /> added the property management of the Hope Meadow Program in Chatham Co.. which has 6 <br /> housing units, two office buildings and 38.5 acres. The 5 housing units that are still in development <br /> in Orange Co. are those we plan to build in the Rusch Hollow Habitat for Humanity community. <br /> o In addition to the 85% of costs that we had previously been pledged by another funding agency, we <br /> have also received approval for an additional $130K through a special bond issued by the Orange <br /> County planning commission. We did contract with a construction coordination consultant this year <br /> as required by the primary funder. Hoxvavar, construction on these units has been delayed as the <br /> site plans needed to be re-drawn and portions of the adjacent site needs to be re-engineered to <br /> meet the Town of Chapel Hill's impervious surfaces and zoning specifications. We anticipate <br /> receiving approval early in FY2008-2009 and have sent out RFP's to area construction contractors. <br /> We estimate that construction will begin in early 2009. <br /> AGENCY BUDGET <br /> - ` FY 05-06 FY 06-07 FY 07-08 FY 08-09 <br /> Actual Actual Actual Projected <br /> Total Age Budget $802.063 $1.154,326 $1.175.149 $2.442.404 <br /> �v <br /> �ount <br /> Orange County's Contribution $20000 $20.000 $20,000 <br /> 24 <br />