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03-31-09;02:18PM; .~ _~ 11 ;919-929-3353 Inter-Faith Counctt for social aerv~ce Rita Gray, President IFC Board of Directors 2505 Homestead Road Chapel Hill, NC 27514 ccmoran C~ bellsouth.net (919) 932-6025, fax: (919)929-8649 July 13, 1999 Julie Edmunds, Chair Board of Directors Orange/Durham Coalition for Battered Women, Inc. PO Box 688 Durham, NC 27702 Dear Ms. Edmunds: As you are aware, a letter dated June 14, 1999 was sent to your organization from Charles T. Ferebee, Director of the Division of Community Planning-and • Development of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In this ' letter he advised Ms. Sholes-Ross, the Coalition Board Chair, that HUD had "~~ directed the Inter-Faith Council to initiate plans to provide transitional housing for • ~ victims of domestic violence and their families at Project Homestart. In his words he wrote: "In the interest of the program, we are directing the Inter-Faith Council to move forward with occupying the third building as soon as possible." This building was to have been used~by the Coalition•for the purposes Mr. Ferebee outlined in his June 14th letter. Mr: Ferebee's June 14~' letter followed the Coalition's April 28 letter to the Inter- Faith Council that indicated that the Coalition °is not in a position to meet the conditions set out in IFC's April 13 memorandum ... " Those conditions, regarding security and stafFng, were requested, with HUD's input and approval, in order to assure the safety and •security of all residents that would be served in Project Homestart programs. The determination made by the Coalition that it was not in a position to pertonn the specified conditions effectively terminated any justification for the Coalition to use any portion of the Project Homestart facility. The determination made by the Coalition was also what brought about the need for the• IFC to take over full responsibility for the portion of the Project Homestart facility intended for the provision of services for victims of domestic violence and their families. For many months now, it has been apparent that for reasons that remain undisclosed, the Coalition is not in a position to fulfill its objectives to provide •~;~ transitional housing for domestic violence victims and their families set out in our discussions and the HUD grant.