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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 16, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 3 - fj <br />SUBJECT: Oran a County Partnership To End Homeeesness Community Report <br />DEPARTMENT: Housing/Community Dev <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Tara L. Fikes, 245-2490 <br />PURPOSE: To present to the Board of Commissioners the first Annual Community Report of <br />the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness. <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange County 10 Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness was <br />approved by the elected boards of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough in the late spring of <br />2007. The Plan has five main goals that include: reducing chronic homelessness; increasing <br />employment; preventing homelessness; increasing access to services; and increasing public <br />participation. <br />The first Annual Community Report titled "Homecoming" outlines the progress that has been <br />achieved from plan adoption to December 2008. Commissioner Bernadette Pelissier is the <br />County Commissioner Representative to the Partnership to End Homelessness and will provide <br />highlights of the Annual Report. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board receive the Annual Community <br />Report of the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness as information. <br />