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Goal 2. Provide Safe, Affordable Housing for all Citizens Objectives: • Provide affordable housing that meets the needs of all individuals including older adults, persons with disabilities, mentally impaired, battered women, the homeless, and low - income households • Achieve excellence in product design and produce homes that are safe, durable, comfortable, cost effective and energy efficient • Provide a wide mix of housing types and options Goal 3. Provide Health Services for all Citizens Objectives: • Develop an overall emphasis on preventive health care, and provide education on physical and mental health issues to all citizens • Ensure adequate funding and access for all citizens to health services, including physical, mental, and prescriptive services Goal 4. Ensure a Safe Community Objectives: ® Reduce crime and respond promptly to citizens' needs for emergency services 0 Ensure public safety in emergencies Goal 5. Provide Services for Senior Citizens Objectives: • Maintain seniors in the least restrictive environment through a continuum of readily available care • Establish Senior Centers throughout the county, each of which is a focal point for integrated services Diverse Educational Needs and Services Goal 1. Promote and Provide Adult Education and Job Training Objectives: • Ensure that job training, job search, and related services are available and accessible to Orange County citizens, particularly those without a 4 -year college degree; seek employer and community support • Ensure that ESL, literacy, and basic education, and related services are available and accessible to all residents who need them; seek support of area employers and the community • Promote lifelong learning: further develop and publicize both institutional and informal lifelong learning opportunities; seek more involvement of UNC in community lifelong learning • Assess current and changing adult education needs on a regular basis