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Short-Term Alternatives -Fiscal Year 1998-99 A special funding request can be presented to the Carrboro Board of Alderman; the Chapel Hill Town. Council; the Hillsborough Town Boazd; and the Orange County Board of Commissioners to provide funds for housing repairs and administrative costs. 2. The County receives Community and Home Block Grant funding from the State each yeaz in order to provide services to elderly citizens that will enable them to remain in their homes. (Seventy-five (75%) percent of the program beneficiaries to date have been elderly.) Joint Orange Chatham Community Action (JOCCA); the Department on Aging; and the Department of Social .Services presently utilize these funds for program eligible expenditures. There may be a possibility of available unspent funds during this fiscal yeaz which could be used for this program. 3. In prior years, some funding from this program has come from the Orange County HOME Program -approximately $58,000. In order to reprogram existing funding for this purpose, the HOME Consortium (all local governments) would have to agree to the reallocation of funds. It should be noted that federal housing funds aze difficult to use for this type of program due to the regulatory requirement of repairing housing to meet local housing code standazds. 4. Request the Department of Social Services to investigate the availability of Work First funding for families participating in the WorkFirst program. A meeting has been scheduled between local housing and social service organizations to discuss the program's future including funding challenges. Long-Term Alternatives -Fiscal Year 1999-2000 A special funding request can be presented to the Carrboro Board of Alderman; the Chapel Hill Town Council; the Hillsborough Town Boazd; and the Orange County Board of Commissioners to provide funds for housing repairs and administrative costs. 2. Ask the Orange County legislative delegation to support the N.C. Housing Trust Fund bill which provides funding to the N.C. Housing Finance Agency for various housing programs including the Urgent Repair Program. 3. Ask the Orange County legislative delegation to pursue discretionary funding in the amount of $60,000 for this program. 4. Some funding may be available during the 1999-2000 fiscal yeaz through the Orange County Bond Program. The Bond Policy approved by the Commissioners in December 1998 targets 33% of the funding or $594,000 for existing housing programs including such programs as the Urgent Repair Program. 5. Some funding may be available from the Orange County HOME Program with the consent of the Consortium members - Cazrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, and Orange County. It should be noted that federal housing funds aze difficult to use for this type of program due to the regulatory requirement of repairing housing to meet local housing code standards.