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Orange County PY 2010 - 2015 Consolidated Plan How will the Town of Chapel Hill address the community's needs for public services? The Town employs a comprehensive strategy to community development, recognizing that simultaneous investments in housing, facilities, infrastructure, and services are necessary in order to truly improve the living environment for low- and moderate-income residents. Continued investment in each of these areas will ensure a vital and comprehensive strategy for serving Chapel Hill's low- and moderate- income residents for years to come. The community's needs for public facilities and public services can generally be divided into four categories: 1) public facilities; 2) infrastructure; 3) public services; and 4) economic development,® The Town of Chapel Hill currently offers superior public ies, however, these facilities must be continually updated, renovated, a anded to meet the changing needs of a growing population. Because oft availability of other fund sources for such needs, the Town assigns I riorit all public facility needs. Recognizing the value of an infrastructure is rea to meet eeds and challenges of the future, that will deliver es I serv' o residents all income levels, and that provides citizens access to all y and region have to offer, the Town assigns a medium priority to all infras re needs. Considering the full range of co demands on the Town's limited re priority on all public service needs. Broad support of the econom importance to the to y, but other community pmen eds. to all economic de ment n s. lopme eds and their respective rTown apel Hill places a high opment initiatives underscores their es some resources for investment in ~n of Chapel Hill assigns low priority Specifically, the Town es the following strategies to address the How will the Orange County Consortium assist people with special needs? commune ~ or p ervices: - St en pa ships " h non-profits and other related associations munity buildi educa ,family services, etc.) - Pr e public serv opportunities for area low-income residents - Build unity city and better coordinate services through the regular dissemi of ~ rmation. Examples may include Community Development Day works -help workshops, activity updates, etc. Generally, subpopulations with special needs (older adults, people with disabilities, mental illness, or AIDS, and at-risk youth) are in need of supportive housing and services. Programs that would meet these objectives (substance abuse services, handicapped services, youth centers, youth services, senior centers, and senior services) are all given medium priority by the Consortium. The Orange Person Chatham Area Program provides services to people of all ages who require mental health, developmental disability, or substance abuse treatment 13 Orange County 5-Year Strategic Plan 10 PY 2010 - 2015