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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 17, 2010 Action Agenda , Item No. ~__ SUBJECT: Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Grant Update -Establish Three Time-Limited Positions DEPARTMENT: Social Services PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No ATTACHMENT(S): Grant Update INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Coston, 245-2802 Sharron Hinton, 245-2840 PURPOSE: To establish three time-limited positions funded by the HUD Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing (HPRP) grant. BACKGROUND: At its October 6, 2009 meeting, the Board of Commissioners accepted the HPRP grant award of $1 million from the State of North Carolina and approved asub-recipient contract with Housing for New Hope to implement the rapid rehousing component of the grant requirements. The contracted amount with Housing for New Hope is $482,933 from October 15, 2009 through August 31, 2012. The prevention component of the grant is administered by the Department of Social Services. On July 8, 2010, Housing for New Hope (HNH) submitted its notice to end its contractual arrangement with the County. According to the notice, the termination is due to the loss of staff and cash flow problems. HNH also contracts with Durham County and the State of NC for other HPRP initiatives. Although HNH has 12 clients in its current caseload, HNH has indicated that it would continue serving these individuals until either they have phased out of the program or the Department of Social Services (DSS) has identified a new vendor or a subsequent plan of action. Both the current case managers for the prevention and rehousing components are either at or quickly approaching their maximum caseload capacity. To ensure that the community needs are met and to avoid reverting these funds, DSS has reorganized the structure and proposing to administer all services internally. This structure includes hiring three time-limited staff funded by HPRP. These positions are now assigned as temporary. In addition to the new positions, the County contract should be revised to reflect the changes to include continuing case management of the current caseload and the amended budget.