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4 <br />response and victim safety could be critical to its success. Note: the current program <br />includes a volunteer accompanying victims/clients to the hotels and remaining available <br />"on call" until the client leaves the hotel. <br />• Explore Possibility of Expanding Services with Home Start. <br />1. Through agreement between Home Start and FVPC domestic violence support groups <br />for women and children were conducted by FVPC staff and volunteers at the Home Start <br />facility during early 2010. <br />2. Meetings should be initiated with Chris Moran and Laurie Tucker of Interfaith Council <br />for Social Services to explore the possibility of designating a certain number of rooms as <br />emergency shelter for Orange County victims of violence (clients of both FVPC and <br />OCRCC). Serious consideration and funding would be necessary to provide for the <br />necessity of increased security, staffing and other physical safety, <br />psychological/emotional and other needs of victims. A subcommittee of a continued <br />Work Group or Task Force should be formed to explore this as a secondary stage/tier of <br />providing shelter services. <br />• "Bricks & Mortar" Shelter for Orange County <br />1. This is acknowledged to be a long term project requiring a coordinated community <br />response. A separate Task Force should be formed (with members of the current Work <br />Group included) to explore this complex issue which will require funded staff time either <br />through a County office or County funded nonprofit agency. <br />2. Complete Research information compiled by the UNC students who worked on this <br />project is available through the below Convener. An Abstract and synopsis entitled, <br />"Synopsis of UNC Student Research'; is included in this report beginning on page 6. <br />3. A subcommittee of a continued Work Group or Task Force should be formed to explore <br />fund development for this project. <br />Suggested time lines for implementation and/or further research and planning on the above <br />three tiers are as follows: <br />^ "Virtual" Shelters -hotels/motels within Orange County - by December 31, 2010; <br />^ Explore Possibility of Expanding Services with Home Start - by September 30, 2011; <br />^ "Bricks & Mortar" Shelter for Orange County -work to start upon approval by BOCC of <br />said recommendation. With a view to maintaining momentum on the project <br />consideration is suggested that a Work Group/Task Force be formed by June, 2011 with <br />preliminary and final reporting completed in a time frame determined by said Work <br />Group/Task Force to be reasonable to complete all required work. <br />It is strongly recommended that the knowledge gained by members of the Work Group be <br />leveraged for continuing progress on the project. <br />Beverly Kennedy <br />Convener <br />June 2, 1010 <br />