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Council authorize the Manager to approve converting Neighborhood Revitalization funds into grants for projects that achieve long term affordability. 5~ Public Service Activities. $77,04 The use of funds for public service activities that benefit households earning less than 80°/0 of the area median income is eligible under federal Community Development regulations. Examples of public service activities include programs concerned with employment, crime prevention, child care, health, drug abuse, education, fair housing counseling, energy conservation, homebuyer down payment assistance or recreational needs. The amount of Community Development funds used for public services cannot exceed 15°/0 of the Town's Community Development grant estimated to be approximately $88,270 far FY 2011 2Q2~~. The preliminary recommendation proposes the same level of funding that was a~varded to agencies in 2010-2011. Vlle recommend that the Council allocate funds for six cammun~t~ service programs Chapel Hill Police Department Youth Employment `Program; $30,O~Q Requested Amount: $42,602 2010-201 Alla~atron: $3~,D00) The Youth Employment Program provides job shills raining, employment experience, and economic opportunities to Chapel Hill youth aged ~4-18 whose families earn less than So°/o of area median income, with the majority ~e,,ng from households earning less than 30°/~ of the median income Many of the participants serve as interns in Town departments, This year, the ~'o~ice `Department proposes to enroll thirty-five participants. • Chape! Hill Parks and Recreation: $2,oD0 Requested Amount: 5{~7'4';.. ~~..~ 0-2011 al~~catr'orr: $7,Z3.~) we recommend allvc~tng $~,~Q~O to support pre-teen and teen programs at the Town's Teen Center; located_ ~ on Franklin, Street for lower income youth. Approximately $2,20' from i`l-e 2D1o-~0~1 allocation could also be used to support the program. Funds would b~ :used tosupport after school and tutorial activities and a summer ca~tp The Z~.a-2011 summer program at the Teen Center served approximatefiy 25'par~cipants. • Chapel Hill Training Outreach Project ~CHTOP~ After School Enrichment Program: $10,000 : :, (Requested Amount: $10,000; 2410-2011 Allocation: $10,000) Orange Couoy_.Family i~.esource Centers/Chapel Hill Training and Outreach requested $10,000 for cor;tinued's~pport of the South Estes Afterschool Program. This program provides provide a safe and supervised environment for children from the South Estes public housing community, the largest public housing community in Chapel Hill. The afterschool program strives to foster academic performance; to contribute to the healthy development asocial, emotional, and physical} of children; and to help students be successful in and out of school. The program is held at the Family Resource Center in South Estes Drive community. The program's target is 15 students. Chapel Hill Carrboro YMCA After School Outreach Program ~ $10,000 Requested Amount: $10,000; 2010-201. Allocation: $10,000) The After School Outreach Program operates at the Chapel Hill/Carrboro YMCA, serving children living in the Pine Imolls neighborhood and the South Estes Drive and FY 2011-2012 Action Plan 10