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Airport Gardens public housing communities. Funds would be used to serve twelve eligible children. • Housing for New Hope. $15,DD0 (Requested Amount: $20, DDD; 2D~ D-2D.~ .~ Allocation: $.~ 5, DDD) The Homeless Outreach and Housing Support Program assists the homeless and chronically homeless to improve their lives through obtaining and maintaining permanent housing and supportive services. Funding would be used to pay a portion of the salary fora .Homeless Outreach worker. •Volunteers for Youth, inc.; $1D,OOD Requested Amount: $~5,DDD) First time Community Development program applicant ..Volunteers for Youth is requesting funds to support its new `Every Girl Counts" program. The goal of this program is to serve twenty students from low-to moderate-income families by improving school performances and teaching valuablo.: ~i:fe skills to ~~s members. The program will include weekly life-skill workshops and vls~ts to calleg~ campuses. ~f funds are awarded, we would work closer with the organization.o familiarize them with the federal and Town requirements far using these funds. G~ Program Admin~s~rat~on: $117~fig5 (2D1D-20~~ Allocation: $28,148) we recommend that the Council allocete .:$.1..17,695 f©r administration expenses for the Housing and Neighborhood Serv~cs di~is~on;of the Planning Department. Funds would be used for oversight of the ~emmuniy ~evalapm'ent program and related affordable housing programs, as well as~ coordira~iar~ -vuith the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Deu~lopment and;agencies that 'receive funding to maintain compliance with federal ;~egu~.~~~ns. we propose to cont~.nue to use funds for a potion of the salaries of the Housing and Neighborhood Services ~lana_~er, the Housing and Neighborhood Services Senior Planner, and the Housing and ~eighborhvo` Services Planner positions. __ Annum ~trateg~c Phan As a gravar;ing community the Orange County and the Town of Chapel Hill must successfd icy ::balance a diverse array of housing and community development issues. Given the rage of competing needs, the community must invest its scarce public resources wisely. The~reore, as a general principle, the Town will attempt to expend public funds in a way that leverages the commitment of private sector support whenever possible; The following presentation utilizes this performance-centered approach to outline the County and Town's approach to housing and community development in the upcoming year. This approach includes identifying goals, objectives and strategies; determining what resources are necessary to achieve these goals; analyzing and evaluating performance data; and using that data to drive improvements in organization. All objectives and performance indicators are based on a one year time frame. FY 2011-2012 Action Plan 11