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� Providing services, technologies, and support systems that allow seniors to foster and maintain connections within the community; and Emphasizing the value of elders by publicly recognizing their contributions to the diversity, strength, and unity of our community; and WHEREAS, the President of the United States and the Governor of North Carolina have declared May as Older Americans Month and join in celebrating this year's theme Older Americans: Connecting the Community; NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, do hereby proclaim May 2011 as Older Americans Month and urge all residents to take time this month to honor our older adults and the professionals, family members, and volunteers who care for them. Our recognition of older Americans and their involvement in our lives can help us achieve stronger and more meaningful connections with each other and enrich our community's quality of life. This the 3�d day of May, 2011. A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to approve a proclamation joining Federal and State governments in designating the month of May 2011 as Older Americans Month in Orange County and authorize the Chair to sign. VOTE: UNANIMOUS c. Partnership to End Homelessness —Annual Report The Board received the 2010 Annual report of the Partnership to End Homelessness. Jamie Rohe is the Homelessness Program Coordinator for Orange County. She works for the Partnership to End Homelessness. She said that Chair Pelissier is currently the Vice- Chair of the Partnership to End Homelessness. She works in the Department of Housing, Human Rights, and Community Development, and Tara Fikes is her supervisor. She said that Orange County developed a 10-year plan to end homelessness and began implementation in 2008. Nationally, the federal policy at the Department of Housing and Urban Development is to finish the job of ending chronic homelessness and trending on focusing on preventing and ending homelessness among three primary groups —veterans, families, and youth and families. The most recent data from 2009-2010 shows that homelessness is leveling off, despite the recession and many policy experts attribute this to federal programs and stimulus money. She went over the report and highlighted the accomplishments from last year: - Forming committees and work groups and starting to implement the goals and strategies of the 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness. The committees and work groups are in the areas of employment, access to services, housing, and community participation - Held the 4th Annual Project Homeless Connect that provided 131 people who were homeless or at risk for homelessness with over 1,600 contacts with service providers. There were over 50 service providers at the Hargrave Center in Chapel Hill. - Began full implementation of the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program, known as HPRP, with a $1 million grant to fund the program over three years. This is being implemented by the Orange County Department of Social Services. She said that the rest of the report is organized by the four main service areas.