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Human Services - continued Compass Center for Women and Families $59,500 The former Family Violence Prevention Center of Orange County and The Women's Center merged on July 1, 2012 to become the Compass Center for Women and Families. The agency helps individuals and families become self- sufficient and prevent and end domestic violence. The agency provides direct services, including crisis response and court advocacy, and long- term tools for self- sufficiency, including financial literacy education, career exploration and access to legal information. Dispute Settlement Center $76,000 This agency promotes and brings about peaceful settlement of disputes and prevents the escalation of conflict through mediation, facilitation, conciliation, and training. This agency receives a county match through the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (JCPC) program; see the Public Safety Non - Departmental Section for more details. Duke HomeCare and Hospice $1,000 Duke HomeCare and Hospice provides medical, psychosocial, spiritual and bereavement care for terminally ill patients and families, regardless of ability to pay. Bereavement services are provided to anyone in the community, regardless of connection to hospice, through individual, family, and group sessions, as well as in the Chapel Hill - Carrboro and Orange County School Systems. El Centro Hispano $20,000 El Centro Hispano is a grassroots community -based organization dedicated to strengthening the Latino community and improving the quality of life of Latino residents in Durham, North Carolina, and the surrounding area. With the opening of the Carrboro office of El Centro Hispano, this mission will be able to include Orange County, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro. El Futuro $27,500 El Futuro addresses the behavioral health needs of North Carolina's Latino community by promoting behavioral health awareness, enhancing existing services, and developing a model clinic. EmPOWERment $15,000 The mission of EmPOWERment is to emPOWER people and communities to control their own destinies through affordable housing, advocacy, community organizing and grassroots economic development. Freedom House Recovery Center $29,000 This agency provides extended care and transitional living in order to promote recovery from the disease of addiction. The goal of the Freedom House is to help alcoholics and drug addicts by providing the tools necessary to lead a life of recovery and to become productive members of society. Habitat for Humanity of Orange County $20,000 Habitat for Humanity of Orange County (HHOC) provides decent affordable housing for families earning less than half of the area median income and who live in substandard housing. HHOC constructs simple, well -built homes that are then sold to qualifying families at affordable prices. 41.91