Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
z <br /> 2 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action <br /> Agenda <br /> Xz A . <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 6, 1995 <br /> SUBJECT: Emergency Family Shelter and Support Task Force <br /> Report <br /> ------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT: Human Rights & Relations PUBLIC HEARING:_Yes XNo <br /> ------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Lucy Lewis, ext 2251 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> ------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a report from the Emergency Family <br /> Support and Shelter Task Force (EFSSTF) ; a decision will be <br /> required from the Board by the February 21 meeting. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) <br /> gave conditional approval to the Inter-Faith Council grant <br /> application for $1,783, 162 in Supportive Housing Program <br /> funds for Project Home Start Supportive Transitional Housing <br /> for Homeless Families and Victims of Domestic Violence in <br /> December, 1994. This project is 1 of 4 in North Carolina, <br /> and 271 nationally, that received conditional approval for <br /> initiatives focused on assisting the homeless. <br /> The HUD grant is conditional on the Inter-Faith Council (IFC) <br /> acquiring site control of the necessary acreage within 60 <br /> days after final notification is received (this is expected <br /> within days) . IFC, Coalition for Battered Women and County <br /> representatives will meet with HUD as soon as possible to <br /> determine if there is any flexibility in this framework; <br /> however, the timetable that the Task Force is dealing with is <br /> imposed by HUD and not one that the Task Force created, or <br /> expected. <br /> The Task Force has considered several parcels of land for <br /> this project and has conducted preliminary discussions <br /> regarding leasing land with some of the County Commissioners <br /> and the town of Chapel Hill. Any leasing arrangement would <br /> include the stipulation that the property would be used only <br />