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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 6, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5 h <br />SUBJECT: 10 Year Plan to End (Chronic) Homelessness Technical Assistance Facilitator <br />DEPARTMENT: Housing/Comm. Development PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Notice of Funding Availability <br />Resolution <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Tara L. Fikes, 245-2490 <br />PURPOSE: To approve a resolution authorizing the submission of an application for a 10 Year <br />Plan to End Homelessness Technical Facilitator and authorize the Chair to sign the formal <br />application document on behalf of the Board. <br />BACKGROUND: In March 2005, the Orange County. Partnership to End Homelessness <br />(Partnership) was formed to institute a countywide effort that will culminate in the development <br />and implementation of a Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness in Orange County. Membership <br />includes Orange County; the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough; Triangle United <br />Way; Orange Congregations in Mission; the Inter-Faith Council; OPC Area Program; the <br />Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce; and UNC. <br />In October 2005, the Partnership established a Steering Committee and began efforts to <br />develop a written 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness in Orange County. The Steering <br />Committee has met over the last year to guide plan development and a draft document is now <br />under review. <br />In an effort to assist local communities in their 10 Year Planning effort, the North Carolina <br />Interagency Council for Coordinating Homeless Programs (ICCHP) has announced the <br />availability of funds to assist fourteen (14) communities in the state gain access technical <br />assistance for plan development or implementation purposes. The Partnership Steering <br />Committee has indicated interest in pursuing these funds and charged the Partnership Work <br />Group with developing an application. Applications are due February 7, 2007. <br />Eligible activities include: <br />• Site visits to Best Practice Programs either in and out-of-state; <br />• Professional Consultant Services; <br />• Facilitated conversations with 10 Year Plan leadership and stakeholder peers from <br />other communities; <br />• Local cost benefit data collection and analysis; and <br />• Professional media/public relation services.