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Structured day-time activities for residents in areas of <br /> substance abuse, employment, training, and educational program <br /> are implemented in conjunction with OPC Mental Health and others. <br /> Collaboration efforts are currently being pursued with <br /> Orange Community Housing Corporation to facilitate the provision <br /> of adequate transitional housing for shelter guests. <br /> Orange County Partnership for Young Children provides funds <br /> for the case management of homeless families. <br /> OPC-Mental Health can refer anyone for outpatient or in- <br /> patient treatment and has formulated a method for tracking <br /> clients. The shelter will a have psychiatric resident beginning <br /> in July 1994 to provide on-site services. <br /> Social Workers from UNC Hospitals, OPC Mental Health, and <br /> IFC meet monthly to review cases and develop strategies for <br /> working with clients and addressing their respective needs. <br /> Freedom House accepts referrals for people in Detox awaiting <br /> 28 day treatment. Case managers from IFC meet with Chapel <br /> Hill/Carrboro School system to address the needs of students who <br /> reside at the shelter. <br /> YMCA currently picks up students from Glenwood school and <br /> engages them in two hours of after school activities. This gives <br /> the students an opportunity to be away from the shelter after <br /> school. OCCHS and UNC Family Practice coordinate services to <br /> provide four clinics for on-site primary healthcare. JOCCA, <br /> once a week, with JTPA encourages families receiving AFDC to <br /> enroll in the JOBS program. Durham Technical Community College <br /> -11- <br />