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I ,r~'q~~~'~~'- tlrange County °~ { f~' ~`- Partnership: o End Homelessness< '' PLO. Box 8181' ~ ~ _ ~~ ~~ ~~ Hillsborough,.NC 2'7218 j ~''-~t rv ~>~'~' ~.~ ~: ', To: Orange County,Board of Commissioners Chapel HiII Town Council Hillsborough Board of Commissioners ~ Carrboro Board of Aldermen ` Triangle United Way j f :.: + "~ This document rs the:: product of a two-year community eff ort to develop a campre- hensive approach to addressing ,the problem of homelessness in Orange County. Its origins lay rn the ;Bush administration's initiative to encourage a nationwide fo- r cus on chronic homelessness. and the development of community plans to end chronic homelessness within 10 years. The Orange County Partnership to Entl Homelessness was'formed to meet that challenge through the combined efforts of Orange County; the Towns of Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro; the.Triangle + United Way; Orange Congregations in Mission; '::Inter-Faith' Council for Social Ser- e. vices; OPC Area Program; the Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce; and the Uni- versi~y of North Carolina -Chapel Hill. We would like to take this opportuniry to ~~~~ ~ thank the members of the community who have giventheir time to participafe in the process. i '' The process began .with a November 2004 Roundtable Discussion to bring the I issue of homelessness to the attention of the public. Orange and Durham Coun- ties held a joint press conference to announce the development of 10-year Plans to End Homelessness. in February 2005, at which Philip::, Mangano, Executive Qi- rector of the US Interagency Council on .Homelessness spoke about the impor- t' l tance of community-based efforts to address homelessness. A second Rountable Discussion on Homelessness was. held in April !2005, vhich featured breakout group discussions on community ownership of homelessness, preventing home- ' ~ lessness, and moving from homelessness to self-sufficiency. A' consultant was i hired to help wrth the development of the 10-year plan ih September 2005 and a Steering Commrttee;of over 60 people was formed. Eighteen focus group ses- j 3 sions were held throughout the County in February 2006;-.and intensive interviews along with a Community Forum conducted by a group of graduate students from UNC's School of Pu61ic Health were conducted in April 2006. Over the Summer of. E 2006, a series of subcommittees of the Steering Committee worked to develop he t set of recommendations'' that are contained in this document. A wide. range of community and busrress leaders; social service,agencies, County and Town staff, ~ local congregatrons;''citizens, and homeless individuals have participated in and j,. "~ contributed to this effort.'