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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 15, 2007 Action Agenda Item No. (p - e SUBJECT: Ten (10) Year Plan to End Homelessness DEPARTMENT: Housing and PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No Community Development ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Funding Letter Moses Carey, Jr. 10 Year Plan (under separate cover) Tara L. Fikes, 245-2490 PURPOSE: To consider acceptance of the 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness in Orange County and the appointment of a BOCC Representative to the Executive Team. BACKGROUND: In October 2005, Orange County, on behalf of the Partnership, entered into a consultant agreement with J-Quad and Associates, LLC to.develop a Ten (10) Year Plan to End Homelessness in Orange County. Since that time, the Partnership Steering Committee -led by County Commissioner Moses Carey, Jr. and Carrboro businessman Nathan Milian, the Partnership Working Group, community focus groups, and graduate students from the UNC School of Public Health have worked with J-Quad to develop the County's 10 Year Plan that was formally approved at the Partnership's March 14, 2007 meeting. The main focus of the Plan is to end chronic homelessness, without excluding the needs of all homeless individuals and families. To that end, the Plan contains five goals towards the elimination of homelessness in Orange County. Goal 1: Reduce Chronic Homelessness Goal 2: Increase Employment Goal 3: Prevent Homelessness Goal 4: Increase Access to Services Goal 5: Increase Public Participation in Ending Homelessness At this time, the original Partnership members are being asked to accept the final Plan as an initial step toward implerhentation of the goals contained therein. Additionally, the Plan Implementation component includes the establishment of an Executive Team that will ensure that goals, objectives, and strategies of the 10 Year Plan are being met, and to help address the inevitable challenges inherent in this ambitious initiative. The Executive Team will consist of a representative from the four'elected bodies, the Triangle United Way, the university, and other community representatives. Therefore, the Board of County Commissioners is asked to appoint a representative to this Team. Commissioner Moses Carey served as the Commissioner's representative to the Steering Committee and its Co-Chair.