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A <br /> EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANTS PROGRAM <br /> COMMUNITY NEEDS AND RESOURCES FORM <br /> Name of Applicant Orange County <br /> (Local Government) <br /> 1. Describe the current and future needs of homeless people in your community <br /> for emergency shelter and other services. <br /> The homeless population of this community needs many transitional housinc <br /> resources to enable them to find employment, seek appropriate counseling <br /> if necessary and accumulate enough money for move-in expenses. The Inter <br /> Faith Council anticipates these needs remaining the same in the future. <br /> Therefore, a larger facility which houses various social services provid. <br /> would be desirable. <br /> 2. What is the approximate number of homeless persons in your community/service <br /> area? <br /> According to the report of the Chapel Hill Task Force on the Homeless, <br /> there are as many as 50 homeless persons in Orange County at any given <br /> time needing emergency shelter. There are also several additional <br /> persons who live in automobiles, abandoned houses or any place they are <br /> undisturbed. In 1988, the Community Shelter served approximately 281 <br /> homeless persons. <br /> 3. Please define the ommunity/service area used in answering question 2 above. <br /> Orange County is the community/service area including all incorporated <br /> towns within the County. <br /> 4. What programs and services- are available to the -bomeless in your ommmmity <br /> (including those provided by government, -private nonprofit agencies and_other, .._ , <br /> organizations)? <br /> The Inter-Faith Council provides the only overnight shelter for <br /> homeless persons in Orange County. However, many other agencies <br /> provide temporary assistance to persons needing clothing, money and <br /> short-term assistance. The Agencies include Orange Congregations in <br /> Mission, Joint Orange Chatham Community Action Agency and the local <br /> Department of Social Services. Many other churches and small community <br /> services groups also provide meals at various holidays during the year <br /> ESGP #102 (Revised 3/89) <br />