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• Provide training to housing providers and consumers abcut their obligations and rights. <br />Homeless Assessment <br />Based on a point-in-time count conducted on January 26, 2005, the total number of homeless <br />people in Orange County was 230, Fifty-nine homeless persons in were in families, including 38 <br />children. Additionally, 70 chronically homeless persons were documented, representing 30% of <br />the entire homeless population, which is well above the national average of 10%. These <br />numbers, however, do not include people who are doubled up, that is without a legal residence <br />of their own and temporarily staying with another person. A more detailed survey of the <br />homeless in Orange County is planned far the summer of 2005 tc capture this information, as <br />well as another point-in-time count to determine the number of unsheltered people in the <br />summer. <br />The resources and services to support the homeless in Orange County are coordinated by the <br />Orange County Continuum of Care, with the Orange Person Chatham (OPC) Area Program <br />serving as the lead agency, There are prevention, outreach and supportive services available to <br />Orange Gounty homeless to help alleviate their needs. There is also a vision to create a 10 year <br />plan to end chronic homelessness through the support of the Triangle Alliance to Resolve <br />Ghronic Homeless (TARCH), <br />Non•Housing Community Development <br />Orange County and the Town of Chapel Hill believe that true community revitalization requires a <br />comprehensive set of strategies to ensure success, Rehabilitating or constructing residential <br />structures without improving the physical, social and economic environment in which they are <br />located does not automatically revitalize neighborhoods, <br />The public spaces and infrastructure used to support community development includes public <br />facilities, including neighborhood facilities, parks and numerous health facilities for specialized <br />care and medical research, The area's infrastructure includes water and wastewater treatment <br />facilities that provide sufficient server capacity to all townships, Streets include two major <br />interstates as well as hundreds of miles of primary and secondary highways, Public services <br />include support to handicapped and substance abuse services, employment training, health <br />services, and transportation for a wide variety of needs. <br />Anti-crime measures and youth programs work in and cut of the school system to provide <br />awareness for students and increase public safety. There are three senior centers which <br />provide classes, wellness programs, trips, and lunches for area seniors, Orange County and its <br />Towns also provide small business owners with a variety of information and assistance to <br />promote area economic development, The Orange County and Tawn of Chapel Hill Planning <br />and Inspections Department implements land use and environmental policies, zoning, building <br />construction and standards through a system of regulations to promote stable and quality <br />development. <br />[8] <br />