2017-482-E Finance - Habitat for Humanity, Orange County, NC - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: B67A2C26-3304-4095-BB1C-73A2BC4A569A EXHIBIT A PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION provide an opportunity for Habitat to increase its assistance to families (primarily elderly and/or disabled) in rural areas who have been waiting a long time for desperately needed home repairs. Program Description (3 pages OR LESS) Please provide the following information about the proposed program: d) Summarize the program services proposed and how the program will address a Town/County priority/goal? Habitat will continue to address the County's priority need for affordable homeownership for low- and very low-income renters through its new home construction program. However, Habitat's experience working with residents in the communities where it builds new homes has helped to identify an underserved need among low-income homeowners, especially those who are elderly or disabled. Habitat has had direct experience with low-income families in Orange County who are struggling to maintain the exterior and interior of their homes, and who need modifications to their homes so that they may continue to live in and enjoy them. Rot, peeling paint, sagging gutters, broken doors, unsafe porches, roof leaks, plumbing damage, holes in floors, and lack of accessibility impact the safety, livability, and value of individual homes in neighborhoods like Fairview, Rogers Road, Northside, and Pine Knolls, as well as in more rural areas of the county like Efland, Mebane, and Cedar Grove. Our increased capacity to take on critical repair projects will allow us to serve 15 more families than last year. When combined with new home construction, these home preservation repairs allow Habitat to impact nearly 45 new families each year. e) Describe the community need or problem to be addressed in relation to the Chapel Hill Human Services Needs Assessment, Orange County BOCC Goals and Priorities, Town of Chapel Hill Council Goals, Carrboro goals, or other community priorities (i.e. Council/Board Goals). Reference local data (using the provided links, i.e. Chapel Hill Human Services Needs Assessment) to support the need for this program. Affordable housing was selected as the number one human services need in Chapel Hill in the long-range needs assessment. Affordable housing was the number one priority selected by the Orange County Commissioners in 2016. The Chapel Hill Town Council has established the overarching goal of creating a place for everyone in 2016-2018. Under that goal, the Council pledges to adopt and support affordable housing programs and to sustain the momentum of the Northside Neighborhood Initiative. Habitat's Home Preservation program assists with all of the aforementioned priorities. Habitat launched A Brush with Kindness (ABWK) as a pilot program in 2009 with two projects in Hillsborough. When Habitat formalized the program in 2010, it also created an informal Advisory Committee, inviting other repair program providers to meet to share information and referrals for repairs within the county. The services Habitat provided through ABWK complemented those provided by JOCCA, Rebuilding Together of the Triangle, and Orange County's Urgent Repair and Rehab programs. All of these agencies provide referrals to Habitat's ABWK program, and Habitat refers clients to them. Moving forward, Habitat plans to merge its ABWK and critical repair programs into the comprehensive, countywide Home Preservation program. This program will allow us to contribute even more to the combined efforts to meet the growing need for home repairs. To date, Habitat has received over 200 applications for home repair. In 2016, over 80% of the Orange County residents who applied for the program were elderly and/or disabled. Overall, 30% of applicants come through agency referrals, and the remaining 70% come through targeted DO NOT SUBMIT THIS PAGE 1/31/2017 2:31 :06 PM Page 12 of °'f