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i„s~ ~iisosr~ r1 <br />F <br />t <h <br />~~ ;; ~ ® r <br />Tl~ O cw <br />Inter-Faith Council for Social Service <br />Board of Directors <br />Susan Anderson <br />President <br />Ann Henley <br />lice-President <br />Ada Rey <br />Secretary <br />Rick Allen <br />Treasurer <br />Natalie Ammareii <br />Gloria•Brown <br />lames L. Copeland <br />Caroline Craig <br />Tricla Daisley <br />Melvin Smith <br />Carl Taylor <br />Hugh Tilson <br />Erica Zimmerman <br />Honorary Life <br />Board Member <br />Robert Seymour <br />Executive D/rector <br />Chris Moran <br />April 5, 2006 <br />To: The Honorable Mayors Kevin Foy and Mark Chilton and the Honorable Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />of the Orange County Commissioners: <br />Re: Petition from the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service <br />Dear Representatives: <br />Pursuant to our discussion with you at the 30 March, 2006 Assembly of Governments, the <br />Inter-Faith Council for Social Service (IFC) respectfully requests that each of the three units of <br />government appoint one elected official and one staff member to participate in each of two <br />work groups to be convened by the IFC: <br />1, Men's Residential Facility Work Group, committed to securing a site and funding for a <br />comprehensive men's residential facility; <br />2. Comprehensive Service Center Work Group to identify the appropriate facility/site <br />(renovated Carrboro Douglas Building or other site) to house IFC Food Pantry/Kitchen, <br />Crisis Intervention/Case Management, and Administrative Offices <br />As noted in our discussion at the Assembly of Governments, the Board of Directors of the IFC <br />has already created several internal work groups to focus on specific issues related to building <br />this organization's capacity to move forward successfully with our service/program vision. <br />However, we have concluded that IFC cannot a/one realize its goal of providing adequate <br />services to the homeless. The active involvement of local units of government is necessary to <br />resolve the many complex issues related to securing a site, addressing neighbor concerns and <br />obtaining the resources necessary to achieve and sustain our vision. <br />Thus, we request that each local unit of government be prepared to participate in the work of <br />these groups until such time as the two facilities are completed. In addition, as suggested by <br />Councilman Ward, we ask that representatives of the local units of government come to the <br />table with creative ideas, resources, funds and in-kind support. <br />We have been most appreciative of the extensive support that all three units of local <br />government have offered to IFC over the years. It is time now to move to a new stage of <br />action and to find community-wide consensus about solutions to the challenge of properly <br />serving a homeless population that we all know is expanding both in numbers and in <br />complexity of service needs, <br />Respectfully submitted <br />,~~a.,,~,,~,,. <br />Susan J. Anderson, President <br />IFC Board of Directors <br />Giving help and hope to those in need <br />110 W. Main Street ~ Carrboro, North Carolina ~ 27510 ~ www.ifcweb.org <br />Phone (919) 929-6360 ~ Fax (919) 929-3353 ~ E-mail admin@itcmailbox org <br />T mmgic <br />~~%% lJnited Way <br />