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conjunction with the Mental Health Association in North Carolina for a <br />grant to build up to 14 units of supported independent living for persons <br />with mental illness in Chapel Hill. <br />For battered women, the only facility specifically for them is located in <br />Durham. In most cases, locating in Durham creates a transportation <br />problem for women with school -age children, and dislocates the battered <br />woman from her support network. The Orange County Mental. Health <br />Association indicates that there are approximately 35 chronically mental) <br />ill persons in Orange County who have immediate needs for affordable <br />housing. For persons with AIDS, the AIDS Services Agency of Orange <br />County is working to provide both host homes for persons who need <br />out - patient treatment at Memorial Hospital and a group home -type facility <br />for long -term residents with AIDS. For persons recovering from <br />substance abuse, Orange County has one halfway house for women, <br />Freedom House, but no facilities for men are available. A private home <br />for pregnant teenagers also exists in Chapel Hill. <br />Very low and lower income older adults in Orange County may choose <br />to live in Adelaide Walters Apartments in Chapel Hill, the only assisted <br />housing specifically for elderly residents. The 1987 Report of the Orange <br />County Task Force on Low and Moderate Income Housing estimated that <br />there are 6,845 persons over age 62 receiving a Social Security income <br />in Orange County, 40% of whom are men and 60% women. There are <br />also three nursing homes, five rest homes and 11 family care homes in <br />Orange County. A significant number of the public housing population <br />and Section 8 certificate - holders are also elderly. Many older adults are <br />able to maintain their home environment, "aging in place ", if resources <br />were available to provide home maintenance and repair and simple <br />support services like transportation and meals. Additional rental <br />opportunities would complement efforts to allow older adults to "age in <br />place" by making assisted living situations available if staying at home is <br />no longer possible. <br />16 <br />