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F The primary populations in need of transportation services are the elderly, the disabled, and people living at or below the poverty level. (Source: Orange County Transportation Development Plan Update) Despite the fact that Chapel Hill Transit is at risk of losing part of their federal funding due to program changes, they do not expect any major changes in schedules or fares for FY 1993. Changes in schedules and fares may be necessary in FY 1994. (Source: Robert Godding, Chapel Hill Transit) Virtually all service providers name transportation as being a crucial unmet need for their clients. (Sources: Interviews conducted with human service providers as research for the Task Force for the Future of Human Services) VIOLENCE The Domestic Violence Coordination Project has been successful in achieving its original goal of coordinating and improving the network of services currently provided by the criminal justice, law enforcement, and human service systems. The Coordinator provided 1,690 victim contacts during 1991. Due to the overwhelming demand for her services, she has not been able to furnish a uniform level of assistance for all victims. (Source: Advisory Board Meeting for the Domestic Violence Coordination Project, February 13, 1992) Orange County women and children who are escaping domestic violence have three options available: - Rely on personal resources to move. - Move into the Orange /Durham Coalition for Battered Woman's Shelter in Durham,- -and further disrupt the children's lives by transferring them out of Orange Co. schools into Durham schools. - Move into the Community Shelter in Chapel Hill, which is challenged to provide for the needs of a variety of special populations under one roof. (Source: Meeting of the Task Force on Homeless Women and Children, October 17, 1991) Last year, the Orange /Durham Coalition served 544 men, women, and children from Orange County through their 25