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<br />Group C: Moving From Homelessness or Institutionalization toward Self- <br />Sufficiency <br />Moderators Gwen: Bnrstoa and Po1(y Weiss <br />I. ASSETS/STRENGTHS <br />L UNC Courses for people to re-tool for job training <br />2. JOB LINKS center on Franklin Street <br />3. Lots of Services and education and good matching <br />4. Transitional Programs for ex-offenders through <br />a. Private employers <br />b. Housing <br />5. D.O.C. Literacy Council - GED Education <br />6. Women's Center <br />7. Employers who are willing to hire people with disabilities <br />8. Orange County/IFC helping people avoid being homeless <br />a. Providing $$ for groceries <br />9. Rural churches that connect with Town of Chapel Hill Awareness of <br />homelessness in rural part of county <br />10. Mental Health reform <br />a. Opportunity to align services to meet multiple needs <br />11. Free public transportation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro <br />12. Family violence prevention <br />a. Rape Crisis Center offers free crisis services <br />b. Healing from abuse <br />13. TROSA in Durham - for recovering substance abusers <br />14. Alternatives to incarceration programs <br />15. Discharge planners who know the risk for homelessness <br />16. Housing: there are unoccupied rental units - lower rent subsidies or tax break?? <br />II. BARRIERS <br />1. Legal system - $$ to work with in system/defend self/lawyer costs <br />2. Arrest background/conviction affects job hunting and employment <br />3. Getting society to welcome ex-offenders back - societal factors and stigma <br />4. Multiple needs - lack of advocacy - need help navigating system and see the big <br />picture <br />5. Group homes create social isolation <br />6. Misunderstanding about abilities of people with disabilities <br />7. Some needs - special challenges and don't fit "models" of needs and programs. <br />Program structures are a challenge for everybody <br />8. Many come from manufacturing, jobs -- no jobs available <br />9. Lack of child care and affordable transportation in rural Orange County <br />10. Those who do not want to be changed - not seeking permanent housing <br />11. Lack of affordable health and dental care <br />12. Waiting list for section 8 housing <br />1.3. Educating people about the availability of case management <br />14. Lack of large corporations - how can we get large corporate supporters?