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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 17, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4-c <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness 2017 Report <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br /> <br />1. 2017 OCPEH Report <br />2. Revised Homeless System Gaps <br />Analysis <br /> <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> <br />Corey Root, 919-245-2496 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To receive a presentation on the 2017 activities of the Orange County Partnership <br />to End Homelessness (OCPEH) and also review an update to the homeless service system <br />gaps analysis. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness was created in 2008 <br />to coordinate funding and activities to end homelessness in Orange County. OCPEH is jointly <br />funded by Orange County (39%) and the Towns of Carrboro (15%), Chapel Hill (41%), and <br />Hillsborough (5%), with the percentages based on the 2010 Census population counts. <br /> <br />Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness Coordinator Corey Root and OCPEH Board <br />Chair Allison De Marco will provide a brief presentation at the meeting and present the <br />homeless service system gaps analysis. <br /> <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with receiving the report. <br /> <br />In addition to utilizing office space at the Link Government Services Center, OCPEH received <br />$43,096 for FY2017-2018 from Orange County. The total OCPEH budget for FY2017-2018 is <br />$170,502. Contributions from the other jurisdictions, based on the Census population <br />percentages noted above, were: <br />• $45,306 from Chapel Hill <br />• $16,575 from Carrboro, and <br />• $5,525 from Hillsborough <br /> <br />OCPEH is requesting $60,782 in FY2018-2019 from Orange County. The full requested budget <br />is $183,352, with the proposed contributions from the other jurisdictions (based on the Census <br />population percentages noted above) as follows: <br />• $63,899 requested from Chapel Hill <br />• $23,378 from Carrboro, and <br />• $7,793 from Hillsborough <br />1