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4 <br />Training is provided by the Community Financial Counseling Service; the <br />Women's Center; and the Dispute Settlement Center. <br />Future plans <br />Continue providing educational workshops and seminazs. <br />2. Rental Assistance <br />The Orange County rental housing mazket, inflated by the ability of University of <br />North Cazolina at Chapel Hill students able to pay mazket rents, creates a <br />tremendous challenge for TANF and TANF eligible families. To assist families <br />in addressing this challenge, intensive housing search assistance and' subsequent <br />rental assistance vouchers will be provided to approximately 20 families leasing <br />standard rental property in Orange County. In addition, financial assistance for <br />rent and utility deposits will be ,provided to these families as well as others <br />(approximately 20 additional families) participating in the other components of <br />the program including educational and supportive services and homeownership. <br />Current Program Activities <br />Currently this program is currently serving 18 families with rent subsidies. Most <br />of the families live in the Chapel Hi1UCarrboro area and are single parent <br />households. <br />The Orange Community Housing Corporation conducted the rental property <br />search and continues to provide rental management services for the properties in <br />the program. Gee Associates, the program administrator identified the participant <br />families and provide intense case management. <br />Future plans <br />Expand the current participant pool to 21 by adding three (3) families that were in <br />the "pipeline" when this year's participant selection process ended. Orange <br />Community Housing Corporation and Gee Associates would continue their <br />current roles. <br />Rent and Utilit~,y~eFosats <br />A barrier commonly associated with the housing needs of TANF and TANF <br />eligible families are the inability to pay initial rent deposits and utility deposits <br />when appropriate rental housing is located in the community. A small component <br />of this comprehensive program provides funds to pay for initial deposits for <br />approximately 20 families. <br />Current program activities <br />Thirteen (13) families have received assistance with rent and utility deposits to <br />date. <br />