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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 4, 2000 Action Agenda Item No. _ $- r SUBJECT: Oran a Coun Continuum of Care Committee DEPARTMENT: Housing/Community Dev. PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: List of Proposed Committee Members Tara L. Fikes, ext. 2490 TELEPHONE NUMBERS; Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968501 Durham 688-7331 _ Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To receive as information a list of proposed Continuum of Care Committee members to participate in the development of a Continuum of Care Plan far Orange County. BACKGROUND: On September 19, 2000, at the request of the Inter-Faith Council for Social Services, the BOCC adopted a resolution approving the notification of the 1994 Emergency Family Support and Shelter Task Force to participate on the Orange County Continuum of Care Committee with a letter from the Board Chair. The Continuum of Care is a community plan developed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that is designed to organize and deliver housing and services to meet the specific needs of homeless individuals and families as they move to stable housing and maximum self-sufficiency. Key components of the plan include: outreach/assessment; emergency shelter; transitional housing; and permanent housing. Counties are required to engage in the Continuum~of Care planning process in order to access available HUD funding far homeless families. The plan is developed by a Continuum of Care Committee comprised of representatives of, at a minimum, not-for-profit organizations, homeless persons and/or formerly homeless persons, service and housing providers, for-profit businesses, and local and/or state representatives. The Inter-Faith Council will serve as the lead agency for the Continuum of Care Committee. They will lead the group in the development of a Plan that will include the identification of possible revenue sources to continue operations of Project Hom_ eStart as._w~ll_as estab4isf~-long - -- range goals for meeting the needs of the homeless populatioro in our community. This is not a County-appointed group, however, housing issues are such an important element of our community that IFC has sought and received the support of County government and its resources in this process.