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5 <br /> *Income limits are subject to change based on annually published HUD HOME Limits and will be <br /> updated each year. This update will not require a re-approval by the governing authority. <br /> What Outreach Efforts will be Undertaken to Announce the Urgent Repair Program? Orange <br /> County will advertise or publish an article about the Urgent Repair Program in the local English- <br /> speaking and Spanish-speaking newspapers serving the County (The News of Orange and La <br /> Noticia) and provide printed information about the program at the Passmore and Seymour Senior <br /> Centers; Cedar Grove, Rogers Road and the Efland-Cheeks Community Centers; Orange County <br /> Home Preservation Coalition; Orange County Affordable Housing Coalition; Carrboro Town Hall, <br /> Chapel Hill Town Hall, Orange County DSS Office and on the County's website. <br /> Selection of Applicants: The County has devised the following priority system to rank eligible <br /> applicants, determine which of them will be selected for assistance and in what order. Under this <br /> system, applicants will receive points for falling into certain categories of special need and income. <br /> The applications will be ranked according to which receive the most points. <br /> Priority Ranking System for Orange County's URP19 <br /> Special Needs (for definitions, see below) Points <br /> Disabled, Elderly or Veteran Head of Household (62 or older) 4 <br /> Disabled, Elderly or Veteran Household Member (not Head of Household) 3 <br /> Single-Parent Household (with one or more minor children in the home) 3 <br /> Emergency (may submit without regard to application deadlines) 3 <br /> Large Family (5 or more permanent family members) 2 <br /> Elevated Blood Lead Level Child 2 <br /> Income (See Income Table above) Points <br /> 30% or below County Area Median Income 10 <br /> 31%to 50% of County Area Median Income 5 <br /> Under NCHFA Program Guidelines, a minimum of 50% of households assisted must have incomes <br /> which are 30% or less of the area median income for the household size, and no household with <br /> an income exceeding 50% of the area median income will be eligible. This guideline will be <br /> adhered to strictly and will be the primary factor in the selection of those households to be <br /> assisted under URP19. <br /> Recipients of assistance under the URP19 will be chosen by the above criteria without regard to <br /> race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status and disability. Note that in the likely case <br /> of applicants receiving identical scores, the application with the earlier submission date will be <br /> considered first. <br /> The Definitions of Special Needs Populations Under URP19 are: <br /> • Elderly: An individual age 62 or older. <br /> • Emergency: A situation in which a household member has an immediate threat of being <br /> evicted or removed from a home due to health or safety issues within a time frame that the <br /> program can complete a repair to stop eviction or removal. These applications will be received <br /> at any time during the funding cycle and evaluated on the ability of the program to complete <br /> Page 2 <br />