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18 1 Commissioner Price asked if the full cost of$1.7 million would be a one-time cost or an 2 annual one. 3 Corey Root said it would be ongoing, annually. 4 Corey Root said the Partnership's Executive Team asked for a phased implementation, 5 recognizing that there will be a big overall number. She said, where possible, with each of the 6 gaps, she developed a year one, year two, and year 3 phases. She said this is contained in the 7 full Gaps Analysis document. 8 Commissioner Price referred to street outreach, and said the full annual cost is the 9 same as year 2 when phased in, and asked if there is a reason for this. 10 Corey Root said each program is its own entity. She said 90 families would be served 11 annually, to meet the current need for rapid re-housing. She said this breaks down to a 12 caseload for 3 full time social workers. She said the street outreach program requires 2 full 13 time workers, at the peer support level. 14 Commissioner Price referred to the chart on the last slide, and asked if any of these 15 activities are currently being done, and if the current budget could be identified. 16 Corey Root said she would look up the numbers, but some gaps are partially filled. 17 Commissioner Price asked if any street outreach is already under way. 18 Corey Root said the gap for street outreach is pretty significant. She said the Chapel 19 Hill Crisis Unit are the go-to folks, as well as people from the Criminal Justice Resource 20 Department, and some local church bodies. She said these are band-aid solutions for now. 21 Commissioner Price clarified that everything on the list of gaps has needs. 22 Corey Root said yes. She said the youth host homes programs is an existing one, 23 which serves mostly Durham County residents, and would be an expansion into Orange 24 County. She said rapid re-housing was funded with $40,000 in state funds, and will start at 25 DSS in January. She said all areas need additional funding to fully expand to full capacity. 26 Commissioner Price said $1.7 million may seem a lot, but being proactive will help the 27 County save money in the long run. She said she would like to move forward on some these 28 programs. 29 Commissioner Greene referred to the Coordinated Entry staffing, and said this exists, 30 but it is ad-hoc, and needs to be formalized and expanded to be most efficient. 31 Commissioner Greene referred to Commissioner Marcoplos' point on tiny homes, and 32 said these are not a solution to everything and the conversation needs to get back to housing 33 first. She said Charlotte has an apartment complex that is a housing first community, and she 34 said Orange County needs to keep working on this effort. She said there are a number of ways 35 to put rap around services around someone, and the type housing is not that big a deal. 36 Commissioner Greene thanked Corey Root for her clear presentation, and said this 37 funding would solve a lot of problems for a lot of people. 38 Chair Rich asked if this information has been presented to the OCPEH. 39 Commissioner Greene said yes. 40 Commissioner Rich asked if the partners have received the information well. 41 Corey Root said the partners are in agreement that action should be taken, but no 42 formal proposal has been made. 43 Commissioner Greene asked if this presentation has been made to the Chapel Hill 44 Town Council. 45 Corey Root said yes, but with the 2018 data regarding gaps. 46 Chair Rich said the County may be excited about helping but do not yet know how the 47 towns feel. 48 Commissioner Greene asked if this information has been presented recently to the 49 County's partners. 50 Corey Root said she presented to the towns in March or April 2019.