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<br /> GOAL: ENSURE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY <br />The creation and preservation of infrastructure, policies, programs and funding <br />necessary for residents to provide shelter, food, clothing and medical care for <br />themselves and their dependents. <br /> <br />Housing and Community Development <br />2. Orange County Housing and Community Development has received $195,000 in federal <br />pass-through Coronavirus Relief Funds/CARES Act grant funds from the North Carolina <br />Department of Health and Human Services to strategically respond to the COVID-19 <br />pandemic response. The grant service period runs through December 30, 2020. Funding <br />will support the Street Outreach and Rapid Rehousing programs within the Partnership to <br />End Homelessness Program, including Homelessness Prevention rental and financial <br />assistance, hotel/motel assistance, essential move-in goods, housing unit upfits/repairs, <br />and transportation. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds for <br />the above stated purposes. <br />3. Orange County Housing and Community Development is requesting the transfer of <br />$100,000 from the Local Voucher Program within the General Fund to the Housing <br />Displacement Program within the Community Development Fund. Orange County <br />continues to see an increase in the number of residents experiencing housing instability <br />due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and there is a need for increased funding for housing <br />assistance as part of the emergency response. The Board of County Commissioners took <br />similar action in FY 2019-20 on April 7, 2020 as part of the approved Budget Amendment <br />#7-A. This budget amendment provides for the transfer of funds from the Local Voucher <br />Program to the Housing Displacement Program for the above stated purpose. <br />This budget amendment provides for the budgetary changes related to the Round 1 <br />Coronavirus Relief Funding (See Attachment, column #2) <br /> <br />SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is <br />applicable to this item: <br />GOAL: ENSURE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY <br />The creation and preservation of infrastructure, policies, programs and funding <br />necessary for residents to provide shelter, food, clothing and medical care for <br />themselves and their dependents. <br /> <br />Coronavirus Relief Funding (CRF) – Round 1 Technical Amendment <br />4. As part of the Round 1 Coronavirus Relief Funding (CRF), the Town of Chapel Hill received <br />$746,411 as their per capita allocation. The Town has allocated $250,000 of those funds <br />back to the Orange County Housing and Community Development Department, with <br />$25,000 to be used toward the Rapid Rehousing program, and $225,000 to be used <br />toward the County’s Housing Stabilization efforts. The Town of Carrboro received <br />$266,575 as their per capita allocation. The Town has allocated $119,983 of those funds <br />back to the Orange County Housing and Community Development Department to be used <br />toward the County’s Housing Stabilization efforts. This budget amendment provides for <br />the receipt of these funds from the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro for the above stated <br />purposes. <br />5. The Health Department has an urgent need of $10,000 in funding to provide flu vaccines <br />at COVID-19 testing sites and at early voting sites, as well as the normal distribution <br />through their medical clinics. This budget amendment provides for the re-allocation of <br />2