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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 16, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Special Request for Use of Forum 2005 Proceeds to Aid Homelessness <br />DEPARTMENT: Manager's Office <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Preliminary Forum Agenda <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Gwen Harvey, Asst Manager <br />245-2300 <br />Linda Tuday and Pat Vandiviere, <br />Co-Chairs, <br />Human Services Advisory <br />Commission <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To request BOCC permission to allow the Human Services Advisory Commission <br />to donate registration proceeds from the 2005 Human Services Issues Forum equally to the two <br />major County partner agencies serving the needs of the homeless, Inter-Faith Council (IFG) and <br />Orange Congregation in Mission (OCIM). <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Human Services Advisory Commission and the Orange County Partnership to End <br />Homelessness are collaborating this year to present the 17`h annual Human Services Issues <br />Forum titled, "Welcome Home: A Bold Proposal to End Homelessness", on Wednesday, <br />September 14. In the interest of economy and symbolism of longstanding ecumenical support <br />for helping the homeless, the Commission and Partnership agreed to hold Forum 2005 at the <br />United Church of Chapel Hill at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Homestead <br />Road. The Forum will run from 8:30AM to 1:OOPM. A preliminary program is attached for your <br />review. <br />In keeping with the homelessness theme, the Human Services Advisory Commission requests <br />that the BOCC allow the registration proceeds from the Forum to be divided equally and a <br />check from the County issued after the Forum to IFG and OCIM. The registration fee is $12.50 <br />and typically 100 -125 persons attend the Forum. On that basis, there could potentially be up to <br />$1563 to be donated, or up to $781 per agency. A memorandum of understanding would be <br />signed with IFG and OCIM to ensure that these additional public dollars would be specifically <br />used to for a special project or purpose for the chronically homeless and not simply succumbed <br />within their general operating funds. With BOCC approval, Forum planners will prominently <br />