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26 <br /> OCPEH has also completed a Homeless System Gaps Analysis (https://www.ocpehnc.com/gaps-analysis) <br /> inclusive of input from people with lived experience of homelessness and housing insecurity. <br /> Addressing the emergency shelter and transitional housing needs of homeless persons <br /> Of the 140 people in shelters or transitional housing programs counted in the 2021 Point-in-Time Count, <br /> 76 of those were in emergency shelters and 64 were in transitional housing. <br /> The Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness reported the following number of beds on in the <br /> 2021 Housing Inventory Count: <br /> •Transitional Housing: 65 beds <br /> •Emergency Shelter: 85 beds <br /> •Permanent Supportive Housing: 89 beds <br /> •Rapid Re-Housing:41 beds <br /> Orange County does not have a domestic violence shelter, but the domestic violence service provider, <br /> Compass Center, started an emergency housing program in scattered site apartments in 2020 for three <br /> households. <br /> Helping low-income individuals and families avoid becoming homeless, especially extremely <br /> low-income individuals and families and those who are: likely to become homeless after <br /> being discharged from publicly funded institutions and systems of care (such as health care <br /> facilities, mental health facilities, foster care and other youth facilities, and corrections <br /> programs and institutions); and, receiving assistance from public or private agencies that <br /> address housing, health, social services, employment, education, or youth needs. <br /> OCPEH works on homelessness prevention and diversion extensively. Flexible homelessness diversion <br /> funding is available via the Housing Helpline and any households who have less than two weeks of stable <br /> housing or who have been experiencing homelessness for two week or less are guided through a <br /> structured conversation to determine if there are any safe places, other than shelter,that the household <br /> can go. Coupled with the flexible diversion funding, these conversations have led to about 20%of <br /> eligible households being diverted from homelessness. <br /> OCPEH partners with the Local Reentry Council to offer services and housing referrals to people exiting <br /> jail or prison. OCPEH partners with DSS to help youth exiting foster care to connect with resources <br /> available and avoid homelessness. OCPEH partners with UNC Healthcare to find short- and long-term <br /> housing options for people exiting health care settings. OCPEH partners with Freedom House and other <br /> mental health service providers to connect their clients with services and housing. OCPEH partners with <br /> the wide network of human services agencies in Orange County to ensure anyone with housing needs <br /> are connected with emergency and permanent housing referrals as needed. <br /> Helping homeless persons (especially chronically homeless individuals and families,families <br /> with children,veterans and their families, and unaccompanied youth) make the transition to <br /> permanent housing and independent living, including shortening the period of time that <br /> CAPER 24 <br /> OMB Control No:2506-0117(exp.09/30/2021) <br />