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20 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Roll call ensued <br /> 3 <br /> 4 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 5 <br /> 6 7. Reports <br /> 7 <br /> 8 a. Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness — 2021 Data Update <br /> 9 The Board reviewed updated data about homelessness in Orange County submitted to <br /> 10 the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) earlier this year. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 BACKGROUND: <br /> 13 The Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness (OCPEH) was created in 2008 to <br /> 14 coordinate funding and activities to end homelessness in Orange County. OCPEH is jointly <br /> 15 funded by Orange County (39%) and the Towns of Carrboro (15%), Chapel Hill (41%), and <br /> 16 Hillsborough (5%). <br /> 17 <br /> 18 OCPEH Manager Rachel Waltz will present the updated data and discuss how current data <br /> 19 relate to identified gaps in the homeless service system. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Corey Root introduced Rachel Waltz, Homeless Programs Manager. She said she is a <br /> 22 licensed clinical social worker with over 15 years' experience working in housing instability. She <br /> 23 said Waltz was hired as the Homeless Program Coordinator in April 2021, and became the <br /> 24 manager for the program when Corey Root became the Housing and Community Development <br /> 25 Director. She said Waltz worked in the VA in Durham, the Bronx, as well as UNC Center for <br /> 26 Excellence in Community Mental Health. <br /> 27 Rachel Waltz made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Slide #1 <br /> Partr4rshL�ran�r Lni:n <br /> �.^ tEnd Homelessness <br /> October 19,2021 <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Rachel Waltz said this presentation is lightly adapted from one done for community <br /> 32 service providers and stakeholders in August. She continued the PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 33 <br /> 34 <br />