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<br />Program information P a g e 1 0 o f 2 4 <br /> <br />b. How has your organization incorporated racial equity goals into your organizational goals? <br />Self-Help’s mission is creating and protecting ownership and economic opportunity for all, <br />especially people of color, women, rural residents and low-wealth families and communities. <br />Pursuing social justice and racial equity are core to our work and have been since our <br />founding in 1980. We have racial equity efforts woven into organizational goals, including a <br />supplier diversity initiative, a racial wealth gap homeownership initiative, a newly formed <br />Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI) Advisory Council and an Office of DEI, and more. <br /> <br />c. Please fill in the below questions and provide any additional context on the racial <br />composition of the organization and board leadership: <br /> <br />i. % of staff that are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC) : 61.8% <br />[Note that Self-Help is a nationwide organization employing 801 total staff members. <br />This figure is for all Self-Help staff per the organizational Diversity Profile as of <br />12/31/20, not only staff working on this program.] <br />ii. % of board that are BIPOC: 40% <br />iii. % of staff that have attended racial equity training: <br />[Self-Help does not yet track this figure, but numerous staff (including staff on the <br />Real Estate Team that leads the NNI work) have attended REI training, and additional <br />training efforts across the organization are rolling out this year.] <br /> <br />d. Please describe any additional activities your organization is doing to address racial equity. <br /> <br />PROGRAM INFORMATION <br />*Please submit for each program if applying for funding for more than one program. <br /> <br />6. Program Name: Northside Neighborhood Initiative <br /> <br /> Program Primary Contact and Title: Graham Smokoski, Project Manager <br /> <br /> Telephone Number: (919) 956-4614 E-Mail: graham.smokoski@self-help.org <br /> <br />7. Please briefly describe the proposed program, including an explanation of how it aligns with the Town of <br />Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s Results Framework, and Orange County BOCC Goals and Priorities, and the target <br />population to benefit from the program. (250 words or less) <br />The program will maintain, protect, and promote the well-being of county residents, focusing on the <br />Northside1 neighborhood, through grants to assist long-term residents managing increasing property tax <br />burdens and funding and management of critical home repairs for low-income homeowners. This support will <br />allow residents to remain in their homes, supporting both physical and mental well-being, and will make <br />repairs to correct hazardous conditions in homes. The program will also support a balanced, dynamic local <br />economy, and promote diversity by operating a land bank to create affordable and market-rate housing, <br />relieving development pressures from student-rental investors, maintaining a family-centered neighborhood, <br />and attracting long-term residents. This effort will help to balance out the ongoing market trend in Northside <br /> <br />1 Northside here refers to four neighborhoods where our program operates the Northside and Pine Knolls <br />neighborhoods of Chapel Hill and the Lloyd-Broad and Tin Top neighborhoods of Carrboro. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: B47B97DB-07BE-49FE-BBAF-378B296B7AB6