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3 <br />GAP <br />PROGRESS <br />SINCE JUNE 2019 STATUS NOTES <br />NEEDED <br />TO FILL <br />Street Outreach Program started <br />October 2020, <br />3 FTE (1 clinical <br />coordinator + <br />2 peer support <br />navigators) - <br />ocpehnc.com/ <br />street-outreach <br />FILLED Funded initially via Emergency <br />Solutions Grant COVID funding (Oct <br />2020 – November 2021); Orange <br />County providing continuation <br />funding with American Rescue Plan <br />(ARP) Need ongoing annual program <br />funding July 2022 and beyond. <br />$299,562 <br />additional <br />annual <br />funding <br />for July <br />2022 and <br />beyond; <br />Program Description: <br />The Street Outreach, Harm Reduction, and Deflection (SOHRAD) program began operations in October 2020 with <br />three full-time positions – a clinical coordinator and two peer support navigators. SOHRAD works with people <br />who are living unsheltered to connect them with housing and services. Since beginning client work in November <br />2020 and through mid-September 2021, SOHRAD staff served over 200 people including helping 48 people <br />enter housing, and assisted with over 50 deflections from law enforcement involvement, including arrest and jail. <br />Funding for a fourth full-time position was approved by Town of Chapel Hill in January 2022. <br />Program Budget: <br />Salary & benefits for 3 Peer Street Navigators $185,763 <br />Salary & benefits for 1 Clinical Coordinator $81,174 <br />Training / Mileage $7,500 <br />Supplies for engagement $25,125 <br />TOTAL $299,562 <br />GAP DETAILS <br />FILLED GAPS <br />Since the first homeless system gaps analysis in 2017, three gaps have been filled. <br />7