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17 <br /> GAP DETAILS <br /> VdCURRENT GAPS: <br /> SERVICES - DIGNITY <br /> PROGRESS NEEDED <br /> GAP SINCE JUNE 2019 STATUS NOTES TO FILL <br /> Memorial Service CEF held vigil PARTIALLY DSS can assist with cremation if person $5000 <br /> Funding in December FILLED— is unclaimed;can explore receiving annually <br /> 2020 for people CEF has discounted rate while allowing person <br /> that passed the received to be claimed by community members <br /> previous year; a $1500 <br /> community grant from <br /> member UNC <br /> expressed interest <br /> in setting up <br /> GoFunclMe to <br /> establish funding <br /> Program Description: <br /> Many people experiencing or with lived experience of homelessness are also medically fragile.Several times each <br /> year members of our community pass away.Oftentimes this is followed by case managers having to scramble to <br /> assemble funding and resources needed for a memorial service.Service providers have requested our community <br /> to establish a fund to use in these circumstances that would allow memorial services to occur with less stress,to <br /> provide needed closure for all community members. <br /> Program Budget: <br /> $1000 for 5 services/year <br /> PROGRESS NEEDED <br /> GAP SINCE JUNE 2019 STATUS NOTES TO FILL <br /> 24 Hour Need exacerbated PARTIALLY 24-hour access and downtown Budget <br /> Bathroom with COVID, FILLED location are key elements;OCPEH will TBD <br /> with showers now returned to - IFC touch base with Town of Chapel Hill <br /> and drinking pre-COVID levels; Commons planning group to determine next <br /> water Access in Working group bathroom steps <br /> Downtown coordinated open; <br /> by the Town of Carrboro <br /> Chapel Hill came Town <br /> up with pilot Commons <br /> program in 2019 open <br /> Program Description: <br /> Bathroom and shower access in downtown Chapel Hill/Carrboro for all community members,including people <br /> experiencing homelessness. <br /> Program Budget: TBD <br /> 13 <br />