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AGENCY INFORMATION <br />Please provide the following information about your agency: <br />1.Date of Incorporation (Month/Year):09/2019 <br />2.Agency’s Purpose/Mission (no more than a few sentences): <br />Our mission is to create dignified, affordable, tiny homes in a caring community for, and with, <br />people transitioning out of homelessness. In addition to building and maintaining homes that <br />are affordable to community members below 30% area median income (AMI) who have <br />experienced homelessness, we also seek to connect residents to community resources that <br />support their long-term success with housing. <br />3.Please provide a brief description of your organization’s past achievements in carrying out similar <br />projects and evidence of a successful record of meeting proposed budgets and timetables (no more <br />than 100 words). <br />Since moving into their homes, our current residents have cumulatively moved from 58 <br />years of homelessness to 18.5 years of stable housing. With 10% of every on-time rent <br />payment going toward building individual savings for each resident, they have saved over <br />$3,100 cumulatively. We have received over $320,000 in awards from government sources <br />since our inception and have been punctual with timetables. We have remained within <br />proposed budgets, particularly with building and construction. We are one of the few <br />housing providers who serve community members at or below 30% of the area median <br />income. <br />4.Living Wage: Does this agency pay permanent employees a minimum living wage?(Yes / No)Yes <br />If yes, is this agency an Orange County Living Wage Certified Employer?Yes <br />If no, please briefly explain. <br />Schedule of Positions: # of FTE – Full-Time Paid Positions:1 # of FTE – Part-Time Paid Positions:0 <br />Race & Equity <br />Consistent with our commitment to equity and inclusion, the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and Orange <br />County Government are taking steps together to center racial equity in the Human Services Funding <br />Program.We are requesting basic information about your organization’s racial equity work. <br />5.How has your organization incorporated racial equity goals into your organizational goals? <br />Since our inception, we have held racial equity at the forefront of our work, recognizing that <br />the overwhelming majority of people in our target community are BIPOC. We have forged <br />strong partnerships with the Marian Cheek Jackson Center and Northside Neighborhood <br />Initiative to bring more affordable housing options to the historically Black Northside <br />neighborhood, with 70% of our current units and in progress units located there and in the <br />adjacent Lloyd-Broad neighborhood. We have a commitment to increasing BIPOC <br />representation in our governing bodies and plan to include racial equity as a key component <br />of our strategic planning efforts this upcoming year. Racial equity was centered as part of <br />Program informationPage 9 of 24 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: B7578AEA-ACB5-4FAD-8F8A-86A7F4B5A037