2023-636-E-Housing Dept-Habitat for Humanity-Outside Agency

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Program information P a g e 9 o f 25 AGENCY INFORMATION Please provide the following information about your agency: 1. Date of Incorporation (Month/Year): April 1984 2. Agency’s Purpose/Mission (no more than a few sentences): Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity of Orange County brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope. Our vision is an Orange County where everyone has a decent place to live. 3. Please provide a brief description of your organization’s past achievements in carrying out similar projects and evidence of successful record of meeting proposed budgets and timetables (no more than 100 words). Habitat is requesting funding for the Home Preservation repair prog ram. Habitat first began completing exterior home repairs in 2010. In 2016, Habitat launched a pilot program providing critical repairs to homeowners in the Northside and Pine Knolls neighborhoods in response to community input. Since that time, Habitat has offered a wide range of interior and exterior repairs to homeowners countywide. Habitat has received government funding for this program since its inception and has proven its ability to successfully complete and report on the agreed upon work. In total, Habitat has successfully completed 229 affordable home repair projects in Orange County. 4. Living Wage: Does this agency pay permanent employees a minimum living wage? (Yes / No) Yes If yes, is this agency an Orange County Living Wage Certified Employer ? Yes If no, please briefly explain. Schedule of Positions: # of FTE – Full-Time Paid Positions: 26 # of FTE – Part-Time Paid Positions: 3 Race & Equity Consistent with our commitment to equity and inclusion, the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and Orange County Government are taking steps together to center racial equity in the Human Services Funding Program. We are requesting basic information about your organization’s racial equity work. 5. How has your organization incorporated racial equity goals into your organizational goals? As a housing non-profit, Habitat recognizes our responsibility to actively center racial equity in organizational strategy and goals. To help lay this groundwork, funding and paid time off is provided for all staff to participate in racial equity training through the Racial Equity Institute (REI). In 2021, Habitat implemented a new onboarding policy which requires racial equity training for all new hires. We have partnered with the racial equity consultant group BIWA | Emergent Equity to guide staff and board members in an intentional, months-long process of understanding and identifying characteristics of white supremacy that may persist within our organizational culture and perpetuate harm. Habitat staff are currently in the process of developing a 5-year strategic plan to guide our work. These organizational goals include plans to conduct a review of Habitat’s applicant demographics as compared to DocuSign Envelope ID: E44C92A1-0C4A-4EAB-9562-32C3B79C7494