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2 <br /> Attachment 1 <br /> Memorandum of Understanding between Orange County and the <br /> Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough: <br /> Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness (OCPEH) <br /> Whereas, in April 2008, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, Chapel Hill Town <br /> Council, Carrboro Town Council, and Hillsborough Board of Commissioners endorsed <br /> the Orange County 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness and entered into a <br /> memorandum of understanding to fund and support the Plan's implementation by the <br /> Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness (OCPEH), and <br /> Whereas, the Partnership has made significant progress in ending and preventing <br /> homelessness in Orange County over the past sixteen years, and <br /> Whereas, the parties to this Memorandum came together and revised this Memorandum <br /> of Understanding in 2015, and <br /> Whereas, reflecting a combination of national best practices, national funding models, <br /> and local experience,the Orange County 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness has <br /> evolved to become an ongoing program, the Orange County Plan to End Homelessness, <br /> and <br /> Whereas, the role of the Partnership is to implement Orange County's Plan to End <br /> Homelessness and serve as the Continuum of Care for Orange County, and <br /> Whereas, the parties to this Memorandum understand the value of this work to each <br /> jurisdiction and accordingly intend to continue to fund and support it, and <br /> Whereas, the initial 10-Year Plan created a body called the Executive Team,now called <br /> the Leadership Team, consisting of representatives appointed from each of the above <br /> governmental partners and a cross-section of community representation, charged with <br /> providing oversight and direction to the plan, and the parties to this Memorandum intend <br /> for the Leadership Team to continue to perform this role, and <br /> Whereas, the parties to this Memorandum intend to continue funding the Partnership's <br /> Homeless Programs Manager and Housing Access Coordinator, and provide partial <br /> funding for the Homeless Programs Coordinator, all of whom have job responsibilities <br /> outlined in a Job Description(Attachment A), and <br /> Whereas, in order to implement the Plan,the Partnership is providing direct service <br /> programs via pass-through funding from other sources, and <br /> Whereas, the four elected appointees continue to recommend and serve on the OCPEH <br /> Executive Team, which shall consist of the four elected appointees, to ensure that the <br /> interests of all four funding jurisdictions are consistently represented; <br /> Whereas, the parties to this Memorandum have determined the amount of funding to be <br /> provided by each partner by utilizing a population-based formula based on the latest <br />