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21 <br /> 1 Slide#28 <br /> _ Housing Access Working with landlords to make <br /> �A Coordinator units available for people at very <br /> low incomes <br /> • <br /> • �� Short-term rental assistance <br /> .IF■'I Rapid Re housing and services <br /> �0 Homelessness Supportive service to prevent <br /> Prevention/ homelessness and bring <br /> Housing Stabilization housing stabilization <br /> Street Outreach,Harm Connections to housing and <br /> Reduction&Deflection services for peapleliving <br /> r� PartnershipwithOCcriminal unsheltered <br /> lusfice Resource Department <br /> Danielle Butler nORANGE COUNTY <br /> OCPEH Manager Q HOUSING DEPARTMENT <br /> dabutler@orangecountync.gov <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Commissioner Greene asked if anyone representing the SOAR program is still at UNC <br /> 4 Hospital. <br /> 5 Blake Rosser said he didn't know. <br /> 6 Commissioner Greene said a person was trained to do the work for SOAR and was located <br /> 7 at UNC Hospital. <br /> 8 Blake Rosser said that his department has people who are trained to do SOAR work. He <br /> 9 said SOAR used to be administered by DSS. <br /> 10 Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked what services SOHRAD connects chronically <br /> 11 homeless individuals to. <br /> 12 Danielle Butler said the purpose is to connect them with permanent, supportive housing. <br /> 13 She said that service is being provided by IFC. She said that in a recent funding CoC cycle, the <br /> 14 Partnership to End Homelessness applied for funds to expand housing for those individuals. <br /> 15 Chair Bedford said there weren't any openings for years, and the county appropriated <br /> 16 $150,000 to help, but that amount could only serve approximately 8 new people. She said that <br /> 17 not everyone needs the same level of services, so there is an effort to reassess what current <br /> 18 needs are, and how does the county adapt to those needs. <br /> 19 Danielle Butler said nationwide there is a desire to help people currently receiving <br /> 20 assistance move out of the program to make room for new participants. <br /> 21 Chair Bedford said it is important for the Board to remember that transportation to shelters <br /> 22 can be a barrier and people in the northern part of the county should be considered. <br /> 23 Vice-Chair Hamilton said it is important to find out what the needs are of people in <br /> 24 permanent supportive housing. She said it is also important to know what needs new people are <br /> 25 facing to see if there are common reasons or circumstances. <br /> 26 Danielle Butler said the leadership team is reviewing this type of information and they are <br /> 27 also making sure that service providers are working together. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 <br /> 30 <br />