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9 <br /> Category j <br /> Avg.Assistance Amount $4,179 <br /> Avg.Monthly Expense $50,149 <br /> Avg.Time to Process 31 days <br /> Households assisted with Life-Changing 35 <br /> Event(LCE) <br /> Households assisted with Court Summons 37 <br /> Number of LCE Households assisted prior 12 <br /> to eviction <br /> Ryan Evans ORANGE COUNTY <br /> Legal Services Manager Q HOUSING DEPARTMENT <br /> ryevans@orangecountync.gov <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Commissioner Portie-Ascott said it appears people are waiting to reach out for assistance <br /> 3 rather than in the first month. <br /> 4 Blake Rosser said it is a mix. He said that he can look into that data further. <br /> 5 Commissioner Fowler asked if there are ways to communicate with the public better about <br /> 6 the program. <br /> 7 Blake Rosser said he would work with the Community Relations Department on a <br /> 8 communication plan. <br /> 9 Commissioner Carter asked if there was any overlap in the three household categories. <br /> 10 Blake Rosser said there can be some overlap between life-changing event and court <br /> 11 summons households. He said he is not sure if the numbers in the chart reflect an overlap. <br /> 12 Commissioner Carter asked about the funding for legal services. <br /> 13 Blake Rosser said it is locally funded, except for reimbursements for the civil rights <br /> 14 program. <br /> 15 Commissioner Carter asked if the county knows how many households can be supported <br /> 16 by the Housing Department budget. <br /> 17 Blake Rosser said they don't look at it in a big picture sense as she described. He said <br /> 18 the total EDP clients served in the last 9 months is 468, with two FTEs performing the work. He <br /> 19 said that would be $180,000, then you add the expenses for EHA and operations, and it's in the <br /> 20 ballpark of 150 people for$700,000. <br />