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21 <br /> Slide#28 <br /> • _ 0 0 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 /> �`JF■'1 Rapid Re housing and services <br /> AffHomelessness Supportive service to prevent <br /> Prevention/ homelessness and bring <br /> Housing Stabilization housing stabilization <br /> 00 Street Outreach,Harm Connections to housing and <br /> Reduction&Deflection services for people living <br /> r� Partnership with txCriminat unsheltered <br /> Justice Resource Department <br /> Danielle Butler ORANGE COUNTY <br /> OCPEH Manager Q HOUSING DEPARTMENT <br /> dabutler@orangecountync.gov <br /> Commissioner Greene asked if anyone representing the SOAR program is still at UNC <br /> Hospital. <br /> Blake Rosser said he didn't know. <br /> Commissioner Greene said a person was trained to do the work for SOAR and was <br /> located at UNC Hospital. <br /> Blake Rosser said that his department has people who are trained to do SOAR work. <br /> He said SOAR used to be administered by DSS. <br /> Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked what services SOHRAD connects chronically <br /> homeless individuals to. <br /> Danielle Butler said the purpose is to connect them with permanent, supportive housing. <br /> She said that service is being provided by IFC. She said that in a recent funding CoC cycle, the <br /> Partnership to End Homelessness applied for funds to expand housing for those individuals. <br /> Chair Bedford said there weren't any openings for years, and the county appropriated <br /> $150,000 to help, but that amount could only serve approximately 8 new people. She said that <br /> not everyone needs the same level of services, so there is an effort to reassess what current <br /> needs are, and how does the county adapt to those needs. <br /> Danielle Butler said nationwide there is a desire to help people currently receiving <br /> assistance move out of the program to make room for new participants. <br /> Chair Bedford said it is important for the Board to remember that transportation to <br /> shelters can be a barrier and people in the northern part of the county should be considered. <br /> Vice-Chair Hamilton said it is important to find out what the needs are of people in <br /> permanent supportive housing. She said it is also important to know what needs new people <br /> are facing to see if there are common reasons or circumstances. <br /> Danielle Butler said the leadership team is reviewing this type of information and they <br /> are also making sure that service providers are working together. <br />