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14 <br /> Slide#12 <br /> Current Initiatives focused on emergency <br /> shelter and low-barrier housing <br /> •2n6 Site, or larger volume primary site for <br /> county Cold Weather Cots <br /> -Satellite cold weather shelter in Hillsborough <br /> •Low-Barrier Housing Work Group to <br /> identify opportunities for <br /> development/acquisition <br /> -Integrated Services "Day" Center <br /> n ORANGECOUNTY <br /> O HOUSING DEPARTMENT <br /> Chair Bedford asked if the IFC shelter asks residents to leave during the day. <br /> Blake Rosser said yes that is still the policy. <br /> Chair Bedford said she does not recall the purpose for this policy. <br /> Blake Rosser said that he believes it is due to staffing issues. <br /> Chair Bedford said that she has lived here for 32 years, and it has always been a night <br /> only shelter with a meal. She said they opened the new place in Carrboro for the food pantry and <br /> meals. <br /> Vice-Chair Hamilton said a person in a day center is homeless. She said this provides a <br /> distinction between the department to end homelessness and the department that provides <br /> temporary shelter. She said both are needed but they need to think about the role to provide the <br /> permanent housing versus the role of the group to provide temporary shelter. She said that <br /> Orange County provides shelter services through a non-profit and she hears that it does not <br /> currently meet the need. She asked is it the role of the Partnership or DSS to provide shelter <br /> services. <br /> Danielle Butler, Partnership to End Homelessness Manager, said that her vision of a day <br /> center is a place that has all the basic needs and is also a place where people can meet with <br /> employment services. She said she would like for that to occur where they can provide other wrap <br /> around services. <br /> Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked for information about IFC asking people to leave during <br /> the day and Vice-Chair Hamilton's thoughts. She said that she does not understand why they are <br /> made to leave. <br /> Vice-Chair Hamilton said she wanted to clarify the Partnership to End Homelessness' <br /> specific mission. She said that temporary shelters play a role in that. She said there are questions <br /> that should be asked to make sure that that one department is not doing it all. <br />