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<br />Page 7 of 22 <br /> <br />4. Living Wage: Does this <br />organization pay employees a <br />minimum living wage <br />($17.65/hr or $16.15/hr with <br />employer provided health <br />insurance)? <br />☐ Yes <br />☐ No <br />Is this organization <br />an Orange County <br />Living Wage <br />Certified Employer? <br />(Yes / No) <br /> <br />If no, please briefly <br />explain. <br />☐ Yes <br />☐ No <br />5. Schedule of Positions: <br />a. Number of Full-Time Paid <br />Positions: <br />b. Number of Part-Time Paid <br />Positions: <br />c. Number of Volunteers: <br /> <br />Project Information <br />*Please submit for each project if applying for funding for more than one project. <br /> <br />1. Project Name: Rooftop Solar Panels for Affordable Habitat Homes <br />2. Please briefly describe the <br />proposed project. (100-300 <br />words) <br />Orange County Habitat proposes to use $100,000 in Orange County <br />Community Climate Action Grant funds to install rooftop solar panels <br />on fourteen newly constructed affordable Habitat homes. These <br />installations will be in Weavers Grove, Habitat’s innovative new <br />mixed-income community in Chapel Hill. <br /> <br />Habitat serves individuals and families who live or work in Orange <br />County and earn between 30% and 80% Area Median Income (AMI). <br />With an average homebuyer family size of three, an estimated 42 <br />people will directly benefit from the solar installations. However, the <br />benefits of residential solar expand beyond the individual homebuyer. <br />By decreasing the amount of fossil fuel burned, our entire community <br />benefits from cleaner, healthier air, and decreased carbon emissions. <br /> <br />Orange County Climate Action funds have been critical to Orange <br />Habitat in launching our residential solar program over the past several <br />years, with the goal of including solar panels on all sun eligible Habitat <br />homes. Habitat is currently using Climate Action funds awarded in the <br />FY23 cycle to install solar panels on the first homes in Weavers Grove. <br />When these funds are expended at the end of the calendar year, we <br />will face a funding gap. An additional award from Orange County will <br />ensure Habitat can continue its solar program and build additional <br />program momentum. We hope to leverage the support of Orange <br />County to access future federal funds through the Inflation Reduction <br />Docusign Envelope ID: AA482F5E-25D4-439A-862A-65CC63DF3A74