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33 <br /> Orange County to: remain in full compliance with all applicable LBP regulations; control or reduce,to the <br /> extent feasible, all LBP hazards in housing rehabilitated with federal funds; and reduce the number of <br /> incidences of elevated blood lead levels in children. <br /> Actions planned to reduce the number of poverty-level families <br /> The Orange County Family Success Alliance (FSA), modeled after proven national programs such as the <br /> Harlem Children's Zone and the Promise Neighborhoods Institute, is founded on the understanding that <br /> no one organization or individual can single-handedly change the way poverty harms our children and <br /> our communities. FSA is dedicated to building a comprehensive system of engagement on education and <br /> health, with built-in family and community support. It is staffed by the Orange County Health <br /> Department and supported by work groups made up of staff members of participating advisory council <br /> organizations. Initial funding for FSA was awarded by the Orange County Board of County <br /> Commissioners through the Social Justice Fund. <br /> FSA's 2019-2022 Strategic Plan outlines three goals: (1) children are healthy and prepared for school, (2) <br /> children and youth are healthy and succeed in school, and (3)families, neighborhoods, and institutions <br /> support the healthy development of children.These goals are approached through four strategic areas. <br /> The first is family empowerment. Over the 2019-2022 period, FSA is evolving its current "navigator" <br /> model, in which peer leaders build trusting relationships with families living in poverty, into a more <br /> comprehensive family empowerment model that will bring families together to learn, build on strengths <br /> and knowledge, and together work to better navigate systems and to uncover their personal and <br /> collective power to affect systems change. <br /> The second strategic area is partnership. FSA collaborates with cross-sector agencies to center parent <br /> expertise and priorities and aims to shift more power into the hands of parents to co-create programs <br /> and initiatives in the community. <br /> The third area is systems change, by involving community members whose lives are most directly and <br /> deeply affected by poverty in leadership and decision making to dismantle institutionalized racism and <br /> other oppressive systems.The final strategy area is foundational work.This means building internal <br /> infrastructure in FSA to support strategic goals. <br /> Actions planned to develop institutional structure <br /> OCPEH has thoroughly analyzed the institutional structure and service delivery system for homelessness <br /> in Orange County, identified ten gaps in the system, and calculated the costs of filling those gaps. OCPEH <br /> has either identified existing programs and partners or developed the infrastructure to fill most of these <br /> gaps. Of the estimated $1.7 million yet to be secured, OCPEH has approached Orange County and the <br /> Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough to ask each jurisdiction to contribute a portion of the <br /> funds. In addition to filling the homeless system gaps, OCPEH also aims to improve existing projects and <br /> processes and improve the quality of homeless service delivery. <br /> Annual Action Plan 31 <br /> FY 2025-2026 <br />