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6 <br /> Slide #2 <br /> Purpose <br /> • Consider transferring up to $20,000 from the Social Justice Reserve Fund to the Department of <br /> Social Services to support residents displaced by Tropical Storm Chantal <br /> • Funding to be used to extend temporary housing and/or to establish new housing <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 2 NORTH CAROLINA <br /> Slide #3 <br /> Background <br /> • Orange County and Town of Chapel Hill partnered to house displaced residents in hotel rooms <br /> starting on July 11, 2025 <br /> — Department of Social Services providing case management and emergency funding assistance <br /> — Town of Chapel Hill provided$100,000 to help fund the cost of hotel rooms <br /> • As of August 22, 2025, Social Services and the Town were supporting 20 hotel rooms for <br /> displaced residents <br /> — The number of rooms can fluctuate from day to day <br /> — Town of Chapel Hill is also providing 29 hotel rooms for residents displaced from Town public housing <br /> • Local funding identified to fund hotel rooms will be exhausted by August 29, 2025 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 3 NORTH CAROLINA <br />