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EXHIBIT “B” <br />Scope of Services – FY 2025-26 <br />Outside Agency Performance Agreement <br /> <br />Agency Name: EMPOWERment Inc. <br />Program Name: Affordable Rental Program <br />Funding Award: $75,000.00 <br /> <br />Outline how the agency will spend Orange County’s funding award. <br />Expense Description Amount <br />Operations for Affordable Rental Program $75,000.00 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Program Services <br />Outline the critical services (activities) the agency will employ to attain the Anticipated Outcomes below, by June 30, 2026. <br /> <br />1.To decrease the number of evictions due to nonpayment of rent, in Orange County, by 20. <br />2. To increase the livelihood and security of Orange County residents by providing supportive services that <br /> will aid in meeting some of their basic needs. <br />3. To provide housing for the most vulnerable population: homeless, disabled, hosing choice voucher <br />holders, and the veteran population. <br /> <br />Orange County Strategic Plan Priority Identified in Application. Please click on the box below and select from <br />the drop-down menu. <br /> <br />Priority 3: Housing for All <br /> <br />Orange County Strategic Plan Objectives Identified in Application. Please type or cut and paste in the space <br />below the strategic plan objective(s) you selected in your application. <br /> <br />Invest in permanent supportive housing and help residents achieve housing stability <br /> <br />Performance Measures and Anticipated Outcomes <br />The Performance Measures and Anticipated Year End Results columns must align with the Strategic Plan Priority and Objectives. <br />Please include quantifiable results in the form of number of persons/units served within Orange County only (all Towns and <br />municipalities). If you use percentages, you must also provide the total number of participants being served by the measure. <br />Example: Priority 2, Healthy Communities <br />2.9. Provide 128 families annually with case-management through the Family Success Alliance program to connect them to <br />medical/mental health care, housing, or food with support, information, and referral services. <br />Performance Measures Anticipated <br />Year End <br />Results <br />Tenants who are experiencing rental hardships are encouraged to attend counseling <br />sessions with EI’s HUD certified housing counselors. These sessions have been created <br />to include financial literacy, budgeting, and information about the eviction process. Once <br />the classes are completed, EI’s counselors will work with the tenant on creating a <br />payment plan acceptable to the landlord for the tenants to avoid the eviction process. <br />35 <br />Throughout the year Orange County resident are given the opportunity to receive <br />supportive services from the agency in the following ways: emergency utility assistance <br />through the M.O.M fund; food and meal distributions; clothing and toy give away and gift <br />card distributions. <br />500 <br />Collaboration with other nonprofits and local government agencies to reach underserved <br />and disenfranchised populations. <br />5 <br /> <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 6EFBD53E-D91D-43BE-B4EC-49272935E2DC