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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~,- <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 21, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Resolution: Support of Funding for Freedom House <br />DEPARTMENT: Manager's Office <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Resolution <br />DHHR Request for Funding Proposal <br />(to be sent later under separate cover) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Sharron Siler <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - -ext. 2300 <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 ----- <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve a resolution in support of funding for Freedom House as presented in <br />House Bill 1052: An Act to Appropriate Funds to Support the Programs of Freedom House. <br />BACKGROUND: Freedom House, located on Airport Road in Chapel Hill, is a nonprofit agency <br />that provides residential treatment to assist in the recovery of addiction. The agency, operational <br />since 1971, offers detoxification programs, ashort-term acute stabilization program, a women's <br />long-term residential program, and a men's long-term residential program in conjunction with its <br />LifeSkills Education Program. <br />During the last session of the General Assembly, Representatives Verla Insko and Joe Hackney <br />sponsored House Bill 1052: An Act to Appropriate Funds to Support the Programs of Freedom <br />House. The bill, approved for FY 1999-2000 in the amount of $100,000, was combined with other <br />similar initiatives and budgeted within the Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR). <br />Officials from Freedom House have been advised that an RFP process will be conducted by DHHR <br />to determine the funding appropriations. To ensure the most favorable results, Freedom House has <br />requested that the Board of Commissioners endorse their RFP in support of program funding as was <br />originally approved in House Bill 1052. <br />The RFP from Freedom House and a resolution supporting their funding is attached. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None known at this time. <br />RECOMMENDATON(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the resolution and <br />authorize the chair to sign. <br />