AGENDA #10
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TO: |
Mayor and Town Council |
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FROM: |
Council Member Sally Greene |
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SUBJECT: |
Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness in Orange County |
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DATE: |
May 7, 2007 |
The purpose of this memorandum is to review with the Council the Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness in Orange County.
The attached resolution would endorse the Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness in Orange County. The resolution would also appoint me to serve as the Council’s representative to the Executive Team that would be responsible for oversight of the implementation of the Plan.
On January 24, 2005, the Council adopted a resolution to support the establishment of the Partnership to End Homeless in Orange County. The Partnership was developed to design and implement a 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness in Orange County. Membership includes Chapel Hill, Orange County, Carrboro, Hillsborough, Triangle United Way, the Inter-Faith Council, Orange Congregations in Mission, OPC Area Program, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce.
In October 2005, Orange County, on behalf of the Partnership entered into a consultant agreement with J-Quad and Associates, LLC to develop a Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness in Orange County. On March 14, 2007, the Partnership Steering Committee unanimously adopted the 10-Year Plan.
The main focus of the Plan is to end chronic homelessness, without excluding the needs of all homeless individuals and families. The Plan includes five goals to help end homelessness in Orange County:
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Goal 1: |
Reduce Chronic Homelessness |
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Goal 2: |
Increase Employment |
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Goal 3: |
Prevent Homelessness |
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Goal 4: |
Increase Access to Services |
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Goal 5: |
Increase Public Participating in Ending Homelessness |
Each of the Partnership members are now being asked to accept the final 10-Year Plan. The Partnership members believe that the Plan outlines a reasonable plan to end chronic homelessness in 10 years. We would continue to work with the group members to implement the plan. Specifically, an Executive Team will be appointed to oversee the implementation of the Plan.
The Plan also includes hiring a coordinator to assist with implementation of the Plan. At this time, it is contemplated that the position would be funded by the four participating governments, and the Triangle United Way, and would have an office in one Orange County’s government buildings. The Town has included funding for this position in the preliminary 2007-2008 budget.
I recommend that the Council adopt the attached resolution endorsing the 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness in Orange County.
1. Executive Summary of the Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness in Orange County (p. 4).