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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: April 17, 2018
Action Agenda
Item No. 4-c
SUBJECT: Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness 2017 Report
DEPARTMENT: County Manager
ATTACHMENT(S):
1. 2017 OCPEH Report
2. Revised Homeless System Gaps
Analysis
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Corey Root, 919-245-2496
PURPOSE: To receive a presentation on the 2017 activities of the Orange County Partnership
to End Homelessness (OCPEH) and also review an update to the homeless service system
gaps analysis.
BACKGROUND: The Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness was created in 2008
to coordinate funding and activities to end homelessness in Orange County. OCPEH is jointly
funded by Orange County (39%) and the Towns of Carrboro (15%), Chapel Hill (41%), and
Hillsborough (5%), with the percentages based on the 2010 Census population counts.
Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness Coordinator Corey Root and OCPEH Board
Chair Allison De Marco will provide a brief presentation at the meeting and present the
homeless service system gaps analysis.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with receiving the report.
In addition to utilizing office space at the Link Government Services Center, OCPEH received
$43,096 for FY2017-2018 from Orange County. The total OCPEH budget for FY2017-2018 is
$170,502. Contributions from the other jurisdictions, based on the Census population
percentages noted above, were:
• $45,306 from Chapel Hill
• $16,575 from Carrboro, and
• $5,525 from Hillsborough
OCPEH is requesting $60,782 in FY2018-2019 from Orange County. The full requested budget
is $183,352, with the proposed contributions from the other jurisdictions (based on the Census
population percentages noted above) as follows:
• $63,899 requested from Chapel Hill
• $23,378 from Carrboro, and
• $7,793 from Hillsborough
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SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goals are applicable
to this item:
• GOAL: FOSTER A COMMUNITY CULTURE THAT REJECTS OPPRESSION AND
INEQUITY
The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race or color;
religious or philosophical beliefs; sex, gender or sexual orientation; national origin or
ethnic background; age; military service; disability; and familial, residential or economic
status.
• GOAL: CREATE A SAFE COMMUNITY
The reduction of risks from vehicle/traffic accidents, childhood and senior injuries, gang
activity, substance abuse and domestic violence.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the presentation
as information and provide any comments or questions.
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For more information about homelessness in Orange County, contact Corey Root, croot@orangecountync.gov, (919) 245-2496.
$740,000
$7.8 MILLIONFEDERAL FUNDING SECURED IN 2017
SINCE 2005
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RESOURCE DATABASE
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OF THE MOST
VULNERABLE PEOPLE
HOUSED IN 2017
HOUSED
SINCE 2012
2185
HOMELESS SYSTEM BEDS
RAPID
RE-HOUSING
SHELTER &
TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING
PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING
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Everyone deserves a safe, stable place to call home.
• Prevent and end homelessness among Veterans
• Finish the job of ending chronic homelessness
• Prevent and end homelessness
for families, youth and children
• Set a path to ending all types
of homelessness
COMMUNITY
MEETINGS
HOMELESSNESS
ORIENTATIONS
GROUP
PRESENTATIONS
PRESENTATIONS
TO ELECTED BOARDS
554114
PEOPLE IN ORANGE
COUNTY EXPERIENCED
HOMELESSNESS
ON ONE NIGHT
2017 REPORT
ONE DAY SERVICE EVENT CONNECTED
173 GUESTS WITH 1,141 SERVICES
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GOALS
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Last update:
April 5, 2018
Priority Program Program description One time costs Ongoing annual costs Total Cost
1 year
Total Cost
5 years
Update & Funding as
of April 2018 Funding Strategy
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Best-practice, fully-
funded Rapid Re-
housing
Short-term (3-5 months average, up to
18 months) rental assistance and case
management for households with a mid-
range of service needs using a
progressive engagement model and
trauma-informed practices
$6000
Equipment, computer
$572,000
$100,000 salary + benefits of 2 FTE
case managers
$472,000 rental assistance to serve
60 households/year (30 low, 20
medium and 10 high acuity)
$ 578,000 $ 2,866,000
PARTIAL:
$62,796 in ESG funding awarded
and $25,000 HOME funds
previewed for rental assistance
to start July 2018; Program added
case manager in Aug. 2017,
subcontracted to IFC in Jan. 2018
Expansion of funding
sources
2 Income-based rental
housing
Rental units that use household income
to determine amount of rent paid by
clients
$100,000 to $2.5
million for affordable
housing development
project subsidy
Master Leasing
$455,370 for rental subsidies and case
management for 50 units
highly variable Master Leasing:
$2,276,850
PARTIAL: Some units available in
the community from
Town/County subsidies, HUD
subsidies, but referrals not
coordinated or prioritized +
community need far outstrips
number of available units
Participate in
collaboration coordinated
by OCAHC; Master Leasing
proposal
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Landlord Partnership
Initiative - Housing
Locator
$3000
Equipment, computer
$50,000
$40,000 salary + benefits of Housing
Locator
$10,000 general supplies
$ 53,000 $ 253,000
PREVIEWED: Pilot program
previewed to start July 2018 at
CEF; longterm funding source
needed
Longterm funding
sources: HUD Public
Housing administrative
reserve? Outside Agency
funding?
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Landlord Partnership
Initiative - Risk
Mitigation Fund
$50,000 $5,000
Annual replacement funds $ 55,000 $ 75,000
PREVIEWED: Program
announcment forthcoming from
Orange County Housing &
Community Development
Department in April 2018
N/A
Program to recruit and maintain
landlords who will make units available
for people transitioning from
homelessness to permanent housing.
This includes people exiting shelter and
transitional housing, in Rapid Re-
Housing (RRH), Permanent Supportive
Housing (PSH), Supportive Services for
Veterans and their Families (SSVF,) HUD-
VASH programs
Homeless Service System Gaps Analysis
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Last update:
April 5, 2018
Priority Program Program description One time costs Ongoing annual costs Total Cost
1 year
Total Cost
5 years
Update & Funding as
of April 2018 Funding Strategy
Homeless Service System Gaps Analysis
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Drop-In Day Center
with Integrated
Services
Coordinated entry portal for people
seeking services + a communal
workspace for agencies working on
housing and homelessness. One-stop
access for services including integrated
case management and housing
coordination.
$2000 Remodeling cost
for existing CEF OC HUB
$50.000 - $2-3 million
New location, upfit &
construction costs
$75,000 Additional staff for CEF OC
HUB + contracts for outside services
(i.e. laundry)
$150,000 New location
Adding three FTEs
$77,000 - $3.15
million
$385,000 - $3.75
million
PARTIAL: OC Hub active with
community partner agencies at CEF,
seeking longterm funding; Criminal
Justice Re-Entry Council previewed
to start May 2018 to connect people
exiting correctional facilities with
services, housing, employment, etc.
Qualifies under any
Cardinal service
definitions? Foundations?
5 Street outreach
program
Connecting people living unsheltered
with services and housing using
relationship and trauma-informed
practices
$3000
Equipment, computer
$77,154
Salary for entry level master's
clinician also able to do
comprehensive clinical assessments
as part of their outreach + indirect
costs + travel
$ 80,154 $ 388,770
UNFUNDED: Community partners
have met and identified need,
program budget, and agency to
host potential program, the
Center for Excellence in
Community Mental Health
Not included in FY18-19
OCPEH budget; Eligible
ESG program;
Foundations?
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24 hour bathroom
facilities in
downtown Chapel
Hill/Carrboro
Free public restrooms in close proximity
to Franklin Street open 24 hours
$200,000
Construction costs
assuming donated land
$5000
Cleaning, maintenance, supplies
annually
$ 205,000 $ 225,000
PARTIAL: Carrboro Town
Commons & Chapel Hill Wallace
Deck bathrooms open daylight
hours
Integrate with drop-in day
center? Partner with
Franklin Street churches?
Integrate in Chapel Hill
downtown plans going
forward? Have available
in Carrboro library
opening 2020?
7 Accessible & housing-
focused shelter
Welcoming, appealing, and
accessibleshelter available for all
people experiencing homelessness.
Program would limit barriers to entry (for
example income, sobriety), and
intentionally link people to housing
$10,000
Training and staff
development for existin
IFC shelter
$2-3 million new
construction
$184,700 Retooling existing IFC
shelters
Adding 155 staff hours/week at
shelters
$650,000 Building new shelter
Staff salary + benefits
$194,700 -
$3.7 million
$933,500 - $6.25
million
PARTIAL: IFC working with Town
of Chapel Hill to examine
potential changes to Good
Neighbor Plan to reduce barriers
to shelter entry and transform to
housing-focused shelter
Foundations? Local
governments?
8 Diversion funding
Financial assistance and trained staff
provided to divert people from entering
the homeless service system
$3500
Staff training,
equipment
$16,250
$10,000 for 10 hours a week staff
$6,250 for 25 households diverted,
$250/household
$ 19,750 $ 84,750
PARTIAL: Many faith-based and
other groups provide this funding
in the community, but it is not
coordinated or targeted using
best practices
Recruit faith-based groups
doing this work to partner
with OCPEH Coordinated
Entry
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