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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: December 1, 2025
Action Agenda
Item No. 4-a
SUBJECT: OCPEH Homeless Data and Annual Report
DEPARTMENT: Housing
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Blake Rosser, Housing Director, 919-
PowerPoint Presentation 245-2492
Danielle DeCaprio, OCPEH Manager,
919-245-2496
PURPOSE: To receive an overview of the work of the Orange County Partnership to End
Homelessness (OCPEH), including updated system level data about homelessness in Orange
County submitted to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
earlier this year, as well as obstacles and successes.
BACKGROUND: The Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness (OCPEH) was created
in 2008 to coordinate funding and activities to end homelessness in Orange County. OCPEH is
jointly funded by Orange County (39.5%) and the Towns of Carrboro (14.3%), Chapel Hill (39.7%),
and Hillsborough (6.5%).
Overview
FY 2024-25 saw a series of transitions as OCPEH experienced new leadership, personnel, and
sites of operation with the Cold Weather Shelter. Community partners have experienced
reductions in funding and donations, resulting in diminished_program capacity at a time when
community need remains high. This period has also highlighted the importance of local and
regional collaboration to address the rise of homelessness.
The Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness (OCPEH) uses a variety of funding
sources to support community-level planning, coordination and evaluation efforts. Funders
include the federal and local government, foundations, and private partners.
Challenges
Due to the current federal administration, there is a serious risk that the HUD Continuum of Care
(CoC) grant will be partially cut. The recently-released Continuum of Care Notice of Funding
Opportunity (NOFO) has mandated cuts to "permanent" housing of 70%, as well as only
guaranteeing 30% of annual renewal funding. Permanent housing includes both the Interfaith
Council's Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) program as well as OCPEH's Rapid Rehousing
(RRH) program, and both agencies are eagerly awaiting clarification on the NOFO in order to
determine how to shift application requests in order to maximize possible funding. The programs
and positions currently funded by CoC Grants are:
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o PSH (IFC, 79% of funding)
o RRH (OCPEH, 64% of funding)
o Coordinated Entry/Housing Helpline (OCPEH, 80% of funding)
o OCPEH Coordinator position (20% of funding)
Successes
As a small Continuum of Care, OCPEH expanded its impact by partnering with other local
homeless systems on federal funding opportunities. County government has increased its
commitment to address system needs and prioritized funding for two (2) main drivers of inequity
in the current system by investing in Permanent Supportive Housing expansion and funding for
Bridge Housing.
OCPEH has also broadened partnerships with the community on various efforts:
• with the faith community through last winter's Cold Weather Shelter (housed at University
Baptist Church in Chapel Hill);
• with many community partners and Alliance Health;
• with a pop-up event in coordination with UNC Health for a newly-awarded Street Medicine
grant; and
• with the Town of Chapel Hill for use of its former police station for this year's Cold Weather
Shelter.
The Road Ahead
Much of the future of homelessness programs in Orange County will be determined in the coming
months after the results of the CoC grant. Federal grants make up over one-third of homelessness
funding in the County, so any loss would be significant.
OCPEH continues to work with regional partners to identify and recruit providers to Orange
County to address system gaps. One such effort is underway with the potential use of 2700
Homestead Road in Chapel Hill for next winter's Cold Weather Shelter, and for potential future
use as an Integrated Day Center along the lines of Raleigh's "Oak City Cares."
OCPEH has been increasing engagement with people with direct knowledge of the local homeless
system in system design, planning, and assessment, and will continue this focus in the year to
come. This includes the recently initiated Technical Assistance through the local HUD office, as
well as a collaborative Youth Homeless Systems Initiative grant coordinated by the Central Pines
Regional Council.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with receiving this Report.
ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN: This item supports:
• GOAL 3: HOUSING FOR ALL
OBJECTIVE 2. Address need and any policy barriers to increase access to emergency
shelter beds and other low-barrier housing including eviction diversion.
OBJECTIVE 3. Invest in permanent supportive housing.
OBJECTIVE 4. Prioritize and select County-owned land and/or facilities as part of an
overall plan of facilities to create crisis, bridge, low barrier, affordable, and permanent
housing.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the report and
provide any comments or questions to staff.
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ORANGE COUNTY
HOMELESSNESS DATA
Danielle DeCaprio, LCSW
OCPEH Homeless Program Manager
12.1 .2025
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SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MEASURES
( SPM )
• SPM are an overview of the entire Continuum of Care
• Uses data from Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
• Includes the HUD funded agencies
• Partnership to End Homelessness
• Housing Helpline - Coordinated Entry (CE)
• SOHRAD — Street Outreach (SO)
• Rapid Rehousing - RRH (not including TBRA)
• Inter-Faith Council for Social Service
• HomeStart — Emergency Shelter (ES)
• Cold Weather Cots (men, women) — Emergency Shelter (ES)
• Community House — Transitional Housing (TH)
• Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)
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SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MEASURES
FY24-25
People Served People served - 519 individuals
■Shelter- 211
■Transitional housing- 129
-Rapid Rehousing- 109
Shelter ■Street Outreach - 36
Transitional Housing
Rapid Rehousing ■Permanent Supportive Housing- 34
Street Outreach
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SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MEASURES
17 FY24-25
Positive Outcomes Successful Placement from Street
Outreach and Successful Placement
in or Retention of Permanent Housing:
172 individuals
■From Street Outreach = 23
■From ES, TH, & RRH = 120
■Permanent Supportive Housing =
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From Street Outreach From ES,TH, RRH From PSH
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SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MEASURES
FY24-25
Length of Time (LOT) Persons Remain Homeless
Change in the average and median length of time persons are homeless in ES,
and TH projects
■Current FY Universe = 279 persons
■Current FY Average LOT Experiencing Homelessness = 143 days
Average: Total days divided by the total persons homeless during the
reporting period
■Current FY Median LOT Experiencing Homelessness = 114 days
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SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MEASURES
FY24-25
7F--- Returns to Homelessness from Permanent Housing
Total Number of
Persons who Number Number Number
Exited to a Returning to Percentage of Returning to Percentage of Returning to Percentage of Number of Percentage of
Permanent Homelessness Returns in Less Homelessness Returns from 6 Homelessness Returns from 13 Returns in 2 Returns in 2
Housing in Less than 6 than 6 Months from 6 to 12 to 12 Months from 13 to 24 to 24 Months Years Years
Destination(2 Months Months Months
Years Prior)
Exit from SO 38 1 2.63% 0 0.00% 1 2.63% 2 5.26%
Exit from ES 40 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 2.50% 1 2.50%
Exit from TH 21 2 9.52% 0 0.00% 2 9.52% 4 19.05%
Exit from PH 36 3 8.33% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3 8.33%
TOTAL 135
Total Returns To
6 4.44% 0 0.00% 4 2.96% 10 7.41
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SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MEASURES
FY24-25
Number of Persons who Become Homeless for the First Time
Homeless Persons
Change in the number of persons entering ES,TH, and PH projects with no
prior enrollments in HMIS
• Universe: Persons during the reporting period = 281
• Count of those who were designated homeless within past 24
months = 71
• Count of those who did not have entries in the previous 24
months. (i.e. number of persons experiencing homelessness for
Within Past 24 months Not Within Past 24 Months the first time) = 2 10
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PARTNERSHIP
PROGRAM LEVEL DATA
7�1npring of 2025, the Partnership began tracking monthly program levelata.
• Since then, this data is shared with the Partnership's Leadership Team
monthly and reported out quarterly.
• This tracking continues to evolve based on feedback from the Leadership
Team.
• *Note - This report will share FY24-25 data and 1St Qtr FY25-26. Since this
tracking started mid-year, we do not have full year data for all programs.
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COORDINATED ENTRY
FY24-25
Method
Coordinated Entries
Conducted = 437
• Phone = 203
• In-person = 234
Number of Initial
Contacts = Over 5,200
Phone In-person
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COORDINATED ENTRY
1ST QTR FY25-26
Method
Coordinated Entries
Conducted = 136
• Phone = 73
46% • In-person = 63
Number of Initial
Contacts = Close to 1,300
Phone In-person
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STREET OUTREACH , HARM REDUCTION AND
DEFLECTION (SOHRAD)
FY24-25
Services Provided
Comprehensive Clinical Assessments Completed 8 On average, SOHRAD worked with
23 enrolled households per month
Assistance with Completing Housing Applications 14 and of those, on average, 15
Deflections from arrests- Example: businesses contacting Team, 80 households were engaged/working on
instead of police
Diversion Placement/Housing- Connections to treatment, bridge housing plan.
housing
Survival Supplies -# of person provided to 168 On average, 10% monthly exited to
Harm Reduction -#of contacts: narcan, PORT team 11
positive destination.
#of Outreach to Jail 18 On average, 27% monthly had
Transportation assistance 32 income.
Co-response 35
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SOHRAD
1ST QTR FY25-26
Services Provided
Comprehensive Clinical Assessments Completed 1 On average, SOHRAD worked with
25 enrolled households per month
Assistance with Completing Housing Applications 0 and of those, on average, 14
Deflections from arrests- Example: businesses contacting Team, 12 households were engaged/working on
instead of police
Diversion Placement/Housing- Connections to treatment, bridge 1 housing plan.
housing
Survival Supplies -# of person provided to 21 On average, I% monthly exited to
Harm Reduction -#of contacts: narcan, PORT team 6
positive destination. (Note — Only
positive exit this year thusfar.)
#of Outreach to Jail 10
Transportation assistance 1 On average, 23% monthly had
Co-response 23 income.
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HOUSING ACCESS
FY24-25
Total
Number of Leases Signed 169
HCV 164
RRH 5
Landlords Engaged through Outreach 46
Number of New Landlords Enrolled 25
Landlord Incentive Payments(LIP) Processed 18
Risk Mitigation Processed 16
Units Added to Master Housing List 110
Community Meetings Facilitated 9
Landlord Engagement Roundtable 4
Community and Provider Trainings 3
Client Focused Trainingsl 2
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HOUSING ACCESS
1 ST QTR FY25-26
Total
Number of Leases Signed 43
HCV 31
RRH 12
Landlords Engaged through Outreach 11
Number of New Landlords Enrolled 4
LIP's Processed 4
Risk Mitigation Processed 4
Units Added to Master Housing List 34
Community Meetings Facilitated 4
Landlord Engagement Roundtable 1
Community and Provider Trainings 3
Client Focused Trainings 0
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RAPID REHOUSING
3RD QTR FY24-25
Apr-25 May-25 Jun-25 Total
Number of New Enrollments 7 7 4 18
Number of New Move Ins 0 3 2 5
Total Households 17 25 22
Number of Families 5 8 7
Number of Adult Only Households 12 17 15
Income at Start (adults)
No 9 13 14
Yes 12 15 13
Unknown 0 1 0
Percentage with Income 57% 52% 48%
Number of Positive Exits (persons) 4 3
Total Persons Exiting 9 7
Percentage of Positive Exits 44% 43%
Number of Active Cases 31 41
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RAPID REHOUSING
1 ST QTR FY25-26
Jul-25 Aug-25 Sep-25 Total
Number of New Enrollments 21 1 0 22
Number of New Move Ins 1 8 5 14
Total Households 40 41 41
Number of Families 8 8 8
Number of Adult Only Households 32 33 33
Income at Start (adults)
No 19 19 19
Yes 22 23 23
Unknown 1 0 0
Percentage with Income 52% 55% 55%
Number of Positive Exits (persons) 3 - -
Total Persons Exiting 3 0 0
Percentage of Positive Exits 100% - -
Number of Active Cases 43 41 41
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SSI /SSDI OUTREACH , ACCESS AND RECOVERY
(SOAR)
FY24-25
New Referrals To SOAR 25
Number of Cases that OC is Auth Rep (duplicated) 24
Newly assigned cases to county staff as Authorized Rep 14
Number of Cases OC Provided Informal Support 9
Number of Cases Submitted for the First Time 12
Number of Successful Outcomes 4
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SOAR
1 ST QTR FY25-26
New Referrals To SOAR 22
Eligible Referrals 10
Newly assigned cases to county staff as Authorized Representative 8
Social Security Income (SSI)/Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) 5
Application Packets Submitted
Successful Outcomes 5
rainings Provided / Outreach Events 5
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*NOTE - Changed Outcomes Slightly from Previous Fiscal Year i� Partnership to
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QUESTIONS ?
Danielle T. DeCaprio, LCSW
Homeless Program Manager
Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness
ddecaprio oran ecountync.gov
919.895.2427
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