Chapel Hill Project

Between 2017 and 2019, the Town of Chapel Hill, local community groups and residents collaborated with the Building Integrated Communities program to develop an action plan for integration of residents born in other countries. Shortly after, the Town developed a comprehensive Language Access Plan.

To learn more, review the documents below.

• May 2024 BIC Action Plan Implementation Update (PDF)
• June 2023 BIC Action Plan Implementation Update (PDF)
• June 2022 BIC Action Plan Implementation Update (PDF)
• April 2021 Building Integrated Communities Action Plan Implementation Update (PDF)
• 2019 Chapel Hill Language Access Plan (PDF)
•  2019 Chapel Hill BIC Action Plan for Integration of Residents Born in Other Countries (PDF)
•  2018 Chapel Hill Community Perspectives and Recommendations for Local Government(PDF)

In Recent News

• Chapel Hill receives $375,000 to use for refugee, immigrant support initiative. (PDF)

The Daily Tar Heel | August 2022

• Chapel Hill’s Building Integrated Communities Program Helping Immigrants, Now With New Funds (PDF)

Chapelboro | August 2022

• On Air Today: ‘Building Integrated Communities’ in Chapel Hill

Chapelboro 97.9 the Hill | August 2022

• Town of Chapel Hill Receives $375,000 Grant to Support Immigrant and Refugee Populations – The Local Reporter (PDF)
  The Local Reporter | August 2022

Resources

Accountability and Sustainability
As part of Building Integrated Communities Language Access Collaborative, Sarah Viñas, Director of the Affordable Housing and Community Connections at the Town of Chapel Hill, and Maddie Hayes, Co-Executive Director of Refugee Community Partnership, discuss how to hold each other’s agencies accountable on their mutual goals. They describe different ways community organizations and local governments can maintain a strong working relationship during difficult times, like the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chapel Hill Language Access Presentation
In 2018, as part of the Building Integrated Communities (BIC) Project, Chapel Hill’s immigrant and refugee residents identified language access as a key strategy to better serve the community. In the short presentation below, Sarah Viñas details the process of developing a Language Access Plan and how the Town of Chapel Hill implemented theirs.