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Outside Agency Descriprlons ow continued <br /> ...................... <br /> 7. Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle <br /> Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of the Triangle offers two services, community-based and <br /> school-based mentoring. Community-based mentoring provides mentors for children from <br /> single parent homes or other children in need of adult mentors. These "Big Brothers and Big <br /> sisters" play an integral role in the lives of their "tittles" by being good listeners and guiding <br /> these children in the right direction. School-based mentoring provides mentors to children <br /> during and after school on their school's campus. Teachers, or key school staff, refer children <br /> to this program who may need extra attention to build better social skills or who may be lacking <br /> in a particular area of schoolwork. School-based matches last for one school year and may <br /> continue into the next at the request of the parent, child, teacher or volunteer. <br /> 8. Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA — Boomerang <br /> Boomerang is a community-based alternative to suspension programs for middle and high <br /> school students in Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools. Boomerang provides a supportive <br /> environment for students who are on short-term suspension, advocates for youth in the <br /> community, and proVides resiliency-based training to the community. <br /> 9. Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meals on Wheels <br /> The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Meals on Wheels program uses volunteers to deliver nutritious <br /> noonday meals with cheerful personal visits five days a week to those who are homebound or <br /> recovering from surgery. In addition to delivering meals, volunteers bake homemade desserts <br /> and help in the office, which is located in Binkley Baptist Church. <br /> 10. Charles House <br /> Charles House is an adult day care facility located in Carrboro whose goals are to prolong the <br /> independence of older adults with disabilities and to provide respite for their caregivers. The <br /> facility has a capacity for 19 older adults and has had a waiting list since June of 2000. <br /> 11. Child Care Services Association <br /> The Child Care Services Association seeks to ensure that affordable (no more than 10% of a <br /> family's gross earning are used to purchase childcare for one child), accessible, high quality <br /> childcare is available for all young children and their families. <br /> 12. Chrysalis Foundation <br /> The Chrysalis Foundation develops affordable housing for disabled adults and families in <br /> Orange County, focusing on mental health, -developmental and substance abuse disabilities. <br /> Chrysalis develops housing that brings additional rental units into the affordable stock for <br /> renters whose income is generally lower than 30 percent of area median income. Chrysalis's <br /> housing activities include real estate development, property acquisition and renovation, <br /> financing, grant writing and participating in local housing initiatives. <br /> 13. Club Nova <br /> The mission of Club Nova is to serve adults in Orange County living with severe and persistent <br /> mental illness and provide them with structured daily activities, as well as social, vocational and <br /> residential opportunities that they would not otherwise have. <br /> Page 2 of 8 <br /> 29-5 <br />