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a <br />Family Service Coordination Agreement <br />Calendar Year 2009 <br />Page 1 of 8 <br />AGREEMENT BETWEEN <br />ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND <br />CHAPEL HILL TRAINING AND OUTREACH, INC. <br />FOR <br />FAMILY SERVICE COORDINATION SERVICES <br />I. Purpose of this collaboration: <br />1. To provide family service coordination services to families eligible for and <br />enrolled in Orange County Head Start and Orange County Health Department's <br />Child Service Coordination Program. <br />2. To avoid duplication of effort, or conflict with, preexisting family plans by <br />taking into account and building upon, as appropriate, information obtained from <br />the family and community agencies involved. <br />3. To coordinate the resources, skills, and expertise of Orange County Head Start <br />(OCRs) and Orange County Health Department (OCHD) to provide high quality <br />services for families and children that meet each agency's goals. <br />II. Brief Description of the Collaboration: <br />This collaboration for one social worker position presents parents with one,_unified <br />program case coordinator who will provide regular contacts to the family in order to <br />identify and follow-up on child and family needs. The Family Service Coordinator will <br />support the development of family self-sufficiency and promote skill development in <br />the areas of problem solving, decision making and accessing needed health and <br />human services. To this end, the Family Service Coordinator is responsible for <br />implementation and follow-through of social services, parent involvement, and health <br />needs of each assigned OCHS child and family according to the OCHS Family and <br />Community Partnership Plan, the federal Head Start Performance Standards, and <br />Orange County Health Department Child Service Coordination requirements. <br />III. Parties involved and key collaboration contact person(s) in each program: <br />This collaboration is being established between two distinct programs. The <br />collaboration will be managed and problem solved at the administrative level by <br />Orange County Head Start Director, Angela Wilcox, and OCHD Director of Personal <br />Health Services, Wayne Sherman. <br />Key support staff will include: <br />OCHD: Kathleen Goodhand, MSW, Family Home Visiting Services <br />Supervisor <br />Beckie Hermann, RN, Family Home Visiting Services <br />Coordinator <br />Sue Rankin, RN, Communicable Disease Coordinator <br />Patty Rhodes, RNBC, Child Care Health Consultant <br />Renee Kemske, MPH, RD, LDN Registered Dietitian/Licensed <br />Nutritionist <br />OCHS: Gwen Vareene-Pierce, Family Services Manager <br />Ennis Baker, Early Childhood Manager and Mental Health <br />