2006 S Health - Renewal Agreement Between Chapel Hill Training and Outreach Inc and Health Dept for Social Worker II

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- RETURN THIS COPY TO THE CLERK'S - OFFICE FOR THE PERMANENT AGENDA FILE Agreement Between Orange County Head Start/Early Head Start of the Chapel Hill Training Outreach Project, Inc. And Orange County Health Department I. Purpose of this collaboration: 1. To provide family service coordination services to families eligible for and enrolled in Orange County Early Head Start and Orange County Health Department's Child Service Coordination Program. 2. To avoid duplication of effort, or conflict with, preexisting family plans by taking into account and building upon, as appropriate, information obtained from the family and community agencies involved. 3. To coordinate the resources, skills, and expertise of Orange County Early Head Start (OCEHS) and Orange County Health Department (OCHD) to provide high quality services for families and children that meet each agency's goals. II. Brief Description of the Collaboration: This collaboration for one social worker position presents parents with one, unified program case coordinator who will provide regular contacts to the family in order to identify and follow-up on child and family needs. The Family Service Coordinator will support the development of family self-sufficiency and promote skill development in the areas of problem solving, decision making and accessing needed health and human services. To this end, the Family Service Coordinator is responsible for implementation and follow-through of social services, parent involvement, and health needs of each assigned OCEHS child and family according to the OCEHS Family and Community Partnership Plan, the federal Head Start Performance Standards, and Orange County Health Department Child Service Coordination requirements. III. Parties involved and key collaboration contact person(s) in each program: This collaboration is being established between two distinct programs. The collaboration will be managed and problem solved at the administrative level by Orange County Head Start/Early Head Start Director, Angela Wilcox, and OCHD Director of Personal Health Services, Wayne Sherman. Key support staff will include: OCHD: Darrell Renfroe, MSW, Family Home Visiting Services Supervisor Beckie Hermann, RN, Family Home Visiting Services Coordinator Yvonne Duffy, RN, Child Special Services Coordinator Sue Rankin, RN, Community Health Services Patty Rhodes, RNBC, Child Care Health Consultant OCHS/EHS: Seanee Garris, Family Services Manager Ennis Baker, Early Childhood Manager and Mental Health Specialist