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6 <br />OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING: FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONER <br />NOVEMBER 2010 <br />The following elements -taken as a whole or singularly -constitute the <br />basis for why an Outside Agency is selected for Orange County Funding: <br />(NOTE: New preface statement) <br />First and foremost benefits Orange County residents. (NOTE: New element.) <br />Supports the social safety net; i.e., the Outside Agency exists to feed the hungry; <br />house the homeless; address human suffering (example: Housing for New <br />Hope) <br />Legacy/historical relationship; i.e., the County helped co-create or was among <br />original funding group (example: Dispute Settlement Center) <br />Performance review/ranking; i.e., the Outside Agency scores a baseline <br />numerical ranking or above on its Application Scorecard (example: Piedmont <br />Health Services) <br />Unique mission/service; i.e., the Outside Agency meets a specific need not <br />otherwise met for County residents (example: EI Hispano) <br />Financial need; i.e., the Outside Agency fulfills an important mission but requires <br />government assistance to help accomplish its service goals (example: OE <br />Enterprises); CONVERSELY, the Outside Agency may have over time become <br />overly reliant on governmental assistance (example: Joint Orange and Chatham <br />County Action Agency), or the Outside Agency has demonstrated a reliable, <br />diverse revenue stream of which governmental assistance is a small portion <br />(example: Child Care Services Association) <br />Principal partnership; i.e., the Outside Agency has demonstrated its effectiveness <br />in supplementing and/or supporting County departments in their delivery of <br />service to vulnerable populations (examples: Orange Congregations in Mission <br />and the Inter-Faith Council) <br />Geographic balance; i.e., the Outside Agency helps ensure opportunity and <br />access to key programs and services are available on both ends of the county <br />(example: Communities in Schools/Middle School After School) <br />Matching_grant; i.e., the Outside Agency specifically needs County dollars to <br />match a unique, desired investment in services to county residents (no examples <br />in FY10-11) <br />