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1 <br /> ORD-2015-003 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 3, 2015 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-b <br /> SUBJECT: Family Success Alliance Request for Social Justice Funding and Approval of <br /> Budget Amendment #6-A <br /> DEPARTMENT: Health Department PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Colleen Bridger, 919-245-2412 <br /> Harlem Children's Zone Sample Agenda Meredith Stewart, 919-245-2070 <br /> Harlem Children's Zone Description of <br /> Programs This Item is a carry-forward from the <br /> February 17, 2015 meeting cancelled <br /> due to weather. <br /> PURPOSE: To approve Budget Amendment #6-A transferring funds from the Social Justice <br /> fund for the Family Success Alliance (FSA) in order for 12 members to attend the Harlem <br /> Children's Zone Practitioner's Institute. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Family Success Alliance was created with support and approval from <br /> Board of Commissioners in June 2014 in response to Health Department reports about the <br /> growing issue of child poverty in Orange County. In May 2014 Health Department staff <br /> highlighted a large and multi-disciplinary body of research showing that a family's income <br /> shapes a child's educational, employment, and health outcomes throughout their life. In <br /> particular, children who have adverse childhood experiences that are more common among <br /> families experiencing poverty are at higher risk of health outcomes like obesity, depression, and <br /> substance abuse. <br /> The Health Department indicated that an approach being used with success across the United <br /> States is modeled after the Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ). This model brings together <br /> collaborative partners to define a common agenda and common progress measures, coupled <br /> with mutually-reinforcing activities targeted to specific high needs neighborhoods or zones. The <br /> HCZ model has proved so successful at overcoming the impact of poverty on educational and <br /> other life outcomes that it has been replicated throughout the country in a variety of forms <br /> including the federal Promise Neighborhoods. <br /> The FSA was modeled along the lines of the Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ) which provides <br /> wrap around supports for children and families struggling to make ends meet, forming a cradle <br /> to college pipeline of success. To learn more about how to implement the model here in Orange <br /> County, members of the Family Success Alliance will travel to the Harlem Children's Zone and <br />