2016-598-E Finance - Orange County Literacy Council - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID:990F6965-575D-4E0D-A54F-9DAD6D65198E t A - continued Provider'som6w,flication non-English speaking parents of elementary school students to help them learn to communicate with teachers and school administrators and at Chapel Hill Public Housing. Our partners provide space, childcare and student recruitment. Orange Literacy provides intakes, pre- and post-testing, goal-setting, curriculum development, tutor training and support, instruction and instructional materials. • Orange Literacy collaborates with the other partners of the Skills Development/NCWorks Center. We provide and receive client referrals to agencies including DSS Work First staff, NC Department Commerce-Employment Security Division, Joint Orange Chatham Community Action Agency, Vocational Rehabilitation, Good Work, and Disabilities Awareness Council. • We work closely with Adult Basic Education (ABE), GED and ESOL instructors from Durham Technical Community College and Alamance Community College. We provide tutors for students who need individual assistance at DTCC's Skills Development Center site as well as other sites across the county. We also work similarly with ACC for students in northern Orange who choose to go to this school. • We receive client referrals and self-referrals from human services agencies including: Freedom House, Community House, Project HomeStart, Orange County Health Department, Orange County Mental Health, Horizons, IFC, Chapel Hill Housing Authority, Chapel Hill Carrboro Schools, Orange County Schools, El Centro Hispano, Church World Service • A number of area churches, organizations, agencies and businesses provide free space for Orange Literacy programs. These include: Orange County Public Library, Carrboro Branch Library, Chapel Hill Public Library, UNC-CH. • We hold on-going classes at: Robert and Pearl Seymour Senior Center, Chapel Hill Public Library, UNC Healthcare at Eastowne (for housekeeping staff) • Orange Literacy works with Project Literacy students (a UNC Campus Y program) to tutor University employees, work with ESOL students and volunteer in the Creative Writing Program at the InterFaith Council's men's and women's shelters. • Orange Literacy sources AmeriCorps Members from the Student Coalition for Action in Student Education (SCALE) at UNC's School of Education. • With funding from the Orange County Partnership for Young Children, Orange Literacy works in partnership with El Centro Hispano and Orange County Early HeadStart/HeadStart at Fairview to provide a comprehensive family literacy program, with instruction for both parents and their pre-school children. • Orange Literacy is an active participant in the Orange County Family Success Alliance Collaborative. We provide literacy instruction to parents and other caregivers, targeting the curriculum to skills and content necessary to help them work with their children to build both their own and their child's literacy skills. Further, Orange Literacy's Executive Director is a member of the Family Success Alliance Advisory Council. • In collaboration with Church World Service, Orange Literacy has received a grant from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) to provide citizenship instruction in Orange, Durham and Alamance Counties. In Orange County, we are currently holding classes in conjunction with the Orange County Public Library, the Refugee Support Center and the Chapel Hill Public Library. Each of these partners provides space and assistance in recruiting students. Orange Literacy provides intakes, pre- and post-testing, goal-setting, curriculum development, tutor training and support, instruction and instructional materials. h) Effect of reduced funding If we were to receive reduced funding, we would need to scale back the services that we can offer. i) Include any other pertinent information. n/a Main Application 1/26/2016 5:06:15 PM Page 8 of