2016-603-E Finance - Human Rights Center of Chapel Hill & Carrboro - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: D2CB2439-4B3B-42E7-A090-286FDDD6E948 t A - continued Provider's Outside Agency Application Rev. Nathan Allan Hollister, Board Chairperson Date 22 January 2016 2. AGENCY INFORMATION Please provide the following information about your agency (Limit of 2 pages total): a) Years in Operation: 2009-2016 Date of Incorporation: September 2008 Granted 501(c) status in February 2009 b) Agency's Purpose/Mission: The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Human Rights Center is critically-needed within its community: • To promote intercultural understanding amongst community members, highlighting the recognition of the dignity and fundamental rights of others across the several traditionally-divisive lines, including race, ethnicity, class, nationality, and religion. • To provide resources for the under-served and impoverished members of the community through skill development and opportunity recognition, while simultaneously providing a platform for meaningful community-based intercultural learning for local college students through their volunteer involvement. • To provide opportunities for college students enrolled in University courses related to experiential learning, human rights, immigration, poverty, and inequality to gain first-hand experiences in an applied setting, thereby relating course content to its real-world application. • To interact meaningfully with other community organizations to combat poverty, racism, exclusive practices, abuse of workers and tenants, sexism, xenophobia, and homophobia in the broader communities of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. • To engage in activities related to the aforementioned mission and vision of the organization, provided that the organization shall not engage in any activities or pursue any purposes which are not permitted by a Corporation exempt from United States federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code as the same now exists or as it may hereafter be amended. The primary focus of our work is with people who are immigrants and refugees so we added the word Immigrant to our central program area: Refugee Community Partnership (RCP), to better reflect our work. Under the auspices of the Human Rights Center we will be primarily known as the Immigrant & Refugee Community Partnership (IRCP). c) Types of Services the Agency Provides Bridge Builders / After School Program: Bridge Builders (BB) is a Mentoring and Advocacy volunteer program that matches a volunteer or a pair of volunteers to families who are refugees. Volunteers help refugee families through the arduous process of adjusting to life in the United States. Our volunteers are trained to serve under a family mentorship model. Together the volunteer and family define the role of the volunteer. Visits generally occur after school. The volunteer receives guidance from the BB supervisors.