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 communicate with fellow citizens freely, and take a more active part in the education of their children. Although Spanish-speakers make up the majority of students in the LINC ESL classes, our program includes people from all over the world, including a growing number of Burmese refugees who live in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. • Tech and Jobs Collaborative: Can you imagine a week without your smart-phone or tablet or laptop? There are segments of our society who has extremely limited access to basic digital literacy (and job access by extension) which we seek to address through a social justice lens. We have worked with low-income neighborhood leaders to design a customized curriculum that is culturally appropriate and accessible. We have partnered with Kramden Institute to offer free computers for our regular participants. Until now, more than 50 individuals have benefited from this collaboration. d) Agency's Experience with Similar Programs as the Funding Request Bonner Leaders Program, UNC: The program has assigned six work-study award recipients to assist with program coordination and tutoring efforts. • APPLES Service Learning Program, UNC: We have partnered with APPLES to provide UNC students in experiential education courses as tutors. • Linking Immigrants to New Communities: (LINC), UNC: LINC coordinates English as a Second Language courses (taken by many parents of afterschool students) that directly impact the ability of the parents to assist their children academically. • Snak Chef/TABLE: TABLE is a nonprofit food distribution program in Carrboro that provides the children with bags of fresh groceries every week. Also, every other week, a group from TABLE and have a "Snak Chef" program with the kids, in which they bring the supplies and help the kids make a delicious and healthy snack. • El Centro Hispano: We are looking forward to forging new relationships with El Centro this semester, as we are temporarily going to be hosting our ESL classes at their center. • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Most of our volunteers come from UNC-Chapel Hill, as well as many of our past funds and resources. • Campus Y, the Center for Social Justice at UNC-Chapel Hill: The Campus Y also provides many of the volunteers, funds, and resources for the ESL classes. • Farmer Foodshare, Saturday Food Distribution since 2011: The HRC partners with the Farmer Foodshare Donation Station at the Carrboro Farmers Market to source locally grown fresh produce into our community. HRC volunteers arrive before the end of the market and assist Farmer Foodshare volunteers in end of market collection and packing. We then facilitate our own volunteer transportation for the food from market to community distribution. • TABLE, Kid's backpacks since 2011: The HRC previously partnered with TABLE to distribute backpacks of food to our tutoring program. e) Other Pertinent Agency Information HRC's Executive Director, who did an excellent job enhancing the focus of the organization to include people who are Immigrants and Refugees, left to enroll in medical school. HRC recently hired a new Executive Director who not only has experience working with people who are Immigrants and Refugees but has years of experience working with people who are homeless.