2016-655-E Finance - Voices Together - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 16AB4DFA-7125-42E6-B3E7-C6B53151B77C t A - continued Provider's Outside Agency Application MAIN APPLICATION department will select three classrooms or a total of no more than 30 students to participate in the program from September thru April. e) Who specifically will carry out the activities and in what location will they be carried out? Program delivery will be carried out by Voices Together Board Certified Music Therapist. All Voices Together Music Therapists have received additional training in the VOICSS method, and have between 2 —6 years of experience. Key personnel for this project includes: • Jenna Witcher— Lahiff, MT— Director of Program and Training • Kate Geouge, MT— Senior Music Therapist • Carrie Kovalick— Communications and Operations Director • Louis Martin — Director of Finance f) Describe specifically the period over which the activities will be carried out, the frequency with which the activities will be carried out, and the frequency with which services will be delivered. Include an implementation timeline. Your funding will enable Voices Together to provide weekly 60-minute group music therapy sessions designed to address student's needs. Using a specialized music therapy approach, Board Certified Music Therapists use music as a tool to help improve social, cognitive, and emotional health of the students to effect positive change in their lives. The project will begin in late September and end in April with a year-end school performance that celebrates the tremendous efforts and achievement and individual worth of every child who participates. g) Provide a bulleted list of other agencies, if any, with which your agency coordinates/collaborates to accomplish or enhance the Projected Results in the Program(s) to be funded. For each, give specific examples of the coordinated/collaborative efforts. • Duke University Bass Connection. Research partnership to measure the efficacy of Voices Together program model. • The William R Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust. In cooperation with the William R Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, Voices Together is developing a plan for scaling nationally. • Our partnership with The Orange County School District, Director of Exceptional Children and classroom teachers are essential to the success we have experienced throughout our seven years in the district. h) Describe what would happen if requested funding is not awarded at all or if a reduced allocation is recommended. Each child that does not have the opportunity to meet their maximum potential is a loss for not only that child, his/her family but also for the community. As these students age out of school, it is essential that they have the skills to become as independent as possible. Each student's ability to thrive is not only vital to the student and their families but to the community and it resources. Their ability to advocate and work with others can mean the difference between being able to work in a job setting or not. It can mean the difference between them being able to get a job. Without your funding, 30 students will be without this specialized skill building program that can help them navigate their day-to-day ability to function and potentially change their lives. Main Application 1/25/2016 1:42:01 PM Page * • f 2 °t