2016-656-E Finance - OC Partnership for Young Children - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: DD554565-B9BA-4128-863D-805D6BC56619 t A - continued Provider's Outside Agency Application MAIN APPLICATION 2. AGENCY INFORMATION Please provide the following information about your agency (Limit of 2 pages total): a) Years in Operation: 22 years Date of Incorporation: August 1993 b) Agency's Purpose/Mission The mission of the Orange County Partnership for Children (OCPYC) is to ensure that all young children arrive at school healthy and ready to succeed. c) Types of Services the Agency Provides The Partnership has served as the administrator for the Smart Start Early Childhood Initiative and the NC Pre-K program in Orange County since 1993. Our programs concentrate on early childhood education, children's health, early intervention, parenting education, and family support, The TTC Farm focuses on serving low-income families in the refugee and immigrant community by providing refugee adults and youth access to land, healthy food and agricultural and entrepreneurial opportunities. The farm provides a cultural community space for families to come together, build healthy communities and continue agricultural traditions in the Piedmont of N.C. According to 2015 data, 75% of families served by TTC Farm are considered low income based on the U.S. Federal Poverty Guidelines. The Farm is designed to collaboratively and comprehensively address the issues of obesity, economic instability and food insecurity. The TTC Farm is located outside of Chapel Hill and Carrboro just 4 miles from the largest refugee neighborhood in the county. d) Agency's Experience with Similar Programs as the Funding Request In Spring 2007, OCPYC, concerned with issues of childhood obesity and food insecurity, launched the Healthy Kids Campaign with the start of 3 community gardens that provided gardening, nutrition and outdoor education programming to low-income families, with 90 percent refugee and immigrant families. These became known as the Growing Healthy Kids Community Gardens. In 2010, OCPYC received the Refugee Agricultural Partnership Grant from the Office of Refugee Resettlement allowing 14 refugee families to move from the Growing Healthy Kids community gardens to Triangle Land Conservancy land, forming Transplanting Traditions Community Farm (TTCF). TTCF is entering its sixth year of operation on 5 acres, directly supporting 28 refugee families or 119 individuals and 1,141 additional refugee individuals who receive fresh traditional produce grown by TTCF farmers on a regular basis. e) Other Pertinent Agency Information The Orange County Partnership for Children was founded as a nonprofit agency in 1993 and was the first Smart Start agency in the state. OCPYC has been operating for 22 years with the mission to ensure that all young children arrive at school healthy and ready to succeed. We accomplish this mission through developing programs, funding evidence-based programs within the community, and providing information to our community. We have been involved with health-related initiatives, including the community gardens mentioned above. The Healthy Kids Campaign sought to ensure that children were provided with opportunities for healthy eating and exercise through working with child care providers and caregivers to develop strategies for better nutrition and active play. We have been a partner with the North Carolina Partnership for Children and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of North Carolina for over 3 years in implementing SHAPE NC, a program that works with child care providers to improve nutritional offerings, exercise through active play, and Main Application 1/25/2016 10:25:47 AM H 4 ,