2016-673-E Finance - Inter-Faith Council for Social Service - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID:82431AC9-7F03-4084-815E-A2EFB34C92BB t A - continued Providers_Quts.ide Aciency_Application MAIN APPLICATION appliances that no longer work or are no longer efficient. Working with the Jackson Center we have replaced many different appliances and HVAC systems for residents of the Northside and Rogers Road Communities. Many of these homeowners/families have been residents of these neighborhoods for generations, but the homes they live in are in need of repairs to provide basics like heat. We also worked with several families in the Rocky Brook trailer park in Carrboro after the June 2013 flood. • Participation on the Orange County Partnership To End Homelessness executive council and the Support Circles Program; • Collaboration with liaisons representing some 35 congregations who meet regularly for IFC updates, trainings, sharing of information, organizing food collections and mobilizing volunteers and financial resources; • The IFC recruits and maintains cooking groups from congregations, neighborhoods, the university and businesses to prepare and serve meals at the Community Kitchen, at Home Start and the new Community House; • We rely heavily on in-kind donations from local businesses and community volunteers. • Partnership with Orange County that provides a no-cost 25-year lease of three acres of land where the IFC's Home Start facility sits. We also collaborate with the County on the Emergency Solutions Grant and rapid rehousing; • 50-year lease arrangement with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the IFC @ SECU Community House transitional housing facility for homeless men in partnership with the Town of Chapel Hill and numerous social service agencies; • Partnership with UNC Hospitals and SHAC Clinic; Partnership with Piedmont Health Services to provide medical, mental health and dental clinics in an onsite satellite clinic of PHS at IFC @ SECU Community House, that is having a huge impact on the long-term sustainability of health care for all of our residents; • Ongoing collaboration with Housing for New Hope PATH workers who offer outreach services to homeless persons who are street persons or unsheltered; • Orange Literacy and UNC students' Talking Sidewalks and Home and Homeless Project provide cultural, educational, writing and literacy programs to both male and female shelter residents; • IFC works closely with the Community Empowerment Fund who offer financial education, matching funds savings accounts and job search help to many of our residents and Support Circle participants; • IFC works with the Veterans Administration to assist our homeless vets with services; • Longstanding collaborative relationships between Freedom House, The Horizons Program at UNC-CH and AA/NA groups to respond to addiction and substance abuse issues experienced by clients; • Partnership with the Compass Center who provide domestic violence workshops geared toward both women and children at Home Start. We also work closely with the Center to provide a safe space for survivors to be housed, when appropriate; • Partnership with The Furniture Project, organized by St. Thomas More volunteers and supported by the IFC since its inception, which helps furnish homes for graduates of IFC residential services and others throughout the community who might not otherwise have furniture; • Partnership with the PTA Thrift Shop, which provides clothing vouchers for IFC clients. This long-standing partnership is a huge help to our many clients who find themselves in need of clothing. h) Describe what would happen if requested funding is not awarded at all or if a reduced allocation is recommended. IFC would need to consider reducing hours of service, number of meals provided, or number of clients served. The worst case scenario would be that IFC would have to close one program completely. Main Application 1/25/2016 12:58:53 PM Page II of 33