2017-078-E DSS - The Exchange Club's Familv Center in Alamance - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID:AB039DC1-8309-4D41-B525-6E84F973FAA6 EXHIBIT A - PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION CONTINUED MAIN APPLICATION curriculum in various home visitation models such as the Parent Aide Program. In 2013, the agency added on the Parent/Teen Solutions program, a home visitation counseling program and group parent/teen educational classes that serves court involved youth and families funded by Alamance County's Juvenile Crime Prevention Council NC Department of Public Safety. In May of 2015, agency staff were trained in Safe Care, a home visitation service that provides parenting, safety, and health parent coaching to families with children 0-6. Safe Care is currently offered in the Parent Aide program for qualifying families. Finally, the agency added Respite services in 2015 to Alamance County residents to assist at-risk families with finding temporary short term child care during times of stress and crisis. d) Agency's Experience with Similar Programs as the Funding Request The Family Center has 19 years of experience in administering grant funds and providing successful child abuse prevention services in the community. All of the agency's programs are either offered in the home or as parenting classes on site or in the community. The agency has been offering Parent Aide services in Alamance County for 19 years, in Orange County for 10 years, and is expanding into Caswell County in 2016.The Family Center was a part of the original randomized trial clinical study that helped to achieve the program's evidence-based status. The Family Center is very familiar with the dynamics of child abuse and neglect,trauma, and working with at-risk and substantiated families. The agency has been involved in state wide and local initiatives on child abuse education and prevention. Due to the history of offering Parent Aide services in multiple communities, including Orange County families, the staff are experienced at service implementation and goal achievement. The agency is very familiar with the program goals and objectives,the target population, program evaluation, and data collection.The agency - has, and continues,to achieve higher outcomes on preventing abuse, increasing parenting skills, improving problem solving, increasing safety, and linking families to positive supports/community resources.The agency understands how to effectively work with families to put protective factors in place to prevent abuse and neglect from occurring or reoccurring. e) Other Pertinent Agency Information The Family Center has an Advisory Board which works in conjunction with the Board of Directors of Exchange/SCAN in order to manage the agency. The staff of the agency is versed in the complexity of child abuse prevention and has decades of experience in home visitation and parenting education. The agency also operates within a System of Care framework and collaborates on many levels with various community non-profits, for profits, social service agencies, and business. Agency staff sit on various committees, councils, and collaborative efforts. • Main Application 1/24/2016 4:55:46 PM Page 5 of 2 1