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<br /> EXHIBIT A - PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION CONTINUED
<br /> MAIN APPLICATION
<br /> barriers to services and success by helping families to secure adequate hoWsing, assisting with
<br /> budgeting and effective household management, and helping families access and utilize concrete
<br /> forms of resources and assistance such as TANF, local food pantries, mtu., when applicable.
<br /> Impoverished communities may lack positive informal and formal support systems for families, such
<br /> as easily accessible health and mental health aenvicea, social support, and programs to assist
<br /> children and youth (DePanfilis, Office on Child Abuse and NegNsct, 2006). Reclaiming Futures of
<br /> Orange and Chatham counties report that at least 2096 of those youth served in Dept of Juvenile
<br /> Justice system have mental health and/or substance use problems /2012\. Domestic Violence
<br /> brings a risk of trauma exposure to children in homes of the families experiencing this problem,
<br /> which leads to long terni consequences of@buse/neg|eo1. |n2O13-2O14 there were 1.542domestic
<br /> violence calls, 360 clients were provided with domestic violence services, and 1,252 calls and 457
<br /> clients served due to sexual assault (North Carolina Council for Women, 2013-14). Studies have
<br /> found abused and neglected children to be at least 25 percent more likely to experience problems
<br /> such as dg|inquenoy, teen pregnancy, low academic achievement, substance abuse, and mental
<br /> illness (Kelley, Thornberry, & Smith, in U.S. DHHS Child Welfare Gotevxoy, 2012l. As abused and
<br /> neglected children develop, studies show that they are 11 times more likely to be arrested for
<br /> criminal behavior as a juvenile, 2.7 times more likely to be arrested for violent and criminal behavior
<br /> as an adult, and 3.1 times more likely to be arrested for one of many forms of violent crime as
<br /> juveniles or adults (English,Widom, & Brandford, 2004). Delinquent rates in 2014 in Orange County
<br /> of youth 6-15 is 11.74% (DPS County Databook, 2014), Although not a given, abusive parents often
<br /> have experienced abuse during their own childhoods. It is estimated that approximately one-third of
<br /> abused and neglected children will eventually abuse or neglect their own children (Prevent Child
<br /> Abuse New YoMh, 2003). Parent Aide services address these risk factors directly in the home by
<br /> providing concrete parenting eduoaUon, case managemmnt, and advocacy to assist families in
<br /> finding needed services to address mental health and substance abuse, and transportation
<br /> assistance.
<br /> d) Describethe population to be served or the area to benefit and indicate how you will identify
<br /> beneficiaries.
<br /> Thetargetpopu|et|onofPonantAidePnzgmannserv|cesis18fanm||ieS (9vviththe$efundm) inOnanga
<br /> County (4), Chapel Hill (4), and Carrboro (1) at risk of and/or involved in abuse and neglect. These
<br /> families include various socioeconomic backgrounds and will match the diversity of the County
<br /> (76.8% white, 12.2% B|aok, 8.46 Hispanic/Latino, and 7.7% Asian per the 2014 US Census).
<br /> Marketing to county referring sources (Dept. of Social Services, Dept. of Public Health, Schools,
<br /> Non-profits, Fnr-profita, businesses, mental health companies, churches, local mental health entity,
<br /> etc.) will allow the agency to solicit referrals for families needing services. Self-referrals made by parents in the community will be solicited by general agency marketing efforts(social media,website,
<br /> etc.). Beneficiaries are identified when the referral is received and the family agrees to services.
<br /> Qualification for services (identified beneficiaries)will be determined by families that meet at least 3
<br /> risk factors on the risk scale.
<br /> 0) Who specifically will carry out the activities and in what location will they be carried out?
<br /> Home visits and the interventions used in the visits will primarily occur in the homes of the clients,
<br /> although community/school visits can occur in goal achievement when providing help with concrete
<br /> support items. The staff that will implement the program includes bachelor level professionals with
<br /> experience in social vvorh, counseling, or human services. Current staff have extensive training in
<br /> child abuse and neglect, trauma, protective factors, substance abuse, mental health, system of care,
<br /> Strengthening Families curriculum, Safe Cmpe, Triple P curriculum, motivational interviewing, and
<br /> other pertinent trainings that are helpful in working with this target population, All staff are provided
<br /> both internal and external training opportunities to increase their capacity to effectively serve the
<br /> client populations. Volunteers, or paraprofessionals can be used under the supervision of the Parent
<br /> Aide Supervisor.The current Program Supervisor, acts as the agency's County Director.The County
<br /> Director has a Masters degree with 10 years of executive level management and administration
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