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Docunign Envelope ID:ABmeoc1�09-4o41-B52n-6E84ro73FAA6 <br /> EXHIBIT A - PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION CONTINUED <br /> MAIN APPLICATION <br /> . ' <br /> 2. AGENCY U��FORMA���N <br /> Please provide the following information about your agency(Limit of 2 pages total): <br /> a) Years in Operation, Date of Incorporation (Mon <br /> The Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse of North Carolina, Inc. began <br /> operating in October 1981 and was officiall incorporated in February 1981. The Exchange <br /> Club's Family Center in Alamance (Family Center in Alamance) has been in operation since <br /> 1997 and began services in Orange County in 2004 through its treatment programs. The <br /> Exchange Club's Family Center in Alamance was incorporated in May of 2000. In 2001, due to <br /> issues of sustaining business viability, the Family Center in Aimmance came under the umbrella <br /> of Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse of North Carolina, Inc. <br /> b) Agency's Purpose/Mission <br /> The agency's mission is the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect.The prevention <br /> and treatment of child abuse and neglect occurs through enhancing parent child relationships, <br /> by increasing community awareness, and increasing community involvement in prevention <br /> efforts. <br /> c) Types of Services the Agency Provides <br /> The Family Center has 7 prevention and treatment programs currently offered to families which <br /> include intensive Family Preservation Semioes, Parent Aide Services, Children's Parents <br /> parenting classes,Adolescent Parenting Program, Respite Services, ParentiTeen Solutions,and <br /> Adolescent Parent S rt Program as well as a 24-hour crisis line and community awareness. <br /> Triple P Positive Parenting Program and SafeCmrm Services, evidence-based uuou|umRs, are <br /> offered in the context of some home visitation models. The center currently offers programming <br /> in 7 counties (Alamance, Orange, Chatham, Person, Caswell, Guilford, and Randolph) in the <br /> triangle/triad area with Orange County (along with Alamance County) as one of the primary <br /> counties served. Initiarly the Family Center of Alamance opened in 1997 offering the prevention <br /> services of Children's ' --n'- parenting classes located at the agency and Parent services <br /> (evidence-based) in the home of clients. Children's Parents parenting classes are based on the <br /> promising practice curriculum created by the Parent Institute of Exchange Club Child Abuse <br /> Prevention Center of N.C., Inc. Parent Aide is the agency's primary program of home visitation <br /> services. The Exchange Club's model of Parent Aide se ,icesvvasUgvo|opgdinre to th <br /> No�ona/ Exchange ��/ub'eodnpdonof<�hi|d Abuse F�navantionos their national p ject in 1979. <br /> Parent Aide home visitation program services are provided to families at-risk of or involved in <br /> abuse and neglect. <br /> The agency began to panM to additional programming in 1990 through the Adolescent <br /> Parenting Pro Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative funded bythe~NC Department of <br /> Public Health. Services are provided in the home,community, and school to teen parents in order <br /> to avoid a second pregnency, prevent abuse and neg|mot, and assist them in graduating from <br /> school. The agency expanded into Orange County in 2004 with its treatment service Intensive <br /> Family Preservation (EFPS). IFPS services are intensive in-home counseling treatment services <br /> for families whose children are at risk of out-of-home placement; it is a program funded the <br /> NC Qepa�nnen1oY��oc/a|��arvices.Additional programming was added in 2007- whenthe by Family <br /> Center of Hillsborough closed down and the Family Center in Alamance took over provision of <br /> Parent Aide Program services in Orange County_ Since that time, Parent Aide services and <br /> Children's Parents parenting classes have been offered forat-hahpopubab0noofdli|damuaend <br /> neglect in Ora e County through the Family Center. In 2011, the agency added additional teen <br /> services through the Adolescent Parent Support Program, serving higher risk teen parents who <br /> have dropped out of school. Teen moms and dads are provided with a version of Parent Aide <br /> services with an additional focus on sexual hea|th, avoiding additional pnegnancies, and <br /> assistance with enrollment into finishing their education. Agency staff were certified in Triple P <br /> Positive Parenting Program (evidence-based) services in 2012 and currently operates the <br /> Main Application 1/24/2016 4:55:46 PM Page 4 of 21 <br />