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2017-151-E Health - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Human Rights Center dba Refugee Community Partnership - Outside Agency Performance Agreement
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2017-151-E Health - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Human Rights Center dba Refugee Community Partnership - Outside Agency Performance Agreement
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4/4/2017
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4/4/2017
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6/30/2017
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4/4/17
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$14,120.00
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DocuSign Envelope ID:3C5A2744-D635-47D4-8E91-68273BC0AA70 <br /> Exhibit "A" <br /> Refugee Community Partnership: Orange County Funding Request <br /> March 21, 2017 <br /> About the Organization <br /> The Refugee Community Partnership (RCP) is a community-driven organization that addresses <br /> the social, economic, and psychological conditions that otherwise keep forcibly displaced people <br /> living on the margins. Through relationship-based support, opportunity development, and <br /> community bridging, RCP works to sustain the long and complex process of rebuilding home_ <br /> Founded in 2011, RCP now involves the work and support of hundreds of refugee community <br /> leaders, neighborhood residents, students, business owners, teachers, and local stakeholders. <br /> RCP builds powerful networks of support to help families address immediate needs, and to <br /> establish and work toward long-term goals. Collaboration is key to our work, as we partner with <br /> dozens of local agencies and organizations to build a robust, cross-sector community support <br /> infrastructure. We use a relationship-based approach to address the social, economic, and <br /> physical factors that isolate forcibly displaced people, and build a vibrant social fabric that <br /> reconstitutes a sense of community and belonging_ <br /> We believe those most affected by a problem are those closest to its solution, and we center our <br /> work around the priorities, leadership, and wisdom of refugee communities. Here, community <br /> innovation flourishes, with new initiatives and partnerships being born out of lived experiences. <br /> Because of this, RCP is able to strategically, dynamically, and adaptively fill gaps -gaps in <br /> access, opportunities, and support that all too often keep families in cycles of poverty. <br /> The Need <br /> Recent Executive Orders slashed funding to resettlement agencies,which are responsible for <br /> providing support to refugees for their initial 3 months_The agencies have already had to make <br /> staffing cuts, and may have to make more, which may reduce the support they are able to <br /> provide. Though the future is unclear, the federal government can no longer be relied upon to <br /> provide refugee resettlement support, making local, community efforts all the more vital. <br /> Without financial support from the federal government, and without support from the <br /> resettlement agencies, gaps between local refugees and opportunities may grow wider in the <br /> coming years. Because of the barriers to employment, and the rent hikes that GSC--owning <br /> company of the low-income apartment complexes in Carrboro-Chapel Hill--has been doing to <br /> effectively block and remove refugee and immigrant residents (which began soon after they <br /> rejected Section 8 housing 2 years ago), refugees may face increased economic hardship in the <br /> coming years. <br /> The majority of refugees are skilled workers, former tailors or electricians or teachers, and are <br /> eager to restart their vocation here. However, due to the language barrier and lacking <br /> documentation of past work or education experience, low-wage labor is the only work available <br /> to refugees upon resettlement--most commonly janitorial or food service work at the University. <br /> Because these positions do not pay enough to cover basic financial expenses for a family, <br />
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