Orange County NC Website
onnunign Envelope ID: 1**noenn-0o44-4Ao1*eec-3n4xFoecAc41 <br /> EXHIBIT <br /> PROVIDERS OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION <br /> Columbia and created and maintains the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® National Technical <br /> Assistance Center. Following the success ufT.E.A.C.H.. DCSA in 1994 also created the <br /> Child Care VVA[3E8® Project, which provides salary supplements linked to progress in <br /> educational advancement and remaining employed in the child care field. GE$0 <br /> operates statewide in North Carolina with additional programs across the country. <br /> Over the course of the 1990'm. DDDC and DCSA continued their work on innovative early <br /> care and education initiatives, launching the nation's first interactive child care web ai8a, <br /> supporting the development and implementation of North Carolina's Smart Start initiative, <br /> launching a Smart Start scholarship program in [)range Countv, and increasing the reach of <br /> child care resource and referral services across the state. In 1898. after much success on <br /> parallel tracks, but recognizing the need for coordinated and consolidated efforta, the two <br /> organizations, the Durham Day Care Council and Day Care Services Association joined <br /> forces to become Child Care Services Association. Since that time CCSA has continued to <br /> grow its services for chi|dren, families and child care professionals, and lead innovation in <br /> early care and education. CCSA has been recognized as an agency of excellence by the <br /> NC Center for Non-Prmfi1s, Child Care Aware of America, and the United Way of the Greater <br /> Triangle. <br /> e) Other Pertinent Agency Information (Ex. Has the agency experienced any major changes <br /> in the past year? Is there a new Executive Director?Are there new initiatives?) <br /> No m jor changes to report. <br /> f) Schedule of Positions (For Entire Agency) <br /> • Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff will be noted as 1.00; halftime as .50; quarter time as .25, etc. <br /> • Calculate a Full Time Equivalent for all recorded volunteer hours using the following: <br /> Total Volunteer Hours =Volunteer FTE <br /> 2,080 <br /> # of FTE - Full-Time Paid Positions: 87 <br /> # of FTE - Paid Part-Time Positions: 10.36 <br /> # ofVolunteers: 71 # of FTE -Volunteers: .31 <br /> g) Living Wage <br /> Does this agency pay permanent employees a minimum (Yes//Vu) Yea <br /> If yes, is this agency an Orange County Living Wage Certified Employer? No <br /> CCSA is reviewing its salaries and benefits across the agency and comparing them to <br /> Wake, Durham and Orange counties' Minimum Living Wage standards, as we have staff <br /> who work and live in all three counties. CCSA may, in the future, seek to become an <br /> Orange County Living Wage Certified Employer. <br /> Agency Information 1/27/2017 8:51:47 AM P 1 8 <br />