2017-475-E Finance - Child Care Services Association - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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onnunign Envelope ID: 1**noenn-0o44-4Ao1*eec-3n4xFoecAc41 EXHIBIT PROVIDERS OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION • Orange County Department of Social Services (DSS): CCSA provides families receiving subsidy funds through DSS with child care education and referral services. CCSA's bilingual counselors are made available to support DSS families and staff on an ongoing basis, either in person or by phone. Staff also conduct quarterly workshops on Choosing Quality Child Care for Work First clients at Orange County's DSS offices in Hillsborough. • Orange County Partnership for Young Children: CCSA has collaborated extensively with the Orange County Partnership for Young Children since the origins of Smart Start and the Orange County Partnership. Collaboration has included a prior, 15-year history delivering Scholarship services, and currently includes partnership in the implementation and delivery of technical assistance, training, and workforce development strategies. • Third Sector Alliance: CCSA participates in the Third Sector Alliance, which is a collaborative of non-profit and human service agencies in Orange County. The group composed of personnel from these agencies meets periodically to discuss the service needs of Orange County residents and to explore the possibility for coordinating efforts to meet these needs. • UNC- Chapel Hill: CCSA is an active member of the UNC Child Care Advisory Committee. This committee seeks to address the parenting and child care needs of the University community and oversees a child care allocation set aside for UNC students and University employees. Benefits to eligible Orange County residents include the provision of child care scholarship and referral services. Program Description (3 pages OR LESS) Please provide the following information about the proposed program: d) Summarize the program services proposed and how the program will address a Town/County priority/goal? Child Care Services Association (CCSA)'s Child Care Scholarship Program will provide financial assistance for child care payments to Orange County families who are working, looking for work, and/or in school or training and needing child care for their children ages 0-12 years old. The focus of the program is to enable parents to enhance their families' economic self-sufficiency and ensure that children are provided with high quality early care and education opportunities that will promote optimal growth and development. Affordable child care has been identified as a community priority both for the role it plays in supporting families' economic needs and the impact of quality child care on children's school readiness and educational attainment. e) Describe the community need or problem to be addressed in relation to the Chapel Hill Human Services Needs Assessment, Orange County BOCC Goals . Council Town of Chapel Hill Goals, Carrboro goals, or other community priorities (i.e. Council/Board Goals). Reference local data (using the provided links, i.e. Chapel Hill Human Services Needs ' Assessment) to support the need for this program. Access 10 affordable, quality child care iaa high priority need identified throughout Countv mnd Town assessments. The Chapel Hill Human 8ervioeaNeeds Aaaeoennen1cites affordable' child care under the funding priority for Education and Family Resources. The Orange Counb/ BO��<� cites expansion ofpna-kindarQa�en services aao key strategy for innprovinQeducational outcomes for at-risk children in their Goals and Priorities. Child care is also prominently featured in the gap ona|yais, priorities and strategic plan goals for the Family Success Alliance, whose geographic focus areas include parts of Chapel Hill and the majority of Carrboro (Zone 6). ` PROGRAM INFORMATION 1/27/2017 8:51:47 /\M ,r,1 1 0 r/3