2017-483-E Finance - Orange County Living Wage - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID:ODO4B5DD-363F-41 FF-BD24-FAD291133B51 EXHIBIT A PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION AGENCY INFORMATION (Be Very Brief and Concise) Please provide the following information about your agency (2 pages OR LESS): a) Years in Operation, Date of Incorporation (Month/Year): The first meeting of our steering committee was May 2, 2015. The organization was incorporated on July 30, 2015. So, the organization has been officially in operation for about 18 months. Thus far our efforts have resulted in 109 employers in Orange County certified as paying a living wage. And in order to qualify for certification employers have increased annual wages by $564,477. b) Agency's Purpose/Mission (no more than a few sentences): Orange County Living Wage is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that promotes a living wage in Orange County, NC. Through our employer certification program, we certify Orange County employers that pay their employers a living wage (defined for 2017 as $13.15/hour without employer-provided health insurance and $11.65/hour with employer-provided health benefits). The certification is voluntary on the part of the employers. Our goals are to: • Reward and recognize employers based in Orange County who pay their workers a living wage. • Provide employers with incentives to pay a living wage. • Connect consumers to employers that provide a living wage and encourage them to become customers, patients, and clients of those businesses and organizations. c) Types of Services the Agency Provides (bullet format): • Certification team members meet with business owners who wish to apply for certification; an application is completed then, or can be submitted online through our website. • The certification team reviews criteria to determine if certification criteria has been met. • If the employer meets the criteria, the employer is certified and receives a packet of materials including a formal letter of acceptance, a framed certificate, a printed decal to be displayed on the storefront, and a poster for hanging in the workplace. • An employer can advertise the fact that they are a certified living wage employer and can use our name and logo in those materials. We display and promote certified employers on our website, via multiple social media outlets, videos, and news publications, in a printed brochure, and in a soon to be launched mobile application. • We also engage in periodic outreach efforts and events to inform the public about living wage employers in the county. These include regular appearances and announcements on WCHL and Chapelboro, publicity on WCOM and WHUP and DO NOT SUBMIT THIS PAGE 12/15/2016 9:57:17 AMIII' : 13 •r 32