2017-558-E Finance - Voices Together - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 571863E8-F892-43F0-B73F-4AB062ACBOBF XHIBIT A PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION sessions that they have used in their own classroom instruction for maximum outcomes. The proposed funding for 2017-18 will help us bridge the gap in funding and bring this program to all classrooms in the Orange County Schools Exceptional Children area. It will enable Voices Together to continue to provide our program to students that desperately need intervention services such as ours. 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? The Voices Together program aligns with the County's goal of ensuring a high quality of life and lifelong learning that champions education at all levels. It was carefully designed to be closely aligned with the Extended Content Standards. It has been such an effective intervention in the school setting precisely because its techniques help teachers and students meet goals established by the state and federal governments. A key part of the Extended Common Core Standards in every subject in the K-12 curriculum is the development of speaking, listening, and language skills. Voices Together is based in music therapy and music is a key part of the program, offering a motivating and universal tool that facilitates generalized learning. The innovative program method was developed by combining educational and therapeutic techniques for optimal outcomes. Special attention was paid to speech and language areas, basic educational learning techniques, and social/ emotional learning techniques. Every Voices Together session offers continual interactive communication techniques that were developed specifically to prompt and cue neural and language response. The Voices Together curriculum meshes so effectively with the NC Extended Common Core standards because it targets three main core areas of growth: communication, social learning, and emotional learning. For this reason, Voices Together participants acquire life skills that they apply to every subject and, as a result, the outcomes are remarkable. e) Describe the community need or problem to be addressed in relation to the Chapel Hill Human Services Needs Assessment, Orange County BOCC Goals and Priorities, Town of Chapel Hill Council 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. DO NOT SUBMIT THIS PAGE 1/26/2017 11:10:15 AMII'age 20 .t 31