2017-559-E Finance - Ligo Dojo of Budo Karate - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: C2E9E60D-5370-4D81-B634-C12E6C6B9DB9 XHIBIT A PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION Karate, when taught correctly, is an activity that teaches all students to be more "upstanding" in terms of personal behavior and personal presentation; students will learn to stand up taller, walk lines in life more straight than before, interact with figures of authority in a more respectful manner improving pro-social skills and supporting factors—including physical health, confidence, self- esteem, self-discipline, anger management and conflict resolution—youths become less inclined to get themselves into trouble with crime, gangs, drugs, etc. JCPC funds a continuum of services which work with at-risk and court referred kids. Coordinated by Juvenile Court counselors kids receive "wrap-around" services which support kids from multiple avenues all at the same time. The Young Warriors program, provided a social-skills building challenge program, has been part of JCPC's continuum of services for years, and our presence on that list is not accident. At JCPC we (North Carolina Juvenile Justice) have a performance measurement tool called SPEP (Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol) which evaluates the effectiveness of a program and our SPEP score was the highest from all the Orange County JCPC programs, including those that you recommended for funding, and several of our sister programs had actually fairly low scores. The measurable objectives, that we are required to record for JCPC, including especially recidivism, is very a very robust measurement tool regarding the progress that our kids make. j) Describe what would happen if requested funding is not awarded at all or if a reduced allocation is recommended. In the past four years we have undergone a dramatic transformation from an organization that virtually had surplus grant money (we did very well in Durham before changes in the State legislature meant that we were no longer eligible for certain funding streams) to one in which we are much more independent, thanks to the dues paid by non-referred members. However, we have struggled with this transition, because our nonprofit work and model presents an inherent stumbling block when it comes to building a robust membership in terms of students from affluent pro-social families. They look at us when deciding to sign up their kids or not, and ask, "do my kids really fit in here?"Although our sustainability is strengthening, we are STILL struggling to make ends meet, we have staff that is being paid less than in the past, and workers who are volunteering who used to be paid. At the same time, we have experience in our HSAB hearings, telling the board members how tight our budget has become, and being asked in response why we don't ask for more money than the $2000 (x3) that we've requested every year until now. In other words, we heard that as saying "you should have applied for more money?" This year we adjust our funding request to $4000 (x3) in order to take a step towards humanizing our staff, We will resume paying a part-time salary to a volunteer worker who USED TO BE a paid employee, but who remained due to dedication our mission, even though she was not paid. It is our belief that this new request amount ($12,000 rather than $6,000) will move us to being more in line with a sensible funding stream, rather than a survival one. However, to answer the question, if we were not funded to the full amount requested, we would survive. k) Include any other pertinent information. PROGRAM INFORMATION 1/31/2017 11:45:20 AM Page 12 of 20