2017-582-E Finance - OC Partnership for Young Children- Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID:E519448F-9F6D-4100-BF62-D7625621FFEB XHIBIT A PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION • Describe the specific period over which the activities will be carried out and include an implementation timeline. Activities and services are carried out year round. Translated classroom workshops focused on agricultural topics, finance, business planning, conflict resolution and leadership occur Jan-Feb twice a week. Hands-on, on-farm workshops occur March-November twice a week. Share a Share program food distribution occurs monthly during the farming season. Referrals and connections to service providing agencies occur year round. Workshops and technical assistance for teen programming occur on an event basis one to two times per month during the school year and weekly during summer break. Outreach activities with the Farm to Childcare activities will take place across the year. • Why is funding this program a good investment for the community? How does funding this program add value to the community? (250 words OR LESS) The TTC Farm is designed to collaboratively and comprehensively address the issues of obesity, economic instability and food insecurity. Refugee farmers with TTC Farm are able to both increase supplemental income through selling produce as well as increase fresh fruits and vegetable intake by growing food for their families to consume. In 2016, farmers earned $42,516 through the CSA program. In order to make the fruits and vegetables grown on the farm more accessible to the greater refugee and immigrant community, farmers market produce within in their own community, sales of traditional produce in 2016 reached $6,406. In addition TTCF formed the Share a Share program in collaboration with hunger relief agency PORCH in order to get more fresh traditional produce to refugee families in need. In 2016, the program donated 1,915 pounds of traditional produce to PORCH and supported 118 refugee families. Additionally, expanding outreach efforts to the child care community through the Farm to Childcare Collaborative increases market potential, increases healthy food consumption, and builds cultural understanding. • Describe what would happen if requested funding is not awarded at all or if a reduced allocation is recommended. This funding helps to ensure that our farm staffing is supported, our outreach efforts are supported, and that we can retain our translator/interpreter. The translator is critical to the operation and function of the farm. With a reduced allocation, we would steer human services funding toward supporting the translator/interpreter and seek other sources of funding for other personnel. • Include any other pertinent information. Highlights of results for our Transplanting Traditions Community Farm include: • TTCF donated 1,213 pounds of food grown by TTCF farmers to PORCH for an average of 118 refugee families during first half of FY year 16-17 • 20 TTCF farmers grew for Share a Share program in collaboration with PORCH • In 2016 TTCF donated a total of 1,915 pounds of food to PORCH for 118 refugee families • 5 farmers grew for 150 CSA members for 20 weeks during first and second quarter of FY 16-17 • In 2016 , 5 farmers earned $42,516 through CSA program • 100% of farmers report decrease in food insecurity based on information gathered during 2016 Year End interviews conducted in December of 2016. • Summer and afterschool programming was regularly provided for 9 refugee teens. PROGRAM INFORMATION 1/31/2017 3:59:06 PM Page 13 of 18