2017-589-E Finance - Orange County Rape Crisis Center - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: E85EF868-A4BB-49ED-96E1-165F3DADBAE4 XHIBIT A PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION h) Agency Budget L Is your agency currently receiving or requesting other local (Town of Carrboro, Town of Chapel Hill, Orange County) gayer ment funding? (Yes/No) No ii. Submit your agency's budget. iii, Does your agency budget show a Surplus or Deficit? Minor surplus Is there a significant change? (Yes/No) Yes Yes, the Projected 'udget for 2017-2018 shows a large increase to account for additional staff: • The addition of a Bilingual Therapist at 1.0 FTE • The addition of a Support Group Coordinator at 0 75 FTE • Increasing the Education Coordinator from 0.75 to 1,0 FTE • Increasing the Finance Coordinator from 0.25 to 0,75 FTE On the Client Services team, our staff are stretched beyond capacity and often unable to provide more in-depth services that many of our clients require. We served a record number of clients in September 2016 and again in October 2016. As our numbers increase, we have also seen a greater need for long-term options like support groups (SGs) and therapy, which require more time and resources to serve fewer clients. A Support Group Coordinator will allow us to offer more SGs and workshops. It will also allow the Client Services Director, who currently coordinates the SG program, to focus on case management for high-needs clients as well as systems-level advocacy to improve county-wide response services. A Bilingual Therapist will allow us to serve approximately 40-50 clients with culturally competent, trauma-informed, evidence-based therapy services. It is unlikely that the expansion of the Support Group program or the addition of the Therapy program will greatly increase the number of individuals we are able to serve, especially considering that many individuals accessing these programs will already be receiving other services from the OCRCC. However, the expansion will provide much more in-depth, greatly needed services that research shows are more effective at reducing long-term negative health impacts. Our staff on the Community Education (CE) team are also stretched beyond capacity and have unfortunately had to turn down many program requests in the past two years. We continue to provide more programs to more people each year: In FY15-16 we reached 15,904 individuals, a 17% increase from FY14-15, when we reached 13,614. More time for the Education Coordinator will allow us to offer more educational programs to more areas of the county. It will also relieve some pressure on other CE staff, allowing them to spend more time on in-depth, multi-session educational programming and professional training. For example, if we are able to provide programs to youth, parents, and teachers, we are likely to have a greater impact in reducing child sexual abuse by coordinating a community-wide initiative for response and prevention. The addition of a Finance Coordinator is necessary as our programs and budget continue to expand. Though diversification of funding is an excellent practice to ensure agency sustainability, adding more funders does require additional financial management. Furthermore, as funders increase requirements, we need a Finance Coordinator who can dedicate more time to grant and budget management. iv. What is your agency's fiscal year? July 1, 2017—June 30, 2018 Agency Information 1/30/2017 5:14:05 PM