2017-616-E Finance - Kidzu Children's Museum - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID:0E0892A5-AB8C-4E61-8B53-2125B8922B1C XHIBIT A PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION Kidzu's proposed "Community Connections" program will unite multiple community partners to support what the Harvard Family Research Project refers to as "Complementary Learning." As communicated, "Complementary learning refers to the idea that school and life success requires an array of learning supports. These learning supports include families, early childhood programs, schools...health and social service agencies...museums, and other community-based institutions. To be most effective, these supports should complement one another, moving out of the silos and working together to create an integrated, accessible set of community-wide resources that support learning and development." (Weiss, H.B. Complementary Learning. The Evaluation Exchange. Vol XI, No. 1. Spring, 2005. Harvard Family Research Project.) To achieve this goal Kidzu's "Community Connections" program will follow a two-pronged approach: 1. Outreach: Provide specialty STEM based programs supplementing existing pre- school, after school and summer programs working in underserved communities. 2. Access: Provide opportunities for family engagement through special programs at the museum, free access to the museum and out-of-school time program scholarships. These programs will target families from partner agencies engaged in our outreach programming. For the specific program services for Orange County see above table. 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 Board Priorities, 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. The need for quality out-of-school time enrichment programming is particularly great for the 13.4% of children who live in poverty in Orange County. Family income is an important determinant of access to quality education, with children from working poor families typically having the least access (Child Care Services Association (2005). North Carolina Early Childhood Systems Study.). North Carolina children from low income backgrounds fare worse than their economically advantaged peers in many regards. They tend to have poorer health, are less likely to be read to as young children, are less likely to take part in after-school activities, and are more likely to repeat a grade (North Carolina Child Advocacy Institute. (Dec. 2005) "Outcomes by Income: Low-income children fare worse on many indicators."). For this segment the quality of early education settings varies greatly (particularly in pre-schools and child care settings) and they do not have equal access to high quality education. In North Carolina, working poor families and those with limited English proficiency are most likely to be receiving inadequate early education opportunities (Child Care Services Association (2005). Ibid). Addressing Orange County's need to provide education opportunities for at-risk children, Kidzu plans to deepen its existing outreach, targeting specific neighborhoods and invest in relationship-building with families living in these neighborhoods to help them better access PROGRAM INFORMATION 2/9/2017 1:27:17 PM P g 1 "' of 30