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MAIN APPLICATION f) Describe specifically the period over which the activities will be carried out, the frequency with which the activities will be carried out, and the frequency with which services will be delivered. Include an implementation timeline. All services will be offered for the full July 2016 to June 2017 grant period. Legal workshops are offered 8 -10 times a year. Legal information service attorneys hold appointments 4 -8 times a month. Community Legal Project services are offered September through mid - November and February through April two Thursdays a month. June through August, weekly appointments are provided. Financial and career one -on -one counseling sessions are available during business hours; multiple appointments offered weekly. At least ten financial and career workshops will be offered this year. g) Provide a bulleted list of other agencies, if any, with which your agency coordinates /collaborates to accomplish or enhance the Projected Results in the Program(s) to be funded. For each, give specific examples of the coordinated /collaborative efforts. We collaborate with area organizations to ensure that our agency reaches a diverse client base. Current partnerships include: • UNC School of Law: Provides students seeking pro bono opportunities for our Community Legal Project and a summer extern who helps to manage the legal program. • Financial staff from Consumer Education Services, Inc. (CESI) lead financial education workshops for our clients. • Chapel Hill Carrboro Chamber of Commerce and small business owners: Assists us in promoting our services and recruiting professional volunteers for programs and board service. • Dress for Success: Accepts our referrals for clients who need to access clothing for employment purposes and we accept their referrals for Orange County community members who need self- sufficiency services. • Durham Technical Community College: provides educational opportunities for our career counseling program participants. • Orange County JobLink: have collaborated on workshops such as using social networking for job search. • Family Success Alliance: Variety of community partners delivering comprehensive services in their expertise areas in two high poverty zones in Orange County. • Orange County Comprehensive Early Childhood Initiative: Several community partners delivering services in their expertise areas with Head Start families with low- income (Partnership for Young Children, Child Care Services Assn., CH -TOP, Literacy Council, OCRCC, Freedom House, etc.). h) Describe what would happen if requested funding is not awarded at all or if a reduced allocation is recommended. We have a very long history of providing these services to the community. They were partially funded for many years by the NC Council for Women through Displaced Homemaker funds (at one point over $60,000 annually), but as of July 1, 2014 Displaced Homemaker funds no longer exist. Because these programs are so well run, using professional volunteers and achieving good outcomes, Compass Center continues to seek alternative funding and expanded collaborations in order to have them continue. We were forced to reduce our Self- Sufficiency staff last year from two to one, and a loss of funding from Orange County governments would make it difficult for us to sustain funding the staff member for these programs, even though they are an essential component to the continuum of services that we provide to our clients. i) Include any other pertinent information. Main Application 1/24/2016 2:59:42 PM Page 23 of 58