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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 15, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-c <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Family Success Alliance – Agreements for Navigator Program <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Health <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Orange Congregations in Missions <br />(OCIM) Agreement <br />Empowerment, Inc. Agreement <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Quintana Stewart, 919-245-2412 <br />Coby Jansen Austin, 919-245-2070 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To approve two agreements totaling $452,325 (OCIM - $213,601 and <br />Empowerment, Inc. - $238,724) to implement the Family Success Alliance Zone Navigator <br />Program in zones 4 and 6, respectively. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The Family Success Alliance (FSA) is a collective impact initiative whose goal <br />is to close the opportunity gap in Orange County. FSA engages in individual-level and systems- <br />level work to strengthen the pipeline of success from cradle to college and career. FSA is <br />currently working in 2 of the 6 zones that originally applied to be a part of the initiative. To do <br />this work, FSA brings together community members, school systems, local government <br />agencies, non-profits, and other community leaders to strategize and align efforts. FSA also <br />partners directly with students and their families through direct programming. The work is <br />facilitated by a core group of staff located at the Orange County Health Department and <br />overseen by the Family Success Alliance Advisory Council, the newly formed FSA Parent <br />Council, and the Board of Health. <br /> <br />The Navigator Program is a key element that connects to all aspects of FSA and is modeled <br />after Northside Achievement Zone’s Family Achievement Coaches. Navigators are proven <br />leaders in the community who are selected based on deep community roots, shared experience <br />with families, and being active leaders in their communities. Peer navigators have the lived <br />experience of struggling to make ends meet and are able to culturally and linguistically connect <br />with families. The County contracts with local community-based organizations to employ the <br />navigators in the zones in which they work. This allows them to be physically and philosophically <br />close to the community, benefit from the mentorship of seasoned community leaders, and <br />increase the capacity of existing neighborhood organizations. <br /> <br />FSA incrementally scales its reach by enrolling a new cohort each year. FSA’s Ready for K <br />summer camp has the capacity to reach 90 zone students each year, of whom navigators recruit <br />45 families. Each 1.0 FTE (full time equivalent) navigator is paired with 20 families, therefore <br />1