2018-411-E Finance - Compass Center outside agency agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: FOFFD659- 4159- 4D4C- 82FD- FF8E51A5A7E4 EXHIBIT A: PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION staff, magistrates, school personnel, etc. The task force meets monthly. We are participating in a grant with NCCADV to add a task force sub - committee that works specifically on the needs of Latinx clients and grows our community's collective ability to serve our Spanish- speaking clients. • Cross- training with Orange County Rape Crisis Center, UNC's Beacon Program, CH -TOP Early Head Start/Head Start, Freedom House, UNC Horizons, and DSS. • We are working with UNC Hospital's Beacon Program, as part of a NCCADV grant project, to improve domestic violence training for medical professionals and create more seamless client hand -offs between hospital staff and domestic violence service providers to better ensure victims /survivors are identified and provided with services. • We partner with Orange County Department of Social Services in several ways including providing training on domestic violence issues for their staff and clients in the Work First program and other departments on a regular basis. We cross -refer on a daily basis as a portion of their clients need domestic violence services and education and our clients need emergency assistance for food and shelter or need child protective services involvement. • Collaboration and cross - referral with seven law enforcement agencies in Orange County and interaction daily or weekly with crisis unit in the Orange County Sheriff's Office and the Chapel Hill Police Department. These agencies also assist with volunteer hotline and advocate training. Several times per year we are part of the Crisis Intervention Team training of select law enforcement officers. After being selected by the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts as a pilot site, this year we are working with the Sheriff's Office, Clerk of Courts office, and the judiciary to launch a DV protective order e- filing system. • The Orange County District Attorney's office collaborates with our court advocate and helps with hotline and advocate training. 0 Work with Legal Aid of North Carolina to help clients access free legal services especially as it relates to protective order representation. We also have a partnership with NCCADV to offer free legal services to Orange County residents as it relates to protective order representation when Legal Aid services are full, and child custody and divorce assistance. C Continued partnerships with UNC School of Social Work as a field placement site for MSW students, APPLES undergraduate service learning program, and UNC LGBTQ Center. In addition, we are collaborating with researchers from the School of Social Work on a county domestic violence needs assessment project with a specific focus on shelter and housing needs. • We partner with PORCH to provide one -time emergency food supplies to domestic violence victims and their children. e Partner with local businesses to provide pro bono services for victims such as free shelter at local hotels, pet boarding and medical supplies. Program Description (3 pages OR LESS) Please provide the following information about the proposed program, d) Summarize the program services proposed and how the program will address a Town /County priority /goal? The Domestic Violence Crisis Services Program provides essential crisis intervention and support services to victims of domestic violence that are unavailable through any other PROGRAM INFORMATION 1122/2018 5:50 :18 PM P a g e 1 5 o f 4 7