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DocuSign Envelope ID: FOFFD659- 4159- 4D4C- 82FD- FF8E51A5A7E4 <br />EXHIBIT A: PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION <br />service. Our Legal Information Service relies on attorneys in private practice or in law <br />firms to donate time to provide legal information individually or through workshops. <br />• Dress for Success: Accepts our referrals for clients who need to access clothing for <br />employment purposes and we accept their referrals for community members who need <br />Self - Sufficiency Services. <br />• Family Success Alliance Collaborative: Variety of community partners delivering <br />comprehensive services in their expertise areas in two high poverty zones in Orange <br />County. <br />• Making Connections Collaborative: Several community partners delivering services in <br />their expertise areas with Head Start/Early Head Start families with low- income <br />(Partnership for Young Children, Child Care Services Assn., CH -TOP, Literacy Council, <br />OCRCC, Freedom House, etc.). <br />• North Carolina Central University: Partners to provide students seeking professional <br />experience in career counseling a setting to complete internship hours and enhance <br />community programs. <br />Program Description (3 pages OR LESS) <br />Please provide the following information about the proposed program: <br />d) Summarize the program services proposed and how the program will address a <br />Town /County priority /goal? <br />Compass Center's Self- Sufficiency Program provide access to individual support and <br />resources that can have a direct positive impact on clients' ability to support themselves <br />and their families financially. These programs can help them find a job or attain a better <br />job, provide free legal advice for clients dealing with legal issues that can be financially <br />crippling, and help clients deal with a variety of financial concerns. Compass Center's Self - <br />Sufficiency Program provides our community with easy access to important information <br />that educates clients about their career, financial and legal options, and represents <br />valuable safety net services. <br />Legal Information: <br />• Legal Information Services: 15- minute telephone consultation with a volunteer attorney <br />to discuss issues such as divorce, child custody, consumer law, and tenants' rights. <br />Clients are informed about what they are able to do legally on their own vs. what must <br />be done with attorney representation in order to achieve cost savings. <br />• Community Legal Project: University of North Carolina law students provide 30- minute <br />in- person appointments to discuss clients' legal questions. After the initial appointment, <br />the law student then researches the issue, composes a memo with relevant information, <br />consults with an attorney on their information to ensure accuracy, and meets with the <br />client for a follow -up consultation. <br />• Our publication Family Law in North Carolina is a guide with up -to -date information on <br />legal issues like separation, divorce, child custody, child support, and property <br />settlement written by local attorneys in an easy to use question and answer format <br />using lay language. <br />• Attorney Referral Notebook: local attorney listing with information on areas of specialty <br />and fees. <br />Financial Literacy Education: individual financial counseling (90 min. sessions), and <br />financial education workshops. Topics include, but are not limited to, budgeting, debt <br />management, saving for major purchases, process of attaining car /home loans, and <br />PROGRAM INFORMATION 1 /22/2018 5:50:18 PM Page 25 of 47 <br />