2018-418-E Finance - Orange County Partnership for Young Children outside agency agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 1640431D- 872F- 4BC9- ACA1- 2226D9788920 EXHIBIT A: PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION developing community gardens, outdoor learning environments, and programs in healthy nutrition, and is currently leading OCPYC's farm to childcare activities. h) Describe the specific period over which the activities will be carried out and include an implementation timeline. Activities and services are carried out year round. Translated classroom workshops focused on agricultural topics, finance, business planning, conflict resolution and leadership occur Jan -Feb twice a week. Hands -on, on -farm workshops occur March - November twice a week. Share a Share program food distribution occurs monthly during the farming season. Referrals and connections to service providing agencies occur year round. Workshops and technical assistance for teen programming occur on an event basis one to two times per month during the school year and weekly during summer break. Outreach activities with the Farm to Childcare activities will take place across the year. i) Why is funding this program a good investment for the community? How does funding this program add value to the community? (250 words OR LESS) The TTC Farm is designed to collaboratively and comprehensively address the issues of obesity, economic instability and food insecurity. Refugee farmers with TTC Farm are able to both increase supplemental income through selling produce as well as increase fresh fruits and vegetable intake by growing food for their families to consume. In 2017, five farm families earned $61,708 through the CSA program. In 2017, TTCF reached an increased number of refugees in Orange County by supplying healthy, culturally significant food through the expanded Share a Share program. In partnership with PORCH, TTCF provided 576 refugee individuals with monthly traditional produce while simultaneously providing $8,121 in supplemental income to eight female TTCF farmers. In 2017, the program donated 2,342 pounds of traditional produce to PORCH and supported an average of 124 refugee families on a monthly basis. Additionally, in order to make the fruits and vegetables grown on the farm more accessible to the greater refugee and immigrant community, farmers market produce within in their own community, with sales of traditional produce in 2017 reaching $3,455. One hundred percent of farmers reported a decrease in food insecurity for 2017. During 2017 End of Year interviews farmers reported they save an average of $48 per week on groceries during the farming season and $30 per week during the winter by growing and preserving food grown. Overall, TTCF farmers are more economically and food secure by growing at the farm and keep money in the local economy by selling at the Chapel Hill and Carrboro farmers markets, maintaining 150 local CSA vegetables subscription customers and selling and gifting produce within their own community. Additionally, expanding outreach efforts to the child care community through the Farm to Childcare Collaborative increases market potential, increases healthy food consumption, and builds cultural understanding. j) Describe what would happen if requested funding is not awarded at all or if a reduced allocation is recommended. This funding helps to ensure that our farm staffing is supported and that we can retain our translator/interpreter. The translator is critical to the operation and function of the farm. With a reduced allocation, we would steer human services funding toward supporting the translator/interpreter and seek other sources of funding for other personnel. k) What percentage of your target population is low- moderate income? According to 2017 data, 100% of families served by TTC Farm are considered low income based on the U.S. Federal Poverty Guidelines. PROGRAM INFORMATION 1122/2018 6:18:22 PM Page 1 4 of 22