2018-452-E Finance - Volunteers for Youth outside agency agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 4B292955- 9A36- 47C6- BDDE- 4E9CDOBA074D EXHIBIT A: PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION 2. AGENCY INFORMATION (Be Very Brief and Concise) Please provide the following information about your agency (2 pages OR LESS): a) Years in Operation, Date of Incorporation (Month/Year): Volunteers for Youth has been in operation for 36 years and was incorporated 12/8/1981. b) Agency's Purpose /Mission (no more than a few sentences): Volunteers for Youth (VFY) provides services to Orange County youth to Integrate them into the community in ways that help them make responsible choices and recognize that they have a stake in their future. Formed in 1981 by professionals in our community who worked with court- involved youth, VFY is the only Orange County nonprofit agency dedicated to serving youth who have broken laws or who are at -risk of doing so. VFY seeks to bridge the gap between disconnected youth and the community through mentoring, community service, and teen court programs. c) Types of Services the Agency Provides (bullet format): • Mentoring — The mentoring program develops positive relationships between high need children and adolescents and caring adults through one -on -one friendships and weekly groups. • Community service and restitution - The community service and restitution program provides community service opportunities throughout Orange County for young people who have been adjudicated delinquent. • Teen court - The teen court program is an alternative court program for young people who have committed minor offenses and are referred from law enforcement, juvenile services, or the schools. d) Agency's History with Providing These Services: Volunteers for Youth operates Orange County's longest running mentoring program. Susan Worley has coordinated the program for more than 29 years. VFY began operating the juvenile community service program in 1992 at the request of the local division of juvenile services and is the only organization to have run the program in Orange County. Scott Dreyer and Nicole Hunter, the two coordinators, have been with VFY for 16 years and 14 years respectively. VFY has operated the teen court program in Orange County for 14 years. Kate Giduz has coordinated it for more than four years, e) Other Pertinent Agency Information (Ex. Has the agency experienced any major changes in the past year? Is there a new Executive Director? Are there new initiatives ?) In 2017, one of our community service coordinators, Alex Lowrie, left Volunteers for Youth for graduate school. Nicole Hunter, who had previously run the program, took over Alex's responsibilities. Also in 2017, Volunteers for Youth worked with Stanback Middle School to establish a boys' group, similar to our Every Girl Counts group, that will start in January, 2018. f) Schedule of Positions (For Entire Agency) • Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff will be noted as 1.00; half time as .50; quarter time as .25, etc. • Calculate a Full Time Equivalent for all recorded volunteer hours using the following; Total Volunteer Hours = Volunteer FTE 2,080 Agency Information 1/19/2018 2 :38:17 PM Page 10 of 26