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Agenda Item Number: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br />Meeting Date: August 22, 2018 <br />Agenda Item Subject: Family Success Alliance: Strategic Planning Update <br />Attachment(s): FSA Update Presentation <br />Staff or Board Member Reporting: Coby Jansen Austin <br />Purpose: ____ Action <br /> _ X_ Information only <br /> ____ Information with possible action <br /> <br />Summary Information: Coby Jansen Austin will provide an update on Family Success <br />Alliance (FSA) programming and on its strategic planning process. FSA was created at <br />the initiative of the Board of County Commissioners in June 2014 in response to a <br />growing number of children and families living in poverty in Orange County. Drawing on <br />evidenced-based models such as the Harlem Children’s Zone and Promise <br />Neighborhoods, FSA is an initiative of the Health Department that works collaboratively <br />with schools, community partners, faith-based groups, advocates and others to build a <br />cradle to college and career pipeline of supports for children and families in two <br />selected “zones”; one in the New Hope area south of Hillsborough and one in the <br />downtown Chapel Hill/Carrboro area. <br /> <br />Now in its fourth year, FSA has successfully recruited three cohorts of students and <br />their families into the navigator program (120+ families) and is actively recruiting the <br />fourth cohort. In 2018, FSA reached more than 230 students with summer enrichment <br />programming by sponsoring school-based camps with both school districts and <br />partnering with the Department of Social Services to extend summer camp scholarships <br />to students and their siblings. We continue to partner with 10 nonprofits to provide <br />services to zone families, including financial literacy, girl scout troops, mentors, mental <br />health services, parenting support, and more. <br /> <br />Coby will review progress made by the Strategic Planning Committee and proposed <br />evolution of the family empowerment model, partnerships, systems-level change, and <br />expansion. <br /> <br />Recommended Action: ___Approve <br /> ___Approve & forward to Board of Commissioners for action <br />___Approve & forward to ___________________________ <br /> _X_Accept as information <br /> ___Revise & schedule for future action <br /> ___Other (detail):