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DocuSign Envelope ID:3457204A-7765-4E36-8B42-227F6F673AF6 XHIBIT A <br /> PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION <br /> 3. Reintegration Support Network <br /> • Dispute Settlement Center Orange County Community 0 Volunteers for Youth <br /> Collaborative <br /> • Freedom House Recovery Orange County Department of e Youth Villages <br /> Center Juvenile Justice <br /> • Duke University Center for Orange County Schools <br /> Adolescent Substance Abuse <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 Town/County <br /> priority/goal? <br /> The Reintegration Support Network (RSN) is unique in our community as a <br /> program that focuses on aftercare for area youth who have gone through substance <br /> abuse and/or mental health treatment programs. The targeted youth often have also <br /> been involved with the juvenile justice system or as teens in the adult justice system. <br /> RSN surrounds each enlisted youth and their parents/guardians with a circle of <br /> supervised, screened adult volunteers (mentors) that use tailored, structured <br /> approaches which enable each youth to engage in 8 life domains and build on their <br /> strengths to solidify a lasting recovery (goal of 6-8/yr for completion of 52 week <br /> program). RSN, a program of the Youth Community Project (YCP), unites families, <br /> staff, professionals and communities to create opportunities, routines and networks <br /> invested in each youth's healthy future. <br /> The needs enunciated above interface well with the aims and priorities developed <br /> by the towns and county. Chapel Hill: The findings of Chapel Hill's Key Human <br /> Service Needs Assessment lists under Affordable Healthcare substance abuse <br /> services, such as alcohol & drug treatment programs. While the area suffers from <br /> insufficient services for youth generally in these areas, aftercare, an essential and <br /> critical component of youth recovery is especially lacking. Focus groups referenced <br /> in Chapel Hill's assessment further identified these needs. Orange County: Orange <br /> County's goals and priorities identified among social justice values the creation of a <br /> safe community. The disproportionate incarceration of minorities and the poor often <br /> begins with encounters with the judicial systems with which RSN interacts and gets <br /> many of its referrals. Stemming the tide of mass incarceration begins exactly where <br /> RSN is engaged. Additionally, RSN is on target with the county's emphasis on <br /> mental health, as virtually every youth RSN works with has a concomitant mental <br /> health diagnosis. Carrboro: Carrboro lists among its priorities the enhancement and <br /> sustainability of quality of life/place issues for everyone. These must include youth in <br /> trouble with substance abuse, mental health and juvenile justice issues. RSN is <br /> uniquely situated to address these issues. RSN became a YCP program January <br /> 2016. <br /> e) Describe the community need or problem to be addressed in relation to the Chapel Hill Human <br /> Services Needs Assessment, Orange County BOCC Goals and Priorities, Town of Chapel <br /> Hill Council Goals, Carrboro Board Priorities, or other community priorities (i.e. Council/Board <br /> Goals). Reference local data (using the provided links, i.e. Chapel Hill Human Services <br /> Needs Assessment) to support the need for this program. <br /> Following months of treatment for addiction, 17 year-old Chapel Hill resident Matt <br /> McQuiston returned home happy, healthy and ready to forge a new life. Tragically, <br /> without proper aftercare, he soon fell prey to the same circumstances and drugs from <br /> DO NOT SUBMIT THIS PAGE 1/31/2017 12:37:26 PM Page 29 of 45 <br />