2018-637-E Finance - Youth Community Project outside agency agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID:3457204A-7765-4E36-8B42-227F6F673AF6 XHIBIT A PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION 4. LGBTQ Youth Program Description (3 pages OR LESS) Please provide the following information about the proposed program: d) Summarize the program services proposed and how the program will address a Town/County priority/goal? As part of its mission to create and support youth leadership, YCP is incubating new initiatives and partnerships for underserved youth. These new initiatives emerge and evolve over time. The program components described here are two that have emerged from the expressed needs of our local youth. They are: 1) Queer Youth Drop In (QYDI) and 2) Fluid Revolutions (FR). 1) Queer Youth Drop In is an open program that fosters friendships among queer and/or transgender youth to break down the sense of isolation and loneliness. QYDI gives youth a supportive environment to have fun and relate their experiences to similar others who can affirm and support them in an atmosphere that moves beyond how hard it is to be queer and/or trans in our community. 2) Fluid Revolutions Queer Youth Circus provides queer and trans youth with a space for artistic expression, athletic activity, and political-social discussion through aerial arts such as silks, trapeze, and Tyra. FR meets weekly for aerial rehearsal and then political discussions. Its goals are to: 1) help youth learn to Be Bold in aerial moves, conditioning, and choreographing in both partner and solo pieces; creating supportive peer environments to build self-confidence and recognition of their capacities to grow beyond their own expectations; connect to and appreciate their bodies, engage in physical activity and expression through movement; and 2) Amplify And Validate Their Voices in relation to often exclusionary systemic structures, develop leadership, increase confidence in expressing views and opinions, and deepen interpersonal relationships based on sharing. These address Priority Area #2 because both programs offer mentorship and afterschool programming to youth that are underserved in our community. In addition, Fluid Revolutions builds in an education component through political-social discussion. e) Describe the community need or problem to be addressed in relation to the Chapel Hill Human Services Needs Assessment, Orange County BOCC Goals and Priorities, Town of Chapel Hill Council Goals, Carrboro Board Priorities, or other community priorities (i.e. Council/Board Goals). Reference local data (using the provided links, i.e. Chapel Hill Human Services Needs Assessment) to support the need for this program. The youth of our community are underserved. Further, the community's broad sense of tolerance has yet to be transformed to a sense of solidarity and has yet to be demonstrated as equity. The passage of House Bill 2 in North Carolina, recent homophobic incidents and their aftermath, and the fact that there are few specific programs and resources for LGBTQ youth give these youth a sense of marginalization. Queer Youth Drop In and Fluid Revolutions fill the gap in opportunities for LGBTQ youth in our community by creating space for them to gather, make friends, meet mentor figures, have fun, learn new artistic and athletic skills, learn about inequity in our society, and engage in political-social discussion. This relates to Chapel Hill Human Services Needs Assessment's recommendation to strive for social justice and youth support, Chapel Hill's goal to increase cultural and creative arts, and Carrboro's priority of creating programs that are reflective of citizens' needs and promote sensitivity to cultural diversity. f) Who is your target population of individuals to benefit from this program and how will they be identified and connected with the program? DO NOT SUBMIT THIS PAGE 1/31/2017 12:37:26 PM Page 37 of 45