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DocuSign Envelope ID:C70973D3-D989-4F31-A95E-3BCC099C95E7 XHIBIT A <br /> PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION <br /> with ATI for continued service to the students in the school system and are primary <br /> contacts for referral sources to ATI. <br /> • Durham Public Schools: The ESL Director at the Durham Public Schools invited ATI <br /> to a newly formed newcomer coalition of providers in Durham. At the end of 2014, ATI <br /> received our first contract with DPS to run 6 art therapy groups with their growing <br /> newcomer students. <br /> • Refugee Health Coalition brings together the Orange County health department, social <br /> service providers, schools, two local healthcare systems, and four resettlement <br /> agencies. ATI clinicians attend the Refugee Health Coalition monthly meeting to keep <br /> up-to-date on refugee health issues and receive support from other organizations. <br /> • Refugee Mental Health Coalition subcommittee was formed as a special task force <br /> of mental health providers specifically focused on refugees. ATI collaborates with others <br /> on this committee, has hosted a meeting at ATI and regularly contributes to this <br /> subcommittee. <br /> • UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health has provided two teams of master's <br /> students to work with ATI over the course of 2 years to create a sustainable evaluation <br /> for the Burma (Newcomer's) Art Therapy Program. Two MPH Graduates from UNC <br /> serve on our Board and continue to help with the evaluation of our Burma Program <br /> work. We are currently working with our third team. <br /> • Transplanting Traditions is a community farm whose mission is to provide refugee <br /> adults and youth access to land, healthy food and agricultural and <br /> entrepreneurial opportunities. In 2015 and 2016, ATI collaborated with refugee farmers <br /> to harvest and prepare traditional Burmese food for our community art event. <br /> • Families Moving Forward (FMF) is a nonprofit offering a temporary home to families <br /> with children in the crisis of homelessness. They create a path to stability and self- <br /> sufficiency through personalized services and community support such as art therapy <br /> groups for parents provided by ATI. <br /> • Church World Service (CWS) is a nonprofit connecting newcomers with community <br /> resources and social integration opportunities in order to meet their immediate needs as <br /> well as promote long-term self-sufficiency as they build new futures in the US. ATI offers <br /> weekly women's groups to newly arrived refugees. <br /> PROGRAM INFORMATION 2/8/2017 3:01:12 PM Page 11 of 20 <br />