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DocuSign Envelope ID: EE049453-18E5-41 DO-666D-662773AMC09 <br /> EXHIBITA: Provider's Outside Agency Application <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 <br /> Town/County priority/goal? <br /> The Spoke'n Revolutions program address the Town/County Priority Area #2 - <br /> education, mentorship, and afterschool programming for youth facing a variety of <br /> challenges. <br /> Our program offers educational enrichment for low to middle income youth of color <br /> during the after school hours and summer months, when learning loss occurs. We <br /> provide afterschool and summer cycling programs that include a focus on the <br /> relevant cultural and natural histories of the youth of color we serve. <br /> During the school year, the Spoke'n Revolutions program provides close to 30 <br /> hours of afterschool programming. Students meet after school to participate in <br /> training rides, educational lectures, community service projects, and team building <br /> activities. These activities culminate in a two-week summer tour where students <br /> cycle an average of 50 miles each day, camp most nights, make visits to historical <br /> and educational sites, and participate in daily journaling and team building <br /> activities. <br /> e) Describe the community need or problem to be addressed in relation to the Chapel <br /> Hill Human Services Needs Assessment, Orange County BOCC Goals and <br /> Priorities, Town of Chapel Hill Council Goals, Carrboro Board Priorities, or other <br /> community priorities (i.e. Council/Board Goals). Reference local data (using the <br /> provided links, i.e. Chapel Hill Human Services Needs Assessment) to support the <br /> need for this program. <br /> The Spoke'n Revolutions program helps fulfill several community priorities by <br /> providing low cost/free activities that positively engage low-income youth of color, <br /> reduce summer learning loss, and prepare students for success after high school. <br /> (Town of Chapel Hill Human Services Needs Assessment, p6) (Orange County <br /> BOCC Goals and Priorities Goal 6, p3) <br /> Summer learning loss compounds the persistent achievement gap that has been <br /> documented in our community. This is especially true for the low—income minority <br /> students that our program serves. The loss in learning over the course of summer <br /> holidays varies across grade level, subject matter, and family income. <br /> The Spoke'n Revolutions program prevents summer learning loss by encouraging <br /> students' natural curiosity and taking the time to explore and study the surroundings <br /> of our selected cycling route. This method has extraordinary and lasting impacts on <br /> students who study American history, natural history and environmental science as <br /> they visit historical and educational sites along the route. <br /> PROGRAM INFORMATION 1/23/2018 1:34:47 PM Page 15 of 26 <br />