2017-711-E Health - Family Success Alliance Collaborative Partner MOU

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Backbone Agency: • Lead efforts to ensure a shared vision for change, including a common understanding of the problem and a joint approach to solving it through agreed upon actions. • Facilitate agreement on common measures, collect and analyze relevant data, and evaluate results to ensure outcomes for families are achieved and partners can hold each other accountable. • Coordinate partners to establish a plan for implementing mutually-reinforcing activities that help families achieve their goals and is consistent with the resources available in the Funding Agreement or with resources potentially available through fundraising efforts. • Communicate consistently and openly to build trust, assure mutual objectives, and appreciate common motivation. The Family Success Alliance collaborative is also accountable to its Advisory Council. The Council advises and makes non-binding advisory recommendations on resource allocations, program planning, and policy changes to ensure a pipeline of high-quality services to reduce the detrimental effects of poverty for children and families living in the County. More information about the Advisory Council is available on the FSA website. Failure to meet responsibilities outlined above will be addressed by the backbone agency with the partner. The partner agency will have the opportunity to provide input to bring the agency into compliance. Continuous and egregious failure to come into compliance will be addressed with the partner agency and the FSA Advisory Council, and the backbone agency may terminate the partner’s participation in FSA through this MOU, subject to any Funding Agreement. 4. Fundraising • Inform FSA backbone agency of potential funding opportunities and/or assist in grant proposal writing to help sustain FSA's collective viability. • Consult with FSA backbone staff prior to submitting any grant application that proposes activities specifically intended to benefit FSA, FSA partners, or FSA families. • Utilize FSA partner talking points in grant proposal writing and in agency communications related to fundraising that is FSA-related • Review proposals in their entirety prior to submission, if the specific partner organization is included in a larger proposal by FSA to potential funding sources. 5. Date, Term and Authorized Partner Signature This agreement will become effective upon signing by all parties and will commence at the start of the funding award, beginning July 1, 2017 and extending through June 30, 2018. The agreement shall be reviewed annually at the beginning of each fiscal year by the parties to determine its continuation and/or need for modification. At any time, a partner agency may terminate its participation in FSA under this MOU by giving 30 days written notice to the lead agency, subject to any Funding Agreement. By signing below, I represent that I am authorized to sign on the agency’s behalf, and promise to uphold the vision and values of the Family Success Alliance and to participate as an active collaborative partner. DocuSign Envelope ID: 9ED3BFC4-FB11-467B-8CB5-EAE71A1E5A21