2019-221-E Finance - Kidzu Children's Museum outside agency agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 1BB65AEA-3E6A-45BE-8A7F-19FFOF9A712A EXHIBIT A: PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION 2. AGENCY INFORMATION (Be Very Brief and Concise) Please provide the following information about your agency (2 pages OR LESS)- a) Years in Operation, Date of Incorporation (Month/Year): 11 years. 10 months Agency's Purpose/Mission (no more than a few sentences):With a focus on STEM education, the arts, child health and emerging literacy, Kidzu Children's Museum inspires children and the adults in their lives to learn through creative, purposeful play. b) Types of Services the Agency Provides (bullet format): • Kidzu Children's Museum, located in University Place, includes 9 hands-on interactive exhibit areas, including the only dedicated makerspace in the Carolinas designed specifically for young children, and a recently opened outdoor learning garden focused on native plants and pollinators. Kidzu hosts focused learning field trips for school groups and special programs for children and adults. • The museum's expert education staff facilitate a rich year-round calendar of programming focused on the arts, S.T.E.M (science, technology, engineering and math), emerging literacy and child health and wellness. The programming takes place in the museum and throughout the community through our "museum in a box" initiatives. • Kidzu works with many outside individuals and organizations to provide supplemental enrichment activities for community events and out-of-school time programs. Kidzu has a roster of over 100 community partners representing academic, scientific, artistic and civic facets of our community. • Kidzu provides multiple programs targeted towards supporting underserved communities. Programs include: once monthly "open access" day at the museum (free admission to all), STEM and arts based enrichment activities during community celebrations such as Hargraves Family Fun Day, STEM and arts based programming for out-of-school time programs, scholarship opportunities for museum based programs and free family memberships and visitor passes. c) Agency's History with Providing These Services: Since 2006 Kidzu has been the leading and primary early learning cultural institution in Chapel Hill. Since re-locating to University Place in April, 2015 Kidzu has consistently served over 90,000 visitors per year in the museum and reached over 5,000 children and families through outreach programming in the community. Since 2015, Kidzu has facilitated museum in a box STEM programs for multiple out of school time programs and supported children and families extending their "learning day" through innovative educational activities in community centers and the museum. Since 2017 we have received Human Services funds supporting the out of school time work in underserved areas of our community. d) Other Pertinent Agency Information (Ex. Has the agency experienced any major changes in the past year? Is there a new Executive Director?Are there new initiatives?)