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DocuSign Envelope ID:7E3AF63A-2F47-4028-951A-OOBA2A7COOB2 <br /> NEW THIS YEAR! <br /> Community Impact Mai` - <br /> p -•-acg.� <br /> lf.you.are�applying:far the Tow n.of Chapel Hili's Community I*t ct Award, please provWe <br /> ..--.. . ..,: . <br /> responses to the.questions below. All other.applicants, please skip these questions l'.�l�esponses. <br /> should;riot=;exdee4100 words per.question} <br /> 1. Please describe the impact the proposed programs will have on the target population? Please include <br /> specific quantitative and qualitative data in your response. <br /> According to No Kid hungry:" Summer can be the hungriest time of the year for many <br /> children from low-income families. When schools close students no longer get school <br /> meals and families struggle to put food on the table. This hunger can have a long-term <br /> impact on a child's health, ability to learn and general well-being", <br /> "43% of low income families say it is hard to make ends meet during the summer" <br /> when free and reduced lunch) is not available. <br /> 2- What methods/tools will your organization use to evaluate the proposed program's effectiveness? <br /> Please include specific examples,such as a logic model. <br /> The collaborative meets monthly all year round and members bring ideas and <br /> challenges to the table as they arise in order to brainstorm and seek input. <br /> Volunteers and graduate students have been invaluable being creative about how to <br /> track what is being done and evaluate from the perspective of children receiving <br /> meals, volunteers transporting and setting up food, leading enrichment activities and <br /> staff doing a summer end review with Town of Chapel Hill staff. <br /> 3. Please briefly describe how your proposed programs aligns with evidence based approaches to <br /> addressing human service need(s). <br /> The collaborative has chosen to provide open meals sites in order to remove barriers <br /> that exist when children have to be enrolled in order to eat. School social workers <br /> have been engaged both in terms of identifying sites that might draw more kids and <br /> getting the word out to families. Enrichment activities have been built up to offer there <br /> more often and to a whole range of ages. <br /> 4. Please describe one to three key partnerships/collaborations that add the most value to the success of <br /> the proposed programs. <br /> There are many partners involved in the collaborative to plan and implement Food for <br /> the Summer. However, the leadership and push by the Mayor of Chapel Hill and <br /> support by the Town in gathering the different players has been instrumental. Chapel <br /> Hill-Carrbom City Schools have prepared the meals in cafeterias at several school <br /> sites, as well as provided student volunteers. Staff and graduate students at No Kid <br /> Hungry have developed and implemented activities, provided troubleshooting, have <br /> Program information Page 13 o f 21 <br />