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DocuSign Envelope ID:B3D8E8FB-78D9-4B50-80E2-1077055FA40B <br /> AGENCY INFORMATION <br /> Please provide the following information about your agency: <br /> 1. Date of Incorporation (Month/Year): 1981 <br /> 2. Agency's Purpose/Mission (no more than a few sentences): Volunteers for Youth has a <br /> straightforward mission: to provide services to Orange County, North Carolina youth to help <br /> them become contributing members of the community. We achieve this by cultivating <br /> strengths, encouraging positive relationships, and helping youth develop the ability to make <br /> responsible choices. Through mentoring, community service, and teen court programs, <br /> Volunteers for Youth seeks to close the opportunity gap for Orange County youth by <br /> strengthening their social ties. <br /> 3. Please provide a brief description of your organization's past achievements in carrying out similar <br /> projects and evidence of successful record of meeting proposed budgets and timetables (no more than 100 <br /> words). Volunteers for Youth's 37-year-old mentoring program is the longest running <br /> mentoring program in Orange County. VFY began Orange County's juvenile community <br /> service program in 1992 and the teen court program has been a part of VFY since 2004. <br /> Thousands of local children and teens have reaped the benefits of participating in these <br /> programs. Throughout the course of VFY's history, the organization has successfully <br /> adhered to budgets, timetables, and guidelines necessary to carry out these programs. <br /> 2. Living Wage: Does this agency pay permanent employees a minimum living wage? (Yes/No) Yes <br /> If yes, is this agency an Orange County Living Wage Certified Employer?Yes <br /> If no, please briefly explain. <br /> Schedule of Positions: #of FTE—Full-Time Paid Positons: 4 #of FTE—Part-Time Paid Positions:0 <br /> PROGRAM INFORMATION <br /> *Please submit for each program if applying for funding for more than one program. <br /> S. Program Name:Volunteers for Youth, Inc. <br /> Program Primary Contact and Title: Susan Worley, Executive Director <br /> Telephone Number: 919-967-4511 E-Mail: susanCcD_volunteersforyouth.o[g <br /> 6. Please briefly describe the proposed program, including an explanation of how it aligns with the <br /> Town of Chapel Hill and Carrboro's Results Framework, and Orange County BOCC Goals and <br /> Priorities, and the target population to benefit from the program. (100 words or less) To <br /> contribute to the goal of a community that maintains, promotes, and protects the <br /> Program information P a g e 8 o f 2 1 <br />