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Outside Agencies/Human Services NEW PHIS YEAR Consistent with our commitment to equity and inclusion,the Towns of Chapel Hill,Carrboro,and Orange County , Government are taking steps together to center racial equity in the Human Services Funding Program.Over the course of the next year,the Towns and County will conduct a comprehensive racial-equity analysis of the program and we are requesting basic information about your organization's racial equity work. . a. Please describe how you have involved the intended beneficiaries of the proposed project in the planning and design process(in 10(words or less). We have been running our afterschool progiam for 8 years at Carrboro Elementary and with Durham Public Schools. When we plan and organiz our programs, we contact the afterschool directors or managers. Through our communication, w get them highly involved in the development of their own program. This allows us to tailor each individual school's request and helps best fit their needs. We also do a teacher training where the teaches can learn our program activities and teach the nature connection to their students on their own time. b. How has your organization incorpofated racial equity goals into your organizational goals? PWC has a staff-led diversity, equity, and in lusion (DEI) task force open to all staff. With drop-ins from board members, the task force focuses on identifying how to grow diversity among staff and program participants. We provide resources to staff, campers, and the public about diversity and inclusion in a workplace and a camp setting. The board is forming a DEI committee to develop an action plan and work with the task force to increase our reach to people of color and underserved communities to continue to diversify our staff and participants. c. Please fill in the below questions and provide any additional context on the racial composition of the organization and board leadership: i. %of staff that are Black,Indigenous,or People of Color(BIPOC) : 27% *Part time staff that work seasonal. Ii. %of board that are BIPOC:S0% Ill. %of staff that have attended racial equity training: 90% *This is only for our program coordinators and administrative staff. d. Please describe any additional activities your organization is doing to address racial equity. Our core-staff attended Diversity and Equity in Environmental Programs (DEEP) Collaborative to examine case studies of local events involving environmental justice and Intersections of race, class, gender, etc. Staff will attend Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion workshop this spring. We attended the 2021 Let's Talk Racism conference held by WE Are and NC Central University. We broadened our library to include topics of racial, environmental, and LGBTQ+justice. Cover Page Page 7 of 21