2022-552-E-Social Svc-Inter-Faith Council for Social Services- outside agency funding & emergency assistance program

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Program information Page 9 of 33 AGENCY INFORMATION Please provide the following information about your agency: 1. Date of Incorporation (Month/Year): IFC was founded in 1963 and was incorporated in November 1970 2. Agency’s Purpose/Mission (no more than a few sentences): IFC confronts the causes and responds to the effects of poverty in our community. We believe in a community that meets everyone's basic needs, including dignified and affordable housing, an abundance of healthy food, and meaningful social connection. 3. Please provide a brief description of your organization’s past achievements in carrying out similar projects and evidence of successful record of meeting proposed budgets and timetables (no more than 100 words). In 1963, seven women united to address poverty in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Since then, IFC has become the primary non-profit provider of basic needs services for people in our community. IFC has built capacity over decades to respond to residents’ diverse needs in partnership with local congregations, foundations, individuals, businesses, partner service providers, and governments. Four years ago, we shifted to a social justice model, where all stakeholders shape IFC practices through a racial equity lens. We respond to food and housing inequities through direct services, as well as advocacy to address the root causes of these inequities. 4. Living Wage: Does this agency pay permanent employees a minimum living wage? (Yes / No) Yes, proudly! If yes, is this agency an Orange County Living Wage Certified Employer? Yes, proudly! If no, please briefly explain. Schedule of Positions: # of FTE – Full-Time Paid Positions: 33 # of FTE – Part-Time Paid Positions: 13 IFC leverages the time and energy of 250+ volunteers, who provide almost 15,000 hours of pro bono staff time each year. IFC could not operate without them. NEW THIS YEAR Consistent with our commitment to equity and inclusion, the Towns of Chapel Hill and 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 100 words or less). IFC’s community power value asserts that the people experiencing the problems are best suited to lead us to solutions. We focus on lived experience in our hiring process, and IFC members have been involved in day-to-day and higher level agency decisions, such as co-creating programs and services, advocating for changes to program policies, participating on IFC hiring panels, DocuSign Envelope ID: D55BA9F3-2E5A-43E1-B098-5435F6FD4E2D