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1/30/24, 4:17 PM HSOA-24-43 <br />https://chapelhillnc.workflow.opengov.com/#/explore/records/62828/react-form-details/62828 5/18 <br />Number of White Board Members <br />9 <br />Number of Board Members of more than one race <br />0 <br />Number of Board Members who prefer not to answer <br />0 <br />Number of Board Members who identify as a <br />race/ethnicity not listed <br />0 <br />Total Number of Board Members who identify as <br />Hispanic or Latino <br />0 <br />Total Number of Board Members who do not identify <br />as Hispanic or Latino <br />9 <br />Race & Equity <br />Consistent with our commitment to equity and inclusion, the Towns of Chapel Hill <br />and Carrboro and Orange County Government are taking steps together to center <br />racial equity in the Human Services Funding Program. We are requesting basic <br />information about your organization’s racial equity work. <br />Describe how the agency incorporates racial equity into its goals.(150 word limit) <br />Our organizational goal is for our staff,board, and participants to more comparably <br />reflect the diversity of the Triangle area. To achieve this goal, we are actively working to <br />remove barriers to the accessibility of our programs and space. We have changed our <br />scholarship process, removing the application fee and tax document requirement that <br />may have caused privacy concerns or barriers, replacing it with a letter of <br />recommendation;offer after-school programs at several schools in the Triangle and <br />are working to lower or eliminate costs for these programs to participants; and we are <br />advertising our open staff positions where candidates of all backgrounds are more <br />likely to see them.Our board has created a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee <br />with the goal of diversifying our board and staff.Both board members and full time <br />staff are participating in DEI workshops, and we have added DEI training for our <br />seasonal staff. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: F9E3EFAB-16FA-4281-B2B8-12C1DD0C3608