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1/31/24, 3:02 PM HSOA-24-32 <br />https://chapelhillnc.workflow.opengov.com/#/explore/records/63523/react-form-details/63523 6/15 <br />Describe how the agency incorporates racial equity into its goals. (150 word limit) <br />Describe how the intended beneficiaries of the proposed project(s) were involved in the planning and design <br />process. (150 word limit) <br />Percent (%) of Staff who attended racial equity <br />trainings. <br />100 <br />Percent (%) of Board Members who attended racial <br />equity trainings. <br />69 <br />Racial equity is a part of our guiding principles adopted by our board of directors as <br />part of our strategic planning effort undertaken in 2019. The principles state that in <br />our work we are guided by: (1) Racial equity lens. The Partnership brings an explicit, <br />not exclusive, racial equity lens to its work. Embedded in this perspective is to <br />understand how structural racism operates within the systems that serve our <br />children, which leads to disproportionately poor outcomes. As we create equity in <br />serving young children, we envision that we will be unable to predict outcomes solely <br />on race. (2) Diversity informed and culturally responsive foundation. The <br />Partnership works within a framework that is sensitive to diversity and responsive to <br />cultural differences. We have hosted racial equity trainings for early care professionals, <br />developed a Community of Practice supporting Spanish-speaking educators, and <br />engaged in racial equity training as part of staff development. <br />This initiative grew out of our work with the Orange County Campaign for Grade Level <br />Reading and the NC Pre-K program. The Campaign included more than 30 <br />representatives from 19 agencies and organizations across Orange County, including <br />parents and NC Pre-K child care providers. Most of these organizations worked with <br />underserved and under-resourced children and their families as we sought to plan <br />strategies to support the literacy development of children from birth through grade 3. <br />We have incorporated changes in the initiative in response to parent and child care <br />provider feedback and have added different elements to capture various interests. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: CAC7EC7C-77BA-407E-AAC1-F02C0C75525F