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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 7/15 <br />Describe other racial equity related activities. <br />Program Funding Request <br />Please list all of the current Fiscal Year Human Services (HS) funding requested <br />for all programs and the proposed use of funds. <br />Program Name <br />Early Literacy Initiative <br />Town of Carrboro <br />3000 <br />Town of Chapel Hill <br />5000 <br />Orange County <br />8000 <br />We have been working since 2015 to ensure that we bring a racial equity lens to the <br />forefront of our work. We have hosted racial equity training for early childcare <br />professionals and others in the community working with children. We hosted racial <br />equity training for participants in the early stages of the Orange County Campaign for <br />Grade Level Reading and worked with a trained facilitator to use a racial equity lens <br />throughout the planning phase of the campaign. Additionally, we hosted a training <br />developed by we are for participants in a planning effort to engage families of young <br />children in leadership roles and to diversify the voices in decision-making roles. Staff <br />members have participated in various racial equity trainings, including REI, <br />OpenSource, and we are. <br /> <br />Each of our in-house initiatives, including our Growing Up Healthy program, Farm to <br />Early Care and Education, and our literacy programming, including Dolly Parton’s <br />Imagination Library, and Raising a Reader are guided by racial equity principles. We <br />have developed a Community of Practice that supports Spanish-speaking early care <br />educators in meeting their community needs. We have engaged in staff development <br />on implicit bias and its impact on our work and dealing with implicit bias and micro- <br />aggressions. Staff in our Farm to Early Care activity were trained in racial equity <br />principles in an intensive training program Staff development is ongoing as <br />opportunities arise. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: CAC7EC7C-77BA-407E-AAC1-F02C0C75525F