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Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency, Inc. An example of preventing the duplication of services is the utilization of Cooperative Extensions and Health Departments to provide food, nutrition and health service trainings. Goodwill Industries and Rowan Cabarrus Community College provide resume preparation, occupational skills trainings, and certification trainings to our participants in a collaborative effort to assist them. By continuing to collaborate with other human service agencies, this helps to close any service gaps in SRCAA's service areas. SRCAA is closing service gaps internally as well by making internal collaborations for dual enrollments more intentional. For example: Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) participants and Head Start parents who are eligible for CSBG services are enrollees of the program. Likewise, CSBG participant's eligible youth are enrollees of WIOA and Head Start. Internal staffs and external agencies consult and execute service strategies to ensure the needs of the families are met. In real time, there can effectively be several persons assigned to one family. By investing time in case conferencing, and strategizing, service duplication is eliminated, and the chances that families are less overwhelmed and able to achieve attainable goals in addition to meeting the requirements of multiple organizations are increased. 6. Provide a description of how your agency will support innovative community and neighborhood - based initiatives related to the purposes of the Community Services Block Grant (fatherhood initiatives and other initiatives with the goal of strengthening families and encouraging effective parenting). SRCAA continues to participate in community -wide coalition- building and resource development to meet the needs of individuals and families and reduce barriers to family and community growth. At the beginning of the school year, parents sign a partnership agreement that they will be fully involved with their children, and set goals for their family. This gives low- income families the capability to make decisions, initiate programs, and obtain resources to encourage stronger families in our area. Parent trainings are also offered in areas such as: Parenting skills, child and health development, preparation of food, and child abuse and neglect. By offering these services, parents' skills are strengthened and parents understand the responsibility they have to their children. SRCAA continues to provide support to families as they learn new skills. Internally, SRCAA is making an Intentional effort to train Family Development Specialists of Head Start in the Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework. The ultimate goal of the framework is to ensure families understand what school readiness is. One way to improve and enhance the families' in Head Start will be to ensure they are enrolled in the Family Self Sufficiency program. Imminently, Family Development Specialist will train families in core competencies of parenting and school readiness. SRCAA will also be in conversation with the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) to increase father - focus. Family Services (CSBG) will partner with Head Start to improve the way fathers are treated as integral family members in goal the goal attainment process. 7. Describe activities that your agency has undertaken or plans to undertake, on an emergency basis, for the provision of such supplies and services, nutritious foods and related services, as may be necessary to counteract conditions of starvation and malnutrition among low- income individuals. Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency, Inc ( SRCAA). staff ensures that income eligible participants are enrolled in Food and Nutrition Services through the Department of Social Services. In addition, SRCAA has established partnerships with local food banks, churches, and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of providing participants referrals for emergency food assistance. Fiscal Year 2016 -17 Community Services Block Grant Application Page 11 of 28 Attachment number 2 \n F -11 Page 297