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Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency, Inc. • Department Of Social Services — (Rowan and Cabarrus) • Vocational Rehabilitation - (Rowan and Cabarrus) • Career Connections • NC Research Center • Health Department - (Rowan and Cabarrus) • Juvenile Justice • NC Agriculture Extension Service • Adolescent Pregnancy Council • Livingstone College • Barber Scotia College • Goodwill — (Rowan and Cabarrus) • Project SAFE (Rowan) • Project Re -Entry — ( Cabarrus) 11. Describe activities that your agency has undertaken or plans to undertake to establish a pool of unrestricted funds to further the agency's mission and reduce dependency on government funding. a. Funds to support services for low- income persons In the past, SRCAA, Inc. has used local faith -based organizations and private sources in Rowan to donate services and finances throughout the year to help our agency serve the low- income community when CSBG funds are not available. SRCAA seeks additional, appropriate grants to meet the needs of our population beyond CSBG funding. SRCAA is in conversation with the Community Relations Departments of area banks to begin increasing our unrestricted funds from corporations and foundations. b. Funds to support the overall agency The SRCAA, Inc. Board of Directors lead by its Fundraising Committee will continue with its current fund development strategy. 1. Identify and develop a fundraising goal for 2016 -2017 (ongoing) 2. Develop and expand the current donor base (ongoing) 3. Seek small community development awards from corporations (one received) 4. Become an option for United Way donations (ongoing) 5. Seek United Way funding (one grant received) 6. Identify other potential leaders /donors (ongoing) Corporate sponsors Foundations Major gifts Private corporate and individual donors 7. Continue improving our technology and ability to reach more people for fundraising through social media (technology and internal communications has improved over the past two years) The agency has identified the following as opportunities to expand technology and fundraising: • Sales force, which is a web -based program for non - profits that assist in managing and tracking donors, grants, donations, and recurring gifts. • Actively use Facebook, Twitter or other social media • The SRCAA Website continues to be upgraded • The goal is to allow for direct donations and to demonstrate the agency's performance through our website. 12. Describe your agency's method for informing custodial parents in single - parent families that participate in CSBG programming about the availability of child support services. In addition, describe your method for referring eligible parents to the child support office[s]. Fiscal Year 2016 -17 Community Services Block Grant Application Page 13 of 28 Attachment number 2 \n F -11 Page 299