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Salisbury Bowan Community Action Agency, lnc, fundamental requirements of the program, it will be critical for them to attend the training model used by SRCAA regarding family engagement, All new staff will be enrolled in a strengths -based model within the next year since empowerment models have been proven to help families achieve self - sufficiency. Other strategies involve, inviting families to participate in volunteer activities and to represent the agency at community forums, and other agency events, to tell their story and to be proud to share their accomplishments when asked. This year, success stories are being published regularly in the agency's electronic newsletter and two Family Services participants who have risen above poverty or achieved several program successes, represented the program at the Annual Board meeting in November 20'14.. SRCAA will continue to provide various educational workshops and training mechanisms to empower low- income families and individuals. The overall goal of SRCAA is to assist low- income individuals to gain a sense of ownership and a stake in their community while strengthen their families. The agency will continue to be an active member of state and national associations that advocate on behalf of low - income families to eradicate poverty. In the former grant year, SRCAA became more proactive in engaging the Hispanic community in Rowan and Cabarrus Counties. In Rowan County, there are many Hispanic families enrolled in our Head Start program. By reducing the silo between these two SRCAA programs first, recruitment into the Family Services (CSBG) program is a natural fit and complement. Additional outreach is being conducted to try and improve our relationships in those Communities and diversity our participant base. This effort is being coordinated by the new contract Multi - cultural Consultant who has a targeted goal to reach 50 new Hispanic and Latino families in 2014 -2015 so they can be eligible for the services offered. 4. Describe how your agency plans to make more effective use of, coordinate and form partnerships with other organizations and programs including: State welfare reform efforts; public and private resources; religious organizations, charitable groups, and community organizations. SRCAA staff, program managers and the Executive Director participate on relevant Boards, Committees and planning entities in both Rowan and Cabarrus Counties such as the NC Workforce Development Board managers and partners meetings; the Salisbury and East Spencer Housing Authority partner meeting, the Goodwill sponsored Business Advisory Board, the Project Re -Entry partners meeting and many more. Our agency will continue to increase our visibility and our impact by forming new partnerships with organizations and continuing to host Community Forums. In the summer of 2014 SRCAA again participated in funding allocation committees at the local United Way (UW). While the goal of the allocation planning process was to renew funding for other UW organizations, it allowed the UW and 70 other community partners to continue being exposed to SRCAA staff and our purpose. Additionally in this program year, SRCAA was able to solidify partnerships with 12 organizations with which we regularly do business. MOUs, (memorandums of understanding), were collected in both counties. Fiscal Year 2015 -16 Community Services Block Grant Application Attachment number 1 Page 9 of 44 F -13 Page 182