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Salisbury Rowan Community Action Agency, inc. <br />• Project Re -Entry -- {Cabaaus) <br />The Board of Directors merging of two departments Career and Education Training Services (WIA <br />Youth) and the Family Services (CSBG) strategically aligned SRCAA to serve youth and families. <br />This has helped to unify our approach to case management and youth and family development. <br />11, Describe activities that your agency has undertaken or plans to undertake to establish a pool of <br />unrestricted funds to further the agency's mission and reduce dependency on government funding. <br />a. Funds to support services for low - income persons <br />In the past, SRCAA, Inc. has used local faith -based organizations and private sources in Rowan to <br />donate services and finances throughout the year to help our agency serve the low- income <br />community when CSBG funds are not available. SRCAA seeks additional, appropriate grants to <br />meet the needs of our population beyond CSBG funding. In the past year a corporate partnership <br />has been solidified and we are in conversation with the Community Relations Departments of area <br />banks to begin increasing our unrestricted funds from corporations and foundations. One Bank — <br />Fifth Third has awarded SRCAA a $10,000 grant. <br />b. Funds to support the overall agency <br />The SRCAA, Inc. Board of Directors lead by its Fundraising Committee will continue with its current <br />fund development strategy. <br />1. Identify and develop a fundraising goal for 2014 -2015 (ongoing) <br />2. Develop and expand the current donor base (ongoing) <br />1 Seek small community development awards from corporations (one received) <br />4. Become an option for United Way donations (current) <br />5. Seek United Way funding (one grant received and one applied for in 2014) <br />ti. Identify other potential leadersldonors (ongoing) <br />Corporate sponsors <br />Foundations <br />Major gifts <br />- Private corporate and individual donors <br />7, Continue improving our technology and ability to reach more people through fundraising <br />through social media (technology and internal communications has improved since last year) <br />The agency has identified the following as opportunities to expand technology and fundraising; <br />• Sales force, which is a web -based program for non - profits that assist in managing and tracking <br />donors, grants, donations, and recurring gifts. <br />• Actively use Facebook, Twitter or other social media <br />• The SRCAA Website continued to be upgraded <br />• The goal is to allow for direct donations and to demonstrate the agency's performance through our <br />website. <br />12. Descr7be your agency's method for informing custodial parents in single- parent families that <br />participate in CSBG programming about the availability of child support services. In addition, <br />describe your method for referring eligible parents to the child support officef s]. <br />Assessments are completed at intake to address the need of the families. Referrals are made to <br />Rowan and Cabarrus County Department of Social Services Child Support Division. If custodial <br />parents do not have an active Child Support order, the Family Development Specialists will download <br />applications from the NC Department of Health and Human Services website and assist them with <br />completing the application. <br />Fiscal Year 2015 -16 Community Services Block Grant Application Attachment number 1 <br />Page 13 of 44 <br />F -13 Page 186 <br />