PARTICIPATION IN OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH ACTIVITIES.PDF

Maricopa County
Participation in
Opportunities for Youth Reengagement Center Cohort
A. Maricopa County (“County”), hereby approves the participation in Opportunities for Youth
(OFY) program activities. OFY is a collaboration of Phoenix based organizations that provide
services to youth, with a focus on disconnected youth. OFY’s purpose is to build a community
of collaboration that minimizes unnecessary duplication of programs and services and
leverages the unique aspects of all partners, to build capacity for programs that work to
reengage disconnected youth. The County’s participation will be administered by the Human
Services Department Arizona@Work Maricopa County Youth program.
B. Participation in OFY activities will include recognizing County’s Arizona@Work Maricopa
County Youth program sites and services as Reengagement Centers (RC). As a RC, services
will align reengagement practices, performances, and processes across organizations serving
youth. This will help to reduce silos, align work, and build capacity in order to create a system
that can successfully serve youth in Maricopa County.
C. As a participant in OFY’s efforts, the County’s responsibility will include:
1. Commit to a two year term as a reengagement Cohort member.
2. Attend and actively participate in the monthly meetings.
3. Annually complete the Quality Standards Baseline assessment.
4. Meet all agreed upon deadlines.
5. Partner collaboratively with OFY Cohort members as well as other identified OFY
referring organizations or institutions.
6. Provide training to Cohort members based on organization’s area of expertise.
7. Identify a point of contact for questions, concerns related to data collection and at a
minimum, that individual will attend required system training.
8. Track organization’s shared measures by utilizing the E-CImpact database.
9. Immediately notify the OFY Executive Director of any personnel changes impacting the
resources assigned to this initiative.
D. Benefits to Becoming a Reengagement Center (RC):
In addition to reducing duplication and connecting a disconnected system, RC members:
1. Have access to a network of agencies that can be leveraged for support and capacity
building.
2. Have access to aggregate data to use for grant writing and data driven decisions.
3. Participate in a learning community of local and national partners.
4. Leverage support of collective network to leverage when seeking funding.
5. Have access to a national network of reengagement centers.
6. Have the opportunity to strategically impact opportunity youth at a regional level.
E. Term: The County’s engagement in OFY’s activities shall be for a 2 year period from
December 1, 2017 to November 30, 2019.
F. Engagement Confirmation: The County shall confirm participation in the OFY’s activities by
signing the Reengagement Center Letter of Commitment (“Attachment A”). The Board of
Supervisors shall authorize the Human Services Department Director as the signatory on the
Reengagement Center Letter of Commitment and all required documents related to this
activity.
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The Human Services Department shall file all signed document with the Clerk of the Board’s
office for formal filing.
G. The County’s recognized Reengagements Centers locations are:
1. Maricopa East Valley One-Stop Career Center
735 N Gilbert Rd., Ste.134, Gilbert, AZ 85234
2. Maricopa West Valley One-Stop Career Center
1840 N 95th Ave., Ste. 160, Phoenix, AZ 85037
3. City of Avondale Youth Center
124 S 4th Street, Avondale, AZ 85323
4. City of Peoria Community Center
8335 W Jefferson St., Peoria, AZ 85345
5. City of Mesa Main Library
64 E. 1st Street, Mesa, AZ 85201
6. City of Tempe Escalante Center
2150 E Orange St., Tempe, AZ 85281
H. Termination: The County may terminate participation in OFY activities by providing thirty
(30) days prior written notice to OFY. Such termination shall be effective upon the expiration
of the thirty (30) days unless otherwise agreed to in writing.
I. Cancellation: The Agreement is subject to and incorporates by reference the statutory
language of A.R.S. §38-511.
J. Relationship: The County staff who participates in activities shall not be considered an
employee or volunteer of OFY and agents or employees of OFY shall not be considered
employees of the County. Accordingly, employees of one Party shall not be entitled to
employee benefits normally provided to bona fide employees of the other Party. Nothing in
this Agreement or its performance except as provided in A.R.S. § 23-1022(D) shall be
construed to result in any person being the officer, agent, employee, or servant of either Party
when such person, absent this Agreement and the performance thereof, would not in law
have such status.
[Signatures on following page]
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Approval is hereby Granted by:
Maricopa County
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Chairman, Board of Supervisors
Attested to:
Fran McCarroll, Clerk of the Board Date
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Deputy County Attorney Date
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