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          FOCUS ON THE HERE AND COUNCIL B SESSION. 
          THE TIME IS 2:14 PM ON THIS NINTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2022. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MICKEY RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KADA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELA COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          MAYOR EHRENBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          AND ONCE AGAIN, UH, WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
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WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, SO LET ME TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH, TO GET US STARTED. 
          THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          WE'VE GOT ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY. 
          IT'S A POST SOLICITATION BRIEFING ON OUR SA READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          AND, UH, JUST A, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A REMINDER OF OUR READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          UH, IT'S A, A ONE OF A KIND PROGRAM THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN, UM, NOVEMBER OF, UH, 2020, UH, AND IS FUNDED THROUGH A ONE EIGHT SALES TAX, UH, THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2025. 
          UM, TODAY'S PRESENTATION THAT MIKE, UH, RAMSEY WILL GIVE, WILL COVER A COUPLE OF AREAS, UM, BUT REALLY AS A POST SOLICITATION PRESENTATION, THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND MARKETING PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, UH, AND EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PROGRAM AS WE'VE DEVELOPED IT OVER THE LAST YEAR, UH, IS REALLY, REALLY CENTERED ON, ON, ON, ON FOUR MAIN, UM, CENTER POINTS. 
          UH, ONE THAT, FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S NO OTHER CITY IN THIS COUNTRY THAT IS DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO THIS SCALE, RIGHT? SO WE RECOGNIZE THE ADVANTAGE THAT WE HAVE AND WE NEED TO, TO, TO, UM, THINK THROUGH THAT AS WE WORK AND DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION. 
          TWO, THAT IT IS DRIVEN BY EMPLOYERS. 
          UM, AND AS I SAID ON MONDAY, UH, BIG, SMALL, UM, ALL EMPLOYERS, UM, THREE, THAT IT IS, UH, THAT WE WILL BE UTILIZING THE US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TALENT PIPELINE MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYERS ALIGNED, UM, WITH THE APPROVED TRAINING. 
          UM, AND THAT WE, UM, CENTRALIZE, UH, OR HAVE A CENTRAL DATA PLATFORM, UH, TO TRACK PARTICIPANTS AND PERFORMANCE, UH, THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE ARE CERTAINLY VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE SO FAR, UM, AND THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE, UH, COMMUNITY AND EMPLOYERS, AND MIKE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, OUR GOAL AND THE, THE SALES TAX WILL BE COLLECTED THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2025. 
          OUR GOAL, AND YOU'LL HEAR THIS FROM MIKE, IS THAT AT THE END OF THIS PROGRAM FOR THE CITY, THAT THE, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION AND TRAINING, UH, ENVIRONMENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IS BETTER ALIGNED AND CONNECTED, UM, AND, UM, BETTER THAN IT WAS PRE PANDEMIC. 
          AND, AND, UM, USING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS THROUGH TRAIN FOR JOBS, UM, ALL OF US, UH, OUR PARTNERS INCLUDED, UH, WE THINK THAT WE HAVE, UH, DEVELOPED A PROGRAM THAT, UM, WILL, UH, SET US ON THE RIGHT PATH AND KEEP US PLUGGED INTO THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF EMPLOYERS. 
          SO I WANNA THANK UPFRONT THE STAFF OF OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE THERE, SMALL BUT VERY MIGHTY, AND HAVE SPENT, UH, A LOT OF TIME, UH, AND ARE WAS NOT NEW ANYMORE. 
          OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HE, UM, MIKE, HE STARTED IN AUGUST, UH, MIKE, UH, RAMSEY, UM, FOR THE CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME HE HAS SPENT ON THE DESIGN AND THE THOUGHT ON THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MIKE TO WALK US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
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MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS ESSAY READY TO WORK PROGRAM TO YOU ALL THIS AFTERNOON. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, UM, BY OUR ADVISORY BOARD, UM, BY CITY STAFF IN ORDER TO GET TO THIS PLACE. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE, UM, THAT PROGRESS WITH YOU TODAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, BACK BEFORE THE VOTE APPROVED THIS INITIATIVE BACK IN JULY OF 2020, UM, THE MAYOR FORMED A TASK FORCE OF LOCAL EMPLOYERS TO HELP TO GUIDE AND SHAPE THIS INITIATIVE. 
          AND, UH, THEY, UH, REALLY LAID THE FRAMEWORK, UH, THAT THIS PROGRAM WAS BUILT AROUND FROM THE VERY START. 
          UH, NOVEMBER OF 2020, THE VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY AT A 77% RATE APPROVED THE READY TO WORK WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, IN DECEMBER OF 2020, UH, YOU ALL AND SENATE AND THE MAYOR FORMED A WORKFORCE ADVISORY BOARD THAT HAS MET 13 TIMES TO DATE TO HELP TO SHAPE THE FORMATION OF THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, BACK IN FEBRUARY THROUGH JUNE OF 2021, CITY STAFF MET WITH THE COMMUNITY TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND TO GET THEIR INPUT AS THE PROGRAM CONTINUED TO BE DESIGNED. 
          AND THEN THE PRE-K BOARD WAS BRIEFED IN MARCH OF 2021 TO KEEP THEM ABREAST OF OUR PROGRESS. 
          E W D C MEETINGS WERE HELD BETWEEN MARCH AND OCTOBER OF 2021, WHERE THIS READY TO WORK INITIATIVE WAS ON THE AGENDA. 
          AND IN MAY OF 2021, THE BUDGET WAS PASSED, UH, THE IN MAY FOR THE PHYSICAL YEAR, 2022 YEAR. 
          IN JULY OF 2021, WE HELD A READY TO WORK SYMPOSIUM WHERE OVER 150 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE EMPLOYER COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL PROGRAM, UH, AGENCIES WHO WERE PARTICIPATING WERE IN ATTENDANCE. 
          UH, WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON WHAT THE PROGRAM COULD LOOK LIKE, AND IT WAS VERY VALUABLE AS WE CONTINUED THAT PROCESS. 
          IN AUGUST OF 2021, UM, I CAME ON BOARD WITH THE CITY, UH, TO LEAD THE NEWLY FORMED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE HERE. 
          AND IN DECEMBER OF 2021, THE R F P PROCESS WAS COMPLETE DURING THAT WHOLE TIMEFRAME, THE TRAIN FOR JOBS SA PROGRAM WAS OPERATING IN THE BACKGROUND AS A REMINDER TO TRAIN FOR JOBS. 
          SA WAS AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC. 
          UH, WE WERE EXPERIENCING DOUBLE DIGIT EMPLOYMENT, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT LOST THEIR JOBS, AND THAT PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE TO GET OFF THE UNEMPLOYMENT ROADS, SO IT PROVIDED THE MOST STIPEND. 
          SO THEY CONTINUED TO PAY THEIR RENT, PAY THEIR BILLS, KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, KEEP FOOD ON THE TABLE, AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM AND ARE STILL TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM, WHICH INDIVIDUALS WILL BE COMPLETING THEIR TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OF 2022. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, WE LEARNED A LOT OF LESSONS IN TRAINING FOR JOBS. 
          UM, SOME OF THOSE LESSONS INCLUDE THE NEED FOR TARGETED MARKETING AND OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TARGETED POPULATIONS WAS REACHED AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE IN THE PROCESS. 
          WE HAD A FLOOD OF PEOPLE THAT CAME IN AT THE END AS TRAINED FOR JOBS, WAS COMING TO A CLOSE. 
          UM, AND ONCE THEY FOUND OUT US THE LAST CHANCE TO GET IN, UM, A LOT OF THE, UH, CONDITIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY SHIFTED AND, UH, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET AHEAD OF THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A TARGETED STRONG MARKETING OUTREACH CAMPAIGN TO REACH THOSE TARGETED POPULATIONS. 
          FROM THE START, UM, A CENTRALIZED DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WE REALIZED WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO PROPERLY TRACK OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING OUR O OUR GOALS AND OUTCOMES, AS WELL AS KEEPING THE COMMUNITY ABREAST OF OUR PROGRESS AS WE, IN REAL TIME AS WE MOVE ALONG, WE LEARNED THAT ALIGNMENT IS ESSENTIAL, ALIGNMENT WITH THE EMPLOYER DEMAND, WHAT JOBS ARE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND AT WHAT SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR AS THEY'RE LOOK TO FILL THOSE VACANT POSITIONS. 
          AS WELL AS ALIGNMENT AMONG OUR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO SERVE INDIVIDUALS, HAVING THE PROPER CONNECTIONS TO CONNECT THEM TO THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO OVERCOME ANY BARRIERS THAT THEY MAY BE FACING. 
          WE LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A LARGE PERCENT OF THE POPULATION THAT NEEDED NEED, STILL NEEDED ASSISTANCE IN EARNING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY. 
          UM, THAT WAS MADE EVIDENT THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THE TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM THAT WE HAD TO INCLUDE FUNDING OPTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ACHIEVED THAT MILESTONE PRIOR TO ENTERING THEIR EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT, AS THE CITY MANAGER TALKED ABOUT, UM, IS CRUCIAL. 
          UM, WE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST GO THROUGH PUTTING PEOPLE THROUGH A TRAINING PROGRAM HOPING THAT THEY GOT A JOB AT THE END. 
          SO WE NEEDED EMPLOYERS AT THE TABLE REALLY STEERING, UM, AND GUIDING US BY INFORMING US OF WHERE THOSE VACANCIES ARE AND THEN WHAT VOLUME THEY'RE GONNA BE HIRING, NOT ONLY TODAY, BUT INTO THE FUTURE AS FUTURE WORK. 
          UM, IT BECAME ON THE ROAD. 
          AND THEN OUTCOMES TAKE TIME. 
          YOU KNOW, AS INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP FOR THESE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TIME FOR THEM TO GET ENGAGED INTO THEIR TRAINING PROGRAM, GET ENROLLED, AND THEN MATRICULATE THROUGH AND COMPLETE. 
          UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE CONTINUED TO, UM, DISCUSS AND CONTINUE TO PLAN FOR AS WE BEGIN TO ROLL OUT. 
          READY TO WORK NEXT SLIDE. 
          LOT. 
          SO, OF COURSE, UH, THIS PROGRAM HAS SOME CORE SERVICES THAT IT REVOLVE, THAT REVOLVES AROUND IT, UM, CERTIFICATE TRAINING AND DEGREE COMPLETION. 
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UM, OUR ADVISORY BOARD HAS SET THAT TONE, UM, THAT 60% OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE, UM, ALIGNED WITH OUR CERTIFICATE TRAINING PROGRAMS AND 40% ARE DEGREE COMPLETION PROGRAMS. WRAPAROUND SUPPORT, UM, IS VITAL, UM, IN GUIDING INDIVIDUALS THROUGH TO HELP THEM TO OVERCOME ANY BARRIERS THAT THEY MAY BE FACING. 
          UM, EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ANY SHORT TERM UNEXPECTED EXPENSES THAT MAY COME ABOUT FOR THAT PARTICIPANT. 
          THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT INCLUDE A REGULAR STIPEND. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN READY TO WORK AND TRAIN FOR JOBS. 
          THERE ARE NO DIRECT STIPEND PAYMENTS TO PARTICIPANTS, ONLY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE UNEXPECTED SHORT TERM ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE, THAT MAY KNOCK AN INDIVIDUAL OFF TRACK. 
          AND THEN JOB PLACEMENT AND RETENTION, WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM. 
          HOW WE WILL BE MEASURED, UM, BASED UPON WHETHER OR NOT WE GET PEOPLE PLACED IN GOOD HIGH QUALITY, WELL PAYING JOBS HERE IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA, AND THEN KEEP THAT JOB FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR. 
          WE'RE GONNA TRACK IT MODERN, PROVIDE THEM WITH SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY EMPLOYED AFTER GETTING THAT GOOD JOB. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO HERE ON THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE THE CONTRACT VALUES THAT RUN THROUGH THE YEAR TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN, A HUNDRED EIGHTY 3 MILLION. 
          UM, OVER THAT TIME PERIOD, WE PLAN TO INTAKE 39,269 OR APPROXIMATELY 40,000 INDIVIDUALS, UM, ENTERING INTO CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          AND ULTIMATELY A TRAINING PROGRAM ABOUT 28,000 INDIVIDUALS. 
          UM, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING OF THAT 183 MILLION WOULD GO TOWARDS TUITION PAYMENTS AT $110 MILLION, FOLLOWED BY THE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF $46.7 MILLION THAT WE'LL SEE HOW THAT WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO OUR PARTNERS. 
          UM, 11.6 MILLION FOR INTAKE, AND 9.3 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY FUNDING WITH 5.1 MILLION IN ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO OUR PROGRAM, OF COURSE, IS ALIGNED WITH OUR TARGETED INDUSTRIES, UH, FOR OUR AREA WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. 
          ALAMO, UM, HAS SELECTED THESE SECTORS AS OUR TARGETED HIGH GROWTH IN DEMAND AREAS FOR OUR REGION, UM, HEALTHCARE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERSECURITY CONSTRUCTION ARCHITECTURE AND UTILITIES, UM, AS WELL AS EDUCATION, AEROSPACE, MANUFACTURING, OIL AND GAS, WAREHOUSE, TRANSPORTATION AND FINANCE. 
          UM, SO WE'RE GONNA ENSURE THAT THESE JOBS PAY A MINIMUM AT LEAST $15 AN HOUR. 
          $15 AN HOUR IS NOT OUR GOAL. 
          IT'S NOT OUR TARGET. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE LABOR MARKET HAS SHIFTED, AND THERE ARE MANY, UM, JOBS THAT DON'T REQUIRE EDUCATION AND TRAINING THAT HAVE BECOME AVAILABLE NOW IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT START AT $15 AN HOUR. 
          SO THAT'S NOT OUR GOAL. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE OUR CONTROL OVER OUR APPROVED TRAINING CATALOG TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT OUR TUITION DOLLARS ARE BEING FUNDED TOWARDS AIM TOWARDS JOBS THAT AIM, UM, EVEN HIGHER THAN THAT MARK. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA ALLOW A FLEXIBLE APPROACH TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL OCCUPATIONS AS THE LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS CHANGE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED HERE IN OUR REGION. 
          AND OUR ADVISORY BOARD WILL REVIEW, UM, THOSE TARGETED OCCUPATIONS QUARTERLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE AGILE AND FLEXIBLE AND ADJUST AS CONDITIONS SHIFT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO FOR INTAKE ASSESSMENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT, OUR FORECAST THAT WE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL WHEN THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED BACK IN MAY OF 2021, UH, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS THE SAME. 
          WE REMAIN AT THAT $183 MILLION MARK. 
          UM, WE PREVIOUSLY, UM, WERE PROJECTING TO PAY FOR INTAKE FOR ONLY THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE DEEMED ELIGIBLE. 
          UM, WE SHIFTED THAT TO A 39,000, 2 69 NUMBER TO INCLUDE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE NOT DEEMED ELIGIBLE. 
          WE DIDN'T WANNA LEAVE 'EM OUT IN THE COLD AND JUST LEAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, HANG, HEY, YOU DIDN'T QUALIFY. 
          GOOD LUCK. 
          UM, OUR CASE MANAGEMENT AGENTS ARE GONNA HELP TO REFER THEM TO OTHER PROGRAMS THAT EXIST WITHIN THE REGION, WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT MAY BE ABLE TO MEET THEIR NEEDS AND HELP THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. 
          UM, THE TRAINING SLOTS AVAILABLE IS ROUGHLY THE SAME, ABOUT 36,000 4 24 VERSUS 37,300. 
          THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ABOUT 24% OF PARTICIPANTS, UH, MATRICULATING ACROSS PHYSICAL YEARS, WHICH IS WHERE THAT DUPLICATED NUMBER COMES IN. 
          AND THEN INDIVIDUAL UNIQUE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM. 
          AND BACK IN MAY, WE PROJECTED 28,180, AND TODAY WE'RE AT 28,085. 
          SO NUMBERS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL BACK IN MAY OF 2021. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, FOR PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY, UM, YOU HAVE TO BE 18 YEARS OLD WHEN APPLYING FOR THE PROGRAMS IS A PROGRAM FOR ADULTS. 
          UM, WE HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT EXIST TO HELP OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TRANSITION, UH, SUCH AS ALAMO PROMISE THAT THE CITY FUNDS TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS TO MATRICULATE AND TO OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM. 
          UM, THEY HAVE TO BE PERMITTED TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES, A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND HAVE AN INCOME OF LESS THAN 250% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES. 
          UM, THAT 250% MARK IS ABOUT 33,975 FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S A HOUSEHOLD OF ONE OR 69,375 FOR A HOUSEHOLD OF FOUR. 
          JUST FOR SOME PERSPECTIVE, THE MEDIAN INCOME FOR THE, FOR SAN ANTONIO, THE BAYER COUNTY RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT $57,000. 
          SO THERE'S A WIDE NET OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR INTENT. 
          UM, THAT FLOOR OF 33,975 WAS RAISED TO THAT LEVEL, UM, BECAUSE WE SAW THAT THOSE ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS THAT DON'T REQUIRE TRAINING, WERE STARTING TO PAY AT 
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$15 AN HOUR. 
          SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE INCLUDED SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM CONNECTED TO A CAREER PATHWAY TO FURTHER INCREASE THEIR ECONOMIC MOBILITY IN THE FUTURE. 
          YOU CAN'T CURRENTLY BE ENROLLED IN COLLEGE COURSES. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTICE, UH, DURING OUR STUDY, ROLLING THE PROGRAM OUT WHERE THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE STARTED COLLEGE BUT STOPPED OUT. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TARGETING THEM AS A GROUP TO GET BACK INTO SCHOOL, TO GET ACROSS THAT FINISH LINE, TO GET THOSE DEGREES TO HELP TO INCREASE OUR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT RATE. 
          UM, THEY HAVE TO BE WILLING TO TAKE ASSESSMENTS RELATING TO BARRIERS, THEIR ACADEMIC SKILLS AND APTITUDE, AND ALSO COMPETED COM COMMITTED TO COMPLETING THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, THERE'S SOME RESPONSIBILITY THAT LIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT EQUATION, BUT THE PARTICIPANTS HAVE TO BE COMMITTED TO DOING THE WORK THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THAT EMERGENCY FUNDING, AGAIN, FOR SHORT TERM, UM, RELIEF FOR UNEXPECTED EXPENSES THAT POP UP. 
          UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT SHORT TERM FINANCIAL EMERGENCY FUNDING ASSISTANCE CAN COVER. 
          UM, IT COULD BE AN UNEXPECTED DAYCARE ISSUE, TRANSPORTATION ISSUE CARD BROKE DOWN, HAD A FLAT TIRE. 
          UM, I NEED A COMPUTER FOR MY COURSE, OR I'M I GONNA FLUNK OUT THOSE TYPE OF ISSUES. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR AGENCIES HAVE FUNDING READILY AVAILABLE TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN A TIMELY MANNER AS THOSE NEEDS ARISE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, OUR TARGET, OF COURSE, IS TO GET INDIVIDUALS WHO AN APPROVED GOOD JOB, GOOD HIGH QUALITY JOB, AND THERE'S SOME THAT HAS TO BE FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT IN ONE OF OUR TARGETED INDUSTRY SECTORS THAT I DESCRIBED EARLIER. 
          UM, INCOME OF AT LEAST 31,000 A YEAR, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT $15 AN HOUR AT 2080 HOURS PER YEAR. 
          UM, THAT'S EXCLUSIVE OF BENEFITS, NOT INCLUDING BENEFITS. 
          UM, AND THE JOB HAS TO INCLUDE BENEFITS SUCH AS HEALTHCARE, SUCH AS THE RETIREMENT PLAN, PAID LEAVE. 
          UM, THAT'S, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CRUCIAL COMPONENTS OF A JOB BEING A TRUE HIGH QUALITY JOB. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE COGNIZANT OF IS THAT THE LABOR CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED. 
          UM, OVER A YEAR AGO WHEN THIS PROGRAM WAS LAID OUT, THE TARGET WAS $15 AN HOUR. 
          THERE WAS A BIG PUSH AROUND THE COUNTRY TO GET PEOPLE TO $15 AN HOUR, WHEN NOW THAT THE COST OF LABOR HAS RISEN, UM, WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, IGNORING THAT FACT. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO PUSH TOWARDS HIGHER WAGES FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMPLETING THEIR PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO OUR APPROVED COURSE CATALOG IS GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP SHAPE THAT WORK. 
          UM, IT'S GONNA ATTAIN IMPROVE PROGRAMS AND COURSES BUILT WITH INPUT FROM EMPLOYERS. 
          THAT TALENT PIPELINE MANAGEMENT PROCESS THAT THE CITY MANAGER DISCUSSED AND WAS TALKING ABOUT IS GONNA HELP US TO DETERMINE WHAT THE TRUE DEMAND IS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT TARGETED, THAT APPROVED COURSE CATALOG WILL BE ALIGNED TO THOSE THAT HAVE HIGH WAGE JOBS THAT INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE, UM, A GOOD STABLE INCOME FOR THEIR FAMILIES FROM, UM, IT'S GONNA BE UPDATED QUARTERLY, AS I DISCUSSED BEFORE, AND SORTED BY INDUSTRY AND EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. 
          AND IT MAY INCLUDE TRAINING OFFERED BY EMPLOYERS IF EMPLOYERS, IF IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND NO SKILLS AND CREDENTIALS THEY EARN ARE TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER EMPLOYERS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT IS CRUCIAL TO THIS INITIATIVE, TO THIS WORK. 
          IT'S BEEN AROUND AND EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. 
          UM, AS THE MAYOR'S TASK FORCE, OUR ADVISORY BOARD, UM, THE TALENT PIPELINE MANAGEMENT PROCESS THAT WE'LL BE ENGAGING UPON, AND OF COURSE, THE EMPLOYER PLEDGE. 
          WE HAD A PHENOMENAL PRESS CONFERENCE ON MONDAY. 
          TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM THE EMPLOYER COMMUNITY FOR THE PROGRAM. 
          THEY'RE EXCITED TO ASSIST US IN MAKING SURE THIS PROGRAM IS A SUCCESS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TODAY IN THIS POST SOLICITATION BRIEFING, UH, WILL BE CONTRACTS FOR EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT, MARKETING INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT. 
          UM, AND THAT INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT IS THE LARGEST PORTION OF THESE AGREEMENTS THAT WE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU. 
          THAT WILL INCLUDE CASE MANAGEMENT, TRAINING, SUPPORT, AND OF COURSE JOB PLACEMENT. 
          UM, AS A REMINDER, THE CITY IS NOT PERFORMING ANY OF THESE SERVICES DIRECTLY. 
          WE ARE THE FUNDER CONTRACTING AND HOLDING THESE AGENCIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR ACHIEVING CERTAIN OUTCOMES. 
          BUT WE'RE NOT DIRECTLY CASE MANAGING OR TRAINING ANY ENTITIES. 
          OUR CASE MANAGEMENT AND INTAKE AGENCIES ARE NOT BEING CONTRACTED TODAY TO PROVIDE TRAINING SERVICES. 
          THE TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGH OUR APPROVED TRAINING CATALOG, AND THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURING THAT TRAINING FOR THE PARTICIPANTS AND PAYING THE TUITION PARTIALLY WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING AS A CITY, AND UTILIZING THE BRAIDED FUNDING MODEL TOUSE OTHER SOURCES SUCH AS FEDERAL PELL GRANTS AND OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS MAY QUALIFY FOR. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS ALSO THAT I WANNA POINT OUT IS THAT HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY AND PROGRAM EVALUATION WILL BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL A LATER DATE, AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, FOR EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT, UM, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH SA WORKS, WHICH THE SUBSIDIARY OF GREATER SS A T X. 
          UM, ROMANITA AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL PARTNERS WITH US AS WE'VE ROLLED OUT THE EMPLOYER PLEDGE, UM, THAT HAS GOTTEN OVER 70 COMPANIES TO SIGN ON TO DATE. 
          UM, WE WANT THEM TO FOCUS ON ENGAGING SMALL BUSINESSES IN THIS NEXT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING TO ENTER INTO, CONTRACT THEM WITH. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM, WANT TO ASSURE THEM THAT 
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THERE'S SPACE AT THE TABLE FOR THEIR VOICE AND THEM FOR THEM TO BENEFIT FROM THE PROGRAM'S, EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS AS THEY BUILD THEIR WORKFORCE. 
          UH, WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO AND OTHER PARTNERS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE PROGRAM TO BUILD A COMMUNITY-WIDE CONSORTIUM OF EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT THAT'S BASED ON THE SECTOR PARTNERSHIP MODEL. 
          AS A PART OF THEIR T P M IMPLEMENTATION, WANT TO TRACK EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT THROUGH A SHARED CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT TOOL AND ENGAGE THE US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SPECIALISTS TO ENSURE THAT THAT TALENT PIPELINE MANAGEMENT PROCESS IS BEING IMPLEMENTED WITH FIDELITY. 
          THEY'RE ALSO GONNA WORK TO ENGAGE M Z E BURNING GLASS TO BUILD A TAILORED LABOR MARKET DATA REPORT TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE IN WHAT THE TRUE LABOR FORCES ARE SHIFTING AT IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT EMPLOYER PLEDGE LOOKS LIKE. 
          THERE'S VARYING LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR EACH OF THE EMPLOYERS WHO ARE COMING TO THE TABLE. 
          UM, BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS, IS A PLEDGE TO PARTNER. 
          IT'S A PLEDGE TO SHARE DATA WITH US ABOUT WHAT THEIR CURRENT OPENINGS ARE, WHAT THEIR FUTURE NEEDS ARE, WHERE THEY'RE FINDING TALENT NOW, AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO HIRE INDIVIDUALS FROM THIS PROGRAM. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          HERE'S A LIST OF THE EMPLOYERS THAT HAVE SIGNED THE PLEDGE SO FAR. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE OVER 70 NOW. 
          UM, SOME NAMES THAT YOU'LL RECOGNIZE PRETTY READILY WITH OUR COMMUNITY, H E B U S A A FROST BANK. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, HOLT KAT, UH, NAVISTAR METHODIST HEALTH, JUST TO NAME A FEW. 
          UM, BUT ONE OF THE LARGEST SECTORS THAT WE SAW RESPONSE FROM WAS FROM THE CONSTRUCTION AREA. 
          UM, I, I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT THE SKILLED TRADES ARE ONE OF THE MOST DIRECT AND QUICKEST WAYS TO THE MIDDLE CLASS, AND THERE'S A DESPERATE NEED FOR SKILLED LABOR HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AS THEY CONTINUE, CITY CONTINUES TO GROW AND EXPAND, WANT TO HELP TO MEET THAT NEED THROUGH THIS, THIS TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO FOR THE MARKETING R F P, UM, THIS PROGRAM, THIS MARKETING, UH, REQUEST WAS TO DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED COMMUNITY OUTREACH CAMPAIGN FOR ESSAY READY TO WORK AND DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS PLAN TO HELP US TO GET THE WORD OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE TARGETED, UM, SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION WHO COULD BENEFIT. 
          UM, WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON WHAT SERVICES THEY'LL BE PROVIDING. 
          ON THE NEXT SLIDE, SOLICITATION TYPE WAS AN R F P, AND THE ESTIMATED VALUE WAS 1.6 MILLION. 
          PROPOSED TERM OF THE AGREEMENT IS THREE YEARS WITH THREE ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, SOME DETAILED MARKETING SERVICES, OF COURSE, IS TO REACH OUR RESIDENTS, LOCAL EMPLOYERS, AND THE GENERAL SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO KEEP MAKE THEM AWARE OF WHAT THE PROGRAM IS AND WHAT AVENUES THERE ARE FOR THEM TO ENGAGE. 
          UM, THEY'RE GONNA HELP TO ENGAGE OUR TARGETED POPULATIONS, UH, FOCUS ON INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO GETTING THE WORD OUT, INCLUDING USING A GRASSROOTS EFFORT, WORKING WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY CONNECTED TO, AND THERE'S A LEVEL OF TRUST THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED WITH, AND THEN MAKING THEM AWARE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS HERE TO ASSIST. 
          UM, THEY'RE GONNA USE ALL MODES OF MEDIA TO DO THAT. 
          THAT INCLUDES, OF COURSE, UM, BROADCAST, UH, WHETHER THAT BE TV OR RADIO. 
          UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE USING, YOU KNOW, FLYERS, SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, DIGITAL MARKETING BILLBOARDS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE. 
          UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE, YOU KNOW, A HUGE EFFORT THAT NOT, THAT IS NOT JUST, UH, THIS CONTRACT TO HELP TO GET THE WORD OUT, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL TO HELP TO PUSH THE WORD OUT, GOING DOOR TO DOOR, AND ENSURING THAT THEIR, UH, COMMUNITY IS AWARE OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM HAS TO OFFER. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND NOTIFIED 1,738 VENDORS OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          19. 
          VENDOR VENDORS ATTENDED OUR PRE-SUBMIT SUBMITTAL CONFERENCE, AND SIX RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED. 
          TWO VENDORS WERE DEEMED NON-RESPONSIVE FOR OME SUB BETA, AND OUR MINORITY, MINORITY, AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS REQUIREMENT. 
          AND, UH, THERE WERE NO MATERIAL FINDINGS FOR THE DUE DILIGENCE REVIEW. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, PRIOR TO INTERVIEWS, THE FOUR AGENCIES WHO SUBMITTED PROPOSALS WERE SCORED IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER. 
          TEXAS CREATIVE, UH, WAS FIRST FOLLOWED BY CREATIVE NAIN AMAZING L L C AND PUBLIC ALLIANCE. 
          AFTER INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED BY A BROAD SECTION OF, UH, OF, UH, PROCUREMENT, I'M SORRY, FOR SOLICITATION REVIEW TEAM. 
          UM, WE HAD MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF CITY STAFF CONDUCTING THE EVALUATION. 
          THE FINAL SCORING AFTER INTERVIEWS WERE AS FOLLOWS, CREATIVE, NO AND FINISHED FIRST, FOLLOWED BY TEXAS CREATIVE AND AMAZING L L C, AND WE'LL BE RECOMMENDING CREATIVE NAIN FOR CONTRACT HERE TODAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO FOR OUR IMPLEMENTATION, R F P, WHICH INCLUDES INTAKE, INITIAL ASSESSMENT CASE MANAGEMENT FOR THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM, THE SOLICITATION TYPE WAS AN R F P ESTIMATED VALUE, $64 MILLION FOR SERVICES. 
          THAT'S INTAKE AND CASE MANAGEMENT, 110 MILLION FOR TUITION AND 9 MILLION IN EMERGENCY SERVICES OR EMERGENCY FUNDING. 
          PROPOSED TERM IS THREE YEARS WITH THREE ONE YEAR RENEWALS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO SOME DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF WHAT SOME OF THOSE IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES WILL BE. 
          OF COURSE, PROMOTING ESSAY READY TO WORK PROGRAM 
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THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, ENGAGING CITY STAFF AND PROGRAM PARTNERS, AND CONTINUOUSLY PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO US AS THEY'RE GETTING INFORMATION FROM PARTICIPANTS ON THE GROUND FROM THE EMPLOYER COMMUNITY, HELPING US TO STAY NIMBLE AS WE SHAPE AND RESPOND TO THOSE CHANGES THAT THEY'RE SEEING IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THE PROGRAM BETTER. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE INTERVIEWING EACH APPLICANTS, CONFIRMING THEIR BASIC ELIGIBILITY FOR THE PROGRAM, ASSESSING ANY BARRIERS THEY MAY BE FACING SO THEY CAN GET CONNECTED TO THE PROPER RESOURCES TO HELP TO OVERCOME THAT BARRIER ONCE THEY'RE BEING ELIGIBLE. 
          ASSIGNING THEM TO THE RELEVANT CASE MANAGER, AND IF NOT ELIGIBLE AS I SPOKE ABOUT BEFORE, REFERRING THEM TO OTHER AGENCIES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO HELP THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. 
          UM, OF COURSE, THEY'RE GONNA BE ASSESSING THEIR EDUCATION LEVEL, THEIR SKILLS LEVELS AND, UH, DESIRES AND THEIR READINESS TO ENTER A EDUCATIONAL WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          UM, THEY'RE GONNA WORK WITH 'EM TO DEVELOP AN EDUCATION AND CAREER PLAN THAT WOULD INCLUDE, OF COURSE, REMEDIATION IF NECESSARY, AND ALIGNMENT WITH THEIR TRAINING PROGRAM THAT'S IN ONE OF OUR TARGETED, UM, SECTORS. 
          PROVIDING WRAPAROUND SUPPORT AND SERVICES, INCLUDING ASSISTING THEM IN APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL AID AND FINDING ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS TO HELP TO FUND THEIR EDUCATION. 
          UM, AND THEN PROVIDING FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES. 
          UM, AS I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT MAY COME UP THAT TEND TO KNOCK INDIVIDUALS OFF TRACK, ASSISTING THEM WITH ROLLING AND TRAINING ALIGNED WITH OUR TARGETED OCCUPATIONS. 
          AGAIN, WE WANNA WANNA HOPE AND PRAY THEY GET A JOB AT THE END. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE INCREASE THOSE CHANCES EXPONENTIALLY BY ENSURING THAT THAT ALIGNMENT EXISTS. 
          PROVIDING FINANCIAL COUNSELING TO HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT A BUDGET IS AND HOW TO BALANCE THAT BUDGET, UNDERSTAND WHAT BENEFITS COME WITH HAVING A GOOD QUALITY JOB, AND HOW TO TAKE THAT TOTAL COMPENSATION INTO CONSIDERATION AS DECIDING WHICH CAREER PATH THEY WANT TO EMBARK UPON. 
          EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SELF-AWARENESS, COACHING AND MENTORING THROUGHOUT. 
          ASSISTING THEM WITH REGISTERING IN THE WORK IN TEXAS.COM WEBSITE AND LINKEDIN TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE PROPER EXPOSURE TO THE JOBS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, ASSISTING THEM WITH INTERVIEW PREPARATION FOR THEM ULTIMATELY TO BE PLACED IN A GOOD HIGH QUALITY, GOOD PAY, WELL PAYING JOB. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, BEING RETAINED IN THAT JOB, UH, FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR. 
          AND IT'S THE TECHNICAL SKILLS THAT GET 'EM IN THE DOOR AND THOSE SOFT SKILLS, THOSE ESSENTIAL SKILLS THAT WILL KEEP 'EM IN THERE. 
          AND THEY'RE GONNA BE CONTINUOUSLY COACHING THEM THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE OBTAINED THAT. 
          UM, A BIG PART OF THIS PROGRAM IS REFERRALS, OR REFERRALS TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND ALL THE RESOURCES THAT EXIST WITHIN THE CITY, AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE ALAMO AREA COMMUNITY NETWORK. 
          THAT'S A PART OF OUR CENTRALIZED DATA PLATFORM THAT THEY'LL BE UTILIZING FOR INTAKE FOR THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND THAT INCLUDES HEALTHCARE AND MENTAL HEALTH, ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, LEGAL SERVICES FOR EXPUNGEMENTS, UM, BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IF NEEDED. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND NOTIFIED 2,844 VENDORS OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          WE HAD 44 THAT RESPONDED AND ATTENDED A VIRTUAL WEBEX PRE-SUBMIT SUBMITTAL CONFERENCE, AND 85 ATTENDED IN PERSON. 
          UH, WE RECEIVED 11 RESPONSES FOR INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT, AND 10 FOR CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. 
          THERE ARE NO MATERIAL FINDINGS FOR OUR MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS REVIEW AND NO MATERIAL FINDINGS FOR OUR DUE DILIGENCE REVIEW. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO PRIOR TO INTERVIEWS, THE AGENCIES FINISHED IN THE RANKED ORDER, YOU SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN WILL WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO, FOLLOWED BY ALAMO COLLEGES RESTORE EDUCATION PROJECT QUEST, TEXAS A AND M, SAN ANTONIO URBAN STRATEGIES AND CHRYSALIS MINISTRIES, MAKING THE CUT FOR THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH WAS THE INTERVIEW ROUND. 
          AND THERE WAS A BREAK IN SCORING THAT DID NOT INCLUDE WEST CARE, TEXAS NATIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION, SAN ANTONIO LIFETIME RECOVERY AND LIFE WORTH FINDING. 
          NEXT SLIDE POST-INTERVIEW. 
          OUR TOP FOUR AGENCIES, UM, THEY REMAINED THE SAME. 
          UM, THEY CAME THROUGH ON PAPER, UM, AND VERY STRONG. 
          SOME OF THESE PROPOSALS WERE OVER 300 PAGES LONG. 
          SO OUR EVALUATION COMMITTEE DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE IN REVIEWING THOSE APPLICATIONS AND DETERMINING WHICH OF THESE AGENCIES WE DO THE BEST JOB AND HELPING US TO ACHIEVE THE OUTCOMES THAT WE HOPE TO WITH THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. 
          ALAMO, AGAIN, FINISHED FIRST, FOLLOWED BY ALAMO COLLEGES RESTORE EDUCATION AND PROJECT QUEST, AND THERE WAS THE CUTOFF FOR OUR INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'LL BE MAKING TO COUNCIL. 
          NEXT SLIDE FOR CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR, UM, AGENCIES HERE THAT RESPONDED FOR INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM ON OUR PARTNER AGENCIES THROUGH ALL THE COMMUNITY, UM, CONTACTS THAT WE MADE IN AGENCY CONTACTS THAT WE MADE, IT WAS THAT IT WAS CRUCIAL, UM, THAT INTAKE ASSESSMENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT NOT BE SEPARATED BY AGENCIES. 
          SO WE WEREN'T SURPRISED TO SEE THAT THEY RESPONDED TO THE R F P FOR BOTH INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          SO, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO FINISHED FIRST PRIOR INTERVIEWS FOLLOWED BY ALAMO COLLEGES RESTORE EDUCATION PROJECT QUEST, CHRYSALIS MINISTRIES, TEXAS A AND M, SAN ANTONIO, URBAN STRATEGIES IN WEST CARE, TEXAS, WHO PROCEEDED TO THE INTERVIEW ROUND NATIONAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND SAN ANTONIO LIFETIME RECOVERY, UM, WERE THE OTHER 
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TWO PROPOSALS THAT WERE RECEIVED. 
          NEXT SLIDE AFTER INTERVIEWS, THE TOP FOUR AGENCIES REMAINED THE SAME. 
          UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO, FOLLOWED BY ALAMO COLLEGES, RESTORE EDUCATION AND PROJECT QUEST, WHICH IS THE FOUR AGENCIES WE BE RECOMMENDING TO COUNSEL FOR CONTRACT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THOSE, THOSE AGENCIES, UH, A COUPLE OF THEM REALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WORK REALLY HARD TO BUILD COLLABORATIVES, LIKE IT'S NOT JUST THEM ALONE. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK THERE ON THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. 
          ALAMO, UM, RECRUITED Y W C A, TEXAS A M SAN ANTONIO, THE FOOD BANK, CHRYSALIS MINISTRY FAMILY SERVICES, UM, ALAMO, AMONG OTHERS, ALAMO COLLEGES, UM, WORLDWIDE LANGUAGES, DYNAMIC ADVANCEMENT, GOODWILL INDUSTRIES, SAN ANTONIO, SOME WELL-KNOWN AGENCIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, THAT ARE KNOWN FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE IN NEED. 
          UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. 
          THERE'S A LARGE PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT THAT THESE PRIME AGENCIES, AS WELL AS THEIR PARTNERS, COVER THE CITY. 
          SO, INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED TO GO IN FACE TO FACE FOR INTAKE ASSESSMENT OR CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES WILL HAVE EASE OF ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL, UM, THAT THIS PHYSICAL PRESENCE WILL BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE PROGRAM IN THE LONG RUN. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, AS WE LOOK AT, UM, OUR FIRST AGENCY, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO, THE TOTAL ALLOCATION 102 MILLION, UM, WITH 60 MILLION OF THAT 59% GOING TOWARDS TUITION, UH, 5% IN EMERGENCY FUNDING AT $5 MILLION, 5.1 MILLION FOR INTAKE SERVICES CASE MANAGEMENT, 29.2 MILLION, AN ADMINISTRATIVE COST AT 2.8 MILLION OR 3%. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO AND THEIR LISTED SUBCONTRACTORS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          FOR ALAMO COLLEGES, 49.3 MILLION WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO ALAMO COLLEGES FOR INTAKE ASSESSMENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR READY TO WORK WITH 30 MILLION, 30.8 MILLION GOING TOWARDS TUITION, OR 63%, 2.6 MILLION IN EMERGENCY FUNDING, 3.9 MILLION FOR INTAKE, 11.1 MILLION IN CASE MANAGEMENT, AND 756,000 OR 2% IN ADMINISTRATIVE COST. 
          UM, THIS IS FOR ALAMO COLLEGES, AND THEY'RE LISTED SUBCONTRACTORS THERE ON THE SCREEN. 
          NEXT SLIDE FOR PROJECT QUEST, UM, THEIR TOTAL ALLOCATION IS 26.4 MILLION WITH 16.7 MILLION GOING TOWARDS TUITION, 1.4 MILLION IN EMERGENCY FUNDING, 2.1 MILLION FOR INTAKE, 4.7 MILLION IN CASE MANAGEMENT, 1.3 MILLION IN ADMIN COSTS ARE 5%, AND, UH, THAT IS FOR DISTRIBUTION WITH THEM. 
          AND THEIR NEXT SLIDE, RESTORE EDUCATION, 5.1 MILLION TUITION, 2.8 MILLION, EMERGENCY FUNDING, 237,000, INTAKE, 442,000 IN CASE MANAGEMENT, 1.5 MILLION IN ADMINISTRATIVE COST OF 81,000. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO SOME OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WE'LL BE TRACKING THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK TOWARDS ACHIEVING OUR OUTCOMES. 
          UM, THE AGENCIES BE REQUIRED, OF COURSE, TO ENROLL UNIQUE APPLICANTS INTO THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ENROLLED IN OUR APPROVED PROGRAMS FROM OUR APPROVED TRAINING CATALOG, COMPLETE AT AT LEAST A 70% CLIP, WHETHER THAT'S A CERTIFICATION ASSOCIATE DEGREE, OR A BACHELOR'S DEGREE. 
          UM, AND THEN, OF COURSE, EARN EMPLOYMENT AT AN 80% RATE IN AN APPROVED JOB WITHIN AT LEAST SIX MONTHS OF COMPLETING THAT TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN BE RETAINED IN THAT JOB FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE A QUALITATIVE APPROACH AS WELL FOR THE PARTICIPANTS, ENSURING THAT AT LEAST 75% OF THOSE SERVE WILL RECOMMEND THE PROGRAM TO SOMEONE ELSE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, FOR OUR EVALUATION, R F P, UM, WE HAD TO CANCEL IT DUE TO THE LACK OF, OF, UH, QUALITY RESPONSES. 
          UM, WE HAD 851 VENDORS NOTIFIED THREE ATTENDED OUR PRE-SUBMIT SUBMITTAL CONFERENCE, AND WE GOT ONE RESPONSE THAT ONE RESPONSE WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL AND WELL, UH, PLANNED OUT, BUT THEY JUST, THE, THE AGENCY DID NOT HAVE THE REQUISITE EXPERIENCE IN DOING PROGRAM EVALUATION OR SPECIFICALLY PROGRAM EVALUATION FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. UM, SO WE'RE CURRENTLY REVIEWING ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR SECURITY AND EVALUATION AGENCIES. 
          WE HAVE MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS AND WE'RE ON TRACK TO SECURING SOMEONE TO PERFORM THOSE SERVICES VERY SOON, UH, THROUGH EITHER A CO-OP AGREEMENT OR AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. 
          UH, COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE $102,000 IN BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND A CAP OF 647,000 FOR THE TOTAL LIFE FOR THE PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH ALAMO COLLEGES AND RESTORE EDUCATION TO DEVELOP UP AGREEMENT TO BRING BEFORE COUNCIL, UM, PERHAPS IT HAS ALREADY APPROVED 1.6 MILLION FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET TO ENSURE THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TRAINING IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PROGRAM. 
          AND WE'LL PRESENT THOSE TO YOU ALL VERY EARLY THIS SUMMER. 
          IT WILL NOT, WE'LL NOT DELAY GETTING THOSE TO YOU. 
          WE'LL BEGIN WORKING ON THOSE ABSOLUTELY, VERY SHORTLY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. 
          UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE. 
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MAYOR, JUST ONE, UH, CLOSING COMMENT. 
          UM, I, I FAILED TO MENTION IN MY OPENING REMARKS, UH, TO THANK THE ADVISORY BOARD, AND, AND WE DO HAVE, UH, ONE MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY BOARD HERE, UH, DOUG MCMURRAY, WHO FRANKLY HAS BEEN EVER PRESENT AT EVERY ACTIVITY. 
          UM, HE HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD WITH EMPLOYERS AS MIKE AND I HAVE BEEN OUT THERE. 
          AND I WANTED TO THANK THE ADVISORY BOARD BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AS WELL. 
          AND, AND I WANNA THANK DOUG, UH, FOR, FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE TO DATE. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          AND, UH, TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUTTA MY MOUTH. 
          I DID WANT TO FIRST THANK THE ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH HAS BEEN AT, UH, THIS PROCESS FOR WELL OVER A YEAR NOW. 
          UH, PROBABLY CRAMMED A LOT MORE YEARS INTO THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, BUT, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN PART OF THAT. 
          AND I SEE MANY OF OUR EMPLOYERS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS REALLY SINCE BEFORE, UM, THE CARES ACT FUNDING, UH, CAME TO BE ALLOCATED. 
          SO, UH, AGAIN, OUR APPRECIATION TO EVERYONE INVOLVED, UH, TO MIKE, UM, TO AMY, ALEX, UH, THE WHOLE TEAM, UH, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, INCREDIBLE WORK. 
          UH, THIS IS REALLY A MILESTONE THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY. 
          SO, UH, OUR GRATITUDE TO YOU. 
          AND JUST TO RECOGNIZE FOR A SECOND, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY CITY IN THE COUNTRY IS STRUGGLING WITH THE SAME ISSUE OF WORKFORCE AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT AND DEALING WITH THE CHALLENGE OF URBAN, UH, ECONOMIC MOBILITY AT THE SAME TIME, UH, THE INCREDIBLE, UH, LABOR SHORTAGE THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS, UH, IN LARGE PART TO THE SKILLS GAP THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS. 
          AND SO THE WORK THAT THE CITY HAS DONE, PERHAPS OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS OR MORE, UH, BEGINNING WITH PRE-K FOR SA, UH, AT THE FRONT END, UH, AND THEN THE INNOVATION THAT WE'RE SEEING WITHIN OUR K THROUGH 12 SYSTEM IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND NOW WITH A, UH, CITYWIDE PUBLICLY SUPPORTED PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE CONNECTING PEOPLE TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE EMPLOYMENT, UH, THROUGH THE, TO THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE TODAY, THAT NEED THAT KIND OF SUPPORT IS REALLY INCREDIBLE. 
          I THINK, UH, I WOULD STAND THIS CITY'S WORK ON A WORKFORCE PIPELINE UP AGAINST ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, CREDIT TO EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THAT. 
          UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION, THOUGH, I DID WANT TO JUST, UM, MAKE A FEW REMARKS. 
          UH, AND THAT IS THAT AS WE LAUNCHED THIS PROGRAM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT BIG BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES, LABOR, AND THE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY ALL CAME TOGETHER TO PUSH FOR THIS INVESTMENT IN ITS CITY AND ITS PEOPLE. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THE TASK AHEAD OF US IS LARGE AND IT'S DAUNTING. 
          TRAINING AND EMPLOYING THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS WILL BE NO EASY FEAT. 
          THIS PROGRAM, THOUGH, IS TRULY ONE OF A KIND, AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY OF OUR RESIDENTS WHILE EMPLOYING EMPOWERING BUSINESSES TO THRIVE. 
          OUR END GOAL IS MATCHING OUR TALENT TO THE CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          AND BY DOING THAT, WE'LL ENABLE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS TO IMPROVE THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES BY ENTERING FIELDS THAT ARE FOR JOBS WITH THE FUTURE. 
          THE DEMAND FOR LABOR HAS INCREASED AS THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC RIPPLES THROUGH OUR WHOLE ECONOMY, MEANING THAT MANY FORMERLY MINIMUM WAGE JOBS ARE NOW PAYING MORE, BUT THAT DOESN'T ALLEVIATE THE LONG-TERM NEED FOR JOBS THAT CAN BETTER SURVIVE DISRUPTIONS SUCH AS THOSE WE'VE SEEN DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          AND IF WAGES CONTINUE TO RISE, PARTICIPANTS IN READY TO WORK WILL BE GRADUATING IN LANDING JOBS, PAYING WHAT THE MARKET WILL BEAR. 
          WE CAN'T FORESEE THE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS THAT WE'LL FACE IN THE FUTURE. 
          BUT THE BENEFITS OF JOB TRAINING AND ATTAINING SKILLS WILL REMAIN MAJOR ADVANTAGES THAT CHANGE THE ECONOMIC TRAJECTORY FOR WORKERS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY READY TO WORK WILL ALSO BENEFIT LOCAL EMPLOYERS WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF ANY ECONOMY. 
          NOW IS THE TIME TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL EMPLOYERS THAT ARE MAINTAINING OUR DIVERSE ECONOMY. 
          SO THIS PROGRAM IS A WIN-WIN. 
          AND WE'VE OFTEN TALKED ABOUT THE MAGIC FORMULA IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          BEING TEAMWORK NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME HOW SAN ANTONIANS COME TOGETHER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO I WANT TO THANK AGAIN ALL THE EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE SIGNED THE READY TO WORK PLEDGE, WHICH IS HAPPENING NOW DAILY. 
          AND OUR, OUR HELPING OUR COMMUNITY MOVE FORWARD. 
          OUR WORKFORCE PARTNER AGENCIES WILL LEAD THEIR WAY. 
          THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE SAN ANTONIO WORKFORCE ECOSYSTEM MEANS THAT THEY ARE BEST EQUIPPED TO SERVE READY TO WORK PARTICIPANTS. 
          THEY KNOW WHAT OUR RESIDENTS NEED TO SUCCEED. 
          SO NOW IS THE TIME TO MEET THEIR NEEDS WITH A QUALIFIED WORKFORCE AND READY TO WORK WILL DO JUST THAT. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN, MIKE, UH, FOR MAKING SAN ANTONIO YOUR HOME, UH, AND TO THE CITY STAFF FOR THE COUNTLESS HOURS THEY PUT INTO GETTING THIS EFFORT OFF THE GROUND. 
          AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THE ALL OF US, UH, THE LAST TWO COUNCILS. 
          BUT, UM, LET ME ALSO JUST POINT OUT, UM, AND RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ADRIANA ROCHE GARCIA AND MANNY LIAS, WHO DESERVE RECOGNITION FOR STEPPING UP AS COUNCIL LIAISONS TO THE READY TO WORK ADVISORY BOARD. 
          UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY YEARS OF COLLABORATION TO STEER READY TO WORK IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          AND AGAIN, A 
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MILESTONE TODAY WITH MANY MORE TO COME. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIKE. 
          AND LET ME GET, UH, UH, GET THE CONVERSATION STARTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR THE, UM, PRESENTATION. 
          AND I THINK I SAT THROUGH EIGHT PRESENTATIONS, TOTAL , UM, OF THIS GO AROUND. 
          SO I, I DON'T HAVE TOO MANY QUESTIONS. 
          I I DO HAVE A FEW. 
          UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IN LEARNING FROM YOU AND FROM MY COLLEAGUES AS, UM, I SAT IN, IN THEIR BRIEFINGS, UH, WAS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT THIS PROGRAM SUCCEEDS. 
          AND SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU BECAUSE I THINK THAT SINCE YOU'VE ARRIVED, YOU'VE PAID PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO, UM, THE ORGANIZATIONS AND TO THE EMPLOYERS AND TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, RIGHT, WHO HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS. 
          I DO WANT TO, UM, TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED ALSO ON THE TRAIN FOR JOBS ESSAY. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANTED TO START WORKING AT. 
          SO, UH, OR, OR WORKING MY REMARKS FROM. 
          SO, UM, UH, READY TO WORK ESSAY IS JUST KICKING OFF. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND FOLKS ABOUT THAT, UM, HAS BEEN NEEDED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, RIGHT? SO WHAT WE FINISHED IN DECEMBER, AND IT'S TECHNICALLY STILL GOING, UM, BUT WHAT THE FUNDS THAT FINISHED THROUGH DECEMBER WERE TRAINED FOR JOBS, ESSAY NUMBERS. 
          AND SO I SAW THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THIS AS A PILOT PROGRAM, RIGHT? JUST LIKE, UM, YOU DID, JUST LIKE YOUR STAFF DID. 
          AND SO WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN THE PROCESS IS THAT, YES, IN TRAIN FOR JOBS, THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR, UH, RENT, MORTGAGE, UTILITIES, CHILDCARE, TEXTBOOKS, UNIFORMS, TOOLS, TRANSPORTATION, FOOD. 
          THAT'S STILL GONNA BE THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEED HELP FOR, RIGHT? SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU'RE CALLING THE PROGRAM, REGARDLESS OF WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAM IT IS, IF YOU'RE OFFERING WRAPAROUND SERVICES, THOSE WILL BE THE SERVICES THAT WILL BE PROVIDED. 
          AND SO I'M HAPPY THAT WORK FOR THAT, THAT AS WE, WE, WE THINK OF THE READY TO WORK SA THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT. 
          UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES WAS IN REGARD TO HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY. 
          AND SO I WAS HAPPY TO SHARE THAT ABOUT 14% OF THE TRAIN FOR JOBS FOLKS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY IN DISTRICTS, LIKE THE ONES THAT I REPRESENT, THAT THE ONE THAT I REPRESENT, THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR FOLKS DO NOT HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE, UH, OR A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. 
          SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THEM OF THE ENROLLED RESIDENTS. 
          UM, FROM, FROM MY DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR, THERE'S 534 CURRENTLY ENROLLED, 121 HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED. 
          SO TO ME, UM, THAT TRANSLATES INTO 121 OF THE RESIDENTS THAT I REPRESENT THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM, UH, AND INVESTED IN THEMSELVES AND ARE NOW PLACED. 
          AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SHARED THOSE NUMBERS JUST YET WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, UM, BUT, UH, FOR INSTANCE, COUNCILMAN MAKI RODRIGUEZ IN YOUR DISTRICT, UH, 706 PEOPLE ARE ENROLLED, UM, 150 HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, SO ONCE WE START PUTTING NUMBERS, UM, TO OUR NEIGHBORS, THEN IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE SAVED THESE, UH, LIVES. 
          WE'VE STARTED THEM ON AN UPWARD, UH, ECONOMIC, ON AN, UH, TREND FOR ECONOMIC MOBILITY, RIGHT? UPWARD TREND FOR ECONOMIC MO MOBILITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I ALSO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL IN USING WHAT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO HAS PROVIDED FOR US, UM, IN REGARD TO THE INDUSTRIES THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON NOW, RIGHT? SO YES, WE HAVE HEALTH INFO, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CYBER, UM, CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION, AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING. 
          UM, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND, THIS WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES ASKED, AND JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF, OF FOLKS WATCHING, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHEN WE ADDED OIL AND GAS? UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES WAREHOUSE TRANSPORTATION, UM, IN THERE. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHEN IT WAS ADDED. 
          SEE WHEN I GOT HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE, UH, VALERO ENERGY, THAT'S A MAJOR EMPLOYEE HERE IN THE AREA. 
          AND, UM, THEY'RE REPRESENTING THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR, UH, FOR CERTAIN, UM, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH VALERO. 
          UM, BUT I CAN'T POINT TO A SPECIFIC DATE WHEN THEY CAME ON BOARD, ALEX, IT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY ADDED AT ANY POINT. 
          IT WAS ALONG IN THOSE INDUSTRY CATEGORIES ALL ALONG WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THAT ANALYSIS WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO. 
          SO IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO LOCAL PLAN. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT, THAT WE WERE ASKED. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO DIDN'T GET TO SIT IN THROUGH SOME OF THESE MEETINGS. 
          UM, ALSO I APPRECIATE THE, THE FOCUS THAT, FOR INSTANCE, TRAIN FOR JOBS HAD ON WOMEN. 
          AND W S A PUTS OUT AN ANNUAL REPORT, AND I BELIEVE 71%, UH, WERE THE WOMEN WHO HAD PILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. 
          SO OUR TARGET FOR, UH, OR, OR OUR NUMBERS FOR TRAINED FOR JOBS ARE ALMOST, UH, IN LINE. 
          THEY'RE 68%. 
          SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT ALSO FOR READY TO WORK SA THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE FOCUSING ON WOMEN. 
          UM, THE TARGETS THAT I SEE IN, IN WORK FOR, UH, UH, READY TO WORK ESSAY, UM, UH, THE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY COMPONENT IS GREAT. 
          I, I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY PEOPLE HERE FROM RESTORE EDUCATION, SO 
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I WANNA THANK YOU. 
          I SEE, UM, UH, SOME FOLKS HERE REPRESENTING RESTORE EDUCATION. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT REALLY IMPORTANT SERVICE, ESPECIALLY TO THE FOLKS THAT, UM, THAT, THAT LIVE IN DISTRICTS LIKE MINE. 
          UM, THE UNDERSERVED PEOPLE OF COLOR, I MENTIONED WOMEN ALREADY, UH, PEOPLE WITH PRIOR SYSTEM, UH, JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT, AND IN PARTICULAR FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES. 
          AND SO, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO JUST, UM, SEE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE ON HOW WE FOCUS ON FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT WE ARE ALREADY WORKING ON, ON ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL PARTNERS LIKE CHRYSALIS, SPECIFICALLY TO WORK WITH THE PRIOR JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT, BUT I DO THINK THAT THOSE ARE ONE OF SOME OF THE, UH, AREAS THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON. 
          UM, QUESTION ON THE PROGRAM EVALUATION. 
          R F P. 
          I KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT DOING IT FOR NOW BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ENOUGH OR, OR THERE WASN'T PEOPLE THAT QUALIFIED. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS ON THERE IS WHAT ONE OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAS REGULARLY ASKED ON THE DAIS, AND IT'S FOR R O I. 
          AND SO THAT R F P WAS TO DO AN R O I STUDY, WHAT ARE WE WE ARE GONNA DO IN ITS PLACE IF WE DON'T HAVE AN R F P FOR AN R O I STUDY, THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA DO. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT R O I PIECE IS A PART OF OUR EVALUATION OF OUR WORK. 
          UM, SO WE'RE DEFINITELY PLANNING TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE AN ENTITY TO PERFORM THAT R O I STUDY FOR THE PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE. 
          UM, AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION THAT CAME UP, UM, AS WE WERE HAVING THE MEETINGS WAS ABOUT WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND THEIR AMOUNTS. 
          AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ABOUT $1,500 BUDGETED PER PERSON RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, IF I ASKED ANY OF THE PROVIDERS IN THE ROOM, INCLUDING PROJECT QUEST, WHICH I SEE, UH, DAVID ELLO HERE, UM, I WOULD ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S FUNDS LEFT OVER FROM THAT $1,500? UH, DAVID WOULD PROBABLY TELL ME NO, 1500 WILL PROBABLY BE USED BECAUSE THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT REALLY NEED THAT AMOUNT. 
          BUT IN THE EVENT THAT SOMEONE DOESN'T NEED TO USE THE $1,500, WHAT HAPPENS? WELL, FIRST I WANNA SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE RECEIVING $1,500 PER PERSON, RIGHT? THAT'S JUST THE CAP CAP IS $1,500 PER PERSON. 
          UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALIZED AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS EARLY ON, THAT THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR EMERGENCY FUNDING IS NOT ENOUGH. 
          UM, SO AS THE TAX REVENUE DOLLARS COME IN AND MORE FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE TO PUMP INTO EMERGENCY FUNDING, UM, THAT'S OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY IS MAKING SURE THERE'S MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO COVER THAT, THAT COST. 
          UM, SO IT, IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE VERY CONSCIOUS OF, AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BOLSTER WITH ANY POTENTIAL FUTURE FUNDING THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE. 
          ONE OF THE OTHER KEY THINGS THAT, THAT I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT THESE AGENCIES ARE WORKING TO USE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TO HELP TO SUPPLEMENT THAT. 
          UM, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT WITH SELECTING THE AGENCIES THAT WE DID WAS THEIR ABILITY TO GO OUT AND LEVERAGE OTHER FUNDING AND BRAID FUNDING IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL PARTICIPANT NEEDS WERE MET. 
          AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY'RE GETTING FUNDING AT THE LEVELS THEY ARE FOR CASE MANAGEMENT TO ENSURE THAT WHOEVER BARRIERS AND NEEDS THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS, THEY CONNECT THEM THE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S COVERED. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE. 
          UM, AND I ALSO WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, I MENTIONED THIS AT, UH, IN MY REMARKS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO WHEN THE EMPLOYERS COMMITTED OR DID THEIR PLEDGES, BUT COPS METRO HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, UH, OF THIS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR MEETING WITH THEM. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND YOU EVEN HAD A MEETING AS, AS EARLY AS MAYBE YESTERDAY. 
          AS LATE AS YESTERDAY. 
          STILL AS LATE AS THIS MORNING. 
          OKAY. 
          OH, THIS MORNING, SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS A LITTLE OFF THERE, . 
          UM, BUT I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO THEM AND, UH, I REALLY THINK THAT THEY DO, UM, HAVE THE PULSE OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, MY OTHER QUESTION IS ON THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, R F P, UH, IN PARTICULAR. 
          AND SO, UM, I'M SURE MY, MY COLLEAGUE SAW THIS, BUT THE R AND D UH, LEAGUE THAT, THAT WAS FORMED OUT OF INNOVATION, UM, FOUND SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION, RIGHT? AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A DIGITAL DIVIDED EXISTS, AND SO THEY TRIED POSTCARDS, THEY ALSO TRIED TEXT MESSAGING, AND SO TEXT WORKS APPARENTLY ACCORDING TO THIS STUDY. 
          AND SO I, I HAVE TO DIG IN A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO WHAT, WHAT THEY DID EXACTLY. 
          UM, I DIDN'T SEE THAT NECESSARILY MENTIONED IN HERE. 
          I'M ASSUMING THAT IT'S IN THE MIXED MEDIA DELIVERABLES, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE TAKING WHAT THE R AND D LEAGUE LEARNED FROM THAT, UH, PROGRAM OR FROM THAT PILOT THAT THEY DID, AND THAT WE APPLY IT TO THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PRINCIPLES IN THE R F P AS WELL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE SAW THAT STUDY AND, UH, TEXT MESSAGING IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO BE A PART OF. 
          WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR MARKETING AGENCY TO ENSURE IT'S INCORPORATED. 
          OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, AND JUST WANTED TO THANK DOUG MURRAY FOR BEING HERE, UH, IN, IN THE CROWD TODAY. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. 
          DOUG. 
          DOUG WAS, UM, WITH ME ON A LOT OF THOSE, UH, UM, MEETINGS AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR TIME. 
          AND ALSO TO JERRY GRABBER WHO, UM, WAS, UH, I DON'T THINK IS ABLE TO BE WITH US TODAY, BUT HAS BEEN, UM, VERY INVOLVED SINCE THE BEGINNING AS THE INAUGURAL CHAIR. 
          SO THANK YOU, MIKE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          ONE OF THE, UM, I, MIKE, I, I, I'M IMPRESSED BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO STAY FAITHFUL TO A CERTAIN SET OF VALUES AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES, UM, THAT, 
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UM, UH, ARE, ARE, ARE IMPORTANT AND THEY'RE EVIDENT AS THEY COME THROUGH IN YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          BUT I DID WANNA POINT TO ONE IN PARTICULAR, AND ONE OF THOSE IS THIS IDEA THAT, UM, THERE IS SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN THE EMPLOYER AND THE EMPLOYEE, RIGHT? AND WHERE WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS FAIL IN THE PAST IS BY, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT OR NAME YOUR NAME, YOUR AGENCY, SAYING, WE'RE GONNA TRAIN UP A BUNCH OF WORKERS. 
          AND THEN DISCOVERING THAT THE TRAINING REALLY WASN'T WHAT THE EMPLOYERS WANTED, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A DIFFERENT SET OF SKILLS. 
          AND IN THIS INSTANCE, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE REVERSE ENGINEERED THE PRODUCT TO WHERE WE WENT FIRST TO THE EMPLOYERS, AND THESE ARE EMPLOYERS OF EVERY DIFFERENT STRIPE AND FLAVOR AND SIZE. 
          UH, AND ASKED THEM WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM WOULD YOU LIKE? AND WHAT WE HEARD RESOUNDINGLY WAS WE WANTED A PROGRAM THAT, UH, WAS BESPOKE AND CUSTOMIZED FOR MY VERY SPECIFIC WORKPLACE. 
          AND AMAZINGLY, YOU, YOU ALL HAVE, UH, DELIVERED ON THAT. 
          UM, AND I, UH, AND IT'S EVIDENT BY THE PARTNERS AND EMPLOYERS WHO ARE ALREADY SIGNING THE PLEDGE, UM, WHO AREN'T THE, WHAT I CALL, YOU KNOW, THE SHINY NEW THING EMPLOYERS, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'RE ALL OUT THERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MORE CODING JOBS AND MORE BIOTECH RESEARCH JOBS, BUT WE NEVER TALK ABOUT, HEY, HOW ARE WE GONNA GET MORE COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSES JOBS? UM, HOW ARE WE GONNA GET MORE PLUMBERS AND MORE WELDERS TRAINED? AND HOW ARE WE GONNA GET MORE, UH, MEDICAL BILLING EXPERTS TRAINED UP? AND SO, UH, I'M, I'M DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT YOU'RE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS AND THAT WE'RE TALKING TO THE PEOPLE WHO TRADITIONALLY GET, UH, THE EMPLOYERS WHO TRADITIONALLY GET PASSED UP BY PROGRAMS LIKE THIS. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT GIVES ME CONFIDENCE IS THAT, THAT YOU FULLY EMBRACED AND THAT WE'RE FULLY EMBRACING THIS IDEA OF SYMBIOSIS. 
          AND THIS HAS BEEN DONE ALSO INFORMED BY, UM, TALKING TO WORKERS AND TALKING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE INSISTING THAT, LOOK, I DON'T WANT JUST, I DON'T WANT JUST A JOB, BUT I WANT A JOB THAT PROVIDES ME DIGNITY AND, UH, ENOUGH, UH, BENEFITS AND PAY TO WHERE I CAN GO HOME AND LOOK MY FAMILY IN THE EYE AND SAY, I'M GETTING A FAIR DEAL FOR THE HOURS THAT I SPEND AWAY FROM YOU. 
          AND SO I'M, UH, I'M PROUD OF YOU, MIKE, AND I'M PROUD OF, UH, THE TEAM. 
          I KNOW THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A HUGE SUCCESS. 
          AND, UM, I, I WILL ALSO HIGHLIGHT, 'CAUSE I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED IT IN THE PAST THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE IN DC MAYOR NIRENBERG WOULD DESCRIBE THE PROGRAM TO PRETTY MUCH ANYBODY THAT WOULD LISTEN AND HE'D LEAVE THEM WITH THEIR MOUTHS OPEN. 
          THEY WERE AMAZED AT HOW AGGRESSIVE WE'VE BEEN IN THIS ENDEAVOR AND HOW WE ARE SURPASSING NOT ONLY OUR OWN EXPECTATIONS, BUT THAT WE'RE SURPASSING THE STANDARDS SET BY, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER SO-CALLED BEST PRACTICES. 
          AND I'M SURE IN THE LONG RUN PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE BENCHMARKING SAN ANTONIO AGAINST EVERYBODY ELSE, UM, AND DOING THINGS THE SAN ANTONIO AWAY. 
          AND SO MIKE, YOU GOT A BIG JOB AHEAD OF YOU, AND, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE POURED INTO IT. 
          AND I SEE YOU, I SEE YOU WORKING IN YOUR TEAM. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, SIR. 
          AND, UM, TO THE WORK OF THE ADVISORY BOARD, MY COLLEAGUES, DR. 
          ROCHA GARCIA ELAS, AND UM, AND I SEE YOU OUT THERE, DOUG. 
          GOOD WORK. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, WE'VE ALREADY HAD, UH, OF COURSE THE EXPERIENCE WITH TRAINING FOR JOBS IS SAY THAT PROJECT I KNOW HAD SOME CHALLENGES AND, UH, OUTCOMES, BUT THAT REALLY WAS THE POINT OF IT, RIGHT? TO, UM, KIND OF A, A TRIAL, UM, PROGRAM. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THE CATEGORIES ON SLIDE THREE WHERE YOU NOTED SOME LESSONS LEARNED, BUT I'D LIKE TO DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THAN THE, THE MAJOR CATEGORIES AND ALSO, UM, ASK HOW THE PROGRAM WAS ALTERED BASED ON THOSE LESSONS LEARNED. 
          THE FIRST ONE I'D LIKE TO HEAR SPECIFICALLY ABOUT IS WHAT, UH, WHAT LESSONS DID WE LEARN ABOUT PROVIDING THIS PROGRAM TO OUR, UH, SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY? AND THEN HOW DID THE PROGRAM CHANGE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE, UH, ISSUES? YEAH, OUR SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY IS DEFINITELY ONE THAT, UM, HAS TRUE NEEDS AS FAR AS THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT, UH, RATE HERE, UM, IN SAN ANTONIO ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          UM, A SCENARIO OF FOCUS, UM, I WISH I COULD POINT OUT AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE SHIFTED THE PROGRAM AND SOLVE THAT ISSUE FOR THAT PARTICULAR SUBSET OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE DID NOT. 
          UM, IT'S HARD WORK. 
          UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE LARGE NUMBER OF OPENINGS THAT EXIST IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE GONNA CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE THAT GROUP AS WE ROLL OUT READY TO WORK AND WORK WITH OUR CASE MANAGEMENT AGENCY PARTNERS, WORKING WITH OUR EMPLOYERS TO HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE THAT THAT POPULATION BRINGS TO THE WORKFORCE, AND HOW THEY CAN HELP TO FILL SOME OF THESE VACANCIES 
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THAT HAVE BEEN GOING UNFILLED FOR SOME SEVERAL MONTHS AT A TIME. 
          UM, SO I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF HOW WE FIX THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THAT GROUP IS ENGAGED AND AT THE TABLE GOING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CANDOR. 
          UM, MAYBE IT'S, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, THINKING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT BRINGING IN EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE JOBS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY, UM, SPECIFICALLY CAN ACCOMMODATE THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A SOLUTION THAT Y'ALL HAVE CONSIDERED, BUT, UM, I'D LIKE TO BE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          AND, UM, ALSO, I, I THINK IT WAS ANOTHER SLIDE. 
          YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR OUTREACH PROGRAM, THE HOW, HOW ARE YOU SPECIFICALLY REACHING OUT TO THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND OUR VETERANS? DO YOU HAVE A SPEC SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THEM? ABSOLUTELY. 
          THEY'LL BE A PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE OUTREACH AND MARKETING PLAN THROUGH OUR CASE, OUR, UH, MARKETING AGENCIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH. 
          AND, UM, THAT UNDERSERVED GROUP, UNDERREPRESENTED GROUP OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATION. 
          WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE A STRATEGY WRAPPED AROUND ENGAGING THEM. 
          WE'RE ALREADY BEGUN SOME OF THAT ENGAGEMENT. 
          UM, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ADVISING THEM THAT THIS PROGRAM IS COMING. 
          WE PLAN TO UTILIZE THOSE LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORD TO THAT GROUP, BUT ALSO DOING SOME TARGETED MARKETING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PARENTS AND THOSE POTENTIAL STUDENTS, THOSE POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS, ARE AWARE, UM, OF HOW THIS PROGRAM CAN BENEFIT THEM WORKING WITH VOC REHAB, UM, THAT HAS A DIRECT CONNECTION TO ALLOW THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HOPE TO ASSIST IN TRYING TO LEVERAGE AND PARTNER THAT RELATIONSHIP TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE INCLUDED. 
          UM, AS FAR AS THE VETERAN POPULATION, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH GENERAL ALLA, UM, AND WORKING WITH, UM, THEY'RE HIRING OUR HEROES PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING A CONSIDERED EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH READY TO WORK AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          UM, THERE ARE OTHER, UH, AND I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE, UM, THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH GENERAL ALA I'M SURE HE'S GOT IT HANDLED WITH YOU, BUT, UM, THERE ARE JUST SOME VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY NOT BE SO MUCH ON THE RADAR OKAY. 
          UM, THAT MAYBE WE COULD HELP YOU OUT WITH. 
          UH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO, TO HELP OUT. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, I, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WENT OVER THIS IN YOUR PLAN AS WELL, BUT, UH, OUR, WHAT'S THE PLAN TO REACH OUT TO THOSE THAT MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET RIGHT NOW? YEAH. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO IS LEVERAGE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE THIS MORNING WITH COPS METRO. 
          THEY'VE COMMITTED TO KNOCKING ON 500 DOORS AND, UH, GOING OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT THEIR COMMUNITY, UH, THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE IS MADE AWARE OF THIS PROGRAM AND HOW IT CAN BENEFIT THEM. 
          SO, SOME GRASSROOTS EFFORTS LIKE THAT IS GONNA GO A LONG WAY. 
          SO IT'S GETTING THE WORD OUT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T HAVE THAT ACCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER THING. 
          UH, THAT'S MY JAM BLOCK BLOCKING. 
          I LOVE KNOCKING ON DOORS AND TALKING TO PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT, SO I'D LOVE TO BE A PART OF THAT. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF COPS METRO WILL HAVE ME, BUT EVEN IF THERE'S ANYTHING, UM, ANY LITERATURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT MY TEAM CAN GO OUT AND KNOCK ON DOORS, UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS, IF I HAVEN'T MADE IT CLEAR, IT'S A VERY VALUABLE PROGRAM. 
          I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IT'S ONLY GONNA GET BETTER. 
          AND SO I WANNA BRING IN AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, THAT SAME TOKEN, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING IN AS MANY BUSINESSES, UH, SPECIFICALLY SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE CAN. 
          IS THERE A SPECIFIC OUTREACH TO SMALL BUSINESSES? ABSOLUTELY. 
          ONE OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING TO COUNCILS FOR SA WORKS, AND THEY'RE GONNA HELP US TO FOCUS ON ENGAGING SMALL BUSINESSES AND, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE AT THE TABLE, THAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR HIRING NEEDS ARE AND WHAT THEIR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS ARE. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESSES GROUPS IS THAT THEIR INCOME THRESHOLDS ARE BELOW OUR ENTRY LEVEL REQUIREMENTS, AND THEY'RE INTERESTED IN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT TO ENHANCE THEIR OWN SKILLS SO THEY CAN BECOME BETTER AND MORE PRODUCTIVE IN OPERATING THEIR BUSINESSES. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          OKAY. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KIO. 
          HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR, I NOTICED THAT YOU HAD, UM, WELL, LET ME, LET ME ASK YOU FIRST, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE TARGET DATE TO BEGIN TRAINING? UH, APRIL. 
          UH, WE PLAN TO BEGIN TRAINING IN APRIL OF, UH, THIS YEAR. 
          UM, ONCE THESE CONTRACTS ARE APPROVED BY COUNCIL, UM, THAT WILL GIVE US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TWO MONTHS OR SO FOR OUR AGENCIES TO GEAR UP AND GET READY. 
          UM, BUT THESE AGENCIES HAVE BEEN WORKING, UM, DILIGENTLY, UM, WITH OUR TEAM BEHIND THE SCENES SINCE THEY'VE KNOWN THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE, UM, ISSUED THESE CONTRACTS AND, UH, WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE PREPARED TO DO SO. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU HAD A, A PAGE THAT WAS SHOWING 39,000, UH, PROJECTED, I GUESS, ENROLLEES INTAKE, CORRECT. 
          INTO INTAKE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          TOP OF THE FUNNEL IS HOW I LIKE TO DESCRIBE IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, AND THEN 28,000 PLUS WOULD ACTUALLY BE ENROLLED IN THE TRAINING, GOING THROUGH THE TRAINING. 
          CORRECT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DROP OFF. 
          UH, AND WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION FOR THE NUMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO COMPLETE THE TRAINING AND GET EMPLOYED AS YOU DO THE MATH? 39,000 AT THE TOP OF THE FUNNEL, 28,000 INTO TRAINING. 
          ABOUT 70% OF THOSE ACTUALLY COMPLETE THEIR TRAINING, AND ABOUT 80% OF THOSE INTO THE WORKFORCE, SHE AROUND 16,000. 
          OKAY. 
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UM, I AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA ON WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS QUANTIFYING FOR THE DISTRICTS. 
          UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE GET ENROLLED FROM EVERY DISTRICT, HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE TRAINING, AND THEN HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HIRED. 
          I THINK THAT GIVES US A GOOD GAUGE OF HOW MORE ACTIVE WE AND OUR STAFFS MAY NEED TO BE IN OUR DISTRICTS TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE. 
          I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IF, IF I SAW THAT THERE WERE A THOUSAND PEOPLE ENROLLED FROM MY DISTRICT AND, AND 900 OF THEM GRADUATED AND 800 OF MY GOT JOBS, THAT WOULD BE REALLY EASY FOR ME TO SELL IN MY DISTRICT TO OTHERS TO GO AHEAD AND GET INVOLVED. 
          SO I THINK HAVING SOME KIND OF A DASHBOARD OR REGULAR REPORTING ON THE PROGRESS IN EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, AND I HAVE A, A THOUGHT TO MAKE, AND THAT IS, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, THE SALES TAX AS THE GUIDING FUNDING SOURCE. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES THAT COULD FEED INTO THIS, AND WHAT ARE THEY? ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO RIGHT NOW, UM, THERE'S A FEDERAL PROGRAM OUT THERE THAT HAS SNAPPED PARTICIPANTS. 
          THOSE THAT ARE ON, UM, FOOD ASSISTANCE, UH, THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, THAT ARE SERVED THROUGH AN EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          THERE'S A 50% REIMBURSEMENT, SO 50% ON THE DOLLAR FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT'S INVESTED INTO THAT. 
          SO WE CAN ABSOLUTELY BE PURSUING THAT OPTION, UM, FOR, TO INCREASE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, ONE OF THE COLLABORATIVES, UM, THE WORKFORCE SU ALAMO GROUP, UM, IS APPLYING FOR THE GOOD JOBS CHALLENGE GRANT. 
          UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT BENEFITS I BELIEVE OF, YOU KNOW, WORKING, YOU KNOW, IN A COLLABORATIVE NATURE WITH OTHER AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, IS THAT YOU CAN LEVERAGE, YOU KNOW, THE RESOURCES THAT EXIST TO, TO RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING LIKE THAT BECAUSE YOUR APPLICATION LOOKS THAT MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE WITH A $200 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE PARTNERSHIP AMONGST THE WORKFORCE ECOSYSTEM AND THE LEVEL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AS FAR AS APPROVING RECEIVING OUTCOMES OF GETTING PEOPLE EMPLOYED, IT'S PRETTY ATTRACTIVE. 
          UM, SO I THINK THAT THERE'S GONNA BE TONS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING, UM, THAT SUPPLEMENT AND KIND OF THE, TO, TO BUILD THE PROGRAM'S FOUNDATION GOING FORWARD. 
          WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED SALES TAX REVENUE. 
          UM, THAT ONE 8 CENT, UM, SALES TAX IS PROJECTING RIGHT NOW TO GENERATE MORE FUNDS THAN WE INITIALLY ANTICIPATED. 
          WE ALREADY HAD ONE ADJUSTMENT UP TO 183 MILLION. 
          WE'RE EXPECTING ANOTHER ADJUSTMENT, UM, IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. 
          AND AS THOSE FUNDS, UH, ARE INCREASED, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE AREAS SUCH AS EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR PARTICIPANTS ARE BOLSTERED, UM, THROUGH THAT. 
          AND, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, DOING OUR PART TO HELP THESE AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY BARRIER THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE FACED WITH, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO OVERCOME IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT OUR, OUR CURRENT BUDGET RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT 189 MILLION, THAT'S BASED ON JUST WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IN SALES TAX. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          SO THOSE OTHER REVENUES AREN'T BUILT IN YET? NO, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I HOPE THAT WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN IT. 
          WE DO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT, AND THAT I'LL SAY AGAIN, IS I THINK IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO CONSIDER HOW WE CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES TO BUSINESSES TO HIRE PEOPLE. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING FOR BUSINESSES TO SAY, YES, I, I'LL HIRE, OR I KNOW I'LL NEED X AMOUNT, BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING, GET THEM TO GET THEM TO ACTUALLY DO THE HIRING. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAN CHANGE THAT MAY MAKE THEM THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT, UH, ANY COMMITMENTS OR PLEDGES THEY'VE MADE. 
          BUT IF WE CAN INCENTIVIZE MORE HIRING BECAUSE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT COMES IN THAT WE CAN MAYBE TIE TO BRINGING PEOPLE ON, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT TOO, AS A, A WAY TO GROW THAT JO, THAT JOB OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK POTENTIALLY THIS IS A GAME CHANGER FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO MAKE A, A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN OUR WORKFORCE, AND IT'S GOING TO ADD TO OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND OUR DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, AND I THINK IT'LL ATTRACT, UH, A LOT OF NEW COMPANIES TO COME IN. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S STILL POTENTIAL. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, YOU MENTIONED, I THINK NARROWING ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS DOWN TO ABOUT 16,000 PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE A JOB THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AS A, A CURRENT EXPECTATION, BUT AS THE FLOOR. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S NOT THE SURROGATE AS THE FLOOR. 
          OKAY. 
          MINIMUM. 
          THAT'S THE FLOOR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THAT'S THE FLOOR. 
          AND I, I, I HOPE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT AND, AND, AND MORE, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG INVESTMENT AND WE'VE GOT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR FAMILY RESOURCES AND THEIR, THEIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE. 
          SO POTENTIALLY IT LOOKS GOOD. 
          UH, AND I HOPE THAT IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO, TO SHOW, UH, A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I HAVEN'T HAD A PLEASURE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. 
          UH, 
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SORRY I MISSED THE MEETING THIS WEEK, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING ON UP HERE. 
          I DO HAVE, UH, A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU HERE. 
          UM, FIRST OFF, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS PROGRAM AND THE ONES THAT, AND THE PROGRAM THAT WE FUNDED WITH THE CARESS ACT FUNDING, I THINK IT IS AROUND 75 MILLION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          IT WAS ACTUALLY GENERAL FUNDS. 
          UM, AND IT WAS ABOUT 60 MILLION THAT WOUND UP BEING FUNDED FOR THE TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND IT WAS AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC, UM, DOUBLE DIGIT EMPLOYMENT. 
          UM, THERE WAS, UH, A CALL TO ACTION QUICKLY, UH, BY COUNCIL TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE WHO ARE UNDER UNEMPLOYMENT ROLES INTO A TRAINING PROGRAM AND OFF THOSE ROLES. 
          AND IT INCLUDED A STIPEND, UM, A WEEKLY STIPEND OF UP TO $450 BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS IN TRAINING. 
          THIS PROGRAM DOESN'T HAVE THAT STIPEND. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY, MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO PROGRAMS. OTHER KEY MAJOR DIFFERENCES, OF COURSE, IS A TALENT PIPELINE MANAGEMENT PROCESS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING TO ENSURE THAT THAT ALIGNMENT EXISTS, UM, BETWEEN THE TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE IN AND THE JOBS THAT ARE AVAILABLE HERE LOCALLY. 
          NOT TO SAY THAT WE JUST WERE PUTTING WILLY-NILLY PEOPLE INTO ANYTHING AND TRAINING FOR JOBS. 
          WE'RE USING THE ELIGIBLE TRAINING PROVIDER LIST THAT WAS FUNDED BY TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION. 
          UM, BUT WE WANT TO NARROW THAT SCOPE. 
          UH, WE WANT TO NARROW IT DOWN TO TALKING TO EMPLOYERS HERE LOCALLY ON THE GROUND TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT AREAS YOU'RE EMPLOYING IN AND MAKING SURE THAT APPROVED TRAINING CATALOG THAT WE'LL BE INCORPORATING WITH READY TO WORK IS DIRECTLY ALIGNED TO THOSE POSITIONS. 
          SO IT'S LESS OF A, OF, OF, IS THE INCREASES THE CHANCES EXPONENTIALLY OF THOSE PEOPLE GETTING HIRED ONCE THEY FINISH THEIR TRAINING PROGRAMS. OKAY. 
          THERE'S NO STIPENDS. 
          AND THAT TALENT PIPELINE MANAGEMENT PROCESS, ENSURING THAT ALIGNMENT, UM, INDIVIDUALS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO PURSUE DEGREE PROGRAMS, UH, BOTH FOUR YEAR DEGREES AND TWO YEAR DEGREES AS A PART OF THE READY TO WORK INITIATIVE. 
          THAT WASN'T THE FOCUS OF TRAINING FOR JOBS. 
          IT WAS SHORT TERM, QUICK TRAINING FOR THE MOST PART, FOR INDIVIDUALS TO GET, YOU KNOW, SOME TRAINING AND GET RIGHT BACK TO WORK. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT PROGRAM FURTHER. 
          I, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE, UH, THE RESULTS OF THAT PROGRAM. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING SOME KIND OF BRIEFING ON THAT SOON WITH SOME, UH, REALLY GOOD METRICS ON MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF THAT PROGRAM. 
          BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A DIFFERENT PROGRAM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE MODELED AFTER THAT ORIGINAL PROGRAM THAT, THAT WE PUT THROUGH. 
          SO I'M HOPING THAT WE LEARN SOME GOOD LESSONS FROM THAT FIRST GO ROUND. 
          UM, 'CAUSE THE LAST NUMBERS I SAW WEREN'T ALL THAT GREAT ON THAT FIRST, FIRST PROGRAM. 
          SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ONE, SEE HOW IT MEASURES UP. 
          UH, HAVING SAID THAT, UM, DR. 
          STEVE NIVAN DID A REPORT FOR US BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2020. 
          AND HAVE YOU GONE THROUGH THAT REPORT? I HAVE SEEN THAT REPORT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, JUST, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          HE'S, YOU KNOW, THE INITIAL ASSESSMENTS WAS, UH, THIS WAS GONNA HELP 40,000 PEOPLE, 40,000. 
          BUT IF YOU GOT INTO THE REPORT AND LOOKED AT HIS TABLES, UH, THE NUMBERS STARTED TO GO DOWN. 
          UM, IT WENT DOWN TO, UH, UH, PARTICIPANTS PROJECTED TO ATTAIN CERTIFICATE OR DEGREE DOWN TO 25,000 TOTAL. 
          THEN, UH, PROJECTED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS WHO WILL BE PLACED IN JOBS DOWN TO 21,000. 
          AND THEN, UH, PROJECTED PARTICIPANTS WHO WILL RECEIVE EARNINGS INCREASES DOWN TO 18, UH, ALMOST 19,000. 
          AND THEN I SAW SOME OF YOUR, I JUST HEARD YOUR PROJECTION OF, UH, ABOUT 16,000 THAT WE'RE EXPECTING FROM THIS PROGRAM. 
          WHY ARE WE CONTINUING TO REDUCE THAT NUMBER EVEN FURTHER THAN FOR WHAT, UH, DR. 
          NEVIN GAVE TO US BACK IN DECEMBER? SO, DR. 
          NEVINS NUMBERS WERE AN ESTIMATE. 
          IT WAS A PROJECTION. 
          WE'VE KIND OF, UM, STATED THAT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. 
          UM, WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU RIGHT NOW IS BASED ON THE BUDGET THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS APPROVED. 
          UM, AND ONCE WE DID THOSE RFPS, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS CAN ACTUALLY BE SERVED WITH THE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY. 
          THE NUMBERS. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA STAY CONSISTENT TO THE PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES THAT WE WANNA SEE FROM THE CONTRACTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING THE LEVEL OF TRAINING AND THE COMPLETION RATES THAT, UH, WERE PRESENTED TODAY. 
          UM, BUT DR. 
          NIVEN'S ASSESSMENT WAS A VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE INITIAL ASSESSMENT THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY STILL INDICATED THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING $85 FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE INVEST INTO THE PROGRAM. 
          WELL, I, I, I DON'T THINK HE WAS MORE CONSERVATIVE. 
          I THINK HE WAS MORE LIBERAL. 
          AND Y'ALL ARE MORE CONSERVATIVE IN YOUR NUMBERS 'CAUSE YOUR NUMBERS ARE LESS THAN WHAT HE CAME OUT WITH. 
          AND, AND HIS NUMBERS WERE ESTIMATES. 
          YOUR NUMBERS ARE ESTIMATES, YOU'RE NOT GONNA KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOMES ARE UNTIL YOU GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM AFTER A COUPLE YEARS. 
          SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE NUMBERS AND HOW THEY TRACK AGAINST THE METRICS THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING UP HERE. 
          AND, AND I GOTTA PUT IT TO YOU THAT THESE ARE VERY GOOD METRICS AND I, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO, AGAIN, SEEING HOW THESE, UH, NUMBERS START TO, UH, FLESH OUT. 
          SO WE ARE BASING THOSE NUMBERS ON THE, ON, I'M SORRY, ON THE BUDGET, SIR. 
          WE ARE BASING THOSE NUMBERS ON THE DOLLARS AND THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL. 
          RIGHT? SO WE'RE GONNA BE, LIKE MIKE MENTIONED, THOSE ARE FLOORS FOR US FROM AN OUTCOMES PERSPECTIVE. 
          BUT AS FAR AS WHAT 
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WE'RE GONNA BE ACCOMPLISHING, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE BUDGETING, WHAT WE'RE BUDGETED FOR. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE 16,000, UH, ROUGH ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, ABOUT 11 AND A HALF THOUSAND DOLLARS PER STUDENT, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE GOING THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN. 
          HOW MANY ARE WE GONNA GRADUATE? HOW MANY ARE GONNA GET RAISES OUT OF THIS PROGRAM? AND WHAT'S THE TOTAL COST THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO INDIVIDUALS? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS PROGRAM, WHEN IT WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHEN IT GOT VOTED ON WAS THE NUMBER 40,000, 40,000 PEOPLE. 
          THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT WAS PUT OUT DURING THE CAMPAIGN. 
          AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ABOUT MUCH LESS NUMBERS OVERALL. 
          SO, UH, AGAIN, I'M, I'M REALLY GONNA BE LOOKING CLOSELY AT THAT. 
          UM, ON SLIDE NUMBER SIX, UH, THIS IS A GREAT LIST OF TARGET INDUSTRIES, BUT ONE OF 'EM THAT, UH, IS A BIG, BIG AREA HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IS A HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. 
          WHY, WHY DIDN'T WE INCLUDE HOSPITALITY IN THIS? UH, THIS IS BASED ON THE LOCAL PLAN FOR OUR METROPOLITAN CISCO AREA, AREA PRODUCED, PRODUCED BY WORKFORCE, SUSAN ALAMO. 
          UM, AND, UH, IF THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR, OF COURSE, UH, PROVIDES A STRONG BASE, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UM, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE ALIGNED TO WHAT W S A PRODUCED AS A PART OF THEIR LOCAL PLAN. 
          HAVE THEY COME TO YOU SAYING, HEY, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET IN THIS PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE'VE TALKED TO A FEW MEMBERS OF THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR AND, UM, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO ENGAGE FOR CERTAIN JOBS. 
          'CAUSE YOU THINK OF THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR, BUT THEY HAVE A VERY STRONG NEED FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS WITHIN THEIR, AS THEY'RE OPERATING THEIR BUSINESSES. 
          SO THEY ARE NOT EXCLUDED. 
          YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE I GO THROUGH AN IT TRAINING PROGRAM, WHICH IS A SUBCATEGORY OF HOSPITALITY. 
          UM, THERE, THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME, YOU KNOW, CAREER PATHWAYS AND TRAJECTORIES THAT TRANSLATE OVER INTO WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH TO ACHIEVE THEIR LABOR FORCE NEEDS. 
          I, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THAT'S NARROWING IT DOWN INTO MORE NARROW FOCUSED, UH, AREAS. 
          SO, UM, I, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE AN EXPANSION ON THAT SOMEHOW TO INCLUDE HOSPITALITY THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. 
          UH, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST AREAS OF INCOME TO THIS CITY, IS THE HOSPITALITY AND TOURIST INDUSTRY. 
          AND WE CAN'T FORGET THEM. 
          THEY'RE BIG PART OF THIS CITY. 
          SO WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT? UM, LEMME GET TO ANOTHER QUESTION HERE. 
          UM, ON SLIDE 19, NOW GETTING INTO THIS SOLICITATION, UM, TWO CONTRACTORS WERE EXCLUDED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MEET THE, UM, S BETA REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND ALEX, YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THERE'S SOMETHING SYSTEMATICALLY WRONG WITH OUR PROPOSAL OR R F P PROCESS THAT CONTRACTORS GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS, SUBMIT A PROPOSAL, AND THEY'RE THROWN OUT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MEET A PART PORTION OF OUR R F P. 
          SO I'M STILL LOOKING FOR THAT DATA AND TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE ISSUE IS ON CONTRACTORS NOT PICKING THIS UP AND BEING THROWN OUT BEFORE THEY EVEN GET LOOKED AT. 
          SO I'M STILL DISAPPOINTED IN THAT OVERALL, IN THE, THE CONTRACTING ASPECT, UM, INTO THE, THE ACTUAL R F P ITSELF. 
          WHY DID WE SPLIT UP THE INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT FROM THE CASE MANAGEMENT PORTIONS OR CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES? WHY DID WE SPLIT? WHY, WHY DIDN'T WE COMBINE THOSE? WHEN THE INITIAL R F P WENT OUT, UM, THEY WERE IN SEPARATE CATEGORIES. 
          SO THERE WERE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS. 
          UM, INITIALLY WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE AN INTAKE, UM, FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROGRAM AND THEN HAVE THAT INTAKE FEED INTO OUR CASE MANAGEMENT AGENCY PARTNERS. 
          BUT WE LEARNED ALONG THE WAY, UM, THAT THE AGENCIES ARE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN THEY HAVE THAT ONE POINT OF CONTACT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. 
          UM, BUT AS THAT INFORMATION WAS GLEANED, THE RFPS HAD ALREADY BEEN, UM, PUSHED OUT. 
          UM, SO THEY WERE SEPARATE, UM, YOU KNOW, AS SEPARATE CONTRACTS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TO COUNCIL BECAUSE OF THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, 'CAUSE AS IT TURNED OUT, WE GOT THE SAME CONTRACTORS, CORRECT. 
          ON BOTH. 
          YEP. 
          AND IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME, A DUPLICATION AND, UM, EVERY TIME YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN, IT INCREASES ADMINISTRATIVE COST IN, IN THESE CONTRACTS. 
          SPEAKING OF WHICH, WHAT, WHAT IS OUR OVERALL ADMINISTRATIVE COST OUT OF THIS $183 MILLION? SO OUT OF THE 180 3, THE TOTAL, THIS IS FOR THE CONTRACTORS AND THE CITY COMBINED, WHAT'S THE TOTAL ADMINISTRATION COST? 5.1 MILLION. 
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I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN. 
          5.1 MILLION. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL CONTRACT IT IS? I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE MATH IS, BUT 183 MILLION TOTAL. 
          3%. 
          3%. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, GREAT. 
          ALRIGHT, I'LL, I'LL CHIME BACK IN. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE MEMBER PERRY. 
          MAYOR, JUST GO AHEAD, ERIC. 
          ONE, ONE OTHER THING, I, I'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION ON THE, ON THE PERCENTAGE, 'CAUSE MIKE HAD IT IN THIS PRESENTATION. 
          UM, BUT WHILE I'M, WHILE I'M GOING TO THAT SLIDE, UH, COUNCILMAN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD, YOU BROUGHT UP THE SPED UP, UM, ISSUE AND, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT, THAT'S A POLICY OF THE COUNCILS THAT WE UTILIZE ACROSS THE BOARD AND THE DATA YOU'RE REQUESTING. 
          AND, UH, BEN HAS IT AND HE'LL BRING IT TO YOU. 
          BUT OUT OF ROUGHLY A THOUSAND RFPS FROM LAST YEAR, UM, A LITTLE AROUND 60 GOT, UH, BOUNCED OUT FOR BEING NON-RESPONSIVE. 
          SO, UM, ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, SPEDA HAS BEEN A STATED POLICY GOAL OF THE COUNCIL GOING BACK FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          UM, BUT, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA LEAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT SPTA DOESN'T WORK. 
          IT HAS WORKED FOR US AND IT HAS BEEN BUILT INTO OUR PROCUREMENT. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OUT OF A THOUSAND, AROUND 1,060 HAVE BEEN DEEMED NON-RESPONSIVE. 
          THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. 
          THAT'S PRETTY LOW PERCENTAGE ACTUALLY. 
          WELL, I, I AGREE. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          WE'LL DEBATE THAT. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU ALL ARE GETTING STARTED. 
          I WISH YOU THE BEST SUCCESS. 
          YOUR SUCCESS IS ALL OF OUR SUCCESS. 
          UH, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, LAST, LAST WEEK WE HAD TEXAS BIOMED AND MORGAN'S WONDERLAND AND TEXAS A AND M ALL, UH, WITH THE EDUCARE PROGRAM ALL HERE IN FRONT OF US. 
          UM, AND WE'VE SUPPORTED THEM WITH A LOT OF, UH, ARPA FUNDING. 
          AND I LOOK AT THE EMPLOYER PLEDGES. 
          I SEE TEXAS A AND M ON THERE. 
          I DON'T SEE TEXAS BIOME AND MON MORGAN'S WONDERLAND. 
          I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF THEY MIGHT, UH, SIGN THAT EMPLOYER'S PLEDGE. 
          I'M HAPPY TO DO IT, OR IF YOU DO IT EITHER WAY, BUT I'D, I'D LOVE FOR TO, I'D LOVE FOR, TO, TO TRY AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO SO. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, ON, UH, ON THE R F P FOR, UM, THE PROGRAM EVALUATION, I SAW 851 VENDORS NOTIFIED AND ONLY ONE RESPONDED. 
          SO I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED THIS, IF SOMEBODY ELSE TALKED ABOUT IT. 
          BUT, UM, WAS THAT, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT ENTIRELY, BUT I SAW THAT COUNCIL PROVED $102,000 AND THE TOTAL FORECAST IS 647,000. 
          DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE FORECAST THAT PROGRAM EVALUATION WOULD COST $647,000 TO CONDUCT THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OVER THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THE PROGRAM. 
          A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND PER YEAR. 
          SO, I MEAN, SO WHY DO YOU THINK WE ONLY GOT ONE PEOPLE, ONE PERSON TO RESPOND OUT OF 851 VENDORS? THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED. 
          UH, A LOT OF AGENCIES WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO AND TALKING TO, A LOT OF 'EM JUST SLIPPED BY. 
          THE DEADLINE SLIPPED. 
          THEY WEREN'T AWARE. 
          UM, WE DIDN'T REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO SOME AGENCIES THAT WE KNOW DO THIS WORK DIRECTLY, UM, HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN LOCAL AREA. 
          AND, UH, THAT THOSE ARE THE REASONS WHY THEY GAVE US AS WHY THEY DIDN'T APPLY. 
          UM, BUT ONCE THEY WERE EXPLAINED THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY WAS STILL AVAILABLE, THEY WERE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING SOMEBODY ON BOARD VERY QUICKLY. 
          GREAT. 
          YEAH, I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE GET SOME MORE RESPONSES. 
          I MEAN, IT'S A TOTAL BUDGET'S $183 MILLION. 
          IT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO SPEND WITHOUT ANY KIND OF EVALUATION. 
          MAKE MAKING SURE WE'RE GETTING A GOOD, THAT INVESTING THE TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS WELL, AND MAKING SURE THEY GET THAT, WHAT WAS IT, AN 80, 85 TO ONE RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT WAS $85 85 INVESTED. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT INVESTMENT TO ME. 
          UH, THEN, UM, SOMEBODY HAD BROUGHT UP VALERO ENERGY UNDER OIL AND GAS. 
          I WAS LOOKING AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHERE, AND I ASKED YOU THIS LAST WEEK, WHAT ABOUT SOLAR INSTALLERS? NOW I HADN'T SEEN, BUT I SEE THAT BIG SUN SOLAR IS THERE LISTED UNDER MANUFACTURING LOGISTICS. 
          WAS THAT ADDED OR DID I JUST MISS IT LAST WEEK? NO, IT WAS BRAND NEW. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WAS AFTER OUR CONVERSATION. 
          WE REACHED OUT, UM, TO THEM AND SEVERAL OTHERS, AND THEY WERE THE FIRST ONE TO JUMP ON BOARD. 
          THEY ATTENDED THE PRESS CONFERENCE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THEM ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          OTHER GREEN ENERGY COMPANIES AS WELL. 
          I'M GLAD TO SEE, UH, SOLAR REPRESENTED ON THERE. 
          AND I, I LOOKED AT THAT AND I STARTED THINKING, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THOUGHT THAT I COMPLETELY MISSED IT, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT MAKES SENSE TO, TO BUNCH, UH, UTILITIES, OIL AND GAS. 
          LIKE MAYBE BRING THEM ALL IN TOGETHER, MAYBE MAKE UTILITIES AND ENERGY AND HAVE SOLAR UNDER THERE, HAVE VALERO UNDER THERE, HAVE C P S SAWS AND CARBON FREE. 
          ALL THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE AS ONE CATEGORY. 
          UM, FINALLY MY LAST ISSUE IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WE TALK ABOUT LOW BARRIER HOUSING. 
          AND THEN WHEN I LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM, UH, THERE, THERE 
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ARE SOME EVALUATIONS. 
          THERE ARE SOME, SOME TESTS AND SOME SOME SCREENING THAT TAKES PLACE. 
          SO I'M WONDERING, W WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE IF THEY DON'T MAKE IT THROUGH THE SCREENING PROCESS AND THEY NEED HELP? UM, SO HOW, WHERE, WHERE DO THEY GO? THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CHARGING OUR CASE MANAGEMENT AGENCIES WITH TO HELP TO REFER THEM TO OTHER AGENCIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH THE ALAMO AREA COMMUNITY NETWORK THAT THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE A PART OF. 
          AND WHETHER THERE'S OVER 60 AGENCIES THAT ARE A PART OF THAT GROUP, UM, OR OTHER RESOURCES THAT THE CITY MAY HAVE OR THE COUNTY MAY HAVE, THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF SUPPORT AS AN INDIVIDUAL FINDS THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA BE TRACKING THOSE REASONS WHY INDIVIDUALS ARE DEEMED INELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE POLICY CHANGE CONSIDERATION IN THE FUTURE. 
          GREAT. 
          I'D LOVE TO GET YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AFTER YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU MIKE. 
          ALEX AND TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT Y'ALL PUT IN THIS INITIATIVE, AS WELL AS MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO ATTENDED SEVERAL MEETINGS AND I KNOW DID DEEP RESEARCH, UH, IN PREPARATION FOR THIS. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT READY TO WORK HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVES IF IT'S MARKETED AND IMPLEMENTED WITH THE EQUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE EQUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY BY SELECTING THE RIGHT PARTNERS AND DRAFTING COMPREHENSIVE AND CLEAR CONTRACT LANGUAGE. 
          UM, AND BASED OFF OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD REGARDING, UH, EQUITY AND EMPLOYMENT, A CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THE ACCESSIBILITY FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. 
          SO I'M PLEASED THAT THERE ARE, UM, PARTNERS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO ASSIST WITH THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW FOLKS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS OFTEN DON'T QUALIFY FOR FINANCIAL AID OR FACE BARRIERS IN THE HIRING PROCESS, THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, AND HAVING ACCESS TO LIVABLE WAGES. 
          UM, I HAVE PARENTS WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE WHO HAVE EXPRESSED, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PROGRAM, BUT THEY'RE CONCERNED THEIR CHILD MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO IT. 
          UM, BUT COULD YOU WALK ME THROUGH SOME OF THE PARTNERS WHO SPECIALIZE IN ASSISTING FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS AND DESCRIBE HOW THEY PLAN TO ASSIST? YEAH. 
          CHRYSALIS MINISTRIES IS A SUBCONTRACT THERE FOR WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO. 
          UM, THEY'RE ARE, THEIR FOCUS IS HELPING THOSE WITH PREVIOUS JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT AND ASSISTING THEM TO OVERCOME THOSE BARRIERS. 
          PROVIDING THE COUNSELING AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES THAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR SPECIFIC, UM, ISSUES THAT THEY MAY FACE AND BARRIERS THAT THEY MAY FACE TO GAINING THAT, UM, GOOD PAYING JOB. 
          AND, UH, THEY'VE BEEN A LONGSTANDING PARTNER HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO LEVERAGING THAT PARTNERSHIP TO HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO FIND SUCCESS. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE. 
          I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO THOSE THAT FALL THROUGH AND WHERE DO THEY GO? SO I, I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS PROVIDING, UM, SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL. 
          UM, AS FAR AS METRICS, ARE WE GOING TO BE, UM, IDENTIFYING FOLKS WHO MAY HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD AND ASSISTING WITH THOSE EXPUNGES EXPUNGEMENTS RATHER? AND WILL WE BE TRACKING HOW MANY ARE, ARE BEING FACILITATED? YES. 
          UM, EXPUNGEMENTS ON AN UN ALLOWABLE EXPENSE, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'RE TRACKING THAT, UM, AS WE ARE, UH, SERVING INDIVIDUALS FROM THAT POPULATION. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. 
          AND, UH, IF APPROVED, WILL WE HAVE THE ABILITY COUNCIL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD ADDITIONAL MEASURING METRICS? ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, WE WANT TO CONSISTENTLY RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL AND, UH, PRESENT THAT INFORMATION, UM, TO OUR ADVISORY BOARD AND, UM, HAVE ROBUST DISCUSSIONS AROUND HOW TO MAKE THE PROGRAM BETTER, UM, CONSISTENTLY. 
          UM, SO WE'LL DEFINITELY WELCOME THAT FEEDBACK. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND I, I'M HEARING, UH, LOTS OF, UH, GREAT CONVERSATION AROUND, UM, TRACKING THESE METRICS AND SEEING HOW MANY FOLKS PER DISTRICT ARE ENROLLED. 
          UM, I WOULD SUGGEST A DASHBOARD SIMILAR TO THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT UPDATES, UM, HOW MANY RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE, UM, AND HOW MANY FOLKS ARE, ARE, UH, IN THE PIPELINE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, AS FAR AS WRAPAROUND SERVICES, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN TRAINED FOR JOBS. 
          UM, BUT SOME EXPERIENCES THAT MY CONSTITUENTS HAD WERE, UM, WHEN THEY NEEDED ASSISTANCE WITH THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THEY FELL BEHIND, UH, THERE WAS A LONG WAIT FOR EAP AND THAT IMPACTED THEIR ABILITY TO CONTINUE THE COURSES. 
          SO WITH THE WRAPAROUND EMERGENCY SERVICES, IF, UM, A STUDENT, UH, NEEDS ASSISTANCE FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, WOULD IT COME OUT OF THAT EMERGENCY SERVICE FUND OR WOULD THEY HAVE TO APPLY FOR THE RISK MITIGATION FUND OR WHATEVER PROGRAM? NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES WILL HAVE A COMBINATION OF BOTH. 
          UH, ONE OF THE KEY CONCEPTS AROUND THIS SORT OF WORK PROGRAM IS BRAIDING FUNDING. 
          AND OUR CASE MANAGEMENT AGENCIES WILL UTILIZE ALL THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE THROUGH INTO THE, IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, ON A VERY SHORT TERM BASIS, IF THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE NEED, UM, THAT EMERGENCY FUNDING IS THERE TO HELP, TO ASSIST THAT QUICKLY, UM, UNTIL THEY CAN GET THROUGH THE EAP PROCESS OR WHATEVER OTHER RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS. 
          I, I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THAT FIFTEEN'S NOT THE GOAL, IT'S 
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JUST THE STARTING POINT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR GOING OUT TO DISTRICT THREE MANY TIMES AND TALKING ABOUT, UM, NOT JUST THIS PROGRAM, BUT, UM, BEING, UM, TRAINED FOR JOBS PROGRAM ALSO AND WORKING TO GET PEOPLE PART OF THIS. 
          I, I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LONG WAITED FOR HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I KNOW YOU'RE NEW, BUT YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF LOW PAYING JOBS. 
          OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO THE BEST THAT THEY CAN, BUT WE CANNOT SOLELY RELY ON OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DO THIS WORK. 
          UM, THEY HAVE SO MUCH RESPONSIBILITY, AND ESPECIALLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN MY, UH, IN, IN MY DISTRICT, IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR. 
          SO I'M GONNA START WITH JUST SOME QUESTIONS ON THE, ON SLIDE NUMBER FOUR. 
          UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE, UM, PLACEMENT AND RETENTION. 
          SO WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THE PEOPLE ARE MAKE, UH, HAVING LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS INCORPORATED INTO EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING, UH, NOT JUST THE CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST AS THE, UM, AND I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE CHOICES THAT YOU'RE BRINGING FORWARD BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, THEY UNDERSTAND THE CHANGING DYNAMIC OF THE WORKFORCE, AND I FEEL LIKE EVERY DAY IT CHANGES. 
          SO, UM, IN TERMS OF THE TYPES OF ACCREDITATION AND CERTIFICATIONS, WILL THAT COME ALONG WITH THE CATALOG OR, UH, OKAY, SO THAT'S YEP. 
          THAT'D BE INCORPORATED WITHIN THE CATALOG? CORRECT. 
          GREAT. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, AND THEN ON SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN PULL THAT UP. 
          UH, WHAT, WHAT IS A UNIQUE PARTICIPANT, AN INDIVIDUAL, UM, VERSUS DUPLICATED? THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT A DUPLICATED COUNT VERSUS AN UNDUPLICATED COUNT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UH, THAT UNIQUE MEANS UNDUPLICATED. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. 
          AND I KNOW WE TALKED WHEN, WHEN YOU MET WITH ME IN TERMS OF THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS THAT THERE'S GOING, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING PEOPLE UP FOR SUCCESS. 
          AND WHEN WE TAKE THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS, IF WE SEE IF OUR, IF, IF, IF THEY SEE THAT THEY'RE NOT READY FOR THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME, ARE THEY'RE UNDER STRESS, WHAT ARE, CAN YOU GO INTO FURTHER, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE, UM, AGENCIES YOU'RE GONNA REFER THEM TO OR HELP? YOU'RE GOING TO TRY AND GET THEM? I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NAMES OF THEM ALL. 
          AGAIN, I'M STILL LEARNING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT THE ALAMO ERA COMMUNITY NETWORK, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'LL ALL BE PLUGGED INTO THROUGH OUR SIGNIFY HEALTH CENTRALIZED DATA PLATFORM, HAS NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND SERVICES TO HELP THEM TO OVERCOME WHATEVER THAT ISSUE IS THAT PREVENTING THEM FROM ACTUALLY ENTERED INTO AN EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM RIGHT AWAY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I, THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OUR, UH, VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OUR SURVIVORS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY'RE TRYING TO HIDE FROM THEIR ABUSER AND THEY'RE GOING TO NEED THAT, THAT HELP. 
          UM, SO IN TERMS OF THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, WHAT IS THE PROOF, UH, THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO NEED TO SHOW FOR, UH, THEIR, FOR PROOF OF RESIDENCY? YEAH. 
          UM, EITHER A LEASE AGREEMENT OR A MORTGAGE AGREEMENT THAT THEY'RE LISTED ON, UM, SHOWING THAT THAT'S WHERE THEY LIVE, OR AN CITATION THAT THEY'RE HOMELESS IF THEY ARE. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OF COURSE VALIDATED, UH, THROUGH THEIR, UH, THOSE MEANS. 
          AND I DO WANT TO HELP OFFENDERS. 
          I, I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IF THEY WANNA START ANEW. 
          BUT IF THEY'RE, UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO LOOK AT CRIMINAL HISTORY, ARE WE IN, IN REGARDS TO THIS PROGRAM, SELF-DISCLOSE. 
          OKAY. 
          IF THEY VOLUNTEER THAT INFORMATION, THEN WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED TO HELP THEM OVERCOME THOSE UNIQUE BARRIERS. 
          BUT IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY DISCLOSE THAT TO US. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I, I JUST HAVE, UM, I, I, AND I KNOW THAT AGENCIES THAT YOU ARE WORKING WITH AND YOU HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD, HAVE THEIR MEANS OF FINDING OUT AND, AND UNDERSTANDING THIS BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA SEE SOMEONE GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND THEN BE TEMPTED TO REPEAT SOME OF THEIR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, UH, IF THEY GET INTO A, A JOB THAT OFFERS THAT. 
          UH, WHEN YOU MENTION WRAPAROUND SERVICES, UH, HAS, IS THERE A, HAS THERE BEEN DEFINED SOMETHING FOR EACH GROUP? 'CAUSE I KNOW PROJECT QUEST DOES WRAPAROUND SERVICES ONE WAY. 
          UM, HAVE THE OTHER TWO AGENCIES THAT WE'RE CHOOSING, HAVE THEY DECIDED ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO WRAPAROUND SERVICES OR PROVIDED A LIST FOR THAT? WE'VE GOT A LIST THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF SERVICES OF THEIR CONTRACTS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, SOME OF THOSE 
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EXAMPLES ARE ON ONE OF THE SLIDES. 
          WHICH NUMBER IS THAT? AMY ON SLIDE 23 SHOWS SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SERVICES THAT THE CASE MANAGEMENT AGENCIES WE PROVIDING. 
          UM, SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WHATEVER THOSE ISSUES THAT ARISE, THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS THOSE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SERVICES COVER. 
          UM, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS, AS I KEEP MENTIONING HERE, IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA UTILIZE THEIR EXPERTISE IN DELIVERING CASE MANAGEMENT TO CONNECT THAT INDIVIDUAL RESOURCES WITHIN READY TO WORK AND OUTSIDE OF READY TO WORK TO HELP THEM TO MEET THAT NEED. 
          WHETHER THAT BE SCHOLARSHIPS, WHETHER THAT BE COUNSELING, WHETHER THAT BE, UM, SUPPORT, WHETHER THAT BE, YOU KNOW, UM, A CONNECTION TO HOUSING, UM, ASSISTANCE FUNDING. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THOSE AGENCIES ARE, ARE PROVIDING THAT TO OUR PARTICIPANTS AND, AND WHAT YOU PROVIDED WITH THE, UH, ON THE PARTNERS IN THEIR SERVICE LOCATIONS. 
          UH, OF COURSE, I WISH THERE WERE MORE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, BUT I'M SURE THEY'LL DO MOBILE. 
          I'M, I'M LOOKING AT YOU, DR. 
          FLORES  MOLY GETTING OUT TO THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          BUT, UM, I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB ABOUT GETTING GROUPS, UH, THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH THAT CAN MEET THOSE WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          BUT MY QUESTION IS, IF THEY'RE HAVING A PROBLEM, IF, IF THEY'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, ARE THEY COMING BACK TO THE CITY AND ASKING FOR HELP, UH, ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE THE SERVICES THEY NEED? OH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE'LL DEFINITELY BE A, A SOUNDING BOARD AND A GUIDING, UH, LIGHT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING THE RIGHT SERVICES THROUGH THEIR CASE MANAGEMENT AGENCIES TO, FOR, TO TRY TO POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          UM, BUT OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION FLOW THROUGH OUR CASE MANAGERS. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER, UM, I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A, AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS KIND OF A TIMELINE, UH, FROM WHEN, AND, AND THIS IS BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT HOUSING AND, AND WE GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT HOUSING AND, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK THIS LONG AND IT, AND IT TOOK THIS LONG. 
          AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE DOCUMENTATION THAT'S NEEDED. 
          BUT ARE WE GONNA HAVE A TIMELINE IF, IF THEY CALL, UM, THEY SHOULD HEAR FROM SOMEONE IN A WEEK? AND THEN WILL WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THAT? YES, VITALLY IMPORTANT, UM, THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEEKING INTEREST INTO THE PROGRAM ARE RESPONDED TO IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          UM, THERE'S SOME BENCHMARKS THAT'LL BE INCLUDED IN THAT SCOPE OF SERVICES, AND WE'LL PROVIDE THAT TO COUNSEL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, UH, I AM, THIS IS A VERY DIVERSE PROJECT. 
          I THINK IT HAS A SOLID FOUNDATION. 
          I THINK YOU'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB, UH, IN A VERY SHORT TIME. 
          ALEX, I APPLAUD YOU ALSO FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          I HOPE, AND I'M SURE THAT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO RESTORE EDUCATION AND THE ALAMO COLLEGE DISTRICT UNDERSTAND WHERE WE SIT RIGHT NOW AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY CHANGE LIVES AND CREATE A WORKFORCE THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I KNOW THAT MY CURRENTLY DISTRICT THREE IS AT 9%. 
          I WANT TO SEE THAT INCREASE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE A GRASSROOTS EFFORT. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE US GOING OUT, BECAUSE I, AND ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS PANDEMIC, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF, UM, CAUTIOUSNESS THAT PEOPLE HAVE AND THEY HEAR SOMETHING AND THEY THINK IT'S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, OR THEY THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE TOO MUCH TIME OR TOO MUCH EFFORT, AND THEY DON'T THINK THEY CAN DO IT. 
          AND I'M JUST, I THINK WE CAN ALL GET OUT THERE AND TELL THEM, YES, YOU CAN. 
          UM, AND, AND IT'S IN YOU TO GET THIS DONE. 
          SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE AND GETTING UPDATES FROM, UM, FROM YOU PERIODICALLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          AND, UH, JUST A FEW FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS HERE. 
          UH, ARE ANY OF THESE, UH, PROPOSED CONTRACTORS CONTRACTED RIGHT NOW UNDER THAT, UH, THE, UM, THE CARES ACT FUNDING? ARE THEY CONTRACTED WITH THE CITY UNDER CARESS ACT FUNDING? YES. 
          YES. 
          NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. 
          OH, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE, THE TRAIN FOR JOBS? OH, THE TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM, THAT'S, YEAH. 
          FROM GENERAL FUND DOLLARS? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          ALL OF THEM ARE, UM, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS RESTORE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEP. 
          AND DID, UM, DID, UM, THEIR CURRENT METRICS, UH, WERE THEY REVIEWED AS THE BACKGROUND AND, AND, UH, EXPERIENCE CATEGORY ON, ON EACH ONE OF THESE CONTRACTORS? ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, THEIR PERFORMANCE IN THE TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM, UM, WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THAT, UM, AND UTILIZING THAT IN THE BACKDROP, YOU KNOW, OF THEIR PROPOSALS THEY SUBMITTED ON PAPER FOR READY TO WORK. 
          UM, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY THE CASE. 
          UH, FOR INSTANCE, UH, WORKFORCE AS ALAMO, I BELIEVE HAS PLACED ABOUT 507 PEOPLE, UH, OUT OF THE TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM. 
          IT'S A GOOD PAYING JOBS, UM, WITH AVERAGE WAGE OF ABOUT $15 AND 86 CENTS, UM, THUS FAR. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK, UH, JUST OFF MY MEMORY, PROJECT QUEST, ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN, I BELIEVE IS THE RANGE AT ABOUT $20 AN HOUR, UM, OUT OF TRAINING FOR JOBS. 
          UM, THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT I REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT 
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WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THOSE METRICS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WE ALSO TOOK THE LESSONS AND MADE SURE THAT THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD WITH THEM. 
          GOTCHA. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IN THESE, UH, IN THE DIFFERENT FUNDING CATEGORIES, WHO DETERMINED THE, UM, THE FUNDING AND, UM, WHAT IS THAT BASED ON? YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S A BIG, BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS DOWN TO, UH, RESTORE EDUCATION. 
          WHO DETERMINED THOSE BREAK POINTS? A LOT OF IT WAS DUE TO CAPACITY AND, UH, WHAT CAPACITY THOSE AGENCIES HAD TO SERVE INDIVIDUALS. 
          UM, ONCE THOSE RANK ORDER CAME IN FROM OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WE WENT THROUGH, USED A COST, UM, BASIS ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK. 
          SO WE STARTED WITH OUR LOWER COST PROPOSAL AND FUNDED THEM AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, WHICH WAS PROJECT QUEST ALAMO COLLEGES, UM, AND THEN 85%, UM, FOR WORKFORCE SUSAN ALAMO AND ABOUT 15% LEVEL FOR RESTORE EDUCATION. 
          SO THIS WAS IN THEIR PROPOSALS THAT THEY GAVE YOU WHAT THEIR LIMITATIONS ARE. 
          THEY GAVE US THEIR, IN EACH ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES, THEY GAVE US THEIR CAPACITY, AND THEY GAVE US THEIR PRICING. 
          UM, SO WE LOOKED AT BOTH CAPACITY AND PRICING TO STRETCH OUR DOLLARS AS FAR AS WE COULD TO HIT THOSE TARGETS THAT WE HOPED, UH, TO ACHIEVE BACK WHEN WE PRESENTED THE BUDGET IN MAY OF LAST YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST, JUST, UM, JUST AN, UH, FOOTNOTE HERE, AND IF YOU COULD GET BACK WITH ME, I'D LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS, JUST LOOKING AT PROJECT QUEST. 
          WE HAVE AN ADMIN OF WE $0.3 MILLION, OR ALMOST $1.4 MILLION, UH, COMPARED TO THE OTHER ADMINS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY, TO ME, THEY'RE VERY HIGH COMPARED TO THE, THE INTAKE, UM, OF THE ACTUAL PEOPLE INTO THEIR PROGRAM THERE. 
          SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          WHY YES, SIR. 
          UH, WHY THAT BIG DIFFERENCE? AND THEN ON, UH, UH, SLIDE 34, UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE DOWN IT SAYS, UNIQUE PARTICIPANTS THAT EXITED OR COMPLETED APPROVED TRAINING PROGRAMS. I, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY WE COMBINED THOSE TWO ON ONE LINE THERE. 
          UH, TO ME IT SHOULD BE THOSE THAT EXITED, UM, ONLY AND NOT EXITED AND COMPLETED BECAUSE RIGHT DOWN BELOW THAT YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ON THERE. 
          SO I, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE, THAT IS IMPORTANT TO SHOW HOW MANY EXITED THE PROGRAM BEFORE COMPLETION. 
          SO I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND EACH CONTRACTOR IS GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THESE METRICS. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A ROLL-UP METRIC, UH, THE OVERALL PROGRAM THAT SHOWS ALL OF THESE DATA POINTS AS WELL, RIGHT? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. 
          UM, ALRIGHT, GREAT. 
          UM, DOUG, THANKS FOR COMING OUT TODAY. 
          APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK AND THE REST OF THE, THE GROUP THAT WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS, UH, AGAIN, UH, LOOKS LIKE A GREAT PROGRAM. 
          UH, BUT YOU KNOW, ME, I'M GONNA BE LOOKING AT RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR COSTS ARE ALIGNED AND WE'RE GETTING A GOOD BANG FOR OUR BUCK IN THE, IN THIS OVERALL PROGRAM. 
          AND I, I STILL WANNA PUT A PLUG IN FOR THE HOSPITALITY COMMUNITY. 
          YOU KNOW, THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THIS PROGRAM FIRST KICKED OFF, AND MAYBE THEY WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THIS BECAUSE THEIR WAGES WEREN'T HIGH. 
          WELL, THAT'S CHANGED. 
          THEY'RE NOW UP TO 20, 22 BUCKS AN HOUR FOR A LOT OF THESE JOBS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, BELOW THE 15 BUCK AN HOUR, UH, JOB BEFORE. 
          SO I, I REALLY THINK, YOU KNOW, AND DOUG, I I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT. 
          ALSO, SHOULD WE INCLUDE THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE AND NOT JUST THESE LITTLE BITTY PIECES THAT COULD BE USED. 
          BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, QUITE FRANKLY, THEY ARE OUR BIGGEST MONEY, UH, GENERATOR HERE IN TOWN IN THE TOURIST INDUSTRY. 
          WE REALLY NEED TO SUPPORT THEM ALSO. 
          SO I'D REALLY LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          JUST, UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY, I THINK YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD POINT. 
          AND SO I'D LOVE TO MAYBE WORK WITH YOU ON HOW TO ENGAGE SOME OF THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR AND I'D, I'D BE WILLING TO, TO WORK WITH, WITH WHOEVER IT IS YOU WANT ME TO WORK ON, ON YOUR TEAM. 
          UM, I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL CHAMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED, ENGAGED AS WELL. 
          A LOT OF THE CHAMBERS HAVE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS THAT I THINK THAT MAYBE WE COULD TAP INTO AND SEE IF WE COULD CHALLENGE THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS TO HELP US GET A CREATIVE SOLUTION TO, UM, INCREASE PARTICIPATION FROM THE HOSPITALITY PROGRAM, UH, OR, UH, INDUSTRY. 
          SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, TO ECHO, UH, SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS THAT WERE, UM, UH, REFLECTED BY SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES. 
          AND, UM, I MET RECENTLY WITH SA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND, AND THEY ACTUALLY WERE ASKING FOR ARPA FUNDING, BUT, UM, I THINK THEY CAME IN A LITTLE BIT LATE. 
          BUT AS WE WERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE SOMEWHERE WHERE MAYBE ONE OF THE PROVIDERS CAN ENGAGE, OR MAYBE THEY ALREADY ARE OR HAVE ENGAGED BEFORE WITH, UM, LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND. 
          BUT I THINK THAT THEY DO SOME GREAT WORK AND THEY ALREADY 
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HAVE A MODEL THAT WE COULD FOLLOW. 
          AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, UM, SMALL BUSINESSES, I HEAR THAT ENROLLING IN THE PROGRAM IS A LITTLE TIME CONSUMING AND THAT THE REPORTING COULD BE A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY WE DON'T GET AS MUCH SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION. 
          I DID HEAR A FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTION SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE WANNA INCREASE THAT. 
          UM, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT I, I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING, UM, UH, A LOT OF TIMES WITH VERY LIMITED STAFF, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO HOW DO YOU THINK THAT WE COULD INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION WITH SMALL BUSINESSES THERE? CAN WE MAYBE ENGAGE, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE WORK WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE? UM, WHAT DO WE DO? ABSOLUTELY. 
          I THINK YOU JUST NAILED IT WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE THAT GROUP SO THEY CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORD THROUGHOUT THEIR NETWORKS. 
          UM, WE HAVE VERY, YOU KNOW, VARYING LEVELS OF COMMITMENT WITH THE PLEDGE. 
          UM, AS I STATED BEFORE, DOESN'T HAVE AN HR TEAM OR A RECRUITING TEAM. 
          THOSE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE DOING IT ALL. 
          UM, SO IF THEY WANT TO JUST STAY INFORMED AND, UM, BE AWARE WHEN WE'RE HAVING HIRING EVENTS AND GIVING OUT INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROGRAM, UM, THAT LEVEL OF, UM, ENGAGEMENT IS ALLOWABLE UNDER THE PLEDGE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY CONSISTENT IN REACHING OUT TO THAT GROUP AND VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING SURE THEY HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, MIKE. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER THING I HEARD FROM ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, I THINK IT WAS COUNCILMAN CASTILLO MENTIONED A DASHBOARD, AND I LOVE THE TRAIN FOR JOBS DASHBOARD. 
          RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN IN THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY, UH, PORTION OF THE C OVID 19 WEBSITE. 
          UM, SO MAYBE, UH, SOMETHING HELPING US MAKE IT MORE PROMINENT WHEN WE DO THE READY TO WORK ESSAY, UH, DASHBOARD AND INCLUDING BY COUNCIL DISTRICT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          UM, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MY FORMER COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN VRAN, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK, AND SHE COULDN'T FIND THE PLEDGE, FOR INSTANCE. 
          SO I KIND OF KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING'S UP JUST BECAUSE I, I GO. 
          UM, BUT, BUT FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTED TO ENGAGE, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT FINDING IT. 
          SO IF WE CAN JUST KIND OF PUT IT UP IN FRONT AND CENTER ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          UH, BUT THE OTHER THING IS THAT A LOT OF THE FOLKS WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY STILL, I KNOW SOME OF THE, UH, DISTRICTS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE AS MUCH PARTICIPATION. 
          I HAD MENTIONED THIS AT A COMMITTEE MEETING FOR OUTREACH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A FOLLOW-UP, BUT I HAD ASKED IF WE COULD ENGAGE MAYBE C P SS ENERGY OR SAWS, UM, THROUGH THEIR BILLS OR THROUGH THEIR NEWSLETTERS AND INCLUDING THE INFORMATION ON READY TO WORK. 
          BUT AS WE LAUNCH, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A COMMITMENT FROM THEM. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I KNOW THEY ALREADY SIGNED THE PLEDGE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE ANOTHER WAY OF, UM, TELLING, UH, FOLKS THAT THIS PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE REST OF MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCI GARCIA. 
          AND LET ME JUST WRAP COMMENTS AGAIN BY, BY THANKING EVERYONE INVOLVED, AND, AND THIS IS, UH, A REALLY IMPORTANT MOMENT, UH, WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO HEAR HOW ALL THIS HAS COME TOGETHER. 
          AND IT MAKES ME GLAD TO SEE IT BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT. 
          THE CITY GOVERNMENT IS NOT RUNNING THIS TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE'RE FACILITATING THE, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT TO LIFT OUR ECONOMIC TRAJECTORY AND MAKE SURE THAT MORE FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO ACCESS ECONOMIC MOBILITY. 
          AND THAT SHOULD MAKE EVERYBODY FEEL GOOD. 
          THE COMMENT WAS MADE, UH, THAT, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF RESPONSE WHEN WE DESCRIBE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FROM OUTSIDE. 
          AND I WILL SAY THAT THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO, UH, ATTRACT ADDITIONAL ATTENTION AND RESOURCES, WHETHER THAT'S PHILANTHROPY OR FEDERAL OR OTHERWISE. 
          UH, AND THAT WILL ONLY ENHANCE OUR EFFORTS BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF EYES ON SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, WITH PROGRAMS, AGAIN, RANGING FROM PRE-K FOR SA TO THE K THROUGH 12 SYSTEM, TO THE ALAMO PROMISE PROGRAM, AND NOW READY TO WORK. 
          UH, WE ARE DOING THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS AT A SCALE THAT I THINK CAN BE A MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. 
          SO AGAIN, MIKE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALEX, AMY, UH, THE WHOLE TEAM, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING UPDATES AND, AND GETTING THIS PROGRAM FULLY LAUNCHED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, THAT IS THE BALANCE 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION
At any time during the meeting, the City Council may recess into executive session in the Presidio Conference Room or the B Room to consult with the City Attorney's Office (Texas Government Code Section 551.071) and deliberate or discuss any of the following:
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OF OUR DISCUSSION TODAY. 
          THE TIME IS 3:57 PM ON THE SEC NINTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2022. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          AND TO DELIBERATE, DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 OR, AND THE CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES OR ADVICE RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION INVOLVING THE CITY AND THE COVID 19 PREPAREDNESS UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          TIME IS 5:19 PM ON THIS NINTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2022. 
          CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. 
          OUR B SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED. 
          WE'LL RESUME NOW WITH OUR CITIZENS. 
          BE HEARD. 
          PUBLIC 
          [01:45:01]
COMMENT, UH, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP AT THE.
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