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WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORK SESSION OF AUGUST THE 13TH, 2019.
COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL BUDGET SESSION FOR TODAY.
UH, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
THE TIME IS 2:15 PM FIRST, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE TRANSLATION VIDEO.
HAVE ANTONIO AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR AUDIENCE AND THOSE WHO MAY BE PLANNING TO ATTEND A COUNCIL SESSION IN THE FUTURE.
ALL OF OUR WORK SESSIONS OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE NOW, UH, HELD IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
UH, SO PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF THAT.
SOME ADDITIONAL CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS WILL ALSO BE HELD IN THE CHAMBERS, BUT, UH, FROM HENCEFORTH THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN IT CONVENES WILL BE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
I'LL MOVE NOW TO ERIC WALSH TO INTRODUCE OUR SESSIONS FOR TODAY.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO TODAY KICKS OFF OUR BUDGET WORK SESSION SCHEDULE AND LEADING US OFF.
UH, THIS AFTERNOON WE'LL BE DR.
BRIDGER ON THE BROAD TOPIC OF STRONG FAMILIES AND CHILDREN.
UH, AND THEN THAT'LL BE FOLLOWED BY, UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, PRIORITIES INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR.
BRIDGER SO WE CAN KICK STARTED.
SO I AM GONNA SET THE STAGE, UM, FOR THE THEME FOR TODAY, AND THE THEME IS STRONG FAMILIES AND CHILDREN.
SO, UM, THE ITEMS THAT I'M GOING TO COVER ARE TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND MENTAL HEALTH.
SO WE'RE GONNA START OUT WITH TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, AND I WANNA BE, UM, SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE 45 MINUTE VERSION OF THIS TALK.
SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD THE 10 MINUTE VERSION OF THIS TALK, AND SOME OF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD THIS TALK BEFORE.
SO, UM, I'VE DECIDED TO SWITCH IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
AND I HAVE A SHORT FOUR MINUTE VIDEO THAT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THAT KIND OF SUMMARIZES ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, TOXIC STRESS.
AND THEN I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE.
SO HERE IS OUR VIDEO, AND I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY TO THE AV CREW, START VIDEO NOW.
SCIENCE TELLS US THAT THE EXPERIENCES WE HAVE IN THE FIRST YEARS OF OUR LIVES ACTUALLY AFFECT THE PHYSICAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE DEVELOPING BRAIN.
THIS MEANS THAT BRAINS AREN'T JUST BORN, THEY'RE ALSO BUILT OVER TIME BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCES.
JUST AS A HOUSE NEEDS A STURDY FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT THE WALLS AND ROOF, A BRAIN NEEDS A GOOD BASE TO SUPPORT ALL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
POSITIVE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEIR CAREGIVERS LITERALLY BUILD THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE DEVELOPING BRAIN.
BUILDING A STURDY FOUNDATION IN THE EARLIEST YEARS PROVIDES A GOOD BASE FOR A LIFETIME OF GOOD MENTAL FUNCTION AND BETTER OVERALL HEALTH.
SO, JUST HOW IS A SOLID BRAIN FOUNDATION BUILT AND MAINTAINED IN A DEVELOPING CHILD? ONE WAY IS THROUGH WHAT BRAIN EXPERTS CALL, SERVE AND RETURN INTERACTIONS.
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IMAGINE A TENNIS MATCH BETWEEN A CAREGIVER AND A CHILD, BUT INSTEAD OF HITTING A BALL BACK AND FORTH ACROSS A NET, VARIOUS FORMS OF COMMUNICATION PASS BETWEEN THE TWO FROM EYE CONTACT TO TOUCH, FROM SINGING TO SIMPLE GAMES LIKE PEEKABOO.THESE INTERACTIONS REPEATED THROUGHOUT A YOUNG PERSON'S DEVELOPING YEARS ARE THE BRICKS THAT BUILD A HEALTHY FOUNDATION FOR ALL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT ANOTHER KIND OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE SHAPES BRAIN DEVELOPMENT TOO, AND THAT STRESS, GOOD KINDS OF STRESS LIKE MEETING NEW PEOPLE OR STUDYING FOR A TEST ARE HEALTHY FOR DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THEY PREPARE KIDS TO COPE WITH FUTURE CHALLENGES.
ANOTHER KIND OF STRESS CALLED TOXIC STRESS IS BAD FOR BRAIN DEVELOPMENT.
IF A CHILD IS EXPOSED TO SERIOUS ONGOING HARDSHIPS LIKE ABUSE AND NEGLECT, AND HE HAS NO OTHER CAREGIVER IN HIS LIFE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, THE BASIC STRUCTURES OF HIS DEVELOPING BRAIN MAY BE DAMAGED WITHOUT A STURDY FOUNDATION TO PROPERLY SUPPORT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
HE'S AT RISK FOR A LIFETIME OF HEALTH PROBLEMS, DEVELOPMENT ISSUES, EVEN ADDICTION.
IT'S POSSIBLE TO FIX SOME OF THE DAMAGE OF TOXIC STRESS LATER ON, BUT IT'S EASIER, MORE EFFECTIVE, AND LESS EXPENSIVE TO BUILD SOLID BRAIN ARCHITECTURE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STURDY BRAIN ARCHITECTURE SUPPORTS IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF BASIC EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL SKILLS.
AN IMPORTANT GROUP OF SKILLS WHICH SCIENTISTS CALL EXECUTIVE FUNCTION AND SELF-REGULATION CAN BE THOUGHT OF LIKE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THE CHILD'S MENTAL AIRSPACE.
THINK OF A YOUNG CHILD'S BRAIN AS THE CONTROL TOWER AT A BUSY AIRPORT.
ALL THOSE PLANES LANDING AND TAKING OFF AND ALL OF THE SUPPORT SYSTEMS ON THE GROUND SIMULTANEOUSLY DEMAND THE CONTROLLER'S ATTENTION TO AVOID A CRASH.
IT'S THE SAME WITH A YOUNG CHILD LEARNING TO PAY ATTENTION, PLAN AHEAD AND REMEMBER AND FOLLOW LOTS OF RULES LIKE ALL OF US KIDS HAVE TO REACT TO THINGS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AROUND THEM WHILE ALSO DEALING WITH WORRIES, TEMPTATIONS AND OBLIGATIONS ON THEIR MINDS.
AS THESE DEMANDS FOR ATTENTION PILE UP, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL HELPS A CHILD REGULATE THE FLOW OF INFORMATION, PRIORITIZE TASKS, AND ABOVE ALL, FIND WAYS TO MANAGE STRESS AND AVOID MENTAL COLLISIONS ALONG THE WAY.
HAVING THIS ABILITY IS A NECESSITY FOR POSITIVE AND LEVEL MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.
OVERCOMING TOXIC STRESS AND BUILDING SOLID BRAIN ARCHITECTURE ARE THINGS KIDS CAN'T DO ON THEIR OWN.
AND SINCE STRONG SOCIETIES ARE MADE UP OF HEALTHY, CONTRIBUTING INDIVIDUALS, IT'S UP TO US AS A COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE ALL YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THE KINDS OF NURTURING EXPERIENCES THEY NEED FOR POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT.
TO BUILD BETTER FUTURES, WE NEED TO BUILD BETTER BRAINS.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TAKE ON WHAT YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT BEFORE.
UM, SO JUST TO KIND OF, UH, SUMMARIZE SOME OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, ESSENTIALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, 10 DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES CHILDREN HAVE THAT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BRAIN ARCHITECTURE.
UM, THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF ACES, UH, CHILD ABUSE, CHILD NEGLECT, OR WHAT WE CALL HOUSEHOLD DYSFUNCTION.
SO THAT'S IF THERE'S SUBSTANCE USE IN THE HOUSEHOLD, IF THERE'S UNCONTROLLED MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE HOUSEHOLD, IF A PARENT HAS BEEN INCARCERATED, IF THERE'S DIVORCE, OR IF THERE'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
SO WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, UH, IS THAT THEY, THEY CAUSE TOXIC STRESS, AND WE KNOW THAT TOXIC STRESS ADVERSELY AFFECTS THE DEVELOPING BRAIN SO THAT IT DEVELOPS AROUND, UM, FEAR RATHER THAN PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, UH, AS THE CHILD GROWS INTO ADULTHOOD, WHAT WE FIND IS THAT THESE ADULTS ARE AT MUCH HIGHER RISK FOR AT LEAST SEVEN OUT OF THE TOP 10 LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO THE EXAMPLE, UM, MANY OF YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ME GIVE IS THE FACT THAT IF A, IF A PERSON HAS HIGH CHOLESTEROL, THEIR RISK OF HAVING HEART DISEASE INCREASES BY ABOUT 40%.
BUT EVERYBODY WHO GOES TO THE DOCTOR AFTER A CERTAIN AGE GETS A CHOLESTEROL TEST.
IF YOU HAVE AN ACE SCORE OF FOUR, YOUR RISK OF HEART DISEASE IS 200 TIMES GREATER THAN SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT HAVE AN ACE SCORE.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT CAUSED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS WORK IN THE FIRST PLACE, IS RECOGNIZING THAT EARLY CHILDHOOD TRAUMA WAS HAVING SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON ADULTS'
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RISK OF DEVELOPING CHRONIC DISEASE LATER IN LIFE.SO ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UM, ALONG WITH MY PARTNERS IN CRIME, AT THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER AND AT VOICES FOR CHILDREN, WE STARTED THE SOUTH TEXAS TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE CONSORTIUM.
AND THIS CONSORTIUM IS MADE UP OF 12 DIFFERENT SECTORS THAT WE IDENTIFIED BY CONVENING A GROUP OF OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT WHERE KIDS COME IN CONTACT WITH SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND WE IDENTIFIED 12 DIFFERENT SECTORS, SO ANYTHING FROM EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION TO K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION, TO FAITH-BASED COMMUNITIES, JUVENILE JUSTICE, MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM, ET CETERA.
AND WE ALL CAME TOGETHER AND DECIDED THAT THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS TO REALLY MOVE FORWARD AROUND TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, BECAUSE TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE IS THE BEST THING THAT HELPS MITIGATE THE EFFECT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND ALSO PREVENTS RETRAUMATIZATION OF THESE KIDS WHEN THEY COME INTO OUR SYSTEMS. SO WE ALL CAME TOGETHER AND WE SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FOCUS ON BECOMING A CERTIFIED COMMUNITY, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS IN THESE 12 DIFFERENT SECTORS THAT WORK WITH KIDS ARE GOING TO BE CERTIFIED SO THAT WHEN WE SAY WE'RE TRAUMA INFORMED, WE ALL MEAN THE SAME THING AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE MEAN.
SO AS A RESULT, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONTRACTED WITH, UM, WITH MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE, AND THEY PUT TOGETHER A BUSINESS PLAN FOR US.
WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE TO CREATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NEEDED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRAINING, UM, PREPARATION FOR BECOMING CERTIFIED IN TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE.
AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY FOUND IS THAT THERE IS NO ORGANIZATION IN TEXAS THAT PROVIDES THIS TYPE OF SERVICE.
UM, AND THE WAY THAT THEY DREW UP THE BUSINESS PLAN IS THAT WE COULD CREATE AN INSTITUTE THAT WOULD SERVE AS A STATE-OF-THE-ART INFORMATION AND CERTIFICATION HUB FOR SAN ANTONIO, AND WE WOULD DO IT THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CERTIFICATION, WHICH WOULD ALLOW ORGANIZATIONS TO START AT THE BRONZE LEVEL.
AND THEN AS THEY GREW EXPERTISE AND CAPACITY, THEY COULD GO UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND THE NEXT LEVEL.
UM, THEY ESTIMATED THAT THE FIRST YEAR COST TO ESTABLISH AND RUN THIS INSTITUTE WOULD BE $1.2 MILLION.
AND THEY ALSO CAME UP WITH A BUSINESS MODEL THAT WOULD ALLOW THIS ORGANIZATION TO BECOME COMPLETELY SELF-SUFFICIENT BY THE END OF YEAR FIVE.
SO THIS WAS REALLY APPEALING TO US BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST CREATE ANOTHER THING THAT WAS FUNDED IN PERPETUITY.
BUT THE CONCEPT HERE IS THAT AS THEY GREW THEIR EXPERTISE, AS THEY GREW THEIR CUSTOMER BASE, THEY COULD ACTUALLY START WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE BEXAR COUNTY, CHARGING THEM THE FULL COST OF PROVIDING THIS TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CERTIFICATION, AND THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO FUNCTION WITHOUT ADDITIONAL, UM, SUBSIDY.
SO HERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH VIEW OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WOULD WORK ON.
SO THEY WOULD DEVELOP ONLINE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE.
THERE WOULD BE FACE-TO-FACE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING.
THERE WOULD BE THIS ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT.
SO IF YOU WANNA BE CERTIFIED, HERE ARE THE BENCHMARKS YOU NEED TO MEET, AND HERE'S WHERE WE THINK YOU ARE RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS THE DEFICITS WHERE THEY NEED TO DO MORE WORK IN ORDER TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS.
SO THE CITY'S BUDGET THIS YEAR, UM, HAS IN, IN THE MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET, THERE IS, UM, A LITTLE OVER $600,000 AS 50%, UM, MATCHING DOLLARS FOR ESTABLISHING THIS INSTITUTE.
UM, AS THE MANAGER MENTIONED IN HIS BUDGET PRESENTATION, WE ARE EXCITED, UM, TO ANNOUNCE A PARTNERSHIP WITH U H SS, WHERE THEY WILL, UM, MATCH THE OTHER 50% AND PROVIDE THAT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UM, UH, PREPARATION FOR CERTIFICATION DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE ONLINE TRAININGS, ALL OF THAT.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY NEAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND U H SS, UM, THAT WILL HELP HUNDREDS OF NONPROFITS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY BECOME TRAUMA INFORMED.
SO, UH, THE NEXT ONE I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THE SECOND COMPONENT OF OUR STRONG FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
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BUNDLE.UM, AS I MENTIONED, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS ONE OF THE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES THAT, THAT, UM, I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
AND OF COURSE IS CITY COUN ONE OF CITY COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES.
SO IN MAY YOU ASKED US TO PUT TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLAN, AND WE ARE PREPARED TO BRING THAT FINAL PLAN TO YOU.
UM, AT A B SESSION ON OCTOBER 30TH, THAT PLAN WILL HAVE FOUR COMPONENTS, HAVE THE DATA AND THEN THE METRICS.
WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THIS FIVE YEAR PERIOD? UH, IT WILL HAVE A GAP ANALYSIS THAT SAYS, ALL RIGHT, WELL, WHAT IS THE IDEAL STATE OF DEALING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WHERE ARE WE TODAY? AND THEREFORE, WHERE ARE THE GAPS THAT WE NEED TO FILL IN ORDER TO GET TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE IN FIVE YEARS? UM, THE FIVE YEAR FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS BASED ON A C D C VIOLENCE PREVENTION MODEL, WHICH IS HEAVILY FOCUSED ON PREVENTION, UH, BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND IN OUR GAP ANALYSIS IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT ARE DEDICATED TO, UH, POST-EVENT RESPONSE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT ARE UPSTREAM THAT ARE FOCUSING ON PREVENTION.
AND THEN THE FOURTH COMPONENT OF THE PLAN WILL BE, UH, FISCAL YEAR, 2020S WORK PLAN.
SO I WANNA SHOW YOU A PICTURE BEFORE I TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
UM, THIS IS THE JOINT COMMISSION, UM, AND AS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED IT, IT HAS A CONVOLUTED NAME AND WE, WE CAN WORK ON THAT.
BUT, UM, I CALL IT THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION.
AND THIS IS A COMMISSION FORMED BY, UM, JUDGE SAKA AND CO-CHAIRED BY JUDGE DIAZ AND ME.
AND, UM, WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS SCREEN IS THE FACT THAT THIS COMMISSION WILL BE MADE UP OF FIVE STAKEHOLDER SUBCOMMITTEES.
SO ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES IS, UM, THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY AS REPRESENTED THROUGH THE BEXAR COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TASK FORCE.
THERE'S ANOTHER SUBCOMMITTEE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ON HEALTHCARE PROSECUTION JUDICIARY.
SO EACH OF THOSE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEES WILL LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLAN, LOOK AT THE GAPS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THAT PLAN AND SAY, WE ARE GOING TO OWN THESE TWO THINGS FROM THE PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, AND WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON THIS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR TO ADDRESS IT, TO FIX IT, TO CREATE IT.
WE ALSO HAVE A POLICY WORK GROUP WHERE AS THEY IDENTIFY POLICY IMPEDIMENTS TO PROGRESS, THEY CAN FEED THOSE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS WORK GROUP, AND THAT WORK GROUP CAN HELP FIGURE OUT WHETHER IT'S A LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL POLICY ISSUE, AND FUNNEL THOSE, UM, REQUESTS TO THE APPROPRIATE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO THAT'S A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE PLAN WILL CONTAIN, HOW THE WORK WILL BE DONE OCTOBER 30TH.
I WILL BRING YOU A LOT MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO DO WHAT BY WHEN.
ALL OF THAT WILL BE WORKED OUT BY OCTOBER 30TH, AND WE WILL BE SHARING THAT WITH YOU.
IN THE MEANTIME, HOWEVER, WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE.
UM, I WON'T COVER THE ENTIRE LIST.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
BUT OF NOTE ARE, UM, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PILOT IN MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING THAT WE'VE STARTED IN D FIVE, UM, AN ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS SIGNED SPECIFIC TO DEALING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HERE AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AMONG OUR EMPLOYEES, UM, A COMMUNITY-WIDE COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT AS, UM, JENNY HICKSON, WHO'S HERE, RAISE YOUR HAND, JENNY.
AS JENNY'S BEEN GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND DOING LISTENING SESSIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS, THE NUMBER ONE THING PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT, THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF IS COMMUNICATING TO THE COMMUNITY.
ONE IS THAT YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE WITH YOUR PARTNER, AND TWO, IF YOU DON'T FEEL SAFE WITH YOUR PARTNER, HERE ARE RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO TO HELP YOU.
SO, UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UM, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROGRAMS IN ALL OF LIFE IS CALLED HANDLE WITH CARE.
THEY PILOTED IT THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND IT TO ALL OF THE ISDS THROUGHOUT THE, THE COUNTY.
UM, AND THAT'S A SIMPLE PROGRAM WHERE IF SS A P D SHOWS UP TO A CHILD'S HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT FOR WHATEVER TRAUMATIC REASON, THEY WILL NOTIFY THAT CHILD'S SCHOOL THAT MOR THE FOLLOWING MORNING, SO THAT THAT CHILD'S
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TEACHER AND GUIDANCE COUNSELOR WILL GET A MESSAGE THAT BASICALLY SAYS, HANDLE WITH CARE.IT DOESN'T DISCUSS ABOUT WHAT THE REASON WAS FOR THE VISIT AND DOESN'T SHARE ANY OF THE DETAILS.
IT JUST SAYS, IF THIS CHILD'S HAVING A ROUGH DAY, THERE'S A REASON, PLEASE HANDLE WITH CARE.
SO I'M SUPER EXCITED THAT WE'RE GONNA BE EXPANDING THAT, UM, BECAUSE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF S A P D INTERACTIONS WITH HOUSES WITH CHILDREN DOES REVOLVE AROUND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
UM, SO NEXT STEPS AS FAR AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE GO IS WE ARE, WE HAVE A DRAFT PLAN FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLAN.
WE'RE VETTING THAT WITH ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS, MAKING SURE WE'VE CAPTURED EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANT US, US TO CAPTURE IN OUR INTERVIEWS WITH THEM.
UM, BY OCTOBER 15TH THROUGH THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION, EACH OF THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES WILL SELECT THEIR TWO.
NOW MY GUESS IS THEY'RE GONNA SELECT MORE THAN TWO, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING THEM IF THEY COULD PLEASE SELECT TWO ITEMS THAT THEY'RE GONNA WORK ON THIS YEAR, AND THEN DECEMBER 1ST, UM, WE WILL ISSUE AN R F P FOR ALLOCATING A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO, UM, THE CITY, THE MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET HAS A MILLION DOLLARS FOR PROGRAMMATIC NEW INITIATIVES.
UM, HALF OF THAT WE CAN START IMMEDIATELY NOW THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, FOCUSING ON PREVENTION.
AND THEN THE OTHER HALF IS BEING SET ASIDE FOR, UM, DELEGATE AGENCIES TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR BASED ON THE WORK THEY'RE DOING THROUGH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT THE, THE DOLLARS ALLOCATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR DELEGATE AGENCIES, THAT AMOUNT HAS INCREASED, UM, BY ABOUT 500,000, UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ABOUT 500,000.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ALSO A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN, UM, POLICE STAFFING FOR PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND PERSONNEL RESPONDING TO OR WORKING TO PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
SO THE LAST ITEM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS MENTAL HEALTH.
UM, THERE, UH, HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE GROUP OF FOLKS FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, INCLUDING, UM, U H S AND STRAC, WHO'VE BEEN WORKING ON A MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM GAP ANALYSIS.
AND WE COMMISSIONED A, UM, A SUMMARY OF THAT.
WE, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THERE WERE A HALF A DOZEN OR SO EXISTING GAP ANALYSES THAT HAD BEEN DONE SPECIFIC TO MENTAL HEALTH OVER THE LAST FOUR TO FIVE YEARS.
AND SO WE PULLED ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE BECAUSE EACH HAD A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOCUS.
UH, BUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS THEY WERE ALL FINDING THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOCUS, IT WAS KIND OF BEING LOST IN ITS SPECIFICITY AND, AND TARGET AUDIENCE.
SO WE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN ONE DOCUMENT, AND BASICALLY WHAT WE FOUND WERE NEEDS AROUND NEW CAPACITY, UM, EXPANDING EXISTING CAPACITY, LOTS OF PROCESS IMPROVEMENT CHANGES THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT WE CAN MAKE, UM, BETTER INTEGRATION OF, UH, NOT JUST MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, BUT PHYSICAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
UM, WE, I THINK WE TEND TO THINK THAT SOMEHOW WE CAN JUST REMOVE THE BRAIN FROM THE REST OF THE PERSON AND DEAL WITH THAT.
AND OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK.
SO LOTS OF INTEGRATION OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, WE REALLY DO NEED TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO TREATMENT AND, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM.
WE DO NOT HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ARE DISCONNECTED AND WE NEED TO TIE THEM TOGETHER.
SO THIS GROUP TOOK A LOOK AT THAT DOCUMENT AND, UM, DECIDED THAT OUR TWO FOCUS AREAS FOR RIGHT NOW ARE, AGAIN, THIS FOCUS ON PREVENTION.
WE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB ONCE SOMEBODY IS IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND NEEDS TO BE HOSPITALIZED THROUGH THE WORK THAT STRAC HAS DONE THROUGH THE SOUTH TEXAS CRISIS COLLABORATIVE, PUTTING TOGETHER A, A FAIRLY LINEAR AND LOGICAL SYSTEM ABOUT HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY HAS TO BE HOSPITALIZED FOR A PSYCHIATRIC ISSUE.
UM, WE NEED TO BUILD ON BOTH ENDS OF THAT PORTION OF THE SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN INTERVENE BEFORE THEY HAVE TO BE HOSPITALIZED.
AND ONCE THEY'RE DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL, WE CAN HELP MAKE SURE THAT THE SAME THINGS THAT LED TO THEM BEING HOSPITALIZED IN THE FIRST PLACE DON'T HAPPEN ALL OVER AGAIN, AND IT JUST BECOMES A CYCLE.
SO, UM, OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS RIGHT NOW ARE
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WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON PREVENTION AND WE NEED TO EXPAND THE SOUTH TEXAS CRISIS COLLABORATIVE TO DEAL WITH BOTH PRE AND POST-HOSPITALIZATION.UM, TWO SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IMMEDIATELY ON THAT WE ARE IN THE PLANNING STAGES, UH, TO HELP THE COUNTY DEVELOP A PRE-CRISIS URGENT CARE FACILITY.
UM, THIS WOULD BE A WALK-IN TYPE, UM, FACILITY WHERE SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T NEED TO BE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL BUT KNOWS THAT THEY NEED PSYCHIATRIC CARE AND HELP CAN GET AN APPOINTMENT WITHIN ONE TO TWO DAYS RATHER THAN THE THREE TO SIX MONTHS THAT IT CURRENTLY TAKES FOR SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO SEE A PSYCHIATRIST.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT IT WILL PROVIDE IS ACCESS TO, UM, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER COMMON PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, HOSPITALIZED, IS THEIR PRESCRIPTION RAN OUT AND THEY COULDN'T GET, AND THEY MISSED THEIR APPOINTMENT AND THEY COULDN'T GET THE NEXT APPOINTMENT UNTIL SIX MONTHS FROM NOW.
SO THAT MEANS THEY'RE OFF THEIR PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS FOR SIX MONTHS, AND THEN WE HAVE PROBLEMS. SO THIS WOULD PROVIDE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS THAT DOESN'T CURRENTLY EXIST IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO, UM, BE PARTNERING THE COUNTY'S TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PARTNERING WITH THEM.
UM, THE OTHER THING WE'RE WORKING ON IS CONVENING STAKEHOLDERS.
WE, WE REALLY NEED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT DOES THIS SYSTEM LOOK LIKE AND HOW DO WE BUILD IT OUT ON BOTH ENDS.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER BIGGER GROUP THAT WE'RE PULLING TOGETHER TO, UM, START THAT WORK.
SO THAT IS THE END OF, UM, THE STRONG CHILDREN AND FAMILIES BUNDLE.
UM, NEXT YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THEN FROM HUMAN SERVICES, AND THEN WE'LL ALL BE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, MY NAME IS JENNIFER HARRIETT.
I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OVER THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND BEFORE I GET STARTED, I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE MY LEADERSHIP TEAM.
ANITA KIAN, WHO IS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER COMMUNICABLE DISEASE HERE WITH US.
UH, KATHY SHIELD, WHO'S THE INTERIM OVER COMMUNITY HEALTH, AND MARIO MARTINEZ, WHO'S THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND, UM, OCCUPATION SERVICES.
UM, THEY'VE ALL BEEN A TREMENDOUS HELP TO ME OVER THE LAST FIVE AND A HALF MONTHS IN MY INTERIM ROLE, AND I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK THEM FOR THAT.
AT METRO HEALTH, OUR VISION IS HEALTHY PEOPLE THRIVING IN A HEALTHY COMMUNITY.
UM, OUR MOTTO OR WHAT WE FOCUS ON, ON IN PUBLIC HEALTH IS PREVENTING, UH, ILLNESS, PROMOTING HEALTHY BEHAVIORS AND PROTECTING AGAINST HEALTH HAZARDS.
THE METRO HEALTH TEAM IS MADE UP OF 429 EMPLOYEES.
WE, UH, WORK IN ABOUT 164 COMMUNITY LOCATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE 23 CITY FACILITIES, AND WE'VE SERVED OVER 168,000 UNDUPLICATED RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE MADE UP BY THREE DISTINCT DIVISIONS.
OUR COMMUNICABLE DISEASE DIVISION, AS I MENTIONED, IS, UM, LED BY DR.
AND THE PROGRAMS IN OUR, UH, COMMUNICABLE DISEASE DIVISION INCLUDE IMMUNIZATIONS, TUBERCULOSIS, UH, STDS, AND H I V, UH, AND OUR EPIDEMIOLOGY DEPARTMENT DIVISION.
UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH DIVISION, OUR FOCUS IS ON PROMOTING HEALTHY BEHAVIORS.
AND IN THAT DIVISION, UM, WE, IT INCLUDES OUR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION PROGRAM, OUR WIC PROGRAM, OUR ASTHMA PROGRAM, UH, AS WELL AS OUR HEALTHY START PROGRAM.
AND, UM, OUR ORAL HEALTH PROGRAM.
AND IN OUR THIRD DIVISION, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND OPERATIONS DIVISION, OUR FOCUS IS PROTECTING PEOPLE AGAINST HEALTH HAZARDS.
AND WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR DIVISION IS WHERE YOU'LL FIND OUR, UM, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM, OUR VECTOR PROGRAM, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM, OZONE ATTAINMENT, AND ALSO OUR STANDUP S A PROGRAM.
IN TERMS OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 2020, WE'RE, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS MADE UP OF $42.9 MILLION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, A THIRD OF THAT, ABOUT A THIRD OF THAT OR $15.7 MILLION WILL COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AND TWO THIRDS OF THAT COMES FROM GRANT FUNDS THAT WE GET BOTH FROM STATE AND FEDERAL.
UM, DOLLARS LOOK ALLOCATED TO US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
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IN FISCAL 2020, WE EXPECT TO HAVE 420 P 29 POSITIONS.131 OF THESE POSITIONS WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND, AND THE REMAINING 298 POSITIONS ARE GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS.
THE INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND REFLECTS THE PROPOSED 500,000 FOR PAID SICK LEAVE, AS WELL AS THE STRONG FAMILY AND CHILDREN INITIATIVES MENTIONED BY DR.
BRIDGER, WHICH INCLUDES THE 600 FOR THE TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE CERTIFYING ENTITY, THE 500 FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, WHICH WILL BE ALLOCATED, UM, AT 250,000 FOR THE, UH, TRIPLE PT PREGNANCY PARENTING PROGRAM, EXCUSE ME, THE 80,000 TO IMPLEMENT TWO GOOD FOR VIOLENCE AND 170,000 TO DEVELOP A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
UH, THE $2.1 MILLION VARIANCE THAT YOU SEE IN THE GRANTS AREA IS ACTUALLY A TRUE REDUCTION OF ABOUT 1.5 MILLION.
UH, WE HAD FOR TWO YEARS A ZIKA GRANT, UM, AND THAT WAS NOT REISSUED, WHICH WAS $800,000 A YEAR.
AND THEN OUR HEALTHY START PROGRAM WAS REDUCED BY 700,000.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN FOR ALL HEALTHY START PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THE REMAINING VARIANCE ACTUALLY IS GOOD NEWS FOR US, AND THAT REFLECTS A REDUCTION IN OUR 1115 WAIVER EXPENDITURES THROUGH IDENTIFIED EFFICIENCIES, AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT IN MORE DETAIL WITH YOU IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
I DID WANNA TALK ABOUT A FEW OF OUR 2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
SO, UM, CITY HEALTH, AS MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT WHEN WE WORKED ON, UH, TOBACCO 21 IS A NATIONAL RANKING SYSTEM FOR CITIES THAT ADOPT STRONG PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN OVERALL SILVER MEDAL BECAUSE OF PROGRAMS AND POLICIES LIKE PRE-K FOR SA, TOBACCO, 21 SMOKE-FREE, INDOOR AIR QUALITY, AND FOOD SAFETY.
THIS YEAR WE STRENGTHENED OUR COMPLETE STREETS POLICY AND WE IMPLEMENTED A HEALTHY FOOD AND BEVERAGE PROCUREMENT POLICY AT THE CITY, WHICH SHOULD HELP US GAIN NATIONAL RECOGNITION AND HOPEFULLY ACHIEVE A GOLD MEDAL THIS NOVEMBER FROM CITY HEALTH.
AND THAT'S A CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET, SO PLEASE DON'T TELL ANYONE.
UM, FAB STANDS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION BOARD.
METRO HEALTH HAS APPLIED FOR PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION.
ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTATION HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO FAB, AND WE WILL BE HAVING A, UM, SITE VISIT NEXT WEEK ON AUGUST 21ST AND 22ND, AND WE'RE BOTH LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
A LITTLE BIT ANXIOUS ABOUT IT, BUT FEELING VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE EXPECT TO BECOME ACCREDITED.
METRO HEALTH IS ALSO IN THE FINAL STAGES OF DEVELOPING OUR FOUR YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.
I KNOW I PRESENTED TO YOU ON SOME OF THE WORK WE HAD DONE PREVIOUSLY EARLIER THIS YEAR, BUT OVER THE PAST YEAR, UM, WE'VE ENGAGED OVER 4,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO HELP US IDENTIFY FOUR KEY HEALTH PRIORITIES, SOME OF WHICH ARE DRIVING THE CURRENT BUDGET IMPROVEMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020.
AND I'LL BE GIVING YOU SOME UPDATES SPECIFICALLY ON WHAT, WHAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON.
UM, AND LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE SAN ANTONIO LACTATION SUPPORT CENTER PREVIOUSLY CALLED THE BABY CAFE.
I KNOW THOSE OF YOU'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR A WHILE, HAVE COME AND VISITED US THERE, BUT I REALLY ENCOURAGED, UM, NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME AND VISIT US.
WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY FUNDS, UM, AT THE STATE LEVEL TO SUPPORT, TO ENTIRELY SUPPORT THE BABY CAFE.
THAT MEANT WE HAD TO CHANGE THE NAME.
BUT BESIDES THAT, THAT'S A, A GREAT WAY FOR US TO SUSTAIN ONE OF OUR 1115 WAIVER PROJECTS, UM, INTO THE FUTURE.
SO, UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
I ALSO WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SA KIDS BREATHE.
UM, LAST YEAR, COUNCIL FUNDED METRO HEALTH TO LAUNCH SA KIDS.
BREATHE, AND PROVIDED US WITH ABOUT $355,000 IN MAY.
THE SA KIDS BREATHE PROGRAM STARTED ENROLLING, UM, CLIENTS, AND WE'VE SO FAR RESERVED, RECEIVED 47 REFERRALS.
OF THOSE 47 43 WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM, AND WE'VE CONDUCTED, UH, 21ST HOME VISITS AND AN ADDITIONAL 13 SECOND HOME VISITS.
WHEN SCHOOLS START, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT REFERRAL WILL GO UP TREMENDOUSLY.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH PROVIDERS, BUT WE EXPECT THAT, UH, THE SCHOOL NURSES WILL PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF REFERRALS TO US MOVING FORWARD.
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, THIS WAS ANOTHER AREA THAT WE RECEIVED AN IMPROVEMENT IN FISCAL YEAR 2019
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IN THE FORM OF AN, UH, ACES COORDINATOR.SO DURING THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THINGS.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THOSE.
UM, WE DID ESTABLISH THE SOUTH TEXAS TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE CONSORTIUM.
WE'VE GOT OVER 500 MEMBERS WORKING ACROSS 12 DIFFERENT SECTORS, AND AS DR.
BRIDGER MENTIONED, WE DEVELOPED A BUSINESS PLAN TO ES ESTABLISH THE TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE CERTIFYING ENTITY.
ANOTHER THING WE DID, UM, WAS HAVE A PROCLAMATION IN THE MONTH OF MAY, AND DURING THAT MONTH, WE HAD OVER 20 EDUCATIONAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, ALL TEACHERS AT SOUTH SAN I S D WILL HAVE BEEN TRAINED BY OUR TEAM IN ACES AND TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE.
ANOTHER AREA THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN IS IN IS EMBEDDING EQUITY IN METRO HEALTH.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT WHEN IT COMES TO EQUITY, METRO HEALTH HAS BEEN A LEADER IN THIS AREA.
WE CURRENTLY FUND AN OFFICE OF HEALTH EQUITY AT METRO HEALTH.
WE HAVE A HEALTH EQUITY LEADERSHIP TEAM MADE UP OF REPRESENTATION FROM ALL OF OUR DIVISIONS, AND WE HAVE TWO DEDICATED FULL-TIME STAFF WORKING IN THIS AREA IN FISCAL YEAR 2020.
METRO HEALTH WILL CONTINUE TO INCLUDE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES ON OUR ADVISORY BOARDS, AS WELL AS COMPENSATE COMMUNITY MEMBERS DOING OUTREACH THROUGH OUR REACH.
AS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED IN HIS, UH, PRESENTATION, THE CITY HAS ALLOCATED 549,000
WITH THIS FUNDING, THE MAJORITY OF IT OR 335,000 WILL BE USED, UH, FOR PERSONNEL COSTS AND FOR LEGAL SUPPORT.
215,000 OF THIS IS FOR THE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS CAMPAIGN, IMPLEMENTATION OF A PAID SICK LEAVE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN AND ONE TIME OFF OFFICE SET UP EXPENSES.
WE EXPECT TO POST ALL FOUR POSITIONS BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
WE'VE ALREADY DEVELOPED A ROBUST COMMUNICATIONS PLAN WITH PLANS TO IMPLEMENT AN EARLY OCTOBER TO ENSURE THAT WE PUBLICIZE THE PAID SICK LEAVE LAW AS IT IS ROLLED OUT IN DECEMBER.
WE WILL, AGAIN HOST INFORMATION SESSIONS AND OFFER IN-PERSON TRAININGS, EMPLOYER WORKSHOPS, AND ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS UPON REQUEST.
THE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN WILL INCLUDE ADS ON BUSES, POSTERS, AND BUS SHELTERS, TV AND RADIO SPOTS, AS WELL AS ADS IN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN TERMS OF BUDGET EFFICIENCIES, THE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE IDENTIFIED WILL ALLOW US TO IMPROVE PATIENT FLOW AT OUR S T D CLINIC BY ADDING AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE, IT WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO BETTER ASSIST CUSTOMERS WITH AIR POLLUTION REGISTRATION, INVOICING, TRACKING COMPLAINTS, AND DATA COLLECTION BY ADDING A BUSINESS LIAISON TO OUR AIR POLLUTION PROGRAM.
AND IT WILL HELP US BY CONSOLIDATING OUR BUILDING MAINTENANCE PROCESS AS WE GO FROM MAINTAINING SIX FACILITIES TO FIVE BUILDING FACILITIES.
SO WHAT TO EXPECT IN FISCAL YEAR 2020? THE FOUR STRATEGIC HEALTH PRIORITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AND THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH YOU ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WERE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, VIOLENCE PREVENTION, ACCESS TO CARE AND NUTRITION.
OUR MANAGEMENT FELLOW MARIA YBA RODRIGUEZ, IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT FINAL DOCUMENT, AND WE EXPECT IT TO BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 1ST.
UH, AND THIS DOCUMENT WILL, OR THIS PLAN WILL RUN THROUGH SEPTEMBER, 2023.
SO LET ME TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
IN TERMS OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, WE LEAD, WE REALLY LEAD WITH ACES, AS DR.
UM, WE'RE LEADING WITH ACES AWARENESS AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, VIOLENCE TAKES MANY FORMS, INCLUDING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, BULLYING, TEEN DATING, VIOLENCE, YOUTH VIOLENCE, AND COMMUNITY VIOLENCE.
NOT ONLY ARE THESE FORMS OF VIOLENCE INTERCONNECTED, BUT VIOLENCE IS BOTH A CONTRIBUTOR TO AND A RESULT OF ACES BECAUSE ACES HAVE A PROFOUND EFFECT ON INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH.
IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT ACES AND VIOLENCE OVERLAP IN MULTIPLE WAYS.
AND IN ADDRESSING THESE, WE WILL BE ADDRESSING MULTIPLE CITY GOALS.
THE THREE FOCUS AREAS UNDER ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES ARE ENSURING HEALTHY TEEN
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RELATIONSHIPS.WE ANTICIPATE IMPLEMENTING THE TWO GOOD FOR VIOLENCE PROGRAM WITHIN S A I S D AND HOPE TO, UM, HAVE OVER A THOUSAND STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE SEVEN SESSION PROGRAM.
AND, UH, AND 50 TEACHERS OR EDUCATORS TRAINED IN TWO GOOD FOR VIOLENCE IN EARLY OCTOBER IN TERMS OF ENSURING, UH, PARENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS. UM, WE'RE HOPING TO IMPLEMENT THE TRIPLE P PARENTING PROGRAM, UM, ALSO MENTIONED BY DR.
AND, UM, LASTLY, IN TERMS OF CONTINUING TO INCREASE COMMUNITY AWARENESS ABOUT ACES, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN THAT WILL ALSO TOUCH ON ISSUES RELATED TO ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES.
UM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ESTABLISHING THE TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE CERTIFYING ENTITY.
BRIDGER HAS ALREADY DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
BRIDGER MENTIONED, METRO HEALTH WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, SS A P D, AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO IMPLEMENT THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IN ADDITION TO OUR WORK AROUND PREVENTING ACES, CHILD ABUSE, TEEN DATING, VIOLENCE, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, METRO HEALTH WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSING MEASURES TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY BY EXPANDING THE PROGRAMMING ALREADY STARTED BY STANDUP SA AND BY PARTNERING WITH SS A P D SCHOOLS AND NON-PROFITS LIKE MY BROTHER'S KEEPER IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO CARE, METRO HEALTH WILL WORK IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS, ADVANCING ECONOMIC STABILITY.
UH, METRO HEALTH WILL MAKE AND TRACK 3000 REFERRALS TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND VITA CENTERS IN TERMS OF INCREASING ACCESS TO IMMIGRANT FRIENDLY SERVICES.
METROHEALTH WILL WORK WITH TINO GALLEGOS TO EXPAND THE COSA IMMIGRATION LIAISON RESOURCE GUIDE, TRANSLATE IT INTO SPANISH, AND DISTRIBUTE IT TO 10 AND DISTRIBUTE 10,000 COPIES THROUGH THE FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE.
IN, IN ADDITION, METRO HEALTH WILL CONDUCT 10 INFORMATION SESSIONS FOR IMMIGRANTS AT CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS THAT EXPLAIN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND LEGAL RIGHTS TO CARE.
AND LASTLY, IN THIS AREA, FUNDING WILL BE SOUGHT TO PROVIDE REACH OUT STAND STRONG ESSENTIALS FOR NEW MOTHERS TO 25% OF OUR HEALTHY START CLIENTS.
THIS CURRICULUM HAS BEEN PROVEN TO REDUCE POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION BY HALF.
AND LASTLY, IN THE IMPORTANT AREA OF NUTRITION, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPANDING, UM, USE OF COMMUNITY NUTRITION STANDARDS.
ONE WAY THAT WE'LL BE DOING THIS IS BY IMPLE IMPLEMENTING THAT HEALTHY FOOD AND BEVERAGE PROCUREMENT POLICY HERE AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT ALSO WORKING WITH BUSINESSES IN SAN ANTONIO TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO IMPLEMENT SIMILAR POLICIES.
WE'LL ALSO BE COMPLETING A LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT OF THE NUTRITION ENVIRONMENT AT EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS AND AFTERSCHOOL CENTERS.
AND WE'LL ALSO BE OVERSEEING THE COMPLETION OF THE HEALTHY CORNER STORES PILOT PROJECT IN D THREE AND INITIATIVES, AN INITIATIVE THAT AIMS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AT CONVENIENCE STORES.
MY LAST SLIDE IS A FEW MORE THINGS TO EXPECT IN FISCAL YEAR 2020.
UM, ONE OF THOSE IS, UH, REVITALIZATION OF OUR POOR VIDA HEALTHY MENUS PROGRAM.
SO METRO HEALTH, UM, PLANS TO EXPAND, EXCUSE ME, METRO HEALTH PLANS TO EXPAND AND RESTRUCTURE OUR POOR VIDA HEALTHY MENUS PROGRAM BY RECOGNIZING HEALTHY OPTIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH, UM, SANITARIANS, UM, IN TERMS OF HIGH, UH, SCORES AT RESTAURANTS.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING, UM, ON ENVIRONMENTALLY, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRACTICES, TOBACCO FREE POLICIES, UM, SO THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE IDENTIFYING RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE HEALTHY FOOD, BUT WE'RE ALSO IDENTIFYING RESTAURANTS THAT ARE DOING WELL IN TERMS OF THEIR INSPECTIONS ARE DOING WELL IN TERMS OF RECYCLING, ARE DOING, DOING WELL IN TERMS OF THEIR TOBACCO POLICIES.
UM, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE, OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND SOLID WASTE ON THIS INITIATIVE.
THE OTHER AND LAST TWO INITIATIVES ARE ONES THAT MARIO, UM, AND I HAVE MET WITH ALL OF YOU OR WITH YOUR STAFF ABOUT OVER THE LAST, IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO.
UM, BUT THIS INCLUDES THE RESTAURANT PLACARDS, UH, PROPOSAL.
METRO HEALTH IS CURRENTLY SEEKING INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC AND FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS REGARDING OUR PROPOSAL TO REQUIRE THE POSTING OF GRADE PLACARDS TO DATE.
UM, WE HAVE CONDUCTED OVER 1,790 SPEAKUP SURVEYS THAT
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HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FROM RESIDENTS AND A, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WHO'VE RESPONDED TO THESE SURVEYS, 96% WOULD LIKE TO SEE GRADED GRADES POSTED IN PUBLIC VIEW.IN ADDITION, WE'VE COLLECTED OVER 2,700 SURVEYS FROM FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS THEMSELVES, THAT'S OVER 50% OF FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS.
AND, AND SHARING WITH THEM THE FOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT, UM, ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM IN TERMS OF HOW TO POST AND WHERE TO POST THE PLACARDS AND HOW WE WILL ASSESS THEIR ACTUAL GRADE.
UM, MOST OF THEM ARE SELECTING THE OPTION THAT INCLUDES AN AVERAGE OF FOUR INSPECTION SCORES TO DETERMINE THE GRADE.
UH, SO IT'S A LOOK BACK AT HOW THEY'VE DONE AT FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, TO DATE, 50%, 54% OF ALL LICENSED FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE BEEN SURVEYED.
AND LAST BUT NOT NOT LEAST, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT OUR OZONE ATTAINMENT MASTER PLAN.
UM, THIS WILL MEAN CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL AS IMPLEMENTING THOSE SIX AREAS OF OZONE ATTAINMENT THAT WE'VE WRITTEN UP IN OUR OZONE ATTAINMENT MASTER PLAN, WHICH INCLUDE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING, THE VOLKSWAGEN BENEFICIARY MITIGATION OZONE BEST PRACTICES, IDENT IDENTIFICATION OF POINT SOURCE AND MITIGATION BUS, WORKING WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND IDENTIFYING POLICY ADVOCACY AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT THE DEPARTMENT'S HUMAN, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET.
AND THIS PRESENTATION ALSO INCLUDES DELEGATE AGENCY RECOMMENDATIONS.
HUMAN SERVICES IS A BIG DEPARTMENT AND WITH MULTIPLE LINES OF BUSINESS, I COULD NOT DO THIS WORK WITHOUT MY VERY TALENTED TEAM.
WITH ME TODAY ARE MY ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, EDWARD GONZALEZ AND JESSICA VELINA, AND YOU ALSO KNOW REBECCA FLORES, EDUCATION POLICY ADMINISTRATOR.
AND REVEREND ANNE HELMKE, OF COURSE, ARE FAITH-BASED AND COMPASSIONATE SAN ANTONIO LIAISON AND ALSO, UH, PATRICK STECK, WHO IS THE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR.
SO FIRST, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THE HUMAN SERVICES TEAM IS 350 EMPLOYEES.
STRONG HUMAN SERVICES OPERATES IN 27 CITY, UM, OWNED AND LEASED FACILITIES, AND I ALSO HAVE STAFF PROVIDING SERVICES IN 59 COMMUNITY LOCATIONS CITYWIDE.
THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL SERVE MORE THAN 90,000 RESIDENTS THROUGH OUR, UM, DIRECT SERVICES.
WE DO THIS WORK TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR VULNERABLE RESIDENTS IN SAN ANTONIO, AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE THE CITY'S VISION OF PROSPERITY FOR ALL.
OUR WORK IS FOCUSED IN FOUR LONG-TERM OUTCOMES.
THESE ARE OUR LANES TO KEEP US FOCUSED.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH ARE SAFE, HEALTHY, RESILIENT, AND READY TO SUCCEED.
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ARE SECURE, STABLE AND STRONG.
SENIORS ARE HEALTHY, ENGAGED, AND INDEPENDENT, AND HOMELESS IS RARE, BRIEF AND NON-RECURRING.
THE FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE AND OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES SUPPORT OUR DIRECT SERVICES AND MAXIMIZE OUR IMPACT.
I RE UM, WE DO NOT DO ANYTHING ALONE IN HUMAN SERVICES.
THE NEEDS ARE GREAT AND SO WE LEVERAGE OUR PARTNERSHIPS TO ENHANCE OUR CORE SERVICES.
I REPEAT THIS OFTEN BECAUSE IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR WORK, WE WORK WITH A CROSS SECTION OF NONPROFIT BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT SECTOR AGENCIES, AS WELL AS WITH A NUMBER OF OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS, I BELIEVE IMPLEMENTING EFFECTIVE AND INNOVATIVE, UM, COLLABORATIONS IS HUMAN SERVICES' GREATEST STRENGTH.
THE HUMAN SERVICES PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 IS ALMOST 152 MILLION.
71% OF THIS OF THIS IS FROM GRANTS.
PRE PREDOMINANTLY FEDERAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES GRANTS HAD START AND CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES.
OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE BY, UM, A LITTLE OVER $500,000.
AND PROPOSED DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING INCREASES BY 1.6 MILLION TO EXPAND HOMELESS AND FAMILY VIOLENCE SERVICES.
THIS BUDGET DOES REFLECT OUR LONG-TERM OUTCOMES.
WHAT YOU SEE REPRESENTS EVERYTHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES DIRECTLY AND INCORPORATES WHAT OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES DO.
FOR US HUMAN SERVICES BEGAN WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY IN 2017 TO IMPROVE THE IMPACT OF THE DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESS.
CURRENT ONGOING EQUITY EFFORTS INCLUDE COORDINATING COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS TO DEVELOP STR STRATEGIES AND MAXIMIZE OUR INVESTMENTS BY FOCUSING ON TARGETED HIGH NEED POPULATIONS.
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AND WE ALSO BEGAN REQUIRING CONSISTENT COLLECTION OF DEMOGRAPHIC IN INFORMATION BOTH INTERNALLY AND THROUGH OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES.MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING RACIAL DISPARITIES AND DISAGGREGATING THIS DATA BY RACIAL GROUP TO MORE EFFECTIVELY IMPACT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
AS AN EXAMPLE, WE WANT TO IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY OUTREACH AND DIS TO DISCONNECTED AND HOMELESS L G B T Q AND YOUTH OF COLOR.
ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENHANCING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ENSURING THE TARGET POPULATION IS PART OF THE SOLUTION THAT THEY ARE AT THE TABLE IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR WORK.
HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDES A CONTINUUM OF EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT SERVE OVER 21,000 CHILDREN, AGES ZERO TO 12 IN THEIR FAMILIES ANNUALLY.
HEAD START, EARLY HEAD START, AND CHILDCARE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS SERVE OUR MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN, INCLUDING DISABLED, HOMELESS, AND THOSE IN THE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES SYSTEM.
DUAL GENERATION STRATEGIES CONNECT CHILDREN TO QUALITY EARLY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, HELP MORE THAN 7,800 PARENTS WORK OR PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATION THEMSELVES AND PROVIDE A PROTECTIVE FACTOR TO CHILDREN WHO ARE AT RISK OF ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND FAILING TO THRIVE.
AND IN MAY, THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M SORRY, END IN MAY, THE CITY HUMANS, BOTH HUMAN SERVICES AND PRE-K, ALONG WITH UNITED WAY, RECEIVED A NATIONAL PACE CENTER AWARD FROM THE CAMPAIGN FOR GRADE LEVEL READING FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW FOR OUR WORK IN PREPARING CHILDREN TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL, WE PROMOTE YOUTH SUCCESS BY PROVIDING PAID INTERNSHIPS AND CAREER EXPLORATION FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS THROUGH THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
THE 2019 AMBASSADORS COMPLETED THEIR PROGRAM LAST WEEK AND THEY WERE THE LARGEST AND MOST DIVERSE STUDENTS WE HAVE HAD WORKED WITH.
ADDITIONALLY, WE INVEST AND MANAGE OVER 3.3 MILLION FOR COLLEGE ACCESS AND COMPLETION SERVICES TO THIS SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP.
WE WORKED WITH THE PARTNERSHIP THIS YEAR TO EXPAND OUTREACH AND BETTER SERVE ADULT LEARNERS BY ADDING COUNSELING CAPACITY, UM, TO HELP PEOPLE TRANSITION TO COLLEGE.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NEXT LEVEL COUNSEL WITH YOUR SUPPORT.
ON FEBRUARY 18TH, WE OPENED THE NEXT LEVEL OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT REENGAGEMENT CENTER AT THE FRANK GARRETT COMMUNITY CENTER TO CONTAIN D DISENGAGED YOUTH TO EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS REPORTED THERE ARE 35,016 TO 24 YEAR OLD YOUTH ACROSS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHO ARE NOT IN SCHOOL AND ARE NOT WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS AND GOODWILL.
THE CENTER OFFERS CASE MANAGEMENT, COUNSELING, HEALTH AND EDUCATION SERVICES.
$258,000 IS INCU INCLUDED IN THE HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET FOR 2020 TO SUPPORT THE CENTER.
AND I'M RECOMMENDING ADDITIONAL, AN ADDITIONAL $415,000 THROUGH THE DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESS TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH GOODWILL AND COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS.
SINCE FEBRUARY, WE HAVE ENROLLED 230 YOUTH WITH SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE.
46% OF PARTICIPANTS HAVE A 10TH GRADE EDUCATION OR LESS.
55% HAVE FOUR OR MORE ADVERSE CHILD EXPERIENCES.
ACES THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION AND 50%, MORE THAN 50% ACTUALLY ARE READING AT THE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE LEVEL.
IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF OPERATIONS, WE SUCCESSFULLY RECRUITED THE POPULATION THAT WE PROPOSED TO SERVE AND THEY ARE ENGAGED IN CASE MANAGEMENT AND JOB COUNSELING.
SINCE OPENING THE CENTER, THE SAN SAN ANTONIO AND OUR MODEL HAS RECEIVED A GREAT DEAL OF NATIONAL ATTENTION, UM, INCLUDING INVITATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, UM, NATIONAL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT CONFERENCE, AS WELL AS THE ASPEN INSTITUTE PROGRAMS. HUMAN SERVICES WORKS TO ST YEP.
HUMAN SERVICES WORKS TO STABILIZE AND IMPROVE THE FINANCIAL SECURITY OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS BY PROVIDING EMERGENCY UTILITY ASSISTANCE AS A SAFETY NET BENEFITS ACCESS AND FINANCIAL COUNSELING.
WE PROVIDE FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND ASSET BUILDING THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE FINANCIAL FINANCIAL COUNSELING TO RESIDENTS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES CREATE AND MAINTAIN A STRONG HOUSEHOLD BUDGET.
REPAY OUTSTANDING DEBTS, IMPROVE THEIR CREDIT SCORE AND BUILD ASSETS TO ESTABLISH THEIR DREAMS. BASED ON THIS WORK, HUMAN SERVICES WAS DESIGNATED AS AN EXPERT CITY BY THE CITY'S FOR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT FUND, AND IS PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HOUSTON, SHREVEPORT,
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POLK COUNTY, IOWA, AND HAWAII COUNTY TO HELP THEM ESTABLISH THEIR OWN FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTERS.SO FAR, OUR HUMAN SERVICES TRAINING FOR JOB SUCCESS PROGRAM HAS TRANSITIONED 118 FAMILIES OUT OF POVERTY THIS YEAR, MOVING THEM FROM AN AVERAGE INCOME OF $11,000 BEFORE THEY STARTED THE PROGRAM TO $48,000 IN THEIR NEW HIGH DEMAND CAREERS.
AND WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE 10 COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CENTERS AND 41 PART-TIME NUTRITION PROGRAMS IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
TWO NEW CENTERS FUNDED THROUGH THE 2017 BOND ARE IN PROGRESS.
A MULTI-GENERATIONAL CENTER IN DISTRICT FOUR WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE FALL OF 2021 AND A COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CENTER IN DISTRICT NINE IN THE SPRING OF 2022 ONCE OPENED.
WE ESTIMATE THAT 95% OF THE CITY'S SENIOR POPULATION WILL LIVE WITHIN FIVE MILES OF A LARGE COMPREHENSIVE CENTER WITH DOOR-TO-DOOR TRANSPORTATION ACCESS EVERY DAY AT OUR CENTERS AND NUTRITION SITES, THOUSANDS OF SAN ANTONIO SENIORS 60 YEARS AND OLDER PARTICIPATE IN AN ARRAY OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES DESIGNED FOR OLDER ADULTS.
IT THESE INCLUDE NUTRITION, WELLNESS, FITNESS, ARTS AND CRAFTS, EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
WE PROVIDE OUR PARTICIPANTS WITH, WITH ONE THIRD OF THEIR DAILY U S D A RECOMMENDED NUTRITION NEEDS THROUGH OUR MEAL PROGRAM AT ALL 51 LOCATIONS.
PROGRAMMING AT EACH CENTER IS DRIVEN BY SENIOR INPUT AND REFLECTS THE DESIRES AND NEEDS OF THE UNIQUE POPULATION IT SERVES.
THIS YEAR, 23,000 SENIORS HAVE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED AT OUR SENIORS AND HAVE GIVEN US AN OVERALL SATISFACTION RATING OF 97%.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, 97% INDICATE THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED IMPROVED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AND OR PHYSICAL WELLBEING THROUGH ACTIVITIES PROVIDED AT OUR CENTERS.
CONDITIONS THAT WE KNOW CONTRIBUTE TO SENIORS LIVING AS INDEPENDENTLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THERE IS MUCH MORE FOR US TO DO.
AND TO THAT END, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS TO UPDATE OUR SENIOR SERVICES STRATEGIC PLAN AND EXAMINE THE CAPACITY OF THE CITY TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF OUR GROWING ADULT POPULATION.
ALSO TO ANALYZE POPULATION GROWTH AND TRENDS TO ESTABLISH THE FUTURE, TO ESTABLISH A FUTURE GUIDE FOR LOCATION OF SENIOR CENTERS AND INITIATIVES.
WE ARE ALSO BEGINNING THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING NATIONAL ACCREDITATION SENIOR CENTER PROCESS FOR ALL COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CENTERS, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE ACHIEVING BY 2021 HUMAN SERVICES PARTNERS CLOSELY WITH THE SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS HAVEN FOR HOPE, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF HOMELESSNESS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY'S COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM.
COMBINE THESE PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL AS INCREASES IN THE COMMUNITY'S FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PERMANENT HOUSING HAVE HELPED REDUCE UNSHELTERED VETERAN AND CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS RELATIVE TO BARRA COUNTY'S POPULATION GROWTH.
THE PER CAPITA ACCOUNT HAS DECLINED 20% SINCE THE HAVEN FOR HOPE CAMPUS OPENED IN 2010.
ADDITIONALLY, THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA DECREASED BY 73% DURING THAT SAME PERIOD.
HUMAN SERVICES SERVES AS LIAISON FOR HAVEN FOR HOPE, WHICH IS THE CITY'S MOST SIGNIFICANT HOMELESS INVESTMENT.
AND I BELIEVE MR. KENNY WILSON IS HERE TODAY AND MARY ROSE BROWN FOR THE PRESENTATION.
HUMAN SERVICES ALSO CONTINUES TO LEAD THE VETERAN HOMELESS, COLLABORATE AND MANAGE AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO ADDRESS ENCAMPMENTS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
I ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET INITIATIVES THAT COUNCIL, UM, APPROVED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019.
AND SO THE CHALLENGES WITH CHRONIC AND ENCAMPMENT HOMELESS ARE GREAT.
THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL ILLNESS ISSUES THAT IMPEDE THEIR DECISION-MAKING AND CHOICES TO ACCEPT SERVICES.
THE ADOPTED BUDGET ADDED THESE INITIATIVES TO INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS THESE BARRIERS.
THREE, MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS ARE SUPPORTING THE S A P D HOPE TEAM AND PROVIDE A HIGHER LEVEL OF CASE MANAGEMENT, DEESCALATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES.
A HOMELESS OUTREACH COORDINATOR CLINICIAN WAS ALSO ADDED TO ENGAGE DISTRICT 10 AND PART OF DISTRICT TWO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND REQUIRING INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT DUE TO SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE CONCERNS.
IN TOTAL, THEY'RE CASE MANAGING 76 INDIVIDUALS WITH TWO THIRDS CONSIDERED HIGH UTILIZERS OF E M S AND MEDICAL SERVICES.
AND THIS YEAR, 9 1 1 CALLS FROM THOSE CLIENTS HAS DECREASED BY 11%.
WE ALSO SO UNFOLDED THE CHANGE THE WAY WE
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GIVE CAMPAIGN IN COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO GIVE COMPASSIONATELY AND IN A MUCH MORE MEANINGFUL WAY TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SERVING THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN LIEU OF DONATING DIRECTLY TO PANHANDLER OR STREET HOMELESS, THE TARGETED AREAS INCLUDED FOUR MAJOR INTERSECTIONS WITH HIGH RATES OF PANHANDLING.AND THE CAMPAIGN USES AN ONLINE APP IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH THAT ALLOWS DONORS TO DIRECTLY GIVE TO HOMELESS PROVIDERS.
FOR 2020, WE WILL CONTINUE CITYWIDE SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING STRATEGIES, INCLUDING YOUTUBE VIDEOS FEATURING CONSUMERS OF HOMELESS SERVICES ALONG WITH FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TWITTER NEXTDOOR POSTINGS, EMAIL AND TEXT BLASTS TO THE FAITH COMMUNITY AND COSA TEXT MESSAGING.
AND SO TO GIVE TEXT SAY GIVES TO 4 1 4 4 4 FOR OUR FAITH-BASED AND COMPASSIONATE SA INITIATIVES CONTINUE TO GROW.
THE FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE WORKING GROUP NOW REPRESENTS 24 FAITHS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH 16 ACTION GROUPS, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES ADDRESSING LITERACY, HOMELESSNESS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
WHICH INCLUDES AN ACTIVE ALERT TEXTING SYSTEM THAT HAS HELPED RAISE MORE THAN $65,000 FOR MIGRANT SERVICES.
YESTERDAY A PRESS CONFERENCE WAS HELD TO ANNOUNCE THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF SACRED.ORG SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTORY, WHICH WAS IMPLEMENTED AND IDENTIFIED AS A KEY GOAL FOR OUR FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE.
IN 2017 THROUGH THE WORK OF A HUMAN SERVICES VISTA VOLUNTEER AND THE TECHNOLOGY ACTION GROUP, SACRED.ORG WAS CREATED AND IS NOW SPUN OFF INTO ITS OWN 5 0 1 C THREE ORGANIZATION.
ALONG WITH THE VISTA VOLUNTEER.
IT PROVIDES AN ONLINE SERVICE RESOURCE THAT INCLUDES 1400 FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFIT PROVIDERS WITH 2,400 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT ALSO INCLUDES A VERY COOL MAPPING CAPABILITY TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO SERVICES IN THEIR AREA.
AND IN APRIL, WE PARTNERED WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO LAUNCH B GOLDEN SA.
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM THE LAUNCH IN APRIL FROM TRINITY UNIVERSITY AND WE WORKED WITH DOWNTOWN PROPERTY OWNERS TO LIGHT THE SKYLIGHT GOLD IN CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL RULE DAY, I'M SORRY, INTERNATIONAL GOLDEN RULE DAY.
THERE IS NO INTERNATIONAL RULE DAY EVERY DAY AS FAR AS I KNOW.
SO, UM, AND SOME OF OUR PROPOSED F Y 2020, UH, BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS, UM, INCLUDE, UH, NEW AND KEY INITIATIVE THAT IMPACT HOMELESSNESS, MIGRANTS, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THE CITY MAKES SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN DIRECT SERVICES FOR THE HOMELESS WITH JUST OVER $12 MILLION PROPOSED FOR F Y 2020.
THESE INVESTMENTS INCLUDE 5.1 MILLION TO HAVEN FOR HOPE AND 3.1 MILLION TO CAMPUS PARTNERS TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH CAMPUS MEALS AND COUNSELING.
OVERALL, THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 1.9 MILLION FROM F Y 2019 AND INCLUDES INCREASES FROM NEW REVENUE AND ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS PROVIDED FOR RAPID REHOUSING AND HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS.
THE F Y 2020 BUDGET PROPOSES AN INCREASE IN TICKET PRICES TO BOTH GO RIO RIVER BARGE TOURS AND TOWER OF THE AMERICA TOURS WITH 50% PER TICKET GOING TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
THE NEW REVENUE FOR HOMELESSNESS WILL FUND CRITICAL SERVICES AND ADDRESS GAPS IN THE HOMELESS SYSTEM THAT ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OF PLANNING PROCESS.
$500,000 IS PROPOSED FOR HAVEN FOR HOPE OF BARRA COUNTY TO FUND FAMILY EMERGENCY SHELTER AND SHELTER SERVICES AT THE HAVEN CAMPUS AND TO ADDRESS INCREASING FAMILY HOMELESSNESS.
HAVEN FOR HOPE IS THE ONLY FAMILY SHELTER IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT DOES NOT TURN AWAY FAMILIES WHEN THEY REACH CAPACITY.
LAST NIGHT, IN FACT, THERE WERE 38 FAMILIES WITH 148 INDIVIDUALS STAYING AT HAVEN IN EMERGENCY OVERFLOW.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO MORE THAN 200 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE LIVING IN THE FAMILY.
RESOR RESIDENTIAL DORM EMERGENCY OVERFLOW MEANS THAT THEY ARE SLEEPING ON COTS IN THE CHAPEL CONFERENCE ROOMS AND OFFICES UNTIL AN APPROPRIATE HOUSING OPTION CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE.
THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDING FROM THE NEW REVENUE, UM, $560,000 IS RESERVED TO EXPAND SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS SERVICES ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, PENDING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLAN EARLY NEXT YEAR.
AND SO, AS YOU'RE AWARE, IN FISCAL YEAR 2019, THE CITY COUNCIL ALLOCATED $200,000 TO COMPLETE A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT
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OF COMMUNITY HOMELESS SERVICES.THIS PLAN WILL REFLECT OUR UNIQUE LOCAL SYSTEM AND DEFINE OUR SUCCESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THE ASSESSMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN MARCH OF 2020 AND WILL IDENTIFY GAPS IN STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS.
HUMAN SERVICES WILL WILL RELEASE A COMPETITIVE R F P IN MARCH TO ALLOCATE THE $560,000 HELD IN RESERVES AND CONTRACTS WOULD BEGIN BY JUNE.
AND SO LAST WEEK HE RECEIVED A DETAILED BRIEFING FROM DR.
BRIDGER ON CITY AND PARTNER MIGRANT EFFORTS.
LAST NIGHT, TRAVIS PARK CHURCH SURPASSED 20,000 MIGRANTS WHO HAVE SLEPT AT THE CHURCH SINCE MARCH 30TH.
THIS BUDGET PROPOSES TO CONTINUING FUNDING OPERATIONS OF THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER AND TRAVIS PARK CHURCH AND INCLUDES SUPPORT FROM THE GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY OF $333,000, WHICH IS ALLOCATED FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2020 ONLY.
AND WE WILL RETURN TO BRIEF CITY COUNCIL AND REQUEST APPROVAL FOR SECOND QUARTER FUNDING IF THE NEED EXISTS.
ANY FUNDS THAT ARE RECOVERED THROUGH FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT OR WILL REPLENISH THE CONTINGENCY FUND AS WE RECEIVE THEM.
AND SO ONE REDIRECTION IS INCLUDED IN HUMAN SERVICES PROPOSED BUDGET.
THE OUR CITY CARES PROGRAM PROVIDES SHORT-TERM CHILDCARE UP TO 12 WEEKS DURING AN EMERGENCY OR EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE.
I'M PROPOSING TO REDUCE 106,000 OF THE $270,000 PROGRAM BUDGET AND REDIRECT ELIGIBLE CHILDREN TO THE CHILDCARE SERVICES SUBSIDY PROGRAM.
THERE WILL BE NO IMPACT TO SERVICES AND FAMILIES WILL RECEIVE 12 MONTHS OF STABLE CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE SO THAT THEY CAN WORK OR ATTEND TRAINING RATHER THAN ONLY THREE MONTHS.
164,000 WILL REMAIN IN THE PROGRAM BUDGET TO SERVE FAMILIES IN CRISIS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE SUBSIDY PROGRAM.
IN SUMMARY, HUMAN SERVICES HAS IDENTIFIED KEY PRIORITIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET, UH, YEAR BASED ON CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY INPUT.
FIRST, IDENTIFYING GAPS IN THE HOMELESS SYSTEM AND WORKING WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO ADDRESS THEM.
BRIDGER SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY VIOLENCE PLAN AND HUMAN SERVICES WILL IMPLEMENT INTERNAL ENHANCEMENTS TO ADDRESS FAMILY VIOLENCE AMONG POPULATIONS THAT WE SERVE TO EXPAND COORDINATION AMONG FAMILY VIOLENCE PROVIDERS AND MANAGE A COMPETITIVE PROCESS TO AWARD 500,000 TO ADDRESS THE PLAN'S PRIORITIZED GAPS.
CONTRACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY NEXT YEAR, AND AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WILL PURSUE SENIOR CENTER ACCREDITATION AND EXPAND NEW AND EXISTING NEXT LEVEL PARTNERSHIPS TO OFFER MORE INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICES TO NEXT LEVEL PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT.
AND SO MOVING ON TO THE DELEGATE AGENCY RECOMMENDATIONS, THESE INCLUDE HUMAN AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AND AS BRIEF BACKGROUND THROUGH THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESS, THE CITY INVESTS IN HUMAN AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PROGRAMS THAT ALIGN WITH CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES AND SUPPORT CITY INITIATIVES.
THIS PROCESS INVOLVES MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES IN TWO DEPARTMENTS.
ALEX LOPEZ, INTERIM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, IS ALSO HERE TODAY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS REGARDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE SCHEDULE OF FISCAL YEAR 2020 DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS IS PROVIDED IN THE FOLDER THAT CHRIS IS HANDING OUT, ALONG WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF FIVE-YEAR FUNDING HISTORY AND COMPARISON OF FUNDING FROM FISCAL YEAR 19 TO FISCAL YEAR 20.
AND SO SEVERAL GRANT FUNDED AGENCIES ARE, UH, RECOMMENDED FOR AN INCREASE DUE TO THE, TO ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING.
ADDITIONALLY, HAVEN FOR HOPE IS RE IS UM, RECOMMENDED FOR AN INCREASE AS DISCUSSED EARLIER, AND THE REST OF THE AGENCIES LISTED ON THE FUND SCHEDULE ARE RECOMMENDED AT THEIR 2019 LEVEL FISCAL YEAR.
20 IS THE SECOND YEAR OF THE BIANNUAL F Y 19 AND F Y 2020 FUNDING CYCLE.
WE WENT THROUGH A PRIORITY SETTING AND COMPETITIVE PROCESS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2018 AND AWARDED FIRST YEAR CONTRACTS LAST SEPTEMBER THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 2019.
SECOND YEAR AWARDS ARE BASED ON PERFORMANCE AND AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING.
AND WE WILL BEGIN THIS PROCESS AGAIN FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 AND FISCAL YEAR 22.
EARLY NEXT YEAR, A TOTAL OF 24.7 MILLION FROM GENERAL FUNDING GRANTS IS RECOMMENDED FOR 54 AGENCIES AND 83 PROGRAMS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2020.
THE INVESTMENT AMOUNTS BY CATEGORY CONTINUE TO REFLECT CITY COUNCIL'S INPUT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 AND
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FISCAL YEAR 2020.HUMAN SERVICES IS RECOMMENDING 42 PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO MORE THAN 28,000 CHILDREN AND YOUTH RECOMMENDED CHILDREN'S SERVICES IMPROVE SCHOOL READINESS, EDUCATION SUCCESS, AND REDUCE CHILD ABUSE.
AND THEY SERVE BOTH CHILDRENS AND FAMILY, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WHO ARE DISABLED, HOMELESS, LIVING IN POVERTY, OR VICTIMS OF ABUSE.
OUR DELEGATE AGENCY PARTNERS PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO MEET A WIDE ARRAY OF YOUTH NEEDS AS WELL, INCLUDING HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIPS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND EXTENDED DAY LEARNING.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING 14 PROGRAMS TOTALING 1.5 MILLION THAT SUPPORT FINANCIAL AND HOUSING STABILITY THROUGH FAMILY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND FINANCIAL SECURITY UNDER THE STRENGTHENING FAMILIES CATEGORY.
AND ADDITIONAL $500,000 IS, UM, ALSO PART OF THIS CATEGORY, BUT IS RESERVED FOR PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS FAMILY VIOLENCE PLAN GAPS.
OUR GOAL FOR FINANCIAL SECURITY IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS WHO RETURN YEAR OVER YEAR BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL COUNSELING, VOLUNTEER INCOME, TAX ASSISTANCE, AND ASSISTANCE ACCESSING PUBLIC BENEFITS.
I PROVIDED A MORE DETAILED UPDATE ON HOMELESS FUNDING EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION.
AND SO IN SUMMARY, 21 PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY 11 DELEGATE AGENCIES ADDRESSED TARGETED HOMELESS POPULATIONS.
THE MAJORITY OF FUNDING SUPPORTS HAVEN FOR HOPE AND HAVEN FOR HOPE'S CAMPUS PARTNERS, THE FOOD BANK, THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES.
HAVEN FOR HOPE SEES MORE THAN 80% OF THE HOMELESS SYSTEMS, UM, ENROLLED INDIVIDUALS AT SOME POINT DURING THEIR PERIOD OF HOMELESSNESS.
AND IN THE AREA OF SENIOR INDEPENDENCE, EIGHT PROGRAMS TOTALING 1.1 MILLION ARE RECOMMENDED TO PROVIDE SENIOR ACTIVITIES AND SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION IN OUR 10 COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CENTERS.
AND AS I MENTIONED, MANY OF THE SERVICES AWARDED THROUGH THIS PROCESS INTENTIONALLY SUPPORT KEY HUMAN SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT INITIATIVES BY PROVIDING ACTIVITIES IN OUR SENIOR CENTERS, EXPANDING THE AVAILABILITY OF SUMMER YOUTH INTERNSHIPS AND VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE SITES, AND SUPPORTING YOUTH REENGAGEMENT.
AT NEXT LEVEL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES PREPARE IN PLACE UNDEREMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYED, AND UNDER-SKILLED RESIDENTS IN JOBS WITH SELF-SUSTAINING WAGES.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT MANAGES THESE CONTRACTS BASED ON THE LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY'S IDENTIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT NEEDS.
IN PARTICULAR, PROJECT QUEST PREPARES PARTICIPANTS TO SERVE AND TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT IN THESE TARGETED INDUSTRIES, AND THAT PAY AN AVERAGE STARTING WAGE OF 1850 PER HOUR WITH STRONG POTENTIAL FOR CAREER ADVANCEMENT.
OF THE 3,500 PARTICIPANTS TO BE SERVED BY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES, PROJECT QUEST WILL SERVE 970 OF THOSE WITH THE GOAL OF PREPARING AND PLACING PEOPLE INTO HIGH DEMAND, IN DEMAND OCCUPATIONS, STILL MANY RESIDENTS NEED TO DEVELOP SKILLS AND OVERCOME BARRIERS TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPETE FOR TARGETED INDUSTRY JOBS, WHICH IS THE EMPHASIS OF THE AGENCIES THAT FOCUS ON CAREER PREPAREDNESS SERVICES, INCLUDING LITERACY, G D ATTAINMENT, WORK EXPERIENCE, AND OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING.
AND SO TO IMPROVE THE IMPACT OF DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING, LAST YEAR, HUMAN SERVICES IMPLEMENTED A RESULTS-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORK IN COORDINATION WITH THE UNITED WAY TO FOCUS ON MEASURING OUTCOMES AS OPPOSED TO MERELY COUNTING OUTPUTS.
WE HAVE CONTINUED TO ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY IN THIS PROCESS AND COLLABORATION THROUGH CONSISTENT REPORTING, WHICH IS NOW SHARED WITH CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE PUBLIC.
SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY FOCUSED APPROACH.
AND SO WE WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES CORRECT DISPARITIES AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS BY HOLDING COMMUNITY AND PEER LEARNING NETWORKS WITH OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES SO THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES AND TO DISCUSS CHALLENGES AND HELP LEARN FROM EACH OTHER ON, ON IMPROVING SERVICES.
AND SO THAT INC THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ALONG WITH, UH, DR.
BRIDGER AND, UH, JENNIFER HARRIETT, UM, ABOUT THE HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET AND DELEGATE AGENCY RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND ALEX LOPEZ IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
UH, AND JENNIFER FOR THE PRESENTATION.
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GLAD ERIC, THAT IT WAS, UM, IT PUT TOGETHER THE WAY IT WAS 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S ALL IN THE SAME ARENA.UM, LET ME JUST START BY SAYING THAT, UH, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS AND MYSELF WHO VOICED THAT STRONG FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WAS THE RIGHT FRAME FOR US TO APPROACH THE BUDGET OVERALL, AND THAT, UH, THIS WAS PROBABLY, UH, WHAT WEEDED AIMED TO ACHIEVE THROUGH ALL OF OUR, UH, CITY ACTIONS AND INITIATIVES.
SO I'M GLAD THAT IT'S UPFRONT.
UM, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT EFFORT PUT INTO THIS BUDGET TO ADDRESS, UM, THE ISSUES OF VIOLENCE, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, GUN VIOLENCE, EVEN.
UM, AND SO I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THAT.
THERE'S, UM, A $500,000 ALLOCATION SPECIFICALLY TO, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND, AND SO I WANTED TO GET A SENSE FROM YOU, DR.
BRIDGER, I I, IF THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED IN TERMS OF WHO WHICH ORGANIZATIONS ARE, ARE GOING TO BE, UM, APPROPRIATED THAT MONEY.
BUT WHAT IS THE, UH, WHAT ARE THE METRICS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT? IS THAT GONNA BE PART OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN A REVIEW OF THE ORGANIZATIONS? THAT, THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
WE'RE WE, WHEN WE BRING YOU OUR PRESENTATION ON OCTOBER 30TH, WE WILL HAVE DEFINED THE CRITERIA FOR THE R F P PROCESS.
SOME OF THAT IS DICTATED BY THE WORK THAT THE COMMISSION SELECTS TO DO FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AND I THINK THAT, UH, SA 2020, I THINK HAS JUSTIFIABLY BEEN CRITICAL OF THE WAY WE'VE APPROACHED THIS IN THE PAST AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OFFERED SOME GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN VIEW MEASURES FOR SUCCESS.
ARE YOU WORKING WITH THEM OR, OR THE OFFICE OF EQUITY IN DEVELOPING THOSE METRICS? WE'RE WORKING WITH EVERYBODY.
HAVE, WE WORKED WITH SA 2020, SO WE'RE USING THEIR METRICS, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
UM, BUT WE ARE TALKING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
I MEAN, THERE, THE, THE REASON WHY I ASK IS THAT THERE WAS A, A LOT OF DIALOGUE IN THIS 10 YEARS AGO IN TERMS OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS FROM US.
UM, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GO BACK TO THAT AS A STARTING POINT AS WE DEVELOP WHERE WE WANT TO BE GOING FORWARD.
UM, IN LINE WITH THE, WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT GOALS, I, I DO APPRECIATE, UM, THE ALLOCATION FOR THE PAID SICK LEAVE ORDINANCE.
I THINK IT, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE OUR STAFF AND RESOURCES ALIGNED WITH THE GOAL THAT WE, WE HAVE BEFORE US.
UM, AND SO, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE HAVE OUR, OUR INPUTS WITH REGARD TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, ALSO INCLUSIVE OF THE, OF THIS ALLEGATION ALLOCATION.
SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION.
SO IS THE, IS THE ALLOCATION ON PAID SICK LEAVE IN ADDITION TO, UH, IMPLEMENTATION, ALSO CAST WITHIN, UH, THE LARGER GOALS OF ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE? UM, WE DIDN'T LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, BUT IT MAKES SENSE TO LOOK AT THAT, IT THAT WAY.
SO, UM, AS A MANDATE, IT WAS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET.
AND FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING IF IT GOES THROUGH.
UH, I ALSO WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE MOBILE LIVING PARK, UM, PROGRAM.
CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? AND, AND, UM, WILL I UNDERSTAND, IS THAT YOU, DR.
BRIDGER? WELL, I'M HERE TO HELP.
THE MOBILE LIVING PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, TC, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT.
SO THIS, UH, CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF OUR EXPERIENCE WITH OAK HOLLOW, UH, AND THE PRETTY TERRIBLE LIVING CONDITIONS THAT WE FOUND, UH, ONE OF OUR MOBILE HOME, UH, LIVING COMMUNITIES IN A FEW YEARS AGO.
UH, I KNOW THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE, UH, TO MAKE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THE LEADER ON THE INSPECTIONS PROGRAM, BUT ARE, IS THE, IS METRO HEALTH PROVIDING INPUT INTO THAT BECAUSE YOUR, UH, PERSPECTIVE AND IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AS TO WHY THIS PROGRAM EXISTS? SO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT ARE PART OF THE BIGGER TEAM THAT LOOKS AT EACH OF THE AREAS AS D S D IDENTIFIES CONCERNS.
SO YOU ARE IN, YOU'RE PROVIDING INPUT IN THE ENTIRE INSPECTIONS PROCESS TO MAKE THAT PROGRAM A REALITY.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER OTHER THAN TO, TO SAY, KEEP GOING.
UH, AS WE, UH, LOOK FOR PATHS FOR A MORE, UH, FIXED SOLUTION, UH, KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT FOR THAT.
UM, BUT CONTINUE THE, THE GREAT WORK.
UM, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS ON, ON THESE DEPARTMENTS.
I APPRECIATE THE GREAT PRESENTATIONS AND, AND, UH, AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE UPFRONT, UH, SHOWS OUR PRIORITIES.
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YOU, UH, VERY MUCH, MAYOR.AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I, I REALLY LIKE, UH, THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADED, UM, AND, UH, I THINK WE'RE SEEING SOME REALLY NEW INNOVATIVE THINGS HERE, ESPECIALLY THE TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE THAT, UM, IS, UH, SOMETHING REALLY UNIQUE THAT WE COULD OFFER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR THE REST OF THE STATE AND EVEN THE COUNTRY.
UH, BUT YOU DID MENTION THE COOPERATION FROM UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS. IS THAT CONFIRMED, OR, UH, I KNOW IN TALKING TO GEORGE HERNANDEZ, HE EXPRESSED SUPPORT, BUT I DIDN'T NECESSARILY GET THAT THEY HAD SIGNED ON THE DOTTED LINE.
WELL, THEY HAVEN'T SIGNED ON THE DOTTED LINE EXACTLY, BUT THEY ARE VERY MUCH COMMITTED TO PARTNERING WITH US TO CREATE THIS INSTITUTE.
UM, WHAT THEY'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN DOING IS PROVIDING THAT TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE READY TO BE CERTIFIED.
UM, AND SO THAT'S THE BULK OF THE WORK THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
BUT THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO, UM, BRING THE OTHER HALF OF THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO THAT PARTNERSHIP AND TO REALLY DIVE IN AND, AND WORK WITH US AND THE CONSORTIUM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
UM, I KNOW THAT THAT'S, UM, HAVING THAT COMMUNITY PARTNER, ESPECIALLY ON A LARGE SCALE, IS REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO GET SUCCESS, UH, ON SOMETHING THAT IS, IS NEW TO US, UH, BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE TO BE DONE AT SCALE, I THINK, TO HAVE AN IMPACT.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THERE WERE SOME THAT HAD ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE TRAINING, UM, AND THE IDEA IS TO GET 12 DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO GO THROUGH IT.
AND SO HOW MANY PEOPLE MIGHT THAT BE? IT, IT REALLY IS GONNA DEPEND ON THE ACTUAL ORGANIZATION, UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WILL REPRESENT AS FAR AS BEING TRAUMA-INFORMED, AND ALSO HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL RECEIVE THE BENEFITS OF THAT TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO, ONCE WE HAVE A CLEARER WORK PLAN, WE CAN BETTER DEFINE THAT FOR YOU.
WELL, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE IMPLEMENTATION, UM, OF THAT.
UM, SOME OTHER QUESTIONS I HAD, UM, YOU, YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE STRECK.
WHAT IS STRECK? SO, UM, IT IS THE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, SOUTH TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL.
SO IT IS THE COORDINATING BODY, UM, FOR HOSPITAL SERVICES IN THIS REGION.
UM, I'M LOOKING TO MAKE SURE I'M USING THE RIGHT WORDS, BUT, UM, SO ERIC EPLEY AND HIS TEAM ARE THE ONES WHO HELP WITH MEDCOM, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE GET TO THE RIGHT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BASED ON WHO HAS CAPACITY, WHO HAS EXPERTISE, UM, AND THEN THEY'VE ALSO STEPPED UP INTO COORDINATING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH THE SOUTH TEXAS CRISIS COLLABORATIVE.
AGAIN, USING SOME OF THE MEDCOM CONCEPTS OF GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND APPLYING THAT TO MENTAL HEALTH.
UM, IN YOUR PRESENTATION THERE, UM, AND I I, I DON'T HAVE THE SLIDES HERE, BUT IT WAS THE ONE THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW FUNDING WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND IT'S VERY HEAVY IN THE POLICE ENFORCEMENT SIDE.
COULD YOU BRING UP THAT SLIDE? IT, IT, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THE LAST ONE IS THE POLICE ENFORCEMENT IN WHICH I THINK WE'RE ADDING, I WANNA SAY 19 OFFICERS.
WE'RE FINDING THE SLIDE NUMBER, UH, 16 MARIA WILL ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO, RIGHT, THANK YOU.
SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE DELEGATE AGENCIES, UM, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION, CHILD ABUSE, HEALTH, AND THEN POLICE.
AND SO AS WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO BE MORE AND MORE INFORMED ABOUT THIS TOPIC, JUST GIVEN THE VERY HIGH AMOUNTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE COMING OUT OF MY DISTRICT.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT POLICE ENFORCEMENT WAS REALLY NOT HELPFUL IN PREVENTION, YET ADDING 17 POLICE OFFICERS IS GONNA COST US $2 MILLION, OR ISN'T THAT SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO ADDING POLICE OFFICERS.
I JUST, I, I WONDER IF IT DOESN'T GET US TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH PREVENTION.
UH, ONE OF THE, THE, UH, PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE 2020 BUDGET, AND WE'LL GO MORE INTO DETAIL NEXT WEEK WHEN WE DO THE PRESENTATION FOR POLICE, IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET RECOMMENDS 16 NEW POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS.
SIX OF THEM WILL BE ASSESSED WITH THE SUPERVISION OF THE CRISIS
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RESPONSE TEAM, AND THAT IS TO ENHANCE OUR RESPONSIVENESS TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE VICTIMS OF, UM, CRIMES SUCH AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE ADDING 10 SAFE OFFICERS, UH, TO THOSE AREAS OF THE CITY WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF VIOLENT CRIME AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THIS SAFE OFFICERS WILL BE, UH, NEW IN TERMS OF, UH, OR A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WILL BE DOING COMPARED TO OUR SAFE OFFICERS TODAY.
ONE OF THE, UH, PRIMARY, UM, UH, AREAS THAT THEY'RE GONNA FOCUS ON IS ON, UM, RESPONSIVENESS TO OUR VICTIMS AND ALSO FOLLOW UP.
SO FOLLOWING UP WITH THOSE VICTIMS AFTER, AFTER 30, 60 AND 90 DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT HAPPENED, AND RE DEVELOPING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT, UH, INDIVIDUALS.
SO THERE'S A, A TRUST RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO THEY CAN COME AND TALK TO US WHEN THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION.
UM, I, I GUESS WHAT, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT THAT JOB COULDN'T BE DONE BY A NON-UNIFORM OFFICER.
UH, AND I, I'M ASKING FOR TWO REASONS.
NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE OF ADDING ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, IF THEIR ROLE IS GONNA BE MORE IN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SPOT.
BUT I ALSO HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT PERHAPS A UNIFORMED OFFICER IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO INTERVENE.
SO, I MEAN, Y'ALL KNOW BEST THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, BUT WOULD THAT BE BETTER IN A ROLE OF MORE OF A, OF A NON OFFICER? I, I DUNNO IF THAT MEANS A DELEGATE AGENCY PERSON, IF IT MEANS
THE ENHANCEMENT THAT THE UNIFORM POSITION BRINGS TO THIS PARTICULAR, UM, UH, ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM IS NOT ONLY THE EDUCATION, UH, THE PREVENTION, BUT ALSO THE INTERVENTION.
SO IN THE EVENT THAT, THAT, AS THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE CONDUCTING THOSE FOLLOW UP VISITS, IF THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INTERVENTION, THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY TRAINED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION.
SO, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE UNIFORM POSITION TO, TO BE ADDED, TO AUGMENT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR CURRENT, UH, CIVILIAN POSITIONS AND THE OTHER UNIFORM POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
COUNSEL, JUST, JUST TO FOLLOW UP, UH, BRIEFLY ON WHAT, UH, MARIA SAID, THEY'LL BE USED IN A, THE SAFE OFFICERS WILL BE USED IN A PROACTIVE WAY WITH C R T REACHING OUT TO VICTIMS, UH, AND NOT ONLY VICTIMS, BUT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, POTENTIAL VICTIMS, WOMEN WHO WILL BE POTENTIAL VICTIMS REACHING OUT TO THEM TO, UH, TRY AND PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE, UH, THOSE NEW SAFE POSITIONS WE'LL DO, THEY'LL BE ASSIGNED TO WORK WITH C R T IN THE SUBSTATIONS.
WELL, I LIKE THE IDEA OF ADDING MORE OFFICERS.
UM, AND I GUESS Y'ALL WILL JUST KEEP PHYS US INFORMED IF THIS IS REALLY THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS TRAUMA OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
SO, UM, IF, IF I THINK IF THE CONSORTIUM, UH, OR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TASK FORCE BELIEVES THAT THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO INTERVENE, I WOULD SUPPORT IT.
BECAUSE WHAT, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IN THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION, WHAT WE'RE AFTER IS PREVENTION AND SOLUTIONS.
UM, AND IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT POLICE ENFORCEMENT MAY NOT BE THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT, BUT I HOPE THAT Y'ALL WILL KEEP US INFORMED ON THE PROGRESS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WOULD THOSE OFFICERS BE BETTER OFF DOING THE MORE, I HATE TO SAY ROUTINE WORK.
I KNOW THAT THEIR WORK IS NOT ROUTINE, BUT, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST WITH THE WORK THAT OUR SAFE OFFICERS DO EVERY DAY, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ON THE COUNCIL, WE WANNA SEE MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREET, UM, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WILL IT BE IMPACTFUL? SO, I DON'T KNOW, DR.
BRIDGER, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? UM, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH, UM, CHIEF AND HIS STAFF TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE HAVE A MORE HOLISTIC AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO THIS.
AND I THINK WHEN, UM, S A P D GIVES THEIR PRESENTATION NEXT WEEK, YOU'LL, YOU'LL START TO SEE HOW SOME OF THESE PIECES FIT TOGETHER, UH, IN THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
NOT JUST WITH ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, BUT ALSO WITH THEIR COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND HOW THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO HELP GET THAT WORD OUT.
AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THAT YOU SHOULD FEEL SAFE WITH YOUR PARTNER, AND HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IF YOU DO NOT.
AND THE POLICE ARE A REALLY CRITICAL PARTNER IN THAT.
WHAT, YOU KNOW, I I WILL, UM, UM, JUST WAIT FROM OUR FEEDBACK 'CAUSE THIS PROGRESSES.
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THAT, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR THAT CHIEF I'LL PREPARED TO GO INTO, UH, INTO DETAIL ABOUT HOW THOSE OFFICERS WOULD BE USED IN THAT C R T CAPACITY.LOOK FORWARD TO THAT PRESENTATION.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT YOU, UM, UH, DR.
BADGER, I WANTED TO ASK YOU, JUST EVEN YOUR WHOLE, UH, IN YOUR BUDGET PRESENTATION, THERE HAVE BEEN, UM, YOU HAVE BRIEFED US IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO ABOUT FUNDING FOR ADDICTION PROGRAMS. I WANNA SAY THERE WAS LIKE ONE TIME 12 MILLION, ANOTHER TIME, 17 MILLION THAT WE RECEIVED IN GRANTS, UH, RELATED TO ADDICTION.
IS THIS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN ANY OF THE PRESENTATIONS WE'RE SEEING TODAY? NO, BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THAT FUNDING IS GOING TO, UM, COMMUNITY NONPROFITS TO THE UNIVERSITY AND BEXAR COUNTY.
SO THAT WAS PART OF THE JOINT OPIOID TASK FORCE WHERE WE BROUGHT IN OVER $20 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO PREVENT AND ADDRESS TREATMENT NEEDS FOR PEOPLE ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS.
BUT THE BULK OF THAT MONEY'S GOING TO, TO THE NONPROFITS THAT ARE PROVIDING THE TREATMENT SERVICES.
SO IT'S NOT SHOWN HERE AS PART OF NO.
UM, THE OTHER, UH, QUESTION, UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS IN DR.
BRIDGER'S PRESENTATION OR IN JENNIFER'S, I THINK IT WAS JENNIFER'S.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE, WE HAVE 23 FACILITIES, AND IT'LL GO ALSO INTO, UM, MELODY'S PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE 27 FACILITIES.
SO DOES METRO BETWEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, METRO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DO WE HAVE 55 FACILITIES? THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERLAP.
FRANK GARRETT, FOR EXAMPLE, IS A PLACE THAT WE CONSIDER A FACILITY BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS, UM, AS DOES D H S, BUT YES, THAT'S, THAT'S ACCURATE.
AND SO I GUESS ERIC AT SOME POINT WILL GET A PRESENTATION ON THE, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY ALL CITY OWNED FACILITIES.
UM, UM, I WOULD SAY A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE LIKE OUR WIC CLINICS.
SIX OF THOSE OF 10 ARE LEASED.
UH, SO THEY AREN'T NECESSARILY OWNED BY THE CITY.
'CAUSE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN JUST IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE DISCUSSING CAPITAL FUNDS AND EVEN THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT BOND, A LOT OF THOSE GO INTO OUR FACILITIES.
SO I GOT A LITTLE CONCERN WHEN I HEAR ONLY IN THIS DEPARTMENT WE HAVE 55 FACILITIES, AND I KNOW THAT SO MANY OF THE FACILITIES IN MY DISTRICT ARE, ARE JUST OLD AND NEED TO BE UPDATED.
AND SO THAT'S NOT FIGURED INTO YOUR BUDGET? I, NO, NOT AT THIS TIME.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE FACILITIES THAT WE ACTUALLY OWN FOR THIS YEAR, BUT CERTAINLY SOME OF OUR FACILITIES COULD USE IT.
SO I GUESS WE'LL GET THAT AT SOME POINT.
ERIC, WHAT, WHAT IS THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IN OUR FACILITIES? UH, OR IF THAT JUST GETS DONE IT IN, I GUESS IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, WE'LL SEE THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, RIGHT IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
WE SET ASIDE $5 MILLION A YEAR IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, AND IN THAT CAPITAL BUDGET PRESENTATION HERE IN ABOUT A WEEK, A LITTLE OVER A WEEK, WE'LL OUTLINE THE, THE, UH, CITY FACILITIES THAT, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING.
WE WORK ON, UM, THAT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE, WE PUSH OUT OVER A FIVE YEAR, UH, TIMEFRAME EVERY YEAR WE UPDATE IT.
UM, AND I THINK I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, UH, AT THE BUDGET, MY BUDGET PRESENTATION THAT, UM, WHAT I'M, WHAT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO IS TAKE A, UM, UH, A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT OUR FACILITIES IN ADVANCE OF THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM TO LOOK AND SEE WHERE WE NEED TO DO MAYBE SOMETHING MORE THAN, UH, RENOVATIONS OR, OR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
UM, SO WE'LL BUILD THAT INTO THE, UH, INTO NEXT WEEK'S PRESENTATION.
IN THE MEANTIME, AS PART OF THE FOLLOW-UP AT THESE WORK SESSIONS, WE'LL PROVIDE FEEDBACK OR ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THAT AREN'T ANSWERED HERE.
AND SO WHAT WE'LL DO, AND AT LEAST ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS FROM TODAY'S WORK SESSION IS BREAK OUT THOSE, UH, 23 AND 27 FACILITIES BETWEEN OWNED AND LEASED AND SHARED.
THAT WAY YOU'VE GOT SOME IDEA, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S THE, THE BIGGER TOPIC IS INCORPORATED INTO NEXT WEEK.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE SORT OF DISCUSS OUR WHOLE BUDGET.
UM, AND, UH, I, I ALSO, UM, WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR, AND I'M NOT SURE WHO MENTIONED THIS IN THEIR PRESENTATION, 71% OF THE BUDGET ARE GRANTS.
UH, I THINK, WAS IT MELODY? DID YOU SAY 71% ARE GRANTS? AND THEN YOU MENTIONED HOW MANY JOBS WERE SUPPORTED BY THOSE GRANT, THAT GRANT FUND.
SO, UM, 71% OF THE HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET IS GRANT FUNDED, AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT COMES FROM FEDERAL GRANTS FOR CHILDCARE OR THE EDUCATION, UM, EARLY EDUCATION THROUGH HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START, WHICH ADDRESSES ZERO TO FIVE.
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AND THEN THE LARGEST GRANT IS ALMOST $70 MILLION FOR OUR CHILD CARE CHILDCARE SUBSIDY PROGRAM, WHICH INCREASED $18 MILLION OVER THE LAST YEAR SO THAT WE CAN MANAGE THE WAITING LIST.THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
UM, AND SO I GUESS JUST THE LAST QUESTION REGARDING THE PAID SICK LEAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE HAD A COMMISSION THAT WAS WORKING THROUGH THAT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE REQUEST, THE ORDINANCE WAS WRITTEN SUCH THAT IT CAME FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT IS THERE STILL SOME DISCUSSION HAPPENING IF WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS REALLY THE BEST PLACE? IT DOES SEEM TO, FROM, UM, A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, THAT IT SHOULD PROBABLY COME OUT OF HR, BUT IS THAT, DOES IT MATTER IF IT COMES FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD, THAT THEY'RE BETTER EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH PAYROLL INFORMATION THAN PERHAPS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
IT, UM, I KNOW THAT, THAT IT WOULD LOOK VERY SIMILAR.
UH, PART OF IT YOU MENTIONED AND YOU DIDN'T GIVE THE BREAKDOWN, OR YOU MENTIONED THE BREAKDOWN, BUT IT'S NOT ON A SLIDE, HOW THAT FUNDING WOULD BE SPENT.
A LOT OF IT GOES TO MARKETING AND INFORMATION MM-HMM.
SO THAT IS NOT LIKELY TO COME OUT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
MAYBE THAT COMES OUT OF THE, UH, INFORMATION, UM, UNDER JEFF COYLE'S DEPARTMENT.
WELL, THE FUND, HOW MIGHT THAT, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE, UH, I, I NEVER THOUGHT THAT COMING OUT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS A VERY GOOD WAY, JUST GIVEN, I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN THE PRESENTATIONS HERE OF ALL THE WORK BEING DONE HERE.
IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE JOB THAT YOU DO, IN MY VIEW, THAT MIGHT BE BETTER HANDLED THROUGH AN HR DEPARTMENT OR THROUGH A COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
SO IT HASN'T BEEN A RECENT DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD ABOUT MOVING IT OUT.
WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS TO MY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MOVING IT OUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I WILL TELL YOU THOUGH, THAT WE DO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE OFFICE, UH, WITH G P A AND JEFF COYLE'S FOLKS WHEN WE'RE DEVELOPING ANY KIND OF MEDIA OR OUTREACH MARKETING CAMPAIGN.
SO WE'VE ALREADY FORMED AN INTERNAL WORK GROUP, AND THEY ARE DEFINITELY PART OF THAT.
SO WE TAKE OUR LEAD FROM THEM AND, UM, WE'LL ALSO BE WORKING WITH HR TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THEY CAN PROVIDE US WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AS NEEDED.
UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT LOTS OF DIFFERENT, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED PAID SICK LEAVE.
AND QUITE HONESTLY, THEY'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEPARTMENTS IN, IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
ONE ISSUE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, JUST SOME, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THAT JENNIFER JUST SHARED.
I, I'LL, I'LL SAY THAT I THINK INITIALLY WHEN THE ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO THE CITY, UM, I, I KNOW THAT I, I WONDERED, UM, TO MYSELF WHETHER OR NOT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS THE BEST PLACE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE EDUCATION AND THE, AND THE ENFORCEMENT, THE FOLLOW UP.
UM, I'LL TELL YOU ONE, THE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS PROBABLY BEST SUITED BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH A SIMILAR, UM, PROCESS WITH TOBACCO 21, WHERE IT'S EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ON THE, ON, ON NOT ONLY THE RULES OF THE ORDINANCE, UH, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROACTIVELY PUSHING THE MESSAGE OUT.
THE SECOND ISSUE WHERE I THINK IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE ORGANIZATIONALLY, AND IT WAS A, IT WAS AN ISSUE THAT THE MAYOR MENTIONED A SECOND AGO.
IT IS TIED DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY WITH, UH, ONE OF THE KEY STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS HAS IDENTIFIED, WHICH IS ACCESS TO CARE, ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.
IT'S NOT LITERALLY ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, BUT IT IS PROMOTING, UM, THE BENEFITS OF, OF, OF SICK LEAVE OR PAID SICK LEAVE, UH, IN THE WORKPLACE SO THAT, UH, FOLKS FEEL LIKE, UH, THEY'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO SEE THE DOCTOR AND NOT RISK LOSING THEIR JOBS.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS OVER THE LAST YEAR, IT MAKES MORE SENSE AND IT, AND IT REALLY MAKES SENSE IN MY MIND BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DID WITH TOBACCO 21, WHICH IS KIND OF A REGULATORY FUNCTION.
UH, BUT THEY APPROACHED IT, UH, IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S, UH, FROM A PROACTIVE EDUCATION, UH, STANDPOINT.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE, UM, VERY INFORMATIVE, UH, AND CONCISE.
UH, SO THANK YOU, UM, FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.
LET ME START WITH THE OVERALL, THE PRESENTATION OVERVIEWS.
UH, THANKS AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING.
UM, IT WAS A VERY HELPFUL LITTLE VIDEO.
UH, I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO SEE IT FROM THAT
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IS THIS, UM, THE OCTOBER 30TH, I GUESS IT'S SLIDE 13 ON THE FIRST, UH, ON THE FIRST PRESENTATION, UM, WITH THE SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY JOINT COMMISSION.
I'M GLAD THAT WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE POLICY WORK GROUP AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO, UH, WORK WITH THE GAPS WITH THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND
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HOPEFULLY EVEN, UM, THE COUNTY AND THE LOCAL, WHAT WE'RE ALL DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, WHEN WE DO FIND THOSE GAPS, AND YOU SAID TAKE 'EM TO THE APPROPRIATE ELECTED OFFICIAL, THAT WE ALL COME INTO ALIGNMENT AS WELL.AND THEN IF NEED BE THAT WE MAKE IT A PART OF OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS, IF IT'S AT A FEDERAL LEVEL OR IF IT'S AT A STATE LEVEL TOO.
SO I HOPE WITH THAT WE CAN ALIGN ALL OF OUR WORK TOGETHER WHEN WE IDENTIFY THOSE GAPS.
SO IF WE NEED TO BE SYNCING OFF THE SAME SHEET OF MUSIC WE CAN.
AND I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT THE CHAIR FOR THAT GROUP IS JEFF COYLE.
AND, UM, ALSO YOU MENTIONED THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.
IS THAT ALSO, TELL ME IN THIS, UM, FLOW CHART, WHERE DOES THE FUNDING STRATEGIES COME INTO PLAY? SO WHERE YOU SEE THE COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLAN MM-HMM.
ONCE WE KNOW WHAT THEY'VE CHOSEN, WE WILL PUT TOGETHER THE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT REFLECT THOSE PRIORITIES AND RELEASE THE R F P.
SO, WITHIN THE SUBCOMMITTEES, ARE THEY ALSO WORKING ON POTENTIAL FUNDING OUTLINES TOO, OR YOU'RE COMPLETELY SEPARATE? YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON THAT? SO WE ARE WAITING FOR THEM TO TELL US WHAT, IN, IN A WAY, WHAT THEY PICK AS THEIR TWO THINGS.
SO ONCE WE KNOW WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE, THEN WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO EVERYBODY, WHETHER YOU'RE ON THE COMMISSION OR NOT.
IF ONE OF THE PRIORITIES IS, UM, TO DO A BETTER JOB WORKING, UM, WITH KIDS ON HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, THEN WE WILL OPEN UP AN R F P CATEGORY THAT FUNDS IN ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK ON THAT, AND THAT THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS, WE'LL SELECT WHO WILL BE PART OF, UM, THE FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR THAT.
NOW, WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT THE DETAILS, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAD A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM, UH, THE COMMISSION WOULD BE GIVEN MORE POINTS IN THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS THAN, FOR EXAMPLE, AN ORGANIZATION THAT DID NOT.
SO, I GUESS I, I NEED MORE CLARIFICATION FOR MYSELF.
MAYBE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THIS.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU'RE GONNA OPEN UP TO THAT TO THE R F P.
THEY'RE GONNA, THESE, UM, AGENCIES ARE GONNA COME AND SAY, WE'LL WORK ON THIS ISSUE AND THEY'LL GO AND FIND THE MONEY.
SO THE CITY HAS $500,000 THAT IT WILL ALLOCATE TO FUND THE PRIORITIES.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IDENTIFIED THROUGH THOSE COMMITTEES.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 500,000 THAT'S ALLOCATED SOMEWHERE.
'CAUSE THAT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME ON ALL OF THIS.
AND, AND, AND IN BETWEEN THERE, COUNCILWOMAN, THAT'S THE REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
BUT, BUT WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND REPORT OUT WHAT THE, WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN ORDER TO GET FEEDBACK BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SOLICIT FOR RFPS SO THAT, SO THAT THE COUNCIL SEES AND HAS A CHANCE TO MAYBE ADDITIONALLY PRIORITIZE WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON.
AND I GUESS I'LL, I'LL GET MORE INTO THE DETAILS ON THAT OCTOBER 30TH MEETING SO WE, I CAN GET MORE CLARITY OF POLICIES, MONIES, WHAT'S OUT THERE, WHAT WE CAN DO TO UTILIZE AND LEVERAGE.
AND THEN THE IMMEDIATE ACTIONS, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY-WIDE COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT, YEAH, THAT'S SLIDE 14.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO ARE INCLUSIVE OF OUR, UM, DEAF COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, AND ALSO WITH THE IF BLIND OR EVERY, EVERY COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES FOR THAT, UH, COMMUNICATIONS OUTREACH.
AND THEN, UM, I ALSO, YOU MENTIONED THE HANDLE WITH CARE AND THE SCHOOL-BASED PREVENTION PROGRAMS. YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE ISDS, BUT IF I CAN PLEASE NOW PUT IN TO NOT FORGET OUR ALL GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL AND I'LL SAY ALL GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, BUT ALSO THAT IT WAS, IT WAS SOMETHING, A TEEN DATING VIOLENCE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY, VERY PREVALENT.
AND WE NEED TO NOT FORGET THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE AROUND THERE TOO.
UM, AND THEN ON THE, I GUESS I NEED MORE CLARIFICATION ON ITEM ON SLIDE 19 WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM GAP ANALYSIS.
WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY, OR WE'RE GIVING MONEY TO THE COUNTY.
SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S, UM, BECAUSE IT'S A PLANNING PERIOD, THERE'S NO MONEY BEING ALLOCATED TO ANYBODY ABOUT THIS.
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AGAIN, REMEMBER THE COUNTY RUNS POINT ON MENTAL HEALTH, THE CITY RUNS POINT ON PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, SO WE ARE TAKING OUR LEAD FROM THE COUNTY ON THIS, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DRAW DOWN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM STATE AND FEDERAL SOURCES AS WELL ONCE WE HAVE THAT VISION.
AND YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY PART OF THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP AND SS A P D IS PART OF THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP, RIGHT? OR YOU'RE REPRESENTING RIGHT NOW I AM REPRESENTING CITY, THE CITY.
MEL HAS ALSO BEEN PART OF THIS MM-HMM.
BUT, UM, WE WILL PULL IN A BIG GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS ONCE WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE COMING UP WITH WHAT THIS VISION LOOKS LIKE.
UM, NEXT, I GUESS I'M JUST GONNA JUMP THROUGH TO, WELL, WE'LL GO TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT I GUESS.
NOW, UH, JENNIFER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, HAVE A COUPLE OF, I GUESS I HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM, COMMENTS, BUT ALSO QUESTIONS.
ONE, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE VEEVA SAN ANTONIO HEALTHY CORNER STORE INITIATIVE AND ALL YOUR WORK.
AND PARTICULARLY THANK YOU FOR THE HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, INITIATIVE.
AND THE, YOUR STAFF THAT YOU HAVE SPECIFICALLY IN DISTRICT THREE, I MEAN, THEY WORK SO HARD IN OUTREACH FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB GETTING THE WORD OUT.
AND THEY ARE, THEY ARE WORTH THE MONEY THAT WE ARE SPENDING ON, ON THEM.
UM, SO ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT, I GUESS THIS IS NUMBER NUMBER NINE.
AND TO THAT POINT OF THE HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EMBEDDING EQUITY INTO METRO HEALTH, THE 2020 EXPANSION COMPENSA, UH, COMPENSATION OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS DOING OUTREACH THROUGH THE REACH GRANT, IS THAT INDIVIDUALS OR IS THAT ORGANIZATION? IT'S INDIVIDUALS.
AND THEN, UH, I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE HAVE OUR ESTABLISHED HEALTH EQUITY LEADERSHIP TEAM.
AND I LIKE HOW YOU KIND OF THREW DOWN THE GAUNTLET AND SAID THAT YOU ALL ARE THE LEADERS IN THE CITY.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO, I MENTIONED THE TEEN DATING VIOLENCE, UM, ISSUE AND HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS.
I DO HAVE TO SAY ON SLIDE NUMBER 17, UH, WITH THE RESTAURANT GRADE PLACARDS, I'M READY FOR THIS TO BE PERMANENT.
'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR WAY TOO LONG.
SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE DOING MORE SURVEYS AND OUTREACH.
UM, BUT I REALLY DO THINK WE JUST, SO MANY OTHER LARGE CITIES ARE DOING IT, AND IT'S JUST HOW IT'S DONE.
SO I'M READY TO HAVE THAT, UH, BECOME PERMANENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN, UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS UNDER METRO HEALTH OR HUMAN SERVICES, BUT I HAVE EVERYBODY HERE, SO I'M JUST GONNA ASK THIS.
AND, UH, ERIC, YOU'RE HERE TOO, OBVIOUSLY.
SO, UM, AIRPORT AND, UM, ADULT CHANGING STATIONS AT THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT, UM, NOT JUST FOR SMALL KIDS, BUT FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE TRAVELING TOGETHER AND ADULTS WHO NEED ASSISTANCE IN, UM, ADULT CHANGING STATIONS, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT ACCESSIBILITY IN OUR AIRPORT.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT.
SO, SO, SO THERE'S MY COMMENT ON THAT.
WE WILL, WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT.
AND TO GLAD YOU'RE OF THERE NOW, MELODY, YOU'RE SO GOOD ALREADY.
UH, TO THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, I CAN'T SAY, UH, ENOUGH ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL YOUR TEAM IS AND HOW THEY'RE ALWAYS ON CALL AND THEY'RE ALWAYS READY TO GO.
AND I HAVE TO KEEP SAYING THESE THINGS IN FRONT OF YOUR BOSS, THE CITY MANAGER.
BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE DOING GREAT STUFF.
AND ALSO PARTICULARLY, UM, WHO'S KIND OF NEW TO YOUR D H SS TEAM, BUT MARJORIE WHITE WITH HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVES TOO.
GREAT PERSONALITY INTERACTION WITH EVERYONE.
IT COULD BE A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT.
ON OUR, ON THE TEAM SLIDE NUMBER FOUR, UH, TO YOUR, TO THE BUDGET, TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
CAN YOU CLARIFY, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SENIOR INDEPENDENCE, IS THAT OUR SENIOR CENTERS? WHAT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SENIOR INDEPENDENCE? SO, THAT'S THE GOAL OF OUR SENIOR CENTER EFFORTS.
SO OUR, OUR SENIOR SERVICES BUDGET IS PRIMARILY SENIOR CENTERS.
UM, AGAIN, EMBEDDING THAT EQUITY IN HUMAN SERVICES, THAT'S A VERY, UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT.
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ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT WITH YOUR SENIOR SERVICES, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD, UM, AND THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE WITH SENIOR PLANET AND WITH OATS.THE OLDER, UH, OLDER AMERICANS.
WELL, OLDER AGING WITH THE, UM, TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
OUR SENIORS HAVE JUST TAKEN ROOT AND HAVE GROWN THROUGH THAT.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP.
WE'RE MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE AND IT'S VERY, IT'S HELPING COMBAT THAT ISOLATIONISM YES.
SO I THINK THAT'S BEEN A HELPFUL ASPECT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INDEPENDENCE MM-HMM.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT COMING TO THE HOMELESSNESS, UM, ISSUE.
I THINK, ERIC, MY QUESTION FOR YOU STRUCTURALLY, HOW WILL THEY, UM, HOW WILL THEY ALL BE WORKED TOGETHER? SO IF WE HAVE HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER PROGRAMS IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AND WE HAVE A CHIEF HOUSING DIRECTOR OR OFFICER THAT IS OVERSEEING HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AND ALL THIS TOGETHER, WILL THE, WILL THE PROGRAM STAY UNDER THE CORRESPONDING DEPARTMENTS AND JUST THE DIRECTOR WILL HAVE OVERSIGHT? WHAT? OF, OF WHAT'S GO OF JUST OVERSEE IT? IS THAT WHAT YOU ENVISION? SO I ACTUALLY PROBABLY ENVISION, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, MEL AND THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAVE FOR YEARS NOW DONE A GREAT JOB IN MANAGING THAT ASPECT.
UH, BUT, BUT ORGANIZATIONALLY, I SEE, UM, MAYBE US REMOVING THAT ROLE FROM HUMAN SERVICES INTO A, IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR A DEPARTMENT, BUT, BUT AN EFFORT OR AN OFFICE, UM, THAT, THAT SOMEBODY WOULD LEAD.
I MEAN, WE HAVE BOTH THE DIRECT CONNECT WITH SERVICES WE HAVE, WE OVERSEE CONTRACTS, UH, WE COORDINATE, UH, ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS WITH SOLID WASTE AND T C I AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT, THAT SMALL PART OF HUMAN SERVICES REALLY DOES A WHOLE LOT OF COORDINATING AND ADMINISTRATION.
SO ORGANIZATIONALLY, I SEE IT PROBABLY POTENTIALLY SEPARATE FROM HUMAN SERVICES.
UM, THE, THE MORE IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS, AND IT'S WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, IS THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE IN OVERSEEING THE EFFORTS FROM, UM, UH, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS ALL THE WAY THROUGH, UH, ALL THE, THE VARIETY OF OUR, UH, HOUSING PROGRAMS. UM, BUT, BUT I THINK PROBABLY THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE, UH, DR.
BRIDGER AND MEL AND I TO KIND OF SIT THROUGH WITH VET WITH VETO AND LORI AND SIT DOWN AND THINK THROUGH HOW DO WE ORGANIZATIONALLY MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT THAT BEST MAKES SENSE FOR THIS EFFORT, HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING, D H SS, AND, AND, AND DO THAT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL STANDPOINT.
UM, AND, AND, YEAH, ONE OTHER THING.
THE, THE OTHER THING I, I NEED TO GET INPUT FROM IS FROM, UH, THE STAKEHOLDERS, BOTH THE, AND, AND, AND WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE DIRECT TIES WITH MARJORIE.
UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET, WE GET FEEDBACK FROM, FROM THEM AS WELL AS SARAH AND HAVEN FOR HOPE AND ST.
VINCENT DEPAUL AND THE FOOD BANK.
YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE ELEMENTS KIND OF CONNECT INTO THE CITY.
AND I WANT ALL THOSE, THOSE, THOSE CONNECTIONS TO REMAIN STRONG.
UM, AND, AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE THAT I NEED TO KIND OF THINK THROUGH.
ON SLIDE NUMBER 14 ON THE PROPOSED HOMELESS INVESTMENT, I GUESS I NEED SOME CLARIFICATION HERE.
UM, IS THIS ALL, THIS ISN'T ALL HAVEN FOR HOPE.
IS THIS ALL HAVEN FOR HOPE HERE? YEAH.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PIE CHART? NO.
SO THE 5 MILLION AT THE TOP IS DIRECTLY TO HAVEN FOR HOPE OF BEXAR COUNTY, UM, THE AGENCY.
AND THEN IN THE RED SECTION, THOSE, THAT'S FUNDING TO HAVEN FOR HOPE CAMPUS PARTNERS ON CAMPUS PARTNERS.
SO THAT INCLUDES THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, WHO PROVIDES INTEGRATED, UM, TREATMENT ON CAMPUS, UM, AND FOOD BANK THAT PROVIDES THE MEALS AS WELL AS FAMILY VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE PREVENTION THAT PROVIDES COUNSELING AND HUMAN SERVICES.
YEAH, THAT IS, UM, WE HAVE FOUR DEDICATED STAFF IN THE HOMELESS AREA.
AND THEN OTHER, OTHER, UM, PROGRAMS. OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
UM, AND THEN TO THE, I GUESS I'M GONNA JUMP, WELL NO, I'LL STAY AT THE MARGARET RESOURCE CENTER REALLY QUICK.
BRIDGER, UM, I STILL WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT DATA FROM JANUARY, MAYBE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME THROUGH THROUGH CATH TO SAN ANTONIO THROUGH THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES
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OR WHAT HAVE YOU SINCE JANUARY? WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES.AND THEN, UM, ALSO, IS THERE AN UPDATE FROM FEMA ON THE APPLICATION? NO, WE GOT AN UPDATE.
WE GOT AN EMAIL SAYING, WE'LL GET YOU AN UPDATE SOON.
UM, SO I MEAN, THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE WAITING AND THEY'RE WAITING AS WELL FOR FEDERAL GUIDELINES, BUT, UM, WE STILL DO NOT HAVE THE APPLICATION OR THE DATE BY WHICH THE APPLICATION IS DUE.
UM, NOW TO THE DELEGATE AGENCIES, UM, I, MY QUESTION MELODY IS, DO OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES, DO THEY GO THROUGH AN EQUITY ASSESSMENT? UM, IS THAT PART OF MAYBE SOME OF THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS THAT THEY SAY THEY WILL GO THROUGH AN EQUITY ASSESSMENT? OR DO WE MAKE THEM GO THROUGH AN EQUITY ASSESSMENT? AND IF NOT, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT.
SO IN THE LAST PROCESS, WHEN WE DID THIS PROCESS IN 2018, UM, WE DID LOOK AT THEM AND PART OF THEIR APPLICATION, UM, WAS ADDRESSING EQUITY THROUGH THEIR, UH, COOPERATION WITH SA 2020.
SO IF THEY WERE MEMBERS OF THE SA 2020 ORGANIZATION, SA 2020 WAS WORKING THROUGH ECO EQUITY WITH THEM, UM, FOR THE NEXT PROCESS, WE WILL EMBED THAT DIRECTLY IN THE R F P AND ASK THEM TO RESPOND TO THAT, AND IT WILL HAVE EVALUATION POINTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, AND I THINK I MENTIONED THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID DO THIS YEAR IS, IS WHEN WORKING ON THEIR REPORTING, THE PERFORMANCE REPORTING IS INCLUDING A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY PROVIDE MORE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA SO THAT WE CAN USE THAT TO, TO REALLY LOOK AT HOW THE IM, THE PROGRAMS ARE IMPACTING VARIOUS POPULATIONS.
SO I WILL BE JUST BLUNT, I THINK WE HAVE, WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH EQUITY ASSESSMENT THROUGH OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION MM-HMM.
AND SO, UM, I'M WONDERING TOO, DOES UNITED WAY HAVE IT DO AN EQUITY ASSESSMENT WITH HOW THEY LOOK AT DELEGATE AGENCIES? DO YOU KNOW? THEY HAVE NOT.
AND THEN ALSO I THINK, UM, SPECIFICALLY ERIC, UM, MELODY, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE TOO IS THESE ARE SPECIFIC LINE ITEM, UH, AGENCIES, PROJECT QUEST HAVEN.
IF THERE'S A WAY, IF IT'S NOT ALREADY THAT WE HAVE THAT EQUITY EMBEDDED INTO, UM, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE, THEY'RE A LINE ITEM WITHIN THE CITY BUDGET, THAT THEY GO THROUGH SOME SORT OF EQUITY ASSESSMENT JUST LIKE WE ARE MAKING OUR OTHER, UM, DEPARTMENTS GO THROUGH.
BECAUSE THAT IS A GOOD CHUNK OF MONEY THAT WE ARE INVESTING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
COUNCILWOMAN VRAN, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ALSO, AND I'LL START OFF ON PAGE 96 OF THE BUDGET.
IT SAYS, THAT WILL BE FUNDING SCHOOL-BASED PREVENTION PROGRAM AT SELECT SAN ANTONIO SCHOOLS.
HOW WILL YOU BE SELECTING THE SCHOOLS, SCHOOL-BASED VIOLENCE, SCHOOL-BASED PREVENTION PROGRAMS? WHERE IS THAT? THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SCHOOL BASED? SO WE, UM, IN DEVELOPING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE ACTUALLY, UM, APPROACHED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND S A I S D WAS REALLY INTERESTED, BUT WE IDENTIFIED THE SCHOOLS BASED ON WHERE THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, MY NEXT QUESTION, AND BY THE WAY, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, GIVE KUDOS TO SOUTH SAN FOR ALREADY STARTING ON THEIR TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE CERTIFICATION.
UH, ALSO ON PAGE 2 63 OF THE BUDGET, WE HAVE A $79,000 INCREASE IN TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO A PROGRAM.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF SOMEBODY COULD GIVE ME SOME ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION, UM, AS TO WHY THAT INCREASE.
LIKE, ARE, ARE WE BUYING A VAN OR WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THAT EXTRA $79,000? OR WHAT, WHAT IS THE AGENCY DOING WITH THE $79,000 EXTRA? SO THIS IS ALAMO AREA RESOURCE CENTER, AND THE FUNDING, UM, USED TO PURCHASE THAT VAN IS FROM, UH, HUD FOR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS.
AND IT'LL BE USED TO HELP, UM, CLIENTS, UM, MOVE AROUND TO, OR GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, RUN ERRANDS.
UM, THEY, BUT IT IS A, OR I'M SORRY, IT IS A VAN OR SOME SORT OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO THEY PROVIDE RIDES TO, UM, CLIENTS THAT ARE CLIENTS OF THE HOPA PROGRAM, WHO ARE, HAVE BEEN, UH, DIAGNOSED WITH H I V OR AIDS.
UM, THEY MAY BE, UM, THEY MAY NOT HAVE A VEHICLE.
THEY, THEY MAY BE LIVING IN THEIR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES WITHOUT ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION.
SO THEY TAKE THEM TO, UM, FOR GROCERY SHOPPING FIELD TRIPS,
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UM, TO WORK, UM, MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS PRIMARILY.AND THEN, UH, SIMILAR ON PAGE 2 71 OF THE BUDGET, THE ELLA AUSTIN COMMUNITY CENTER YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WE'RE DOUBLING THEIR, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF SOMEBODY COULD HELP ME WITH THE REASONING THERE.
SO LAST YEAR THEY WERE RECOMMENDED FOR $45,000 IN THE INITIAL ADOPTED 2019 BUDGET.
AND THEN AT MIDYEAR THEY RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL $45,000 TO PROVIDE SUMMER CARE.
AND SO THIS BUDGET INCLUDES BOTH OF THOSE ALLOCATIONS TOGETHER.
ON PAGE 2 82 OF THE BUDGET BOOK, WE HAVE A, AN INCREASE IN $42,424 TO A HOT MEAL PROGRAM.
AND, UH, IF MAYBE YOU CAN GET ME SOME ADDITIONAL STATS OR INFORMATION OR DATA ON THE INCREASE THERE.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF OUR HOPA AGENCIES.
AND WE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND SO WE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO AGENCIES THAT WERE, UM, EXCEEDING OR MEETING, MEETING OR EXCEEDING THEIR GOALS.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS. AND THEY IDENTIFIED A NEED TO SERVE MORE MEALS TO THEIR POPULATION.
BRIDGER EARLIER, SO SHE'S GONNA GIVE ME AN OVERVIEW BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SEVERAL AIDS RELATED PROGRAMS YES.
AND THEY WERE IN DIFFERENT AREAS, SO I JUST WANTED A COMPREHENSIVE, UH, UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS ON PAGE 2 86 OF THE BUDGET BOOK WE HAVE, UH, AND WE HAVE THESE HEAD START OR AFTER SCHOOL CHALLENGE PROGRAMS IN DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
ONE OF THEM SPECIFICALLY IN ONE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT I SERVE.
AND IT'S ESTIMATED AT $40,600 OR PROPOSING THE SAME.
UH, AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY INSPIRING LEADERS AFTER SCHOOL CHALLENGE PROGRAM.
IT FROM, FROM THE, LOOKS LIKE IT.
AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DR.
VERTA FROM SOUTHWEST I S D TO POSSIBLY INCREASE IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, INITIALLY MAYBE IT WASN'T BUDGETED BECAUSE IT'S SPECIFIC TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH.
UH, WHEREAS I NOTICED THAT ALL THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE SOMETHING RELATED TO ATTENDANCE, UH, STAR ASSESSMENTS, ET CETERA.
SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE IF MAYBE YOU HAVE A, UM, AN A SOMEWHERE WHERE I COULD SEE IT AND HOW IT COMPARES TO OTHER PROGRAMS. SHARON, I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.
WHEN WE BEGAN, UM, CONTRACTING DIRECTLY THROUGH LOCAL INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR AFTERSCHOOL CHALLENGE, SOUTHWEST ISDS PROGRAM WAS REALLY DESIGNED TO HELP THEM, UM, PROVIDE EXTRA TUTORING FOR STUDENTS TAKING THE STAR TEST.
AND SO IT WAS DESIGNED AROUND THAT THEY ONLY WANTED TO PROVIDE THE PROGRAM THREE DAYS A WEEK AND FOR, YOU KNOW, LESS DAYS THAN MOST OF THE OTHER, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
AND SO THAT, THAT HAS BEEN AT LEAST 10 YEARS THAT THEY HAVE DONE THAT.
UM, AND SO NOW THEY ARE WANTING TO GO TO A FIVE DAY PROGRAM AND WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO GO TO A FIVE DAY PROGRAM.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT OPTIONS, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE THAT EXPANSION.
AND THEN I DID WANT TO ADDRESS, UH, ONE OF THE DELEGATE AGENCIES, AND I THINK A COUNCILWOMAN VRAN, UH, MENTIONED THIS ARREST ABOUT THE EQUITY LENS SPECIFICALLY THROUGH UNITED WAY.
I KNOW THAT, UH, PROJECT QUEST, I JUST MET WITH THEM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND THEIR RECRUITMENT PLAN HAS AN EQUITY LENS.
AND, UM, I WANT TO SAY THAT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME INFORMATION AS WELL FROM, UH, HAVEN FOR HOPE, WHICH I HAD MET, AND THEY DIDN'T, UH, I DIDN'T DELIBERATELY ASK IF THEY HAD AN EQUITY LENS, BUT FROM THE INFORMATION THAT I RECEIVED FROM THEM, IT SEEMED LIKE THEY DO HAVE AN EQUITY LENS AND THEY ARE TARGETING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH MOST NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT, UH, I DO WANNA REITERATE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BRAN'S POINT THAT I THINK THAT ANY DELEGATE AGENCY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SHOULD HAVE THAT EQUITY LENS AS WELL.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS, AND I BELIEVE THAT COUNCILMAN PAL IS NEXT.
BRIDGER, WE, UH, I, I, I SAW THE PRESENTATION ON ON ACES.
I THINK THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, LIKE YOU'VE REALLY, UM, HELPED ME SEE WHAT THE HECK IT IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, AND THAT, THAT VIDEO WAS ESSENTIAL TO MY UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT ACES IS AND, AND THE IMPACT.
AND THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK ABOUT WHEN I WAS WATCHING THAT VIDEO WAS THAT THE ONE COMMONALITY BETWEEN THE PEOPLE WHO SHOT UP WALMART AND EL PASO AND THE SHOOTER IN DAYTON, OHIO, AND MANDALAY BAY AND SUTHERLAND SPRINGS AND SANDY HOOK, IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT EVERY ONE OF THEIR BACKGROUNDS, YOU'LL FIND THAT THEY CHECKED A LOT OF THE BOXES OFF THAT YOU PRESENTED TO US.
AND SO THIS ISN'T JUST A FLUFFY FEEL GOOD, UH, LET'S GO SEE IF WE CAN IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH AMONG KIDS, BECAUSE SOME OF 'EM MIGHT BE SAD.
THIS IS IN, IN MANY WAYS A WAY FOR US TO ALSO
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PREVENT, YOU KNOW, A POSSIBLE FUTURE EL PASO SHOOTER, RIGHT? WHO RIGHT NOW IS IN A PRESSURE COOKER AT HOME AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IS BEING ARMED, UH, BY HIS OWN PARENTS AND BY HIS OWN FAMILY MEMBERS, UM, WITH THE, UH, REASONS TO GO DO THESE HORRIBLE THINGS BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, OF THESE ACES, RIGHT? AND SO WHILE THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR WHAT THESE FOLKS DID IN, IN THESE SHOOTINGS, UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, ANY EXPERT WHO LOOKS AT THIS WILL TELL YOU THAT THEIR BACKGROUNDS ALL HAVE THESE COMMON DENOMINATORS.AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THOSE COMMON DENOMINATORS EARLY ON, UH, WITH REGARDS TO CHILDREN, WELL THEN WE'RE FAILING EVERYBODY, RIGHT? BECAUSE OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT FEWER PEOPLE DIE ON OUR WATCH
AND SO, I'M, I'M, YOU'VE GOT MY SUPPORT ON THAT ONE.
UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE JOINT COMMISSION ON, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THE ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME, AND I'M THROWING THIS AT YOU FROM, YOU KNOW, LEFT FIELDS, SO FORGIVE ME FOR THE SURPRISE, 'CAUSE YOU AND I HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS, BUT IS THAT THERE'S NO MENTION IN THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES ABOUT BUSINESS, RIGHT? I MEAN, AND, UM, OUR FAITH COMMUNITY OR, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR EDUCATION COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SO I HAD A MEETING WITH TAYLOR, AMY, THE PRESIDENT OF U T S A BEFORE COMING UP HERE, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND, YOU KNOW, HE EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO BE INVOLVED, RIGHT? UM, I HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, RICHARD PEREZ, AND THEY, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE IS A ROLE FOR EMPLOYERS, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE MAJORITY OF SAN ANTONIANS ARE EMPLOYED, AND IN FACT, MOST OF THEM SPEND MORE WAKING HOURS AT THEIR EMPLOYER THAN THEY DO AT HOME.
AND THAT THERE ARE SOMETIMES NO CONNECTIONS DRAWN BETWEEN, I'M SORRY, THERE OFTENTIMES THERE'S NO RESOURCES TO WHICH THEY CAN POINT TO AT THEIR OFFICE, UM, THAT ADDRESSES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
SO I THINK THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, A GROUP OF LARGE EMPLOYERS OUT THERE WHO ARE, WHO ARE SENSITIVE TO THIS.
SO, I MEAN, NO REQUEST RIGHT NOW OTHER THAN MAYBE WE CAN SOMEHOW FIGURE OUT A WAY TO INCLUDE THEM.
AND UH, I WILL SAY THAT THE CHAMBER IS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY PARTNERS WITH THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.
SO THEY ARE ALREADY ON THAT LIST OF FOLKS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE, UM, HAVE OUR AD IN PLACE FIRST.
SO THAT WE WERE LEADING BY EXAMPLE.
AND THEN, UM, I HAD SOME OTHER ISSUES I WAS GONNA BRING UP WITH YOU, AND I'LL ONLY BRING UP ONE.
'CAUSE I'M, I'M SEEING SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO LOOK A LITTLE SLEEPY.
AND, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR SITTING THROUGH THIS.
UM, THE PLACARDS FOR THE RESTAURANTS.
UM, UP UNTIL NOW, THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN A SUCCESS, RIGHT? AND IT'S BEEN A VOLUNTARY, UH, PROJECT.
SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL, WHY DO WE NEED TO MAKE IT MANDATORY? RIGHT? 'CAUSE I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WORKS THE BEST IS WHEN WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT CARROT INCENTIVES AS OPPOSED TO STICK MANDATES.
AND, UH, WALK ME THROUGH THAT.
'CAUSE I'M HAVING A TOUGH TIME FIXING, FIXING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT BROKEN.
SO IN THE BEGINNING, THE CONCERN WAS THAT, UM, IT WAS A ONE-TIME SNAPSHOT.
THERE WOULD BE A LONG TIME BEFORE THEY COULD FIX THE PROBLEM AND GET A DIFFERENT SCORE.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO IF SOMEBODY'S HAVING A BAD DAY AND THE HEALTH INSPECTOR SHOWS UP, THEN THEY'RE STUCK FOR THE QUARTER WITH A BAD GRADE.
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH THE PILOT PROCESS IS REALLY STREAMLINE THE, THE PROCESS OF REINSPECTION.
WE'VE GOTTEN INPUT FROM THE RESTAURANTS ABOUT THE FACT THAT INSTEAD OF PUTTING JUST THAT ONE SNAPSHOT IN TIME, WE WOULD PUT THE PREVIOUS, UM, FOUR INSPECTIONS, AVERAGE SCORE UP THERE.
SO ONE BAD DAY DOESN'T SKEW YOUR ENTIRE QUARTER.
UM, AND THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT REINSPECTION.
THE, THE PART THAT'S NOT WORKING ABOUT THE PILOT IS THAT IF YOU HAVE AN A, YOU'RE POSTING IT.
IF YOU HAVE A C YOU'RE NOT POSTING IT.
AND SO THE WHOLE POINT HERE IS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND TO LET, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING INTO THE RESTAURANT KNOW THE SANITATION SCORE OF THAT RESTAURANT.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY ADVERTISING THOSE WHO ARE DOING WELL.
WE'RE NOT BEING COMPLETELY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT EVERYBODY.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION, AND I TOTALLY FORGOT, UM, THERE IS A FRIEND OF MINE, UH, WHO'S A COUNTY COURT JUDGE HERE IN TOWN NAMED ROSIE GONZALEZ, WHO'S BEEN VISITING WITH US.
AND, YOU KNOW, SHE'S IN THE NEWS AND, UM, YOU'RE REQUESTING A LOT OF MONEY FOR A PROGRAM OF HERS.
UH, I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE PAPERWORK THAT SHE SENT MY WAY, AND I'LL BE MEETING WITH HER SOMETIME SOON.
I, I IMAGINE THAT YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M FAMILIAR, THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? YES.
COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL AND I HAD LUNCH WITH JUDGE GONZALEZ.
SO IS IS YOUR PLAN AND IS THE FUNDING GOING TO INCLUDE FUNDING FOR HER COURT? UM, FOR
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THIS ONE PROGRAM? 'CAUSE SHE'S MAKING IT SOUND LIKE NOTHING IN THE WORLD WILL WORK OTHER THAN THIS ONE PROGRAM.AND, YOU KNOW, I WORRY WE'VE GOT LIMITED RESOURCES.
AND THE C C R THAT COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ AND I SUBMITTED TO YOU WAS FOR EDUCATION, RESPONSE PREVENTION, SHELTERING, ALL THAT.
SO CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THAT? SO THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THAT, UM, WE ARE GIVING EACH OF THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES A MENU FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE THEIR PRIORITIES.
IF ONE OF THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES CHOOSES THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRUG COURT AS THEIR PRIORITY, THEN THAT WOULD MAKE THEM ELIGIBLE FOR PART OF THAT $500,000.
SO SHE'S STILL IN THE RUNNING? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH HER.
UM, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT HAVEN FOR HOPE ATTRACTS AS A RESULT OF THE $5, I'M SORRY, THE FIVE, $5 MILLION INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY MAKES TO HAVEN? YES.
SO WE ARE ABOUT A LITTLE MORE THAN 20% OF THEIR TOTAL BUDGET, AND SO THEY FUNDRAISE, UM, AND FROM BOTH PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS, THE COUNTY FUNDS THEM AND, YOU KNOW, MOSTLY FROM PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS TO RAISE THE REST OF THEIR BUDGET, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF 15 MILLION OR $20 MILLION.
AND THOSE COME FROM, FROM WHAT TYPES OF AGENCIES OR? SO THEY HAVE, UM, FUNDING FROM THE STATE, THEY HAVE FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY AND THEN, UM, PRIVATE DONORS.
AND THEN ALSO THE NEU STAR GOLF TOURNAMENT EVERY YEAR RAISES THREE TO $4 MILLION, UM, FOR HAVEN, OHIO.
I'M GONNA SWITCH GEARS A LITTLE BIT, UM, WITH THE, WELL, THE COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLAN INCLUDE ADDITIONAL TRAINING PROVIDED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HOLD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PERPETRATORS, UH, ACCOUNTABLE OUTSIDE THE COURT SYSTEM.
UM, I'M, MY CONCERN HERE IS THAT THE SHIFT HAS BEEN TO SERVICES FOR A VICTIM, WHICH IS VICTIMS, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT I ALSO WANNA GO BACK TO PREVENTION.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IS THERE SOME, CAN WE DO SOME KIND OF DATABASE WE KNOW REPEAT OFFENDERS LIVE, UM, SO THAT IT'S NOT, AND MAYBE SOME KIND OF MONITORING OR TRACKING SO THAT, THAT LOWER LEVEL ASSAULT, BODILY INJURIES DON'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF HOSPITALIZATIONS AND, AND MURDERS.
WE WERE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT AT LUNCH TODAY.
UM, AND, UM, JUDGE GONZALEZ SENT US AN EXAMPLE OF, UM, AN INNOVATIVE PROCESS THEY'RE USING IN TARRANT COUNTY THAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT.
BUT YES, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS NOW.
CAN, I'M NOT SURE WE'RE GONNA GET TO IT THE FIRST YEAR.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FIVE YEAR PLAN, AND WE WILL INCLUDE THAT IN THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
AND THE CHIEF WOULD LIKE TO SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
ACTUALLY, COUNCILWOMAN, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, IS TRYING TO GET TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUE UPSTREAM RATHER THAN DOWNSTREAM BECAUSE WE, WE, WE ALREADY DEVOTE A LOT OF RESOURCES AND MONEY TO, UM, UH, TO THE AFTER EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
WE'RE TRYING TO THINK OF SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO, UH, PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING.
UM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO, ARE YOU, MAYBE YOU'RE PLANNING ON PROVIDING DISTRICT BY DISTRICT HEALTH PROFILE REPORTS? IF NOT, WILL YOU? I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU IN A PICKLE, BUT IT HELPS ME TO BROADLY ASSESS PRIORITY CONCERNS FOR, FOR DISTRICT, FOR MY DISTRICT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE, UM, PREVIOUSLY AT, AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, WE'VE BEEN HAVING COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW TO GET THAT TO YOU.
SO, YES, I'M NOT SURE IF JENNIFER HAS A TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, BUT, UM, IT IS DEFINITELY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEWER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, PART OF YOUR ORIENTATION PROCESS AND ORIENTATION PACKET INCLUDES, UM, COUNCIL LEVEL HEALTH OUTCOMES.
AND THEN IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, IN REGARD TO THE RESTAURANT GRADE PLACARDS, I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SURVEY THAT WAS ISSUED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE A COPY OF THE, THE QUESTIONNAIRE? UM, AND ALSO, IS IT POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE NOT JUST THE GRADE ITSELF AS A POSTING, BUT THE SCORE? UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN MY KID COMES HOME WITH AN 80 OR AN 89, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO ME.
UM, BUT I, I THINK IN, IN, IN THE RESTAURANT WORLD TO ALSO POSTING UP A B WOULD, UH, IT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE MAYBE TO A CONSUMER, UM, TO ALSO HAVE THE, THE NUMBER SCORE NEXT TO IT.
THAT'S THE WAY THEY'RE CURRENTLY DONE.
AND WE'LL CERTAINLY TAKE THAT OKAY.
AND YES, WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH A COPY OF THE SURVEY THAT WAS DONE.
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MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.BRIDGER, I WAS, UH, WANTING TO ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON YOUR, UH, FIRST PRESENTATION ON PAGE 16.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FUNDING, INCREASING THAT FUNDING.
UM, AND I NOTICED YOU HAD AN ADDITIONAL COST IN THERE, AND I THINK IT WAS ADDRESSED A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, FOR POLICE STAFFING GOING FROM 15.9 MILLION TO 17.8.
AND I WOULD, I WANTED TO KIND OF CLARIFY IN MY MIND, IS THIS FOR UNIFORM POLICE OR IS IT FOR CIVILIANS WHO ARE GONNA WORK WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? I'M GONNA LET MARIA TALK ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNCILMAN THE MAJORITY OF THE INCREASES FOR THE 16 NEW POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO BE ADDED TO THE BUDGET.
IT ALSO, UH, INCLUDES INCREASES TO THE WHOLE, UM, TEAM OF, UH, EMPLOYEES, BOTH CIVILIAN AND UNIFORM, UH, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF SALARY INCREASES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, UM, WITHIN THE CITY.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO PRIMARY DRIVERS OF THE ADDITIONAL COST.
UH, THERE'S ALSO, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, POSITIONS THAT WERE, UH, BEING PROPOSED TO BE REALLOCATED INTO 2020 WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ALSO SUPPORT, UH, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EFFORTS.
YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT'S A FEELING THAT I HAVE.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF OTHERS SHARE IT, BUT I THINK PEOPLE, AND DR.
BRIDGER, YOU MAY, UH, UNDERSTAND THIS.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE MAY BE A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE TALKING WITH A CIVILIAN PROFESSIONAL, WHETHER IT'S A COUNSELOR OR A PSYCHOLOGIST OR SOMEBODY WHO CAN WORK WITH THEM, UH, IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION AS OPPOSED TO A POLICE OFFICER.
AND I'M WONDERING, WE'RE GONNA BE SENDING OUT TEAMS TO WHERE IT WON'T JUST BE ONE OR TWO POLICE OFFICERS TRYING TO HELP FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU.
WERE YOU BEATEN, WHAT HAPPENED? UH, IS THERE GONNA BE CIVILIANS WHO HAVE THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH PEOPLE TOO, COUNCILMAN THOSE, UH, SAFE OFFICERS WOULD BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR C R T NON-SWORN MEMBERS, UH, IN, IN, IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, BUT THEY WOULDN'T BE JUST GOING OUT THERE IN, IN A LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY.
IT'S OUTREACH, IT'S EDUCATION, A VARIETY OF THINGS.
AND I KNOW THAT, UH, WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO WORK HARD WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS TO SEND OUT A SPECIAL TEAM, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE POLICE OFFICERS, YOU CERTIFIED, BUT A LOT OF THEM, THEY GO IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES SO THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING SO THREATENING.
AND, UH, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT, ARE WE JUST TALKING ABOUT MORE POLICE OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT OTHER WAYS AND AVENUES OF ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM ON THE STREET IN THE HOUSE WHERE IT OCCURS? SO ONE THING I DO WANNA MENTION IS, UM, MEL WAS JUST WHISPERING IN MY EAR WITH THE SS A P D MENTAL HEALTH UNIT.
THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS IN THE BEGINNING ABOUT HOW EFFECTIVE WOULD LAW ENFORCEMENT BE AT DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
UM, SO I THINK THAT WITH THE RIGHT TRAINING AND THE RIGHT APPROACH, THAT THESE POLICE OFFICERS REALLY ARE THAT ONE STOP SHOP FOR FOLKS RATHER THAN PEOPLE HAVING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH A SYSTEM OF MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS.
SO, UM, THAT'S THE EXAMPLE THAT THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE WE HAVE IS WITH THE, WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT.
AND THEY'VE BEEN ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.
I, I HOPE TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE FIND THAT THAT'S THE CASE AS, AS WE DEVELOP IN THIS AREA.
UH, BUT I KNOW WHAT WE PAY A POLICE OFFICER IS WHAT A GOOD, YOU KNOW, COUNSELOR GETS OR MORE, OR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, SOMEBODY WHO WORKS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THESE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS.
UM, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD, AND I THINK YOU ANSWERED IT THOUGH, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ON MENTAL HEALTH MM-HMM.
IT'S THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE OF A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE THREE AUTHORITIES TO TRY AND, AND FULFILL THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS IN THE CITY.
BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT EACH OF US IS DOING SOMETHING RIGHT, BUT WE'RE NOT CONNECTED.
UH, IN LOOKING AT, UM, LET'S SEE.
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MY PAGES TURNED HERE.UH, IT WAS ON, UH, PAID SICK LEAVE SECTION.
I MARKED IT IN ANOTHER ONE, BUT NOT HERE IN THE PAID SICK LEAVE SECTION.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOUR POSITIONS.
WHEN ARE WE GONNA BE IMPLEMENTING THE HIRING PRACTICES FOR THOSE? WE'RE GONNA GET THE POSITIONS POSTED BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
SO IT USUALLY TAKES SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS TO, UM, BRING ON FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.
UM, WE, UH, IN THE PREVIOUS TIME WHEN WE WERE PREPARING FOR PAID SICK LEAVE, WE DID BRING ON TEMP EMPLOYEES, AND I DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO'S REMAINED WITH US WORKING ON PAID SICK LEAVE.
'CAUSE WE CONTINUE TO GET QUESTIONS AND WE'RE STAFFING A TABLE AT SOME OF THE COMMISSION MEETINGS AND SUCH.
UH, I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND A TIMELINE ON THAT.
UH, I WANTED TO ASK ALSO ABOUT, UH, THE STRATEGIC PLAN WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON, UH, AND IT, WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT ALL FOUR STRATEGIC HEALTH PRIORITIES, ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, VIOLENCE, PROTECTION, ACCESS TO CARE AND NUTRITION.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HEAR IN OCTOBER ABOUT WHAT THAT PLAN IS.
WE'LL HAVE THE ACTUAL WRITTEN PLAN AVAILABLE, UM, IN IN EARLY OCTOBER.
WILL WE EXPECT TO SEE GOALS OR TARGETED, UH, METRICS FOR EACH OF THESE AREAS? YES.
WHERE WE ARE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING, UM, AN INITIATIVE FOR THIS YEAR.
WE'LL CERTAINLY HAVE TARGETED MEASURES THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SO THAT WE CAN SEE OVER TIME IF WE'VE MADE ANY IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, ANOTHER ONE I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, IT'S KIND OF RELATED TO THIS ON NEXT LEVEL, UH, WE TARGETED OR, OR WE INVESTED IN THAT THIS YEAR WE HAD 230 YOUTH INVOLVED IN THIS.
UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS, BUT WHAT, WHAT ARE THE TARGETS? BECAUSE WE GOT 35,000 YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS, IN THIS UNIVERSE.
SO WHAT KIND OF TARGETS ARE THEY SETTING FOR 2020? SO FOR 2020, THAT'LL BE A FULL YEAR OF SERVICES, AND OUR TARGET IS 600 ADDITIONAL YOUTH ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM.
40% OF THEM WOULD BE ENGAGED IN EDUCATION, ANOTHER 40% IN EMPLOYMENT.
UM, AND THEN 80% INVOLVED IN CASE MANAGEMENT ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
UM, WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT IT'S TAKING MULTIPLE CONTACTS.
UM, AND AS A COMPARISON, THE THE UPGRADE PROGRAM THAT SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP RUNS, THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES COLLEGE EDUCATION, UM, FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T FINISHED, BUT THEY DO HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND IT TAKES UPGRADE, UM, ABOUT 12 MONTHS AND 12 CONTACTS PER STUDENT STUDENT TO GO FROM ENROLL IN, UM, ENGAGEMENT IN THE PROGRAM TO ENROLLMENT IN SCHOOL.
AND SO IT, IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF, UM, OUR NEXT LEVEL STUDENTS, UM, GET JOBS AND SO THEY ARE WORKING, BUT THE, THE JOB LEVEL IS PRETTY LOW BECAUSE OF THEIR EDUCATION AND SKILL LEVEL.
NOW, THIS IS KIND OF BEING PARTNERED WITH OUR, OUR OWN EFFORT TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, WORK WITH STUDENTS OR PEOPLE THROUGH SITE AND RELEASE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IS THAT RIGHT TOO? THAT IF, UH, IF THEY'RE, UM, IF THEY RUN INTO OUR COURT SYSTEM, THEN THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP THEM IF THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL OR IF THEY DON'T HAVE A JOB TO GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
IN FACT, MUNICIPAL COURTS IS REFERRING, UM, YOUTH OVER AS THEY SEE THEM WHEN THEY'RE APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROGRAM.
AND SO WE ARE ENROLLING AND THEN, UM, WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEIR, UM, JUVENILE COURT ADVOCATES, AND I THINK EVEN A COUPLE OF THEM ARE WORKING OVER AT THE CENTER ON A REGULAR BASIS.
NOW, IS THE FUNDING, UH, THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR FOR THIS NEXT YEAR? IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LESS BECAUSE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET INCLUDED ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FRANK GARRETT.
AND SO THAT'S TAKEN OUT FOR THIS YEAR.
WHAT'S THE FUNDING EXPECTED FOR NEXT LEVEL? $286,000 TO THE CITY AND 415,000 TO OUR DELEGATE AGENCY PARTNERS.
AND SO WE PROJECT THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO HELP 600 PEOPLE.
AND SO THAT FUNDS, UM, OUR TWO EMPLOYEES, THE CENTER MA CENTER MANAGER, AND A, YOU KNOW, AN INTAKE FRONT DESK PERSON, AND THEN COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS IN GOODWILL ARE BRINGING THEIR EXPERTISE IN EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING AND EDUCATION COUNSELING.
SO, UM, DID EITHER OF THOSE INCREASE THEIR FUNDING INTO THIS PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT YEAR? I'M SORRY, WHO? DID EITHER OF THOSE TWO GROUPS INCREASE THEIR FUNDING INTO THE
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PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT YEAR? YES.ACTUALLY BOTH OF THEM HAVE BROUGHT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
UM, GOODWILL RECEIVED A JP MOR ROOM.
JP MORGAN CHASE GRANT THAT THEY PUT INTO THE CENTER AND COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS IS ALSO BRINGING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
AND SO, UM, I BELIEVE BOTH PROGRAMS APPLIED FOR FUNDING FROM UNITED WAY FOR RE-ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.
AND THEN WE ARE ALSO FUNDING THE HEAL MURPHY SCHOOL, WHO WE ARE COORDINATING WITH ON THIS EFFORT AND A NUMBER OF OTHER AGENCIES WHO AREN'T NECESSARILY WORKING IN THE CENTER, BUT THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING IN THEIR REFERRAL PARTNERS FOR, UM, YOUTH AS WE IDENTIFY ISSUES AND NEEDS.
THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS, IN LOOKING AT WHAT YOU'VE PRESENTED TO US, I, I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT PLANS, BUT I DON'T SEE A LOT OF GOALS OR METRICS FOR HOW ALL OF THESE, UH, CAN BE MEASURED THE NEXT YEAR.
AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT, UH, LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE TARGETS FOR EACH OF THESE THIS YEAR MM-HMM.
BECAUSE NEXT YEAR IT'S GONNA BE THE TIME WE START LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE DELEGATE AGENCIES AGAIN MM-HMM.
AND TO ME, IT'S NOT ABOUT MONEY, BUT IT'S ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE CAN HELP.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE TARGETS OF THOSE NUMBERS AND WE CAN SEE IF WE'RE REACHING THOSE.
DO WE NEED MORE RESOURCES? DO WE NEED TO SHIFT RESOURCES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
UM, I THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, WE KNOW THAT FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE ALL SERVE, THIS CAN BE A VERY, UM, HIGH STRUNG CONVERSATION, BUT IT ACTUALLY IS FINDING AND GETTING DOWN TO THE ROOT OF THE, THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE, NOT ONLY IN OUR CITY, BUT AS A COUNTY AS A WHOLE.
UM, SO I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT IS ON THE 10 QUESTION SCORECARD FOR THE THREE TYPES OF ACE.
UM, AS A VETERAN, I AM WONDERING WITH CHILDREN OF VETERANS OR CHILDREN OF MILITARY SPOUSE, UH, PARENTS, HOW DOES IT RELATE TO THOSE CHILDREN WHO HAVE PARENTS THAT ARE AWAY IN WAR ZONES, PARENTS THAT HAVE COME BACK FROM WAR ZONES AND HAVE BEEN EITHER AMPUTEES OR DISFIGURED? UM, HOW DOES THE A C E RELATE TO THOSE SPECIFIC CHILDREN OF MILITARY, UH, DEPLOYED PARENTS, UM, AS WELL AS CHILDREN THAT ARE SUFFERING, UM, BECAUSE OF THE P T S D THAT A VETERAN IS, IS COMING BACK WITH? SO THE, UM, ACE RESEARCH IS ONLY NOW STARTING TO LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT, UM, MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR CHILDREN.
HOWEVER, THAT BEING SAID, P T S D, UM, DEFINITELY FALLS IN THE CATEGORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
AND WE KNOW MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE HOME IS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, THE ACES.
UM, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT BOTH THE INCARCERATED PARENT AND THE DIVORCE SITUATION, A COMMON THEME BETWEEN THAT AND BEING DEPLOYED IS THAT THERE IS A PARENT MISSING FROM THE HOME.
UM, SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A STRETCH AT ALL TO SAY THAT THESE ARE VERY RELATED.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING WITH THE CERTIFICATIONS FOR THE TEACHERS AND, AND FACULTY, ARE WE LOOKING AT OUR BASE SCHOOLS AS WELL, SUCH AS COLE AND RANDOLPH HIGH SCHOOL? WILL THEY BE INCLUDED INTO THAT? THEY'RE ALL ELIGIBLE.
LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU.
UM, I THANK COUNCILMAN PLYS FOR BRINGING UP JUDGE GONZALEZ.
UM, AS A SURVIVOR, WE KNOW THAT IN BEXAR COUNTY ALONE, WE'VE HAD OVER 3,300, UM, PROTECTIVE ORDERS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED IN JUST 2018.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF THE SOURCE OF HOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMES ABOUT, TRULY GETTING DOWN TO THE DRUG PROBLEM WILL HAVE AN IMPACT.
UM, AND JUST FIVE MONTHS, WE'VE LOST THREE PEOPLE THAT WE CAN NAME, SUCH AS MS. ADRIAN, UH, MCDONALD, UH, JANICE BISON, AND MARY LOU RODRIGUEZ.
UM, AS A CITY COUNCIL, IS THAT PARTNERSHIP, OR AS A CITY AS A WHOLE, THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE ARE FORMING UNDER THE COALITION FOR, UM, OR THE COMMISSION, UM, WITH THE, WITH
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THE COUNTY? IS THERE A WAY TO GET A SPECIFIC UNDERSTANDING? BECAUSE I KNOW THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND HYBRID COURT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, UM, AND I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT SOME INFLUENTIAL WAYS TO WHERE WE ARE BECOMING, UM, KNOWN FOR DOING FIRST THINGS.UM, AND SO I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE HOW WE COULD PUT A, A MINDSET OF UNDERSTANDING MATCHING WITH THE COUNTY IF THE COUNTY DECIDES THAT THIS IS A COURT THAT THEY WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH.
IF THERE'S A MATCHING PROCESS THAT MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT PRIOR TO JUST THE, THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE PUT BEING PUT IN PLACE.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO? I CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH, UM, THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY HAVE ALLOCATED A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO THIS.
UM, SO WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND SEE WHAT THEIR COMMITMENT IS AND SEE WHAT THE TIMING IS WITH THE $500,000 IN THAT PROCESS.
AND AS IT COMES TO THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HAVEN FOR HOPE, WITH US BEING SUCH A, UM, SOURCE OF, OF REVENUE, THE QUESTION FOR ME, ME IS THE STATISTICS OF VIOLENCE THAT COMES WITHIN THE, THE FACILITY.
IS THERE A WAY THAT WE, AS A, A COUNCIL, CAN SEE THOSE STATISTICS AND HOW THEY BREAK DOWN TO THE TRAUMA THAT IS EVEN BROUGHT ABOUT ON THE PREMISES AS WE ARE TRYING AND LOOKING TO ASSIST WITH THE BUDGETING THAT WE'RE GIVING TO THEM? SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE THAT OCCUR ON THE CAMPUS? YES, MA'AM.
WHICH I THINK IS VERY, VERY LOW.
OR WOULD YOU WANT INFORMATION ON, UM, WOMEN OR EVEN MEN WHO ARE ON CAMPUS AND HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE AND THAT'S WHAT LED THEM TO HOMELESSNESS? YES.
I WOULD LOVE THAT INFORMATION.
UM, WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK TO GET THAT FOR YOU.
AND I BELIEVE MY, MY LAST QUESTION, UM, AS FAR AS FOR THE VIVA HEALTHY CORNER STORES, IS THAT LOOKING TO BE EXPANDED THROUGHOUT THE CITY OR IS IT STILL JUST A PILOT PROGRAM FOR DISTRICT THREE? IT'S STILL A PILOT PROGRAM FOR DISTRICT THREE.
UM, WE JUST RECEIVED OUR FIRST REPORT ON THE PROGRESS IN THAT PROGRAM, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IT OVER THIS NEXT YEAR.
AND IF, UM, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND, WE'LL CERTAINLY CONSIDER THAT.
UM, CITY STAFF AND, UH, CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL FOR, UM, PUTTING ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS.
ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ANNA SANDOVAL NEXT.
UH, THANK YOU STAFF FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
BRIDGER, UH, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT SOUNDED VERY INTERESTING THAT YOU BROUGHT UP.
COULD YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE HAVING TO DO WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? SURE.
SO WE MODELED IT AFTER SOME BEST PRACTICES, UM, THAT WE HAD FOUND ACROSS THE US AND IT CLARIFIES AND CONSOLIDATES INFORMATION.
SO IT CLARIFIES FOR STAFF, UM, HOW THEY CAN REPORT CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE HAVING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS, AND, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS TRAINING PROVIDED TO SUPERVISORS AND HR STAFF SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN WE GET THE, THE CONVERSATION FROM SOMEBODY WHO SAYS, I'M DEALING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
UM, SO THERE'S TRAINING, THERE'S A BETTER COORDINATION OF RESPONSE FOR EMPLOYEES.
THERE'S ALSO, I THINK, A BETTER LAYING OUT OF OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR STAFF WHO ARE PERPETRATORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WHICH WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAD REALLY ADDRESSED THROUGH THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LENS.
UM, SO IT GETS AT BOTH SIDES, IF, IF YOU ARE, ARE A PERPETRATOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HERE ARE RESOURCES FOR YOU IN ORDER TO GET THE HELP YOU NEED, BECAUSE THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR, UM, WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT NOT TOLERATING THAT BEHAVIOR? LIKE WHAT ARE THE STEPS AND ARE WE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT A DISMISSAL? SO MAYBE, MAYBE IT'D BE BETTER IF I ANSWER THAT.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT'S HOW, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BACKGROUND BEHIND THIS IS THAT I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK AT A, UH, AT A LUNCHEON ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN, UH, APRIL, IN THE APRIL TIMEFRAME.
AND AS I WAS PREPARING A COUPLE OF DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THAT LUNCHEON, I ASKED, UH, HR TO SEND ME WHAT WE DO FOR EMPLOYEES.
UM, AND WHAT I GOT BACK FROM HR WAS A VERY REACTIVE TYPE OF LIST.
AND, UM, UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE KIND OF STUMBLED
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UPON IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A CONSOLIDATED PLACE.AN ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE IS OUR GENERAL MANUAL, UM, FOR EMPLOYEES AND HOW, UH, WHAT THOSE STANDARDS ARE FOR EMPLOYEES, WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE, AND, AND, AND LAYING OUT THOSE GROUND RULES AHEAD OF TIME.
BRIDGER MENTIONED, WHAT WE DID WITH A, WHAT I DID WITH HR WAS LET'S CONSOLIDATE WHERE WE HAVE ELEMENTS OF, UM, VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACES.
AN ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE, UH, HARASSMENT, UH, IS AN, IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE.
LET'S PULL ALL THAT INTO A, UH, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT WE CAN REEDUCATE THE, THE WORKFORCE AS WE GO THROUGH REGULAR TRAINING FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
UM, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO, THE AD ENCOURAGES OR REQUIRES EMPLOYEES THAT ARE AWARE OF A COWORKER THAT MAY BE, UH, GOING THROUGH, UH, A DIFFICULT, UH, UH, CIRCUMSTANCE OF POTENTIALLY BEING A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO REPORT THAT THROUGH THE CHAIN OF COMMAND OR THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
UM, AND, AND IT GOES TO WHAT COUNCILMAN, UH, PALA TALKED ABOUT, UH, A SECOND AGO.
UM, AND, AND WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHAMBER BECAUSE MY, THE, THE SECOND CALL I MADE THERE IN APRIL WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING WAS, WELL, SURELY AS AN EMPLOYER, AS A MAJOR EMPLOYER IN THIS COMMUNITY, IS THERE A PLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE U SS A OR VALERO OR H E B OR MAJOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IS THERE A POLICY THAT WE HAVE? AND, UM, IN TALKING TO RICHARD, UH, THERE, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING.
AND SO WE HAVE, UH, UM, UH, RICHARD IS GONNA INITIATE, UH, A DISCUSSION FOR EMPLOYERS, FOR MAJOR EMPLOYERS THIS FALL, UH, TO FOCUS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE THINGS THAT EMPLOYEES SHOULD KNOW AND EMPLOYERS, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AND HOMELESSNESS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK I, I THINK AS A MAJOR EMPLOYER IN THIS COMMUNITY, THE EXPECTATION AND BEING A PUBLIC EMPLOYER, THE EXPECTATION IS, IS THAT, UM, WE WILL DEAL WITH THIS, UM, AND WE WILL BE CONSISTENT.
AND IT WAS MY EXPECTATION AND THE REASON WHY I ASKED FOR THE AD TO BE DRAFTED.
SORRY, THAT'S A LONG ANSWER FOR YOU.
I'M, UH, I'M VERY GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU DEVELOPED THIS AND THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH A CHAMBER ABOUT OTHER, UH, ENCOURAGING OTHER EMPLOYERS TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR.
UM, I WOULD SAY, LET'S NOT FORGET THE OTHER MAJOR PUBLIC EMPLOYERS IN THE AREA, LIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY HAVE ALSO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF, OF EMPLOYEES.
UM, I LIKE THE IDEA OF ENCOURAGING OTHER EMPLOYERS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ALSO DO WITH, SAY, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE DO BUSINESS WITH? IS THERE A WAY TO ENCOURAGE THAT? WE CAN CERTAINLY SHARE OUR, UM, OUR AD AS A MODEL POLICY AND OUR EXPECTATION THAT WE'D LIKE THEM TO WALK WITH US
THAT, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.
I MEAN, AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST GOT THROUGH TALKING ABOUT A BUNCH OF DELEGATE AGENCIES AND THE EXPECTATION WE DELEGATE AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED MANY TIMES ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW OUR PROCUREMENT, PROCUREMENT RULES.
UM, AND, AND NOW THAT WE'VE GOT AN ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING IT'LL BE, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT INCORPORATING WITH THOSE AGENCIES THAT, THAT, UH, THAT CONTRACT WITH US.
I MEAN, IT'S FROM A CONSISTENCY STANDPOINT, UM, PROVIDING THE TRAINING, MAKING SURE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THAT THOSE STANDARDS ARE PUT IN PLACE ARE BEST DONE, UM, CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND I, I UNDERSTAND PROCUREMENT HAS A LOT OF, UM, RED TAPE AND IT'S ALREADY A SUFFICIENTLY COMPLICATED AND, UH, TEDIOUS PROCESS, BUT I, I DO THINK IT'S ONE OF THE WONDERFUL ADVANTAGES WE HAVE AS A VERY BIG ORGANIZATION IS THAT WE CAN INFLUENCE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE CAN SEND THOSE RIPPLES IN IN THAT WAY.
UH, THERE WAS A, I BELIEVE THANK YOU DR.
UH, JENNIFER, I BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY POLICIES AND SOLID WASTE, UH, WORKING WITH SOME ORGANIZATIONS.
COULD YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE SURE ABOUT THAT? SURE.
IT'S JUST AN INITIAL, UM, PROJECT THAT WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
BUT, UM, FOR YEARS WE'VE HAD OUR POOR V THE HEALTHY RESTAURANT PROGRAM IN PLACE.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH RESTAURANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE GOT HEALTHY MENU ITEMS ON THEIR MENUS, AND THEN WE PROVIDE THEM WITH A DECAL THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT.
SO WHAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT IS COLLABORATING WITH, UM, SUSTAINABILITY SOLID WASTE, AND IDENTIFYING OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE THEM TO RECYCLE, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO A LOT OF RESTAURANTS RIGHT NOW AREN'T RECYCLING, UM, PLASTIC PRODUCTS OR PAPER PRODUCTS.
AND SO AS WE REACH OUT TO THEM TO BECOME POOR VIDA, UM, MEMBERS, WE'LL ALSO BE ENCOURAGING THEM TO LOOK AT OTHER, UM, POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY TYPES OF, UH, POLICIES THAT THEY CAN TAKE ON
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AND ARE YOU GETTING THOSE FROM, I GUESS, IS THAT BEING DEVELOPED OUT OF THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY OR? IT'S ACTUALLY BEING DEVELOPED OUT OF WITH OUR NUTRITION PROGRAM, BUT WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH DOUG AND THEN I KNOW THAT, UM, KATHY, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ALSO REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
WELL, I, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WHEN YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF, UM, GUIDELINES OR SUGGESTIONS.
I'D, I'D LOVE TO GET A MEMO SURE.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, COUNCILMAN PERRY.
COUNCILMAN MAN, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG DAY.
I ONLY GOT, UH, WHAT, SIX MINUTES TO FINISH UP HERE, BUT YES, SIR.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATIONS, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS HERE.
IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME, UM, ON ALL THESE DEPARTMENTS PUT TOGETHER RIGHT NOW, WHAT WAS THE, UH, F Y 19 BUDGET? SO BETWEEN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES YEP.
YOU WANT JUST CITY DOLLARS OR TOTAL GRANT DOLLARS TOO? NO, JUST CITY DOLLARS.
WHAT'S GONNA AFFECT OUR TAXPAYERS? SO HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS 15 AND MAIL YOURS WAS 41, SO 55, 56.
AND WHAT IS MILLION? THIS 2020 BUDGET SHOWING? THAT'S THE, THAT'S 4 20 20 BUDGET.
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE HAD IN 19, WHAT DID WE HAVE IN 19? OH, I'M SORRY.
WE'LL HAVE IT FOR YOU IN TWO MINUTES.
BUDGET'S GONNA DO THOSE CALCULATIONS MORE OKAY.
SPECIFICALLY THAN WHAT I DID IN MY HEAD.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M TAKE WANTING TO FIND OUT WHERE, WHAT ARE THESE PROGRAMS IN 19 AND WHAT ARE THEY IN 2020 MM-HMM.
IF WHILE THEY'RE TOTALING THAT UP, IF WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS INSTITUTE FOR TRAUMA INFORMED CARE AIR, I, I READ THIS AND I HEARD WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT EXPLAIN IT TO ME IN NON-DOCTOR TERMS. OKAY.
SO BASICALLY WHEN A CHILD IS AFRAID, THEIR BRAIN DEVELOPS DIFFERENTLY THAN A NORMALLY DEVELOPING CHILD.
AND WHEN THEIR BRAIN DEVELOPS AROUND FEAR, THEY TEND TO ACT OUT AND MISBEHAVE, WHICH TENDS TO LEAD TO PEOPLE, UM, DISCIPLINING THEM AND CAUSING MORE FEAR, WHICH TENDS TO CAUSE THEM TO ACT OUT AND BE MORE AFRAID BECAUSE THE LONG-TERM RESULT OF THAT IS CHRONIC DISEASE IN ADULTS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE BRAIN TALKS TO THE BODY ABOUT ALWAYS BEING READY FOR WHATEVER YOU'RE AFRAID OF WITH THE CHRONIC STRESS HORMONES THAT RESULT FROM THAT, THAT PUTS PEOPLE AT A MUCH HIGHER RISK FOR CHRONIC DISEASE.
WHAT TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE DOES IS IT HELPS OTHER PEOPLE INTERACTING WITH THOSE KIDS UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T CAUSE MORE FEAR.
SO WHEN THE CHILD WHO IS AFRAID IN THE KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM ACTS INAPPROPRIATELY, THE RESPONSE ISN'T ONE OF FEAR-BASED DISCIPLINE, BUT RATHER ONE OF CONSCIOUS DISCIPLINE OR, UH, SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T CAUSE FEAR IN THE CHILD.
BUT THAT WAS COMMUNICATED IN ADVANCE, IF YOU DO THIS, THEN THIS WILL HAPPEN.
AND, UM, WHEN THIS HAPPENS, HERE'S WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE.
AND SO IT'S NOT, IT'S, THERE'S A CAUSE AND EFFECT, BUT ONE OF THE EFFECTS IS NOT THAT THE CHILD CONTINUES TO BE SCARED.
SO THE INSTITUTE WILL HELP US TRAIN ALL OF THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH, OR, OR HELP OR COACH OR INTERACT WITH KIDS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW HOW IT IS THAT THEY CAN INTERACT WITH ALL KIDS WITHOUT INSTILLING FEAR.
WELL, I I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I'M, WHY ARE WE BEING TRAINED? WHY, WHY NOT, UH, WHY NOT GIVE THIS TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LET THEM RUN WITH IT? WHY ARE, WHY ARE WE TAKING IT ON OUR, I MEAN, THAT'S $1.2 MILLION HERE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT ONLY OUR COSTS, BUT UT UM, U H S, UH, OKAY.
U H SS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY GET SOME OF THEIR FUNDS ALSO FROM, FROM TAXPAYERS.
SO, UH, WHY ARE WE TAKING THIS ON HERE AT THE CITY LEVEL? WHY NOT LET THEM DO THIS OUT IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY INTERACTING WITH THE KIDS? WE'RE, WE ARE FACILITATING THAT PROCESS THROUGH THE INSTITUTE.
UM, AND SO ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS OF THE TRAINING WILL BE THE VARIOUS ISDS AND SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, BUT, UM, THEY ARE NOT IN A
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POSITION TO START TRAINING OTHERS BECAUSE THEY THEMSELVES ARE NOT WELL-VERSED IN, UM, ACES AND TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE.YEAH, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I, I, I, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE CITY HAS TO GET INVOLVED AND WHY THAT CAN'T BE LEFT WITH THE, UH, UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM OR ANY OTHER MEDICAL SYSTEM OUT THERE THAT DOES HAVE THAT, THAT CAPABILITY, THAT TRAINING, AND BE ABLE TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND DO THAT, AND WHY WE'RE TAKING THAT UNDER THE CITY UMBRELLA.
SO YES, I'D LIKE TO TALK TO, TO YOU ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
DO WE HAVE A FIGURE NOW? WE GOT THE MAP.
UM, COUNCILMAN, WHEN WE COMBINE THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE CITY PORTION, NOT INCLUDING GRANTS, THE 2019 BUDGET WAS 53.4 MILLION.
THE 2020 PROPOSED IS 57.1 MILLION.
THAT IS AN INCREASE OF 3.7 MILLION.
THAT IS PRIMARILY AS IT WAS PRESENTED BY, BY THE RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS.
$1 MILLION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION FOR HOMELESSNESS, 600,000 FOR TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, 300,000 FOR THE MIGRANT CENTER, AND HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE BASIC LEAVE ENFORCEMENT.
THAT'S ABOUT 3.4 MILLION OF THE 3.7.
WELL THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR.
AND I, I, ERIC, I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THAT BEFORE, WHERE, WHERE ARE THE PLUS UPS AND WHAT IS THIS REALLY ADDING TO THE BUDGET FOR THIS NEXT YEAR? UM, BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS MADE ABOUT, UH, EFFICIENCIES.
LET'S, LET'S HAVE EFFICIENCIES ACROSS THE CITY, BUT HERE IN THIS AREA, WE'RE ACTUALLY PLUSING UP THE BUDGET BY OVER $3 MILLION.
SO I'M, I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT AS TO WHERE THOSE EFFICIENCIES ARE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EFFICIENCIES, YOU FIND MONEY WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
YOU DON'T ADD TO THE SYSTEM TO COME UP WITH EFFICIENCIES.
THERE'S NO EFFICIENCIES THERE.
UH, YOU SHOULD BE FINDING THOSE RESOURCES WITHIN THE SYSTEM TO FUND THESE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS. AND TO ME, THAT'S WHERE YOU GET EFFICIENCIES FROM.
SO I, I, I STILL GOT AN ISSUE WITH THAT ABOUT ADDING TO THIS PROGRAM WITHOUT FINDING THOSE EFFICIENCIES TO PAY FOR THESE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS. AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT SOME MORE HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, UH, THANK YOU MARIA, FOR PULLING THOSE, THOSE FIGURES TOGETHER.
UM, AND JUST SOMETHING ELSE, THERE WAS SOME, SOME COMMENTS MADE ABOUT, WELL, YOU KNOW, THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT WAS BROUGHT INTO THIS.
WELL, WE'RE ADDING TO OUR, OUR DEFICIT BY THE, NOT A DEFICIT, BUT WE'RE ADDING TO THAT BY OVER $3 MILLION.
THAT AFFECTS EVERY HOMEOWNER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND HERE WE'RE ADDING EASILY $3 MILLION TO THE PROGRAM THAT'S TARGETED AT CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T ADD UP TO THE NUMBER OF HOMEOWNERS ACROSS SAN ANTONIO.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW.
I'M, I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW OUR TAXPAYERS WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING WITH THEIR TAX DOLLARS HERE AND NOT GET CONFUSED THAT THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS PLACING AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN.
WE'VE GOT ADDITIONAL BURDENS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL, AND NOT JUST THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
SO, UH, LET ME GET INTO SOME DETAILS HERE THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR.
UH, JENNIFER GOT SOME QUESTIONS HERE FOR YOU.
UM, YOU, YOU HAD, UH, YOU BROUGHT UP A PROGRAM, BREATHE, I THINK YOU SAID IT WAS BREATHE SA KIDS BREATHE.
AND HOW MUCH DID WE FUND FROM THAT PROGRAM? $355,000 LAST YEAR.
AND HOW MANY, HOW MANY? SEVEN.
HOW MANY FOLKS DID WE HELP IN THIS PROGRAM AT THIS POINT? UM, WE'VE GOTTEN 43 ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.
SO WE HAVE 43 PEOPLE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM.
AND PART OF THE CHALLENGE WITH ANY STARTUP OF A PROGRAM IS THAT, UM, WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE STAFF ON BOARD UNTIL, UM, THE FEBRUARY, EARLY MARCH.
AND SO WE'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO ENROLL, UM, FOLKS IN MAY, JUNE, AND JULY.
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS PER PERSON.
DID YOU DO THE MATH? I DIDN'T DO THE MATH.
$8,255 PER PERSON, THERE WILL BE SOME SAVINGS BECAUSE THERE WERE SALARY SAVINGS.
SO WE, UM, WILL NOT BE SPENDING THAT FULL $355,000 THIS YEAR.
WHAT WILL YOU BE SPENDING AT THIS POINT? I BELIEVE WE'VE SPENT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE STILL HERE, ABOUT 200,000, 215,000
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IS WHAT I RECALL.AND IF I COULD ADD COUNCILMAN, UM, THAT'S STILL $5,000 PER PERSON.
SO I MEAN, THINK ABOUT THE COST OF THESE KIDS WHEN THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
WELL, I, I'M HAVING TROUBLE HEARING YOU.
SO THE, THE REASON WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM WAS TO KEEP KIDS OUT OF THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
AND, UM, IT WILL COST MORE THAN THAT IF THESE KIDS END UP GOING TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND BEING ADMITTED FOR AN ASTHMA, UM, FLAREUP OR EXACERBATION.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THAT COST IS AS COMPARED TO THE $8,000 PER PERSON.
THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S A BIG INSURANCE POLICY RIGHT THERE PER YEAR.
SO YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT COMPARISON.
UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE PLACARDS.
I, I MISSED SOME INFORMATION THERE.
YOU, YOU TOLD, YOU SAID THERE WAS, WHAT WAS IT ON CUSTOMERS GOING INTO RESTAURANTS? UH, WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AND HOW DID THEY RESPOND? THE QUESTION WE ASKED IS, ONE, WERE THEY INTERESTED IN HAVING THE PLACARDS DISPLAYED? UM, AND WHERE WOULD THEY PREFER TO HAVE THE PLACARDS DISPLAYED? AND, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THEM, I BELIEVE IT'S 96% WHEN YOU PUT BOTH OF THOSE QUESTIONS TOGETHER, SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE PLACARDS DISPLAYED AND THEY'D LIKE THEM TO BE IN A CLEARLY VISIBLE PLACE.
AND AND WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE? 96%.
UH, AND HOW MANY RESPONDENTS WERE THERE? UM, LET ME LOOK, LET ME LOOK TO SEE EXACTLY HOW MANY THERE WERE.
IT WAS MY LAST SLIDE, WASN'T IT? JUST ONE SECOND.
UM, WE HAD 1,790 WHO HAVE RESPONDED TO RESIDENTS WHO'VE RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY, AND WE'VE HAD 2,700, UH, ACTUAL RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES RESPOND TO THE SURVEY THAT WAS DONE WITH RESTAURANTS SPECIFICALLY.
AND YOU GAVE THAT PERCENTAGE FOR THE COMMUNITY RESPONDING, RIGHT.
THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF YAY VERSUS NAYYY FROM THE RESTAURANTS? SO THE RESTAURANT SURVEY WAS, HAD SOME DIFFERENT QUESTIONS ON IT, AND WE DIDN'T ASK SPECIFICALLY THAT QUESTION.
WHY WOULD THEY HAVE, HAVE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS? LET'S SEE.
THAT'S KIND OF COMPARING APPLES AND ORANGES HERE.
WHY, WHY WEREN'T THEY THE SAME QUESTIONS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THE, THE REALITY IS WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT SURVEYS.
THE ONE WAS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE ONE THAT WAS FOR THE, UM, FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS WAS ASKING THEM ABOUT WHAT KIND, WHETHER THEY WOULD, HOW THEY WOULD LIKE, UM, THOSE OPTIONS THAT WE PROVIDED, DID THEY WANT TO JUST, UM, HAVE THE, UM, THE LAST VISIT AND HAVE THAT BE THEIR SCORE? UM, DID THEY WANT IT TO BE THE AVERAGE OF THE FOUR SCORES? SO WE REALLY GAVE THEM OPTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UM, THE PLACARDS AND WHAT KIND OF SCORING THEY WOULD PREFER.
DID YOU ASK THEM, DID YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM? THERE WERE, UM, THERE WAS AN OPEN-ENDED QUESTION, AND SO WE DID GET RESPONSES FROM SOME OF THEM WHERE THEY WROTE IN, UM, SOME COMMENTS, AND I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH EXACTLY THAT INFORMATION, BUT THERE WERE SOME RESTAURANTS THAT SAID THEY'D LIKE TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT WAS.
THERE WERE ALSO SOME RESTAURANTS THAT SAID, THANK YOU, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING MORE TRANSPARENCY AND WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE.
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU, I'VE, I'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY A NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS AND NOBODY SAID THAT THEY WANTED THESE PLACARDS, NOBODY.
AND AGAIN, SO I, I, I REALLY KIND OF CONFUSED AS TO WHY WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A STRAIGHT QUESTION, DO YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM? YES OR NO? AND NOT SAYING, WELL, WHICH OPTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE? MM-HMM.
I MEAN, HAVE YOU GOTTEN, UH, INPUT FROM THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION? WE DID, UH, MEET WITH THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION IN APRIL.
ACTUALLY, MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH THEM THIS AFTERNOON, HAND TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT EARLY TO MEET WITH THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION, UM, TO TALK TO THEM BOTH ABOUT PLACARDS AND ALSO ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER INITIATIVES WE'RE INVOLVED IN.
SO, UM, WE ARE WORKING TO INTERACT WITH THEM AND GET THEIR, UM, INPUT THEY CHOSE EARLY ON TO NOT ENGAGE WITH US, UM, WHEN WE STARTED THIS.
BECAUSE WHY WAS THAT? BECAUSE THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION IS NOT IN SUPPORT, AT LEAST THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION WERE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE PLACARDS.
SO, BUT WE DID, I, AGAIN, I I THINK THE DIRECT QUESTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT OUT THERE TO THE RESTAURANTS, THE INDIVIDUAL RESTAURANTS.
DO YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND NOT KIND OF WORK AROUND? WELL, WHICH OPTION WOULD YOU WANT TO, WOULD, UH, PREFER FOR THAT PROGRAM? SO I'M, I'M JUST SAYING, I,
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I THINK THAT DATA IS KIND OF SKEWED ON WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING FROM THE ACTUAL BUSINESSES VERSUS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING FROM THE COMMUNITY.SO, UH, THERE WILL BE A B SESSION ON THIS TOPIC SPECIFICALLY, SO WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INTO THOSE DETAILS.
WELL, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS BUDGETARY HERE, SO, WELL, THERE'S NO, THIS IS JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THESE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE PURSUING, BUT THERE'S NO MONEY ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET TO FUND THIS.
WELL I TOOK IT THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE A, A BUDGETARY ITEM.
SO NO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR THIS? NO.
WHO'S GONNA, SO THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER QUESTION.
WHY CAN'T WE DO THE PAID SICK LEAVE WITH IN-HOUSE RESOURCES? WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THOSE EFFICIENCIES, INSTEAD OF BRINGING ON FOUR ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE USED BECAUSE OF THIS LAWSUIT THAT'S GOING ON, ON THIS PAID SICK LEAVE.
SO WITH THE, UM, RESTAURANT PLACARDS, WE HAVE SANITARIANS THAT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AND GO OUT AND VISIT EVERY ONE OF THESE RESTAURANTS ALREADY.
SO IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO INCREASE OUR STAFFING TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE RESTAURANT PLACARDS.
UM, PAID SICK LEAVE IS SOMETHING THAT'S COMPLETELY BRAND NEW TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND SO, UM, WE ARE IN NEED OF BRINGING ON STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN ROLL IT OUT TO THE, THE MANY BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE STAFF THAT CAN GO OUT AND, UM, INVESTIGATE IF WE RECEIVE COMPLAINTS.
JUST ANOTHER THING ON THE, THE PLACARDS, I, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THEM, BUT, AND WHY? BECAUSE WHEN I FIND A GOOD PLACE TO EAT, I GO BACK.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT, BUT OKAY.
UM, LET'S GO ON TO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE IN A LOT OF DETAIL AND DATA, WHICH IS GREAT.
I LOVE NUMBERS, BUT LEMME GET MYSELF, UH, STRAIGHT HERE AS FAR AS WHERE I'M AT.
ALRIGHT, MELODY, THE OVERALL DELEGATE AGENCY PROGRAM AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST CAME ON COUNCIL, I HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE DELEGATE AGENCY PROGRAM ABOUT WHAT I PERCEIVED AS DUPLICATION ACROSS EACH MAJOR HEADING.
AND, AND I STILL GO THROUGH IT AND STILL SEE A LOT OF AGENCIES THAT ARE, THE DESCRIPTION IS EXACTLY THE SAME.
HOW CAN WE GET RID OF THIS DUPLICATION? I MEAN, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 2 66 AND 2 67 HERE WE GOT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 DIFFERENT AGENTS OR SOME OF 'EM, THE SAME AGENCY DOING AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS TO THE TUNE OF ALMOST $800,000.
I MEAN, I, I'M STILL STRUGGLING WITH THAT MELODY, AND I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY DO A HARD SCRUB ON THIS.
UM, ON THIS NEXT, NEXT GO AROUND.
UM, ALONG WITH THAT, I SEE THAT YOUR MANPOWER IS INCREASING FROM 105 TO 140 POSITIONS.
SO THIS IS A TRANSITION OF STAFF WHO ARE ALREADY IN PLACE UNDER, UM, A, A GRANT.
SO IN THE SENIOR SERVICES, THEY ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE GRANT MATCH AND WE HAVE BEEN OVER, UM, MATCHING THAT GRANT FOR YEARS.
AND SO WE'RE MOVING PART OF THAT MATCH, WHICH COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO RATHER THAN BEING CLASSIFIED AS GRANT MATCH EMPLOYEES, I'LL LET MARIA ALSO RESPOND.
UM, THEY WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS GENERAL FUND EMPLOYEES.
I, I'LL GIVE YOU THE SHORT ANSWER.
WE HAD, WE HAD EMPLOYEES THAT GO BACK 15, 15 PLUS YEARS THAT WERE, THAT WERE CATEGORIZED AND COUNTED IN THAT GRANT PROGRAM THAT HAD A GENERAL FUND TRANSFER TO THE GRANT PROGRAM TO PAY FOR IT.
NOW, HOW THAT, HOW THAT GOT STARTED, 15, IT WAS OVER 15 YEARS AGO WHEN WE IDENTIFIED IT AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET, I TOLD THEM TO CLEAN IT UP.
I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT PSEUDO GENERAL FUND EMPLOYEES OVER TO GRANT THAT ARE BEING, AND WE'RE, WE'RE SENDING A TRANSFER OVER FOR ACCOUNTING PURPOSES.
IF THEY'RE DOING GENERAL FUND WORK AND THEY'RE NOT DOING GRANT WORK, PUT THE POSITIONS IN THE EXISTING EMPLOYEES IN THE GENERAL FUND.
AND COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, I, I WOULD ADD TO WHAT THE CITY MANAGER SAID, THERE'S NO INCREASE IN, UH, STAFFING LEVELS.
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AT SLIDE NUMBER FOUR OF THE PRESENTATION, 350 POSITIONS IN 2019 AS THE EXACT SAME NUMBER IN 2020, THERE'S NO INCREASE IN DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED.AND JUST A REALLOCATION BETWEEN OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS, WHICH IS THE GRANTS AND TO THE GENERAL FUND.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE TO CONCLUDE THE MEETING AS WE HAVE LAST QUORUM MAYOR PRO TEM.
ONE OF THE OPTIONS THOUGH YOU HAVE IS TO, IF, IF COUNCILMAN PERRY HASN'T FINISHED TO CALL A RECESS AND WE EXPECT ONE OR MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO RETURN.
I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE RETURNING, BUT I THINK ERIC WENT TO GO CHECK.
LET'S RECESS TO CHECK AND WE'LL COME BACK TO SESSION.
NO, AND I'M NOT FINISHED,
WE CAN DO IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
THE MEETING IS RECESSED UNTIL TOMORROW AT 2:00 PM IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.