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          >> ALL RIGHT. READY? TIME IS NOW 10:03 A.M. 
          ON FEBRUARY 6TH, 2026, AND THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMITTEE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
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FIRST ITEM IS APPROVAL TO MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO MINUTES. MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOVING ON. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? THEN ITEM NUMBER TWO WILL BE OUR FIRST ITEM 
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WHICH IS THE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH PROGRAMS BY DHS. REBECCA FLORES TO THE 
          PROGRAM. >> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. 
          >> I HAD TO WRITE NOTES. I WILL BE HERE FOR LIKE THREE HOURS AND TALKING, TALKING, TALKING BECAUSE I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS FOREVER IN MY SLEEP. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND COUNCILMEMBERS -- I THINK I'M TALLER THAN I AM.  GOOD MORNING, CHAIR EAND COUNCILMEMBERS, I OVERSEE THE DEPARTMENT AND HUMAN SERVICES. WE OPERATE TEN CITY PROGRAMS AND FOUR CITY COMMISSIONS AND OUR PROGRAMMING RUNS FROM SIX WEEKS ALL THE WAY TO 24 YEARS OF AGE. TODAY WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON THE CITY'S INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT OPPORTUNITY YOUTH. 
          WE WILL SHARE SOME DATA ON WHAT HAS BEEN GUIDING OUR INVESTMENTS, THE STRATEGIES WE HAVE ADOPTED TO BETTER SUPPORT YOUTH AND HIGHLIGHT WORK WE ARE DOING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIONAL NETWORKS. 
          AND ALTHOUGH THE COMMITTEE KNOWS THE DEFINITION OF AN OPPORTUNITY YOUTH, FOR THOSE LISTENING WHO MAY NOT, THE DEFINITION DEFINES AN OPPORTUNITY YOUTH AS SOMEONE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 TO 24 YEARS OF AGE WHO IS NOT WORKING AND NOT IN SCHOOL. 
          SO THEY HAVE TO BE BOTH, NOT WORKING, NOR IN SCHOOL. 
          WE USED TO CALL THEM DISENGAGED YOUTH. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CENSUS DATA, THEY STILL USE THAT TERM. BUT THOSE OF US WHO WORK WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH, WE KNOW WORDS MATTER. SO BASICALLY, WE'VE TRIED TO REFRAME THE NARRATIVE FROM A DEFICIT-BASED MODEL TO ONE OF POTENTIAL. TO QUOTE THE ASPEN INSTITUTE, THE TERM OPPORTUNITY YOUTH HIGHLIGHTS THE BELIEF THAT INVESTING IN A GROUP OF YOUNG ADULTS OFFERS A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NATION TO BOOST THE ECONOMY, REDUCE POVERTY, AND BUILD A STRONGER WORKFORCE. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO KNOW A HISTORY 6 HOW WE STARTED TO INVEST IN OPPORTUNITY, IT GOES BACK TO 2017 AND THE FORMER PRESIDING JUDGE OF OUR MUNICIPAL COURT JOHN BULL. 
          HE MADE A COMMENT TO A DIRECTOR OF YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT CONNECTIONS FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES BUT ALSO SEEING YOUTH AROUND THE AGE OF 19 IN HIS COURTS WHO WERE NEITHER WORKING NOR ENROLLED IN SCHOOL. 
          ANDY REPLIED, THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH. THAT ONE LITTLE COMMENT STARTED US DOWN THIS PATH WHEN WE REALIZED THAT, ONE, EXCEPT FOR ONE INCESTMENT IN A GANG PROGRAM, THOSE CENTERED AROUND YOUTH INVESTMENT ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, THERE WAS NOTHING FOR THOSE WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN DISCONNECTED AND, TWO, AS COUNCIL WAS REVISITING THE YOUTH ORDINANCE AND BEGAN DISCUSSIONS ON HOW TO DID HE CRIMINALIZE IT, REREALIZED OR COURTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD VERY FEW OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM. WE ALSO DISCOVERED THAT SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY HAD AROUND 36,000 OPPORTUNITY YOUTH , AROUND 13% OF THE YOUTH BETWEEN 16 AND 24. HISTORICALLY, DALLAS, HOUSTON, AND SAN ANTONIO HAD DISCONNECTION RATES BETWEEN 13 AND 15%, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE STATE'S AVERAGE. TEXAS HAS A HIGHER AVERAGE OF DISCONNECTED YOUTH COMPARED TO THE NATION. 
          SINCE WE DO COMPETE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS UP NORTH, I WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF DISCONNECTED YOUTH COMPARED TO AUSTIN. AUSTIN HAS 7%. AGAIN, WE'RE ABOUT 13, 14%. YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS MAP THAT ALL THE CITY'S DISCONNECT RATES AVERAGES 13%, IT'S NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE CITY. THOUGH IT IS HARD TO MAKE ON THE SCREEN, WE HAVE ZIP CODES IN SAN ANTONIO WITH DISCONNECTION RATES IN THE LOW 20%. AFTER HEARING FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE DECREASED THEIR PERCENTAGE OF OPPORTUNITY YOUTH, THE CITY CREATED THE NEXT LEVEL YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CENTER WHICH OPENED IN 2019. THE CENTER'S LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 IN THE FRANK GARRETT MULTI SERVICE CENTER IN THE 07 ZIP CODE. 
          THERE IS ALL STAFF AT THE CENTER. ONE THING WE PRIDE 
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OURSELVES ON IS THAT WHEN YOUTH COME TO THE CENTER, THEY DO NOT KNOW WHOSE GOOD WILL, WHO IS THE CITY, OR WHO IS COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOL. 
          THEY ARE ALL NEXT LEVEL. THIS SLIDE SHOWS KIND OF REPRESENTATION OF KIND OF THE DUTIES OF EACH OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS AT NEXT LEVEL. HERE'S NEXT LEVEL. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IN 2020, UNITED WAY BEGAN INVESTING IN NEXT LEVEL. 
          THEIR FUNDS SUPPORT THE CLINICIANS ON STAFF SO PARTICIPANTS CAN ACCESS FREE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND ALSO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR COACHES TO HELP DECREASE BARRIERS TO YOUTH WORKING ON THEIR PERSONAL NEXT LEVEL. WE CAN PURCHASE BUS PASSES, HELP WHEN PARTICIPANTS ARE GETTING EVICTED AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE CAUSING YOUTH TO NOT BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL OR A JOB. 
          ONE OF THE COMMITMENTS WE MADE FROM THE ONSET OF NEXT LEVEL WAS TO SERVE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY'S MOST CHALLENGING YOUTH AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE DATA POINTS, WE CONTINUE TO MEET THIS COMMITMENT. MORE THAN HALF OF NEXT LEVEL PARTICIPANTS DO NOT HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL CREDENTIAL, AND ALMOST A QUARTER DROPPED OUT BEFORE THE NINTH GRADE, BEFORE THE NINTH GRADE. THAT MEANS WE HAVE YOUTH WHO DROPPED OUT IN 5TH, 6TH, 7TH, EIGHTH GRADE. 
          I JUST WANT THAT TO SINK IN BECAUSE AS A FORMER EDUCATOR, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEBODY IS DROPPING OUT IN FIFTH GRADE, BUT WE HAVE THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY. FROM THE ONSET OF NEXT LEVEL, WE HAVE -- ALSO WE HAVE SOME OTHER STATS ON WHO WE SERVE. 
          60 PORTION OF PARTICIPANTS HAVE HOUSEHOLD INCOMES BELOW 10%. ABOUT 15%, SOMETIMES WE GO HIGHER, HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH BEXAR COUNTY. SOME HAVE UNSTABLE HOUSING. 
          A LOT OF OUR YOUTH ARE COUCH SURFING BASICALLY. 
          ABOUT 16% ARE OR WERE IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. SOME OF THEM ARE KIND OF -- THEY'RE IN THE FOSTER CARE, JUSTICE AND THEY'RE HOMELESS. 
          SO THERE'S SOME OVERLAP OF SOME OF THESE STATS OF KIDS. 
          AS I SAID BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED OFF WITH A LOT OF WORK PARTNERING WITH OUR FORMER PRESIDING JUDGE, JOHN BULL, AND WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH MUNICIPAL COURT. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK PRESIDING JUDGE KARLA BLEDO FOR ENVIEDING US TO PARTICIPATE IN AN OUTREACH PROGRAM FOCUSED ON YOUTH. FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE HAD 45 COURT REFERRALS AND OUT OF THE 45, ABOUT 15% ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED AND WORKING ON THEIR EDUCATION OR WORKFORCE PLANS, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO ENROLL IN OUR PROGRAM. BEFORE I HIGHLIGHT SOME KEY OUTCOMES OF NEXT LEVEL, I WANT SOMETHING WE LEARNED FROM ANDY MOORE FROM THE MAL LEAGUE OF CITIES WHO IS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S EXPERTS IN THIS SUBJECT MATTER. WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SUCCESS LOOKED LIKE, ANDY PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR US. HE SAID IF YOU DO OUTREACH TO 100 YOUTH, 50 WILL ENROLL IN YOUR PROGRAM. THEN FROM THAT 50, 25 WILL ENROLL IN SCHOOL AND GET EMPLOYED. ESSENTIALLY, REENGAGING SOME OF OUR COUNTRY'S MOST DEVELOPER  IN YOU'LL MEANS WE LOSE 50% AT EVERY STEP. TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE THAT MOST FOLKS CAN UNDERSTAND, WORKING WITH OPPORTUNITY YOUTH IS LIKE WORKING WITH A CHRONICALLY UNHOUSED. THEY'VE BEEN HOMELESS FOR YEARS AND IT TAKES MORE TIME AND EFFORT TO SUPPORT THEM. 
          SAME WITH OPPORTUNITY YOUTH.  MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN DISCONNECTED FOR YEARS AND WE ARE LITERALLY FOR SOME OF OUR KIDS, THE ONLY OUTCOME -- ONLY RESOURCE THAT THEY HAVE TO BETTER THEIR LIVE'S OUTCOMES. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, FY '25, WE DID SERVE ABOUT 555 YOUTH. 
          THAT ALSO INCLUDED -- WE HAD SOME FUNDING FROM NORTH SIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AT THAT TIME, AND WE WERE RUNNING A CENTER OUT OF THEIR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT CENTER. THAT GRANT HAS ENDED, SO IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY THE DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF YOUTH SERVED, I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. OUTCOMES, WE LOOK AT, AGAIN, HOW MANY ARE ACHIEVING THEIR BASE HE CAN NEEDS. 
          WE LOOK AT HOW MANY REENROLL IN HIGH SCHOOL OR GET THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY, AS I SAID. THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR YOUTH COME TO US WITHOUT THAT, AND THEN WE ALSO WORK WITH OUR YOUTH ENROLLING THEM INTO POSTSECONDARY AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING. WE REALLY FOCUS ON THAT 
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PATHWAY AND THEN WE LOOK AT HOW MANY HAVE OBTAINED DIPLOMA OR ENTERED MILITARY -- ENTERING THE MILITARY. SO WHEN YOU COMPARE OUTCOMES TO OTHER REENGAGEMENT CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE'RE ACTUALLY EXCEEDING MANY OF THE OUTCOMES FROM OTHERS. 
          SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS, UNITED WAY, COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, AND GOODWILL. 
          THROUGH THE CITY'S DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING, WE ALSO SUPPORT THREE OTHER PROGRAMS, HAILEY MURPHY, SEAT ON HOME, AND THE YWCA OF SAN ANTONIO. THEY HAVE THEIR RECENT PROGRAM IS PROBABLY THE NEWEST ONE ON THE BLOCK, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE TO SEE IT, IT'S PRETTY PHENOMENAL. THEY ARE WORKING PRIMARILY WITH -- EXCLUSIVELY WITH YOUNG WOMEN. WE ALSO RECEIVED TWO GRANTS FROM THE ASPEN INSTITUTE DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          THAT HELPED US ESTABLISH THE SAN ANTONIO OPPORTUNITY YOUTH COLLABORATIVE. WE HAVE ABOUT 40 NONPROFITS PARTICIPATING IN THE COLLABORATIVE, AND OUR BIG THING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS LIKE DEFINING WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE FOR SAN ANTONIO? SO WE DEVELOPED 8 METRICS TO MEASURE SUCCESS, UNITED WAY AND STARTING WITH OUR NEXT ROUND OF DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING, COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO AWARD IN MAY. BOTH WILL UTILIZE THE SAME METRICS FOR WORKING WITH OPPORTUNITY YOUTH. THIS WILL GIVE US BETTER DATA ON WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED IN THE COMMUNITY. WE WERE AWARDED A GRANT TO HELP US WITH IMPROVING OUR DATA AND TRAINING FOR STAFF THAT WORK IN ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING OPPORTUNITY YOUTH. WE'VE BEEN CONSTANTLY HEARING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS YOUNG PERSON WANTS TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, WANTS A JOB, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE AN ID. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT ON HOW TO GET IT WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE. 
          THEY ARE NOT TALKING TO THEIR PARENTS. THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE, STAFF IS DEVELOPING SOME PROTOCOLS FOR ALL ORGANIZATIONS IN SAN ANTONIO THAT WITH WORKING WITH YOUTH. 
          IT LITERALLY WILL JUST BE A GUIDE ON IF YOU WANT TO GET A YOUTH AN ID, HERE ARE SOME STEPS. HERE ARE THE RESOURCES. 
          IF YOU HAVE AN UNHOUSED YOUTH, HERE ARE THE STEPS. 
          HERE ARE THE RESOURCES. AGAIN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO IMPROVE THAT QUALITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WHEN YOUTH COME TO OUR ORGANIZATIONS, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT ARE FUNDED WITH CITY FUNDS, THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME HIGH QUALITY SERVICES THAT WE ARE -- WE ARE PROVIDING OUR PARTICIPANTS AT NEXT LEVEL. AGAIN, AS I SAID, WE HAVE ABOUT 40 COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE MEETINGS, AND WE'RE DEVELOPING CONSTANTLY AGENDAS ON ISSUES THAT THEY ARE FACING THAT WE NEED LIKE A COMMUNITY-WIDE RESPONSE ON HOW TO DEVELOP PROPER SUPPORTS FOR OUR YOUTH. I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME NATIONAL NETWORKS AND RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN FOR OUR WORK WITH DISENGAGED YOUTH. WE ARE PART OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES REENGAGEMENT NETWORK, AND WE HE ARE FREQUENTLY ASKED TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO CITIES INTERESTED IN CENTERS. WE HAVE PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO WACO, EL PASO, CORPUS CHRISTI, LITTLE ROCK, AND ABOUT FIVE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR FIVE OTHER CITIES. WE'RE ALSO PART OF THE ASPEN INSTITUTE, THE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH FORUM, AS I STATED EARLIER. WE HAVE BEEN RECIPIENTS OF TWO GRANTS FROM THEM. SIMILAR TO NLC, ASPEN FREQUENTLY ASKS US TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
          WE ALWAYS GET ASKED TO PRESENT AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCES. 
          THEN OUR NEXT LITTLE PARTICIPANTS ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN YOUNG ADULT LEADERSHIP COUNCIL. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR YOUTH TO BE EXPOSED AND MEET YOUTH FROM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 
          WE WERE ASKED TO BE PART OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT COALITION, AND ALONG WITH OUR FORMER MAYOR, WE HELPED DEVELOP THE MAYOR'S CHALLENGE INITIATIVE ON HOW TO GET MORE YOUNG ADULTS EMPLOYED. 
          WE HELP THEM DRAFT THAT FIRST DOCUMENT, AND WE WERE AWARDED THE VISIONARY AWARD AS A YOUTH CHAMPION COMMUNITY IN 2024. 
          I'M ALSO PROUD TO NOTE THAT IN 2023, WE WERE THE ALL AMERICA CITY. 
          WE WON IT FOR THRIVING COMMUNITIES THROUGH YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND A LOT OF OUR APPLICATION FOCUSED ON THE WORK THAT WE WERE DOING AT NEXT LEVEL AND ALSO THE YOUTH VOICE WORK IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          KIND OF JUST SOME HIGH LEVEL NEXT STEPS, I MENTIONED THAT WE ARE 
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GOING THROUGH OUR DELEGATED AGENCY PROCESS. 
          SO WE WILL BE IDENTIFYING SOME HIGH PERFORMING DELEGATE AGENCY PARTNERS THROUGH THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING EVALUATION PROCESS. 
          UNITED WAY AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THE CITY, WE ARE WORKING ON THE SAME PERFORMANCE METRICS. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT. WORKING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO OPPORTUNITY YOUTH COLLABORATIVE AND THOSE 40 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING WITH AND-OR INTERESTING IN WORKING WITH OR SUPPORTING OPPORTUNITY YOUTH AND WE WILL BE SEEKING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO EXPAND NEXT LEVEL SIMILAR TO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH NORTH SIDE AND ALSO THROUGH THE SAN ANTONIO OPPORTUNITY YOUTH COLLABORATIVE AS I STATED, WE RECEIVED A ONE YEAR GRANT AND SO WE ARE ANXIOUS TO CONTINUE THAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING THERE. 
          THAT IS IT FOR MY PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, REBECCA. I KNOW WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PRESENTATIONS TODAY RELATED TO ALL THIS WORK. DO WE WANT TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATIONS AND THEN THE COMMENTS? WE'LL GO ON TO PRESENTATION NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS PARKS. LET ME MAKE SURE. 
          JUVENILE SERVICES P AND OPPORTUNITY YOUTH. >> HI. 
          GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS KATIE CAP LETTER, I'M THE COURT MANAGER OVER THE JUVENILE SECTION. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE A JUDGE HERE. THANK YOU. 
          SHE IS OUR JUVENILE JUDGE AS WELL. SO IN THE JUVENILE SERVICES, WE HAVE TWO AREAS OF FOCUS. WE HAVE OUR COURT AND THEN OUR TRUANCY INTERVENTION PROGRAM. OUR JUVENILE COURT WE SEE YOUTH DEFENDANTS THAT RECEIVE CITATIONS CLASS C MISDEMEANORS BETWEEN 10 AND 16 AT THE TIME OF THE VIOLATION. THERE ARE SEVERAL PATHWAYS THAT THEY MAY GO THROUGH WHEN THEY ATTEND COURT. 
          IN JANUARY 2025, THE STATE PASSED THE YOUTH DIVERSE PROGRAM WHICH ALLOWS YOUTH TO HAVE THEIR CASE DISMISSED THE DAY THEY ATTEND COURT. 
          SO IF THEY AGREE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, THEY COME IN, THEY SPEAK WITH THE JUDGE, AND THE CASE IS DISMISSED AND THEN OUR YOUTH DIVERSE COORDINATOR WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE LAST YEAR, SHE OVERSEES THE PROGRAM AND PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT TO ALL OF THOSE YOUTH. SHE GUIDES THEM THROUGH YOUTH DIVERSION IS CREATED TO ADDRESS UNDERLYING ISSUES AND REDUCE RECIDIVISM. 
          SHE PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT FOR THE TIME THEY ARE ON THAT AGREEMENT. IF ALL REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, THE CASE STAYS DISMISSED AND AT THE AGE OF 18, IT'S AUTOMATICALLY EXPUNGED FOR THEM. THEY DON'T FILL OUT PAPERWORK OR PAY ANY ADDITIONAL FEES. WE TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR THEM. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS TO THAT. WE ALSO HAVE OUR TEEN COURT PROGRAM WHICH I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD PRESENTATIONS ON BEFORE. WE LOVE OUR TEEN COURT PROGRAM. 
          IT'S ALSO A DIVERSION AIRY PROGRAM WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR CASE PROCESSED BY YOUTH VOLUNTEERS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THOSE YOUTH FILL IN FOR COURT ROLES. THEY CAN FILL IN FOR THE JUDGE, THE JURY, THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE. 
          THEY READ THE PROPERTIES AND PROCESS. THEN WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE. SO MANY YOUTH THAT COME IN MAY BE ASSIGNED COMMUNITY SERVICE IN LIEU OF PAYING FEES OR AS PART OF THEIR REQUIREMENT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY FOR CITATIONS SUCH AS THEFT OR GRAPHITO OR THINGS ALONG THAT LINE. SO WE FOUND OVER TIME THAT MANY YOUTH KIND OF FIND WHERE TO DO COMMUNITY SERVICE AND CERTAIN AGES THEY HAD TO HAVE PARENTS WITH THEM. PARENTS WEREN'T ABLE TO I CAN AT THAT THE TIME OFF OR FIND CHILD CARE TO GO WITH THEM. 
          THEY COULD END UP WITH CONVICTIONS FOR NOT COMPLETING THAT. 
          SO WE REACHED OUT AND TRIED TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO GO WITH THEM, AND WE GO WITH THEM FOR THEM TO COMPLETE THAT COMMUNITY SERVICE. THE SUMMERTIME, WE DO IT WITH PARKS AND REC. 
          THEY ARE AWESOME AND PROVIDE ALL OF THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR HOURS. WE ADD IN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TO IT AS WELL TO TRY TO EXPOSE THEM TO DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES OR EXPERIENCES THAT THEY MAY BE WANTING IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE OR LIVING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THEIR WHOLE LIFE THEY MAY HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE MUSEUM. SO WE TRY TO DO THOSE THINGS AND I GUESS PARKS AND REC HAS BEEN A HUGE PARTNER IN THERE. WE HAVE EXPANDED IT YEAR-ROUND TO TRY TO FIND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. 
          SO WE CAN PARTNER WITH THEM AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO WITH THEM ON ALL OF THOSE, BUT WE DO HAVE PARTNERS THAT WE LET THEM KNOW THE KIDS ARE GOING TO GO AND THEY'LL LET US KNOW THEY A END ITED SO WE CAN GET THEM THE CREDIT FOR ARE THIS COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS AND HAVE THEIR CASE DISMISSED OR STAY DISMISSED THERE. SORRY. 
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/JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT. WITH OUR YOUTH DIVERSION, WE HAVE OUR NUMBERS THERE. SO FAR, THE CASE -- THE PROGRAM JUST STARTED LAST YEAR. SO WE ARE FINALLY HAVING SOME CASES CLOSE OUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, 79% OF THE CASES THAT HAVE CLOSED -- HAVE BEEN CLOSED SUCCESSFULLY. ARE STILL OPEN. 
          SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE STILL PENDING AS THEY START TO CLOSE OUT. 
          AND FOR LAST YEAR, OUR TEEN COURT ALSO FINISHED AT 77% OF THOSE CASES THAT WERE CLOSED WERE CLOSED SUCCESSFULLY AS WELL. 
          OUR TRUANCY PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION, THAT'S A BIG BULK OF WHAT WE DO. WE HAVE 11 CASE MANAGERS, JCMS THAT WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE WORK WITH 11 PUBLIC ISDS AND FIVE CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. WE WORK WITH KIDS FROM ALL AGES AS YOUNG AS PRE-K. BUT AT ALL LEVELS, WE ARE WORKING WITH STUDENTS 16 TO 19.  AT TIMES, IN SOME SITUATIONS, WE WORK WITH STUDENTS THAT ARE 20, 21, IF THEY HAVE DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL, WE'LL WORK WITH THEM AS WELL INFORM TRY TO HELP THEM GET REEN CONTROLLED OR FIND SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO OUR JCMS ARE ON CAMPUSES THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME. 
          THEY HAVE OFFICES ON THE CAMPUSES AND THEY ARE WORKING WITH THEM IN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THEY TRY TO WORK WITH THEM EARLY TO TAKE A PREVENTIVE APPROACH TO ULTIMATELY GET STUDENTS TO GRADUATE AND NOT DROP OUT. WE HAVE A PROGRESSIVE LEVEL OF INTERVENTION WHERE IT CAN CONTINUE AND THEY'LL WORK WITH THEM ONE-ON-ONE, MONITOR ATTENDANCE. THEY COULD BE ASKED TO COME TO MEDIATION WHERE THEY WILL SEE A JUDGE AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT THERE WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND WHY THE TRUANCY IS CONTINUING.  WE ALSO WORK WITH STUDENTS TRANSITIONING INTO NINTH GRADE BECAUSE THAT GRADE IS WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF TRUANCY AND THEN WE START TO SEE STUDENTS REPEAT THAT GRADE SEVERAL TIMES.  MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS END UP DROPPING OUT BECAUSE THEY GET SO FAR BEHIND THEY CAN'T CATCH UP. THEY GET DISCOURAGED AND FEEL LIKE THEY'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO FIN IRRELEVANT AND DROP OUT. WE HAVE OUR SENIOR SUMMIT WHERE WE DEAL WITH SENIORS. SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE AT THE COURT. 
          IT'S A POSITIVE EVENT WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THEY'VE MADE IT THIS FAR. DON'T GIVE UP NOW. THEY GET POSITIVE MEGS AVERAGES FROM THE JUDGES AND THEN THE JCMS WILL MONITOR THEIR ATTENDANCE ON THAT AGREEMENT F THEY NEED IT FURTHER, THEY'LL CONTINUE THROUGH GRADUATION, IF NEEDED. OUR REENGAGEMENT DOCKET, THAT ONE WE WORK WITH THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE DROPPED OUT. SO IF SCHOOLS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO GET STUDENTS TO REENGAGE BACK IN THEIR SCHOOL AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, THEY MAY REFER THEM TO US AND SOMETIMES WE CAN GET THEM TO COME IN AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT THEIR PLAN IS, IF THEY ARE PLANNING TO REENROLL, IF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL IS NOT WORKING FOR THEM, LET'S TALK ABOUT OTHER OPTIONS BECAUSE IT'S NOT FOR EVERYBODY. 
          WE'VE ALSO ADDED THIS YEAR TO ADDRESS STUDENTS THAT WE CALL OVERAGE UNDER CREDIT, SO THOSE WILL BE LIKE 18-YEAR-OLD FRESHMEN. 
          TRYING TO TAKE THAT PREVENTIVE APPROACH BEFORE THEY DROP OUT AND WE KIND OF LOSE CONTACT WITH THEM. LET'S HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND SEE HOW WE CAN GET YOU TO GRADUATE, GET YOUR DIPLOMA, OR GED IF WE NEED TO. THIS YEAR ALONE, WE HAVE -- WE'VE INVITED ROUGHLY 900 STUDENTS TO COME TO THE COURT THAT HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN ALREADY. AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW THAT 209 -- WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM 209 OF THOSE ARE REEN CONTROLLED BACK IN SOME EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. A LOT OF THAT DATA WE HAVE TO GET FROM THE SCHOOL. SO THERE ARE MORE NUMBERS DILL STILL COMING IN ON THAT. WE HAVE 209 HAVE REENROLLED. WE ARE HAPPY TO SEA THAT. 
          OUR PROGRAMMING AND PARTNERSHIPS, WE TEACH CLASSES AT THE COURT, OUR YOUTH ENRICHMENT CLASS WE ADDRESS ISSUES SUCH AS SUBSTANCE ABUSE, MENTAL HEALTH, BULLYING, AWARENESS AND EMOTION REGULATION. 
          AGAIN, TO TRY TO PREVENT THOSE ISSUES AND BRING EDUCATION TO THEM. 
          WE HAVE OUR ATTENDANCE MATTERS CLASS MORE FOR PARENTS AND WE TRY TO FOCUS ON PARENTS OF ELEMENTARY AGE STUDENTS, AGAIN, FROM AN EDUCATIONAL POINT OF VIEW AND PREVENTIVE POINT OF VIEW BECAUSE WE SEE THAT THAT TRUANCY STARTS YOUNG AND IT'S A PATTERN THAT DEVELOPS OVER TIME.  WE TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE EARLY WHILE THE KIDS ARE YOUNG AND THE PARENTS CAN PICK THEM UP AND TAKE THEM TO SCHOOL BEFORE THEY ARE 16 AND BIGGER THAN THEIR PARENTS. THEY NO LONGER CAN FORCE 
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THEM TO GO. THAT'S VERY DISCUSSION-BASED. 
          SO WE GO OVER THE LAW AND TIPS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE AND THEN PARENTS SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING AND TELLING THEIR STORY AND ASKING FOR FEEDBACK AND IDEAS OF HOW TO HANDLE CERTAIN SITUATIONS. 
          THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK THERE WHERE THEY FELT ISOLATED AND ALONE AND THAT THIS WAS ONLY THEIR PROBLEM AND THAT THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING WRONG AND TO HEAR OTHER PEOPLE SAY I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT, TOO, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING MY KID UP AND TO SCHOOL, THEY LEFT FEELING MORE SUPPORTED AND MOTIVATED THAT THEY CAN MAKE CHANGES. THIS YEAR WE RE-ESTABLISHED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMERICAN INDIANS IN TEXAS. 
          THEY ARE HELPING US WITH OUR YOUTH ENRICHMENT CLASS, AND THEY STARTED TEACHING THREE OF OUR SIX CLASSES. SO WE PARTNER WITH THEM EVERY OTHER MONTH. THEY COME IN AND WORK WITH THE KIDS AND THEY TAKE THEIR MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO IT. THAT JUST STARTED IN JANUARY. IT ENTER WITH REALLY WELL. 
          THE STUDENTS WERE ENGAGED AND TALKING. SO THAT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE. AND THEN FOR UTSA FOR OUR OLDER STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS, WE ASK THEM TO COME IN AND IT'S THROUGH THE UTSA COUNSELING DEPARTMENT, THEY WORK WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS SEPARATE TO ADDRESS THOSE COMMUNICATION ISSUES BETWEEN STUDENT AND PARENT TO HELP IMPROVE THAT COMMUNICATION AND, AGAIN, GET THEM TO GRADUATE, GET THEM TO AVOID ANY TROUBLE, CRIMINAL CHARGES, AND WE USUALLY HEAR GOOD FEEDBACK THERE, TOO. 
          OUR BUDGET, WE CURRENTLY WORK ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES WITH NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING. NONE OF THEM HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          WE DO IT WITH THE STAFF WE HAVE. THAT'S THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR 2026. WE ARE ON OUR 10TH YEAR OF OUR TRUANCY GRANT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR WHICH WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL YESTERDAY, AND THAT APPLICATION IS GOING TO BE TURNED IN NEXT WEEK. SO FINGERS CROSSED WE RECEIVE THAT. 
          THAT'S JUST UNDER $355,000. THAT FUNDS FOUR JCMS AND ANOTHER SUPERVISOR AS WELL. SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT AGAIN AND CONTINUE WORKING WITH ALL THE DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS THAT WE DO. I KNOW I WANT TO ADDRESS QUICKLY OUTCOMES. WE ARE IN A UNIQUE SITUATION WHERE WE WORK WITH SO MUCH DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS AS FAR AS THE DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS. THEY ALL FUNCTION A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO EITHER OUT LICE OUR SERVICES, HOW EMBEDDED OUR STAFF ARE IN THEIR DISTRICTS, AND ALSO WHAT THEY CONSIDER SUCCESSFUL. WE HAVE FACED THE TROUBLE OF TRYING TO DEFINE WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE IT'S A GRAY AREA. 
          IT'S NOT THE SAME FOR EVERY STUDENT. THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH ITSD AND THEY BUILT US A DATABASE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE UP AND RUNNING. WE'RE GETTING ALL OF OUR DATA FROM THIS LAST FALL SEMESTER IN THERE AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THOSE OUTCOMES BECAUSE WE HAVE COME UP WITH SOME DEFINITIONS OF WHAT SUCCESS ARE OR WHAT IMPROVEMENT IS. 
          SO HOPING BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR-END OF SUMMER WE'LL HAVE SOME NUMBERS TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SAY FOR THE MEDIATIONS WHAT THAT SUCCESS RATE IS. WE DO TRACK HOW MANY SHOW UP IN THE CONTRACTS THAT THE JCMS DO AND THE ATTENDANCE TRACKS THEY DO. 
          BUT THOSE OUTCOMES ARE A LITTLE DIFFICULT. SO WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THAT L LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR. I ASKED MY TEAM TO SEND ME A FEW STORIES. WE HAVE JCMS THERE THAT RANGE FROM 30 YEARS WITH THE CITY, 20 YEARS WITH THE COURT, AND THREE YEARS IS OUR NEWEST JCM. THERE IS A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE THERE. 
          I HAD ASKED THEM TO JUST LET ME -- GIVE ME A SENTENCE OR TWO OF SOME STORIES OR, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS THAT REALLY STAND OUT TO THEM IN THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE. SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST TALK ABOUT THOSE BECAUSE WHILE WE CANNOT PROVIDE THOSE NUMBERS, THOSE HARD NUMBERS OF OUTCOMES, THE IMPACT THIS TEAM HAS ON THE COMMUNITY IS AMUSING. READING THIS PRIOR, I STARTED GETTING TEARY-EYED. IT'S JUST SO HEARTFELT TO SEE. 
          WE HAD ONE JCM THAT WAS WORKING WITH A SENIOR THAT WAS DISCOURAGED BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY COULDN'T AFFORD THEIR CAP AND GOWN. 
          HE REACHED OUT TO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND GOT SOME INFORMATION AND THAT STUDENT'S CAP AND GOWN WAS COVERED AND THEY WERE ABLE TO WALK THE STAGE THAT YEAR. I HAD ONE OF MY SENIORS THAT USED TO BE A JCM, SHE WORKED WITH A STUDENT IF HER SENIOR YEAR AND HAD HER COME TO HER OFFICE EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          SHE CHECKED IN WITH THE& STUDENT TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS GOING TO SCHOOL. 
          SHE HELPED HER NAVIGATE THE ATTENDANCE RECOVERY PROCESS AND HELPED 
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LETTER REGAIN HER CREDITS AND SHE ALSO GOT TO GRADUATE. 
          SHE INVITED THE JCM TO HER GRADUATION AND THE PARENT ACTUALLY FOUND HER AND CAME UP AND SHOOK HER HAND AND HE THANKED HER FOR THE EFFORT AND ACCOUNTABILITY THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE HELD THE STUDENT TO AND GOT HER TO GRADUATION. WE HAD ANOTHER STUDENT WHO WAS STRUGGLING WITH ALOPECIA AND DIDN'T WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE FELT SOME SHAME AND EMBARRASSMENT. 
          OUR JCM REACHED OUT TO LOCAL BEAUTY SALONS AND ADVOCATED FOR THIS STUDENT AND FOUND A SALON THAT WAS WILLING TO DO HER HAIR FOR FREE. AFTER THAT, SHE STARTED GOING TO SCHOOL. 
          HER CONFIDENCE WENT UP AND SHE WAS IN SCHOOL. SHE SAID THAT WAS ONE SHE WILL NEVER FORGET. SOME OF OUR STAFF HAVE FOUND THESE THAT COME UP TO THEM OUT IN THE PUBLIC WITH THEIR OWN FAMILIES AND SAY DO YOU REMEMBER ME? YOU HELPED ME GET TO GRADUATION. 
          YOU HELPED ME FINISH. YOU TOLD ME THAT I CAN DO ANYTHING I WANTED AND I HAD TO -- I WAS IN CHARGE OF MY OWN FUTURE. 
          THEIR FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO SEE THEIR WIVES AND KIDS AND HUSBANDS ARE ABLE TO SEE THE IMPACT THEY MAKE ON THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL HEARING THOSE STORIES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO 
          CONTINUING AS WE GO. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, KATIE. THANK YOU FOR THOSE STORE HE'S OTHER. 
          THOSE ARE HELPFUL IN SHAPING THE CONVERSATION AND THE CONTINUED WORK WE'RE DOING HERE. I WANT TO DO A TEMPERATURE CHECK WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS, A LITTLE MORE RELATED OR CONTINUE ON WITH PARKS AND READY TO WORK? CONTINUE ON? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'LL GO INTO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH 16 TO 
          24 PROVIDED BY THE PARKS AND REC RATION PROGRAM. >> I'M THE RECREATION MANAGER. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND EXPLAIN WHAT WE DO. 
          EVERYBODY THINKS PARKS AND REC AND THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY SPORTS. 
          WE DO MORE THAN THAT. REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE. 
          JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE LARGE, VERY, VERY LARGE. WE ARE CERTIFIED WITH THE NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION AND WE HAVE OUR SAFETY CERTIFICATION AS WELL. 
          THOSE ARE TWO CERTIFICATIONS WE'RE PROUD OF ADDS ADEPT. 
          WE HAVE 271 CITY PARKS, OVER 260-PLUS MILES OF TRAIL. 
          125 PAVILIONS, 30 COMMUNITY CENTERS. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME OUT AND REALLY ENJOY. 
          NATURAL SPACES AND AGAIN OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE PROGRAMMING. 
          SO TWO YEARS AGO, OUR DIRECTOR HOMER GARCIA INTENSIVE INTERVENTION I II, TRYING TO FIND A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO GUIDE OUR PROGRAMMING AND OUR INVESTMENTS IN YOUTH SERVICES. 
          SO WE DID A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT, POP-UP EVENTS, SURVEYS, REALLY TRYING TO GET FEEDBACK FOR THOSE THAT PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAMMING ALREADY BUT THOSE THAT DON'T TO FIND OUT WHY. 
          SO WE TOOK ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF TO DO THIS PLAN AND WE GOT A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS OUT OF IT. IF YOU YOU'VE BEEN TO OUR CENTERS, THE BULK WERE BUILT IN THE '70S. HOW DO WE INVEST IN THOSE CENTERS AND BRING THE TECHNOLOGY UP TO DATE? WITH OUR YOUTH AND TEENS, THEY ARE LOOKING AT GAMING AND THE COMPUTER. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          EXPANDING OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A MAP IN A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE LOCATED CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO, BUT SAN ANTONIO IS GROWING AS WE ALL KNOW. THE OUTSKIRTS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE COMMUNITY CENTERS, HOW DID CAN WE GROW PARTNERSHIPS? LEVERAGE SPECIALIZED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUTH THAT COME IN AND PARTICIPTE IN OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR STAFF HAVE SAID CAN WE GET SOMEONE TO TALK TO US ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH KIDS WITH AUTISM OR HAVE THINGS GOING ON AT HOME. 
          WE'VE BROUGHT IN CHILD SAFE AND AUTISM NETWORK TO PROVIDE THAT TRAINING TO OUR STAFF. CONTINUE DOING THAT. AND THEN INCREASING COMMUNITY EDGE GAUGEMENT. THE BIGGEST THING WE FOUND OUT IS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO. SAN ANTONIO IS HUGE. 
          YOU DON'T THINK OF PARKS AND REC ALL THE TIME FOR THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES WE PROVIDE. HOW DO WE GO AHEAD, IMPROVE THAT ENGAGEMENT AND THAT COMMUNICATION SO WE CAN CELEBRATE YOUTH SERVICES. SPECIFICALLY SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TEENS HERE, WE ASKED TEENS, WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT IS IT WE CAN DO THAT WILL BRING YOU IN OUR FACILITIES? THEY ARE LOOKING FOR FITNESS AND WELLNESS. THEY LIKE THE OUTDOOR ADVENTURE. 
          THAT WAS A COOL THING TO HEAR, THE NATURE PROGRAMS. EVERYONE IS BEHIND THEIR SCREENS, ON THEIR IPADS, PHONES. 
          THEY DO WANT TO GET OUT AND TRY DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF MY FRIENDS REALIZE WE DO DANCE AND MUSIC CLASSES. I'M SHARE PICTURES AND THEY ARE LIKE, I FORGET YOU DO THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T THINK PARKS AND REC, DANCE AND MUSIC. 
          ESTEEM PROGRAMMING, SCIENCE, THE TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTICS. 
          WE DO THAT AND SO IT'S LIKE GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO TEENS TO LET THEM KNOW. SO WE HAVE COMMUNITY CENTERS, 30 COMMUNITY CENTERS CITYWIDE. 20 ARE FULL-SERVICE CENTERS WHICH MEANS WE 
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OFFER PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WE'VE EXPANDED OR YOU HOURS. WE WERE OPEN AT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. 
          NOW WE OPEN AT 10:00 A.M. THAT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TODDLERS AND PARENTS TO COME IN IN THE MORNING. 
          OUR SENIORS TO COME IN THE MORNING. WE'RE SEEING AN UPTICK IN ATTENDANCE. HONESTLY SOME OF OUR OPPORTUNITY YOU'LL, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN TO THE GYM TO DO A YOUNG ADULT BASKETBALL LEAGUE. IT'S THE EDUCATION PIECE, BUT IT'S ALSO THAT FITNESS, THAT HEALTH THAT UNIFIED, THAT WELLNESS PIECE. 
          WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY NOW. WE ARE OPEN 50 HOURS WEEKLY, AND WE HAD OVER 352,000 YOUTH AND TEEN IN ATTENDANCE LAST FISCAL YEAR. WE HAVE FOUR ADULT SENIOR CENTERS. 
          DHS HAS TICK CENTERS. ANYONE 18 AND YOU CAN CAN COME AND PARTICIPATE. WE GET OLDER ADULTS AND SENIORS, BUT WE HAVE YOUNG ADULTS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR PAINTING PROGRAMS OR PHOTOGRAPHY. KNOWS ARE FANTASTIC SERVICES THAT WE CAN OFFER FOR ALL AGES. AND WE HAVE SIX OPEN PLAY CENTERS, SELF-EXPLANATORY. THEY ARE OPEN PLAY. YOU CAN COME IN, SHOOT AROUND, PLAY VOLLEYBALL. WE HAVE TABLE GAMES, POOL TABLES FOR THEM TO USE, COMPUTER LAB. SO IN FY '25, WE HAD 22,000 YOUTH AND TEEN IN ATTENDANCE. THESE ARE COMMUNITY CENTERS. SO WE ALWAYS CALL IT LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A SMILE AROUND CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO. YOU CAN SEE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE CLUSTERED. WE HAVE THE ONE OUTLIER IN D10, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE CONGREGATED IS REALLY THAT SMALL AROUND SAN ANTONIO. 
          PLUS IT'S JUST KIND OF SAY A SMILE AROUND SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO WE HAVE COMMUNITY CLUB HUBS. THIS IS WHERE WE DO OUR PROGRAMMING. OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS, WE HAVE TAKEN OUR PROGRAMMING AND KIND OF MARKETED IT WITH WHAT WE CALL OUR CLUB HUBS. 
          WE HAVE DISCOVERY LAB. THAT'S ALL YOUR STEM, ROBOTICS PROGRAM, FIT ZONE, YOGA, ZUMBA, SPORTS WILL YOU BE IS BASKETBALL, VALLEY BALL, LACROSSE AND NONTRADITIONAL SPORTS. TEEN CLUB IS FOR TEENS. 
          BUNCH OF PROGRAMMING IN THERE. THE STUDIO WHICH IS OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMMING AS WELL AS OUR ARTS AND CRAFTS. 
          SO SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM FY '20, THE GALLERY IS MY FAVORITE NIGHT OF WORK THAT WE HAVE. SO THE KIDS TAKE 12 WEEKS TO DEVELOP PONTINGS OR SCULPTURES AND WE BRING IT TOGETHER AND TRANSFORM IT INTO AN ART GALLERY. THEY CAN BRING THEIR FAMILIES AND COME WITH THEIR FRIENDS, SEE THEIR ART ON DISPLAY. WE'LL HAVE HORS D'OEUVRES. IT'S THE CUTEST NOW THE. 
          WE REMINDS ME OF WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO. THE TOP PICTURE HERE IS THE SEA PERCENTAGE PROGRAM. IT'S UNDERWATER ROBOTICS. THE KIDS BUILD THIS ROBOT AND WE'LL TAKE THEM TO THE POOL. A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS HAVE A POOL OR WE'LL TRANSPORT THEM TO THE NEAREST POOL. THEY GET TO PUT THEIR ROBOT IN THE POOL, GO THROUGH OBSTACLE COURSES, DO BATTLE BOTS. THEY LIKE TO FIGHT THE ROBOTS IN THE WATER. 
          THAT'S A FANTASTIC PROGRAM. IT'S FOR YOUTH AND TEENS. WE HAD 187 YOUTH AND TEENS GO THROUGH IT LAST SUMMER. AIM TO FLOAT IS A TWO-YEAR PROGRAM. 
          THE SECOND YEAR WE DID IT WAS THIS PAST SUSPECTER. 
          THIS PROGRAM IS A RIOT. PROBABLY 90% OF OUR KIDS HAD NEVER GONE KAYAKING, NEVER DONE ARCHERY. I WOULD SAY 80% OF OUR STAFF HAD NEVER DONE ANY OF THAT EITHER. SO WE TAKE THE TIME TO -- WE PUT THE KAYAKS IN THE POOLS FIRST SO THEY CAN GET IN IT AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO PADDLE. YOU'LL SEE THE ARCHERY. THEY'RE USING STRINGS TO HOLD IT BEFORE WE GIVE THEM THE BOWS AND ARROWS. 
          THEN WE'LL TAKE THEM OUT AND THEY GET TO PUT THIS IN USE DOWN AT THE MISSION REACH. WE PUT THE BOATS IN THE WATER. 
          THEY GET TO KAYAK DOWN THE SHOOT. THEY ARE DOING THE ARCHERY OUTSIDE. WE DO NATURE EDUCATION WHILE THEY ARE OUT THERE. WE'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN THIS PROGRAM AND TAKEN IT TO OUR SENIOR CENTERS. OUR SENIORS GOT IN THE KAYAKS AND WENT DOWN THE MISSION REACH. THIS HE DID THE ARCHIE. 
          WE HAD A BLIND SENIOR THAT DID THE ARCHERY AND HIT THE TARGET. 
          THAT'S A FANTASTIC PROGRAM. THEN THE BOTS, THEY EXPLAINED IT TO ME. I'M NOT A ROBOTICS PERSON, BUT YOU HAVE THIS LITTLE SPHERE. THESE BOTS ARE ZOOMING AROUND THE FLOOR. 
          THEY GO THROUGH COURSES. THAT'S FOR OUR TEEN PARTICIPANTS. IT'S AT WAY TO ENGAGE THEM IN SOMETHING THEY REALLY LIKE. SO WE HAVE OBSTACLE CAMPS. 
          KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL. PARENTS ARE WORKING. THINGS START ON MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 7:30 TO 5:30, 6 TO 14. OUR OUT OF SCHOOL CAMPS IS JUST $3 A DAY. THEY GET LUNCH AND SNACK. 
          IT'S ALL DAY. AGE APPROPRIATE CURRICULUM. 
          LOOKING FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE OLDER KIDS, DOING THAT TEEN-SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING FOR 13 AND 14-YEAR-OLDS. 
          SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM IS OUR VERY ROBUST SUMMER CAMP, 8 WEEK DAY CAMP. 
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WE'RE AT 45 LOCATIONS, ALL OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS AND PARTNER WITH SIX LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THEY LET US USE THEIR FACILITY TO OFFER THE PROGRAM. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AGES 6 TO 14. 
          THIS PROGRAM IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AS FAR AS THE FEE GOES. 
          WE HAVE A SLIDING SCALE. THE FIRST CHILD FOR ALL EIGHT WEEKS IS $260. THE SECOND CHILD IS EXTRA $160. 
          THREE OR MORE IS 160 AFTER THAT. BUT 73% OF OUR KIDS QUALIFY FOR THE REDUCED FEE. THAT REDUCED FEE IS $25 FOR THE FIRST CHILD FOR ALL 8 WEEKS, 15 MORE FOR TWO KIDS. 
          AGAIN, IT'S LUNCH AND SNACK. IT'S AGE APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES, AND WE KEEP THEM BUSY ALL DAY WHILE THE KIDS THAT ARE OUT OF SCHOOL AND THE PARENTS ARE STILL AT WORK. TWO YEARS AGO, WE PILOTED A SUMMER TEEN CAMP. WE'VE DONE THAT AT THREE LOCATIONS. IT'S FREE. A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          WE KNOW TEENS ARE NOT GOING TO WAKE UP AT 7:30 IN THE MORNING TO COME TO CAMP. WE START AT 10:00 A.M. THEY WILL ROLL IN. 
          SOME OF THEM STILL DRESSED IN THEIR PAJAMAS. 
          WE DO THAT FROM 10:00 TO 6:00. IT'S FREE. 
          IT HAS UNLUNCH AND SNACKS. IT'S ROBOTICS, CLINICS, SCRIMMAGES THAT KIDS WANT, IN FRONT OF THE COMPUTER. 
          IN THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM WE TRY TO HAVE THEM NOT ON THEIR CELL PHONES. WE HAVE DEDICATED TIME WE'RE OFFERING WHAT THE TEENS WANT. WE DID A DANCE CAMP. SO WE HAVE THE DANCE STUDIO AND COMMUNITY CENTER. WHY NOT USE THE FACILITY FOR THAT. WE DO A HALF DAY DANCE CAMP. 
          WE WILL DO A WEEK FOR YOUTH AND A WEEK OF TEENS.  IT'S DANCE INTENSIVE TO KIND OF APPEAL TO THOSE FOLKS LOOKING FOR CULTURAL PROGRAMMING. NOTABLE PARTNERSHIPS, WE CAN DO THIS ALONE. 
          WITH HE HAVE REALLY GREAT EXTERNAL PARTNERS. 
          JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT HAS BEEN A PARTNER FOR YEARS AND THEY HAVE A FINANCE WORK. WE USE THIS WITH OUR TEENS TO REALLY TEACH FINANCIAL LITERALLY. THEY ARE NOT GETTING A LOT AT SCHOOL AND THIS HELPS START THAT PROGRAM. THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATES, METRO HEALTH INTRODUCED US TO THAT. THAT'S A HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM. THE UNDER WATER ROBOTICS, ZERO ROBOTICS IS A COOL PROGRAM.  IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH MIT AND NASA. 
          THE TOP PICTURE -- WE'VE MADE IT TO THE FINALS. TWO YEARS AGO WE CAME IN SECOND IN THE NATION WHICH WAS AMAZING. I THINK THIS YEAR WE CAME IN 9TH. I REALLY WANT TO WIN. BUT THE KIDS AT THE END MAKE THE FINALS AND GET TO LINK UP WITH INTERNATIONAL SPACETATION. THE TOP PICTURE IS THE ASTRONAUT FLOUTING AROUND THE TALKING TO OUR KIDS AS THEY INPUT THE CODE THAT WE DEVELOP INTO THESE SATELLITES THAT ARE GOING AROUND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. THAT'S A TRIP TO WATCH. THEN THE ASTRONAUTS CALLED OUT SAN ANTONIO FOR THEIR BREAKFAST TACOS. 
          WHEN THEY LAND, COME ON OVER. AND THEN AGRILIFE, WE'VE HAD THIS FOR YEARS. IT'S AT FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY NEED THAT EDUCATION AS THEY ARE GETTING OLDER. 
          AND THEN INTERNALLY, I LOVE TO BRAG ON THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT PARTNERS, MY FRIEND REBECCA HERE, HER AND I WORK TOGETHER -- ACTUALLY, I GO THE INVITED TO HELP WITH THE NEXT LEVEL DEVELOPMENT. SO WE JUST KIND OF HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE. WE A LOT OF OVERLAP, BUT DHS HAS A LOT OF FOLKS THAT COME FOR THEIR PROGRAMS AND DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER AND VICE VERSA. SO I THINK IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO, WE DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO FORM A COMMITTEE. 
          MY BOSS IS LIKE, WHAT'S THIS COMMITTEE? WE MADE IT UP. 
          SO WE INVITED THE LIBRARY AND METRO HEALTH TO JOIN US. 
          WE CALL IT THE BIG FOUR. I THINK WE NEED A MORE CREATIVE NAME. THAT'S NOT MY JAM. SO THE BIG FOUR IS US FOUR DEPARTMENTS THAT SERVICE SO MUCH OF THE SAME COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THOSE FOLKS THAT ENTER DO KNOW. WE'VE DONE MULTI-GENERATION PROGRAMMING TEENS AND SENIORS TOGETHER TO SHARE A MEAL AND SHARE STORIES. IF YOU CHITOSAN DOWN AND HAVE A MEAL, IT'S EASIER TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THAN SITTING IN FRONT OF THEM. WE'VE DONE SOME OF THOSE WHICH HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE DID A PROGRAMMING SHOWCASE LAST YEAR. WE BROUGHT ALL OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS IN AND INVITED EXTERNAL PARTNERS TO COME. PARENTS COULD COME AND GO TABLE TO TABLE AND FIND OWL ALL THESE PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO OFFER THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. SO THAT'S BEEN JUST A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. METRO HEALTH, THEY ARE GOING TO E-MAIL ME IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS  I HAVE A FEELING BECAUSE WE DO IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR SPRING BREAK KIDS. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, I'M A HUGE LIBRARY USER. 
          WE DO THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM. THAT'S THE BIGGEST PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM. BUT I CAN CALL ANY OF THEM AND BE LIKE, HEY -- OR THEY USE OUR CENTERS QUITE A BIT WHEN A LIBRARY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THEY WILL SET UP A SATELLITE LOCATION AT ONE OF OUR CENTERS AND SO IT'S ANOTHER WAY TO SHARE INFORMATION. 
          AND THE OTHER ONE I REALLY WANT TO HARP ON BECAUSE I DON'T THINK 
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PEOPLE REALIZE IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. MARTHA WILL E-MAIL ME, WE'VE GOT THIS PROGRAM OPPORTUNITY. SO WE DID A PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION IN MEXICO. 
          SO THEY DID PHOTOGRAPHY THERE IN THEIR PARKS. WE DID IT IN OUR PARKS. 
          WE SHARED OUR PHOTOS, AND THEN WE LINKED UP VIA ZOOM. 
          SO WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE OUR PARTICIPANTS TALK TO THEIR PARTICIPANTS ACROSS BORDERS, WHICH IS REAL COOL, AND THEN CHINA, WE DID A PAINTING COMPETITION WHERE WE HAVE THE KIDS DO PAINTINGS, SENT THEM TO CHINA. THEY GOT JUDGED IN CHINA AND THEY SENT US BACK CERTIFICATES FOR THE KIDS ON WHO PLACED FIRST, SECOND, THIRD. 
          THEY ARE ALL IN CHINESE AND THE KIDS THOUGHT IT WAS THE COOLEST THING IN THE WORLD. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERNAL PARTNERSHIP. 
          SO WE HAVE ATHLETIC FACILITIES, MCFARLAND TENNIS CENTER, FAIRCHILD, MCFARLAND WITH TENNIS, FAIRCHILD WITH PICKLE BALL. 
          REALLY TAKING ADVANTAGE WITH SOME OF OUR PROGRAMMING TO HAVE THAT FOOTBALL FIELD, THE SOCCER PROGRAMMING, THE TRACK. 
          SOME HIGHLIGHTS AS WE DO COMMUNITY CLINICS AT MCFARLAND. 
          THEY HAD OVER 2500 PARTICIPANTS LEARNING HOW TO PLAY TENNIS. 
          PADDLE AND PLAY YOUTH CAMPS. THEY DID PICKLE BALL AND TENNIS FOR KIDS.  THE COMMUNITY OPEN PLAY IS POPULAR AT WHEATLEY FOR KIDS TO BE ON A REAL FOOTBALL FIELD OR USE THE TRACK. 
          SO THOSE ARE GREAT. AGAIN, THEY RELY ON PARTNERS. 
          WE HAVE TO WITH SAN ANTONIO TENNIS ASSOCIATION, FITNESS IN THE PARK DOES IT. ON PAR GOLF.  THAT WAS A COOL PROGRAM, TOO. 
          WITH ATHLETICS AND FITNESS, WE DO CLINICS WITH BASKETBALL SEASON COMING UP OR VOLLEYBALL SEASON COMING UP, DOING CLINICS FOR KIDS. 
          LIKE OUR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO TRY OUT, THEY CAN START WORKING ON SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND CONDITIONING. 
          WE DO YOUTH ATHLETIC LEAGUES.  TOMORROW STARTS THE GAMES FOR THE SPURS YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUE.  WE REGISTERED FOR THAT. 
          THEY'VE BEEN PRACTICING. ALL GAMES START TOMORROW. THAT'S GOING TO BE FUN TO WATCH. 
          WATCH 4-YEAR-OLDS OUT THERE. THAT'S SOMETHING TO SEE. LARGER PARTICIPATION AREAS IS TRACK AND FIELD. SPURS YOUTH BASKETBALL IS VERY POPULAR. 
          EVEN TENNIS LEAGUE IS ALMOST 1,000 PEOPLE GOING THROUGH OUR TENNIS CLINICS. WE HAVE THE SAN FERNANDO BOXING CLUB.  THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH, FOR ADULTS TO TEENS TO COME IN AND TRY SOMETHING NEW. A LOT OF FOLKS -- THAT'S NOT A FIRST THOUGHT PROCESS. WE HAVE THE BOXING CLUB OVER THERE. 
          FITNESS IN THE PARK, THEY DO THE YOU'LL SPORTS CONDITIONING AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THE TOP PICTURE IS MY FATHER. THAT'S FOR ALL AGES. IT'S LIKE YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO THE YOGA. YOU WANT TO HOLD THE BABY GOATS BECAUSE THEY'RE CUTE.  THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP AND PROGRAM WE CAN OFFER AND GIVE SOMEBODY A NEW EXPERIENCE. 
          WHO THOUGHT -- WE'LL HAVE ALL AGES.  YOU'LL HAVE YOUTH, PARENTS, TEENS. THEY ARE BABY GOATS. IT'S CUTE. 
          AQUATICS, SO NOW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT LIKE IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS FOR SURE. RIGHT? IT'S GOING TO GET HOT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AQUATICS. 
          WE HAVE THE YEAR-ROUND AUDITORIUM. IT'S THE ONLY PLACE PEOPLE CAN SWIM AROUND INSIDE.  LAST YEAR THEY HAD OVER 50,000 IN ATTENDANCE AND THEY OFFERED SWIM LESSONS. OVER 500 FOLKS TOOK ADVANTAGE.  THEN THE POOLS ARE GOING TO OPEN FOR THE SUMMER AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE 24 POOLS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          WE HAD OVER 265,000 VISITORS TO THE POOLS LAST YEAR. 
          THAT'S ASTRONOMICAL. IN AGES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, 11 TO 17, IT WAS 60,000 FOLKS IN THERE. ONE THING I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE -- WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER, TOO SHALL-DID IS LIFEGUARDS. WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT LIFEGUARDS. 
          THEY START AT 16. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH TO COME IN. 
          IT'S A GREAT FIRST JOB. IT'S LEARNING LIFESIVING SKILLS.  WE'LL GET YOU CERTIFIED. YOU GET AN INCENTIVE. THEY GIVE YOU A UNIFORM STIPEND. THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD YOUR RESUME AND HAVE THAT JOB ON YOUR -- WHEN YOU'RE APPLYING FOR OTHERS. SO 255 OF OUR LIFEGUARDS LAST YEAR FELL WITHIN THAT 16 TO 24-YEAR-OLD CATEGORY. THAT'S THE BULK OF THEM. THEN THEY DO LET'S VICTIM SA WHICH IS FREE SWIM LESSONS. SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST AQUATIC CENTER, THE FOOD BANK. IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW OR HAD FORGOTTEN, WE FEED AT THE POOL. SO WE WORK WITH THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK TO HAVE LUNCH AND SNACK FOR KIDS AT THE POOL. 
          THEY MIGHT NOT BE ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM OR HANG OUT AT THE POOL. 
          THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EAT. THEN THESE ARE SWIM POOL LOCATIONS. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WE'RE THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO. A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT THERE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE. AND THEN OUR NATURAL AREAS. I THINK PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE NATURAL AREAS, I'M GOING TO GO FOR A HIKE OR WALK AND BE OUT IN NATURE, WHICH 
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OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT TO DO. ARE BUT WE HAD OVER 620 OPPORTUNITIES LAST YEAR TO CONNECT THE COMMUNITY WITH NATURE THROUGH FIELD TRIPS, GUIDED HIKES. THEY DO NATURE ART CLASSES. WE GET OUR STAFF CERTIFIED IN ALL THE PROJECT WILD CLASSES. PROJECT WILD, GROWING UP WILD, STARTING WILD. 
          YOU GET TO TAKE A NATURE CLASS IN NATURE. SO YOU'RE IMPLEMENTING WHAT YOU'RE LEARNING WHICH IS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY. 
          THEY HAD ALMOST 26,000 PARTICIPANTS GO THROUGH THEIR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AT OUR NATURAL AREAS LAST YEAR. 
          LASTLY, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HARP ON THIS FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, IS EMPLOYMENT. WE ARE HIRING. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED CONVERSATIONS WITH NEXT LEVEL BECAUSE WE NEED FOLKS TO COME IN AND WORK WITH US AND THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND SOME OF THESE FOLKS TO HAVE THEIR FIRST JOB. SO, AGAIN, AQUATICS STARTS AT 16 YEARS OLD. WE'LL GET YOU THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS. ACTUALLY, THEY TAUGHT PEOPLE HOW TO SWIM AND THEN GET THEM TO WHERE THEY CAN THEN PASS THE SWIMMING TEST. 
          LIKE I SAID, THEY GET INCENTIVES. UNIFORM STIPEND. 
          THEN WE HAVE POOL SUPERVISORS. ANYBODY THAT'S GOT THAT HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED AND HAS BEEN A LIFEGUARD FOR A COUPLE YEARS, YOU CAN BE THAT UPPER POOL SUPERVISOR. IF YOU GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE, YOU CAN BE AN AREA SUPERVISOR. THEN FOR OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS, WE'RE LOOKING AT TEN ASSISTANTS. WE DO 18 YEARS OLD OR 17 YEARS OLD AND GRADUATED OR GED. WE LOOK FOR YEAR-ROUND INSTRUCTION. COME IN AND YOU LOVE TO PLAY BASKETBALL. 
          WE'LL HIRE YOU TO TEACH BASKETBALL.  I MEAN, THAT'S A GIMME. 
          RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I DO WHAT I DO. 
          SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM, YOU WANT TO BE A CAMP COUNSELOR. 
          WE'LL GIVE YOU A GROUP OF KIDS, GO THROUGH THE TRAINING, AND THEN YOU CAN LEAD THEM IN ACTIVITIES ALL DAY. YOU'RE LIKE, LET'S GO -- I LOVE TO DO ART. GO TO AN ART PROJECT. WE'RE GOING TO PAY TO YOU DO THAT. THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT AGE GROUP TO COME IN AND WORK FOR US. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH NEXT LEVEL AND SEE HOW MANY OF THEIR PARTICIPANTS CAN COME IN AND HAVE THAT FIRST JOB. FULL-TIME JOBS, WE HAVE THE RECREATION SPECIALISTS. YOU DO A YEAR WITH US, GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, YOU CAN COME NANCY PE -- YOU CAN COULD MANY IN AND THAT'S A GREAT FIRST JOHN. 
          OUR TEMP RECREATION ASSISTANTS, WE'VE HAD REALLY COOL STORIES WHERE WE'VE HAD KIDS WHO ARE 18 COME IN TO INTERVIEW. 
          THEY ARE SO NERVOUS. THEY CAN'T EVEN FORMULATE A SENTENCE AT SOME POINT. YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THEM TO TALK. 
          BY THE END, WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS? WE'VE HAD THEM POINT OUT, WELL, I WENT TO JOE WARD COMMUNITY CENTER AND DJ WAS MY CAMP COUNSELOR AND I WANT TO BE DJ FOR THE NEXT PERSON. 
          SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, THAT'S WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO. SO YEAH. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE GOING TO LINK UP WITH NEXT LEVEL AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT. THEN EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND THE CITY. SPREAD THE WORD PLEASE THAT WE ARE NOW HIRING. 
          JOBS ARE UP ON THE WEBSITE. THAT'S IT FOR US. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, SARAH. 
          ALL RIGHT. OUR FINAL PRESENTATION, READY TO WORK. 
          PROGRAMMING BENEFITS BENEFITING YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS. 
          >> MY NAME IS MICHAEL AND I'M AN ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE CITY'S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND I WILL BE BRIEFING ON SAN ANTONIO READY TO WORK'S EFFORTS THAT BENEFIT SAN ANTONIO'S YOUNG ADULT POPULATION. SO PRIOR TO STARTING EACH BRIEFING, WE LIKE TO PROVIDE A POINT OF LIGHT REGARDING OUR PROGRAM'S PARTICIPANTS. 
          I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO MEET ADRIANA DAVILA FROM DISTRICT 10. 
          ADRIANA HAD A UNIQUE PASSION FOR CARING. IT BEGAN WHEN SHE HELPED HER GRANDMOTHER DEALING WITH HEALTH ISSUES AND LATER WHEN SHE HAD TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR HER GRANDFATHER. THOSE EXPERIENCES INSPIRED HER TO PURSUE NURSING AND SHE ENROLLED IN THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. SHE RECEIVED HER MEDICAL ASSISTANT THROUGH PROJECT QUEST AND TRAINING THROUGH THE GOOD WILL TRAINING ACADEMY WHICH IS OUR PRIME PARTNER AS OF LAST YEAR. 
          AFTER COMPLETING THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM, ADRIANA IS NOW EMPLOYED WITH THOUSAND OAKS PEDIATRICS AND TO QUOTE HER, I WANTED TO CARE FOR PATIENTS THE WAY I CARE FOR MY FAMILY. ADRIANA WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK FUTURE EDUCATION GOALS AND HER STORY IS PROOF THAT READY TO WORK CAN HELP OPEN AND REOPEN DOORS NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          SO TO BEGIN THE BRIEFING, LET'S SUCCESS ELIGIBILITY TO ENROLL IN THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. AS YOU SEE HERE AN INDIVIDUAL MUST BE 18 YEARS OPENED WHEN APPLYING FOR THE PROGRAM PERMITTED TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES, A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OR BE A MILITARY CONNECTED INDIVIDUAL LIVING IN BEXAR COUNTY, HAVE AN INCOME LESS THAN 250% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES, BE WILLING TO TAKE ASSESSMENTS, AND BE COMMITTED TO THE PROGRAM. NEXT, LET'S LOOK AT SOME DATA ON READY TO WORK PARTICIPANTS AGED 18 TO 24 AS COMPARED TO ALL READY TO WORK PARTICIPANTS. ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT PARTICIPANTS AGED 18 TO 24 MAKE UP APPROXIMATELY 25% OF ALL INTAKES, 
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ENROLLMENTS, AND TRAINING COMPLETERS WHILE MAKING 24% OF ALL QUALITY JOB PLACEMENTS. 18 TO 24-YEAR-OLD PARTICIPANTS HAVE A 64% COMPLETION RATE AND 58 JOB QUALITY PLACEMENT RATE WHICH IS COMPARATIVE TO THE PROGRAM-WIDE AVERAGE. HERE WE HAVE DEMOGRAPHICS. 18 TO 24-YEAR-OLD GROUP. 
          63% ARE FEMALE. 68 LATINO. 18% AFRICAN-AMERICAN. 
          9% CAUCASIAN. 2% ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER. 
          2% NATIVE AMERICAN. 2 AMERICAN UNKNOWN OR DECLINED. 
          THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS THE INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM OF THE INDUSTRIES OF THIS GROUP. WITH HEALTHCARE SOLIDLY IN THE LEAD AT 56%, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND THEN TRANSPORTATION AND IT CYBER TO ROUND OUT THE TOP THREE INDUSTRIES. HERE ARE THE TOP FIVE TRAINING OCCUPATIONS FOR THIS DEMOGRAPHIC WITH MEDICAL ASSISTANTS AND NURSING ASSISTANTS, AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM. 
          NEXT LET'S SHIFT TO THE PROGRAM'S OUTREACH EFFORTS TO REACH OUR YOUNG ADULT POPULATION. FIRST, LET'S START WITH OUR SENIOR SUMMITED IN WHICH WE COLLABORATE WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURT WHO HOSTS THE SUMMIT FOR TRUANCY ISSUES OR DEEMED AT RISK. THE PURPOSE IS TO RECAPTURE STUDENTS AND DIRECT THEM ON A PATH TOWARDS GRADUATION AND IT IS GEARED TO SENIORS AT SEVERAL SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL DISTRICTS INCLUDING SAN ANTONIO ISD, EDGEWOOD ISD, EAST KETAMINE RAL, JETTISON AMONG OTHERS. PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE THERE AND OTHER -- FAIRS AIMED AT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT READY TO WORK OPPORTUNITIES AFTER GRADUATION. AN EXAM MANY IS OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE FALL 2025 FAIR HOSTED AT CLARK HIGH SCHOOL IN NORTH SIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE CONTINUE THIS RELATIONSHIP. WE ALSO ATTEND NUMIOUS COMMUNITIES EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SUCH AS UPCOMING EVENT HERE IN MARCH WHICH IS A COMMUNITY CAR SHOW HOSTED BY SOUTHWEST LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL AS PART OF THE SOUTHWEST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THIS EVENT IS ORGANIZED BY THE HIGH SCHOOL TO GATHER FAMILIES FROM DISTRICT 4 AND READY TO WORK WILL BE ON SITE TO MEET POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS AND STUDENTS AT THE REQUEST OF THE ORGANIZERS. 
          ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES INCLUDE OUR WORK WITH THE SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ITS CAREER READINESS DEPARTMENT FOR SENIORS AND FORMING THE BENEFITS OF THE WORK. WE HAVE PRESENTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM TO NORTH SIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT'S CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS TO PROVIDE A BASIC OVERVIEW WEED CATERS TO PASS TO THEIR STUDENTS. 
          THEN THE LAST INITIATIVE WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS A PILOT PROGRAM WE HAVE WITH SA WORX WHO IS A READY TO WORK IMPORTANT. 
          WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM FOR FIVE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS WITH LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STUDENT ENROLLMENTS TO SPREAD IT TO OTHERS. 
          SA WORX WITH ENGAGE WITH 300 SA WORX YOUNG ADULT INTERNS TO PRODUCE A MINIMUM OF 150 READY TO WORK ENROLLMENTS IN PROGRAMS WHICH WILL HELP THEM ATTAIN JOBS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT INITIATIVE. 
          BUILDING AMERICA GRAND PROGRAM WAS AWARDED TO US AND FUNDED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. THE GRANT FUNDS FOR THIS INITIATIVE ARE USED TO SUPPORT AND EXPAND PREAPPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. IN URN IT, THESE FUNDS HELP INDIVIDUALS EARN WAGES WHILE LEARNING ON THE JOB, GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND CONFIDENCE IN INDUSTRY AND OCCUPATION, OBTAIN CERTIFICATE OCCASIONS AND TURN A JOB INTO A CAREER.  THE GRANT AWARD WAS RECEIVED FOR A THREE YEAR TERM FOR 2.9 MILLION AND WE WILL HAVE IT IN JUNE OF 2026. 
          REGARDING PREAPPRENTICESHIPS, OUR TEAM HAS WORKED TO CREATE 15 PROGRAMS COLLABORATING WITH BUSINESSES. 
          IN ADDITION TO CREATING A PRESENT SHIPS, THEY HAVE WORKED TO EXPAND ENROLLMENTS TO 7. TO DATE, 238 READY TO WORK PARTICIPANTS 18 TO 24 HAVE GONE THROUGH A PREAPPRENTICESHIP TRAINING. 
          NEXT LET'S DISCUSS REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. WE HAVE CREATED 17 REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS WITH LOCAL EMPLOYERS SUCH AS UTSA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, JR PLUMBING, OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AT THE CITY AND CAST NETWORK. IN ADDITION TO THE CREATIVE PROGRAMS, OUR OFFICE HAS EXPANDED INTO 14 REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS WITH ENTITIES LIKE ABC, CALVARY, EMPOWER, CENTRAL SOUTH 
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CARPENTERS, AND YWCA. HERE YOU'LL SEE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE 18 TO 24-YEAR-OLDS IN THE PREAPPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. WE HAVE 78% WHO ARE MALE, 20% FEMALE, AND 55% LATINX LINO, 20% AFRICAN-AMERICAN, 9% CAUCASIAN, 2% ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER, 2% NATIVE AMERICAN, AND THE REST ARE UNKNOWN OR DECLINED. 
          THIS SLIDE WILL SHOWCASE THE INTEREST IN PROGRAM FOR THE CITIES OF OUR 18 TO 24-YEAR-OLD GROUP. FOR OUR PREAPPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS WITH IT CYBER CLEARLY IN THE LEAD WITH 61% FOLLOWED BY CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURING AEROSPACE. 
          HERE ARE THE TOP TRAINING OCCUPATIONS FOR THIS DEMOGRAPHIC WITH OBVIOUSLY COMPUTER USER SUPPORT SPECIALIST LEADING THE WAY AT 58% FOLLOWED BY ELECTRICIANS AND PLUMBERS AS YOU CAN SEE THERE. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE EFFORTS PREVIOUSLY SHOWN, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE IS COLLABORATING WITH ALAMO COLLEGES P TECH PROGRAMS ALONG WITH RESULTS FOR AMERICA AND A PARTNERSHIP TO ENGAGE LOCAL REGISTERED PROGRAM EMPLOYERS TO ASSIST HIGH SCHOOLS AND EXPANDING AND DEVELOPING PREAPPRENTICESHIP PIPELINES THAT FEED INTO THE REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. PATHWAYS AND TECHNOLOGY EARLY COLLEGE IS PAIRING STUDENTS FOR CAREERS IN LOCAL PARK ET CETERA. CURRENTLY, FIVE P TECH PROGRAMS ARE IDENTIFIED IN THIS INITIATIVE. THIS CONCLUDES THE BRIEFING. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND OUR TEAM IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER 
          ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MICHAEL. I KNOW WE WERE KIND OF BREEZING THROUGH. 
          I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO HEAR HOW THESE THINGS ARE ALL TIED TOGETHER. WE HAVE INCREDIBLE PROGRAMS HERE AT THE CITY AND I KNOW WE WENT OVER THE LAST MEETING THE EARLY CHILDHOOD ONES. OF COURSE, TODAY WAS MORE K THROUGH 12. 
          THE NEXT ONE WE'LL LIKELY BE THE HIGHER EDUCATION SO WE CONTINUE THAT PATHWAY FORWARD AS SEEING HOW OUR PROGRAMS ARE LOOKING HERE. 
          WHAT WE DO WITH THE CITY. BEFORE I OPEN IT UP TO CONVERSATION, I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF -- I DON'T KNOW -- I GUESS FOCUS ON THAT POINT FOR A SECOND JUST BECAUSE I KNOW AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE KIND OF SHAPING WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE WITH IT, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ABOUT WHAT KIND OF THINGS YOU ARE THINKING OF TO KIND OF BIG MAJOR GOAL AND OUR VISION WE WANT TO SHAPE OR PRESENT EVEN DURING OUR BUDGET CONVERSATIONS THIS YEAR ON JUST KIND OF SEEING HOW THESE PROGRAMS ARE ALL ALIGNING TOGETHER MORE OR WAYS WE CAN IMPACT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES DIRECTLY THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY INCREDIBLE ONES WE HAVE. I DON'T KNOW. 
          I'M KIND OF WORKING THROUGH THAT THOUGHT THERE. 
          I WANTED TO ASK COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE FORM EVEN WITH SARAH'S POINT ABOUT THE BIG FOUR AND OTHERS AS WELL, THE MUNICIPAL COURTS AND HOW THEY BRAID TOGETHER TO HOPEFULLY HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH OUR BUDGET AND SHOWCASE I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          I'LL LEAVE IT THERE AS THE OVERLYING QUESTION WE ALWAYS HAVE. 
          WHO WOULD LIKE TO START, COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA. >> THANK YOU FOR ORGANIZING THIS. I THINK IT WAS A GREAT AGENDA AND REALLY CONNECTED. AND I'LL SAY THIS. MAYBE IT WAS REBECCA WHO TOLD ME THIS. WHAT I THIS I ABOUT THESE PRESENTATIONS IS I THINK OFTENTIMES WE THINK OF LIKE A PIPE BURST AND ALL THE WATER IS GUSHING OUT AND WE ARE FOCUSED ON ALL THE BUCKETS THAT WE NEED TO GET TO COLLECT THE WATER. SO TRYINSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIX THE LEAK AT THE TOP. THIS COUNCIL IS ONE COUNCIL, THE MAJORITY OF US REALIZE THAT THIS IS THE FIXING OF THE PIPE, ALL THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS WE HAVE HERE WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. SO I THINK DEVELOPING THIS TYPE OF ECOSYSTEM FOR THE BUDGET IS REALLY IMPORTANT VERSUS JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT CRIME ON THE BACK END. WE'VE GOT THESE ISSUES. 
          WE NEED ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW INSTEAD OF PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN A OPPORTUNITY ZONE, AN OPPORTUNITY PART OF THEIR LIFE. , YOU KNOW, I WAS ACTUALLY AT A SENIOR SUMMIT WITH MUNICIPAL COURT AND I GOT THERE, AND IT WAS SO NICE TO BE THERE TO TALK TO KIDS. THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHAT A COUNCILMEMBER IS. I SHOOK THEIR HAND AND TOLD THEM WHILE WE MAY NOT KNOW EACH OTHER, THE CITY CARES ABOUT YOU. 
          WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.  I GOT TO TALK TO SOME OF THE COUNSELORS WHO WERE THERE. AS WE CONNECTED AND AS A MATTER OF FACT WE WERE HELPING SPONSOR A CHICK-FIL-A PARTY FOR THE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO DO WELL WITH THEIR ATTENDANCE. 
          IT WAS BASED OUT OF THAT CONNECTION. AND THROUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO A LOT OF TABLES THAT WERE THERE AND TALKED TO A LADY THAT WAS WITH NEXT LEVEL AND ORGANIZED A TRIP OVER THERE WITH 
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REBECCA AND THE TEAM. Y'ALL ARE JUST DOING PHENOMENAL WORK. 
          I SEE SOME FOLKS FROM NEXT LEVEL AND THAT IS TRULY REMARKABLE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING THERE. THAT REALLY SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO SERVE A GREATER POPULATION. SO I THINK THAT IS PHENOMENAL WHAT THEY ARE DOING. IT'S SUCH A WRAP AROUND AREA WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT PARTNERS THERE JUST WORKING UNDER THE GUISE TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR THE KIDS THERE. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. GOING BACK TO MUNICIPAL COURT, I'M VERY INTERESTED ALSO IN THE AIT PROGRAM. I'M FAMILIAR WITH THEM. 
          I THINK THAT'S REALLY COOL THAT THEY ARE PARTICIPATING WITH THAT AND LOVE TO SIT IN ON A CLASS JUST TO SEE HOW THAT HOLISTIC VISION GOES. IS IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WORKS FOR THE KIDS AND THAT'S EVEN BETTER. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, GIVING CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO WELL IS IMPORTANT, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE CITY CARES ABOUT THEM AND I THINK SO MANY OF THOSE YOUNG FOLKS FEEL LIKE NOBODY'S IN THEIR CORNER FOR THEM SOMETIMES AND THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE, STRANGERS CARE ABOUT THEM AND WANT TO INVEST IN THEM AND PUT MORE RESOURCES OUT THERE FOR THEM. 
          AND NEXT LEVEL THERE WAS A COUPLE, YOU KNOW, LUNG LADIES THAT WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND WERE MENTORS TO OTHER KIDS THERE. 
          IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED, JUST ASK US KIDS. 
          ASK US YOUNG PEOPLE WHAT WE WANT AND WE WILL TELL YOU WHAT IT IS. 
          I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND SO TO MOVE ON TO PARKS REAL QUICK, I THINK IT'S PHENOMENAL THE PROGRAMMING THAT HAPPENS THERE, AND I REMEMBER AT A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING WE HAD THE -- THEY TOLD US FOR THE THANKSGIVING CAMP, THE DAY IT OPENED, IT WAS FULLY BOOKED OUT. SO THAT'S A HIGH, HIGH NEED FOR THE RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AS ONE OF THOSE KIDS WHO WAS KIND OF A LATCHKEY KID AND HAD TO BE HOME SOMETIMES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS THAT JUST HAVE TO WORK AND CANT BE THERE AT HOME. IT'S A VERY PRODUCTIVE WAY FOR THEM TO DO IT. 
          IT JUST SHOWS THE NEED FOR FURTHER INVESTMENT IN OUR PARKS FACILITIES AND IN THE STAFF THERE. IF WE CAN GO TO THE SLIDE WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTERS, I DON'T RECALL WHICH ONE IT WAS, BUT MAYBE PARKS WITH REMIND US WHICH ONE IT WAS. 
          TO TELL US. THAT'S GOOD. PERFECT. 
          RIGHT ON TOP. SO I SAID THIS TO THE LIBRARY, AND I WANT TO DO THIS FOR ALL OUR MAPS THAT WE HAVE COMING IN. WE REALLY NEED THESE MAPS TO BE ZOOMED OUT ALL THE WAY TO 1604, EVEN IF THERE'S NOTHING IN BETWEEN. WE HAVE TO SEE THE FULL FOOTPRINT OF THE CITY BECAUSE WE'RE LEAVING OUT IN THIS MAP MANY PARTS OF OUR CITY. 
          THEN THAT'S OKAY TO SAY. WE DON'T HAVE COMMUNITY CENTERS THERE.  THAT'S FOR US COUNCILMEMBERS TO INVEST IN THAT AREA ALSO. I KNOW OUR COLLEAGUE IN DISTRICT 8 SAID THEY DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER IN THEIR ENTIRE DISTRICT WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR COMMUNITY TO GATHER. SO THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT MAP. I THINK WE SHOULD DO A DEEPER DIVE INTO THIS. 
          MAYBE DIFFERENT COMMITTEE LEVEL. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE WHERE THESE ARE AND WHERE THE GAPS ARE. IF WE CAN GO TO A FEW SLIDES AFTER THAT TO THE POOLS AS WELL, MAYBE THE ONE AFTER THAT. 
          YEAH, THE ONE AFTER THAT. SAME THING WITH THIS MAP. THIS IS -- NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE MORE ZOOMED OUT TO SEE THE ENTIRE CITY. I THINK ESPECIALLY WITH OUR POOLS, THERE'S SUCH A LARGE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD MORE TO THE CITY. I MEAN, LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY MY DISTRICT. RIGHT? AND WE HAVE ONE POOL IN HERITAGE. IT LOOKS LIKE ONLY, YOU KNOW, ONE POOL SOUTH OF MILITARY. SO WHILE WE DO HAVE THINGS GOING ON IN OUR DISTRICT, OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE LIMITED AND THE COMMUNITIES, WE ARE WANTING TO SEE SOME SORT OF A POOL COMMUNITY, POOL PARK HAPPEN. WHEN IT COMES TO SUMMERTIME, THESE ARE REALLY, REALLY, YOU KNOW, UTILIZED AND VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THESE SPACES WHEN IT'S COOLED. 
          I REMEMBER SEEING AN ARTICLE, WHAT DO SAN ANTONIANS DO BEFORE THIS WAS A SEA? THEY WERE AT THE POOLS AND LOCAL WATERWAYS ALL DAY. SO NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED WITH THAT. 
          SO WE'VE GOT TO DO -- THE COUNCIL HAS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF LOOKING AT THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND POOL SERVICES TO EVERYBODY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR OUT OF SCHOOL CAMPS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WHICH IS, I THINK, A FEW SLIDES BEFORE THAT, I 
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WOULD WELCOME ALSO SOME DATA ON INDIVIDUAL CENTERS AND WHERE IT IS ALSO. IT'S OUT OF SCHOOL CAMPS. 
          WE HAVE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, SPRING BREAK, SUMMER YOUTH, DANCE CAMP. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ACTIVATING PARKS ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND IF THERE ARE -- YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST SAY WE COULDN'T DO CERTAIN THINGS AT MILLER'S POND OR ARNOLD PARK, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING I NEED TO KNOW TO START MAKING INVESTMENTS IN BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL PARTS OF OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE SHOWN IN THE OPPORTUNITY GAP MAP, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, HALF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS IN THAT OPPORTUNITY ZONE FOR YOUTH, THOSE AREAS SPECIFICALLY THOSE PARTS OF TOWN, THOSE DISTRICTS SHOULD HAVE FULLY BUILT OUT PROGRAMMING AT THOSE PARKS BECAUSE THAT IS OBVIOUSLY WHERE THE NEED IS FOR THOSE THINGS. AND SO IF THERE ARE CERTAIN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE GAPS AND THAT WE'RE NOT INVESTING ENOUGH IN, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, HOMER. 
          I'M NOT SAYING -- BUT IT'S A RESOURCE ISSUE AND GOING BACK TO THE CHAIR'S POINT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUDGETING, WE HAVE TO LAYER THESE THINGS TOGETHER AND SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRIME TARGET TO PUT MORE INVESTMENTS IN 4 AND 5 AND 3 AND 2 AND PARTS OF 1 AND 6 WHERE THOSE GAPS SO I HAPPEN TO THINK THE MORE KIDS ON OUR SCYTHE SIDE AND WEST SIDES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN HEALTH CARE AND THAT PURSUE HEALTH CARE WILL WORK IN HEALTH CARE ON OUR SIDES OF TOWN. A LOT OF DOCTORS THAT ARE COMING FROM ALAMO HEIGHTS, THEY WANT TO PRACTICE IMMEDI MEDICINE IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. THAT'S JUST A PHENOMENON WE SEE. 
          THE MORE WE CAN GET OUR OWN FOLKS IN OUR DISTRICTS TO BE INTERESTED IN THAT, THEY WILL COME BACK AND FULFILL THAT GAP THAT WE HAVE. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHILE UHS IS BUILDING THE HOSPITAL, WE DON'T HAVE A HOSPITAL RIGHT THERE, SPECIFICALLY ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN. THERE'S I THINK ONE CURRENTLY SOUTH OF 90 FOR HALF THE CITY. AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT OPPORTUNITY YOUTH MAP AND YOU SEE THOSE GAPS WITH LIKE A HOSPITAL, LIKE A HEALTH CARE LACK OF, YOU KNOW, LARGE PARK SPACE, NATURAL AREAS WHICH WE ARE GROWING, OF COURSE, THAT SAYS A LOT. 
          I DID A WONDERFUL TOUR WITH HARBURGER PARK, AND I GOT TO THINKING THERE'S THREE BIG PARKS. PEARSALL PARK IS THE LARGEST SOUTH OF HARBURGER PARK, IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE INVESTED SO MUCH MONEY THERE AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE TRAIL SYSTEM EXPANDED, THE LAST PART OF LEONE CREEK THAT HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED. WE HAVE DONE WONDERFUL WORK ON THE MISSION SIDE, IT'S 
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BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE, TOO, BUT WE HAVE TO GROW ALL THOSE RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE OUR CHILDREN THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THOSE GAPS. 
          SO I THINK IT'S A VERY HOLISTIC CONVERSATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. 
          I THINK THAT'S SETTING US UP REALLY GOOD FOR THE CONVERSATION WHEN WE HAVE THE BUDGET TIME AND WHERE WE SHOULD REALLY START INVESTING THESE THINGS. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. APPRECIATE IT. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO? >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. WHEN I THINK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT THE IMPACT COULD LOOK LIKE, I BELIEVE THAT IT STARTS WITH EACH OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS AND THE WORK OF YOUR TEAMS. THE NEXT LEVEL TEAM HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO RUN INTO THEM OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THEY ARE ALWAYS SHARING THE STORIES OF THE YOUTH THEY ARE WORKING WITH, AND YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT'S NEXT AND WHAT COULD BE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF HELPING IMPROVE THE OVERALL WORK EXPERIENCE BUT ULTIMATELY, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS THAT THEY'RE SERVING. SO GRATEFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE PIECES, AND YOU KNOW, EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE CHAIR FOR LAYING OUT THESE PRESENTATIONS IN THIS MANNER. TO PAINT THE FULL PICTURE IN TERMS OF THE OPPORTUNITIES, SERVICES FOR OUR KIDS AND FOLKS OF ALL AGES TO BE ENGAGED AND PRODUCTIVE AND IN THE CASE THAT THERE IS YOUTH THAT NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, THAT THERE ARE RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS AVAILABLE. IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO NEXT LEVEL IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF, BECAUSE THE IMPACT THAT YOU'LL HAVE AND OF COURSE, CONTINUING TO SUPPORT MUNICIPAL COURTS AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY DO. I APPRECIATE SARAH HIGHLIGHTING THAT THE BIG FOUR AND THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE COLLABORATION THAT TAKES PLACE TO WORK TOWARD THE GOAL AND WITH THAT IN MIND, IN TERMS OF THE CONVERSATION, I JOTTED IT DOWN, SUPPORT DISTRICT 4 COMMUNITY CENTER ON MY NOTES, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN OTHER PRESENTATIONS IN WHICH WE SEE THE DESERT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES WITHIN DISTRICT 4 AND THAT'S SOMETHING AS A COUNCIL AND AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF. AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE READY TO WORK COMPONENT, ENSURING THAT FOLKS HAVE ACCESS TO APPRENTICESHIPS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR UNION JOBS WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S HIGHER WAGES, BETTER BENEFITS, IMPROVES OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE, NOT JUST FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, THE FAMILY, BUT THE CITY. SO JUST REALLY GRATEFUL TO SEE ALL THESE MOVING PIECES TOGETHER. I AM INTERESTED IN TERMS OF THE 18 TO 24 COMPARISON. 
          I KNOW IT'S A VOLUNTARY QUESTION THAT FOLKS CHECK, BUT I'M CURIOUS HOW MANY OF THESE PARTICIPANTS ARE JUST AS INVOLVED AND WILL IT PAINT A PICTURE IN TERMS OF THE JOB PLACEMENT THAT WE'RE SEEING. I MENTION THAT BECAUSE MY TEAM AND I WERE WORKING ON A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST AND I WILL RUN IT BY MY COLLEAGUES SOON, BUT ESSENTIALLY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PARKS TEAM DOES HAVE THOSE REALLY GREAT JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR 16-YEAR-OLDS, IT'S WHERE ALL THE COOL KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL WORK, THEY ARE ALL LIFEGUARDS FOR THE CITY. BUT I ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE SAN ANTONIO AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. I WAS A PARTICIPANT OF IT. IT'S RESTRICTED TO COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THE GOAL IT TO ENSURE THAT THOSE FOLKS IN COLLEGE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND STAY IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT THERE ARE CITIES LIKE ATLANTA, AND MADISON, WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE, CHICAGO, THAT HAVE PROGRAMS GEARED TOWARDS OPPORTUNITY YOUTH TO PROVIDE SIMILAR INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO I THINK THERE'S A VALUE AND IN THESE CITIES, THEY HAVE ALSO SEEN A REDUCTION OF VIOLENT CRIME AMONGST YOUTH. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AS WELL, BUT WE HAVE SEEN THESE MODELS WHEN THEY'RE EXPANDED TO 16-YEAR-OLDS AND IN SOME STATES, UP TO 14, THAT HAVE ACCESS TO THESE INTERNSHIPS, THEY ARE LIKELY -- THEY ARE UNLIKELY TO REOFFEND. 
          THAT'S THE GOAL. WE DON'T WANT FOLKS REOFF REOFFENDING. WE ARE WORKING ON SOMETHING THERE. 
          WE WILL RUN IT BY MY COLLEAGUES AND HOPE TO HAVE Y'ALL'S SIGNATURE. 
          WITH THAT BEING SAID, IN THE NEXT WEEKS, MY TEAM AND I WILL BE SITTING IN COURT TO GO OBSERVE AND TO LISTEN TO SOME OF THE CASES THAT HAVE TO BE WORKED THROUGH, BECAUSE AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPONENT,TRUANCYCOURT CAN SOMETIMES ESCALATE TO HIGHER COURTS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING ALL WE CAN TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR KIDS, BUT ULTIMATELY, KEEP FOLKS OUT OF OUR JAILS AND PRISONS. 
          ALL THAT TO SAY, APPRECIATE THE WORK, LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING WORK IN DISTRICT 4 IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO COMMUNITY CENTERS, LIBRARIES, POOLS, SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          AS WE MOVE INTO BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, I'M HOPEFUL THAT THIS ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE WORK OF METRO HEALTH, NOT SOME, ALL OF THE WORK OF METRO HEALTH, REMAIN A TOP PRIORITY AS WE NAVIGATE BUDGET DEFICITS. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          REALLY QUICK ON THAT POINT ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK, I WAS TALKING ABOUT BALTIMORE AND OH, MY GOSH, THE PLAN THAT THEY 
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HAVE, AND THE MAYOR'S BIG INITIATIVE THERE. THEY HAVE SEEN A DRASTIC DECREASE IN CRIME, VIOLENT CRIME IN PARTICULAR, BY OVER 40% PLUS OVER TEN YEARS, PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY THIS SUCCESSFUL WORK. THAT KIND OF COLLABORATION WITH OUR CITY, ALWAYS SOMETHING I THINK WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON. 
          I WILL LEAVE THAT THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KAUR? >> KAUR: THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          TO START OFF WITH THE INITIAL QUESTION THAT YOU HAD ABOUT HOW DO WE CONNECT ALL OF THIS WORK AND MOVE IT FORWARD FOR A BUDGET AND Y'ALL AREN'T GOING TO BE SHOCKED BY MY ANSWER, BUT IT'S PUTTING DATA TOGETHER. SO I THINK FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE READY TO WORK DASHBOARDS, WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF COLLECTING AT LEAST NUMBERS BUT WE DON'T REALLY DO A GOOD JOB OF KNOWING WHERE OUR KIDS ARE COMING FROM AND HOW THEY'RE HELPING. SO IN THAT NEXT LEVEL SLIDE WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY SLIDE IS, SLIDE 4 ON ITEM 2, THIS SHOWS, WE KNOW WHAT THE DATA LOOKS LIKE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE ARE HELPING SO MANY FOLKS BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE KIDS ARE REALLY COMING FROM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TARGETING THE RIGHT AREAS. 
          I KNOW IT'S HARD DATA TO COLLECT BUT IF THERE IS SOME WAY AGAIN THAT WE CAN TRIANGULATE ALL OF THE PROGRAMMING AND OVERLAY WITH THIS MAP, WE WOULD BE I THINK ABLE TO REALLY SEE IF WE'RE TARGETING AND GETTING THE RIGHT AREAS AND FOLKS. 
          IT'S EASY TO SEE, MAYBE NOT EASY, BUT WE CAN AT LEAST SEE WHERE WE ARE PUTTING THINGS. 
          SO YES, WE KNOW LOCATION MATTERS, ABSOLUTELY DOUBLING DOWN ON THAT SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY CENTERS AND SUPPORT IN DISTRICT 4 AND THE OUTER SOUTH AND WEST SIDES, AND THE OUTER EAST SIDE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US JUST TO KNOW WHERE FAMILIES ARE COMING FROM. I MEAN, I THINK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRAMS AT PARKS AND ALL OF THE SUPER REDUCED COSTS FOR THE SUMMER. 
          ONE THING WE KNOW ABOUT AN EDUCATION SUPER RESEARCH BASE IS SUMMER IS WHERE SUMMER SLIDE OCCURS AND THE FOLKS THAT HAVE THE ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS IN THE SUMMER WHERE THEY'RE GETTING HIGH QUALITY CURRICULUM SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOCIAL CAPITAL ACTUALLY DO MUCH BETTER WHEN THEY COME BACK. 
          SO I KNOW WE HAVE GREAT PROGRAMS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM THAT LIST LIKE WHAT'S THE WAIT LIST? WHERE ARE THOSE KIDS COMING FROM AND FROM THE SLIDING SCALE, HOW MANY KIDS ARE BEING ABLE TO ACCESS AT THE VERY LOWEST PART OF THE SLIDING SCALE VERSUS THE HIGHEST? IS THERE DIVERSITY IN OUR PROGRAMS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE OTHER THING THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL WHEN WE DO HAVE DIVERSITY AND KIDS ARE ABLE TO LEARN FROM OTHER FOLKS AS WELL. 
          ANYWAY, ALL THAT TO SAY I FEEL LIKE AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT LEVEL IN PARKS PROGRAMMING, I THINK WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT HOW WE'RE TRACKING FOLKS AND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO MENTIONS NEXT ALL THE TIME. AM I SAYING IT RIGHT? EVERY TIME I SEE THEM AT ANY FAIR, ANY PROGRAM, THEY ARE JUST PHENOMENAL. TO YOUR POINT, YOU MENTIONED YOU CAN'T TELL WHO'S WHO, AND THEY REALLY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE CONNECTING WITH THE KIDS AND THE FOLKS THAT WORK THERE ARE AWESOME. SO I THINK WE HAVE BUILT A GREAT PROGRAM. I THINK TO COUNCIL MEMBER GALVAN'S QUESTION EARLIER, WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY COOL THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY, AND I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW ARE WE TARGETING TO MAKE SURE THAT TO YOUR POINT AROUND WHAT BALTIMORE WAS DOING, THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF THAT WHAT YOU CALL WATER BUCKET LEAK? WATER LEAK. THAT WE ARE REACHING THE KIDS THAT REALLY NEED IT. SO I THINK THE WORK THAT WE DO AS A CITY COULD ALSO CONNECT WITH DHS FUNDING THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND HOW WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CONNECT ALL OF THAT. THE MORE I THINK -- AND TO YOUR POINT AROUND OUR HOT SPOT, POLICING PLAN OR VIOLENT CRIME PREVENTION PLAN, THE HARDEST PART IS FUNDING THIS WORK. WE HAVE TO GET THERE. 
          YEAH. WE HAVE TO GET THERE. WE HAVE TO GET THERE. 
          SO HOWEVER WE CAN, I FEEL LIKE WHAT OUR GOAL AT LEAST FOR US SHOULD BE IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO COLLECTIVELY COMBINE ALL OF THIS WORK SO WE CAN MAKE A BUDGET ASK FOR THIS SUMMER TO PRIORITIZE THAT WE'RE TARGETING THE RIGHT AREAS. 
          OKAY. THAT'S MY RANT. BUT I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS, JUST ON SLIDE STUFF. SO I KNOW YOU SAID THE NXT GRANT ENDED. DO WE HAVE ANY FUNDING LOOKED AT OR LIKE EXAMINED FOR 
          OPTIONS TO GROW THE PROGRAMMING? >> AT THIS TIME, NO. 
          ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING IS THAT WE'RE CITY GOVERNMENT AND A LOT OF 
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FOUNDATIONS DO NOT FUND CITY GOVERNMENT. SO WE HAD A COUPLE OF FOUNDATIONS THAT WERE ASKING IF WE CAN FIND A NON-PROFIT PASS-THROUGH THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED BUT AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NOT. BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO 
          EXPLORE OUR OPTIONS THERE. >> KAUR: WOULD THE AREA FOUNDATION BE POTENTIALLY A 
          POSSIBLE PARTNER THERE? >> THEY HAVE, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE A PROVISION IN THEIR CHARTER THAT THEY CANNOT FUND LOCAL OR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. 
          >> KAUR: THAT'S TRICKY. OKAY. AND THEN I ALREADY ASKED ABOUT THE DATA QUESTION. FOR ITEM 3, WHICH THIS WAS THE -- YEAH. 
          CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT EACH OF THE, LIKE FOR REENGAGEMENT AND STUDENTS' RESOLVE, HELP ME REMEMBER WHAT THE DEFINITIONS OF EACH OF THOSE IS? 
          IT'S SLIDE 4. >> FOR JUST THE REENGAGEMENT? >> KAUR: JUST TELL ME EXACTLY 
          WHAT, LIKE WHAT EACH OF THOSE MEANS. >> FOR THE REENGAGEMENT, THE STUDENTS RESOLVED, THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH AND HELP GUIDE TO THEIR -- ANOTHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, GIVEN THE NUMBER, WE CAN'T ALWAYS STAY WITH THEM THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ENROLLED UP UNTIL THIS YEAR. THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A TEAM MEMBER THAT'S FOCUSED ON THE REENGAGEMENT, SO SHE IS CONSTANTLY CONTACTING THE SCHOOLS TO CONFIRM THE STUDENTS THAT THEY SENT, IF THEY ARE STILL CONSIDERED WHAT THE SCHOOL CALLED LEVERS OR NOT. THAT'S WHY WE ARE ABLE TO GET BETTER DATA THIS YEAR AND HOW MANY ARE ACTUALLY BACK IN SCHOOL. 
          THE ONE LAST YEAR, THOSE WERE ALL THE STUDENTS THAT WE WERE ABLE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR '25, THE 846, THOSE STUDENTS WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH, HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND PROVIDE A LIST OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IF TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL'S NOT GOING TO WORK FOR THEM. 
          >> KAUR: DO YOU HAVE THAT BROKEN DOWN BY GRADE LEVEL? >> I COULD. 
          YEAH. BECAUSE THEY SEND -- EVERYTHING THEY SEND US IS ON A LIST AND WE DO ASK FOR THE GRADE. WE ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICTS TO SEND US, AGAIN, THOSE LEAVEERS, THE STUDENTS THAT WITHDRAW AND HAVEN'T ENROLLED ELSEWHERE, EVEN INTO ELEMENTARY, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE KIDDOS THAT WE WANT BACK IN SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES, LIKE KINDERGARTEN. BUT THEY TEND TO UTILIZE THAT PROGRAM PRIMARILY FOR HIGH 
          SCHOOL, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO REPORT ON THOSE. >> KAUR: I WONDER IF WE CAN GET A DATA SHARING AGREEMENT FOR THE LIST OF THESE KIDS TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM TO OUR PARKS PROGRAMMING OR OUR SUMMER PROGRAMMING TO SEE IF WE CAN MAYBE CAPTURE A FEW MORE OF THEM, BECAUSE MAYBE THEY WANT TO GO HUNTING OR DOING DARTS OR WHATEVER, I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME, BUT THEY WANT TO GO ON A SUMMER PARK PROGRAM THAT WOULD HELP 
          THEM MAYBE REENGAGE. >> YEAH. WE HAVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT COME INTO THOSE DOCKETS. MAINLY EDUCATIONAL BASE, JUST TO TRY TO GET THEM IN SOME OF THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS. BUT WE'RE OPEN TO ANYTHING THAT GETS THEM, YOU KNOW, REENGAGED INTO POSITIVE THINGS AND HOPEFULLY LEAD DOWN THE EDUCATIONAL PATH, 
          TOO. >> KAUR: AWESOME. THANK YOU. 
          FOR JUST THE PARKS STUFF, DO WE HAVE STATS ON YOUTH THAT ARE EMPLOYED, LIKE NUMBER BY 
          WHERE, I GUESS? >> FOR EMPLOYMENT? YEAH, WE CAN PULL THAT, FOR SURE. ALSO, YOUR COMMENT EARLIER FOR WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM THAT UTILIZE OUR PROGRAM, WE HAVE ALL THAT. BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS ONLINE. 
          WE CAN PULL ZIP CODES. WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF WORK WITHING THE SCHOOLS AS WELL. WE WILL TRACK WHAT SCHOOL THEY ATTEND FOR THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM. ANY OF THAT STUFF, WE CAN DEFINITELY PULL. 
          >> WE HAVE A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION WE CAN PROBABLY GATHER. 
          THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. >> WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU. I WAS GOING TO DO A 
          THREE-HOUR PRESENTATION. >> KAUR: I GUESS THESE COULD ALL BE YES, THAT'S TRUE. 
          JUST FOR THE LAST QUESTION FOR THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM, FOR THE SA WORKS PILOT, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT IT. 
          TELL ME, CAN YOU JUST TELL ME A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THAT PROGRAM? 
          I THINK IT'S THE LAST SLIDE, 10. >> SURE THING. 
          SA WORKS ALREADY HAS A YOUNG ADULT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. WE ARE ALREADY CONTRACTING WITH THEM THROUGH THIS PROGRAM FOR VARIOUS BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT SERVICES SO WE THOUGHT WHY NOT MESH THOSE TWO OPPORTUNITIES TOGETHER AND GET THOSE FOLKS ENROLLED INTO READY TO WORK SO WE THREW OUT THIS 300 NUMBER HERE, WHICH 150 DID ENROLL. 
          WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE WHERE IT GOES. >> KAUR: I WAS CURIOUS WHAT 
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PERCENTAGE WE'RE TRYING TO HIT. OKAY. 
          THAT'S GREAT. I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT. I WONDER LOWERING THE AGE FOR READY TO WORK BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL INTEREST AND I REMEMBER THE FEEDBACK WAS THAT'S NOT WHAT THE VOTERS VOTED ON. 
          BUT I LIKE THAT WE'RE TRYING NEW THINGS TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED. 
          OKAY. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANKS. 
          CHAIR. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR THE CONVERSATION HERE. I THINK IT COMES WITH SOME WE HEARD GENERAL CONSENSUS FROM THIS GROUP ABOUT IN PARTICULAR DATA IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST POINTS. WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WAYS WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON IT. I THINK IF WE CAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT, BUT I THINK IT'S A WAY TO PULL ALL THE DATA TOGETHER BY ZIP CODE AND ISD ENROLLMENT OR WHATEVER IT IS, TO KIND OF SHOWCASE WHERE PARTICIPANTS FOR THESE PROGRAMS ARE COMING FROM, IT WILL HELP US NOT ONLY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM BUT ALSO TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON THAT STUDENT'S LIFE, WITH THE CITY SERVICES THAT WE CAN, IF THERE'S A WAY TO GET THAT LARGER DATA SHARING CONVERSATION STARTED WITH THE ISDS, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO NOT ONLY START BUT A BIG SHIFT IN HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT COLLABORATION MORE CENTRAL. 
          I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN BRING OUR SUPERINTENDENTS INTO THIS CONVERSATION, IF IT'S IN ONE BIG EVENT OR SUBCOMMITTEE CONVERSATION OF SOME FORM. 
          I THINK BRIDGING THAT IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST PIECE WITH ALL THIS WORK. 
          HOW CAN WE SUPPLEMENT THEIR WORK, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR WORK AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES, TOO, NOT KIND OF CREATE ANY NEW BARRIERS OR THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THEM. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN OFFICE THAT CAN DO THAT, IF WE NEED TO CREATE A CENTRAL OFFICE WITHIN OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HERE. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST NEXT STEP FOR THAT WORK TO START. IT'S A BUDGET CONVERSATION, TOO. 
          THAT'S GREAT. WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          I'M TRYING TO THINK. THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS I HEARD FROM COLLEAGUES. I THINK THE DATA UTILIZATION IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT. 
          OF COURSE WE KNOW THE THINGS WE'LL SEE BUT WE TALKED ABOUT COMMUNITY VISUALIZATION ASSET MAP, I BELIEVE WAS THE NAME, FROM DALLAS, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO STILL KIND OF LOOK AT. IN PARTICULAR, I KNOW FOR A LOT OF THE FOLKS HERE, SARAH, KATIE, WE HAVE ALL TALKED BEFORE, REBECCA, ABOUT HOW WE ARE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT THEM AND IT BECAME A LOT OF THAT, EVEN THAT SHOWCASING OF HEY, THE COMMUNITY CENTER NEARBY HAS THESE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS GOING ON THAT CAN FULLY ALIGN WITH THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. MONTERREY PARK DOWN THE ROAD HAS A COMPUTER LAB THAT CAN HELP STUDENTS WHO MAYBE NEED TO STUDY AFTER SCHOOL OR NEED TO DO THIS PARTICULAR WHATEVER THE LESSON THEY'RE DOING BUT MAYBE CAN'T DO IT DURING THE DAY, WANT TO DO IT AFTER SCHOOL, THEY HAVE INTERNET, THEY ARE JUST DOWN THE ROAD. 
          I THINK SEEING THE STAFF'S REACTION TO THAT FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS EXTREMELY EXCITING. THE LIBRARY PROGRAMMING, TOO, THE 24-HOUR TUTORING SUPPORT, ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS WE HAVE HERE, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S WAYS WE CAN ALSO INCLUDE NOT ONLY THE DATA CONVERSATION BUT MAYBE REFERRALS'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD BUT COMMUNICATION DIRECTLY WITH THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES. 
          SCHOOL DISTRICTS, YES, BUT EVEN THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS THAT HEY, YOU'RE NEXT DOOR TO CAN CONNECT TO OUR LOCAL RESOURCES RIGHT HERE. I KNOW THERE'S THAT WORK ALREADY GOING ON BUT SEEING IF THERE'S A MORE FORMAL WAY WE CAN DO IT SO THAT OUR EDUCATEORS AND FAMILIES KNOW WHO TO REACH OUT TO AND TO GET THAT MENU, YOUR KIDS CAN REACH OUT TO THIS, GET DIRECTLY SENT HOME TO YOU, RIGHT, MY IDEAL WORLD, THIS IS WHAT'S COMING UP, THIS IS AVAILABLE TO YOU. THOSE ARE ALL THE BIG PICTURE THINGS. I HAVE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THESE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS, I WILL SAVE SOME OF THEM FOR MAYBE OFFLINE CONVERSATIONS. 
          ONE LAST THING I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WAS FOR THE READY TO WORK ONE, I KNOW YOU LISTED WHAT WAS IT, THERE'S ONE INTERNAL APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITY THERE, I THINK AT OHP? CAN YOU DETAIL WHAT THAT IS? WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE?   SO THE OHP IS, THEY FALL UNDER THE READY TO WORK STANDARDS FOR REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIPS. BASICALLY RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE IN THE TRAINING CATALOG AS A 
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PRE-APPRENTICESHIP BUT THEY ARE REGISTERED AS A NATIONAL REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP. 
          >> GALVAN: WHAT DOES THAT WORK LOOK LIKE? >> IT'S CONSTRUCTION, WINDOW 
          RESTORATION AND DECONSTRUCTION. >> GALVAN: THAT'S GREAT. 
          DO WE HAVE A LIST, THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS OR PARTICIPANTS? 
          >> RIGHT NOW, THE NUMBER IS PRETTY LOW. IT'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING INTO IT. MAYBE LIKE SIX INDIVIDUALS IN THE CLASS. 
          >> GALVAN: OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. 
          JUST TRYING TO FIND WAYS THAT OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS CAN SUPPLEMENT IN WORK. 
          I KNOW, WAS IT WHICH PRESENTATION, COUNCIL MEMBER -- WHAT IS IT? SOLID WASTE DOES REALLY GOOD WORK THERE. ARE THEY APPRENTICESHIP AS WELL? FIGURING OUT WAYS WE CAN CONTINUE BUILDING ON THAT WORK INTERNALLY WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING. TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO'S POINT, WE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT AMBASSADOR EXPANSION. IF THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN PLUG THOSE PIECES TOGETHER, IT WOULD BE JUST GREAT. I KNOW THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. LET ME SEE IF I HAVE ANY LAST THINGS REALLY QUICKLY. OH, ONE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION. 
          ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE KIND OF MAP THAT WAS PRESENTED WITH PARKS. 
          TWO THINGS. ONE, I THINK WITH THE AQUATICS ONE, THE POOLS, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHERE SPLASH PADS ARE AT. I KNOW IT'S ONLINE BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF AQUATIC PROGRAMS AND WATER ACTIVITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL OUR RESIDENTS, DIFFERENT FORMS. BUT IN PARTICULAR, WHEN I WAS LOOKING EVEN IN DISTRICT 6, 7 AND 8, YOU CAN SEE THAT BIG GAP ALONG 410 AND AS YOU GO FURTHER TO 1604, THERE'S A GAP THERE. THIS COULD BE MY ASSUMPTION BUT A LOT OF HOAS IN THE AREA ARE PRESENT AND HAVE PARKS IN THEIR OWN PRIVATE ENTITIES THERE, BUT A LOT OF THEM, THESE IN MY DISTRICT HAVE GONE UNDER MAYBE IN THE '80S AND '90S THEY WERE PRETTY AC ACTIVE. 
          THEY MAINTAINED THEIR OWN TENNIS COURTS AND BAUFBLTH CO BASKETBALL COURTS AND NOW THEY'RE GONE. THEY MAINTAIN THAIN EIR OWN ASSOCIATION OR HAVE NO ASSOCIATION AT ALL. I KNOW WE DO SOME OF THAT WORK WITH SA TOMORROW PLANNING BUT A KEY THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS SOME OF THOSE AREAS HAVE THOSE AMENITIES BUT SOME USED TO HAVE THEM AND NOW THEY DON'T ANYMORE. 
          THERE'S THIS KIND OF VACANCY IN WHAT WAS ONCE TAKEN CARE OF BY I GUESS PRIVATE ENTITY IS NO LONGER THERE. THAT'S WHERE THE BAPUBLIC NEEDS TO STEP IN. 
          KEEPING THAT IN MIND AS WE CONTINUE TO GROPEW AS A CITY, HOW CAN WE CONTINUE WORKING WITH THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS DIRECTLY. I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. ANY LAST COMMENTS FROM MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES? 
          >> MUNGIA: I WANT TO AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT INVITING SUPERINTENDENTS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR GAPS AND THEIR NEEDS AND SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS COULD BE HOUSED OF COURSE IN SOME OF THEIR FACILITIES AND IT JUST HELPS THEM ESPECIALLY THE HARLANDALE, EDGEWOOD. 
          I JUST REALIZED THE FOUR OF US ARE IN PCBC AND COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO REACHED OUT TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING GAPS AND NEEDS AND WE CAN ACTUALLY INCLUDE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THIS ONE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENTS, AND GET A LARGER PICTURE WITH THEM AND SAVE ROOM AT PCDC FOR OTHER THINGS. THAT'S ALL. 
          >> GALVAN: THAT'S GREAT. WE SHOULD TALK MORE ABOUT LONG-TERM AGENDA PLANNING. 
          I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING, I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, TO TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE EVERYBODY'S AT. 
          WE CAN LOOK AT OUR INTERNAL PROGRAMMING AND THE EXTERNAL ONES, TOO, SEE WHERE WE CAN 
          PUT THEM IN PUBLIC SAFETY. >> KAUR: AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT, THERE ARE MONTHLY MEETINGS AT REGION 20. WE DID THIS A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHERE WE WOULD GO 
          OFF-SITE FOR COMMITTEE MEETINGS. >> GALVAN: LET'S DO IT. 
          >> KAUR: WE CAN DO A COMMITTEE MEETING THERE AND SAY WE WILL BE IN THE BACK AND USE SPACE TO MEET AFTERWARDS IF WE WANTED TO OR SOMETHING. 
          >> GALVAN: WE CAN DO THAT. THAT SOUNDS INCREDIBLE. I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, TO YOUR POINT REALLY QUICK, COUNCIL MEMBER MUNGIA, ABOUT USING THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS THEMSELVES. I KNOW WE HAVE THE AFTER-SCHOOL CHALLENGE HERE, A PROGRAM THAT'S VERY SIMILAR, AND SEEING WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE. 
          ANYWAY, JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT ONE. ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT CONVERSATION. 
          THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF WHO PRESENTED TODAY AND MADE IT POSSIBLE. 
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