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          CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL 
          ROLL CALL ] >> CLERK: WE HAVE A QUORUM. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WE HAVE A PRETTY PACKED AGENDA TODAY. I PROMISE WE WON'T GO TOO MUCH INTO EVERY EVERYTHING, EACH ONE HOPEFULLY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT TO GET THROUGH. THE LAST POINT ON THERE IS TO GET THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW WE'LL BE TALKING A BIT ABOUT THE NEXT MEETING, SO A QUICK IDEA SESSION TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE SMOOTH AND SIMILAR AS THE LAST MEETINGS. 
          FIRST THING IS FIRST, CAN I GET A MOTION TO A APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 17, 2026. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT. GREAT. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK? GOT IT. 
          ALL RIGHT. REALLY QUICK, DO WE WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL THE PRESENTATIONS OR BREAK IT UP WITH AMBASSADOR, OR THE PROMISE PROGRAMS? 
          >> LET'S DO IT ALL TOGETHER. >> GALVAN: I HEAR AN ALTOGETHER. ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'LL GO THROUGH -- YES? I'LL BE SURE TO INTO DEUCE EACH ONE. 
          BUT WE'LL GO INTO ITEM 2, OVERVIEW OF THE AMBASSADOR SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. 
          >> WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. WE -- OUR PROGRAMMING COVERS KIND OF THE BROAD WIDTH, START OFF AT PROVIDING SERVICES FOR 6 WEEKS CHILDREN AND UP TO THIS YEARS OF AGE. BEFORE I BEGIN TALKING ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. I WANT TO RECAP. I KNOW SOME OF YA'LL CAN CITE THIS BETTER THAN I DO, BUT JUST THE RESEARCH OUT THERE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNSHIPS, PARTICULARLY PAID INTERNSHIPS. THERE WAS A "WALL STREET JOURNAL" ARTICLE IN 2024 THAT HAD BEAUTIFUL CHARTS, I WISH I BROUGHT COPIES OF IT, BUT BASICALLY WHEN A COLLEGE GRADUATE, WHEN THEY GRAD GRADUATE, THEY'RE, LIKE, TWO TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GET A JOB WITH A -- A PROFESSIONAL JOB WITH PROFESSIONAL WAGES, AND ALSO MORE LIKELY TO GET MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES THAN THOSE WHO DID NOT HAVE ANY INTERNSHIPS. WE ALSO KNOW JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF CAREER EXPLORATIONS FOR YOUTH, SO BESIDES JUST THE MONETARY GAIN, THERE'S JUST SE SELF-AWARENESS OF WHAT THEY WANT TO BE WHEN THEY GROW U UP. 
          AND ALSO WHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE WHEN THEY GROW U UP. 
          I KNOW THAT -- I REMEMBER THIS ONE INTERN THAT WE HAD, AN AMBASSADOR, SHE WAS DEAD SET ON BECOMING A LAWYER, AND WE PLACED HER IN A LAW FIRM, AND SHE REALIZED THAT WAS NOT FOR HER AT ALL, AND SHE GOT INTO THE PROGRAM THE SECOND YEAR WE PLACED HER IN THE HR AT CPS, AND SHE LOVED IT, IT WAS SOMETHING SHE HAD NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT AND E ENDED UP CHANGING HER MAJOR BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO GO IN HR. 
          SO, AGAIN, JUST THE AW AWARENESS OF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IS SUPER IMPORTANT. SO THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, IT LAUNCHED IN 2004, SECRETARY MAYOR JULIAN CASTOR, WHEN SHE WAS CITY MEMBER TO US, ALWAYS OUR FORMER MAYOR, BUT OFFICIALLY SECRETARY CASTRO, IT DID WIN THE TEXAS WORK FORCE INNOVATION AWARD IN 2005. WHEN IT WAS FIRST CREATED, IT WAS REALLY ABOUT ADD ADDRESSING THE BRAIN DRAIN IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE HAD THESE WONDERFUL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THEY'D GO OFF TO TIER 1 UNIVERSITIES OUTSIDE OF NOT ONLY SAN ANTONIO BUT THE STATE, SIMILAR TO SECRETARY CASTRO'S EXPERIENCE, AND THEN WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A REALLY ROBUST ECOSYSTEM OF FINDING INTERNSHIPS, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU START COMPARING US TO, LIKE, THE BAY AREA, D.C., NEW YORK CITY, AND THAT WAS KIND OF HOW THIS PROGRAM KIND OF EVOLVED WAS JUST REALLY HOW DO WE MAKE IT EASIER FOR TOP TALENT THAT LEFT OUR CITY THAT WE INVESTED IN THAT ARE STILL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, HOW DO WE BRING THEM BACK AND SHOW THEM THAT SAN ANTONIO IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. AND SO THAT KIND OF IS REALLY -- WHEN YOU LOOK AT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, A LOT OF IT IS GEARED TOWARDS, AGAIN, SAN ANTONIO RESI RESIDENTS, SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE GRADUATED FROM A SAN ANTONIO AREA HIGH SCHOOL, AND CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, AND HAVE COMPLETED AT LEAST ONE FULL YEAR, TWO SEMESTERS, AND THIS DOES NOT COUNT IF 
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YOU WERE, LIKE, DUAL CREDIT IN HIGH SCHOOL. I KNOW WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT I'M GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL AND I HAVE 24 HOURS OF COLLEGE CREDIT, YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY BE ENROLLED FULL TIME IN A COLLEGE. 
          AND THEN DEMONSTRATE A GPA OF 2.5. WE DO CHECK FOR RESIDENCY WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN A COUNCIL DISTRICT, BE A PERMANENT RESIDENT, AND THEN IN THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE BEEN DOING A BETTER JOB OF KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT A WIDE VARIETY OF YOUTH KNOW ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, AND SO WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME YOUTH, PARTICULARLY DURING THE SUMMER WHEN DORMS CLOSE, ET CETERA, THAT THEY'RE UNH UNHOUSED, AND SO THEY'RE KIND OF COUCH SURFING, AND SO WE DO HAVE A WAIVER ABILITY FOR STUDENTS AND THOSE TYPES OF SITUATIONS. 
          EMPLOYMENT PARTNERS, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK WE JUST PLACE THEM WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, NOT TRUE. WE ACTUALLY HAVE THIS VERY LONG LIST OF EMPLOYERS, ABOUT HALF OF OUR INTERNS ARE PLACED WITHIN CITY DEPARTMENTS, AND I WANT TO SAY WE ALSO HIRE QUITE A NUMBER OF THEM, AND WE ALSO HAVE A COUNCILWOMAN WHO'S AN AMBASSADOR ALUMNI, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANT TO TALK, MENTION SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE. ASTRO PORTS BASE TECHNOLOGIES, BIO MED, BL BLACKEN RIDGE, HAIN FOR HO HOPE, BOTANICAL GARDENS, S SAWS, STEM BIO SYSTEMS, TEXAS A&M SAN ANTONIO TPR, DUZEUM, VELOCITY, AND THE LIST GOES ON. 
          SO WE HAVE A VERY WIDE VARIETY OF INTERNSHIP POSSIBILITIES, AGAIN, TO KIND OF REACH ALL THE NEEDS AND MAJORS THAT OUR STUDENTS COME TO US WITH. 
          AND WE A ALWAYS HAVE, LIKE, ONE OR TWO THAT WE HAVE TO GO AND BE STRATEGIC ABOUT WHERE WE PLACE THEM. I KNOW LAST YEAR WE HAD AN INTERN AMBASSADOR, DOING RESEARCH ON ARTIFICIAL BL BLOOD, AND SO WE WENT AND WE HAD TO FIND HER TO KIND OF CONTINUE WITH STUDIES, AND SAW THE RESEARCH, AND WE PLACED HER IN AN INTERNSHIP, SO, AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF REALLY PUTTING THE AMBASSADOR, WHAT THEY COME WITH US, THEIR MAJOR, AND FINDING THE RIGHT FIT FOR THEM. 
          WE ALSO HAVE -- WE COULDN'T DO THIS ALONE BESIDES OUR EMPLOYMENT PARTNERS, WE ALSO WORK WITH BEXAR COUNTY FOSTERING FOR EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS. 
          AND SO THAT STARTED, I TH THINK, IN 2019, I CAN'T REMEMBER. 
          BUT WE HAD A NUMBER OF, YOU KNOW, INCREASE OF FOSTER USE COMING INTO HIGHER ED, AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET INTO INTERNSHIPS, THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE THAT SUPPORT NETWORK, AND BEXAR COUNTY, WE NOW HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, AND WE ACTUALLY DO A P PREAMBASSADOR ORIENTATION WITH AMBASSADORS WITH FOSTER CARE EXPERIENCE TO SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS. AND THEN SEPARATE AMBAS AMBASSADORS, THEY COULDN'T INTERN WITHOUT CHILD CARE, SO DHS ALSO OPERATES OUR CITY CARES WHICH PROVIDES SHORT TERM AND/OR EMERGENCY CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE, AND SO WE DO PARTNER WITH OUR CITY CARES WHEN WE DO HAVE AN AMBASSADOR IN NEED OF CHILD CARE, AND THEN DRESS FOR SUCCESS AND SAN ANTONIO THREADS, THEY'VE BEEN WON WONDERFUL PARTNERS HELPING US WITH WORK BOOTS, LAB CO COATS, ANY OF THAT -- EVEN PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT ABOUT HELPING OUR AMBASSADORS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND A RANDOM CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH FORMER RICHARD PETIS, THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER CHAMBER, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR PRO PROGRAM, AND I WAS TELLING HIM, IT REALLY WAS ABOUT THAT BRAIN DRAIN, HOW DO WE SHOWCASE SAN ANTONIO BUSINESSES, AND SO KIND OF, LIKE, OVER MARGARITAS, WE CAME UP WITH THIS STAY IN SA IDEA WHERE WE PARTNER EVERY YEAR WITH THE CHAMBER, THEY INVITE ALL OF THEIR BOARD MEMBERS, TOP BUSINESSES, AND WE SHOW THE AMBASSADORS HOW TO NETWORK. AND SO THEY MEET BUSINESS LEADERS, GET TO HEAR ABOUT INDUSTRIES AND GET TO LEARN, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU SHAKE A HAND WHEN YOU HAVE A MOCK TAIL IN THE OTHER, BUT THAT HAS BEEN -- IT STARTED, I BELIEVE, IN 2019, AND WE DID IT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM HAS GROWN QUITE A BIT SINCE IT STARTED, S IN 2004, WE HAD 12 AMBASSADORS, AND THEN IT CONTINUALLY HAS GROWN AS WE HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB ABOUT RECRUITING. 
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YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT, WHEN I FIRST TOOK OVER, TO BE HONEST, WE DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE APPLYING IN CERTAIN COUNCIL DISTRICTS. AND SO MELODY JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TASKED US WITH, CHANGE THAT. AND I JUST THANK OUR STAFF THAT THEY GOT OUT THERE AND SO MUCH BETTER AT SOCIAL MEDIA THAN I AM, BUT ALSO WORKING WITH NONPROFITS, AND PARTICULARLY, OUR FAI FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN SOME OF OUR DISTRICTS, BUT WE HAVE NOW -- WE ALWAYS, ALWAYS NOW GET AT LEAST 20, 25 APPLICATIONS PER COUNCIL DISTRICT. SO, AGAIN, THAT HAS JUST BEEN A WONDERFUL THING TO SEE THAT NOW YOUTH ALL ACROSS SAN ANTONIO KNOW ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR PRO PROGRAM, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY APPLYING. 
          SO TO SHOW THAT, OUR EFFORTS, IT'S KIND OF -- WE CREATED A LITTLE BIT OF A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE, BUT WE HAVE FUNDING FOR ABOUT 200 AMBASSADORS, AND LAST YEAR, WE RECEIVED 1,154 APPLICATIONS FOR THE 200 SLOTS. AND SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE THAT WE'RE, LIKE, MORE COMPETITIVE THAN G GETTING INTO, YOU KNOW, TEXAS TECH AND TEXAS STATE. 
          AND THEN OUR EMPLOYERS, AGAIN, WE HAVE TWO -- WE HAVE ABOUT 200, LAST YEAR 220, BUT WE DID GET REQUESTS FOR ALMOST 352 INTERNSHIPS FROM EMPLOYERS, SO NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE YOUTH THAT WANT INTERNSHIPS, BUT ALSO EMPLOYERS THAT ARE SAYING, HEY, I WANT TO HOST, I WANT AN INTERN, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS A WAY TO CREATE, AS THEIR FUTURE TALENT, PARTICULARLY IN STEM, THIS HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL, WON WONDERFUL WAY FOR OUR STEM PARTNERS TO KIND OF FIND TALENT THAT, AGAIN, WE GET MIT GRAD, UT AUSTIN, HAR HARVARD, STANFORD, ALL ACROSS, AND THIS IS A WAY TO SHOWCASE THEM AND GET TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEM. 
          AGAIN, LAST -- AS I SAID, WE HAD 212 AMBASSADORS LAST YEAR, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY WE STARTED WITH 212 AND WE ENDED WITH 212, AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE CAMERON WHO JUST DID -- SHE'S BACK THERE -- AMAZING JOB OF WHEN OUR INTERNS ARE EXPERIENCING ANXIETY OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LEARNING, SHE JUST REALLY STEPPED IN AND NOT ONLY WAS RUNNING A PROFESSIONAL, YOU KNOW, WORK EXPERIENCE, BUT ON TOP OF THAT, SHE WAS DOING CASE MANAGEMENT, TO BE QUITE FRANK AND WORKING WITH THEM ON TRANSPORTATION, WORKING WITH THEM, AGAIN, IF THEY HAD ANY NEEDS, NEEDED MEN MENTORING, WE ACTUALLY TOOK A COUPLE OF INTERNS -- EXTRA INTERNS IN DHS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SOME EXTRA SUP SUPPORT, BUT, AGAIN I JU JUST -- JUST WANT TO SHOWCASE THAT THIS ISN'T ABOUT GETTING THEM INTO JOBS AND THEN FORGETTING ABOUT THEM, DHS REALLY IS PROVIDING SOME EXTRA SUPPORT SO THAT ALL OF OUR YOUTH ARE SUCCESSFUL. THE BUDGET, WE HAVE 838,000, THAT'S IN THE DHS BUDGET FOR THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. ONE POSITION, AS YOU CAN S SEE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDS GO TO THE ACTUAL STY PENSTIPENDS FOR THE YOUTH, PROVIDE UP TO $18 AN HOUR, 40 HOURS A WEEK, WHEN I TALK ABOUT BEXAR COUNTY FOSTERING FOR EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS, WE LEARNED EARLY ON WHEN THEY COULD ONLY WORK 30 HOURS THEY WERE LIKE, I NEED TO WORK FULL TIME, I'M ON MY OWN BY MYSELF, AND SO WE WORK WITH THOSE YOUTH WHO NEED TO WORK A LITTLE EXTRA HOURS BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE SOME YOUTH THEY ONLY WORK 25 OR GET SICK OR WHATEVER, SO IF WE DO HAVE EXTRA FUNDS, WE DO PROVIDE OUR AMBAS AMBASSADORS WHO NEED EXTRA HOURS OF WORK, THOSE EXPERIENCES WITH THEIR SUPERVISOR PERMISSION. AND THEN THE PROGRAM COSTS ABOUT $40,000, MOST OF THAT IS FOOD, TO BE HONEST, T-SHIRTS, AND, YEAH, A LITTLE BIT OF SWAG, BUT MOST OF IT IS DELICIOUS FOOD. AND EVERY YEAR, WE DO A POST PROGRAM SURVEY. 
          SO WE LOOK AT OUR I AMBAS AMBASSADORS, WE SURVEY THEM AFTER. 
          97% SAY THEY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN CA SAN ANT ANTONIO. 90% BELIEVE STAFF COMMUNICATED EFFECTIVELY, THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WORKED ON QUITE A BIT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE ONE STAFF AND 200 INTERNS PLUS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 100-SOMETHING SUPERVISORS, IT COULD GET A LITTLE BIT CRAZY, BUT WE WORKED WITH THE TEAM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE WORKING AND EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATING WITH THEM. AND THEN 93% FELT BETTER 
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ABOUT THEIR CAREERS AFTER THEIR INTERNSHIPS, BEYOND THEIR INTERNSHIPS, WE ACTUALLY ALSO PROVIDE SOME LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE PROGRAM, AND, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON HOW CREATIVE WE GET, AFTER THE PANDEMIC, OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTERED ON, LIKE, HOW DO YOU SHINE IN A VIRTUAL WORLD, SO WE HIRED THE Y GROUP TO KIND OF TALK TO YOUTH ABOUT, LIKE, HOW DO YOU DO AN INTERVIEW ONLINE, HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU KIND OF STAND OUT? AND HOUSING, WHEN HOME HOMELESSNESS IS JUST, LIKE, A HUGE ISSUE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, A LOT OF M MISINFORMATION, WE ACTUALLY HAD, LIKE, A WHOLE SERIES OF NOT ONLY DID SITE VISITS TO, LIKE, HAVEN FOR HOPE AND  GO SA, BUT WE HAD A PANEL OF YOUTH THAT WERE CURRENTLY HOMELESS AND SOME THAT WERE FORMER, AND IT WAS POWERFUL, BUT THESE ARE THE FUTURE LEADERS OF SAN ANTONIO, SO NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE SKILLS TO GET THOSE JOBS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO HAVE UNDERSTANDING OF JUST WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SAN ANTONIO AND YOU NEED TO BE PART OF THESE CONVERSATIONS AND HAVE THE FACTS AS YOU KIND OF GROW UP AND GRADUATE AND ARE LOOKING TO THEM TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD, WE ALSO SUPERVISE -- WE ALSO SURVEY THE SUPERVISORS, SO 94% AGREE THAT THEIR AMBASSADORS MET THE NEEDS OF THEIR ORGANIZATION. SOMETHING THAT I DID MENTION IS WE ALSO DO SOME TRAINING OF SUPERVISORS, SO EVEN BEFORE THEY TAKE AN INTERN, WE ACTUALLY MEET WITH THE SUPERVISORS, AND WE PROVIDE JUST WHAT IS IT TO BE A SUPERVISOR OF AN INTERN, AND THEN I HAD MENTIONED THAT WE DO THE PRESERVICE FOR OUR KIDDOS WITH FOSTER CARE EXPERIENCE, AND WE DO GET THEIR PERMISSION TO SHARE, BUT IF THEY -- THEY DO SAY YES, WE ACTUALLY START WO WORKING WITH THE SUPERVISORS EARLIER ON WHAT IS THIS GOING TO TAKE BECAUSE THEY REALLY DO NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE MENTORING THAN KIND OF THROWING THEM OUT THERE. SO, AGAIN, OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS HAVE JUST BEEN SO WONDERFUL. AND THEN WE'VE STARTED TO SURVEY OUR ALUMNI, AND I'LL BE HONEST, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB ABOUT THAT, THAT'S ON MY LIST FROM MEL THAT I'VE GOT TO IMPROVE UPON, BUT 74% AGREE THAT THEY WERE MORE LIKELY TO CONSIDER JOBS IN SAN ANTONIO AFTER GRADUATION, AND THEN 54% CURRENTLY LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND SO ABOUT 50% OF OUR AMBASSADORS ACTUALLY -- THEY GRADUATED FROM SAN ANTONIO, AND THEY LEAVE, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO NEED TO STUDY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, LIKE, THOSE THAT DO LEAVE US AND COME BACK TO DO AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, DID THEY COME BACK? I KNOW IT TOOK ME 20 YEARS, BUT I CAME BACK, AND I -- YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I HAVE JUST THE WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL JOB OF RUNNING THIS PROGRAM AND OTHERS. 
          BUT KIND OF OUR NEXT STEPS, RIGHT NOW, WE ARE -- THE AMBASSADOR DID CLOSE LAST WEEK, WE RECEIVED ABOUT 90 900-ISH APPLICATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO START DOING KIND OF OUR SCORING. WE DO HAVE A MATRIX, OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE CAN ONLY ACCEPT 200 AND WE'RE GETTING ALMOST, YOU KNOW, O 1,000 + APPLICATIONS, AND WE HAVE ONE STAFF PERSON, IT BECOMES ALL HANDS ON DECK, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE UP TO HERE IN AMBASSADOR APPLICATIONS, BUT -- START, LIKE SCREENING THEM. WE'LL NOTIFY THE 200 THAT WE ACCEPT, AND THEN THEY DO ACTUALLY CLEAR. THEY GO THROUGH THE HR PROCESS, SO HR -- AND I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED IT EARLIER, ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE GREAT EMPLOYER PARTICIPATION IS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS GOING TO DO IT RIGHT, AND SO THEY GO THROUGH THE SAME BACKGROUND CHECKS, DRUG SCREENING THAT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO EMPL EMPLOYEES GO THROUGH, AND THAT ALSO KIND OF HELPS EMPLOYERS SAY YES WHEN WE DO ASK THEM TO TAKE AN INTERN. 
          AND THEN WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE MATCHING, AND S SO, LIKE, WHEN I HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS LONG LIST OF EMPLOYERS, WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH ALL OF THEIR APPLICATIONS, WE LOOK AT THEIR MAJOR, READ WHAT THEY WROTE, SEE WHAT THEY WANT TO MAJOR IN, WHAT THEY WANT TO BE WHEN THEY GROW UP, AND THEN WE SEE WHAT INTERNSHIP DO WE HAVE THAT MATCHES THAT AND WE THINK WOULD BE THE BEST FOR THEM, AND SOMETIMES WE SURPRISE THEM, AND THEN THEY COME BACK TO US AND THEY'RE, LIKE, AGAIN LIKE THAT YOUNG PERSON WHO NEVER THOUGHT SHE WOULD WANT TO BE IN HR, AND, YOU KNOW, SHE'S NOW HOPEFULLY IN HR, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY, I THINK, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE 90% 
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OF APPROVAL RATINGS AND THAT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE PREWORK THAT WE DO, NOT ONLY WITH THE SCREENING, NOT ONLY WITH THE BACKGROUND CHECKS, BUT THE MATCHING, THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR STAY IN SA EVENT ON NATIONAL INTERN DAY. WE STARTED TO NOT ONLY HAVE IT IN AMBASSADORS, BUT SA WORKS HAS STARTED A SMALL COHORT OF COLLEGE KIDDOS T TRYING TO GET INTO STEM, AND WE'VE INVITED THEM ALSO, AND 80/20 HAS COLLEGE INTERNS AND WE TURN IT INTO A BIG PARTY FOR COLLEGE INTERNS TO MEET BUSINESS LEADERS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND THEN IN AUGUST, THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM ENDS. WE GET TO RELAX A LITTLE B BIT, AND WE'LL SEND OUT THE SURVEY AND, AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING MORE ROBUST WORK ON WHAT OUR ALUMNI ARE DOING AFTER THEY LEAVE US, AND HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME I GIVE A PRESENTATION, I'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE IMPACT THIS IS HAVING 
          ON OUR ALUM, AND THAT'S IT FOR MY PRESENTATION. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH, REBECCA, WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW AND THEN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE TWO JUST FOR MINUTE KEEPING PURPOSES. GO AHEAD, ANNA. 
          >> GREAT. THANK YOU. SO GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING. 
          I'M ANNA ASAVADO AND I'M THE CEO OF THE SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP. OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES, ACCESS, AND SUCCESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. OUR CONNECTION TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS DEEP, OUR ROOTS BEGAN WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, SPECIFICALLY WITH THEN MAYOR HENRY S SISNAROS, HIM ALONG WITH COPS METRO, BUSINESS LEADERS FOUNDED THE SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP IN 1989 PROVIDING COLLEGE ADV ADVISING IN 8 HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE SAN ANTONIO PARTNERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP. 
          IN 2010 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THEN MAYOR JULIAN CASTRO, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CREATED CAFE COLLEGE AND AWARDED THE FIRST CONTRACT TO ADMINISTER CAFE COLLEGE TO SAEP TO SERVE AS A HUB FOR COLLEGE ADVISING AND STRENGTHEN A COLLEGE GROWING CULTURE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WITH THE INTENT TO SUPPORT SA SQUALOR CHAP RECIPIENTS BEYOND, THEY LAUNCHED SUCCESS TO HELP COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH COMPLETION. 
          TODAY WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FREE COLLEGE ADVISING TO MEET OUR MISSION. HERE YOU SEE HENRY PICTURED IN THE EARLY DAYS OF SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP AND THEN ON THE PICTURE BELOW THAT, YOU SEE HE IS THERE ALONG WITH TWO OTHER FORMER MAYORS, ED GARRISON AND CASTRO. THIS WAS AT OUR RECENT CELEBRATION WHICH HIGHLIGHTED THE STRONG SUPPORT THAT CAFE COLLEGE AND SAEP HAVE HAD FROM CITY OFFICIALS, AGAIN REINFORCING OUR DEEP AND LONG STANDING CONNECTION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR CITY'S HIGH POVERTY RATE AND LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT RATE, WE BELIEVE THAT INCREASING EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT IS KEY TO ALLEVIATING POVERTY AND PROMOTING ECONOMIC MOBILITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHIC, SO I DON'T HAVE TO ELABORATE MUCH THERE, BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT LESS THAN 28% OF SAN ANTONIO ADULTS HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER, AND THIS IS THE KEY COMMUNITY INDICATOR THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING. 
          WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO OVER 12,000 INDIVIDUALS EACH YEAR, YOUTH AND ADULTS ACROSS OUR PROGRAMS. OF THESE CLIENTS, 96% ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR, 79% ARE FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE GOERS, AND 76% COME FROM LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, AND I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE HERE TO RECOGNIZE THE YOUNG WOMAN IN THE SLIDE, HER NAME IS ANDREA SALAZAR, AND SHE WAS -- WHEN SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, EDISON HIGH SCHOOL, SHE RECEIVED SERVICES THROUGH OUR HIGH SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMMING, AND THEN SHE WENT ON TO UTSA AND RECEIVED RSAP SCHOLARSHIP WHILE AT U UTSA, WHILE THERE ONE SUMMER, SHE WAS AN AMBASSADOR AND AN INTERN AT SAEP, AND AS OF LAST MONTH, WE HIRED HER FULL TIME AS AN INTAKE SPECIALIST, AND SO I JUST WANT TO REINFORCE WHAT REBECCA MENTIONED ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY BUT ALSO ABOUT HOW CONNECTED WE ARE WITH OTHER CITY PROGRAMS AS WELL, AND TO 
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HIGHLIGHT WE HAVE SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE BENEFITED FROM OUR SERVICES AND WANT TO COME BACK. THEY BELIEVE IN WHAT WE DO, AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHERS HAVE THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY. WE BASICALLY HAVE TWO SERVICE MODELS, ONE IS OUR ROAD TO SUCCESS PROGRAM, WHICH IS A LINEAR PATHWAY FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO CREDENTIAL ATTAINMENT, THE SECOND IS CAFE COLLEGE, WHICH I THE COMMUNITY'S ONE STOP SHOP FOR ALL THINGS COLLEGE. 
          OUR ROAD TO SUCCESS OFFERS A CONTINUUM OF SERVICES FOR UP TO SIX YEARS. 
          TODAY, ROAD TO SUCCESS AIRPORTS IN 29 HIGH SCHOOLS AND 6 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ADVISING IS PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AT THEIR CAMPUS, MEETING THEM WITH THEY'RE A AT. IT IS THROUGH OUR HIGH SCHOOL BASED ADVISERS THAT STUDENTS ARE THEN ENCOURAGED TO APPLY TO SAEP SCHOLARSHIP AND GIVEN ASSISTANCE TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. THOSE GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO MEET ALL THE CRITERIA FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP AND ENROLL AND ATTEND THE COLLEGES, THE FALL SEMESTER AFTER GRADUATION, THEY BEGIN TO RECEIVE OUR RENEWABLE S SAEP SCHOLARSHIP UP TO 8 SEMESTERS, DURING THOSE 8 SEMESTERS, OUR SAEP SCHOLARS RECEIVE ONGOING SUPPORT FOR CAMPUS BASED RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MENTO MENTORSHIP. 
          TOPICS FOR 1:1 ADVISING AND WORKSHOPS INCLUDE GOAL S SETTING, CAREER PLANNING, COLLEGE ENTRY AND ENROL ENROLLMENT, COLLEGE AFF AFFORDABILITY, FINANCIAL A AID, AND COLLEGE TRANSITION SUPPORT. AND THOSE 29 HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WE PARTNER WITH THIS YEAR ARE IN THESE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, EDGEWOOD, HARLAND DALE, SAN ANTONIO, SOUTH S SAN, SOUTH SIDE, AND SOUTHWEST ISDS. 
          THE SAEP ASKING SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNTS EDUCATION INSTITUTION AND CAN ONLY BE USED AT PARTNER INSTITUTIONS, WHICH ARE LI LISTED HERE. THE LAST STEP OF THE CAN YOU NOT YUM OF SERVICES FOR ROAD TO SUCCESS IS SCHOLAR SUCCESS, IN ADDITION TO THE SCHOLARSHIP, WE WANT TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOLARS ALL ACROSS THE COLLEGE JOURNEY FROM FIRST FALL SEMESTER THROUGH CREDENTIAL ATT ATTAINMENT, WE OFFER SUPPORT TO SAEP SCHOLARS THROUGH GROUP WORKSHOPS MONTHLY COMMUNICATION TO CONNECT THEM TO RESOURCES AND REM REMINDERS OF UPCOMING DEADLINES. CAFE COLLEGE IS A PROGRAM WE ADMINISTER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY FACING PROGRAM THAT IS OPEN TO ALL YOUTH AND ADULTS ACROSS SAN ANTONIO WHO ARE INTERESTED IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. ADDITIONALLY, MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE EARNED CREDENTIALS OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. COME TO CAFE COLLEGE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE USING THE SPAN TRAN SERVICE FROM THE EV EVALUATION COMPANY. 
          THIS SERVICE OFFERS FOREIGN ACADEMIC TRANSLATIONS AND DOCUMENTATIONS, CLIENTS NEED THESE SERVICES TO EITHER CONTINUE EDUCATION LOCALLY OR DEMONSTRATE CREDENTIALS REQUIRED FOR EMPLOYMENT. OUR 1:1 ADVISEMENT SESSIONS ON CAFE COLLEGE ARE ON A WALK-IN BASIS, THEY CAN BE ACCESSED IN MORE THAN OR VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM. 
          ADDITIONALLY, CAFE COLLEGE HOSTS WORKSHOPS, EVENTS, AND EXAMPLES THROUGHOUT THE YE YEAR, AND ONE MORE POPULAR OFFERINGS IS FREE SAT PREP SESSIONS THAT ARE HOSTED MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR. THESE ARE A FEW OF THE METRICS WE REPORT ON THE SCORE CARD FOR THE SCH SCHOLARSHIP AND OUTREACH CONTRACT. 
          THIS REFLECTS BOTH STUDENTS SERVED IN OUR PARTNER HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL AS THOSE COLLEGE STUDENTS RECEIVING OUR SCHOLARSHIP. THE TOPLINE METRIC REPR REPRESENTS THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE RECEIVING THOSE HIGH SCHOOL-BASED SERVICES, AND THE FOURTH METRIC REPRESENTS THE COLLEGE STUDENTS RECEIVING THE SCHOLARSHIP. THOSE COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE COMPRISED OF STUDENTS FROM THE LAST FIVE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING COHORTS. IN FY26, OUR CURRENT SCH SCHOLARS ARE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES OF 2021 THROUGH 2025. 
          OUR SAEP SCHOLARSHIP DISTRIBUTION GRAPH SHOWS THAT IN FY25, ALMOST HALF OF OUR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS WERE ATTENDING ALAMO COL COLLEGES, AND A LITTLE MORE THAN A QUARTER WERE ATT ATTENDING UT SAN ANTONIO, AND 16% ATTENDED FOUR-YEAR PRIVATE COLLEGES. CAFE COLLEGE SERVES A LARGE NUMBER OF CLIENTS A YEAR, AND IT'S ALMOST EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN YOUTH AND ADULTS. NOT ONLY DO OUR SURVEY 
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METRICS DEMONSTRATE CLIENT SATISFACTION WITH OUR SERVICES, A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION REFER CLIENTS TO CAFE COLLEGE TO US ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THESE COMMUNITY PARTNERS OFTEN REQUEST CLASSROOMS AT CAFE COLLEGE TO HOST THEIR OWN EVENTS. TO CLOSE, THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF STUDENT TESTIMONIES CAPTURED IN SURVEY RESP RESPONSES. 
          SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL IMPACT BEHIND THE NUMBERS. 
          EACH NUMBER WE REPORT REPRESENTS A REAL PERSON WHO'S RECEIVING THE NECESSARY SUPPORT TO HELP MAKE THEIR COLLEGE DREAMS A REALITY. 
          THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR YOUR TIME TODAY, AND THANK YOU, MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR THE CONTINUED LONG-STANDING PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO DO 
          THIS IMPORTANT WORK TOGE TOGETHER. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANNA AND REBECCA FOR THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY. I'LL START WITH COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONVERSATION, AND DO YOU WANT TO ST START, COUNCILMEMBER 
          MUNGIA. >> MUNGIA: THANK YOU, CHAIR. I THINK THESE ARE JUST TWO PHENOMENAL THINGS WE DO AT THE CITY, AND I'VE BEEN LUCKY TO HAVE -- EVERY YEAR AMBASSADORS WORKING IN THE OFFICE AND THE STUDENTS ARE BRIGHT AND THEY GO OFF TO DO AMAZING THING, AND WE HAVE ONE OF OUR STAFFERS,EREN, WHO WAS A STAFFER, WORKS IN OUR OFFICE, SO I THINK WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM, I THINK MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR HIGH SCHOOL ALSO BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S -- I KNOW YOU DO MOSTLY KIDS ENROLLED IN COLLEGE, OR -- YEAH. YEAH. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO FOR SURE. BUT, NO. IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM, AND I LOVE TO SEE WHO WE GET. WE HAD A MIX OF PAID INTERNS AND AMBASSADORS THIS PAST SUMMER WE HAD 6, AND THEY WERE ALL FROM D4, WHICH IS VERY RARE TO HAVE, AND THEY ALL HAD A VERY -- THEY BOUGHT INTO IT; RIGHT? WHEN THEY WENT PAST INFORMATION THEY WERE LIKE THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY JUST BELIEVED IN IT SO MUCH, AND SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO BE ADVOCATES FOR THIS PROGRAM, CONTINUE IT I THINK IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND, YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY TOOK MY LITTLE SISTER, WHO'S A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL TO CAFE COLLEGE. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS OR WHERE I WAS GOING, JUST WENT AS A REGULAR PERSON, AND WE WERE HELPED PRETTY QU QUICK, AND SHE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD ADVICE, AND LUCKILY SHE WAS TOP 5% OF HER CLASS, SO SHE'S DOING WELL, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO TALK TO HER ABOUT THINGS SHE CAN START DOING NOW FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, WHAT TO LOOK AT FOR DAY 1 OF BEING A SENIOR, THEY SAID YOU'RE IN GOOD SHAPE, COME BACK WHEN YOU'RE A SENIOR AND HELP US, SO IT WAS A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE, I WAS HAPPY TO TAKE HER THERE, SHOW HER THAT AND HELP HER SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT IN WHAT SHE'S LOOKING FOR IN COLLEGE, AND SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT ADVICE WE GOT THERE, SO I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AND THE TEAM, THEY DID A GOOD JOB OVER THERE, INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT INSTITUTION WE HAVE WITH SAN ANTONIO EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP, SO I'M EXCITED FOR THAT WORK, AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE  AN ADVOCATE FOR YOU ALL. THANK YOU. 
          >> GALVAN: COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, CHAIR, WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WITH ANNA IN TERMS OF THE METRICS YOU HAVE LAID OUT, YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS EXCEEDED THE METRICS THAT YOU ALL INTENDED TO ACCOMPLISH, AND WHAT I'M MOST IMPRESSED BY IS I TERMS OF THE UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS, SEEING YOU EXCEED THOS METRICS AS WELL AS CLIENTS WITH PRIOR ACADEMIC YEARS, THIS IS SOMETHING, BASED OFF OF WHAT YO ALL HAVE LAID OUT AND WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM ADMINISTRATION WITHI OUR ISD AS YOU'RE ENGAGED AND WILLING TO ASSIST AND ACCOMMODATE WITH STUDENT SCHEDULES AND/OR PARENT SCH SCHEDULES, SO GRATEFUL FOR THE IMPACT YOU HAVE, AND SEEING THE AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SUCCESSFULLY GRADUATING WITH A DEGREE AFTER GOING THROUGH CAFE COLLEGE'S VERY IMPACTFUL, SO JUST SHARE A SIMILAR SENTIMENT, THIS IS INVALUABLE WORK, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK OF YOUR TEAM AND ALL THE CASE MANAGERS AND EVERY TEAM MEMBER AT CAFE COLLEGE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEM. 
          REBECCA ALSO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, AS FOLKS MENTIONED, THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IS SUCH AN IMPACTFUL PROGRAM, AS I MENTIONED IN 2019, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM, AND THIS WEEKEND, I SPOKE TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION WHERE THEY ASKED BEYOND, RI RIGHT, ADDING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO YOUR RÉSUMÉ, WHAT OTHER SK SKILLS AND IMPACT WOULD EXPANDING THIS PROGRAM TO OPPORTUNITY YOUTH HAVE; RIGHT?  AND WHAT I EMPHASIZED, AND YOU HIT ON YOUR IN PRESENTATION IS THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU INTERN WITH ONE OF OUR OFFICES, PARTICULARLY ON THE CONSTITUENT SERVICES END, YOU'RE FILTERING AND FIELDING CALLS WITH CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE IN CRISIS, AND YOU'RE HAVING TO NAVIGATE AND WALK THEM THROUGH WHAT STEPS YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE OR WHAT STEPS THERE 
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AREN'T FOR YOU TO TAKE AND MANAGING EXPEC EXPECTATIONS IN TERMS OF JUST DIFFERENT NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THOSE ARE JUST INVALUABLE SKILLS THAT CAN TELL Y YOU, OKAY, I HAVE IT TO CONTINUE TO WORK IN A FIELD THAT'S VERY EMOTIONALLY STRESSFUL RIGHT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PUTTING VERY HEAVY CASES ON OUR FIELD OFFICES, AND WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY A SOLUTION. SO I HIGHLIGHT THAT TO SAY THAT THIS PROGRAM IS JUST VERY IMPACTFUL IN TERMS OF KEEPING FOLKS HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND IT'S SUCH A VALUABLE PROGRAM THAT I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE IN EXPANDING IT FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH. THIS IS, AGAIN, YOU KNOW I KNOW THIS IS THE COMMITTEE THAT'S WELL AWARE OF WHAT P OPPORTUNITY YOUTH IS AND IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WE'RE SEED INCREASED VIOLENCE IN CITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. 
          CHICAGO, ATLANTA, THEY HAVE PROGRAMS FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH IN ADDITION TO INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS LIKE THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND WHAT THEY'VE SEEN IS A DECREASE IN FIGHTING CRIME IN TERMS OF THE GOAL THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO TRACK THE SUCCESS OF GRADUATES IN THE MASTER PROGRAM, I THINK TR TRACKING FOLKS THROUGH AN OPPORTUNITY YOUTH PILOT PROGRAM WOULD ALSO BE IMPACTFUL AND SOMETHING TO FOLLOW, ARE WE SEEING A DECREASE IN YOUTH VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AGAIN, THE GOAL, WHETHER IT'S AN ADULT, THE GOAL IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE FOLKS REOFFENDING, AND WE'RE GETTING TO THE ROOT OF ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH WHO MAY BE GOING THROUGH MUNICIPAL COURT OR COUNTY COURT, JUVENILE COURT RATHER THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE TO REDIRECT AND GET FO FOLKS ON THE CORRECT PATH ON THE TRADE PROGRAM OR WORKFORCE AND BUILD SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT I HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE VERY IMPACTFUL, AND I'M PLEASED THAT EMPLOYERS HAVE REACHED OUT SAYING HEY, WE HAVE SOME FUNDS SET ASIDE AND WE'RE WILLING TO SUPPORT THIS PILOT. RICK THE YWCA FOR EXAMPLE SAYS THEY'RE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IF THIS PILOT MOVES FORWARD, BUT THOSE ARE ALL OF MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          >> GALVAN: COUNCILMEMBER KAUR. >> KAUR: THANK YOU, CHAIR, I'LL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO LEFT OFF. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY THERE WITH OPPORTUNITY YOUTH, AND MAYBE -- YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED, REBECCA THAT YOU HAD A BUNCH OF PARTNERS, DO WE HAVE ACCESS FROM THAT LIST SO WE COULD SEE WHEN WHICH ONES FROM THE LIST WOULD BE WILLING TO ENGAGE 
          WITH THAT. >> YES, MA'AM, WE DO HAVE A LIST OF EMPL 
          EMPLOYERS, PARTNERS THAT WE COULD SEND OUT. >> SUKH KAUR: I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT JUST SO I COULD GET -- COULD YOU NAME OFF SOME OF THE ONES THAT MIGHT BE POTENTIALLY 
          GOOD FIT. >> AT THIS TIME, I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYBODY ON THE SPOT, SO I'LL SEND YA'LL THE LIST, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN I HAD PARTICULARLY MEN MENTIONED WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME MATCHING, I THINK THIS PARTICULAR POPULATION, LIKE WHAT WE DO WITH BEXAR COUNTY FOSTERING FOR EDUC EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS, NOT ONLY MATCHING ORGANIZATIONS, BUT MA MATCHING SUPERVISORS, AND SO FOR ME IT'S LESS ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION, AND KIND OF MORE ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO BE MEN MENTORING AND SUPE SUPERVISING THEM, BUT THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO WITH THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, SO I DON'T THINK IT WOULD CHANGE IF 
          WE -- YOU KNOW, WE WERE TO DO THE PILOT. >> KAUR: , AND I KNOW WE TRACK METRICS, AND YOU MENTIONED ONE OF THE METRICS WE TRACK IS THE 51% OR SOMETHING . 
          >> 54. >> SUKH KAUR: 54 THAT REMAIN IN SAN ANTONIO, AND OBVIOUSLY THE STUDENTS -- YOU MENTIONED ARE RIGOROUS PROGRAMS, SO I HEAR THAT, AND I COULD UNDERSTAND WH THERE MIGHT BE -- MAYBE THERE'S A DIFFERENT LANE THAT WE CREATE FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH WHERE WE'RE TRACKING DIFFERENT MET METRICS; RIGHT?  HOW MANY ARE I COMPARATIVE GROUPS, IF WE'RE TAKING OPPORTUNITY YOUTH WITH THE FOLKS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM IN COMPARISON THAT THOSE WHO DON'T, THE RATES FOR CONDUCTING A CRIMINAL ACTIO OR THINGS LIKE THAT, AND HOW WE COULD COMPARE THE OPPORTUNITY T DO SOME OF THAT SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNS THAT COUNCILMEMBER WAS TALKING ABOUT. I WOULD UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP SOME OF THESE METRICS FOR THESE GROUPS OF KIDS WHO ARE GREAT AND TALENTED AT WHAT THEY DO AND FUTURE COUNCIL PEOPLE, AND WE ALSO WANT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH KIDS TO POTENTIALLY HAVE SOME OF THAT SOCIAL CAPITAL AS WELL. 
          SO JUST WANTED TO ECHO SUPPORT FOR THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WAS FOR THE METRICS, DO WE TRACK REPEAT AMBASSADORS TO SEE -- BECAUSE, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD AN AMBASSADOR FOR TWO SUMMERS WHO'S BEEN PHENOMENAL, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO, LIKE, 1, SELFISHLY BRING HIM BACK TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES TO S■EE IF HE WOULD WANT TO STAY BECAUSE DOING WORK IN OUR OFFICES IS NOT EASY AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT -- THE ABILITY TO STAY CALM AND 
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PATIENT WHILE, YES, FO FOLKS ARE IN CRISIS, BUT ALSO WHILE FOLKS YELL AT YOU, SOMETIMES ON VALUES THAT YOU CAN'T -- THAT DON'T ALIGN WITH YOU AND 
          YOU CAN'T CONTROL. >> YES. YES, MA'AM, WE DO. 
          SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE DO ASK IS IF YOU'VE HAD -- IF YOU'VE PARTICIPATED IN THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND ALSO SA WORKS AND FAMILY SERVICES, AND SO WE ACTUALLY KNOW WHICH OF OUR AMBASSADORS HAVE 
          HAVE MULTIPLE INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCES. >> SUKH KAUR: I WOULD BE CURIOU TO SEE HOW MANY OF THOSE REMAIN. IS THERE A HIGHER STATISTIC FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE DONE THIS MULTIPLE YEARS TO COME BACK? BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE AT COLLEGE, AND YOU'RE GET THE EXPERIENCE WILL JUST TAKE WHATEVER CITY. I ALSO SEE MORE OFTEN THAT FRESHMEN WHO ARE COMING BACK HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO TAKE THE AMBASSADORS AND THEN WE LOSE THEM, LIKE THE LAST TWO TIMES AGO WE DIDN'T GET THE ONE BACK BECAUSE HE WANTED TO GET ANOTHER EXPERIENCE, SO I'M CURIOUS TO SEE IF THAT METRIC IS HIGHER FOR 
          THOSE THAT DO IT MULTIPLE YEARS IN A ROW. >> I'LL LOOK AT THAT. 
          >> SUKH KAUR: AND THEN I KNOW SOME OF THEM ARE IN SAN ANTONIO ALREADY. 
          SO THEY CAN BE ENROLLED, SO CURIOUS TO SEE, TAKE OUT THAT NUMBER IF YOU'RE MEASURING WHO'S STAYING IN SAN ANTONIO, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF 
          FOLKS ACTUALLY GOING OUT TO COLLEGE. >> ABOUT 50% EVERY YEAR. 
          >> SUKH KAUR: 54% IS THE TOTAL. >> OF THE ALUMNI, 5 HAD% CURRENTLY LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT OUR CLASS THAT WE ACCEPT OUT OF THE IT 212 THAT WE ACCEPTED LAST YEAR, ABOUT 100, 107-ISH, WERE -- THE DID NOT ATTEND -- THEY GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN SAN ANTONIO AND THEY ATTENDED COLLEGE OUTSIDE 
          OF SAN ANTONIO. >> SUKH KAUR: SO WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE 107 THAT AR 
          IN THE . >> IN THE 54%. >> SUKH KAUR: YEAH BECAUSE IT'S 
          NOT LAST YEAR'S BUT HISTO HISTORICALLY. >> YEAH. 
          WE NEED TO DO FURTHER WORK WITH THAT, SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO 
          GET MORE -- DO A DEEPER DIVE DATA WISE. >> SUKH KAUR: YEAH. 
          AND IT MIGHT BE IF WE CAN TRACK. I DON'T KNOW HOW EASY IT IS TO TRACK THESE KIDS, BUT IF WE COULD TRACK THEM FOUR OR FIVE YEA YEARS; RIGHT?  TO SEE IF TTHEY DO EVER RETURN AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, IT MIGHT SHOW US MORE LONGITUDINAL DATA TO BE ABLE TO DOUBLE DOWN IN THE INVESTMENT, WHICH GETS BACK TO MY LAST POINT, I SAW A DIP IN TERMS OF LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF NUMBS ACCEPTED. 
          I'M SORRY IF I MISSED THAT BUT WHAT WAS THE REASON. 
          >> IN 2024, WE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, SO WE WERE ABLE TO ACCEPT MORE AMBASSADORS, AND SO IT'S MORE OF  FUNDING THAN -- BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING -- LAST YEAR WE GOT OVER 
          1100 APPLICATIONS. >> SUKH KAUR: RIGHT. >> BUT WE ONLY HAD FU FUNDING FOR ABOUT 20 200-ISH, SO WE HAD THE 212. 
          SO IF WE GET MORE FU FUNDING, WE DO HAVE THE EXTRA. 
          >> SUKH KAUR: HE JUST HAD EXTRA FUNDS SITTING AROUND? I WAS LIKE, ERIC DIDN'T KNOW -- I DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD A SLUSH FUND. OKAY. 
          AND ALSO, JUST THE LAST REASON -- THE LAST THING I HAD WAS, LIKE ON THE SURVEY, WHAT'S THE RESPONSE RATE FOR HOW -- WHAT PERCENTAGE OF -- 
          ARE YOU GETTING 100% RESPONSE RATE? >> WE ARE NOT A. 
          I'LL HAVE TO GET YOU THAT PERCENTAGE. I DON'T RECALL. 
          >> SUKH KAUR: OKAY. I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE. SOMETIMES PEOPLE THAT ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT -- I WILL FILL OUT A SURVEY IF I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING, SO JUST CURIOUS, AND WE SAW THAT WITH THE HORSE CARRIAGE RIDES, REMEMBER HOW MANY PEOPLE FILLED OUT THAT SURVEY. 
          OKAY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE SAN ANTONIO EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO. 
          I JUST HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS ON THE SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNTS. 
          SO I KNOW WE'RE ABOUT TO GO TALK ABOUT ALAMOPROMISE IN A SEC SECOND, BUT I NOTICE A LOT OF THOSE SCHOL SCHOLARSHIPS ARE GOING TO KIDS ATTENDING HOW DO YOU MATCH THE FUNDING AND WHAT DOES THE COLLABORATION LOOK LIKE SO KIDS IN ONE PROGRAM ARE NOT NECESSARILY -- OR MAYBE THEY ARE BEING SUPPLEMENTED, BUT HOW DOES THAT WORK? 
          >> SO THAT IS AN INDIVIDUAL CASE-BY-CASE BASIS WITH EACH INSTITUTION, AND SO WE HAVE ONGOING TALKS WITH THEM, AND LOOK AT HOW ARE THEY USING THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS. WHAT IT REALLY ALSO BO BOILS DOWN TO IS THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT NEED, AND SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ONE STANDARD WAY THAT THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICES ARE ADMINISTERING IT. 
          IT IS -- WELL, THE STANDARD WAY IS THAT IT DEPENDS ON THE STUDENT 
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AND WHAT THEIR NEED IS. BUT WE ARE HAVING ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT SO THAT WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE THE SCHOLARSHIP OUTSIDE OF THE PROMISE PROGRAM. WE KNOW THAT PROMISE COVERS A LOT, BUT NOT REALLY -- I DON'T THINK THE FULL COST OF ATTENDANCE. 
          IT'S MAINLY TUITION AND FEES, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS, THE MAJORITY PEL ELIGIBILITY GET THAT SCHOLARSHIP, MANY TIMES IN A REFUND TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH TRANSPORTATION, TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH OTHER THINGS THAT MAY BE -- MANY OF THEM AND MOST OF THEM STILL ARE GOING TO WORK, BUT THIS HELPS THEM WITH THOSE COSTS AS WELL. 
          SO WE HAVE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS, AS THE COLLEGES ARE ALSO KIND 
          OF REVOLVING IN THEIR PRACTICES AND POLICIES. >> SUKH KAUR: YEAH. 
          WHAT'S THE NUMBER OF -- DO WE PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS. 
          >> YES. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PROVIDES $2.1 MILLION IN 
          SCHOLARSHIPS. >> SUKH KAUR: SO THE DATA THAT YOU'RE SHOWING HERE IS THE FU 
          FUNDING THAT WE PROVIDE. >> YES. >> SUKH KAUR: SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING FOR US TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE I HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS BEFORE, AND BECAUSE WE ARE FU FUNDING ALAMOPROMISE AND FUNDIN THIS, WE COULD BE DUPLICATING EFFORTS ON KIDS THAT -- ALAMOPROMISE IS FUNDING FULL TUITION FOR THE MOST PART, AND DON'T THINK THAT -- I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING OTHERWISE, SO NO THAT I'M SAYING, YES, STUDENTS DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL NEEDS FOR FOOD, ET CETERA, BUT IN A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE LIMITED ON FUNDS AND HAVE OTHER PROGRAM OPPORTUNITY YOUTH ONE THAT WE WANT TO SUPPORT, I JUST THINK W SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DILIGENT ON MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING FUNDING FOR THE SAME STUDENTS AT THE SAME UNIVERSITY, AND SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT THOSE ARE SEPARATE, I THINK I WOULD B INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THAT MAYBE WHEN YOU GUYS COME 
          BACK FOR BUDGET SESSION CONVERSATIONS. >> GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. >> SUKH KAUR: ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE THANK 
          YOU. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE 
          RODRIGUEZ. >>  MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. 
          JUST THANK YOU ALL -- O OO. I POPPED UP ON MY OWN SCREEN. I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YA'LL FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AMBASSADORS I THINK E.R. YEAR SO FAR, AND IT'S BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER PROGRAM THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT? CAFE COLLEGE. I ACTUALLY -- WHEN I WAS IN CITY YEAR, WE WOULD GO OVER THERE EVERY SO OFTEN, SO GREAT PROG PROGRAMS, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK, THANK YOU FOR AGENDIZING THIS, AND WE CAN RECEIVE U UPDATES I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON AND KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE. 
          I WOULD LIKE FOR ALL THE PROGRAMS WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY, IF WE COULD HAVE ANY DATA D DISAGGREGATED BY DEMOGRAPHIC IN TERMS OF I GUESS EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC YOU COLLECT AND ALSO COUNCIL DISTRICTS IF POSSIBLE, I WOULD LOVE TO -- I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT DISTRICT 2 PARTICIPATION LOOKS LIKE AND OTHER COUNCI COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE THAT INFORMATION FOR THEMSELVES. 
          THANK YOU. >> GALVAN: COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. 
          >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, CHAIR, DR. CAR'S COMMENT HAD ME TH THINKING OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING THE INCUMBENT WORKER PROGRAM, AND WHERE'S THEIR OPPORTUNITY FOR READY TO WORK TO SUPPORT A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE AMBASSADO PROGRAM BECAUSE IT IS ON-THE-JO TRAINING AND WORK FORCE EXPERIENCE. WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF I'MS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT ON FULL TIME. WHEN I PARTICIPATED, I WAS OFFERED A POSITION AT THE SAME TIME; RIGHT? SO I THINK THERE'S VALUE IN PARTNERING WITH READY TO WORK IN THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM TO GROW THE PROGRAM IF THERE'S A DEMAND. THANK YOU. CHAIR. 
          >> GALVAN: THANK YOU, ALL SO MUCH. A LOT OF THE SAME QUESTIONS YA'LL HAD ARE THINGS ON MY MIND. PARTICULARLY, THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE COUNCIL QUESTION FOR BOTH PROGRAMS BUT CAFE COLLEGE. I KNOW IN OUR BOARD R RETREAT I TRIED TO GIVE A SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT WE'D BE ASKING HERE, AND I HOPE THAT WAS HELPFUL. 
          AND I THINK WE HEARD A LOT OF SIMILAR STUFF ASKING ABOUT WHAT ZIP CODES FOLKS ARE COMING FROM. OVERALL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HISTORY, HOW MANY GRADUATED, AND WHAT KIND OF DEGREES, HOW MANY RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS VERSUS COUNCILLING OR BOTH. 
          AND THEN HOW MANY ARE RECEIVING FROM OTHER PROGRAMS, JOHN SIGHT. 
          EDUCATIONAL INSTI INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT, WHETHER FROM COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, OR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. ONE QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS TODAY OR NOT, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALSO WHAT WAS IT LIKE BEFORE WHEN CAFE COLLEGE WAS FIRST COMING 
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AROUND, HOW MANY ISD AND/OR UNIVERSITIES OR COLLEGES HAD MORE ROBUST STUDENT SUPPORT OR COLLEGE ADVISING PRO PROGRAMS, AND THEN WHAT'S SHIFTED SINCE THEN, THAT WOULD BE HE HELPFUL TOO TO UNDERSTAND THE NEXT STEPS FOR SAEP'S ROLE OVERALL IN THE COMM COMMUNITY. EVEN JUST HOW MANY RELIANT ON CAFE COLLEGE AS WELL, WHETHER IT'S STILL REQUIRING A PARTICULAR USE VERSUS HAVING THEIR OWN AND PARTNERING, WHETHER YOU HAVE IT ENCAPSULATED 
          TODAY. >> I CAN SPEAK TO IT A LITTLE BIT. 
          I WAS -- I'VE BEEN THERE GOING ON FOUR YEARS NOW, BUT IN THE ROLES THAT I'VE HAD IN MY PAST, IN FACT, WE  WITH CAFE COLLEGE OPENING, I WAS THE DIRECTOR OF GEAR UP FOR SAISD AT THE TIME CAFE COLLEGE WAS OPENING, SO I'M FAMILIAR OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND AROUND COLLEGE-GOING, COLL COLLEGE-ADVISING, AND READINESS AT THAT TIME, AND ACTUALLY, THAT WAS ABOUT THE TIME WHEN IT WAS BECOMING KIND OF POPULAR ACROSS -- YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY THE ST STATE, BUT THE COUNTRY THAT THERE WAS AN EMPHASIS ON COLLEGE FOR ALL AND GOING TO COL COLLEGE. HOWEVER, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS DIDN'T HAVE THOSE DESIGNATED POSITIONS, AND THE TYPES OF SUPPORTS, UNLESS THEY HAD, LIKE, A GEAR-UP GRANT THAT WAS FEDERALLY FUNDED, AND SO OVER TIME WE HAVE SEEN A SHIFT THAT NOW SOME BUT NOT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE DEDICATED PEOPLE AT THEIR SCHOOLS, AT THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON DOING ADV ADVISING, BUT THEY'RE USUALLY VERY LARGE CASE LOADS, AND I THINK IT DEPENDS -- THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, VERY FEW OF THEM ACTUALLY HAVE DISTRICT-PAID STAFF DOING THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT THERE IS KIND OF AN EVOLUTION, AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT TO BRING UP WHERE WE ARE NOW IN LIGHT OF THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE, AND I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE MORE DATA TO 
          YOU. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS, AND THIS COULD BE LATER ON, I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF COUNSELOR'S CORE, THE COSTS THAT COME WITH ATTENDING, THE STUDENTS MAY NEED SUPPORT, CHILD CARE, UTILITY HOUSING, FOOD, MEDICAL WONDERING WHO USES IT, WHETHER THROUGH SCHOLARSHIP OR ELSEWHERE AND WHERE THOSE SERVICES ARE COMING FROM, I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE ANY OVERLAP, EXTERNAL FROM THE SCHOLARSHIP, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, FOOD ASSISTANCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WHAT IS THE HOLISTIC 
          SERVICE WE'RE PROVIDING. >> WE DON'T PROVIDE WR WRAP-AROUND SERVICES, BUT THAT'S OUR PLACES TO CONNECT THEM TO OTHER R RESOURCES, SO WE DON'T TRACK THE OTHER NEEDS THEY HAVE, BUT WE P PROACTIVELY PUT OUT, YOU KNOW, OFFERING WHETHER THEY CAN CONNECT TO, SHOULD THEY NEED THE TYPES OF SERVICES, WE DO HAVE A SMALL EMERGENCY AID FUND THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR SCHOLARS, AND THOSE ARE FUNDS WE RAISE OUTSIDE. 
          >> AND TO COUNCI COUNCILMEMBER'S CAST CASTILLO, UNDERSTANDING HOW TO WORK TOO, IF THERE'S OVERLAP, READY TO WORK, USING CAFE COLLEGE, AND WHICHEVER MODEL, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          >> YEAH. BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE RESOURCES WE MAKE AVAILABLE TO OUR CLIENTS AT CAFE COLLEGE, AND AS I SAID, WE HAD ABOUT 5 50/50 SPLIT OF ADULTS THAT COME INTO CAFE COLLEGE, SO WE'RE ALWAYS READY TO SHARE THE OPPORTUNITIES WITH READY TO WORK, AND I WILL SAY 
          A LOT OF THEM DO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. >> GALVAN: GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. THE LAST THING I WANTED TO ADD, SAEP, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF DATA BR BREAKDOWN AS WELL ALL THE DEMOGRAPHICS LISTED OUT BUT BETWEEN TRADITIONAL OR N NONTRADITIONAL, WHETHER THAT'S -- IF THERE'S ANY DIFFERENCES THERE. 
          >> RIGHT. SO TRADITIONAL MEAN MEANING -- MODEL ONE, HIGH SCHOOL, STRAIGHT I IN, AND THEN CAFE COLLEGE. 
          THAT'S WHERE I WOULD SAY THAT WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOL DIRECT TO COLLEGE, BUT WE ARE SEEING IN SOME YEARS WE HAVE OVER 50% ARE THE NONTRADITIONAL, WHICH KIND OF ACTUALLY BECOME THE CASES IN SOME OF THE INSTITU INSTITUTIONS; RIGHT? BUT I CAN GIVE YOU A 
          BREAKDOWN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. LAST COUPLE OF THINGS, 
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AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, ONE I WANT TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO'S REQUEST, EVEN OUTSIDE OF THAT CONVERSATION IN THE TCR, COUNCILMEMBER MEZA GONZALEZ AND I SPOKE ABOUT THE INVOLVEMENT OF SAN ANTONIO YOUTH JOB PROGRAMS AND GETTING THEM INTO CAREER EXPLORATION PROGRAMS AND HELPING SOME OF OUR -- DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITIES GET THAT OPPORTUNITY, AND ONE OF THE BIG ONES, I REMEMBER AS WELL, WAS SANO, THEY WERE A PARTICIPATE, SO WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE AS A MODEL AS WELL WITH A PROGRAM LIKE TH THIS, NOT JUST A RETURN, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT RE-ENVISIONING WHAT WE COULD DO TO SUPPORT YOUTH AT ALL LEVELS, NOT ALWAYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO IMMEDIATELY, WHO MAY NEED SUPPORT TO GET THERE, ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THEMSELVES, IS THAT STABILITY PROVIDES THROUGHOUT WORK AS A STUDENT TO BE ABLE TO WORK AND GET THE EXPERIENCE, WORK AND DO THE RESEARCH, DO THE SCHOOLING YOU NEED TO DO ALL WITHIN ONE VERSUS IT BEING SEPARATE BECAUSE HAPPENING TO PAY BILLS ALL OF THAT. 
          BEING HELPFUL. SO ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, I'D BE HAPPY TO SEE, THAT WHATEVER WAYS TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM I'D BE INTERESTED OF COURSE UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL POSITION IS THE CONVERSATION BUT EVEN BREAKING DOWN, RIGHT, WHAT WOULD IT MEAN, HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT ALL 1,000 APPLICANTS OR EVEN THE 300 THAT EMPLOYEES ARE ASKING FOR, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL OVERALL TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE WE COULD GO FROM HERE, WHETHER WITH THE PILOT PROGRAM OR BEYOND. I THINK THOSE ARE ALL OF MY THINGS FOR THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. OF COURSE INTERESTED IN THE SURVEY AS WELL. 
          UNDERSTANDING WHERE FO FOLKS ARE AT. THEY'RE STILL HERE. 
          WHAT ARE REASONS THEY'RE NOT HERE. JOB OPPORTUNITY SOMEWHERE ELSE, HOUSING COST, SOMEWHERE ELSE, I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS IT GOES ON. AND A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM AMBASSADOR TAKING PICTURES, SO IF YOU SEE HER, SHE'S INCREDIBLE, REMEMBER THE TEAM, A FRIEND OF MINE I WASN'T ABLE TO MEET AT SCHOOL AS WELL. BUT ABLE TO MEET AT THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND WORKING SIDE BY SIDE FOR D5. ANY LAST COMMENTS? 
          YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA. >> MUNGIA: I WANT TO ECHO THE POINTS ABOUT WORKING WITH OPPORTUNITY YOUTH, AND THAT'S A IMPORTANT THING ESPECIALLY WITH OPPORTUNITY YOUTH IN HIGH SC SCHOOLS; RIGHT?  BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IDLE HANDS AND WHA THAT MEANS OVER THE SUMMERTIME, AND I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO GET A PAID INTERNSHIP WHEN YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, AND MY HIGH SCHOOL, I REQUIRED 120 HOURS OF INTERNSHIP TO GRADUATE, AND IT WAS NOT PAID. 
          SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO EXPAND TO THAT AND WORKING WITH MUNICIPAL COURT, OF COURSE A GREAT PARTNER THERE. 
          AND IT GETS, YOU KNOW, FILTERED INTO OPPORTUNITIES IS HEL HELPFUL. SO I WANT TO ECHO SUPPORT FOR THAT. 
          >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING TO ITEM 4. 
          AND THEN 5 AND 6 BACK-TO-BACK. THE AL ALAMO COLLEGE 
          PROMISE PROGRAM. >> OKAY. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR GALVAN. 
          YOUR SHIRT IS FABULOUS. THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING ALAMOPROMISE AND ALL OF THE 
          PROMISES HERE. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A SHIRT I CAN WEAR ON A 
          COMMITTEE. >> YEAH. IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS O ONE, WE WILL PROVIDE FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT. THANK YOU COUNCI COUNCILMEMBERS AND GUESTS. I'M STEPHANIE AND I SERVE AS THE OFFICER FOR ALAMOPROMISE, SO I'LL BE PROVIDING TO YOU ALL THIS MORNING A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE PROMISE PROGRAM AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE ALAMO COLLEGE IS DOING WITH THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS HAPPENING IN OUR REGION FOR EDUCATIONAL ATT ATTAINMENT. SO AT THE ALAMO COLL COLLEGES, OUR WORK IS DRIVEN BY OUR MOONSHOT, AND THAT IS TO PARTNER TO END POVERTY THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING, THAT HAS BEEN LOUDED SINCE 2019, SINCE MIKE FLORES TOOK OFFICE, AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS ENSURING THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH PARTNERS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM TO ENSURE WE'RE PROVIDING HIGHER EDUCATION ACCESS AND COMPLETION EFFORTS TO ENSURE WE HAVE THRIVING COMMUNITIES IN OUR E JOHN. 
          AND THE ALAMOPROMISE IS ONE OF OUR KEY EFFORTS TO CARRY OUT THAT MOONSHOT. SO ALAMOPROMISE IS OUR TUITION FREE COLLEGE INITIATIVE AT THE ALAMO COLLEGES DISTRICT, AND WE HAVE WORKED SINCE 2019 TO PROVIDE EVERY GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR IN BEXAR COUNTY THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND COLLEGE WITHOUT FINANCIAL BARRIERS, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL A VIDEO THAT ARTICULATES AND EXPLAINS SOME OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF OUR PROGRAM. > 
          >> IN 2019 FEWER THAN HALF OF LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES PURSUED COLLEGE, 
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WITH TUITION AND RELATED EXPENSES BEING ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS IN A CITY WITH ONE OF THE HIGHEST POVERTY RATES IN THE NATION, HIGHER EDUCATION IS KEY TO CREATING A STRONGER. ALAMO PARTNERED WITH THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD A COLLEGE GOING MOONSHOT OF PARTNERING TO END POVERTY IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          ALAMOPROMISE WAS THE FIRST STEP. NOW, IMAGINE A COMMUNITY WHERE STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE DEBT FREE. WITH THE ALAMOPROMISE PROGRAM, THAT DREAM CAN BECOME A REALITY FOR GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS IN BEXAR COUNTY. IT'S OUR WAY OF ENSURING EVERY ELIGIBLE STUDENT HAS ACCESS TO TUITION AT A COLLEGE IN THE AREA. IF YOU'RE A GRADUATING COLLEGE SENIOR FROM BEXAR COUNTY, ALAMO COLLEGE COVERS THE COST OF TUITION OF FEES THROUGH A SCHOLARSHIP, MAKING SURE FEES ARE COV COVERED. 
          IT SUPPORTS STUDENTS FOR UP TO THREE YEARS OR UNTIL THEY COMPLETE AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE OR ACADEMIC CERTIFICATE, AND THE BEST PART, THERE ARE NO FAMILY INCOME OR GRADUATING GPA OR CLASS RANK REQUIREMENTS, EVERY ELIGIBLE GRADUATING SENIOR CAN QUALIFY, IT'S THAT SIMPLE. BUT ALAMOPROMISES MORE THAN TUITION, IT'S A PROMISE OF SUPPORT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY TOWARDS SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM AND BEYOND. 
          SINCE LAUNCHING IN 2019, ALAMOPROMISE HAS GROWN TO SERVE STUDENTS COUNTY WIDE INCLUDING 73 + HIGH SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS PUBLIC, PRI PRIVATE, CHARTER, AND HOME SCHOOLS, AND WITH MORE THAN 23,000 SCHOOL LARS ENROLLED SO FAR, IT'S OPENING DOORS TO BRIGHTER FUTURES EVERY DAY. THE ALAMO DISTRICT IS ACHIEVING THE MOONSHOT OF ACHAENDING POVERTY BY MAKING COLLEGE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE, WE'RE CREATING PATHWAYS TO CAREERS AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. TOGETHER OPENING DOORS TO OPPORTUNITY, YOUR SUPPORT MAKES THIS PROMISE POSSIBLE, EMPOWERING STUDENTS STRE STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY AND TRANSFORMING LIVES JOIN US IN FULFILLING THE PRO PROMISE. 
          >> SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT PROMISE PROGRAMS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AT OTHER, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT ALAMOPROMISE IS A PROMISE PROGRAM DELIVERED IN LINE WITH THE MISSION, VISION AND VALUES OF THE ALAMO COLL COLLEGES, SO WE'RE AN OPEN ACCESS INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION, AND OUR PROMISE PROGRAM FALLS IN LINE WITH THAT, WE DON'T REQUIRE INCOME LEVELS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PRO PROGRAM, HIGH SCHOOL RANK OR GPA BECAUSE WE WANT TO MEET STUDENTS WHERE THEY WERE AND PROVIDE AN OPEN ACCESS PA PATHWAY FOR HIGHER ED AT ANY ONE OF THE FIVE COLLEGES, AND SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE WE LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM MOST RECENTLY IN 2025, THERE HAVE BEEN BIG THINGS HAPPENING AT ALAMO COLLEGES THAT COINCIDE WITH THE EFFORTS OF ALAMOPROMISE PROGRAM. SO THIS PAST YEAR, ALAMO COLLEGES EXPERIENCED A RECORD ENROLLMENT OF 89,000 + STUDENTS SERVED ACROSS OUR SERVICE AREA, AND WE HAD A FRESHMAN ENROLLMENT OF 16,000 STUDENTS OF WHICH ABOUT HALF OF THOSE CONSISTED OF ALAMOPROMISE SCHOLARS, SO THIS YEAR, WE HAD A RECORD ENROLLMENT OF ALAMOPROMISE SCHOLARS, 14,000 STUDENTS NEW AND CONTINUING, BUT 7800 OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE BRAND NEW FRESHMEN ENTERING ONE OF OUR FIVE COLLEGES AS ALAMOPROMISE SCHOLARS. SO EVERY YEAR, WE RECEIVE A LARGER INCOMING FRESHMAN CLASS, AND THAT IS TESTAMENT TO THE WORK OF THE PROMISE PROGRAM AND ENSURING THAT STUDENTS CAN RECEIVE TUITION FREE COLLEGE. NOW SINCE THE PROGRAM HAS LAUNCHED OVER SIX YEARS OF ENROLLMENT, WE HAVE SERVED OVER 30,000 ALAMOPROMISE STUDENTS, AND WE REALLY THINK THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A KEY DRIVER IN METRICS ALONG GRADUATION, AND SO FAR WE'VE HAD NEARLY 4,000 STUDENTS MEET THAT MILESTONE, AND EVERY SEMESTER, THAT CONTINUES TO GROW, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO CONTINUE TO MONITOR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE UP PARTNERSHIP, SAN ANTONIO PARTNERSHIP AND OTHERS, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES THAT WILL BE DRIVING THE NEEDLE FOR THE CONTINUUM OF COLLEGE GROWING CULTURE IN OUR AREA. SO WE'VE SEEN THE RECENT DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD A 7.4% INCREASE IN COLLEGE GOING RATES, TO 56% COLLEGE GOING IN 2023. AND SO WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY COLLEGE ACCESS AND COMPLETION EFFORTS HAPPENING AT THE ALAMO COLLEGES, AT UT SAN ANTONIO, AT A&M SAN ANTONIO, DRIVERS LIKE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP, MANY OTHERS, THOSE ARE THE KEY DRIVERS IN CONTINUING TO SEE THAT METRIC RISE. 
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NOW, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THE COUNTY, BUT WE ALSO LOOK AT OTHER LARGE MARKETS, SO THE ALAMO COLLEGE PARTICIPATES IN AN EXERCISE FOR ACTIVITIES, NATIONAL RECOGNITION, ALWAYS LOOKING AT DATA; RIGHT?  BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PULLED FROM THAT PROCESS IS DURING THE ALAMOPROMISE ROLLOUT, WE REVIEWED THE DATA POINTS WE SAW THAT BEXAR COUNTY HAS EXPERIENCED A GREATEST MARGINAL INCREASE IN COLLEGE GOING RATES, SO THERE'S A TABLE THERE THAT HAS GRANULAR INFORMATION BUT WE ARE MONITORING AND BENC BENCHMARKING, HOW ARE WE DOING AS A CITY, AS A COU COUNTY, AND AS A COLLEGE SYSTEM COMPARED TO AREAS LIKE DALLAS, HOUSTON, AUS AUSTIN, SO ON, AND WE'RE LEADING THE EFFORTS THERE. 
          WE ALSO LOOK AT, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TERMS OF POVERTY RATES. 
          SO WE TALKED ABOUT MOONSHOT IN THE BEGINNING BEING A DRIVER TO END POVERTY THROUGH EDUCATION, WE'RE S SEEING THAT COINCIDING WITH THOSE ACCESS AND SUCCESS EFFORTS INCLUDING THE LAUNCH OF PROMISES IN SAN ANTONIO, THE NUMBER OF ADULTS LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL HAS DECREASED SINCE 2018, AND BEXAR COUNTY HAS EXPERIENCED THE GREATEST CHANGE IN POVERTY DECLINE COMPARED TO THE STATE AND NATION WHEN WE LOOK AT BENCHMARK DATA. SO THIS IS WHAT WE LOOK AT IN TERMS OF SEEING HOW ACCESS AND TUITION FREE COLLEGE BE A DRIVER FOR EDUCATIONAL ATTA ATTAINMENT, BE DRIVER FOR ATTRACTING WORKFORCE AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS HERE IN THE CITY, SO WE'RE ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE, BUT A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE. 
          SO WE ALSO REVIEW THE INV INVESTMENTS THAT ARE SUP SUPPORTING ALAMOPROMISE, SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT, SPECIFICALLY FOR SCHOLARS COMING IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR. 
          SO WE HAVE 5 MILLION SET ASIDE FROM THE INSTITUTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS, WE'RE FORTUNATE GNAT AND THANKFUL TO HAVE 4.6 MILLION FROM THE CITY AND CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP THROUGH OUR LOCAL AGREEMENTS. 
          WE HAVE FUNDS ALSO SET ASIDE AT THE ALAMO COLLEGE'S FOUNDATION, AND THEN WE HAVE A SHARE OF ABOUT 24 MILLION THAT WE ANTICIPATE STUDENTS RECEIVING FROM FINANCIAL AID SINCE WE DO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS UTILIZE FINANCIAL AID FUNDS AND THEN REMAINING NEEDS TO COVER TUITION AND FEES ARE COVERED BY THE SCHOLARSHIP PORTIONS. 
          WE'VE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK IN TERMS OF WHAT IMPACT IS BEING MA MADE. WE RECONDUCTED AN IMPACT REPORT CONDUCTED BY A CHIEF ECONOMIST HERE, AT ST. ST. MARE'S UNIVERSITY, BUT ONE OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS I'LL HIGHLIGHT HERE FOR EVERY DOLLAR IN THE ALAMOPROMISE, WE RECEIVE ABOUT $4.22 IN ADDITIONAL LEVERAGE FUNDING FROM OTHER SOURCES. 
          SO WHEN WE INVEST FUNDS IN ALAMOPROMISE, THERE ARE RETURNS FOR OUR STUDENTS IN ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION. NOW, IN ADDITION TO ALAMOPROMISE, THE ALAMO COLLEGES IS A LARGE SYSTEM. WE TALK ABOUT NEARLY 90,000 STUDENTS BEING SERVE. ALAMOPROMISE IS A KEY MAIN STAIN TO ENSURE THEY HAVE THAT ENTRY SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE CONCERNED WITH FINANCIAL BARRIERS, TUITION AND FEES BUT ALSO ALAMO BO BOOKS PLUS TO ENSURE CONSTITUTES HAVE INSTR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CHORD AND THEY DON'T HAVE  TO INCUR COST FOR THOSE ITEMS. ALAMO ADVISE TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS RECEIVE SUPPORT FOR RECRUITMENT, JOHN BOARDING, AND ACADEMIC ADVISER TO ENSURE THEY PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLETION OR TRANSFER TO ENTERING THE CAREER WORKFORCE, AND THEN ALAMO ADVOCACY, WHICH IS THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO WRAP AROUND SERVICES, INCLUDING CAREER SERVICES, CLOSED PANTRY, AND WE PARTNER WITH A FOOD BANK, VIA, AND OTH OTHERS, TO ENSURE THE NEEDS THE STUDENTS HAVE OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM ARE ACROSSED, AND SO ALAMOPROMISE SCHOLARS HAVE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THESE SERVICES IN MANY CASES, EAR MARCKED SPECIAL FUNDS OR SERVICES FOR SCHOLARS, BUT THIS IS THE GAMBIT OF SUPPORT THAT ALAMO COLLEGE AS A SYSTEM IS MAKING SURE WE PROVIDE ACROSS COLLEGES AND SERVICE AREA. SO I'D LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH ONE OF OUR KEY AND REALLY STELLAR ALAMOPROMISE STUDENTS, ABRAM, HE IS AN ALAMOPROMISE SCHOLAR AND ST. PH GRADUATE. HE WAS OUR INAUGURAL PROMISE SCHOLAR OF THE YEAR WE HIGHLIGHTED AT OUR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER LAST YEAR, HE COMES BACK AND TALKS WITH STUDENTS AND SERVES IN THE MENTOR CAPACITY, BUT HE IS A PHENOMENAL YOUNG MAN, HE TOOK TOO MANY HOURS AS AN ENGINEER AND ACED THEM ALL. ENGINEERING MAJOR, ACED ALL. 
          DID INTERNSHIPS WITH CPS, AND EPITOMIZES WHAT A STUDENT CAN DO WHEN YOU PROVIDE THEM THE ACCESS AND RESOURCES AND HE MAXIMIZED IT. 
          SO ABRAM, I'LL SHARE THIS WITH YOU ALL. BUT HE SHARES ABOUT HOW ALAMOPROMISE WAS A TOUCHING POINT IN HIS JOURNEY, IF IT WASN'T FOR THE SPORT HE 
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RECEIVE HE WOULDN'T BE IN THE POSITION. AND SO RECENTLY I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO FACILITATE A CONVERSATION WITH SCHOLARS AND ABRAM, AND HE SHARED HOW THE ALAMOPROMISE WAS HIS WAY TO HIGHER EDUCATION, AND HE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT'S HIS WAY TO A DIFFERENT LIFE, AND HE'S HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH HIS FAMILY MEMBERS AND SIBLINGS, AND LITTLE COU COUSINS, THEY CAN DO IT TOO, AND THEY'RE BRINGING STUDENTS, NOT ONLY COLL COLLEAGUES BUT OTHER STUDENTS, HE'S BRINGING HIS FAMILY AND GENERATION ALONG THE WAY. SO ALL THE DATAPOINTS WE TALKED ABOUT, WE HAVE STUDENTS LIKE ABRAM, 30,000 STUDENTS TO DATE SERVE AS ALAMOPROMISE SCHOLARS, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE IN THAT EFFORT MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM. 
          THANK YOU. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE'LL GO INTO NEXT WE'LL GO INTO UT SAN ANTONIO'S BOLD PROMISE PROGRAM. 
          >> I'M GOING TO SET A TIMER SO I DON'T TALK TOO LONG. GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M ERIK COOPER, WITH UT SAN ANTONIO. AND I'M A HAPPY DISTRICT 1 RESIDENT. SO I WANT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE ABOUT ABOUT THE BOLD PROMISE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AT UT 16. WHEN YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT A PROM LIKE THIS, YOU TAKE IT BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A GOOD PROGRAM TO TALK ABOUT. WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THE BOLD PROMISE PROGRAM. 
          AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE WHY. ALL OF THE PRESENTERS TODAY ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT ACCESS. WE ALL BELIEVE IN ACCESS FOR EDUCATION. 
          AND THIS IS OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS. IT DOES COVER OUR TUITION AND FEES MANDATORY FOR UP TO EIGHT SEMESTERS, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS JUST A LITTLE BIT UNDER 12,000 FOR A SMALL-SPRING YEAR. -- FALL-SPRING YEAR. 
          WE LAUNCHED THIS PROGRAM IN FALL OF 2020 AND WE DO -- WE DO HAVE CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY. WHEN WE LAUNCHED THIS IN 2020, FAMILY INCOME WE WERE LOOKING AT 50,000 OR LESS. LUCKILY THROUGH FUNDING THROUGH THE UT SYSTEM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND THAT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE UT SYSTEM HAS GIVEN US ADDITIONAL FUNDS, AND IN FALL 2022 WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THAT TO FAMILIES WITH THE 70,000 OR LESS AGI, AND THEN THIS FALL WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS LAST FALL 2025, 100,000 OR LESS. THOSE -- THAT REALLY HAS COME FROM A COMMITMENT FROM THE UT SYSTEM, AND FROM UT SAN ANTONIO WITH OUR INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS. 
          OUR FUNDS CAN COME FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES, INCLUDING FEDERAL, STATE, INSTITUTIONAL AND THE UT SYSTEM. CURRENTLY WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 5500 ENROLLED STUDENTS THROUGH THE BOLD PROMISE PROGRAM. 
          WE'VE OFFERED THAT TO OVER 25,000 STUDENTS. AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'VE OFFERED SINCE FALL '21 THROUGH FALL '26 SO FAR AND HOW MANY HAVE ENROLLED. 
          AND WE'RE SEEING REALLY GOOD INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENT ENROLLING IN BOLD PROMISE. HERE ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAM OUTCOMES THAT WE HAVE. 
          68% OF OUR BOLD PROMISE STUDENTS ARE FIRST GENERATION. 
          THE BOLD PROMISE STUDENTS YOU CAN SEE RETAIN AT ABOUT FIVE PERCENT HIGHER THAN THOSE STUDENTS WHO DO NOT COME IN AS BOLD PROMISE STUDENTS. 
          WE HAVE A SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE OVER FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION THROUGH BOLD PROMISE. AND OUR GPA AVERAGE IS HIGHER FOR THOSE STUDENTS AS WELL. AND HERE'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD ABOUT, BOLD PROMISE STUDENTS ARE ABOUT $1,400 LESS ANNUALLY THAN OUR NON-BOLD PROMISE STUDENTS. U.S. 2017 ALREADY HAS A REALLY LOW LOAN INDEBTEDNESS UPON GRADUATION. IT'S MUCH LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN THE COUNTRY AND THE FACT THAT WE CAN OFFER THIS TO DECREASE THAT FOR BOLD PROMISE STUDENTS IS EVEN BETTER. WE ALSO HAVE -- WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS, THE BOLD SCHOLARS PROGRAM. SO OF COURSE IF YOU'RE DOING BOLD PROMISE AND LIVING CLOSE TO UT SAN ANTONIO, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO GO, STAY AT HOME AND HAVE A VERY AFFORDABLE EDUCATION, RIGHT? WHAT IF YOU WANT TO STAY ON CAMPUS AND THAT FULL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? WE HAVE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT LIVING ON CAMPUS AND HAVING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE CAME UP WITH THE BOLD SCHOLARS PROGRAM THAT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR HONORS PROGRAM AS WELL. IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS LIVING ON CAMPUS, THERE FOR FIRST YEAR, LOOKS 
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AT CAREER ENGAGED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, ACADEMIC SUCCESS SUPPORT, WHICH IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT UT SAN ANTONIO HAS REALLY BEEN PUSHING AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE RECORDS FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS, AND PEER MENTORSHIP. 
          AND THE BOLD SCHOLARS PROGRAM STUDENTS ARE PERSISTING AT AN EVEN HIGHER RATE THAN BOLD PROMISE PROGRAM. SORRY, WE HAVE A LOT OF BOLDS. REALLY? [LAUGHTER]. 
          COLLEGE ACCESS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE SAID, ALL OF THE PRESENTERS ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE SOME INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF. 
          OF COURSE, PARTNERING WITH CAFE COLLEGE AND SAEP AND OUR WESTSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER. WE ARE GOING OUT AND TRYING TO EDUCATE BEXAR COUNTY MORE ON FAFSA, FINANCIAL AID, FAFSA COMPLETION EARLIER TO MEET STATE DEADLINES, FEDERAL DEADLINES AND INSTITUTIONAL DEADLINES. AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN OUR MOBILE GO CENTER THAT WE HAVE. IT'S LIKE A DRIVING BILLBOARD. BUT IT ACTUALLY HAS A PURPOSE TOO. 
          COMPUTERS ARE IN THERE, WE CAN GO AROUND AND DO THINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS CAN DO APPLICATIONS, APPLY WITH THE FAFSA AND HAVE ON-SITE HELP WITH THAT. WE HAVE DIRECTED PARTNERSHIPS WITH SAISD AND NISD AND THOSE ARE PROGRAMS AND ONE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS WITH SAISD RIGHT NOW. 
          WE ARE TALKING TO THEIR JUNIORS RIGHT NOW THAT YOU ARE ALREADY ADMITTED TO U.S. 
          SAN ANTONIO AND AS A -- UT SAN ANTONIO. AND AS A PILOT AND PARTNERSHIP, WE ARE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT HEY, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, WHICH MEANS YOU ARE PROBABLY ELIGIBLE FOR BOLD PROMISE. 
          SO WE ARE ALREADY TALKING TO THEM ABOUT TUITION AND FEES BEING TAKEN CARE OF AT UT SAN ANTONIO WHILE THEY'RE STILL JUNIORS. WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 
          THEN WE'LL TRACK YEAR OVER YEAR FAFSA RATES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS FILLING OUT THE FAFSA. BLESS YOU. 
          WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH RECRUITERS AND FINANCIAL AID OFFICERS AND OUR ONE-STOP TO ALWAYS HIT FAFSA COMPLETION AND OF COURSE GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT'S IT AND I MADE THE TIME. THANK YOU. 
          >> GALVAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH. LAST PRESENTATION ON THIS 
          TOPIC IS A&M SAN ANTONIO ON THE JAGUAR PROMISE PROGRAM. >> ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD MORNING. AND I'M GOING TO SET A TIMER AS WELL. 
          HAPPY ST. PADDY'S DAY. HOPEFULLY WE'RE GETTING OUT OF HERE EARLY AND WITH EVEN MORE LUCK MY BOSS IS GOING TO BUY ME LUNCH AFTER THIS, RIGHT, BRANDY? SHE MADE ME SPEAK, RIGHT? [LAUGHTER] WITH THAT SAID MY NAME IS VA NECESSARY, ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENT FOR ENROLLMENT MARKETING AND RECRUITMENT AT A&M SAN ANTONIO AND I'M ACCOMPANIED TODAY WITH OUR VICE-PRESIDENT FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROGRAM, I THINK WE HAVE A QUICK VIDEO TO TRY AND PULL UP HERE. 
          SO IT'S REALLY THAT EASY. THREE STEPS IT TAKES FOR STUDENTS TO APPLY TO THE INSTITUTION, SUBMIT THEIR TRANSCRIPTS AS YOU WOULD IF YOU'RE APPLYING ANYWAYS, AND THEN THE LAST STEP IS TO COMPLETE THE FAFSA AND THAT IS HOW YOU CAN INITIALLY BECOME QUALIFIED FOR THE JAGUAR PROMISE. WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS PROMISE PROGRAM FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE 
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MENTIONED ALREADY, THAT ACCESS, THAT PATHWAY TO HIGHER EDUCATION, IS SO CRUCIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE STARTED THE PROMISE PROGRAM BACK IN 2020 AS WELL CALLED THE ACHIEVER PROMISE, IF ANYBODY RECALLS OR MAY HAVE HEARD OF THAT. 
          AND THAT PROGRAM WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON ACHIEVERS, STUDENTS WHO WERE IN THE TOP 10% OR WHO WERE ABOUT TO COMPLETE AN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM. 
          WE DID NOT WANT TO LOSE THAT PIECE OF THE PROGRAM AND THAT PROMISE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO YOU SEE THE FIRST TWO CATEGORIES HERE ON WHO'S ELIGIBLE STILL KEEPS THAT INTACT. OUR TOP 10% IN THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. AND THE BENEFIT HERE IS THAT THERE IS NO AGI, THERE'S NO FAMILY INCOME REQUIREMENT. SO REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH THIS STUDENT OR THIS FAMILY EARNS, THEY QUALIFY FOR OUR PROGRAM, WHICH IS REALLY HUGE. ANOTHER HUGE THING ABOUT JAGUAR PROMISE IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ADD ON OUR TRANSFER STUDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE THAT COME TO US FROM ALAMO COLLEGES, AND OUR TOP 35 STUDENTS. SO STUDENTS WHO ARE MAYBE NOT QUITE IN THAT TOP 10%, EVEN JUST BARELY THERE, THEY COULD QUALIFY FOR OUR JAGUAR PROMISE PROGRAM AS WELL. AND YOU SEE HERE THERE IS A FAMILIAR AGI OF 70,000 FOR THOSE TWO POPULATIONS. BUT AS WE BELIEVE IT TO BE, TRANSFER STUDENTS ARE VERY KEY IN OUR STRATEGY FOR RECRUITMENT. SO STEPS AS I MENTIONED SUPER EASY. STUDENTS APPLY BY THE PRIORITY DEADLINE. 
          THERE IS A PRIORITY DEADLINE OF JANUARY 15 FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS. 
          FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS IT'S MARCH 15TH, SO THAT JUST PASSED. 
          AND AS LONG AS THEY SUBMIT THEIR TRANSCRIPTS AND THEY COMPLETE THE FAFSA REGARDLESS OF, AGAIN, THE AGI ON THOSE FIRST TWO COHORTS, THEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE JAGUAR PROMISE. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR STUDENT PROFILE. YOU WILL SEE HERE ABOUT HALF OUR STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM THE SAN ANTONIO METRO AREA. THIS IS HUGE IN A COUPLE OF REASONS. 
          ONE, IT'S OBVIOUSLY THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE, BUT THIS NUMBER HAS CHANGED. 
          OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE HAVE SEEN THIS NUMBER ACTUALLY REDUCE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE ARE SERVING FROM SAN ANTONIO AND INCREASE IN OTHER MARKETS THAT ARE COMING INTO SAN ANTONIO, MOVING HERE FOR MANY REASONS. 
          AS YOU ALL KNOW WHY THEY'RE MOVING TO SAN ANTONIO. YOU ALSO SEE HERE IN OUR FIRST YEAR STUDENT COHORT, ONE IN FIVE OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING THE JAGUAR PROMISE OPPORTUNITY, WHICH IS REALLY HUGE. A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR TRANSFER STUDENTS, BUT LOOK AT THE NUMBER FROM THE ALAMO COLLEGES. WHAT A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE ALAMO COLLEGES, AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE VERY STRONG AND DEEPENING EVERYDAY AS WE CONTINUE WORKING IN OUR PROMISE TO PROMISE WITH THEM. 
          BUT EIGHT% OF OUR STUDENTS THAT TRANSFER COME IN GETTING THE APPRECIATION, FEES, BOOKS -- FREE TUITION, FEES, BOOKS, OUR PROGRAM IS SO COMPREHENSIVE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE BOOKS, A # HUNDRED DOLLAR STIPEND EACH SEMESTER. 
          AND EIGHT PERCENT, THE REASON THAT'S LOW IS BECAUSE WE REQUIRE FULL-TIME ENROLLMENT FOR BOTH OUR TRANSFER AND FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS. 
          HOW ARE WE FUNDING THIS PROMISE PROGRAM? MANY OF THE SAME SOURCES THAT UTSA AND ALAMO COLLEGES ANNOUNCED, FEDERAL PELL, TEXAS GRANT, WE ALSO HAVE SET ASIDE AND SOME UNIVERSITY FUNDS IN OUR A&M SYSTEM FUNDS. 
          HOW DO WE KNOW THIS IS HAVING SUCCESSFUL? WE CAN SEE THE NUMBERS I MENTIONED, SINCE 2020 WE HAVE INCREASED OUR NEW STUDENT ENROLLMENT OVER 108%. MOREOVER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE RETENTION RATES HERE COMPARATIVELY -- THIS IS JUST OUR FALL '25 CLASS, BUT IT'S ALMOST 86% FOR OUR OVERALL RETENTION. IF YOU LOOK AT JAGUAR PROMISE AS A WHOLE IT'S 93. 
          IF YOU BREAK THAT DOWN EVEN MORE, 97% OF OUR TOP 10% STUDENTS ARE RETAINING AND 91 AND 90. WE NOTICE THIS FUNDING MODEL IS WORKING. 
          WE KNOW WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE AS MANY STUDENTS AS WE CAN AS WE HOPE TO CONTINUE SERVING EVEN MORE. I MENTIONED THE CHANGE IN DEMOGRAPHIC OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUR STUDENT THAT ARE ENROLLED POPULATION. IT IS REALLY EXCITING. 
          JAGUAR PROMISE HAS OPENED THE DOOR FOR US ACROSS THE STATE. 
          IT'S EVEN IN THE LOGO, RIGHT? THIS PROGRAM IS FOR ANYBODY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAS TEXAS RESIDENCY. WE HAPPEN TO RECRUIT A LOT ON THE SOUTHSIDE. WE HAVE VERY STRONG TIES AND THAT STILL IS OUR BACKYARD. 
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OUR FOCUS ON TRANSFER STUDENTS, THAT'S HOW WE BEGAN AS AN INSTITUTION. 
          WE WERE TRANSFER FOCUSED. THAT STILL REMAINS INTACT. YOU CAN SEE THAT COMMITMENT IN OUR PROMISE PROGRAM AS WELL. BUT WE ARE ALSO SEEING A LOT OF INTEREST FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, NORTHSIDE, SAN ANTONIO ISD. 
          OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AS WELL WE JUST ANNOUNCED -- DOUBLING OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAM. WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL BRING EVEN MORE FOLKS IN FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STATE. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE HERE FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES, OBVIOUSLY TO GET A DEGREE AND TO HOPEFULLY GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. MANY OF THE SAME STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVES, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM, BECAUSE I SEE MY TIME IS RUNNING OUT, BUT MANY OF THE SAME WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT WERE SHARED, WE HAVE A FOOD PANTRY AS WELL. THE MAIN THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT HERE IS WE HAVE A SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM CALLED JAGUAR JUMPSTART. THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. WE'RE GOING INTO OUR THIRD YEAR. THIS PROGRAM OFFERS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS A FREE OPPORTUNITY, IT'S A FOUR-WEEK PROGRAM OVER THE SUMMER, IN ORDER TO BOLSTER THEIR COLLEGE READINESS. SO IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEED A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA SUPPORT RIGHT BEFORE THEY BEGIN THEIR FIRST SEMESTER WITH US, THEY CAN APPLY FOR THE SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS STARTED BECAUSE WE HAD GRANT FUNDING. AS THE GRANT FUNDING AS YOU KNOW FEDERALLY THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES THERE. WE AS AN INSTITUTION ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WE SEE HOW WELL THESE STUDENTS COME TO US AFTER JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A REFRESHER OVER THE SUMMER. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE PARTNERSHIPS. I MENTIONED PROMISE TO PROMISE. 
          THIS IS A KEY PARTNERSHIP FOR US AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH RECRUITING TRANSFER STUDENTS. WE HAVE A HUGE TRANSFER POPULATION STILL TO THIS DAY AS A PART OF OUR ENROLLMENT. WE ALSO ARE REALLY PROUD OF THE ASPIRE NETWORK THAT WE FORMED SEVERAL YEARS AGO WITH OUR SEVEN ISD PARTNERSHIPS. 
          EVEN THOUGH SOUTHSIDE ISD ARE NOT OUR MAIN FOCAL POINT, THEY ARE STILL OUR BACKYARD AND OUR BREAD AND BUTTER IN TERMS OF WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO SEE THEMSELVES AT AN INSTITUTION, WHETHER IT'S THE ALAMO COLLEGES TO US OR WHETHER IT'S STRAIGHT TO US. WHATEVER MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR THEIR EDUCATIONAL FUTURE AND FOR THEIR FAMILY, WE WANT TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. 
          SO WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH OUR SEVEN ISD PARTNERS ON THE SOUTHSIDE. 
          ONE OF THE -- I WOULD SAY THE PROGRAMS WE CREATED, AND I'LL JUST TAKE A SHORT TIME TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. WE CREATED IT REALLY SO I COULD GO INTO THE SCHOOL AND SEE THE LITTLE KIDS BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO DO. 
          IT'S CALLED A CLASSROOM OF THE MONTH AND IT FOCUSES ON TEACHERS WHO ARE EXCELLING IN EXPLAINING AND TEACHING THEIR STUDENTS ABOUT COLLEGE-GOING CULTURE. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO WE GO INTO A CLASSROOM, WE HIGHLIGHT THE TEACHER, WE GIVE THEM A CHECK FOR $1,000, AND WE GIVE ALL OF THEIR STUDENTS A CERTIFICATE, SWAG, PARTY, ALL THAT STUFF. WE TAKE THE MASCOT, IT'S GREAT. SPONSORED IN CONJUNCTION WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANS. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND IT'S AN INCREDIBLE WAY TO MAKE THE CONNECTION WITH YOUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE BRANCHING OUT. 
          WE STARTED PASSPORT TO COLLEGE. WE'RE WORKING WITH 10 SCHOOL CLASSROOMS RIGHT NOW, SIMILARLY WITH ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. 
          AND WE HOPE TO BRING THEM TO CAMPUS IN MAY FOR THE CULMINATION OF THEIR FIRST YEAR WHERE THEY'VE BEEN DOING COLLEGE-GOING ACTIVITIES ONCE A MONTH WITH THEIR TEACHER. SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND MY BOSS WILL DEFINITELY NOT BUY ME LUNCH IF I FAIL TO MENTION THE LA FA MILL I CAN'T PARENT PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM, WE HAVE STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE ARE ABOUT TO GRADUATE ANOTHER CLASS TONIGHT. PARENTS FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FROM DIFFERENT ISDS THAT WE PARTNER WITH ARE ELIGIBLE TO COME TO OUR CAMPUS OR WE GO TO THEIRS FOR A SIX-WEEK CURRICULUM AND THEY LEARN ABOUT HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR STUDENT IN GOING TO COLLEGE. 
          THE LA FAMILIA PARENT PROGRAMS ARE INCREDIBLE. I INVITE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME TO SEE AND BE INSPIRED BY THESE PARENTS WHO GO THROUGH THIS CURRICULUM. THEY GRADUATE AND THEY AND AT TD OF THE CLASS EVEN THE PARENTS WANT TO ENROLL WITH US, WHICH IS EXCITING AND INSPIRATIONAL. 
          SO SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PARTNERSHIPS WE'RE DOING. AND MANY OF THE PARENTS ALSO LEARN ABOUT JAGUAR PROMISE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO IT'S REALLY IMPACTFUL. I BELIEVE THAT'S MY TIME, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> GALVAN: WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR THE PROMISE PRESENTATIONS. 
          I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR US TO GRASP WHAT THE HIGHER EDUCATION 
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INSTITUTIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE DOING TO HELP MAKE THAT ACCESS MORE POSSIBLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. ANYONE WANT TO START THE CONVERSATION? 
          COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO? >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK YOU, STEPHANIE, ERIK AND VANESSA FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. JUST REALLY VALUE THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO. AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHETHER IT'S READY TO WORK OR THE MASTER PROGRAM OR MANY OF THE PROMISE PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE BRIEFED ON TODAY, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS AND PARTICIPANTS HAVE -- WHETHER IT'S TRANSPORTATION, ACCESS TO FOOD AND SO MUCH MORE. I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR YOU ALL CONNECTING THOSE PIECES. I'M REMINDED WHEN I WAS VOLUNTEERING IN OUR DISTRICT AND THERE'S A STUDENT FROM TEXAS A&M SAN ANTONIO WHO IS IN THEIR WATER PROGRAM, SHE'S LIKE HEY, I'M A STUDENT AT A&M. GREAT TO MEET YOU. 
          AND I WAS LIKE HOW IS EVERYTHING GOING AT A&M SAN ANTONIO? SHE'S LIKE GETTING THERE IS DIFFICULT. THEY HAVE ONE VEHICLE WITHIN THEIR FAMILY. I BELIEVE AT THE TIME SHE WAS IN HER FIRST YEAR, SO THEY HAD TO WORKAROUND THE FAMILY'S SCHEDULE TO USE A CAR TO GET WAY OUT TO THE SOUTHSIDE. AND BECAUSE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE HAD VIA PRESENT TO COUNCIL, BECAUSE OF HER EXPERIENCE SHARING THAT WITH US, MY ASK IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO EXPAND TRANSPORTATION TO A&M AND THE SOUTHSIDE. 
          MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS GO TO UTSA, A&M AND TRANSPORTATION IS A HUGE ISSUE GETTING TO AND FROM THESE GREAT UNIVERSITIES. SO GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK YOU DO AND ALSO FOR THE ALAMOPROMISE AS WELL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN I'M TALKING TO PARENTS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT AND ALWAYS JUST CONNECT THEM TO YOU ALL. 
          SO JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT THE FOLKS IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SPACE ARE 
          DOING. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA. >> MUNGIA: THANK YOU. I'M SO PROUD TO HAVE WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS THE BEST HALF OF A&M IN MY DISTRICT BECAUSE I SHARE IT WITH COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN. AND THE GROWTH THAT A&M IS AMAZING. 
          IT'S PHENOMENAL. AND DR. OCHOA IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF GETTING PARTNERSHIPS THERE AND WORKING WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THAT'S BEEN A HUGE THING FOR ME IS HE IS THERE WITH SOUTHWEST, SOUTH SAN, IN MY DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR AND OF COURSE HARLANDALE. AND HE'S MAKING SURE IN THE WAY HE DESCRIBES IT IS THERE'S ENOUGH -- THERE'S A LARGE ENOUGH SANDBOX FOR ALL THE COLLEGES TO HAVE STUDENTS. HE DOESN'T -- I DON'T THINK ANYBODY VIEWS IT AS COMPETITION SO MUCH AS WHAT WORKS FOR STUDENTS AND WHAT PLACE. AND THE ALAMOPROMISE IS JUST A PHENOMENAL PROGRAM AND THERE ARE STILL PARENTS TO THIS DAY THAT DON'T KNOW IT EXISTS. 
          WHEN I TALK TO PARENTS I SAY IF YOUR KID IS A CERTAIN LEVEL THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT'S JUST AVAILABLE TO THEM STANDARD. AND PEOPLE ARE VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT. SO YEAH, EARLIER I TALKED ABOUT MY LITTLE SISTER, SHE'S TOP EFFECTIVE PERCENT OF HER CLASS AND I'M LIKE THERE ARE ALL THESE OPTIONS FOR YOU BY VIRTUE OF WHERE YOU ARE IN YOUR ACADEMICS. I JUST THINK IT'S PHENOMENAL AND WE'RE SLOWLY ELIMINATING THE EXCUSES FOR KIDS TO -- THE BARRIERS, RIGHT? THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN BARRIERS NOW TO ATTENDING POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION FOR ALL AGES BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT JUST YOUNG PEOPLE OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING HERE AND SHARING SOME 
          OF THE INFORMATION WITH US. THANK YOU. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN KAUR. >> KAUR: HAVE YOU GUYS -- THIS IS JUST FOR THE ALAMO COLLEGES. I KNOW ONCE A STUDENT IS NO LONGER A SENIOR, THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE. HAVE Y'ALL EXPLORED GROWING IT PAST FOLKS THAT MAY HAVE DONE -- LEFT OR TAKEN A SKIP YEAR, GAP YEAR AND WANTING TO COME BACK? IS THAT FUNDING JUST THE BARRIER OR WHAT'S THE 
          THOUGHT THERE? >> DEFINITELY THE RESOURCING IS A CONSIDERATION. 
          WE DO ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS FOR AN APPEAL PROCESS IN THE EVENT THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT REQUIRED THEM TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF. 
          WE REVIEW THOSE AND DO PROVIDE APPROVALS AND WE REVIEW THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THEM TO REENTER THE PROGRAM. IN TERMS OF THAT BEING PART OF THE PROGRAM STRUCTURE, THE RESOURCING PORTION IS DEFINITELY THE CONSIDERATION 
          WE NEED TO ADDRESS. >> KAUR: BECAUSE I WONDER, I WAS ASKING ABOUT AUDIO] AND THEY MENTIONED I'M NOT ELIGIBLE TO GO BACK BECAUSE I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET THE FUNDING. IN THOSE SITUATIONS YOU DO CONSIDER PROVIDING THAT FOR 
          THOSE KIDS. >> WE DO ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. 
          WE HAVE AN APPEAL PROCESS. WE REVIEW THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES AND WE CAN PROVIDE THEM A POINT OF ENTRY. SO IF THERE ARE ANY OF THOSE SCENARIOS, ALWAYS SEND THEM TO ALAMO. WE TRY TO WORK WITH STUDENTS TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE, BUT REALLY IT'S ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS AT THIS POINT. AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO WHEN WE DO RUN INTO STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THOSE SCENARIOS, WE ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE THEM CONNECTIONS TO OTHER 
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RESOURCES, WHETHER IT'S TO ALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION, ENTRY TO THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM OR OTHER VENUES WHERE THEY CAN STILL RECEIVE THE SCHOLARSHIP AND TUITION ASSISTANCE. EVEN IF IT'S NOT THE PROMISE PROGRAM, THEY CAN STILL 
          RECEIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT. >> KAUR: AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO READY TO WORK? 
          >> IT IS POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS TO ENTER IN THE COURSE IF THEY MEET THE 
          READY TO WORK REQUIREMENTS. >> KAUR: IF THEY GET INTO READY TO WORK THEY CAN STILL 
          GET PROMISE IF THEY'VE BEEN OUT FOR A FEW YEARS? >> THEY CAN GET THE TUITION 
          FUNDING. >> KAUR: BUT NOT THE WRAPAROUND FUNDING. 
          >> MANY OF THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO PROMISE SCHOLARS ARE ACTUALLY WHAT THE STUDENTS RECEIVE AS ALAMO COLLEGE STUDENTS OVERALL. THEY WOULD STILL HAVE ACCESS TO ALAMO BOOKS PLUS, THE ADVOCACY SERVICES AND IF ANYTHING IN PARTICULARLY WITH READY TO WORK THEY WOULD RECEIVE THE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES THAT COME WITH THAT PROGRAM AS WELL. IF THERE ARE EVER THOSE CERTAIN SCENARIOS WE ALWAYS TRY TO WORK WITH STUDENTS AND SEE WHAT ARE THE BEST OPTIONS AVAILABLE. 
          SO JUST SEND THEM OUR WAY AND WITH WE'LL ADDRESS THOSE CASES. 
          >> KAUR: IF THEY'RE GOING TO READY TO WORK THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH ONE OF THE 
          PATHWAYS FOR READY TO WORK. >> CORRECT, THEY NEED TO MEET THE PROGRAM 
          REQUIREMENTS. >> KAUR: OKAY. AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO ASK, COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ MENTIONED THIS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS -- I THINK THIS COUNCIL IS REALLY DATA ORIENTED. MIGHT BE IT'S JUST ME. 
          I'D LOVE TO SEE THE DATA FROM ALL OF THE PROGRAMS ABOUT LIKE WHO ARE THE ONES THAT ARE RECEIVING THESE SUPPORTS, WHICH SCHOOLS ARE THEY COMING FROM? WHICH DISTRICTS ARE THEY COMING FROM? WHERE ARE THEY -- WHERE IS THAT -- THE ACCESS POINTS TO THAT? SO WE COULD JUST SEE IF THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS IN MY DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ARE -- THAT HAVE MORE 
          AWARENESS, MORE ACCESS THAN OTHERS. >> WE COULD DEFINITELY PROVIDE A FOLLOW-UP. WE PROVIDED SOME EMBRYONICDOWNS OF COUNCIL DISTRICTS. DISTRICT 4, DISTRICT 5 AND DISTRICT 6 ARE CURRENTLY OR TOP FEEDERS, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE MORE DETAIL IN FUTURE PRESENTATIONS. 
          >> KAUR: THANK YOU. GREAT WORK ON ALL OF THE THINGS YOU DO FOR OUR 
          KIDDOS. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMITTEE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GREAT. GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE WESTSIDE IS REALLY JUMPING INTO ALAMOPROMISE. BUT YES, I ALSO AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER KAUR, DATA ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          FOR EACH OF THE PROMISE PROGRAMS. ONE LAST THING I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THAT IS ALSO ANY KIND OF OVERLAP. WITH AHFC THE COLLEGE AND PARTNERSHIP AND THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, AND EVEN OTHER DHS PROGRAMS LIKE NEXT LEVEL, TRAINING FOR JOB SUCCESS AND READY TO WORK AS WELL, I THINK ANY OVERLAP WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT IS OUT THERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WHO IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT AND ALSO WHO IS NOT. I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT MAYBE ARE NOT TAKING PART OF IT. AND UNDERSTANDING A LITTLE BIT MORE AS TO WHY, WHETHER IT'S JUST ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, WHETHER IT'S CAPACITY FOR INSTITUTIONS THEMSELVES, INCLUDING OUR OWN. ANY OTHER KIND OF FACTORS THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT. AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO ASK WAS -- DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANSWERED FULLY TODAY. HOW DO EACH OF THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES HERE TODAY WORK WITH SAPD IN THEIR LONG-TERM GOALS AND ANY STRATEGIES AND RESOURCES, GUIDANCE? I'LL LEAVE THAT THERE. 
          COOL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FULL LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT KIND OF HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMMING THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE CITY AND IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7 REALLY QUICK AND THERE'S A SHORT PRESENTATION JUST TO FRAME IT? BUT OVERALL I WANTED TO JUST SHARE OF COURSE NEXT MONTH WE'LL BE HAVING A CONVERSATION MORE SO ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMMING ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMMING HERE IN THE CITY. 
          SO UNDERSTANDING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THINGS THAT THIS COMMITTEE WANTS TO SEE FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET CONVERSATION, WHAT THINGS TO DIG INTO MORE, WHAT IT WILL ALSO TAKE, AND JUST TO BE ABLE TO GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US THE ANSWERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN PREPARATION FOR THIS BUDGET AND FOLLOWING ONES. YEAH. TAKE IT AWAY, ALEX. 
          >> SO IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF VERY QUICK SLIDES TO HELP MAYBE KICK OFF THE CONVERSATION. AND EVEN TODAY, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE MEETINGS THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS THIS, THE CONSISTENT THEME HAS BEEN WANTING TO UNDERSTAND MORE OF THE DATA, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU'RE SEEING THE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN SO MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS. AND THERE'S BEEN THE ADDITIONAL REQUEST TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO VISUALIZE THIS IN SOME WAY. AND I THINK SOME OF THE BRIEFINGS HAVE INCLUDED SOME PRETTY GOOD EITHER TABLES WITH SOME INFORMATION, SOME MAPS THAT SHOW SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE POPULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN REFERENCED. BUT THERE'S BEEN THIS REQUEST TO SHOW IT ORGANIZED IN SOME WAY IN A MORE MEANINGFUL WAY, AND WE'VE TAKEN SOME STEPS INTO DOING THIS, BUT I WANTED TO START OFF BY REALLY MAKING IT CLEAR THAT AT LEAST THIS 
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INITIAL STEP OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS REALLY FINDING A COORDINATED WAY TO VISUALIZE WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM, WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN, AND REALLY FOCUSING ON THE VOLUME. IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I'VE TAKEN A STATS CLASS, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT QUITE LOOKING AT SHOWING A COMPLETE OR ATTEMPTING TO SHOW ANY TYPE OF CORRELATION BETWEEN SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMMATIC VOLUMES, THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND WHERE THEY'RE PROMMING FROM THAT WE WOULD BE TRYING TO MAP OUT THROUGH THIS EXERCISE. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS WE'RE ORGANIZING SOME OF THIS DATA. AND THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES I'LL CALL IT. 
          SOME OF THE DATA YOU'VE SEEN --O TO THE NEXT SLIDE BECAUSE I'VE PULLED UP A COUPLE OF MAPS THAT YOU SAW DURING THE FIRST PRESENTATION WHERE WE MAPPED OUT KINDER READINESS AND THAT WAS BY DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE CAN GET THE DATA. 
          BUT THEN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH IS A DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHY, WHICH BOTH OF THESE ARE DIFFERENT FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT, WHICH IS OFTEN ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU -- WE LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THIS DATA AS WELL. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, THERE'S A COUPLE OF OPTIONS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT ALREADY OF HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY START ORGANIZING SOME OF THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN. 
          IF YOU CAN GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS WOULD BE FOR US TO GO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL MILESTONES. IF YOU REMEMBER THERE WAS I BELIEVE EIGHT DIFFERENT MILESTONES THAT WE BEGAN THE CONVERSATION DISCUSSING. 
          THESE WERE TWO OF THEM. AND OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS. THESE ARE SOME OF THE COSA PROGRAMS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED BRIEFINGS ON THAT OUR NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO TRY TO GET AS GRANULAR AS WE CAN TO OVERLAY THAT INTO THE MAPS THAT YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES. 
          SO THAT WE COULD REALLY START SEEING AGAIN JUST FROM A VOLUME PERSPECTIVE WHERE ARE WE SEEING HEAD START, PRE-K 4 SA STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THAT OTHER MAP THAT YOU SAW EARLIER. AGAIN, TRYING TO IDENTIFY SOME SORT OF CORRELATION BETWEEN THOSE TWO WOULD BE A MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT ANALYSIS, BUT FOR NOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST SHOW THAT VALUE OF PARTICIPANTS FOR THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS. WE COULD TAKE A COUPLE OF THESE AND TRY TO GET REALLY DEEP AND MAP AS MUCH OR ORGANIZE AS MUCH OF THE DATA AS WE CAN FROM THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. OR WE COULD DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPREHENSIVE. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THESE WERE ALL OF THOSE MILESTONES THAT WERE DISCUSSED. SO IF THE COMMITTEE STILL WANTS TO BE LOOKING AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT EDUCATION MILESTONES THEN IT'S MORE OF A MAPPING EXERCISE TO UNDERSTAND WHICH ONES BELONG WHERE. 
          SOME OF THEM JUST AS WE WERE THINKING ABOUT IT, SOME OF THEM BELONG IN MORE THAN ONE CATEGORY. AND AGAIN, TRYING TO TRACK THAT VOLUME BY THESE DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. SO WE WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. OUR NEXT STEPS ARE ARE TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK TODAY. 
          WE WILL WORK WITH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO SEE ALL OF THE DATA THAT THEY SHOWED THE COMMITTEE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, HOW DO THEY KEEP IT, HOW GRANULAR CAN WE TAKE IT, AND THEN ALREADY WORKING WITH CRAIG AND HIS TEAM AT ITSD TO SEE HOW WE CAN START ORGANIZING THIS VISUALLY TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THE COMMITTEE. THEY'LL HELP US IDENTIFY WHAT THE RIGHT GIS PRODUCT OR WHAT THE RIGHT VISUALIZATION WOULD BE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BEFORE WE KIND OF TAKE OFF. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALEX. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING TO SHARE WHAT MY THOUGHTS WERE. I THINK WE'VE A ALL TALKED ABOUT THE FULL COMPREHENSIVE VIEW A WHOLE LOT AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT ALL THE OVERLAPS ARE, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS ARE THERE, HOW ALL THE PROGRAMS ARE AFFECTING JUST ONE STUDENT ALONE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. LET ALONE FOR [INDISCERNIBLE] IN OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK WE SHOULD STILL STRIFE FOR THAT PERSONALLY. I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE RESEARCH IT WILL TAKE AND STATISTICS THAT IT WILL TAKE AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT WITH THIS. SO JUST WANTED TO LAY THAT OUT THERE. I HAVE A FEELING WE'RE ALL GOING TO LOOK FOR THE MOST IN EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING FOR A LOT OF TIME. AND I ALSO WANT THAT. 
          BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE JUDICIOUS ABOUT HOW MUCH THAT WILL TAKE FOR OUR STAFF TO TAKE ON AND THEN WHAT MAYBE SUPPORT WE NEED FOR THAT OVERALL. 
          NOT ONLY BY NEXT MONTH, BUT THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AS WE CONTINUE WITH THIS COMMITTEE. I'LL OPEN UP THE CONVERSATION HERE AND WHAT HE'LL WE'LL SEE NOT ONLY NEXT MONTH, BUT OVERALL IN THIS COMMITTEE, DATA COLLECTION, HOW TO REFINE IT AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. DO YOU WANT TO START, 
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          COUNCILMEMBER KAUR? >> KAUR: SHOCKING I WANT TO START ON THIS ONE. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS DATA IS TO NOT JUST LOOK TO NOT JUST LOOK AT IT ISOLATED IN THE EDUCATION PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT STUFF ALREADY. 
          WE CAN GO TO ONLINE TO SEE WHAT OUR GRADUATION RATE IS. THAT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE. WHAT I'M MORE INTERESTED IN IS UNDERSTANDING THE LAYERS OF IMPACT THAT ALL OF THE DECISIONS WE MAKE WILL HAVE ON THESE DATA POINTS. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO MARIA VARGAS A LOT, I DON'T THINK SHE'S HERE, BUT HER TEAM HAS --N PUBLIC SAFETY AWHILE BACK, BUT HAS A TEAM OF NINE ANALYTICS SPECIALISTS THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT POINTS. 
          AND SO THEY LOOK AT -- THEY HAVE CREATED LIKE A SAMPLE JUST HEAT MAP OF THINGS LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, LOOKING AT STREET LIGHTS, WALKABILITY, WHICH ARE DATA POINTS THAT COULD BE COLLECTED ON A POINT BY POINT BASIS. SHE LOOKS AT HOUSING, SHE HAS SOME INDICATORS FOR HOUSING. SHE HAS SOME INDICATORS FOR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES LIKE THE NUMBER OF 311 CALLS ON -- 311 CALLS FOR STRAY AND LOOSE DOGS. SHE HAS SOME SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT CALLS THAT SHE HAS TO LIKE 311 SERVICES. CALLS ARE PULLED IN. THEN THERE'S OF COURSE SAFETY AS ONE OF THEM, WHICH TALKS ABOUT LIKE WHAT ARE THE CRIME RATES? SHE'S PULLING THAT. THERE'S PROPERTY CALLS FOR SERVICE, SOCIAL CALLS, VIOLENT CALLS, FIRES. SO ALL OF THAT IS BEING PULLED. 
          AND SHE'S -- THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAP IT RIGHT NOW. 
          THE THING THAT I THINK WOULD BE REALLY COOL AND Y'ALL KNOW I'M WORKING ON THE SAFE PASSAGE TO SCHOOL PROGRAM AND WE'RE USING A QUARTER-MILE RADIUS AS -- FROM A SCHOOL AS THE WAY TO SHOW THE DATA. SO IT'S EASY ENOUGH -- DISTRICT BY DISTRICT IS IMPORTANT. BUT I ALSO THINK AT LEAST IN MY DISTRICT AND A LOT OF DISTRICTS THERE'S VARIABILITY ACROSS. 
          SO -- AND I ASKED HER LIKE CAN YOU OVERLAY -- SOME OF THESE ARE POINT BASED, SOME OF CENSUS BLOCK BASED. AND SHE ESSENTIALLY DESCRIBED THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF YES, YOU CAN SPLIT UP THAT DATA TO BE ABLE TO OVERLAY IT BY SCHOOL IN AN AREA AND ALSO BY DISTRICT. SO IF YOU WANTED TO SAY IN THIS SCHOOL SHOW ME -- IN AND AROUND THIS SCHOOL SHOW ME ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT THEN YOU COULD SEE THE CORRELATION TO HOW MANY FOCUS ARE IN NEXT LEVEL, HOW MANY FOLKS ARE ON THIRD GRADE WHATEVER READING. SO IF YOU SAW THOSE SIDE BY SIDE IN EITHER SOME COLORING KIND OF SCHEME OR EVEN JUST DATA POINTS, I THINK IT WOULD SHOW MORE RELEVANCE THAN JUST SHOWING THE EDUCATIONAL ITEMS. SO I THINK MY GOAL WOULD BE TO SEE LIKE HOW COULD WE LAYER WHAT THEY'RE DOING FROM A CITYWIDE BASIS ON TOP OF NOT ONLY WHAT OUR CITY IS DOING, BUT WHAT OUR NON-PROFITS ARE DOING. 
          SO THE NEXT LAYER I THINK WOULD BE TO FIND EXTERNAL WAY TO GATHER INFORMATION FROM ALL OF OUR NON-PROFITS AND THIS IS GOING TO ALEX'S POINT TO THE VOLUME. 
          BUT IF THERE'S A WAY THAT HE COULD EASILY TRY TO TRACK WHERE KIDS ARE COMING FROM TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT ON TOP OF THIS, I THINK IT WOULD HELP GO TO ADDRESS OUR --R VIOLENT CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM, WHICH IS REALLY INVESTING IN OUR NON-PROFITS. AND IN ORDER TO INVEST MORE IN OUR NON-PROFITS WE HAVE TO SEE WHO IS DOING WORK WHERE. AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PLACES THAT WE ARE SEEING ISSUES WITH SAFETY, ISSUES WITH HEALTH AND EDUCATION, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ASKING OUR NON-PROFITS TO INVEST MORE IN. 
          SO I THINK IT COULD BE USED AS A TOOL TO TRACK TO SEE WHERE THINGS ARE SO THAT WE CAN THEN PUT MORE INVESTMENT. THAT'S MY LONG RANT. 
          I HOPE SOME OF THAT MADE SENSE. >> GALVAN: YEAH. 
          I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL. I THINK IN THE -- I PRINTED THIS PACKET FOR YOU, SOME FOLKS ON MY TEAM FOR EVERYBODY. THE ORIGINAL PRESENTATION WE FIRST GOT ON THIS, THE SECOND TO LAST PAGE IT HAS THE UPSTREAM DETERMINANTS WHICH IS TO YOUR POINT, THE HOUSING, INFRASTRUCTURE, HEALTH, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT OVERLAPS WITH ALL THIS HA HAS AN IMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL IMPACTS AS WELL, [INDISCERNIBLE], BUT CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT IMPACT. I SHARE THAT SENTIMENT A LOT. I NEED TO SEE HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH THE INTEGRATED COMMUNITY SAFETY OFFICE AS WELL AS WITH METRO HEALTH AND DHS ARE LEADING A LOT OF THE DATA TRACKING FOR THIS WORK OR FOR SOME COMMITTEE AND SEEING WHERE WE CAN OVERLAP THERE IF POSSIBLE. YEAH, JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING FOR ALL THE THINGS OR WAS IT SPECIFICALLY MORE SO IN UPSTREAM FOCUS? IT'S OKAY TO SAY WHAT YOU 
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          FEEL. >> KAUR: MY WOULD BE TO TAKE WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO VET SOME OF THOSE POINTS, RIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW IF WE'RE LOOKING AT 311 CALLS IT'S JUST CALLS, IT'S NOT -- IT MAY NOT BE 100% REFLECTIVE. LET'S LOOK AT THE DATA POINTS THEY'RE ALREADY COLLECTING. WE'RE GOING TO GET NEW SIDEWALK DATA SOON, BUT LET'S LOOK AT THOSE AND SEE IF WE CAN OVERLAP THAT SECOND SLIDE OF LIKE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT POINTS THAT WERE SHARED ON THERE SO THAT THESE THINGS ARE KIND OF UPSTREAM, MATCHED UP TO THAT, AND THEN I THINK THE LAST PIECE THAT'S NOT ON EITHER OF THESE IS OUR NHSD NON-PROFIT, LIKE THEIR WORK 
          TOO. >> GALVAN: GOT IT. THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? COUNCILMAN MUNGIA. >> MUNGIA: I'LL AGREE TO THAT WITH COUNCILMEMBER KAUR AND DATA. I AGREE THAT THE OVERLAYS AND HEAT MAPS WOULD HELP CHANGE THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF SOME FOLKS THAT CURRENTLY DISAGREE WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. SO I WOULD ADD ALSO TRYING TO COME UP WITH AGAIN THAT DATA, BUT PUTTING IT INTO LIKE AN EQUITY LENS, RIGHT? SO EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS THEIR ISSUES, BUT OBVIOUSLY LIKE THIS -- KIDS AND STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY ARE HAVING SUCH A LARGE BARRIER. 
          I MEAN, ACCESS TO THESE PROGRAMS  AND SOME OF WHICH, YOU KNOW, NECESSITATE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE DOCUMENTED LOWER INCOME, RIGHT? SO THE FACT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE MAYBE FROM ONE AREA OF TOWN GOING TO THESE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS MEANS THAT THERE'S A HUGE WAGE ISSUE THERE ALSO. I MEAN, THAT'S THE OTHER END OF THAT, RIGHT? IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE -- WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE EVEN QUALIFY FOR THAT PROGRAM. 
          AND WHY WE HAVE SO MANY KIDS AND STUDENTS QUALIFYING FOR PROGRAMS THAT ARE FOR REDUCED WAGES BECAUSE ULTIMATELY IT COMES DOWN TO THAT. 
          AND I THINK ANOTHER THING TOO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IS IN HOUSING THERE'S A LOT OF MOMENTUM AND COMMITTEES FOR REMOVING BARRIERS TO HOUSING. 
          AND MAYBE WE ALSO LOOK AT SOMETHING HERE ABOUT REMOVING BARRIERS TO EDUCATION FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE. SO WE'VE HEARD FOLKS SAY THAT THE CITY MANDATES THAT WE DO THIS OR THE CITY IS ASKING US TO REPORT THIS DATA AND IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A BURDEN TO THOSE INSTITUTIONS SO HOW DO WE ENGAGE WITH THEM TO REMOVE ANY BARRIERS THAT WE SIMPLY DON'T NEED OR MAYBE ARE ANTIQUATED METRICS OR DATA POINTS THAT WE ASK REQUEST THAT DON'T EVEN GO ANYWHERE. 
          I THINK WE MAKE IT AS EASY FOR THEM TO WORK WITH THE CITY AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. ALSO OBVIOUSLY DEVELOPING SOME SORT OF LEGISLATIVE AGENDA PRIORITY WILL BE HELPFUL FOR US IN THE LONG-TERM. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF THIS DATA, OF COURSE, FOCUS -- TRYING TO DO A LARGER FOCUS ON THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU MAKE SUCH A HUGE IMPACT IF YOU GET THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF A KID'S LIFE RIGHT WITH EDUCATION, THE RESULTS ARE JUST THERE IN PERPETUITY MORE THAN LIKELY. AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S HUGE ISSUES WITH CHILD CARE DESERTS, RIGHT, AND EMMY DISTRICT. SO I THINK KIND OF DOING A NARROW FOCUS ON THAT WITH SOME OF THE DATA IS ALSO IMPORTANT. 
          >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. YEAH. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD IT RIGHT. TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION WITH ISDS, SOME OF THE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS, THE HIGHER EDUCATION AGENCY, WHAT THINGS THEY'RE NEEDING IN PARTICULAR VERSUS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ALL THE TIME I THINK IS HELPFUL. I THINK THAT A LOT, TOO, RIGHT. 
          THIS IS HARDER TO GET INTO, I THINK, IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S SIDE, BUT UNDERSTANDING A BIT THE TEACHER AND STAFF NEEDS, EVEN RESOURCES THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS NEED IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH REPORTS. 
          WHO CAN PROVIDE THAT KIND OF SUPPORT, AND HOW THAT LEADS INTO THE OUTCOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE THERE OR THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. ANYONE ELSE? 
          COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ? >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: DID YOU, CHAIR. CAN WE GO TO SLIDE 3 REAL QUICK? WHAT I THINK ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE OR WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUT OF THE COMMITTEE AND FUTURE ITEMS, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ALWAYS HAVE IS THE OVERARCHING QUESTION IS ARE WE MAKING THE INVESTMENTS AND POLICY DECISIONS NECESSARY TO IMPROVE OUR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AND CREATES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND SO I LOVE GIS DATA AND MAPS AND I LIKE OVERLAYING AND ALL THAT STUFF. 
          I HAVE A MATH BIAS. BUT I WOULD -- HAILED LOVE TO SEE IS IF WE WERE TO CHOOSE THREE DIFFERENT MILESTONES, LIKE KINDER READINESS, OPPORTUNITY YOUTH, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY THIRD GRADE LITERACY OR READING. 
          I WOULD WANT TO KNOW THEN ARE THE -- I WOULD WANT DEEPER DATA I THINK FROM 
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EACH OF THE -- WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF THE ECOSYSTEM OF THE EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING ON. IF WE COULD GET PARTICIPATION DATA AND SERVICE DATA TO SAY HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE SEE THAT KINDERGARTEN READINESS IS THE LOWEST. ARE WE MAKING A TARGETED EFFORT TO -- TYING IN THE EQUITY PIECE THAT COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA MUNGED. 
          ARE WE INVESTING IN WAYS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPROVE THIS OUTCOME AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED IT MOST? AND I WOULD LOVE IF WE COULD LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE ALL MILESTONES. I DON'T KNOW THAT -- IF IT'S AN ISSUE OF TIME AND FOCUS FOR NOW, IF WE COULD START OFF WITH MAYBE THOSE THREE, I AGREE WITH KINDER READINESS AND OPPORTUNITY YOUTH AND BREAKING THOSE DOWN IDEALLY AS DEEP AS WE CAN, IF WE CAN GET ZIP CODE DATA, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. BUT I WOULD SAY KINDERGARTEN READINESS, THIRD GRADE READING PROFICIENCY, BUT EVENTUALLY I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE THIS SORT OF DEEP DATA ON ALL OF THESE MILESTONES. THAT WAY WE CAN -- MAYBE WE IDENTIFY THAT WE CAN REALLOCATE RESOURCES IN A WAY THAT HELPS ACHIEVE BETTER OUTCOMES FOR EACH OF THE MILESTONES. SO I THINK IT'S -- I THINK I'M ECHOING QUITE A BIT OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA AND KAUR SAID, BUT THAT'S THE PERSPECTIVE I HAVE IS I WOULD LOVE TO GET TO ALL OF THE DATA IF WE CAN BY THE -- WE HAVE FOUR YEARS, RIGHT? IF WE CAN GET ALL THE DATA, BUT IF WE HAVE TO START WITH A SET, I'D PROBABLY SAY NOT JUST THE TWO, BUT PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR. 
          THANK YOU. >>. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          I'M THANKFUL FOR WHAT DR. KAUR HAS PROPOSED, IN ADDITION TO THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD TO GIVE UPDATES AS WELL. 
          THERE ARE SEVERAL EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEES IN WHICH WE APPOINT RESIDENTS TO REPRESENT US WHERE I THINK THERE'S ALSO VALUE IN GETTING UPDATES WHETHER IT'S THE HIGHER EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD AND THE YOUTH COMMISSION TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE WITH UPDATES ON WHAT ARE INITIATIVES THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, WHAT HAVE THEY ALREADY IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITIES FOR US TO BUILD UPON AND SUPPORT. 
          AND I THINK IN TERMS OF THE AREAS TO FOCUS, OF COURSE, KINDER READINESS AND OPPORTUNITY YOUTH, I DO FIND THE VALUE IN DATA. I WAS AN HISTORIAN AND OFTEN TIMES THE DATA OVERLAPS AND TELLS A CONTINUING STORY AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COMMITTEES RECOMMEND THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD GET BRIEFED ON TO SEE WHERE IS THERE OPPORTUNITY TO FILE CCRS OR AGENDIZE WITHIN DESIGNATED COMMITTEE TO MOVE THAT RECOMMENDATION FORWARD. I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO LIKE THE ORIGINAL TASK OF THE COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS ALSO TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT -- INTO CONSIDERATION INDIRECT FACTORS LIKE HOUSING. DURING THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST RETREAT WE SAW A PRESENTATION ON SCHOOL CLOSURES. AND WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME IS THEY HIGHLIGHTED THE ROLE OF ESSENTIALLY RAD AND ESSENTIALLY REMOVING HOUSING, HOUSING VOUCHERS GIVEN TO STUDENTS. STUDENTS NOW LIVE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY AND NOW YOU HAVE SCHOOL CLOSURES. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAPPING OPPORTUNITY, BUT LOOKING AT THE COMMITTEE GOAL OR EXPECTATIONS SET OUT IN OUR MISSION IS TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE INDIRECT FACTORS, BUT WE'RE ALSO HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION AT PCDC, BE RIGHT? AND WHERE DO SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS FALL UNDER THE PCDC OR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND WHAT DO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH? THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. 
          >> GALVAN: THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALEX, WHAT DO YOU THINK 
          BASED ON THE CONVERSATION? WHAT DID YOU HEAR? >> LOPEZ:  I THINK THERE'S STILL AN INTEREST TO UNDERSTAND MORE OF THOSE INDIRECT FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, BUT THERE IS SOME ALIGNMENT AROUND GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICITY ON SOME OF THE MILESTONES THAT WE'VE SEEN. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. IT DOES GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF FOCUS. I THINK INITIALLY I HAD REALLY THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD FOCUS ON THE PROGRAMS AND THE DATA FROM THE BRIEFINGS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY RECEIVED, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL REALLY WANT TO SEE MORE. 
          SO I THINK I'M GOING TO TOUCH BASE WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON PCDC STAFFING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF DATA YOU MAY ALREADY BE PREPARING. AGAIN, TO NOT DUPLICATE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME INTEREST IN UNDERSTANDING HOW THOSE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS ARE THE INDIRECT CONTRIBUTORS TO EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. 
          IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY. OKAY. 
          >> GALVAN: GOT IT. OKAY. ANY COUNCILMEMBER HERE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT WAYS WE CAN TAP INTO ANY PARTNERS THAT CAN HELP WITH THE DATA COLLECTION OR DATA ANALYSIS AS WELL, WHETHER IT'S A PARTNERSHIP OR IT'S THE EDUCATION INSTITUTE OR ANY OTHER GROUPS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL THAT WE'RE 
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ALIGNED WITH. BECAUSE I FEEL VERY SIMILAR TO GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND PROVIDE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS WE CAN TO ANY OTHER COMMITTEES AND SAY HEY, THIS IS A FACTOR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          HOW CAN THIS COMMITTEE LOOK AT THE HOUSING POLICY OR THE WORKERS POLICY OR THE PUBLIC SAFETY POLICY OR FUNDING SOURCES THAT CAN ADDRESS ALL THESE THINGS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA. >> MUNGIA: I WAS GOING TO SAY THE GOOD NEWS IS FOUR OF US ARE ON THE PCDC. WE CAN WORK TOGETHER CLOSELY 
          TOO DEPENDING ON THAT TO PARSE OUT THE AGENDA BETTER. >> GALVAN: ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW IT WAS A PACKED CONVERSATION TODAY BUT I APPRECIATE THE DIRECTION HERE. AT 12:0:23 P.M., JUST ABOUT RIGHT ON TIME WE WILL OFFICIALLY ADJOURN THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMITTEE MEETING.
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