[00:00:06] >> GALVAN: ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOT QUITE 10:00 A.M., BUT I'M GOING TO SAY -- WHATEVER, 9:59:00 A.M. WE'VE GOT TO WAIT UNTIL 10:00? I APOLOGIZE. OKAY TEN O'CLOCK A.M. ON JUNE 25, 2026. THIS IS THE COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL QUORUM. >> GALVAN: OKAY. ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? IF NOT, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? ALL IN FAVOR OF APP APPROVING THE MINUTES? ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ONE ITEM TODAY, A LARGER LOOK AT THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIC PLAN OF ST STANDUP SA PROGRAM LO LOOKING AT PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. NOT SURE WHO'S PRESENTING TODAY, BUT I'LL PASS IT OFF TO METRO HEALTH AND THE TEAM OH. SORRY. OKAY. FAIR ENOUGH. >> OKAY. GOOD MORNING. I SEE THAT THIS ACTUALLY S SAYS DRAFT ON THERE, BUT WE DID SUBMIT THE FINAL PRESENTATION, SO YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL. GOOD MORNING, DR. JACOB FROM METRO HEALTH. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THIS BRIEFING. ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR, ERIC STEVENSON QUEUED UP FOR THIS, BUT LET ME TEE IT UP AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE. NEXT SLIDE. SO OUR GOAL IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION IS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND WELL BEING WHILE REDUCING TRAUMA INJURY AND DEATH. OH, HERE WE GO. LET ME PAUSE FOR A MOMENT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, AT LEAST FOR THIS MORNING TO QUEUE UP THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION, THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS TO THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL TALK ABOUT VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIC PLAN, ALSO GOING TO AT LEAST BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON ONE OF OUR KEY INITIATIVES SPONSORED WITH OUR DEPARTMENT WITH THE STAND UP S.A., AGAIN A VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION MODEL, THE LONGEST RUNNING PROGRAM HERE IN TEXAS, AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF YOU ALL ON WHAT WE'RE OFFERING AS A COMPLEMENT TO OTHER PARTNERS IN THE CITY. SO LET ME NOT STEAL THUNDER BUT ACKNOWLEDGE ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT SHOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE ELEVATING OUR INITIATIVES. ONE OTHER COMMENTARY ABOUT THE STANDUP S.A. PROGRAM, WE SHARED WITH THIS BODY SOME OF OUR MOST IMPACTED PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY THE MEDICAID 1115 WAIVER RES RESERVES, AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION SINCE LAST FALL, AND THE COMPLIMENT WITH OTHER INITIATIVES, LIKE DIABETES CAN YOU DESCRIBE, HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS, AND MOST RECENTLY, OUR ORAL HEALTH, A PORTFOLIO. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL ZOOM OUT TO AT LEAST TALK ABOUT VIOLENCE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN FEATURE ONE OF THE KEY PROGRAMS OF STANDUP S.A. ERIC. >> AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION DEALS WITH CRISIS, AND WE WERE DOING THAT THIS MORNING, AS CLAUDE INDICATED I'M ERIC STEVENSON I'M THE HEALTH. I TRY TO SET THE STAGE FIRST TO EXPLAIN WHY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TALKING ABOUT VIOLENCE PREVENTION, FOR SOME PEOPLE, THAT IS OBV OBVIOUS. FOR SOME PEOPLE, THEY'RE CURIOUS. SO ULTIMATELY, WE LOOK AT VIOLENCE PREVENTION AS A WAY TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND WELL BEING WHILE REDUCING EMOTIONAL TRAUMA INJURY AND DEATH, AND THAT'S GOOD FOR EVERYBODY. SO A FEW STATISTICS THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT IN 2024 ACROSS TEXAS, HOMICIDE WAS IN THE TOP FOUR CAUSES OF DEATH FOR NEARLY EVERYBODY AGE 1 TO 34. SO A REALLY IMPORTANT NOTE THERE IS HOW IT IMPACTS CHILDREN. S.A.P.D. REPORTED 126 HOMICIDES THAT YEAR. THE SAME YEAR, THERE WERE SEVEN CALLS EVERY HOUR TO [00:05:08] 911 IN BEXAR COUNTY FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE. THE HOMELESS SERVICES POINT IN TIME COUNT THAT IS CONDUCTED EACH YEAR AS A CENSUS TO DETERMINE HOW MANY PEOPLE MIGHT BE SUN SUNSHE REA REALLIED ON THE DAY THEY CONDUCT THIS FOUND THAT 16% OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HO HOMELESSNESS IN SAN ANTONIO WERE SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THERE WAS A CONNECTION TO FLEEING THEIR HOME AND UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT AND THE HOMELESSNESS. AND WE FOUND THAT CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES CONFIRMED OVER 3,000 CASES OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN BEXAR COUNTY. SO HEALTH. THE REGIONAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIC PLAN AND STANDUP S.A. PROGRAM. WE ALSO DO WORK IN CHILD ABUSE WITH A PARENTING EDUCATION PROGRAM CALLED TRIPLE P. OR POSITIVE PAR PARENTING PROGRAM. WE HAVE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SUPPORT PROGRAM. WE ASSIST THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WHICH IS COCHAIRED BY THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND WE HAVE A TEAM OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS WHO FOCUS ON VIOLENCE-RELATED ISSUES. ACROSS THE ENTIRE PORTFOLIO OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORK AT METRO HEALTH, WE HAVE A BUDGET IN THE CURRENT YEAR OF $11.5 MILLION, ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF THAT IS GENERAL FUND, AND AROUND 10% IS THE MEDICAID WAIVER WHICH WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT IN RECENT MONTHS AND 14% FROM A CDC GRANT. YOU'LL SEE THAT ABOUT 2/3 OF THE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATE TOWARDS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES, STANDUP IS ABOUT 1 17%, THAT'S THE GUN VIOLENCE INTERVENTION. TRIPLE P PREVENTION IS 5% AND THEN WE HAVE A SUPPORT TEAM OF PERSONNEL WHO WORK ON DATA COLLECTION, EVALUATION, AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THE EMPLOYEES NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOBS. SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO THE REGIONAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIC PLAN. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT SOME OF YOU ARE NOT BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT WAS BEFORE THE LAST ELECTION. SO SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS MAYBE THREE OR FOUR TIMES SO I'LL TRY TO SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF HOW I GO OVER THIS. WE DID LAST PRESENT THIS WHEN THE PLAN LAUNCHED AT A B SESSION IN JANUARY OF 2024. SO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY HAVE MADE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE ON A LARGER SCALE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. IN 2019, THE CITY LAUNCHED THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLAN, AND SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WORK TO PREVENT AND REDUCE VIOLENCE AND CRIME. ADDITIONALLY, ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS ACROSS SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY ARE ALSO ADDRESSING THESE ISS ISSUES. HOWEVER, OUR COMMUNITY LA LACKED A COHESIVE STRATEGY FOR OUR REGION TO PREVENT AND MANAGE VIOLENCE ACROSS SECTORS AND JURISDICTIONS. WHEN I JOINED METRO HEALTH IN 2022, I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY, BASED ON WHAT WE WERE DOING AT THE TIME AND WHERE THINGS WERE GOING. SO OVER TIME, I RECRUITED PARTNERS FROM DIFFERENT SECTORS TO JOIN ME IN AN APPLICATION TO PARTICIPATE IN A NATIONAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOCUSED ON SOLVING PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS. OUR PROPOSAL WAS ACCEPTED, AND WE FORMED OURSELVES AS A COORDINATING TEAM TO LEAD A COMMUNITY-DRIVE PROCESS TO CREATE A REGIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN TO PREVENT VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE REGIONAL MEMBERS INCLUDED MYSELF FOR METRO HEALTH. DEPUTY CHIEF CHRIS AT SPAD, TRACEY AT A TIME BOARD MEMBER WITH S. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH HERE IN TOWN, AND DR. KELLY LYNCH WITH UTSA IN CRIMINOLOGY IN THEIR DEPARTMENT. BEGINNING JANUARY OF 2023 AND CONTINUING OVER THE ENTIRE 12 MONTH YEAR, WE PROCEEDED THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO CREATE THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SOLICITATION OF COMMUNITY INPUT WAS CONDUCTED THROUGH TOWN HALLS AND SURVEYS. WE DISCUSSED THE ISSUES WITH PERSONNEL AND THE POLICE, FIRE AND METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. TOGETHER, WE SELECTED PRIORITIES FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN BASED ON COMMUNITY DATA AND PUBLIC INPUT, AND WE ESTABLISHED MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORK GROUPS COMPRISED OF TECHNICAL EXPERTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE TO IDENTIFY STRATEGIES AND CREATE THE PLAN. [00:10:04] HITTING WRONG BUTTONS, MY APOLOGIES, WE ALLOWED OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN FINAL LAUNCH AND DISSEMINATION OF THE PLAN MADE FOLKS AWARE OF THE PLAN AND THE OPPORTUNITIES TO ALIGN WITH IT. AS I MENTIONED, WE LAST PRE PRESENTED ON THIS IN JANUARY OF 2024 FOR THE B SESSION, SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S INSIDE THE PLAN, JUST FOR AW AWARENESS FOR KIND OF THE NEWER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. SO THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIC PLAN WAS CREATED FOR A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD COVERING 2024 TO 2026 AND DESIGNED TO SERVE THE ENTIRE REGION, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS AN ORGANIZATION, IT'S INTENDED TO BE USED BY ANYBODY IN OUR AREA WHO DOES WORK IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, CRIME PREVENTION, OR ANY OF THE UNDERLYING ROOT CA CAUSES IN THAT. THE PRIORITIES ARE BASED ON PUBLIC INPUT AND COMMUNITY DATA. THEY INCLUDE VIOLENCE AMONG YOUTH WHICH IS DEFINED AS PEER ON PEER VIOLENCE. SO ANY VIOLENCE COMMITTED BY AN ADULT WOULD BE IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY. THE STRATEGIES ARE CENTERED ON CREATING A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE NETWORKS FOR YOUTH, AND THIS INCORPORATES BULLYING AND CYBER BULLYING AS WELL. GUN VIOLENCE IS FOCUSED ON FIREARM RELATED VIOLENCE, REGARDLESS OF THE AGE OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. IT DOES INCLUDE MASS SH SHOOTINGS AND SCHOOL SETTINGS AMONG THE STRATEGIES. SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS A BROAD CATEGORY THAT INCLUDES ADULTS AND MINORS, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS FOCUSED ON INTIMATE PARTNER VIOL VIOLENCE, MEANING THERE WAS A ROMANTIC CONNECTION, AND CHILD ABUSE. ALL OF THE STRATEGIES IN THE PLAN ARE EVIDENCE-BASED. THE PLAN BRINGS A HOLISTIC MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO DIRECT SERVICES AND POLICY CHANGE. THE PLAN ALSO SERVES AS A GUIDE FOR METRO HEALTH, S. S.A.P.D., THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERV SERVICES. IT ALSO SHARES PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. SO AS OF THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE LIFE SPAN OF THIS STRATEGIC PLAN. FOR THE MIDTERM ASSESSMENT, WE'LL ASSESS THE EFFORTS ACROSS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ORGANIZATION. WE FOUND OUR ORGANIZATION IS COLLECTIVELY IMPLEMENTING THREE QUARTERS OF THE STRATEGIES IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND WE ALSO REVIEWED COMMUNITY-LEVEL DATA TO MONITOR OUR PROGRESS. SO I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN THE LAYOUT OF THIS SLIDE BECAUSE THE NEXT FOUR SLIDES ARE SET UP THE SAME WAY. WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON EACH OF THE FOUR PRIORITY AREAS. SO YOU'LL SEE THE PRIORITY AREA NAME ON THE TOP LEFT. TOP RIGHT ARE THE LONG-TERM OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE MONITORING IN THE COMMUNITY. DOWN THE LEFT SIDE ARE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ORGANIZATION. THE BOTTOM RIGHT ARE THE MEASUREMENT INDICATORS THAT ARE RELATED TO THOSE STRATEGIES, BUT I'M GOING TO REALLY SPEND TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE HIGHLIGHTS BOX. SO THE HIGHLIGHTS BOX IS AN EXAMPLE OF JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE WANT TO CALL OUT FOR YOUR AWARENESS OF THE WORK THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS DOING. SO AMONG THE STRATEGIES IMPLEMENTED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE AMONG YOUTH, THERE ARE A RANGE OF YOUTH PRO PROGRAMS CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERV SERVICES, MUNICIPAL COURT, PA PARKS AND REC, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS CONNECT YOUNG PEOPLE TO CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, OTHERS PUT THEM IN AMBASSADOR AND PEER-SUPPORT ROLES, WHILE SOME ARE DIVERSION NARE PROGRAMS DESIGNED FROM PREVENTING PEOPLE BECOMING ENGAGED IN VIOLENCE AND CRIME IN THE FUTURE. FOR GUN VIOLENCE, THE INTEGRATED COMMUNITY SAFETY OFFICE IS IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY DATA IDENTIFICATION, MANAGEMENT OF THE DATA, AND UTILIZATION OF THE DATA COMMUNITY-WIDE. AND S.A.P.D., ALONG WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY ON THE PROBLEM-ORIENTED PLACE-BASED POLICING STRATEGY IN SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY MOST EF AFFECTED BY VIOLENT CRIME. A LITTLE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION I'LL TALK ABOUT METRO HEALTH'S GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM. TO ADDRESS SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SEVERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES AND EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS ARE IN PLACE. THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES USES THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGIC PLAN AS A GUIDE FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS, AND THE APPROVED DELEGATE AGENCIES ARE SERVING PEOPLE ALL OVER OUR COMMUNITY RELATED TO THE IMPACTS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. AND HAVE LASTLY, PREVENTING AND INTERVENING IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO BE A COLLABORATIVE ENDEAVOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO TWO SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTS AMONG THESE STRATEGIES. THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT PRIORITIZES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED APPLI [00:15:03] APPLICATIONS F, AND THEY FU FUNDED THE YWCA TO CREATE A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FOR PEOPLE AT RISK FOR HOMELESSNESS, AND METRO HEALTH LED THE PROCESS TO SUPPORT STAFF TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF OUR OWN DEPARTMENT, HUMAN SERVICES, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS TRAUMA-INFORMED ORGANI ORGANIZATIONS. SO NOW THE REALLY GOOD STUFF. WHAT IS THIS DOING IN THE COMMUNITY? SO I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH THIS. I KNOW YOU CAN READ NUMBERS. I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN PARAMETERS HERE. WORKING WITH SAPD, WE RETAINED AND ANALYZED CRIME DATA RELATEDDED TO VIOLENT CRIMES. FOR THOSE IN PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, THESE ARE DIFFERENT BUCKETS THAN THEY USUALLY PRESENT. S.A.P.D. PRESENTS BUCKETS AROUND THE NIBERS CATEGORIES WHICH IS WHAT THEY REPORT TO THE FBI. THESE ARE LARGER BUCKETS SO WE PULLED TOGETHER ALL FORMS OF ASSAULT INTO ONE KIND OF ASSAULT. A RANGE OF KINDS OF DEADLY CONDUCT INTO A CATEGORY CALLED SHOOTINGS, SO IF THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, WE'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ARE FIVE BUCKETS. SHOOTINGS, ASSAULTS, SEXUAL VIOLENCE TO MINORS BEING VICTIMIZED AND HOMICIDES. THE DARK RED BARS ARE DATA FROM 2022, WHICH IS THE TIME PERIOD BEFORE S.A.P.D. INSTITUTED THEIR VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN AND BEFORE THIS STRATEGIC PLAN WAS LAUNCHED, AND THEN 2025 IS THE LAST FULL YEAR OF DATA AVAILABLE FOR COMPARISON, SO THE LIGHT BLUE BARS REPRESENT 2025 AND THE ARROWS IN GREEN, GREEN IS GOOD. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE DECLINED IN ALL OF THESE AREAS. RANGING FROM 6% FOR ASSA ASSAULTS, UP TO 46% FOR SHOOTINGS. SIMILAR REDUCTIONS FOR SEXUAL VIOLENCE AMONG ADULTS AND MINORS. AND THEN HOMICIDE IS A 56% REDUCTION. SO THESE FIGURES ARE SHOWN AS RATES, WHICH MEANS WE'VE ADJUSTED FOR POPULATION DIFFERENCES FOR TO 22 AND 2025, SO NOT QUANTITIES OF INSTANCES, FOR YOUR AWARENESS. AND THESE ARE BASED ON THE OFFENSE REPORTS, NOT CALLS TO 911, THAT KIND OF THINGS, THESE ARE FILED REPORTS. THERE'S A QUICK CAVEAT I WANT TO MAKE FOR THE SAKE OF VISITORS IN THE ROOM AND PEOPLE WHO WATCH THE BROADCAST LATER. FOR THE HOMICIDES, YOU WILL NOTE THAT 2022 WAS THE YEAR OF THE VERY TRAGIC HUMAN SMUGGLING INCIDENT WHERE 53 MIGRANTS DIED IN A TRAILER. SO THE HOMICIDE NUMBER WAS HIGH THAT YEAR. IF WE REMOVE THOSE 53 DEATHS FROM THAT SINGLE INCIDENT, THE RATE FOR 2022 IS 12.1, WE'LL STILL HAVE A 43% DECREASED, SO STILL A MARKED DECREASE, EVEN IF WE EXCLUDE THAT EVENT. SO WE CAN'T DO THE DIRECT STATISTICAL LINK BETWEEN THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE AND THESE RESULTS, BUT THIS IS HOW PUBLIC HEALTH WORKS. WE MONITOR CHANGES IN THE POPULATION LEVEL DATA OVER TIME. WE DO KNOW THAT S.A.P.D. INITIATED ITS HOT SPOT POLICING STRAT ANY IN 2024 AND ALSO STARTED THE PRO PROBLEM-ORIENTED POLICE BASED STRATEGY THAT INVOLVES VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS IN THE SUMMER OF '23, AND THEN WE LAUNCHED THIS STRATEGIC PLAN IN JANUARY OF 2024. SO THESE CONCERTED AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS ARE COMING TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME. SO NEXT STEPS FOR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE HAD HOPED TO GET GRANT FUNDING TO PROPAGATE THIS PLAN ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, MONITOR HOW PARTNERS ARE IMPLEMENTING IT AND DO DEEPER ANALYSIS. TH WE APPLIED BUT HAVE BEEN BEEN SUCCESSFUL. IT CAN GUIDE US IN PRIO PRIORITIES UNDER BUDGET LIMITATIONS WE'RE FACING AND IT REMINDS US THAT COLLABORATION HELPS US ACHIEVE MORE. SO OUR NEXT STEPS ARE THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE ACROSS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ORGANIZATION AND ACROSS THE COMMUNITY TO IMPLEMENT MORE STRATEGIES FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE GRANT FUNDING AND IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES, ASSESS THE COMMUNITY CHANGES AND EVALUATE EFFORTS AND THEN WE'LL CONSULT WITH CITY LEADERSHIP ON THE NEXT PHASE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, STILL 2.5 YEARS TO GO. SO OUR INTENT HERE WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CHAIR WAS TO JUMP INTO THE NEXT PRESENTATION. GREAT. THANK YOU. [00:20:02] I'LL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW NOW OF METRO HEALTH'S GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM, THIS IS CALLED STAND UP S. S.A., SO S.A. FOR SAN ANTONIO. OUR METHOD TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE IS CALLED COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION. THIS STRATEGY WAS FIRST DEVELOPED 25 YEARS AGO BY THE CURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL ORGANIZATION. AND IMPERICAL EVALUATION RESEARCH SHOWS IT CAN REDUCE SHOOTINGS AND HOMICIDES. WORKING THROUGH ROMT MEMBERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH GUN VIOLENCE, THE MODEL APPROACHES THE PROBLEM AS A CONTAGIOUS DISEASE. SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF COVID FOR A SECOND AND THE THINGS THAT WE DID WHEN WE LEARNED SOMEBODY HAD COVID AND TRIED TO FIND OUT WHO CAME IN CONTACT WITH THEM. AND HOW OTHER PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED, THE VERY SAME MODEL IS USED BECAUSE RESEARCH HAS SHOWN GUN VIOLENCE BEHAVES THAT WAY. SO WE SPEAK WITH CREDIBLE MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO DETECT VIOLENT SITUATIONS AND INTERRUPT THEM THROUGH MEDIATION, WORK TO CHANGE THE THINKING AND BEHAVIOR FOR PEOPLE AT HIGHEST RISK IN GUN VIOLENCE AND ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CHALLENGE AND CHANGE THE SOCIAL NORMS THAT PERPETUATE VIOLENCE. SO SPECIFICALLY, FOR HOW WE IMPLEMENT THE MODEL HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU'LL SEE SOME DETAILS ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INTERVENTION, THIS EXPLICITLY FOLLOWS THE CURE VIOLENCE MODEL. THE PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2015 ON THE EAST SIDE, AND THEN WAS EXPANDED TO THE WEST SIDE ON 2022. OUR PROGRAM USES THAT FRAMEWORK IN NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE INNER EAST SIDE AND INNER WEST SIDE THAT EXPERIENCE HIGH RATES OF HISTORICALLY PERSI PERSISTENT GUN VIOLENCE. AS I MENTIONED, OUR STAFF HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE AND ALSO CONNECTIONS TO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY EITHER GREW UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OR THEY LIVE IN THEM NOW, SO THEY KNOW THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS KNOW THEM. THIS ALLOWS THEM TO INTERRUPT AND MEDIATE CONFLICT WHILE CHANGING BELIEF SYSTEMS BECAUSE THEY'RE INFLUENCERS IN THE COMMUNITIES. OUR COMMUNITY PROVIDES LONG-TERM MENTORING FOR PEOPLE AT RISK AND THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR COMMON SOCIAL NEEDS. OUR STAFF ORGANIZES NEIGHBORHOOD VIGILS TO HONOR THOSE AND CONDUCT COMMUNITY EVENTS. WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL INITIATIVES OF THE PROGRAM THAT BOTH LAUNCHED IN 2024. WE WORK WITH THE LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTERS AT BAMC AND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. SO LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTERS ARE CERTIFIED AS BEING THE MOST EQUIPPED 24/7 TO TREAT THE MOST SEVERE TRAUMA IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT MEANS THEY GET THE WORST TRAUMAS THROUGH THEIR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS. SO THEY NOTIFY US WHEN THEY RECEIVE PEOPLE WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, AND OUR STAFF RESPOND TO ASSESS WHETHER THIS IS INTENTIONALLY INFLECTED GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE PERSON IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT RETALIATION FROM OCCURRING. WE ALSO WORK WITH JUVENILE JUSTICE AND SPECIFICALLY THE BEXAR COUNTY CRIER CORRECTIONAL TREATMENT CENTER, SO THIS IS WE EDUCATE THEM, MENTOR TH THEM, PREPARE THEM FOR REENTRY INTO THE COMMUNITY AND FOLLOW AND MENTOR THEM WHEN THEY RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY. FOR YOUR AWARENESS, THESE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ZONES. SO THE CURE VIOLENCE MODEL IS VERY SPECIFIC, NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN JUST BE APPLIED ANYWHERE. IT NEEDS TO BE APPLIED TO AN AREA THAT'S PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL. SO IT'S INEFFECTIVE IN A COMMERCIAL AREA. OKAY IF THERE'S STORES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT BE FOCUSED ON IT BEING KIND OF RESIDENTIAL. IN 2025 WHEN CURE VIOLENCE HELPED US DO AN ANALYSIS OF SHOOTING DATA, THEY LOOKED FOR CLUSTERS OF GUN VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED OVER SEVERAL YEARS CONSISTENTLY. SO THESE ARE POCKETS THAT UNFORTUNATELY EXPERIENCE PERSISTENT REPEATED YEARS OF HIGH LEVELS OF GUN VIOLENCE. SO DOWNTOWN IS RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE SLIDE. RIGHT SIDE IS THE RIGHT SIDE EAST SIDE SO TWO TARGET ZO ZONES. INNER EAST SIDE INSIDE OF 410 AND THEN THE WEST SIDE ZONES WHEN WE HAD ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN 2022, AND YOU'LL SEE THREE ZONES ON THE WEST SIDE. THE EAST SIDE ZONES ARE ENTIRELY IN DISTRICT 2. THE WEST SIDE ZONES ARE SPLIT BETWEEN DISTRICT 1 AND DISTRICT 5. THESE ARE THE PERFORMANCE [00:25:08] MEASURES -- PARDON ME, PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR THE PROGRAM. THESE ARE FULL YEAR RESULTS FOR FY25 AS LONG AS OUR TARGETS FOR FY26. SO THE MEASURE AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT ENCOUNTERS INCORPORATES THE MENTORING ENCOUNTERS THAT OUR STAFF PROVIDE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTING VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE. THE HOSPITAL PATIENTS IS PROBABLY FAIRLY CLEAR AS A PERFORMANCE MEASURE. WE TRACK THE NUMBER OF YOUTH ENGAGED AT THE CRIER CENTER, AND AS I MENTIONED, ONE OF THE FIRST TASKS OF THE TEAM IS TO DETECT VIOLENT SITUATIONS, INTERRUPT THEM, AND MEDIATE THE CONFLICT. SO YOU'LL FIND THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 2025. THEY INTERRUPTED NEARLY 2500 VIOLENT CONFLICTS IN THESE TARGET ZONES. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH JUST A COUPLE OF SUCCESS STORIES BECAUSE THE QUALITATIVE COMPONENT OF THIS INTERVENTION IS ASTOUNDING, AND WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO, IN THE FUTURE, BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE MORE OF THIS IN A MORE FORMAL WAY TO YOU. STARTING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE BERNARD, ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, ALONG WITH A RESIDENT NAMED FRANSHAWN SHE CONNECTED WITH STANDUP AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON IN 20 IS A WHEN SHE WAS PREGNANT AND LACKING CLEAR DIRECTION AND SUPPORT. OUR TEAM HAD GUIDANCE WITHOUT JUDGMENT HELPING HER ACCESS EDUCATION, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER RESOURCES WHILE STAYING CONNECTED. DURING MOMENTS OF SERIOUS RISK AND CONFLICT, STANDUP STAFF STEPPED IN TO MEDIATE SITUATIONS THAT COULD HAVE COST HER HER LIFE. TODAY SHE'S WORKING TWO JOBS HAS HER OWN HOME AND VEHICLE AND ACTIVELY GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. IN THE CENTER PHOTO, YOU'LL SEE OUR TEAM MEMBER KENNETH IN THE BLAZER, ALONGSIDE ROCK AND TONY, WHO WERE BOTH ENGAGED BY THE STANDUP PROGRAM WHILE LIVING IN HIGH RISK ENVIRONMENTS MARKED BY GANG INVOLVEMENT, SUBSTANCE USE. THROUGH CONSISTENT OUTREACH, TRUST BUILDING AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES, BOTH PARTICIPANTS CHOSE TO STEP AWAY FROM HA HARMFUL LIFESTYLES AND COMMIT TO PERSONAL CHANGE. OUR TEAM CONNECTED THEM TO EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, COACHING, AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, ALLOWING THEM TO REDIRECT THEIR TIME AND THEIR TALENTS TOWARDS MEN MENTORING YOUTH. TODAY, BOTH SERVE AS COACHES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AND HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH AWARDS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO CHANGE AND POSITIVE IMPACT. AND FINALLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS SHAWNESE OUR OWN TEAM AND WE'RE SHARING HER SUCCESS STORY. SHE FIRST CONNECTED AS A RESIDENT WITH STANDUP IN 2015 AFTER SURVIVING A SH SHOOTING THAT KILLED TWO OF HER CLOSE FRIENDS. WHILE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN STREET LIFE HERSELF AT THE TIME, CONSISTENT OUTREACH, VICTIM SUPPORT, AND TRUST BUILDING HELPED HER BEGIN MOVING TOWARDS CHANGE. THROUGH CONTINUED ENGAG ENGAGEMENT, THE TEAM WORKED WITH HER TO DE-ESCALATE CONFLICTS SHE ENCOUNTERED AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY HEALING. IN 2018 SHE BECAME A CITY EMPLOYEE, JOINED THE STANDUP TEAM AND CREDITED THEM WITH SHAPING HER LIFE AND PATH FORWARD. THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH, ERICA FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR THIS WORK, NOT ONLY EVALUATING THESE BIG THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY BUT THE OUTCOMES AS WELL WITH THE INTERVENTIONS AND THEN OF COURSE THE STANDUP PROGRAM AND THE INCREDIBLE TOUCH IT HAS ON OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW EARLIER WE DIDN'T HAVE FOLKS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I DID SEE A MESSAGE THAT HAD THE RECEIPT OF SIGNING UP ONLINE. ONE INDIVIDUAL. I DON'T KNOW IF ROGER GARZA IS HERE TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU WANT TO COME UP. YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY I'M ROGER GARZA, THE TEXAS STATE DIRECTOR FOR NATIONAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN GABBY GIFFORDS, BORN AND RAISED SAN ANTONIOIAN, DISTRICT 6, WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL UP THE ROAD OFF OF ST. MARY'S AND GRADUATED FROM UTSA, HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF GIVE FORDS TO ASK WITH YOUR PRESENTATION TO CONTINUE WORK TOWARDS BUILDING AN OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION THAT'S CENTRALIZED ROBUST AND COLLAB COLLABORATIVE, AND INVESTING IN COMMU COMMUNITY-DRIVEN STRATEGIES THAT THAT OFFER PROVEN AND SUSTAINED REDUCTIONS IN VIOLENCE. EXAMPLES OF THESE PREVENTIONS WHICH YOU HEARD OF HERE INCLUDE HOSPITAL BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION, STREET BA BASED, LIKE STANDUP SA , AND CASE AND MENTORING, THOSE OPERATE UNDER TWO [00:30:04] PRINCIPLES, YOU ENGAGE AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF PERPETUATING OR FALLING VICTIM TO VIOLENCE WITH THE GOAL OF INTERRUPTING ITS TRANSMISSION IN A PUBLIC HEALTH MODEL AND PROVIDING SOCIAL SER SERVICES TO THOSE AT HIGHEST RISK TO HEAL UNRESOLVED TRAUMA AND CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR LIVES. IN TO 2025, THE CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION CONDUCTED A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY, TWO ORGANIZATIONS DOING THE ON THE GROUND WORK, STANDUP S.A. HOUSED AT YOU. BIG MAMMA SAFE HOUSE, AND UT HEALTH HAS WORKED TO GET A LIMITED PROGRAM OFF THE GROUND IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS CALLED PROJECT INSPIRE TAR TARGETING SAN ANTONIO YOUTH UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IMPACTED BY GUN VIOLENCE, WE THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR LARGER, MORE ROBUST ECOSYSTEM OF COMMU COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS DOING THIS WORK SUPPORTED BY AN OFFENSIVE VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORKING TO COORDINATE ACROSS THE MANY MYRIAD ENTITYS IN BEXAR COUNTY AND SAN ANTONIO. THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THE 19 SCHOOL DISTRICTS WE HAVE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. BUT WE'VE SEEN OTHER MAJOR TEXAS CITIES AND COUNTIES IS THAT A ROBUST OFFICE OF PROVENCIAL COMBINED WITH SUSTAINED INVESTMENT IN THESE AREAS LEADS TO REMARKABLE GAINS. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS YOU HAVE SEEN AS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB MAKING SAN ANTONIO A SAFER CITY THAN IT WAS AND WE THINK LONG-TERM INVESTMENT WOULD WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, THIS IS A BOTH AND, NOT AN EITHER OR STRATEGY, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH. PERFECT TIME. >> WOW. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. LET'S START THE COMMITTEE CONVERSATION TODAY. COUNCILMAN WHYTE. >> WHYTE: THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS PROGRAM. I GUESS, TO ME, IT COMES DOWN TO ARE WE SPENDING OUR MONEY RIGHT; RIGHT? AND IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT $11 MILLION ARE BEING SPENT OVERALL ON THIS PROGRAM, AND, YOU KNOW, PULLING UP THE SLIDE WHERE WE CAN SEE, I GUESS IT'S 13, RIGHT? THE OUTCOMES. AND I GUESS MY QUESTION, HOW CAN WE -- DO WE REALLY SEE A LINK BETWEEN SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN PLACE AND, YOU KNOW THE REDUCTION, OR IN THIS CASE, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE SHOOTINGS AND THE HOMICIDES. IS IT -- IS IT MORE RESULT OF JUST INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE IN SOME AREAS OF THE CITY, AND I KNOW YOU BROUGHT UP THE HOT SUPPORT POLICING, THE STRATEGY, WHAT ARE WE -- OR I GUESS PRO PROBLEM-ORIENTED PLA PLACE-BASED POLICING. SO, AGAIN, I GUESS THAT'S SORT OF A GENERAL QUESTION IS WHERE DO WE REALLY FIND THE LINK BETWEEN SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND THE REDUCTION OF VIOLENCE? >> OKAY. WELL I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT EVERY STRATEGY ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS EVIDENCE-BASED THAT MEANS WE KNOW IF YOU IMPLEMENT THIS STRATEGY, RESEARCH SHOWS IT SHOULD BE SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR COMMUNITY. THE HOT SPOT POLICING, THE PROBLEM-ORIENTED PLACE BASED POLICING ARE COMPARABLE STRATEGIES, THEY ALIGN WELL. THE STANDUP INTERVENTION ARE WHOSETIVE PARENTING CURRICULUM, OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORK, ALL ARE ALSO EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES. YOU CAN ASSESS THE HOT SPOTS IN THE AREAS WHERE THE HOT SPOT WORK IS DONE; RIGHT? BUT THEY CAN'T TIE THAT TO THE COLLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY. SO WE CAN ONLY SHOW WHAT HAPPENS EXACTLY WHERE IT OCCURS BECAUSE WE CAN'T CONTROL FOR ALL THE REST OF THE FACTORS IN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S THE CHALLENGE OF RESEARCH; RIGHT? IS WE CAN'T HAVE A CONTROL GROUP OF AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE COMMUNITY VIOLENT CONFLICT INTERRUPTED IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 EVERY ONE OF THEM HAD THE POTENTIAL TO TURN INTO A SHOOTING ON THIS GRAPH, BUT THEY DIDN'T. >> WHYTE: YEAH. I THINK ON THE -- I NOTICED THAT AS WELL. THE BREAKING UP OF THOSE CONFLICTS, I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY SOME GOOD EVIDENCE OF THE PROGRAM WORKING THERE. >> SO I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THERE ARE GAPS IN CONNECTING FROM A. SO Z AND THAT ADDITIONAL RESEARCH, ESPECIALLY ROBUST FORMAL RESEARCH HELPS FILL THOSE GAPS. >> WHYTE: AND I RECOGNIZE IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO SO ; RIGHT? WITH THE HOT SPOT POLICING, IT'S A LOT EASIER BECAUSE WE KNOW A BUNCH OF CRIME IS HAPPENING THERE, YOU PUT THE POLICE ON THE GROUND, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CRIME IS NOT THERE, IT'S EASY TO SHOW THAT LINK, AND I GUESS IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION, BUT IT'S MUCH TOUGHER WITH SOME OF THESE [00:35:01] OTHER PROGRAMS TO SHOW THE LINK TO THE REDUCTION OF CRIME. >> AND THAT IS THE NATURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS UNLESS YOU HAVE AN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN THAT ALIGNS WITH FORMAL RESEARCH PRACTICES, YOU WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE SCALE TO CHANGE OVER TIME. >> WHYTE: YEAH. HOW MUCH OF THE WORK IS BEING PERFORMED BY CITY EMPLOYEES VERSUS DELEGATE AGENCIES? >> IN TOTAL ACROSS -- IN ALL ISSUES? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT? >> WHYTE: YEAH. >> I COULD NOT GIVE YOU A FIGURE. WE HAVE A GOOD COMBINATION, THOUGH. SO THE DELEGATE AGENCIES HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES AROUND ALL OF THESE ISSUES, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, YOUTH VIOL VIOLENCE, GUN VIOLENCE, ALL OF THEM. SO ACROSS THE BOARD. BUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OBVIOUSLY ALREADY HAS INVESTED IN PUBLIC SAFETY FOR YEARS, BUT IN 2019, REALLY RA RAMPED UP ITS BUDGET TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. I'M NOT SURE HOW WELL WE COULD MAP THAT OUT, IT MIGHT DEPEND ON THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. >> WHYTE: OKAY. MAYBE WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT. TWO MORE. IT LOOKS LIKE 67% OF THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION FUNDING IS ALLOCATED TOWARDS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS. >> CORRECT. >> WHYTE: THAT'S PURPOSEFUL, I'M ASSUMING? HOW DID WE GET THERE? >> THAT IS BY DESIGN OF CITY LEADERSHIP. WE ALSO HAVE GRANTS THAT SUPPORT STANDUP AND TRIPLE P., SO THOSE WERE THINGS WE ACQUIRED OUTSIDE OF GENERAL FUND. IF YOU LOOK AT SCALE, THERE'S -- THERE ARE DIFFERENT ARGUMENTS YOU COULD HAVE FOR WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT. >> WHYTE: YEAH. SO THIS IS JUST A PRIORITY OF . >> OF THE CITY. SINCE IN 2018, SAN ANTONIO HAD AN ALL-TIME HIGH NUMBER OF INTIMATE PARTNER HOMICIDES, HIGHER THAN EVER. IT WAS THE IMPOTENCE FOR THE CREATION OF CCDC, IT MADE SWEEPING CHANGES TO FUNDING AND PRACTICE AT S.A.P.D. AND CREATED A MUCH MORE ROBUST VICTIM SUPPORT SYSTEM THROUGH THE CITY. >> WHYTE: OKAY. OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE GOT TOUGH FISCAL TIMES HERE AS A CITY RIGHT NOW. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> WHYTE: THE QUESTION HERE, AS IT'S WRITTEN IS WHICH STRATEGIES HAVE SHOWN THE GREATEST IMPACT PER DOLLAR. SO LET ME PUT IT ANOTHER WAY. SO IF THIS 11 MILLION WAS CUT TO 7 OR 8, WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP AS OPPOSED TO THE REST? >> OKAY I'M -- THAT'S ABOVE MY PAY GRADE SOME DAYS, SO I'LL ASK CLAUDE AND MARGORIE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME IN ON THAT. OR WE'LL GO HIGHER ON THE PAY GRADE, JUS TINA. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOR THE QUESTION. SO I THINK BASED ON -- IT'S A POLICY DIRECTION. SO BASED ON YOUR COUNCIL DISCUSSION, ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE CAN ADJUST OUR PRIORITIES AS COUNCIL DISCUSSION CONTINUES. >> WHYTE: BUT IF COUNCIL CAME TO YOU AND SAID WHICH STRATEGIES HAVE SHOWN THE GREATEST IMPACT PER DOLLAR, WHAT WOULD IT BE? >> WE DO NOT HAVE A CALCULATION PER DOLLAR. >> WHYTE: OKAY. WELL, I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE GETTING THE BIGGEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK HERE. AND I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK AS A -- AS A CITY GOVERNMENT MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A LOT OF TOUGH DECISIONS LIKE THIS. AND REALLY TRYING TO HONE IN ON WHERE WE ARE GETTING THE BEST RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THE TAXPAYER DOLLAR IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW MOVING FORWARD. >> SURE. AND WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT WE COULD PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO YOU. >> WHYTE: OKAY. GREAT. THANKS, CHAIR. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HELPFUL, TOO, THINKING ABOUT -- YOU KNOW, WITH THE RETURN OF INVES INVESTMENT, IF IT'S MORE SO SCALE OF IMP IMPACT; RIGHT? WHERE ARE WE SEEING THE MOST EFFECTIVENESS OF A CERTAIN PROGRAM. VIOLENCE REDUCING, ET CETERA, CERTAIN AREAS, TARGET AREAS, STANDUP SA IS SPECIAL THAT HAS THAT FOCUS, I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER ONES HAVE SIMILAR MODELING, I KNOW THAT REQUIRES MORE RESEARCH, BUT I SHARE THAT THOUGHT THERE OF, YOU KNOW, IF WE DID ALL 11 MILLION, NOT TO SAY WE WILL, INTO ONE PROGRAM, WHAT'S THE SCALABLE IMPACT WE COULD HAVE THEN, WHERE WE COULD SEE THAT RETURN. NOT FULLY A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, BUT IN OUR MINDS IT DEFINITELY IS. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZALEZ. COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO? >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU. >> GONZALEZ: OH. SORRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE WORK THAT METRO HEALTH IS DOING ON THIS, AND I KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY WE RELY ON [00:40:02] OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS FOR SO MUCH OF THIS, BUT THAT LASTING IMPACT REALLY COMES ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH SI SIDE; RIGHT? AND THE INTERVENTION AND THE SUPPORT SERVICES AND THE TRUST THAT WE'RE BUILDING WITH RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT WORK. ON SLIDE 12, I THINK THERE WAS A -- I JUST WANT TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND MORE LIKE IN PRACTICE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THE COORDINATION WITH N NHSD, AND DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES -- I THINK IT'S ON -- SO ON THE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE. >> SO I'LL REEXPLAIN WHAT THAT HIGHLIGHT IS ABOUT. I CAN'T PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS, THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE A FOLLOW UP ITEM POTENTIALLY. SO NHSD HAS RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE. THEY PRIORITIZE APPLICATIONS COMING FROM PEOPLE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WHO NEED TO GET OUT OF THEIR HOME AND SOMEWHERE ELSE. HOMELESS SERVICES HAS A STRONG CONNECTION WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES. THEY SHARE ACROSS SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT FIT THEIR VARIOUS CONSTITUENTS BASED ON ELIGIBILITY, AND ULTIMATELY, IT'S NOT THE ONLY SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM , BUT IT'S ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT THE CITY IS DOING. >> GONZALEZ: OKAY. MAYBE YOU COULD FOLLOW UP WITH SOME MORE DETAIL JUST ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN PRACTICE. >> SURE. >> GONZALEZ: ON THE SLIDE 11, THE DELEGATE AGENCIES, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST ON EACH OF THESE JUST TO ALMOST NOT HAVE A PARTNER SLIDE, BUT -- YEAH LIKE A PARTNER SECTION ON THE SLIDE THAT JUST SHOWS WHAT DELEGATE AGENCIES ARE HELPING WITH EACH OF THESE PRIOR PRIORITIES; RIGHT? SO RIGHT THERE ON THE BLANK SPACE; RIGHT? JUST A LIST OF THE DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT ARE PART OF THIS, AND REALLY BOOTS ON THE GROUND. >> SURE. AND IF I COULD ADD TO THAT. JESSICA DEVILINA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. SO JUST IN CONTEXT, AND WE COULD ADD IT IN FOLLOW UP RESPONSE. RIGHT NOW COUNCIL INV INVESTMENT IN 1.2 MILLION IN DELEGATE AGENCIES, SIX AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS, THAT SERVES ROUGHLY 2300 INDIVIDUALS PER YEAR, AND OF THAT $1.2 MILLION, ROUGHLY $700,000 IS DESIGNATED AS ESSENTIAL, THAT INCLUDES THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION, ACTUAL SHELTER LOCATION AS WELL AS EXPEDITED ASSISTANCE WITH COURT ORDERS AND VIOLENCE PROTECTED ORDERS. FOR CHILD ABUSE, THAT AMOUNT IS $1.5 MILLION IN INVESTMENT, SUPPORTS 14 PROGRAMS FOR 13 AGENCIES, AND THAT'S ANTICIPATED TO SERVE ROUGHLY 3700 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THIS YEAR. >> GONZALEZ: OKAY. YEAH. ALL GREAT INFORMATION IF WE COULD JUST HAVE THAT HERE AFTER, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. I THINK THERE WAS A SLIDE -- DID SOMEONE BRING UP $2 MILLION FROM THE STATE? NO? THERE ISN'T? I THOUGHT SOMEONE BROUGHT THAT UP. >> I DIDN'T SAY THE WORD STATE, BUT WE MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT THE MEDICAID WAIVER. >> GONZALEZ: YES. >> SO THAT'S EARLY ON THE PRESENTATION ON THE TABLE THAT TALKS ABOUT OUR FUNDING SOURCES, AND I WAS JUST PAUSING TO SEE SO I'M NOT PAYING TUG OF WAR WITH OUR I T REPRESENTATIVE. YES. THE MEDICAID WAIVER W WHO -- THIS COMMITTEE HAS HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT. SO $1.2 MILLION ACROSS THAT ENTIRE PIE CHART. >> GONZALEZ: OH, WOW. OKAY. SPLIT UP BETWEEN THOSE FOUR? >> YEAH. IT'S PRIMARILY IN THE STANDUP BUCKET, THE MAJORITY OF IT, THE YELLOW ONE. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT IN EACH OF THE REST OF THEM. >> GONZALEZ: BASED ON THEIR GUIDELINES OR. >> NO. ACTUALLY, THE STATE DID NOT ISSUE GUIDELINES ON THAT. THIS WAS A MUCH MORE BROAD FUNDING OPPORTUNITY THAT ALLOWED RECIPIENTS TO KATE WHAT TWHAT THEY WANTED TO USE IT FOR, WE USE IT ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT NOR SEVERAL SERVICES. >> GONZALEZ: OKAY. I HAD THE SAME QUESTION AS MY COUNCILMAN WHYTE, MAYBE NICER, BUT MORE SO ON YOU KNOW TELL ME MORE ON THE DATA YOU HAVE ON COST SAVINGS FOR THE INTERVENTIONS THAT YOU MENTIONED. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S AVAILABLE, BUT I DO THINK THAT'S HELPFUL FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT I THINK IT'S HELPFUL JUST FOR US TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A NUMBER ATTACHED TO IT. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S PEOPLE ATTACHED TO ALL OF THIS, BUT I -- YEAH. MAKING SURE WE ARE INVESTING IN PROGRAMS THAT WORK, THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT WE WANT TO DO. SO I DO THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY HERE ON THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY INCLUDE OUR IMMIGRANT POPULATION AND OUR VETERAN POPULATION WHO ARE [00:45:05] SOMETIMES THE MOST -- I THINK EVERYONE IS NERVOUS WHEN YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU'RE A VICTIM, BUT THOSE TWO POPULATIONS IN PARTICULAR HAVE EXTRA, I THINK STRESS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW -- IF THEY'RE INVOLVED, I'M SURE THERE'S A PLACE FOR TH THEM, BUT YOU KNOW CAN YOU SHARE MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. >> YEAH. THERE'S DIFFERENT VULNERABILITIES IN THOSE TWO POPULATIONS; RIGHT? AND I WOULD SAY DISTRICT 8 HAS THE MOST DIVERSE IMMIGRANT POPULATION. AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS A WHOLE FOCUSES ON SOME OF THOSE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND TALKS ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES, SAYING DON'T FORGET THE VETERAN POPULATION; RIGHT? AND WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CANNOT PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A PROGRAM, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LINKING VETERANS AND SERVICE -- ACTIVE SERVICE MEMBERS TO PROGRAMS. FOR IMMIGRANTS, A LOT OF THE FOCUS IS AROUND MAKING SERVICES ACCESSIBLE, TRA TRAUMA-INFORMED CULT CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE. IN TERMS OF THE CITY SERVICES, THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT SERVICES, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW EACH OF THOSE IMPACTS THOSE SPECIFIC POPULATIONS. >> GONZALEZ: IN DISTRICT 8 WE HAVE ENDEAVORS AND THEY RUN THE VETERAN WELLNESS CENTER. SO I THINK FURTHER COLLABORATION WITH THEM, PARTNERSHIP, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A FORMAL PARTNERSHIP THAT COULD BE ESTABLISHED, BUT THEY'RE A WELL-FUNDED ORGANIZATION AND QUIET, TOO. I THINK THERE ARE -- RUN QUIETLY. YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IF YOU'RE DRIVING BY. SO I JUST WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO EXPAND THAT PARTNERSHIP. AND THEN IN -- AS IT RELATES TO ULTIMATELY MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A STRONGER EMPLOYMENT PIPELINE WITH EVERY -- YOU KNOW, FOLKS THAT RUN THROUGH THIS, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS KIND OF A FORMAL REFERRAL MECHANISM FOR METRO HEALTH TO READY TO WORK. >> YES. ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS COUPLE ARE WELL EDUCATED WITH READY TO WORK. WE DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM WITH A BUTTON THAT SENDS A REFERRAL, BUT WE ARE WELL EDUCATED, WE DO REPEAT EDUCATION FOR OUR STAFF, IT IS AMONG THE VERY FIRST THINGS ON THE LIST THAT WE PLUG PEOPLE INTO WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR OWN STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM TO ADVANCE THEIR TRAJECTORY IN THEIR LIVES AS WELL. >> GONZALEZ: DO YOU HAVE A -- HOW DO WE GET A BUTTON? >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND PROBABLY A QUESTION YOU'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT TOO, IS HOW DO WE GET A MORE AUTOMATIC REFERRAL BETWEEN DEPARTMENT AND SERVICES. >> YEAH. WE WORK WITH READY TO WORK ON THAT TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO AND WE CAN IMPLEMENT. >> GONZALEZ: OKAY. YEAH I THINK IT -- ULTIMATELY, THAT'S WHERE WE WANT EVERYONE TO LA LAND; RIGHT? AND BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO IF ANY -- IF THERE'S ANY WAY I CAN HELP WITH THAT BUTTON, LET ME KN KNOW. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. GO AHEAD. >> I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THROUGH THE SHELTER AND HOUSING PLAN THAT MARC HAS BEEN WO WORKING ON, HE HAS BEEN VERY ENGAGED WITH ENDEAVORS IN TERMS OF SHELTER AND ALSO LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW HOW THEY -- AS WE DEVELOP THAT AND FINALIZE THAT SHELTER AND HOUSING PLAN HOW THEY COULD BE ENGAGED SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT SIDE. >> GONZALEZ: OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER ALDERETE GAVITO. >> ALDERETE GAVITO: DID YOU FORGET MY NAME? THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. REALLY QUICK, I DID WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO MY APPOINTEE ON THE COMMISSION OF STRE STRENGTHENING FAMILY WELL BEING, JOHN PILE, HE REACHED OUT TO MY TEAM TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS AS WELL. SO I JUST WANT TO -- WE LOVE COMMITTEE AND BOARD MEMBERS LIKE THAT. WE KNOW THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR RESIDENTS. AND WHILE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR MY POLICE OFFICERS, WE KNOW THAT POLICE ARE JUST A PART OF THIS PUZZLE, YOU KNOW. AND SO WHEN YOU -- AND I KNOW THAT ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE CRIME IS ALSO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO REDUCE VIOLENCE IN THE LONG-TERM. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YA'LL'S WORK IN DOING JUST THAT. IT REALLY -- I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. ON SLIDE 10, MY OFFICE WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER WITH YOU ALL ON A GUN SAFE DISTRIBUTION. SO WE WOULD LOVE TO CONNECT WITH YOU ALL AFTER THIS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT TO US. ON SLIDE 11, WE KNOW -- AND YOU ALL MENTIONED EDUCATION IS CRUCIAL TO BREAKING THE CYCLES OF VIOLENCE, PARTICULARLY WITH PREVENTING SEXUAL ABUSE. SO WHAT -- WHAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON INCREASING SCHOOL AND YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS ON HOW TO USE HEHEALTHY RELATIONSHIP EDUCATION? >> I'LL TEE THAT UP, AND THEN I WILL ASK DHS IF THEY [00:50:04] WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND ON THAT. SO THE CCDV HAS TRIED TO APPROACH THIS, AND WE'VE RUN INTO SOME LEGAL CHALLENGES WITH THAT. THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE HAS LEGISLATED THAT NO CURRICULUM MAY BE ADDED TO ANY SCHOOL IN TEXAS WITHOUT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE EXPRESS APPROVAL. THEREFORE, EDUCATION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS IS INCREDIBLY UNLIKELY TO BE APPROVED. SO BEING GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, THEY THINK ABOUT THE WORK ARO AROUND; RIGHT? SO WE ARE COMING UP WITH WAYS TO EDUCATE THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN SCHOOLS SO THAT THEY'RE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE WITH THAT, BUT IF APPROPRIATE DHS MIGHT HAVE AN INTERESTING KIND OF PILOT TO SHARE WITH AF AFTER SCHOOL SERVICES. >> LET ME PULL THAT INFORMATION REAL QUICK. SO MEL AND DHS HAS BEEN WORKING WITH HSIC AS PART OF PROJECT WORTH TO GET THE -- AND I FORGOT THE NAME OF IT, BUT TO GET THE CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTED AT S.A.I.S.D. SO LET ME PULL THAT AND I'LL CIRCLE BACK. >> ALDERETE GAVITO: THAT'S INTERESTING HOW THE STATE MIGHT BE MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A RESTAURANT WE FREQUENT OFTEN, I THINK IT'S TECHNICALLY IN DISTRICT 1, IT SHOULD JUST BE IN DISTRICT 7 ALREADY, ANYWAYS, IT'S CALLED THE HUT , AND THERE'S -- I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE AW AWARE, BUT THEIR DAUGHTER WAS A VICTIM OF SEXUAL ABUSE, AND THEY WOULD HAVE A 5K FOR HER, A RUN FOR ERIN RIGHT AROUND WOODLAWN LAKE, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE DOING THAT. BUT I'M BRAINSTORMING HERE. IF WE'RE GOING TO GET A PROBLEM FROM THE STATE. I WONDER HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HELP FILL IN THE GAP. >> YEAH. SO THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE TO PUT OUR THINKING CAPS ON AND APPROACH FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES AND USE PARTNERSHIPS. >> ALDERETE GAVITO: AND THIS RESTAURANTS, THEY MAKE SURE TO TELL THE STORY OF THEIR DAUG DAUGHTER, ERIN, CONSTANTLY, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN KNOW AND, YOU KNOW, ALSO REALIZE, UNFORTUNATELY, HOW PREVALENT IT IS IN OUR CITY. SO IF WE NEED TO TAKE THAT OFFLINE AND TALK ABOUT THAT OTHER WAYS, WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP. REALLY QUICK ON SLIDE 13 HOW DO WE COMPARE TO OTHER CITYS IN VIOLENT CRIME NUMBERS. >> THIS IS A LITTLE CHALLENGING, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO CATEGORIES FOR ONE BECAUSE THESE ARE PUBLIC HEALTH BUCKETS. NOBODY DOES THEM LIKE THIS; RIG? THIS IS HOW WE THOUGHT WOULD BE THE SIMPLEST WAY TO EXPRESS THE MAJOR ISS ISSUES. SO ONE, WE WOULD HAVE TO TRANSLATE BACK TO NIBERS CATEGORIES, AND THEN THERE ARE CHALLENGES IN OTHER COMMUNITIES DEP DEPENDING ON HOW THEY CODE THEIR OFFENSES INTO THE FIBERS CATEGORIES. SO THAT IS A CHALLENGE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT FACES. SOME THINGS WE CAN DO IS LOOK AT THE RESEARCH THEY DO AND PRESENT AND TRY TO SEE IF THINGS ARE CATEGORIZED SIMILARLY, BUT WITHOUT HAVING THE RAW DATA AND CODING IT THE SAME WAY, IT'S HARD TO MAKE A DIRECT COMPARISON. >> ALDERETE GAVITO: OKAY. >> SO THAT'S WHY WE FOCUS ON COMPARING ON OURSELVES, THE PAST. >> ALDERETE GAVITO: YEAH. NO. THAT MAKES SENSE, AND I THINK IT'S GOOD TO SEE REDUCTIONS OVER A THR THREE-YEAR PERIOD. IT DOES SHOW SOMETHING IS WORKING. YOU KNOW, I HEAR WHAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING. IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO HAVE THAT HARD DATA. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES THOSE METRICS ARE A LITTLE BIT SQUISHY TO TRACK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE BEAST. BUT ANYWAYS, ALL OF THAT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YA'LL'S WORK. I MEAN, I THINK SEEING REDUCTIONS LIKE THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT -- IS WHAT WE HAVE TO GO OFF OF, AND, YOU KNOW, I DO AGREE, WE'RE COMING UP ON BUDGET HARD TIMES SO WHEN WE'RE SEEING TRENDS LIKE THIS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS OF, YOU KNOW, DO WE KEEP GOING OR NOT, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE A GOOD STORY TO SHARE. >> RIGHT. AND I THINK THIS DATA HELPS TELL THE STORY OF THE VALUE OF A SHARED STRATEGY ACROSS THE CITY AND ACROSS OUR COMM COMMUNITY. WHEN WE ALL WORK ON THINGS IN DIFFERENT WA WAYS, WE HAVE LESS IMPACT. WHEN WE JOIN FORCES AND HAVE THE SAME GOAL, WE HAVE A MUCH BIGGER IMPACT. >> ALDERETE GAVITO: UH-HUH. I AGREE. THANKS. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, AND I WOULD ALSO ARGUE FOR MY OWN VISITS OF THE HUT THAT MAYBE WE COULD SOMEHOW STRETCH THAT TO DISTRICT 6. BUT NO LESS. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. THAT'S WHERE I DENTED MY CAR. BUT NO LESS, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND ERICA FOR THE [00:55:01] PRESENTATION. I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR COURSE THE SHARED COLLABORATION ON THIS, AND AS ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED; RIGHT? IT TAKES COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION TO WORK TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL. BUT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, I BELIEVE, TO THIS WORK IS THE PE PEER-LED SUPPORT, PARTICULARLY THROUGH STANDUP S.A. HAVING INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AND COMMUNITY RAPPORT TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND DISRUPT VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SO I SEE A COUPLE OF FOLKS HERE, LIKE CHRISTOPHER, JUST REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO ALL THROUGHOUT THE WORK OF SAN ANTONIO, AND THEN JUST AS A CREATIVE. SO THANK YOU THAT WORK IS INVALUABLE, AND I KNOW THERE'S OTHER FOLKS HERE THAT DO THAT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AS WE WELL. YESTERDAY, MY TEAM WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY REENTRY CENTER HOSTED A ROUND TABLE, I WAS GRATEFUL FOR ALDERETE GAVITO'S TEAM TO BE PRESENT, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TRENDS, AND I WON'T GET INTO EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT BUT PART OF THE INTERSECTION AND THE VALUE OF STANDUP S.A. IS THE WORK FORCE OPPORTUNITY AND GETTING TO THE ROOT OF VIOLENT CRIME. ONE OF THE TRENDS THAT FOLKS SHARED WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD MASTER'S DEGREES, HAD CERTIFICATIONS, BUT THEY FACED BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, AND IT'S BEEN 10 + YEARS SINCE THEIRS OF, OFFENSE, AND I THINK THIS IS A PATHWAY TO PROVIDE FOLKS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A LIVING WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND GET TO THE ROOT OF VIOLENT CRIME IN OUR COMMU COMMUNITIES. AND I APPRECIATE OUR COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES, BUT I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER, AS A DISTRICT THAT HAS TWO OF THE FOCUSED AREAS THAT THIS WORK IS INVALUABLE AT REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME IN OUR COMMU COMMUNITIES, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT METRICS IN TERMS OF WHEN IT COMES TO VIOLENT CRIMES THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN PARTICULAR, BUT AS A DISTRICT THAT REALLY RELIES AND VALUES THE WORK OF STANDUP S.A., I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER HOW IS THIS IMPACTING THE MOST VULNERABLE AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT SEE VIOLENT CRIME THE MOST. AND IF THE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT RESIDE OVER THOSE AREAS SEE THE VALUE OF THIS WORK, I ASK THAT YOU TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE'RE HAVING BUDGET CONVERSATIONS. I WANT TO ADD IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO WITH THE JUVENILE JUSTICE ACADEMY, I WOULD LIKE TO, AGAIN, MEET WITH MY TEAM TO WALK A LITTLE BIT MORE THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND POTENTIALLY JOIN STANDUP S.A. TO GO SEE WHAT THAT RELATIONSHIP BUILDING LOOKS LIKE, THAT COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE JUVENILE. YESTERDAY IT WAS MEN MENTIONED FROM AN INDIVIDUAL WHO FACED 25 YEARS, HE SAID OFTENTIMES WE FOCUS ON THE BACK END, BUT LET'S START ON THE FRONT END BEFORE FOLKS GO DOWN A PATH, AND I THINK THAT'S THE VALUE OF BIG MAMMA SAFE HOUSE TOO. BENNY PRICE HAS SHARED THAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN OPPORTUNITY YOUTH, 16 TO 24 BUT MISSING THE 13 TO 15-YEAR-OLDS WHERE OFTENTIMES THEY ARE G GETTING INTRODUCED TO VIOLENCE AND SOMETIMES WALKING AROUND WITH WEAPONS. RIGHT. SO HOW DO WE MEET OUR YOUTH WHERE THEY ARE AND GO BEYOND 16 TO 24 TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE REALLYING GETTING DEEP INTO THE YOUTH. SO I APPRECIATE THE EDUCATION, AND I KNOW DURING THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, THERE'S ALSO CONVERSATIONS THERE IN TERMS OF HOW ARE WE G GETTING INTO SCHOOLS AND EDUCATING OUR YOUTH IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE HEA HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND WHAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO ENSURE FOLKS KNOW WHAT STEPS TO TAKE AND HOW TO SET EXP EXPECTATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS. BUT I DON'T KNOW, ERICA, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. >> I PARTICIPATE AS A STAFF MEMBER ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE, AND HAVE BEEN EXCITED TO SEE SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE SEIZING. I, AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTITIONER OF 25 YE YEARS, YOU'RE SINGING MY LOVE SONG. PREVENTION IS KEY. THE GREATEST GOAL IS TO STOP IT BEFORE IT HAPPENS. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO WORK ON PREVENTING IT FROM RECURING, BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO BOTH IN OUR PROGRAMS. >> CASTILLO: AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND PART OF THE TAKEAWAY FROM YESTERDAY IS REENTRY CONVERSATION AS WELL; RIGHT? THEY PROPOSE HOW CAN -- BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO PARTNERS FROM SO MANY NONPROFITS, FAITH-BASED, HARM REDUCTION, AND JUST IT WAS A GREAT GROUP OF FOLKS, AND THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND HAVE A PASSION TO GO BACK AND PROVIDE SUP SUPPORT; RIGHT? SO THEY HAD GREAT IDEAS ABOUT IN THEIR PERFECT WORLD WE WOULD HAVE ONE CEN CENTRALIZED HUB WHERE YOU HAVE HARM REDUCTION, COURSES, FAITH-BASED CARE, ALL UNDER ONE RO ROOF, AND I THINK THAT'S THE VALUE OF YOUR CENTRALIZED MO MODEL; RIGHT? AND IT SERVES AS A MODEL FOR A COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK. AND I APPRECIATE THE DIVERSION COMPONENT AS WELL, YESTERDAY WE HAD OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR DIVERSION, COUNCILMAN MEZA GONZALEZ WAS THERE AS WELL AND DR. P FROM SAN ANTONIO HEALTH SERVICES SAID THIS COULD SERVE AS A MODEL FOR JUVENILES AS WELL. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT TOWN HALLS, TALKING ABOUT ADULTS BUT WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS, WE'VE GOT TO START SOMEWHERE, BUT I JUST WANTED [01:00:01] TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND JUST REITERATE TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT WORK AND IT JUST -- THERE'S SO MUCH I COULD GET INTO AND HOW IT CONNECTS WITH GETTING TO THE ROOT OF CRIME. SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT AS PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY FOR THIS CITY AND CITY COUNCIL WE'LL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT EVERY COMPONENT THAT GETS TO THE ROOT OF VIOLENT CRIME IN THE COMMU COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN WHYTE. JUSTINE DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING REALLY QUICK? >> IF I MAY, THANK YOU. I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON COUNCILWOMAN ALDERETE GAVITO'S QUESTION. WE'RE WORKING WITH S S.A.P.D. TO GET THE SEVEN MIND-SETS CURRICULUM INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE FALL, AND IT REALLY FOCUSES ON STUDENT -- STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, BUT ALSO SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS. THE OTHER THING WE DO FUND CHILD SAFE THAT FUNDS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION TRAINING TO TEACHERS. SO JUST -- >> GALVAN: OKAY. COUNCILMAN WHYTE. GO AHEAD. >> WHYTE: IF WE COULD PUT THE BAR GRAPH UP AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE -- YEAH. THAT -- BECAUSE I HEAR COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO'S POINT, AND I ABSOLUTELY RESPECT WHAT THE COUNCILMEMBERS IN SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS WHERE THESE PROGRAMS HAVE AN EVEN GREATER IMPACT ARE SUGGESTING. BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT I'M SAYING. LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE ASSAULTS TH THERE; RIGHT? SO THEY'RE DOWN, WHAT, ABOUT 90 -- IF MY MATH IS OKAY. >> PER 100,000. >> WHYTE: RIGHT. OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS; RIGH? SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS -- I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY CLEARLY THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY ONE OF THOSE DECREASED ASSAULTS. SO WHICH PORTION OF THESE DECREASED ASSAULTS CAN WE ACTUALLY ATTRIBUTE TO THIS PROGRAM, AND THEN WHICH PARTICULAR PROGRAMS? SAME WITH THE SHOO SHOOTINGS; RIGHT? DOWN ABOUT 130 OVER THE THREE YEARS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE CREDIT FOR DECREASING ALL OF THOSE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, SURELY, BUT WHAT PERCENTAGE CAN WE ATTRIBUTE TO THESE PROGRAMS, AND THEN WHICH PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR ARE CAUSING THE DECR DECREASE? I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO REALLY DRILL DOWN ON, BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN, WE WILL KNOW HOW TO BETTER USE OUR DOLLARS HERE. THANKS, CHAIR. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU, COUNC COUNCILMAN. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION, THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION TODAY. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE SAME CONVERSATION THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY OVERALL. THERE'S ONE PART THAT -- IT'S NOT THE -- IT'S THE PREVENTING, THIS IS WHERE IT COMES IN AND REMINDS ME OF THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING THE DATA WE'RE LOOKING AT. PROGRAMS WE'RE LOOKING AT. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMITTEE. DIFFERENT FOCUS, SIMILAR PROGRAMS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT HOW SOCIAL SER SERVICES PROGRAMS CAN BETTER ALIGN, WORK TOGETHER, AND STRIVE FOR A BETTER GOAL OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN THAT REALM, WHILE THIS ONE, SIMILAR PROGRAMS, NOT ALWAYS OVERLAPPING, BUT SOMETIMES ARE, FOCUSING ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION, I THINK THERE'S A KEY INTERSECTION THERE IN SOME COMPONENT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT MANY STRATEGIES WITHIN THE PLAN ITSELF, LOOKING AT HOW TO CONNECT TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND DOING OWN EDUCATION THROUGH PARKS PROGRAM, METRO HEALTH PROGR PROGRAMMING, ET CETERA, PROJECT WORTH, EVERYTHING OF THE SORT THAT CAN HELP PROVIDE THE GAP WHEN WE CAN'T DO IT AT SCHOOLS, PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR LARGER COMMUNITY TO ENROLL IN AND TARGETING TO FOLKS WE KNOW NEED WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT KINDS OF BARRIERS IN THEIR LIVES, RISKS IN THEIR LIVES, OTHER COMMUNITY HEALTH MEETINGS AS WELL. SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE ANALYSIS ON THIS, AND THE CONVERSATION HERE, AND I'M WONDERING HOW WE CAN -- IT'S ALWAYS A LARGER QUESTION TOO EVEN WITH EDUCATION, HOW CAN WE SEE HOW OUR PROGRAMMING ALIGNS ON ALL OF THOSE PIECES AND DOING THAT KIND OF DOUBLE, TRIPLE, QUADRUPLE EFFORTS, MY COLLEAGUES HOW THEY'RE CONNECTING THERE, WHETHER WE FUND THEM OR NOT, IF WE WANT TO COORDINATE WITH THEM FREQUENTLY, ARE THEY -- BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ISSUES WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE AND ADDRESSING THE FOCUS AREAS WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT THE SAME -- A SIMILAR WAY WE DO WITH THE 24/7 PROGRESS REPORTS WHERE IT SHOWCASES DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WE HAVE, SPECIFIC INDICATOR OF MAYBE A RATE OF SOMETHING, WHETHER THIS BAR GRAPH OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT THEN SHOWS, RIGHT, THE LEVEL OF INVESTMENT IS THEN POTENTIALLY IMPACTING THIS FOCUS AREA IN SOME WAY. I'M NOT A STATISTICIAN, SO DO NOT TAKE THAT TO HEART FULLY, BUT JUST TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET THERE. BECAUSE I THINK IT -- I THINK IT'S RELEVANT, AND I THINK IF WE'RE ALSO SEEING, RIGHT, THOSE THINGS, DOUBLING UP ON NOT JUST VIOLENCE PREVENTION BUT ALSO EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES WHICH WE KNOW ARE USUALLY PRETTY MUCH LI LINKED ALONG WITH ALSO, RIGHT, POVERTY, ALL OF THESE THINGS COME TOGETHER AND KIND OF SHOWCASE THAT [01:05:04] THESE INVESTMENTS WE'RE MA MARKING NOT ONLY IN THE ONE AREA, THEY'RE IMP IMPACTING ALL OF THESE AREAS WHICH ARE MOSTLY COMMUNITY HEALTH, WHICH IS WHY THIS IS IN COMMUNITY. COUNCILMAN WHYTE GO AHEAD. >> WHYTE: YEAH. TO YOUR POINT AND THE COUNCILWOMAN'S POINT, THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE REALLY BENEFITING FROM THESE PROGRAMS MAYBE YA'LL ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO IDENTIFY WHICH ONES ARE HAVING THE GREATEST IMPACT. AND THEN, AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, IF WE CAN -- IF IT -- IF IT MAKES SENSE TO MOVE MORE DOLLARS TO ONE SPECIFIC PROGRAM THAN ANOTHER BECAUSE IT IS HAVING AN OUTSIZED IMPACT, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE WOULD ALL CONSIDER. >> GALVAN: YEAH. FOR SURE. AND I THINK YOU KNOW WHEN WE LOOK TOO, SOMETHING I WAS GOING TO ASK, I KNOW CLAUDE AND I HAVE LOOKED BEFORE, LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES TOO, WHAT'S THE -- EVEN THE -- THE BOTTOM LINE BASELINE INVESTMENT THAT CITIES ARE MAKING. SIMILAR IN BUDGET OVERALL, IF THEY'RE SIMILAR, $3.9 BILLION BUDGET HOW MUCH ARE THEY INVESTING IN THE BASELINE OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL DEPARTMENT VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR, GRANTS, VERSUS THE GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION FULLY. AND THEN WHAT ARE WE SEEING ON HOW MUCH THEY CAN STAFF THESE THINGS AND WHAT'S THE LARGER EFFECT THERE, THAT COULD HELP US BE INFORMED WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE HERE BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO SAY WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH FINANCIAL TIMES SO UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR REALITY, BUT LOOKING TO WHAT'S THE LARGER GOAL HERE IF WE GET TO -- NEED $8 MILLION ON THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE THIS MANY STAFF AND THIS MANY COMMUNITIES ARE SERVED, THIS MANY PEOPLE ARE SERVED. AND UNDERSTANDING TOO THAT WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT AREAS THAT HAVE THIS NEED, ARE THERE OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE A NEED THAT AREN'T BEING SERVED OR THAT COULD BE SERVED BETTER, EVEN IF IT'S L LOWER RATE HOMICIDE OR GUN VIOLENCE, WHATEVER IT IS, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION, WHATEVER THE SIGNIFICANT PORTION, IS HELPFUL TO FIGURE OUT CAN WE THEN -- WHAT DO WE NEED TO TARGET THE AREA, GET TO THAT POINT. WHETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN TOMORROW, DIFFERENT ISSUE, BUT HAVING THAT BEFORE US FIGURING OUT HOW TO BE STRATEGIC MAKING INV INVESTMENTS HERE AND ALL OF THOSE REALMS. I THINK THOSE ARE MOST OF MY GENERAL COMMENTS. I'LL READ THROUGH QU QUICKLY SOME QUICK QUESTIONS. I THINK A QUESTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH GRANTS ARE A BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO GET AT THIS POINT BUT WHAT'S THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS LIKE THESE? >> UNDER THE CURRENT FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION, THE OFFICE OF INJURY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION AT CDC WAS DISMANTLED, THAT MEANS PRETTY MUCH ALL FEDERAL FUNDING IS COMING OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THERE ARE VERY FEW FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR NONLAW ENFORCEMENT, NONCOURT CRIMINAL JUSTICE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES. >> GALVAN: GOT IT. THANK YOU, AND AT THE STATE LEVEL, IS IT SIMILAR AS WELL? >> YES. >> GALVAN: OKAY. GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION. >> DISMANTLED IS A STRONG WORD. >> GALVAN: RIGHT. WE'RE -- ANYWAYS. I WON'T GET INTO IT. LET'S GET -- GOOD TO KNOW, I GUESS. HOW DOES THAT ALSO IMPACT THE LEVEL OF STAFFING WE HAVE FOR GRANT WRITERS OR GRANT SEEKERS, FOLKS WHO DO THAT WORK IN OUR CITY BUDGET OR CITY DEPARTMENT. >> I MIGHT ASK ONE OF OUR LEADERSHIP MEMBERS TO COME UP BECAUSE IT'S A BIGGER QUESTION. >> SO IT'S PARKING LOT OF -- WE ADDED FUNDING IN GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR GRANT WRITING CONTRACTS SO THEY COULD HELP US WRITE GRANTS WHEN WE FIND THEM. THEY'RE ALSO ALWAYS LO LOOKING FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. >> GALVAN: GOT IT. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE IF I HAVE ANYONE ELSE HERE. DO WE HAVE -- I KNOW WE'RE TWO YEARS INTO THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN OR ALMOST 2 AND A HALF, DO WE HAVE ANY STATUS INDICATORS ON ANY OF THESE, WHERE THEY'RE AT. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT DATA SHARING CONVERSATIONS AND DATA REVIEW ANALYSIS HERE AND ONE PORTION ABOUT FINDING A WAY TO CEN CENTRALIZE LOCATION DATA SHARING ACROSS AGEN AGENTSSIES WE'RE WORKING WITH. DO WE HAVE ANY THROUGH LINES OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON THOSE, WHAT'S NEEDED THERE. >> SPECIFICALLY IN REGARD TO DATA. >> GALVAN: NOT ONLY SPECIF SPECIFICALLY, BUT JUST A FULL PLAN, THAT'S THE ONE I THINK WAS IN THE CONVERSATION. >> THAT'S ONE OF THE UNFORTUNATE CHALLENGES OF THE DRIED UP GRANT FUNDING IS OUR HOPE WAS TO HAVE A PERSON FULLY DEDICATED IN OUR OFFICE TO CONSISTENTLY MONITORING THIS, PROACTIVELY REACHING OUT TO ORGANIZATIONS, FI FINDING OUT THE WORK THEY'RE DOING, TYING IT ALL TOGETHER, DEMONSTRATING NETWORK MAPS, IMPACTS, ALL OF THE DATA IN ONE PLACE, WE HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT WITHOUT THAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCE. >> GALVAN: GOT IT. AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY ON SEEING THE PROGRESS ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN TOTAL; R. >> CORRECT. SO TODAY I SHOWED A AND Z WITH A LOT OF QUESTION MARKS IN BETWEEN. >> GALVAN: RIGHT. AND WHAT IT'S LIKE WORKING WITH INTEGRATED COMMUNITY SAFETY LIKE ON THIS. >> SO THEY ARE A PARTNER IN [01:10:03] THE PLAN, AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, THEY ESTABLISH THE PUBLIC SAFETY DASHBOARD, WHICH PULLS TOGETHER CALLS FOR SERVICE FROM S.A.P.D. AND 311, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE WORKING ON -- THEY'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON ENHANCEMENTS. SO THOSE ARE MANEUVERS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THIS PLAN WAS IMPL IMPLEMENTED. METRO HEALTH ALSO ENG ENGAGES REGULARLY WITH THE INTEGRATED COMMUNITY SAFETY OFFICE, AND THEY HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AND TARGET OUR WORK. >> GALVAN: GOT IT. OKAY. AND SO -- AND IT MAY BE MORE OF A QUESTION FOR THEM, BUT ARE THEY ABLE TO DO THE TRACKING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WITHIN THAT. >> THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THEM. >> GALVAN: OKAY. I'LL LEAVE THAT QUESTION HANGING THERE FOR NOW. AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP. BUT WE SHOULD SEE HOW TO DO THOSE THINGS BECAUSE IT'S HELPFUL WHEN WE HAVE MAJOR PLANS LIKE THIS, AND STAFFING WE HAVE, WHAT PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE COULD WORK WITH AND HELP WITH THAT, I KNOW WE'RE PUTTING THESE ON YA'LL'S PLAIT OVERALL IN EDUCATION, SO I'LL RECOGNIZE THAT FOR MYSELF IN OTHER CAPACITY AND ASKING FOR DATA THERE TOO, AND SO IT'S BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME POINT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO UNDERSTAND THESE INVESTMENTS AND WHAT THE FULL IMPACT CAN BE AND CURRENTLY, YEAH, JUST TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING THERE, BUT HEARD YOU ON THE POINT ABOUT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SOMEONE FOR THIS STUFF OTHERWISE IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER MAJOR QUESTIONS. LET ME MAKE SURE. ONE LAST THING, I GUESS, ON NONSPECIFIC DATA TO THIS, OVERALL ON SOME OF THE MAJOR BUCKETS ON 13, HOW DOES METRO HEALTH REVIEW THIS DATA CITYWIDE AND LOOKING AT THESE PROGRAMS YEAR TO YEAR? DO WE SEE CHANGES, YES IN THE RATE ITSELF OR SEE CHANGES IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY? OR JUST FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THE FULL CITY WIDE? >> SO THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I PULLED THIS TOGETHER LIKE THIS, SPECIFICALLY FOR TODAY. SO I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT IT BY AREA OF THE CITY YET BECAUSE THAT -- YE YEAH. TIMELINE ALLOWED US JUST TO HAVE IT READY FOR TODAY. >> GALVAN: ABSOLUTELY. AND SO YOU KNOW OF COURSE OVER THE COURSE OF IT ALL, HAPPY TO BRING THIS CONVERSATION BACK TO COMMUNITY HEALTH LATER ON THIS YEAR OR NEXT, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND LET US K KNOW MY TEAM AND I WHAT THE TIMELINE NEEDS TO BE SO WE DON'T SAY COME TOMORROW. BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE TOO; RIGHT. TO THE POINT EARLIER PLACES SEEING NOT A SPIKE BUT GROWING HERE THAT COULD BE TARGETED BY THIS PRO PROGRAM. >> I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED BY VARIATIONS. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL OF MY THINGS. ANY LAST QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CONVERSATION TODAY. AND AT 11:12:00 A.M. WE'LL ADJOURN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH MEE MEETING. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.