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NOW ADJOURN, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, WE'RE NOW GONNA OPEN OUR SPECIAL MEETING THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR 1:00 PM TODAY.I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO READ THE ROLE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA GRANT HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY AND MAYOR BERG HERE.
AND, AND THANK YOU AGAIN, EVERYONE WHO'S HERE, UH, FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
WE OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE RUNNING VERY LONG TODAY.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, ITEM NUMBER ONE WILL BE POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
[2. Briefing on the post-solicitation of request for proposals from non profit agencies to reduce and prevent domestic violence in San Antonio. [Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD, Assistant City Manager; Melody Woosley, Director, Human Services]]
TWO SO ERIC CAN GET US STARTED.UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE, WE'LL RESCHEDULE FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN FEBRUARY.
THAT'S ANOTHER HIGH PROFILE SOLICITATION.
IT'LL BE THE PRES SOLICITATION BRIEFING ON OUR DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESS, UH, THIS AFTERNOON.
THE SECOND ITEM, UH, WHICH IS, UH, TIMELY, IS A POSTS SOLICITATION BRIEFING, UH, FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REDUCTION AND PREVENTION.
UH, THE REQUEST PROPOSALS THAT WE ISSUED IN NOVEMBER, 2019, AS MANY OF YOU RECALL, AND AS SEVERAL PEOPLE MENTIONED IT EARLIER IN THE, IN THE MEETING TODAY, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, WAS A, UH, A BIG FOCUS OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
AND AT OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR, THE, UH, F Y 2020 BUDGET INCLUDED AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS TO ADDRESS THIS CRITICAL ISSUE.
HALF OF THAT MILLION, JUST AS A REMINDER, WAS ALLOCATED TO PARENTING AND SCHOOL-BASED VIOLATION, UH, SCHOOL-BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. AND THE REMAINING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WAS SET ASIDE, UH, TO SUPPORT GAPS IDENTIFIED IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLAN.
AND I WANTED TO, UH, POINT OUT, THERE'S THE JUDGE, JUDGE, UH, MONIQUE DIAZ IS HERE.
SHE HAS A, A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK IN HER SCHEDULE.
AND, UH, REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS A CONCERTED EFFORT LAST SUMMER, UH, BETWEEN THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS TO, UH, PUT TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.
UH, THE PRESENTATION THAT WE GAVE YOU IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, UH, OUTLINED SOME OF THE BROAD, UH, UH, OUTPUTS THAT WE WERE AND, AND, AND, UH, TARGETS THAT WE WERE INCLUDING IN THE SOLICITATION.
MELODY, UH, WILL PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THAT REQUEST PROPOSALS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, UH, AND PUT THIS, UH, I PUT THESE ITEMS ON THE, UH, COUNCIL AGENDA IN FEBRUARY AND EXECUTE THOSE CONTRACTS AND PUT THAT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS INTO PRODUCTION.
UH, UH, AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, JUDGE, I'M SORRY, NOT JUDGE.
I JUST EITHER PROMOTED HIM OR DEMOTED HIM.
UH, JOE GONZALEZ, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, IS MAKING A SECOND VISIT, UH, TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS TODAY.
SO THANK YOU, JOE, FOR BEING HERE.
OCTOBER 30TH OF LAST YEAR, DR.
COLLEEN BRIDGER PROVIDED A DETAILED PRESENTATION REGARDING THE STATUS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN SAN ANTONIO, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S FIRST, UH, COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLAN AND CREATION OF THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AS SHE DISCUSSED, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO BE A CRITICAL ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE NUMBER OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED HOMICIDES DOUBLED FROM 2015 TO 2018, WHILE FAMILY VIOLENCE CALLS TO SS A P D HAVE BEEN STABLE.
FELONY FAMILY VIOLENCE ARRESTS INCREASED 6% PER YEAR FROM 2014 TO 2018.
AND IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES REPORTED THE HIGHEST AVERAGE MONTHLY CENSUS OF EVER AT THE BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER.
SO, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO REDUCE AND PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? LAST SUMMER, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND HUMAN SERVICES CONDUCTED AN ASSESSMENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED SERVICES AND WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLAN TO INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF GAPS IN AND SERVICES IN THE SYSTEM AND SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.
IN AUGUST, THE COL, THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WAS LAUNCHED CO-CHAIRED BY DR.
BRIDGER AND DISTRICT COURT JUDGE MONIQUE DIAZ.
THE COMMISSION'S WORK GROUP PRIORITIZED GAPS IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH INFORMED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS $500,000 WILL SUPPORT, UM, THIS R F P.
AND AS YOU KNOW, ERIC MENTIONED YOU ALL APPROVED $1 MILLION IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 ADOPTED BUDGET, AND 500,000 IS SUPPORTING PARENTING EDUCATION, SCHOOL-BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION, AND THE LOVE IS COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN THAT REMAINING $500,000 SUPPORTS INITIATIVES THAT ADDRESS THE GAPS IN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESPONSE SYSTEM IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE
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PLAN AND PRIORITIZED BY THE COMMISSION.ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY HAS COLLABORATED WITH THE SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION, WHO HAS COMMITTED $600,000 UT HEALTH COMMITTING A HUNDRED THOUSAND, AS WELL AS THE TEXAS COUNCIL ON FAMILY VIOLENCE AND GRONKOWSKI FOUNDATION TO ALIGN AND INCREASE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FUNDING INVESTMENTS.
AND SO THE R F P REQUESTED PROPOSALS FROM NONPROFIT AGENCIES TO SUPPORT A COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT TO REDUCE AND PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN SAN ANTONIO THROUGH SEVEN PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
FIRST, CREATING A 24 HOUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS HOTLINE TO PROVIDE TRAUMA-INFORMED ASSISTANCE AND SERVICE REFERRALS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS, ESTABLISHING A PRO BONO LEGAL REP, LEGAL REPRESENTATION NETWORK FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS, CREATING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HIGH RISK TEAMS TO PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION, USING A EVIDENCE-BASED RISK ASSESSMENT THAT ALERTS THE COMMUNITY'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESPONSE SYSTEM, WHEN A CASE HAS A HIGH RISK OF TURNING, LETHAL, PROVIDING TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO BEXAR COUNTY SCHOOLS TO IMPLEMENT EVIDENCE-BASED TEEN DATING AND RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE CURRICULUM, PROVIDING TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE TO BEXAR COUNTY HOSPITAL SYSTEMS TO IMPLEMENT A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FORENSIC NURSE EXAMINER PROGRAM, AND IMPLEMENTING THE PRAXIS INTERNATIONAL BLUEPRINT FOR SAFETY CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS TOOL.
AND FINALLY, PROVIDING LETHALITY ASSESSMENT TRAINING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, INCLUDING POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
ON NOVEMBER 1ST OF LAST YEAR, HUMAN SERVICES ISSUED THIS R F P TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS IN INITIATIVES IN THOSE SEVEN PRIORITY AREAS.
IN DECEMBER, PROPOSALS FOR EIGHT PROJECTS WERE SUBMITTED BY FIVE AGENCIES.
IN RESPONSE TO THE R F P EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE PROPOSAL EVALUATION COMMITTEE MET TO INTERVIEW THE APPLICANT AGENCIES SCORE PROPOSALS, AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUNDING.
TODAY'S ITEM IS FOR BRIEFING ONLY.
STAFF WILL REQUEST CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS IN FEBRUARY.
AND SO, REGARDING THE SOLICITATION PROCESS FOR THE R F P 310 VENDORS WERE NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
12 AGENCIES ATTENDED THE PRE-SUBMIT CONFERENCE MEETING IN NOVEMBER, AND FIVE AGENCIES SUBMITTED EIGHT PROPOSALS FOR FUNDING.
THERE WERE NO FINDINGS FROM THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND DILIGENCE REVIEWS.
THE EVALUATION INCLUDED EVALUATION COMMITTEE INCLUDED DR.
BRIDGER, JENNIFER HICKSON WITH METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, RICHARD KEITH WITH HUMAN SERVICES, MICHELLE LU HOLLAND WITH THE GRONKOWSKI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, LIEUTENANT JESSE SOLEMA, SOLEMA WITH S A P D AND PATRICK STACK WITH HUMAN SERVICES EVALUATION CRITERIA INCLUDED 45 POINTS FOR THE PROPOSED PROGRAM PLAN, 30 POINTS FOR AGENCY EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS, AND 25 POINTS FOR THE BUDGET NARRATIVE.
AND, UM, WELL, THE BUDGET NARRATIVE ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS R F P WAS LIMITED TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND THE S BETA LOCAL PREFERENCE AND VETERAN ZONE BUSINESS.
UM, PROGRAMS WERE NOT APPLICABLE THIS TIME.
SO THIS CHART INCLUDES THE EVALUATION CRITERIA AND SCORES FOR EACH OF THE EIGHT PROPOSED PROGRAMS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.
THE TOP FIVE RANKED PROGRAMS FROM FOUR AGENCIES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING.
THESE THREE PROPOSALS WERE SUBMITTED, BUT ARE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING FROM BEXAR COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER, FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES, AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES.
AND SO THIS CHART SHOWS THE AMOUNT THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE AWARDED A OR RECOMMENDED AGENCIES AND THE AMOUNT RECOMMENDED.
AND I AM EXCITED ABOUT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE THESE ARE EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE NOT FUNDED IN THE PAST.
THEY'RE NEW TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
ALMOST $600,000 IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONTRACTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED IN THE F Y 20 BUDGET, IN THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING POOL SUPPORT, VITAL INTERVENTION AND SHELTER PROGRAMS, AND THE NEW CONTRACTS.
THESE NEW CONTRACTS WILL COMPLEMENT THOSE PROGRAMS AND EXPAND OUR SCOPE TO INCLUDE MORE PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AND A RICHER SURVIVOR SERVICES.
THE RECOMMENDED FUNDING AMOUNTS ON THIS CHART REFLECT THE TOTAL 19 MONTH AWARD PERIOD.
THE COMBINED AMOUNT OF THE AWARD THAT'S AWARDED UNDER THIS R F P IS $1 MILLION OVER THE E 19 MONTH PERIOD FROM MARCH, 2020 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021.
THIS INCLUDES THE 500,000 FROM THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, 2020 AND 500,000 FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET
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SUBJECT TO COUNCIL APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 21.AND SO, MORE INFORMATION ON THE AGENCIES, UM, THAT ARE AWARDED.
THE, UH, THE Y W C A HAS SUBMITTED THE HIGHEST SCORING PROPOSAL TO IMPLEMENT A SCHOOL-BASED CURRICULUM THAT PREVENTS TEEN DATING VIOLENCE IN SAN ANTONIO AND EDGEWOOD ISDS.
THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT OF AWARD IS 270 2002 22.
BELL COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER IS RECOMMENDED FOR $330,000 FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER FOUNDATION TO PILOT A HIGH RISK DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TEAM TO ASSIST SURVIVORS IDENTIFIED AS BEING AN EXTREME DANGER.
THIS TEAM WILL PROVIDE EXPEDITIVE EXPEDITED PREDICTIVE OR PROTECTIVE ORDER APPLICATIONS, AND ALSO SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE VIOLATION OF PROTECTIVE ORDERS.
THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY THE TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID CREATES A COUNTYWIDE SYSTEM FOR INCREASING PRO BONO LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS FOCUSING ON INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PROTECTIVE ORDERS PROCESSED.
THEY'RE RECOMMENDED TO RECEIVE $226,726 AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES.
THE FOURTH AGENCY RECOMMENDED WILL CREATE A COORDINATED PLAN TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF FORENSIC NURSING SERVICES FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS.
FORENSIC NURSE EXAMINERS, AGAIN, PROVIDE MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS AND CARE TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEX TRAFFICKING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STRANGULATION, AND OTHER FORMS OF ABUSE.
THIS PROGRAM IS RECOMMENDED AT $125,500.
AND A SECOND PROGRAM AWARDED OR RECOMMENDED FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION, UM, WILL TRAIN FIRST RESPONDERS TO ASSESS THE ONGOING RISK OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS FOR TRAUMA, LETHALITY AND FURTHER VIOLENCE.
THIS RECOMMENDED AWARD IS $45,500.
AS NEXT STEPS IN FEBRUARY, STAFF WILL REQUEST APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS WITH FOUR AGENCIES COVERING THE FIVE PROGRAMS IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
CONTRACTS WOULD WILL BEGIN MARCH 1ST, 2020, AND RUN THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021, A 19 MONTH PERIOD.
HUMAN SERVICES WILL MONITOR AND EVALUATE THE PROGRESS OF PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY INDICATORS THROUGHOUT THE CONTRACT PERIOD.
CONTRACTS INCLUDE AN OPTION FOR THE CITY TO ISSUE A ONE YEAR RENEWAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, AND THEN FUTURE SOLICITATIONS WOULD THEN ALIGN WITH THE BIENNIAL DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING CYCLE.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
UH, MELODY FOR, UH, THE PRESENTATION, AND I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE ALL THE PARTNERS HERE, UH, WHO HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTING TO THE EFFORT.
UM, AND OVERALL THE, WHAT THE COMMISSION IS DOING TO GIVE US A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHAT WE COULD BE DOING WITH SERVICES.
SO THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO, UM, THE PROGRESS OF THE DV PLAN? THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? SURE.
AND I ALSO HAVE, UM, FOLKS FROM METRO HEALTH HERE THAT CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING.
SO THE, THE COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
UM, THEY'RE IN THE PROGRESS OF WORKING ON A CONTRACT WITH TRIPLE P PARENTING THAT WILL DO THE PARENT EDUCATION PIECE.
AND THEN ON THE, I'M NOT SURE ON THE, DO YOU WANNA, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT? SURE, SURE.
SO FOR THE TRIPLE PARENTING FOR THE TRIPLE P PARENTING PROGRAM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY FINALIZING THE CONTRACT TO GET THAT GOING.
AND WE START OUR TRAININGS FOR COMMUNITY, UM, PROVIDER AGENCIES NEXT WEEK.
UM, THE TRAININGS ARE GONNA HAPPEN NEXT, THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY AND THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY.
SO THAT THEN ALL OF THE COMMUNITY AGENCIES THAT ARE GETTING TRAINED TO ROLL THAT PROGRAM OUT CAN START ROLLING OUT VERY QUICKLY.
UM, WELL, OBVIOUSLY I'M ANXIOUS TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS.
I, I, I STILL BELIEVE THAT ONE OF OUR, OUR KEY CHARGES, UH, OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS WE GET INTO THIS IS TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION ELEVATED.
UH, SO I WANT TO THANK OUR COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ AND, AND EZ IN PARTICULAR FOR, UH, THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE TO DO THAT, TO GET TO THIS POINT.
UH, I DO REMEMBER THE TOWN HALL, UH, THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY CONGRESSMAN, UH, DOGGETT AND CASTRO THIS SUMMER.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WALKED AWAY WITH, THE IMPRESSION IS THAT, UH, THERE WAS A WOMAN THERE WHO, WHO USED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY ASK FOR HELP, UH, BY SPEAKING OPENLY AT THE TOWN HALL, WHICH, UH, WAS DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR, BUT, UM, ALSO IN SOME WAYS GRATIFYING THAT SHE FELT LIKE THIS COMMUNITY WAS AT A POINT WHERE WE SHE WHERE SHE COULD DO THAT.
UH, SO I WANT TO COMMEND THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION, UM, OUR DA, UH, BEXAR
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COUNTY, UH, JUSTICE CENTER, ALL THE FOLKS THAT HAVE INVOLVED WITH THIS METRO HEALTH, UM, TO ALLOW FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.I SPOKE YESTERDAY WITH MANNY'S MOM,
AND SHE, UH, URGED US TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN PUBLIC EDUCATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO PUT A FINGER ON WHY WE ARE SUCH AN OUTLIER AMONG ALL THE OUTLIERS, BUT SOME OF THAT HAS TO BE THE, THE CULTURE AROUND VIOLENCE, UM, THAT WE SEE IN, IN EVEN OUR YOUNGEST PEOPLE, YOUNGEST, UH, RESIDENTS.
AND SO TO GET AT THE HEART OF THAT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE URGED.
SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT A BIG PORTION OF THIS R F P IS SPENT IN THAT REGARD.
AND I'M JUST, UM, I'M LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP.
BRIDGER AND, AND MELODY BE AS CANDID AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN WITH THIS COUNCIL AS WE GET TOWARDS BUDGET SEASON.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF PRIORITIES.
UM, BUT THIS HAS TO RANK NEAR THE TOP BECAUSE THE COUNCIL HAS, HAS DEDICATED ITSELF NOW TO MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE.
AND WE WANT TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS COME DOWN BECAUSE EACH OF THOSE NUMBERS IS A, IS A LIFE SAVED.
SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE, UH, LEFT TO SAY, OTHER THAN COMMEND YOUR WORK.
PLEASE ALLOW US TO HELP ELEVATE IT, CONTINUE TO ELEVATE IT, AND POINT US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.
I KNOW THERE'S EXPERTS AMONG UP HERE, UH, THAT CAN SPEAK, UH, TO THAT AS WELL.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK, UH, HERE AND FOR THE CONTINUED EFFORT.
I, UM, I, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REGARDING SOME GAPS THAT, UM, I, I FEEL LIKE DID NOT GET ADDRESSED.
SO EARLIER, UH, WE HAD OUR, OUR NEW HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, UM, I DON'T, CAN YOU REMIND ME HER NAME IF SHE'S STILL HERE? DAWN.
UM, UH, SHE MENTIONED THE BATERS INTERVENTION PROGRAM, AND I SORT OF EXPECTED TO SEE THAT HERE, AND I DON'T, IS THERE SOME REASON WHY THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE FIRST ROUND OF, OF WORK, YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY APPLICATIONS, RIGHT? NO.
THERE WERE NO APPLICATIONS FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
WELL, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS RECOMMENDED.
AND I GUESS I JUST WAS WONDERING WHY, UM, I, I GUESS IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN LIKE A REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF ADDRESSING THE ISSUE.
UH, I DON'T, SO LET ME INTRODUCE TO Y'ALL
SO JENNY IS THE PERSON WHO PUT TOGETHER THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLAN.
UM, TALKED TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT SHOULD BE IN IT, AND HAS DONE ALL OF THE RESEARCH.
SO I'M GONNA DEFER TO HER ON OKAY.
SO, THE REASON IT WASN'T IN THE PRIORITIES IS BECAUSE THE PRIORITIES WERE DEVELOPED BASED ON WHAT THE C C D V COMMITTEES ELECTED TO WORK ON FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
I'M SORRY, SAY WHICH COMMUNITIES? THE C C D V.
SO THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
EACH ONE OF THOSE COMMITTEES WITH THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FIGURED OUT WHAT THEY WANTED TO FOCUS ON, AND THEN THE R F P WAS REALLY INTENDED TO KIND OF SUPPORT THOSE, UM, THOSE EFFORTS THAT THEY WANNA WORK ON, JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS R F P.
AND JUST BECAUSE IT WASN'T SELECTED BY A COMMITTEE THOUGH, DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE ARE NOT STILL CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THOSE EFFORTS AND HOW WE CAN PULL IN MORE SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY FROM OTHER PLACES, UM, BECAUSE THERE JUST IS A HUGE NEED.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND ALL THE RESOURCES WE CAN TO EXPAND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS GAPS.
UH, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, I I BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE THE EXPERTS.
UH, I JUST KNOW THAT IN SOME OF THE RESEARCH THAT I'VE DONE IN, IN TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE, THAT HAVING THAT COMPONENT IS, UH, REALLY CRITICAL, UM, SO THAT THAT SAME PERSON DOESN'T CONTINUE TO, UM, TO VIOLATE OTHERS.
SO SEEMS LIKE, UH, THAT WOULD BE REALLY CRI.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT SOMEWHERE.
UM, AND I DID WANT TO REMIND, UM, COUNSEL THAT THE, THE COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLAN IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN, AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF FUNDING FOR THAT FIVE YEAR PLAN.
UM, OTHER PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO RISE TO THE TOP AFTER WE ADDRESS THE FIRST YEAR'S PRIORITIES.
AND, UM, AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND, UM, I, I KNOW THAT, UH, IT'S, AND THIS FUNDING IS JUST FOR ONE YEAR.
THAT'S SO, WHY'S SUCH A SHORT PERIOD.
I MEAN, UH, WE KNOW THAT IT JUST TAKES A REALLY LONG TIME TO SEE THE IMPACT.
SO WAS THERE DISCUSSION ABOUT EXTENDING IT? UM, SO CLARIFYING THE FUNDING IS FOR ESSENTIALLY 19 MONTHS.
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IT FINISHES THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, AND THEN GOES FOR THE ENTIRETY OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR.AND THEN WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION JUST BECAUSE OF HOW WE DO OUR CONTRACTS FOR FUNDING.
WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT DO WE CONTINUE THESE PROJECTS? DO WE DO A DIFFERENT ROUND OF PROJECTS, UM, FOR FUNDING? UH, WE'RE WORKING, AS YOU'VE HEARD, REALLY CLOSELY WITH OTHER FUNDERS TO, UM, HELP IDENTIFY HOW THEY CAN WORK WITH US.
AND SO AS WE ARE ABLE TO BRING IN SOME OUTSIDE FUNDING FOR THESE PRIORITIES, THEN THE CITY CAN SHIFT TO OTHER AREAS.
BUT THESE PROPOSALS ARE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING FOR 19 MONTHS.
WELL, AND, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, RIGHT, IT'S THE FIRST TIME I THINK WE'VE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
MANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN IN THIS SPACE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY NEW TO THEM, BUT THE FUNDING IS NEW AND PERHAPS THE METRICS, UH, THAT WILL BE REQUIRED.
AND I THINK THE DIFFICULTY, UH, OF, OF BEING SUCH A DATA-DRIVEN SOCIETY AND HAVING SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT WE CAN, UH, WE CAN GET, CAN SOMETIMES BE A DOWNFALL BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SHOW THE WHOLE PICTURE AND DOESN'T GIVE THE WHOLE STORY WHEN WE HAVE ONLY CERTAIN DATA THAT WE CAN CONSUME.
SO, UM, I JUST, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR PRIORITIZING THIS AND FOR ALL YOUR WORK, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCILMAN BELAY, UH, FOR ALL THE WORK HE'S DONE, UM, IN THIS, UH, SPACE.
UH, AND I HOPE WE SEE AN IMPACT.
UM, I, I JUST, I WISH IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, LIKE IT WAS STREETS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD LAY DOWN THE STREETS AND YOU KNEW EXACTLY HOW LONG IT WAS GONNA LAST.
UH, AND, UH, YOU COULD SAY ONCE IT WAS DONE, IT WAS DONE, AND WE COULD MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING.
BUT THIS IS SUCH IMPORTANT WORK AND TAKE SUCH A LONG TIME TO SEE A SHIFT.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE PUTTING THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO FINALLY GET THAT CHANGE.
AND I WISH, I MEAN, WOULDN'T IT BE SO AWESOME IF WE COULD IN ONE YEAR SAY THAT WE HAD ZERO FATALITIES, UM, BASED ON THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE HERE, ESPECIALLY IN INTIMATE PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS.
BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MANNY PIAS FOR LOOKING AND TACKLING AN ISSUE THAT IS ONE OF THE HARDEST TO TRULY TALK ABOUT.
UM, UM, I'M EXCITED AT THE SAME TIME TO KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS TRULY BEING DONE ABOUT THOSE VOICES THAT HAVE BEEN SILENCED BECAUSE OF AN ISSUE THAT NOBODY WANTED TO TACKLE.
TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A 24 HOUR HOTLINE FOR SOMEONE TO PICK UP A PHONE AND TRULY CALL AND SAY, I NEED HELP, MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN NOT ONLY THE PERSON THAT IS BEING ABUSED, BUT IT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FAMILY THAT LIVES THERE AS WELL.
AND WE KNOW THAT WE ARE LIVING IN AN AREA WHERE MANY WOMEN WILL NEVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK COUNSEL.
UM, AND OUR KIDS SUFFER AND THEY SUFFER THE MOST, AND THEN THEMSELVES BECOME PART OF THE CONTINUOUS CYCLE THAT GOES ON AND ON.
SO WE'RE LAYING A FOUNDATION TO CHANGE GENERATIONS TO COME.
AND FOR ME, UM, I WISH IT HAD COME SOONER.
AND TO LISTEN TO COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ ASK ABOUT A BETTER'S PREVENTION IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE TACKLED.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT I'M NOT SAYING IS, HOW DOES ONE'S LIFE CONTINUE WHEN THIS, WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED, I'M, I DON'T SEE HOUSING.
AND THAT IS A BIG ISSUE FOR A LOT OF VICTIMS THAT CONTINUE TO SAY IN A CYCLE OF BEING TORMENTED AND BELITTLED.
AND SO I WAS WONDERING, WHEN ARE WE GONNA TACKLE THE HOUSING ISSUE? AND WHERE DOES IT FALL INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? SO THE HOUSING, UM, PROVIDING HOUSING FOR SURVIVORS, UM, AS THEY'RE FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES, POTENTIALLY.
UM, IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PLAN.
IT'S INCLUDED IN, UM, OTHER PLANS.
IT'LL BE PART OF THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE, UM, SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE OFTEN THE WOMEN WHO BECOME HOMELESS.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A BIG PART OF THAT POPULATION
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AND, AND WILL CERTAINLY BE ADDRESSED.UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE ALSO OTHER AREAS WHERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS BEING ADDRESSED AND THAT WOULD EXTEND TO, TO THIS POPULATION.
BUT I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S MORE THAT WE CAN DO AND THERE'S MORE THAT WE CAN DO TO HAVE SET ASIDES AND, AND PROTOCOLS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT, THAT PEOPLE ARE HOUSED SAFELY.
UM, THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING SPEAKS MULTITUDES WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE GAPS.
AND SO, UM, KNOWING THAT WE WILL TRULY HAVE THE FORCE BEHIND PROTECTIVE ORDERS BEING EXPEDITED, UM, IS, IS EXCELLENT WORK.
SS A P D, KNOWING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING THE ADDITIONAL 16 OFFICERS IN PLACE TO TRULY WORK ON THE PROTECTIVE ORDER PIECE IS GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS WELL.
SO I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS COMING TO COUNCIL FOR US TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ON IT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THE REMAINDER OF PUTTING THE WHOLE PLAN INTO ACTION WILL BE.
I KNOW THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP, BUT I COMMEND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR TRULY SAYING WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEBODY'S LIFE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS.
UM, FOLKS, MY BIRTHDAY'S AROUND THE CORNER.
AND, UH, MY MOTHER WOULD, UH, PUT ME UP FOR ADOPTION IF I DIDN'T PIPE IN.
AND, UH, MENTIONED THAT, UH, THE MOST EFFECTIVE TOOL IN COMBATING, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS PROVEN TO BE, UH, BATERS INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER SERVICES, BUT BATTERIES INTERVENTION PROGRAMS ARE ESSENTIAL.
I CAN'T COMMENT ON THE, UH, MERITS, UH, OR THE R F P OR ANYTHING FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
BUT WHAT, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS, UM, THAT I AM SO RELIEVED THAT WE'RE DOING THIS, UH, AND THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT TIME.
UM, A MILLION DOLLARS TO A LOT OF FOLKS IS A LOT OF MONEY, UM, IN, IN ATTACKING THIS ISSUE.
IT'S, IT'S A DROP IN THE BUCKET, BUT YOU GOTTA START SOMEWHERE.
UM, I, I WILL TELL YOU, I'M, I'M CONCERNED, UH, ABOUT ONE THING, UH, GOING FORWARD, NOT NOT FOR THIS, UH, PROCESS, BUT GOING FORWARD, UM, YOU KNOW, L G B T Q RATES, UH, FOR INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND PRETTY MUCH THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES ARE WAY OUT OF SYNC WITH, UH, THE SAME RATES FOR THE STRAIGHT COMMUNITY.
AND SO I NEED YOU TO REALLY TELL ME LATER, UM, HOW IT IS THAT WE ARE GONNA COMMUN COMMUNICATE TO WHOEVER WINS THESE FUNDS, RIGHT? THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR EVEN STARTING NOW, MAYBE THREADING THROUGH THERE AND ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE.
'CAUSE I, I DO WANT US TO BE ONE OF THE FORWARD-THINKING CITIES THAT TALKS ABOUT THIS AS OPPOSED TO JUST LUMPING IT IN ALTOGETHER.
'CAUSE IT IS NOT THE SAME KIND OF VIOLENCE, AND IT HAPPENS FOR TOTALLY DIFFERENT REASONS.
UM, THE OTHER THING TOO IS I DO WANNA POINT OUT, UM, THAT IF EVER YOU WANTED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY, UM, OF, OF THE KINDS OF CHAMPIONS THAT WE HAVE WORKING ON THIS, UM, CRYSTAL CHANDLER, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ONE OF THE BIGGEST BRAINS IN TEXAS.
UM, JUDGE CHANDLER, YOU KNOW, WASN'T JUST A JUDGE, BUT YOU PROSECUTED CASES LIKE THIS, YOU ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, HANDLED, UH, A LOT OF WORK AND YOU WERE WHAT A BRIEFING ATTORNEY FOR THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE LAND, UH, FOR CRIMINAL CASES.
AND WE'RE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, FAMILY JUSTICE FOUNDATION AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SITTING TO YOUR RIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, JOE GONZALEZ, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, JOE GONZALEZ AND HIS TEAM SUCCESSFULLY, UM, PROSECUTED A CASE ACROSS THE STREET INVOLVING, UM, A MONSTER, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO WAS TERRORIZING WOMEN IN THE MEDICAL CENTER, UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SENTENCING WILL PROBABLY END UP HAPPENING TOMORROW OR MONDAY, BUT, UM, OR TODAY
UH, BUT WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IS, IS ALIVE AND WELL IN ALL OF ITS UGLY FORMS. AND, UM, I THINK IT ALSO SPEAKS VOLUMES THAT, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENTING THIS TODAY ARE WOMEN.
BRIDGER, YOU KNOW, ATTACKING THIS, THAT THE PERSON WHO LEADS OUR, UM, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, EFFORTS IN SAN ANTONIO IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST WOMEN THAT I KNOW, MARIA VILLAGOMEZ.
AND SO, UM, AND THAT ALL OF THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT, UH, TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY BECAUSE OF ERIC'S PREDECESSOR, YET ANOTHER ONE OF THE VERY, VERY STRONG WOMEN WHO I ADMIRE VERY MUCH.
AND SO, UM, I I THINK SAN ANTONIO'S GONNA GET THIS RIGHT, AND I THINK WE GOT THE RIGHT TEAM.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT, WHAT YOU DO.
AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT, WHAT COMES OF THIS.
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO SHOWED UP.
UM, AND I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, MAYOR, THIS IS JUST A BRIEFING.
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UH, MELODY, UH, COLLEEN, THIS IS JUST A, A SENSE A A DAY OF, UH, A LOT OF, UM, HOPEFULNESS AND HOPE-FILLED ACTION THAT IS TAKING PLACE HERE.UM, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, ELAS AND GONZALEZ FOR, UM, THE INITIATIVE TO MOVE FORWARD AND TO GET THIS GOING.
AND I THINK YOU SEE THIS MOVING IN A MORE RAPID PACE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE SENSE OF URGENCY THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT WE'VE HAD.
BUT I THINK BECAUSE WE ARE MOVING IN A MORE, UM, UNIFIED DIRECTION FORWARD AND, UM, BE ALSO BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE WOMEN, UM, AND OUR ALLIES ON THIS, ON THIS DAIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THIS ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES.
AND THAT YOU, ERIC, AND THE ENTIRE CITY TEAM HAS SEEN THIS AS A PRIORITY AND A SENSE OF, OF, UM, URGENCY FOR THIS ENTIRE CITY.
UM, THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT DEAL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SCHOOL-BASED.
UM, HOW DID WE GET TO THOSE TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S, UM, THAT PROGRAM WILL BE RUN BY THE Y W C A AND FOCUSING ON, UM, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS, AND WORKING, I MEAN, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DO THAT.
THE, THE DISTRICTS ARE, UM, VERY INTERESTED IN THIS ISSUE.
THEY DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE EVERY DAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, Y W C A AND SUBMITTING THEIR PROPOSAL HAS WORKED OUT THOSE CONNECTIONS TO THE DISTRICTS.
SO IS IT THE CONNECTIONS OR ARE THESE THE, THE AREAS OR THE ZIP CODES OR THE HOTSPOTS THAT WE SEE CASES, OR IF SAY, UM, AND I KNOW THAT S A I S D AND E I S D MM-HMM.
SO ARE THESE TWO AREAS THAT HAVE, UM, HOTSPOTS OR HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS, AS AREAS WITH A LOT OF CASES? ABSOLUTELY.
DISTRICT FIVE IS CERTAINLY A HOTSPOT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
UM, THE, SOME OF THE AREAS, THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE THE HIGH HAVE, THE HIGHEST RATES ARE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
EITHER CHILDREN WHO ARE LIVING IN HOMES WHERE THERE'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR TEENS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING IT.
THEY'RE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.
WELL, I'M, I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M GLAD BECAUSE ONCE WE DO THIS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IS WORKING HERE, UM, HOW WE CAN TRANSLATE THAT TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, KNOWING THAT OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, IT MAY LOOK DIFFERENT, IT MAY BE DIFFERENT, BUT WORKING WITH THE EDUCATORS AND KNOWING, UH, THAT THEY HAVE THE EYES AND THE EARS THAT THEY SEE EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO ADDRESS THIS UPSTREAM THAT THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH THOSE YOUNG CHILDREN MAY BE LIVING WITH THAT RIGHT NOW, THAT THEY WILL NOT BECOME THEN PERPETRATORS OF THIS IN THE FUTURE, AND THAT WE CAN PROTECT THEM AS WELL.
UM, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE JOB IS HERE.
WE ARE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND TAKING CARE OF EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE KNOW, UM, THE STAGGERING INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THIS CITY.
BUT THIS IS A NEW DAY OF HOPE.
AND I THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THESE CHANGES AND, UM, THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE, THE BRAVE STRONG WOMEN, UM, THAT ARE DEALING WITH WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, UM, ANDREW SULLIVAN FOR BEING BRAVE AND STRONG AND A VOICE HERE AND LEADING, FOR EXAMPLE, WE THANK YOU.
WE'RE SORRY THAT THAT HAD TO HAPPEN, BUT WE ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE DOING ALL THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
THESE, UM, PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND, UH, THE EXPEDITED PROTECTIVE ORDERS, AND TO FILL THAT GAP, THAT IS GOING TO BE TREMENDOUS HELP TO OUR S A P D AND TO, UM, TO YOUR TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT LINE OF COMMUNICATION WHERE WOMEN HAVE FELT BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, TOWN HALL THAT THEY SAID, LIKE, WE'VE TRIED AND WE'VE TRIED AND WE'VE TRIED, LET'S FILL AND, AND CONNECT THOSE GAPS AND MAKE SURE THAT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN, NOT ON ANY OF OUR WATCH HERE.
UM, WE SAID THIS WAS IMPORTANT.
WE'VE TAKEN ACTION AND WE'RE MAKING THIS A PRIORITY.
SO BE, UM, VERY CLEAR TO EVERYONE THAT WE ARE, UM, HERE TO HELP.
AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL, UM, TO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ'S POINT ABOUT SHE WANTS TO SEE THAT COME TO AN END.
AND IF I COULD CLARIFY QUICKLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN
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ADDITION TO THE 500,000, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE FUNDING, UH, OR RECOMMENDING TODAY, IN ADDITION TO THE $600,000 THAT ARE FUNDED IN THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SERVICES OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE NOT FUNDING.AND SO THOSE ARE OUTLINED IN THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THEY INCLUDE BATTERY, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNSELING FOR BATTERERS, UM, YOU KNOW, HOUSING RAPID REHOUSING EFFORTS.
AND SO THERE REALLY IS A LOT OUT THERE THAT'S NOT REFLECTED.
THIS PLAN REFLECTS THE GAPS AND WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED AND PRIORITIZED WERE THE GAPS THAT WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT TO THE COMMISSION.
AND THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT, BECAUSE THERE IS WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, THERE'S ONGOING WORK, WE'RE FILLING IN THESE GAPS RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT, I THINK BECAUSE OF IT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A AND BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF THE C C V, IS THAT CORRECT? THE C C D V COMMUNITY, UM, WE'RE STILL GONNA CONTINUE TO BE WORKING WITH THEM, AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO GROW AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT KNOWING THAT, UM, WORKING TOGETHER AND WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
GER FOR, UM, FOR TAKING THIS ON.
AND, AND TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ AND COUNCILMAN ELLAS.
I HAVE A, A QUESTION, WELL, SEVERAL QUESTIONS FIRST, WHERE DOES THIS INFORMATION LIVE OR IS THERE, UM, AN AREA ON OUR WEBSITE SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN, UH, IMMEDIATELY START HAVING ACCESS TO RESOURCES? I KNOW WE, I KNOW WE HAVE SACRED.ORG, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN, UM, DO OR MAYBE THERE ALREADY IS AND I JUST HAVEN'T NOTICED, OR EVERYTHING JUST IS FRONT AND CENTER.
I THINK THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PLACES.
YOU KNOW, THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT THAT DOES PROVIDE, UM, REFERRALS AND, AND HELP TO PEOPLE IN THE IMMEDIATE, UM, YOU KNOW, METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND HUMAN SERVICES ARE, WILL HAVE THIS ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE ALSO HAVE SACRED, WE'RE WORKING WITH SACRED RIGHT NOW TO CUSTOMIZE A PAGE SO THAT PEOPLE THAT COME TO OUR SITE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY GET TO THE REFERRAL THEY NEED AND NOT HAVE TO WADE THROUGH 1400 DIFFERENT ENTRIES.
AND SO, UM, THEY'VE DONE THAT WITH THE SAN, UH, SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS, AND THEY'LL DO IT FOR US JUST TO MAKE THAT REFERRAL PROCESS EASIER.
UM, WE HAVE 64 PARTNERS, UH, DELEGATE AGENCY PARTNERS FUNDED THROUGH OUR, UH, CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS, AND THEY HELP US WITH A LOT OF THESE.
WE PUSH THINGS OUT TO THEM, THEY DISTRIBUTE THEM, THEY USE THE INFORMATION FOR THEIR CLIENTS AS WELL.
AND I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE MY NEXT QUESTION WAS GONNA BE ON PARTNERSHIPS AND SPECIFICALLY WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I'LL, I'LL START OFF WITH MENTIONING ONE, UH, ORGANIZATION I THINK DOES A GREAT JOB, IS ALLSTATE.
AND SO THEY HAVE THEIR PURPLE PURSE.COM AND IT'S A SCENARIO, AND I, I HAVE MY MARKETING STUDENTS EVERY SEMESTER GO THROUGH THIS SCENARIO.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S ASKING, DO YOU WANNA LEAVE WITH A FAMILY MEMBER? OH, GUESS WHAT, THERE'S NO MONEY OR DO YOU WANNA MOVE? GUESS WHAT, YOU CAN'T AFFORD A HOTEL ROOM, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
ALL THESE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
AND SO THEY, UM, ALWAYS PUSH, UH, A WHOLE LOT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE DOING ANYTHING WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY YET, UH, TO TRY TO LEVERAGE MAYBE SOME INITIATIVES THAT THEY HAVE OR ASK THEM ALSO TO PROMOTE MAYBE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES ANY OF, OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
AND SO WE, UH, DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THE GREATER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
UM, AND PART OF THE TOPIC IS THE CITY HAS CREATED, UM, A ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE REGARDING CITY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN, IN VIOLENCE.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND SEE THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, ALSO TO HELP US MARKET THIS PLAN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE INVOLVED TO THAT EXTENT.
I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ALLSTATE EFFORT, BUT WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT AND, UM, CONTINUE WORKING THROUGH THOSE CHAMBERS AND OTHER BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS TO, UH, TO PUSH THIS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, MELODY, I, I'VE TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE, BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD IT, I WASN'T HERE IN OCTOBER.
THAT WAS THE ONE COUNCIL MEETING THAT I MISSED.
UM, BUT I DID, AND I MENTIONED THIS TO COUNCILMAN PELEZ, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO DR.
BRIDGER AND I DID MENTION IT TO THE MAYOR, UH, NOTICE THAT IN HOUSTON AT THE, UM, AT MINUTE MAID PARK BEHIND EVERY STALL, THERE'S THE, UH, THE HOTLINE IF YOU WILL, UH, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE.
AND SO I, I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON A PLAN MM-HMM.
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD AND THAT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THIS HOTLINE.
UM, SO THAT'S PART OF THE MARKETING QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOR YOU.
ALSO, ON THE SCHOOL-BASED EDUCATION, ARE WE WORKING WITH REGION 20 SO THAT WE COULD LEVERAGE BEYOND THE RESOURCES OF EDGEWOOD I S D AND S A I S D, UH, TO MARKET TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS? SO WE HAVE, UM, ALONG WITH, UM,
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SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFF IS PRESENTED TO THE, THE REGION 20 SUPERINTENDENTS MEETING ON HANDLE WITH CARE.IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, THAT'S THE, THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT, UM, IF WOULD CHILDREN ARE WITNESSING OR INVOLVED IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE, THE SCHOOLS ARE NOTIFIED BEFORE THEY EVER GET THERE SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A STUDENT WHO IS POTENTIALLY NOT IN A GOOD PLACE AND HAS BEEN TRAUMATIZED.
SO THAT'S ONE AREA AND THAT, AND THAT, YEAH, I THINK THERE ARE, THERE ARE OTHER AREAS TO EXPLORE THAT EFFORT WITH GOOD AND THE HANDLE WITH CARE.
UM, DOES IT, UH, ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO SOCIAL WORKERS, OUR SOCIAL WORKERS BEING TRAINED ABOUT THE HANDLE WITH CARE PROGRAM? I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WE GO TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS, BUT THEY MIGHT GET BUSY, I DUNNO IF THERE'S AN ACTIVE EFFORT TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH THE SOCIAL WORKERS AND SCHOOL COUNSELORS.
DO YOU WANT POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTED OR DO YOU KNOW? OKAY.
DEPARTMENT WANTS TO ADDRESS IT.
SO I'D JUST LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS 'CAUSE IT'S MY FAVORITE PROGRAM EVER.
UM, BUT IT'S VERY MUCH A BOOTS ON THE GROUND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
SO, UM, SS A P D WILL REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL TO NOTIFY THE TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM WHERE THIS STUDENT IS TO HANDLE WITH CARE.
UM, AND PART OF THAT NOTIFICATION AND SUPPORT SYSTEM THEN WILL INVOLVE THE COUNSELORS AS NEEDED.
UM, THE OTHER THING I JUST WANNA MENTION SINCE I HAVE THE MIC IS, UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH REGION 20, UM, TO AIR A P S A ACROSS ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND AS PART OF THEIR MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, AND WE ARE MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS BACK TO YOUR FIRST POINT, COUNCILWOMAN WITH, UM, PUTTING UP THE, UH, NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE FLYERS IN RESTROOMS OF CITY-OWNED FACILITIES RIGHT NOW, AND MAKING THOSE FLYERS AVAILABLE TO HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, ET CETERA.
BRIDGER, UH, WITH THE P S A I, I LOVE THE P S A THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
BY THE WAY, I THINK THAT YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB.
I WAS ASKING ABOUT A SPANISH VERSION AND DR.
BRIDGER SAYS THERE WAS A SPANISH VERSION.
I'M ASSUMING THAT THE P SS A THAT'S GONNA RUN IS GONNA BE AGE SPECIFIC IN THE SCHOOLS, SO, OR IS THERE, HAS, IS THERE A STORYBOARD THAT I CAN SEE? I'M JUST INTERESTED IN HOW IT'S GONNA BE CREATED.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ONES THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR TEEN DATING VIOLENCE.
THE FIRST WAS ACTUALLY DEVELOPED BY OUR PROJECT WORTH, THE METRO HEALTH PROJECT WORTH TEEN AMBASSADORS LAST YEAR, UM, THAT YOU CAN SEE ON YOUTUBE.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THE LINK, BUT IT'S GREAT.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY CREATED BY THEM.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS WE'VE REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS, UM, TO GO DO FILMING WITH THEM TO DO A LOVE IS, THAT'S ACTUALLY, UM, SO THE GIRL SCOUTS IS ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH TO DO FILMING THAT'S WITH, UM, KIDS THEMSELVES SPEAKING IN THEIR OWN WORDS BECAUSE THAT'S THE WHOLE CONCEPT BEHIND, UM, THE CAMPAIGN.
UM, BECAUSE I, THAT WAS THE OTHER ANOTHER POINT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE.
THERE'S, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE APP, BUT IT'S LIKE THE BULLYING APP, UH, IN THE LOT OF, A LOT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS PITCH IT.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IF THERE'S LIKE A LINK WE CAN ADD TO THAT OR ANYTHING.
AND THEN, I KNOW THIS SOUNDS SCARY, BUT THE VIRTUAL REALITY ASPECT OF NOT NECESSARILY LIKE OBVIOUSLY BEING IN THE SCENE, BUT LIKE THE CHOICES LIKE LEAVING, CALLING THE POLICE, GOING TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE, ET CETERA.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ANOTHER TEST THAT MAYBE WE, UM, COULD GET SOME TEENAGERS INVOLVED WITH AND SO THAT WAY THEY COULD MAKE IT, UM, UH, AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT MORE AGE APPROPRIATE AS, AS WE'RE THINKING OF HOW TO STORYBOARD THIS FOR, FOR FOLKS THAT AGE.
THOSE ARE ALL MY, UM, COMMENTS.
UM, AND I NEGLECTED TO, TO UM, MENTION ONE OTHER THING THAT DID COME UP IN MY CONVERSATION YESTERDAY AND THAT WAS WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA WAS TALKING ABOUT IN OUTREACH TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE, WE FALSELY ASSUME THAT THIS IS SOMEONE ELSE'S PROBLEM, BUT WHEN REALITY, THE DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE IMPACT OF CHILDREN AND THE PASSING DOWN OF GENERATIONAL TRAUMA IMPACTS US ALL.
AND SO, UM, I HAVE BEEN APPROACHED, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER PIA HAS ABOUT THE WILLINGNESS OF SOME OF OUR ASSOCIATIONS SUCH AS HOTELIERS AND SO FORTH TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE 'EM UP ON THAT EFFORT.
AND I ALSO NEED, I THINK WE NEED TO PRESS OUR TRADE AND, UH, BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS FOR MAKING THIS PART OF THEIR TOP AGENDA AS WELL.
UM, WE MEET WITH THEM, UH, ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS AND I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THEM, UPON US TO REMIND THEM THAT THIS IS ONE OF OUR TOP COMMUNITY PRIORITIES.
SO ANY WAY WE CAN BEGIN TO PUSH THIS ON THE BUSINESS AGENDA, UH, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY AN IMPORTANT ITEM, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS.
UH, THE COMMISSION IS DOING FABULOUS WORK.
CONTINUE TO BRING IT TO US AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOUR WORK.
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DURATION OF OUR VERY LONG DAY.UM, IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.