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GOOD.MID-MORNING, GOOD MID, LATE MORNING TO EVERYONE.
UH, I'M SELENA PENA, AS YOU KNOW.
UM, IT'S A GREAT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH YOU HERE TODAY FOR OUR 2020 COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE MEETING.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY AND RUMBLING GOING ON, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING, UM, WITHIN YOUR SUBCOMMITTEES, UM, WITHIN YOUR COMMITTEE WORK, AND EVEN WITHIN JUST YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND WITHIN YOUR ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, I, WHEN, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE CENSUS, UM, I TELL FOLKS, MY STOMACH GETS TIGHT.
I GET VERY NERVOUS BECAUSE SO MUCH IS ON THE LINE.
UM, AND EACH OF YOU KNOW THAT.
UM, AND TODAY WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW DO WE POTENTIALLY CLOSE SOME OF THE BARRIERS AS IT RELATES TO, UM, GETTING TO SUCCESS, UM, AS PART OF THE AGENDA.
UM, YOU ALL KNOW THAT TEXAS HAS FALLEN SHORT IN ITS FUNDING, UM, FOR THE CENSUS.
SO WE'VE RAISED A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM YOU ALL AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE, UM, REBECCA, MY CO-CHAIR TO ALSO SAY SOME WELCOME REMARKS AS WELL.
YES, IT IS REALLY WINTER, BUT BY SATURDAY WE'LL BE WEARING FLIP FLOPS AGAIN,
UH, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN GOING OUT IN, INTO, IN, INTO YOUR COMMUNITIES AND, AND, AND, AND TALKING WITH, WITH INDIVIDUALS.
THIS PHASE OF AWARENESS HAS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
ALL OF THE FIRST MONTHS THAT WE WERE TOGETHER, WE WERE PLANNING AND ORGANIZING AND DEVELOPING OUR PROGRAMS, AND NOW THE WORD IS OUT.
AND THE WORD IS, IS IT'S NOT JUST, IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT EEKING OUT OR JUST BLEEDING OUT.
AND, AND THAT IS THE, THE KEY FOR EVERYTHING THAT, THAT WE ARE DOING HERE.
WHEN WE HEAR FROM YOU THIS AFTERNOON, I WOULD ASK THAT THE, THE SPEAKERS OR PRESENTERS INTRODUCE OR HAVE, HAVE YOUR MEMBERS OF YOUR SUBCOMMITTEE BE STAND UP AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, BECAUSE THIS IS A TRUE LABOR OF LOVE, AND IT IS A TRUE LABOR OF BEING INVOLVED AND BEING AWARE AND BEING CONSCIOUS OF DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND OUR LOYALTY TO MAKING GOOD THINGS HAPPEN.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO RETURN IT TO SELENA TO GO ON TO THE NEXT PART OF THE AGENDA.
SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, OR MAYBE YOU DON'T REMEMBER, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
EITHER WAY, WE ARE OVERLOADED WITH INFORMATION EVERY DAY.
UM, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET TO HELP US DO THIS WORK.
AND IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO TAKE OUR GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL FOR BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, UM, OUR, UH, TEAM, REBECCA, MYSELF, BERTA, UM, AND MARY AND DWAYNE ALL HAVE WORKED HARD TO RAISE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO CLOSE THE GAP SO THAT FOLKS CAN DO THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY, UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY STILL FUNDRAISING.
AND PART OF THAT, UM, FUNDRAISING IS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE.
UM, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE? OKAY, GREAT.
UM, SO THEY DO, UM, THEY'RE A NONPROFIT.
I SAW SOMEONE SAY NO, SO I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE.
UM, THE BEXAR COUNTY HEALTH COLLABORATIVE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE COLLABORATIVE, IS REALLY, UH, AN ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO THE WELLNESS, UM, OF BEARER COUNTY, UM, THROUGH MULTIPLE AVENUES OF, UH, EDUCATION, UM, SUPPORT AND DATA.
UM, THAT IS NOT THEIR MISSION.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, AM CONVEYING A SUMMARY OF WHAT THEY DO.
UM, ELIZABETH LUTZ IS THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER PROPOSALS WITH THE AREA FOUNDATION, UM, WITH THE TEXAS COMPLETE COUNTS COMMITTEE, WHICH IS ALSO A COLLABORATION OF FUNDERS, UM, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER, UM, FOUNDATIONS AS WELL.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS WE'VE RECEIVED SOME MONEY.
UM, AND SO WE'RE SUPER GRATEFUL.
UM, THE SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION HAS ACTUALLY, UM, STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED, UH, FOR THE WORK.
HOWEVER, UM, IN OUR APPLICATIONS, WE SAID, UH, WE KNOW SOME OF THE WORK, BUT WE KNOW OUR COMMITTEE CHAIRS KNOW MOST OF THE WORK.
AND IN DOING THAT, WE HAVE CREATED, UM, SOME FOLKS HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED REQUESTS FOR FUNDING, UM, TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES THAT, THAT THEY ARE DOING AS IT RELATES TO OUTREACH AND IMPACT TOWARDS THE HARD TO REACH COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR GOAL OF HEADING GETTING TO 73% OF ACCOUNT, WHICH WAS 2010, OBVIOUSLY WE'D LOVE TO EXCEED THAT.
UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT 24% OF THAT POPULATION IS HARD TO REACH.
UM, AND SO THIS MONEY IS SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT THAT, THOSE VERTICALS THAT WE HAVE AS A COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE.
THIS WILL BE GOING OUT AFTER THE
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MEETING FOR YOU ALL, AND I'M GOING TO BASICALLY WALK THROUGH WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR, UM, JUST, UM, IN FULL TRANSPARENCY, PART OF THE AREA FOUNDATION FUNDING.UM, THERE WERE THREE ORGANIZATIONS WHO RECEIVED SEED MONEY.
SEED MONEY, CENTRAL MED WAS ONE, UM, CI NOW WHO IS SITTING HERE TODAY.
AND, UM, THE FOOD BANK ALL RECEIVED INITIAL FUNDING ALONG WITH, UM, BEARER COUNTY COLLABORATIVE ON BEHALF OF THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE.
IF I CONFUSED YOU, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, BUT IF YOU DO WANT SOME FUNDING, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS OBVIOUSLY IS THAT, AS I MENTIONED, THAT IT SHOULD BE A HIGH TOUCH OUTREACH SUCH AS VI VISITATIONS OR QUESTIONNAIRE GUIDANCE.
SO THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF MARKETING THAT'S GOING ON.
THE CENSUS IS PUTTING MONEY INTO THE MARKET.
UM, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY HAVE ALLOCATED, UM, MARKETING, AND THAT MEANS MASS MARKETING VIA TRANSIT HAS DONE SOME AS WELL.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE EITHER TRAINING PROVIDERS OR SUPPORTING THOSE THAT ARE, UM, HARD TO REACH POPULATIONS.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE IMPACT SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED AS NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED.
UM, SO ROUNDING OUT YOUR UNIVERSE IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
ARTICULATE THE EXPERTISE THAT YOU OR YOUR COLLABORATION HAVE IN THE CLIENT BASE.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, I'M NOT GONNA READ THROUGH ALL OF THESE.
WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SAY, THIS MONEY HELPED DO THIS.
UM, THE BUDGET AMOUNT SHOULD INCLUDE THE REQUEST FROM THE COMMITTEE, AND IF THERE'S ANY, UM, LEVERAGE THAT YOU'RE USING, MEANING YOUR OWN MONEY, UM, THAT YOU WOULD LET US KNOW AS WELL.
ALONG WITH THAT, WE ARE ASKING FOR A CALENDAR OF ACTIVITY.
NOTICE THAT IT GOES BACK TO DECEMBER.
SO WE KNOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, AND WE WANNA RESPECT AND HONOR THAT AS IT RELATES TO JUST BEING ABLE TO SEE, UM, HOW WE CAN SUPPORT EVEN SOME OF THE PAST WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.
UM, AND ALSO THE FUTURE TO CLOSE OUT THE CENSUS TIMEFRAME.
WE'VE INCLUDED AN EXAMPLE OF A BUDGET, UM, JUST SO EVERYONE CAN SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THIS MUCH.
UH, WE MAY DO FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO YOU.
HERE'S A, A, A TABLE OF ACTIVITY AND IMPACT AS WELL.
SO YOU'LL SEE NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES, NUMBER OF CONSTITUENTS SERVED, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.
WE JUST NEED TO HAVE SOME NARRATIVE AND DOCUMENTATION ABOUT, UM, WHAT THE ACTIVITY WILL LOOK LIKE FROM THE TWO TABLES THAT WE'RE UP ABOVE.
WE NEED TO ALSO KNOW WHO THE AWARDEE INFORMATION IS.
AND THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS YOU WILL SUBMIT THIS TO, UM, BERTA AND LIZ, UM, WHO OBVIOUSLY KNOW BERTA IS OUT.
SO SHE'S NOT CONTAMINATING US.
UM, AND ELIZABETH LUTZ, WHO IS WITH THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, YOUR PROPOSALS WILL BE REVIEWED WITHIN SEVEN WORKING DAYS.
SO THAT IS OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU.
AND THE AWARD PROCESS VARIES BASED ON THE ORGANIZATION AND THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE'S COMMUNICATION.
UM, I KNOW THAT'S NOT CLEAR, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS UNIQUE WHEN THEY SUBMIT.
WE ARE GOING TO ASK FOR QUARTERLY REPORTING.
YOUR QUARTERLY REPORTING WOULD BASICALLY LOOK LIKE, WHAT'S THE ACTIVITY AND HOW MUCH YOU'VE SPENT.
THAT IS IT, IT IS TWO PAGES LONG, UM, AS A TEMPLATE.
UM, AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
HOW WILL NONPROFITS KNOW ABOUT THIS IF THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE COM COLLABORATIVE? IDEALLY, A COLLABORATIVE MEMBER IS A PARTNER WITH THAT NONPROFIT, SO THERE SHOULD BE A RELATIONSHIP ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE.
MY QUESTION IS THAT, UM, I AM HELPING DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR OUTREACH FOR THE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE POPULATION.
AND I WAS TOLD TO KIND OF HOLD OFF BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE HOW THE CITY OR THE COUNTY WOULD BE DOING THAT.
UM, AND THEIR FUNDING REQUESTS FOR WERE FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
UM, AND SO JANUARY HAS PASSED YES.
UM, AND WOULD I JUST BE THEN SUBMITTING THOSE PROPOSALS TO LIZ AND BERTHA THROUGH THIS WAY? YES, AND WE DID.
AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE OTHER ONES? SO THE OTHER ONES HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN REVIEWED, AND IT'S NOT THE COUNTY AND THE CITY WHO ARE FUNDING, IT'S GONNA BE THROUGH THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE.
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TO SET UP THAT STRUCTURE.SO AFTER THE MEETING, I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE SURE WE CONNECT WITH LIZ OR JORDAN.
SO JORDAN IS ACTUALLY WITH THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE AS WELL.
UM, INTERN NOW TURNED FULL EMPLOYEE.
AND SO LET'S FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
THERE WERE ALSO A COUPLE OF OTHER ONES LIKE NALE O UM, THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING SOME EDUCATION OUTREACH OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
UM, AND, UM, WE ARE FUNDING A PORTION OF THAT AS WELL.
NO, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
SO, JUST SO I'M CLEAR ON THIS, THIS IS TO, FOR FOLKS TO HAVE ACCESS TO FUNDS TO DO ANY TYPE OF OUTREACH.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, ON THE SIDE MM-HMM.
UH, AND I, I USE AN EXAMPLE, A BARBECUE.
UH, SO THEN THEY CAN APPLY FOR SOME FUNDS FOR THIS.
IS, IS THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECT.
CORRECTLY WITH YOU AS THEIR SUPPORTER.
SO IT COULD, THE MONEY WOULD GO TO THEM, BUT YOU AS A COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE, JUST AS, UM, YOU HAD ASKED OVER HERE, THERE SHOULD BE AN ASSOCIATION WITH THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE, UM, SO THAT WE THEN CAN SAY THIS OUTREACH EVENT HAD 40 VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES COME RIGHT.
AS IT RELATES TO OUTREACH ABOUT THE CENSUS.
WELL, I KNOW YOU'RE EATING AND SO OF COURSE I THROW THE MOST COMPLICATED THING WHILE YOU'RE EATING.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE, UM, JORDAN WITH US.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE ARE STILL FUNDRAISING, SO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU POTENTIALLY HAVE A GAP IN.
OUR GOAL WAS TO MAKE SURE NONPROFITS WEREN'T ONLY TAPPING INTO THEIR OWN RESOURCES.
UM, THAT, THAT IS OUR GOAL HERE.
UM, AND SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THOSE WHO, UM, HAVE ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS IN PACKAGING, UM, SOME OF THE REQUESTS AND WHO HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED AS WELL.
MARY RUN, WE'RE, I ALSO REPRESENT THE NATIONAL FORMERLY INCARCERATED AND CONVICTED PEOPLES AND FAMILIES MOVEMENT.
AND WE'RE DOING A NATIONWIDE CENSUS ENGAGEMENT MM-HMM.
AND WE ARE HERE, I THINK, UH, WE COMMUNICATED WITH Y'ALL I THINK A WEEK AGO.
AND WE'RE INVITED BY ALBERTA AND OTHERS BECAUSE WE WANNA OUTREACH TO, UH, ABOUT 157,000, UH, JUSTICE IMPACTED PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DATABASE, UH, HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY.
SO, UH, IS IS, IS THAT THE TYPE OF PROJECT ALSO THAT THIS TYPE OF FUNDING CAN SUPPORT? YES, SIR.
SO BE HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AND IF YOU NEED SUPPORT, AND AGAIN, WE TRIED TO MAKE THIS AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABLE.
UM, BECAUSE OUR FUNDERS WILL ASK LIKE, WHERE DID THIS MONEY GO AND WHAT WAS IT USED FOR? AS MANY OF US IN THIS ROOM ALREADY KNOW THAT'S WHAT, UM, OUR GOAL IS HERE.
UM, REBECCA, AM I KICKING THIS BACK OVER TO YOU OR ARE WE STARTING OFF THE SUBCOMMITTEE? I'M SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO THE NEXT PART OF OUR AGENDA TODAY IS SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES.
SO LET'S SEE WHO'S FIRST ON THE LIST HERE.
BLANTON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP?
SO, EDWIN BLANTON, UH, TEXAS A AND M, UH, PART OF THE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND I KNOW THERE'S AT LEAST ONE OTHER MEMBER OF THE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, HERE WITH US TODAY.
UM, AND SO WE DIVIDED INTO THREE DIFFERENT, UH, TASK FORCE FOR, UM, UH, FOR PRESCHOOL EDUCATION, YOUR K 12 AND THEN, UM, HIGHER EDUCATION.
AND SO, UH, FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, ALL INSTITUTIONS WERE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER.
AND SO THINK ABOUT THESE AS COMMUNITY COLLEGES, YOUR FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITIES, UM, MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN TOWN, OR SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART, UM, AND, AND SEVERAL OF THOSE.
SO WE ALL GOT TOGETHER, WE CAME UP WITH THESE 10 COMMON COMMITMENTS THAT I TALKED ABOUT, I BELIEVE AT THE LAST, UH, MEETING WHERE WE HAVE ALL COMMITTED TO THESE THINGS AND, AND ARE MOVING FORWARD ON THEM ON WAYS TO GET, UM, THE INFORMATION OUT.
LAST WEEK, UH, CAMPUSES THAT HAD A RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT CAME TOGETHER, UH, TO REALLY TALK ABOUT GROUP QUARTERS AND SO GROUP QUARTERS, AND THANKFULLY WE HAD SOME, UH, WONDERFUL PEOPLE FROM THE BUREAU THERE TO, TO REALLY INFORM US GROUP QUARTERS, UM, IN COLLEGE DORMITORIES ARE ALSO VERY SIMILAR TO, UH, PRISONS AND NURSING HOMES.
AND ANY OF OUR RAS OR HALL DIRECTORS WOULD SAY YES, THERE'S SEVERAL PARALLELS BETWEEN, UM, PRISONS AND NURSING HOMES AND COLLEGE DORMITORIES.
AND SO THANKFULLY, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO COME
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TOGETHER AND REALLY TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN CAMPUS HOUSING, UM, ARE COUNTED.AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOING SOME COLLATERAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND YARD SIGNS AND BOOKMARKS.
SO BOOKMARKS THAT WE CAN USE AT OUR CAMPUS BOOKSTORES AND LIBRARIES, UH, TO REALLY GET INFORMATION OUT TO, UM, OUR STUDENT POPULATION.
AND THEN ONE OF THE 10 COMMON COMMITMENTS IS THE HEAD OF EACH INSTITUTION WAS ASKED TO DO A VIDEO.
AND SO SOME OF THOSE ARE CURRENTLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, OTHERS WILL BE COMING OUT, UM, LATER ON, BUT EVERYONE HAS PARTICIPATED IN THAT, UM, AND, UM, IN THEIR OWN UNIQUE STYLE, BUT WITH SOME COMMON MESSAGING.
AND SO THAT'S GONE OUT AS WELL.
AND SO REALLY HAPPY, UM, ABOUT THAT.
ANY, UM, AND LET ME SEE, HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES HERE.
THIS IS OUR, UM, OUR BOOKMARK FRONT AND BACK.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, UH, AN ENGLISH AND A SPANISH VERSION.
SO SOME OF OUR INSTITUTIONS REQUESTED A SPANISH VERSION, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE ENGLISH VERSION.
UH, IT IS ALSO, I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE THE, THE SPANISH VERSION HERE, BUT, UM, ALSO ENGLISH AND SPANISH VERSION TO GO ON TO THE CAMPUS AND THEN THE AREA AROUND THE CAMPUS.
AND SO, UM, THOSE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION, UH, TASK FORCE? ALRIGHT, SO SMART.
AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WE CAN ALSO SHARE IF OTHER, IF OTHER GROUPS THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WOULD WORK FOR, FOR YOU AS WELL.
THE TASK FORCE FOR CHILDREN UNDER FIVE.
ANOTHER PIECE OF OUR EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE.
BLANTON SAID, WE HAVE SERVED TOGETHER AS, UM, THE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE AND WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT TASK FORCES, THE HIGHER ED, THE K THROUGH 12, AND THEN COUNTING THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE, WHICH WAS THE MOST UNDER COUNTED POPULATION, UH, IN THE 2010 CENSUS.
SO JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHO THE PARTNERS WERE AT THE TABLE.
UM, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE HEAD START CONSORTIUM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY ARE THERE.
AND HOPEFULLY NOBODY FROM FAMILY SERVICE WHO'S A VERY CLOSE PARTNER OF AE, UM, IS HERE BECAUSE I ACCIDENTALLY LEFT THEM OFF THE LIST.
UH, PRE-K FOR SA IS AT THE TABLE AND, UH, HAS DONE A LOT OF STUFF TO HELP FORWARD THE, THE ENTIRE TASK FORCE.
UH, VOICES FOR CHILDREN, UH, Y W C A.
AND THEN, UM, IN ADDITION, I COULD HAVE REPEATED CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THEY DO RUN HEAD START PROGRAMS, UH, AS PART OF THE CONSORTIUM.
UH, BUT THEN THEY'RE ALSO AT THE TABLE WITH ALL OF THE LICENSED T R SS AND C C S CENTERS.
SO IT GIVES US A WHOLE NOTHER, UM, MANY THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO.
UM, WHEN WE ADDED UP KIND OF THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT WE'RE SERVING ON A DAILY BASIS, WE'RE AT ABOUT 17,500 AT RISK CHILDREN.
WHEN WE ADD IN THE FAMILIES, UH, THAT WE HAVE THROUGH ALL THE OTHER LICENSED, UM, CHILDCARE FACILITIES, WE HAVE ANOTHER 3000 PLUS.
SO I'D HAVE TO LEAVE IT TO LLOYD AND LAURA TO REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW MANY TOTAL PEOPLE THAT WE ARE LIKELY IMPACTING WITH OUR EFFORTS.
BUT, UM, I IMAGINE IT'S WAY 40, 50,000 AT-RISK FAMILIES.
SO, UM, I JUST KIND OF PUT THIS IN SOME LAYERS.
UM, UH, MANY OF OUR, UM, AGENCIES THAT ARE AT THE TABLE WITH US, WE'LL BE SENDING STAFF MEMBERS TO THE N O TRAINING, UH, SO THAT WE CAN OPEN UP OUR CENTERS AND OUR COMPUTER BANKS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS TO COME AND COMPLETE THE CENSUS OR TO JUST GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED ABOUT THE CENSUS.
SO IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS ON FEBRUARY 26TH, WE'LL HAVE THAT TRAINING.
WE'RE GATHERING UP A LIST OF ALL OF, ALL OF OUR, UM, MUTUAL STAFF MEMBERS THAT WILL BE TAKING PART IN THAT TRAINING.
AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO ALL MAKE A BIG DEAL AT THE SAME TIME ABOUT FAMILY CENSUS WEEK, WHICH WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS MARCH 30TH THROUGH APRIL 4TH.
UH, WANNA SAY THAT THOSE DATES WERE REALLY HARD AROUND EASTER AND FIESTA AND SPRING BREAK AND, AND THE CENSUS, UH, TO COME UP WITH.
BUT, BUT THAT'S JUST A TIME THAT WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE CENTERS OPEN.
WE ARE ALSO GONNA BE PUBLICIZING,
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OF COURSE THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE.BUT OUR THOUGHT COLLECTIVELY IS THAT WHERE OUR FAMILIES COME ON A DAILY BASIS AND HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE TRUSTED, UH, WILL BE THE EASIEST PLACE FOR THEM TO COME.
SO WE ARE COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION.
PRE-K FOR SA HAS GENEROUSLY PUT TOGETHER A FLYER THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PASS OUT MUTUALLY AND SAY ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS WILL BE OPEN AT THESE DIFFERENT TIMES.
AGAIN, NOT JUST INCLUDING THE PARTNERS HERE AT THIS TABLE, BUT THE LIBRARIES AND ET CETERA.
SO IF ANY OF YOU ALL HAVE THOSE, THOSE POINTS OF ACCESS, THEN WE WANT TO, TO BE PUBLICIZING THAT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, AGAIN, PRE-K FOR SA HAS PUT TOGETHER A CURRICULUM.
UH, IT'S A FOUR UNIT CURRICULUM, UH, FOUR, THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS THAT GOES OVER THINGS ABOUT THE CENSUS.
WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE ONE OF THE TEACHERS WHO HAS ALREADY TESTED THIS IN ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS, UH, TO JUST FLUSH OUT ANY PROBLEMS AND AREAS THAT COULD BE STRENGTHENED.
AND HER EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE UNIT WAS REALLY CONTAGIOUS.
UM, SO THE FIRST ONE WAS ABOUT MY FAMILY AND HOW WHO COUNTS IN YOUR FAMILY AND HOW YOU COUNT UP YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE LIVING WITH YOU.
AND THEN IT WENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN THE COMMUNITY AND THEN THE US.
THERE ARE TAKE HOME COMPONENTS, UH, FOR THE PARENTS.
'CAUSE OF COURSE IN THE END, UM, THE THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS WILL NOT BE COMPLETING THE CENSUS NO MATTER HOW ADVANCED THEY ARE.
UM, SO IT REALLY IS A MATTER OF HOW WE GET TO THE FAMILIES.
UM, WE ALSO ARE DEVELOPING FLYERS THAT WILL BE VOICES FOR CHILDREN, DOES A LOT OF TRAININGS, UH, FOR THOSE HOME CARE PROVIDERS, ET CETERA.
AND SO HOW WE GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO THEM IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT AND MAKE THEM FEEL INCLUDED AS A GROUP.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS.
ALRIGHT, WELL I'M AROUND IF YOU THINK OF IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT, BUT I HAVE ON A COUPLE HATS RIGHT NOW.
SO FIRSTLY, I AM THE COUNTY'S REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CENSUS.
THE OTHER HAT I HAVE ON RIGHT NOW IS I'M WEARING THE HAT OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE, OUR CHAIRPERSON HEATHER RAMONA YALA COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE THIS MORNING, SO I'M SPEAKING ON HER BEHALF.
I ALSO WANT TO PAUSE AND JUST ALLOW TO STAND UP SO YOU ALL CAN SEE HER.
THE COUNTY DID HIRE SOME HELP FOR ME, SO WE HAVE A CENSUS OUTREACH CLERK, NONE OTHER THAN IDA RAMIREZ.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR HELP.
UM, NEXT THING I DO WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF IS UNFORTUNATELY THIS SAME TIME NEXT WEEK, I'LL BE ON THE BEACH IN BRAZIL.
SO I WILL BE THINKING ABOUT ALL OF YOU ALL WHILE I'M RELAXING BEFORE WE GET CRAZY.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHAT CELINE WAS JUST SAYING ABOUT THE CENSUS AND BEING EXCITED AND EVERYONE'S MOVING FORWARD AND STUFF.
I'M GONNA TAKE ME A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK BEFORE IT GETS TOO CHAOTIC.
SO I'LL THINK OF Y'ALL NEXT WEEK.
SO THE RURAL, UNINCORPORATED AND SUBURBAN CITIES, A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE IS WE WE'RE CONTINUING TO ID FAITH-BASED INSTITUTIONS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, IDA'S BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH, UH, SOME LIKE MOM AND POP STORES, CONVENIENCE STORES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT ARE IN THE RURAL AND IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF BEXAR COUNTY.
AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON ALSO DEVELOPING A POSTER WITH LIMITED FUNDS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE TO TRY TO DO IS I HAVE TO MAXIMIZE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, WHAT WE CAN USE TO GET OUT TO TELL PEOPLE AND REMIND THEM ABOUT THE CENSUS.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW A POSTER THAT WE CAN GET SOME OF THESE PLACES THAT WILL ALLOW US TO JUST PUT 'EM UP IN THERE FOR FREE.
I ATTENDED ONE OF OUR SUBURBAN CITIES, LEON VALLEY, THEY HAVE DONE A COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE AND THEY HAVE RECEIVED $15,000 FOR THE CENSUS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY HAD, THEY HAD A POSTER CONTEST WHEN I WENT TO THEIR MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A SEVEN OR EIGHT YEAR OLD KID WON THE CONTEST.
SO I SUGGESTED TO IDA THAT SHE PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER, BUT THAT
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SHE ALSO RUN IT PAST HER GRANDSON BECAUSE KIDS ARE SO CREATIVE.BUT, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS.
AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON, UM, EAST CENTRAL I S D.
WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE LOCAL, SMALLER PUBLICATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WILL DO SOME STUFF WITH AS WELL WITH THE SUBURBAN CITIES, THE JUDGE AND, UM, VARIOUS MAYORS FROM SOME OF OUR 26 CITIES, THEY COMPLETED A P S A.
SO I DID WANT TO SHOW SHOW THAT, BUT WE'LL SEND IT OUT TO YOU ALL.
SO WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE JUDGE AND COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND OUR MAYORS ARE DOING, WHICH CAN LEAD ME INTO THE LAST BULLET THAT WE HAVE ON HERE, THE MASS OUTREACH STRATEGIES.
SO I HAD TO PRESENT YESTERDAY BEFORE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
AND SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WERE THROWN OUT AT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT YESTERDAY THAT WOULD, UH, TREMENDOUSLY IMPACT OUR EFFORTS.
ONE OF WHICH IS A BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN.
I'M BEING CHALLENGED WITH TRYING TO, ID MAYBE ABOUT 40 SPOTS WHERE WE CAN PUT BILLBOARDS OUT TO PROMOTE THE CENSUS.
SO I'M CERTAINLY, UH, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING AND ALL OF THE SUPPORT FROM, AGAIN, FROM THE JUDGE AND THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
AND I DO WANT TO SAY I DID WHISPER THIS IN JEFF COS HERE A FEW MINUTES AGO THAT FOR ME, IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO SUPPORT ALL OF THESE EFFORTS FROM THE COUNTY'S PERSPECTIVE, NO WAY I COULD DO IT WITHOUT BERTA AND MARY.
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN FABULOUS.
IT'S BEEN WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOR US TO BE COMMUNIST TO US, TO BE LEADERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, IS WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER ON THE CENSUS.
SO I WANT TO CONTINUE TO THANK BERTA AND MARY AND THE FOLKS OVER AT THE CITY IN ADDITION TO THE BUREAU FOLKS BECAUSE RICHARD CASTANON WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT YESTERDAY TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING.
SO WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMING DOWN THE STREAM FROM THE COUNTY TO HELP IN ALL OF THESE EFFORTS.
AND I WILL CLOSE WITH, AS I REMINDED THE COURT ON YESTERDAY, I HAVE THREE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY.
THAT'S THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THAT'S THE SUBURBAN CITIES, AND THAT'S THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS.
IF WE DO AN UNDERCOUNT IN ANY OF THOSE AREAS, IT IMPACTS ALL OF US.
SO I'M VERY, VERY PLEASED THAT THE LEADERSHIP FROM COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND THE, AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE ACCOUNT FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, FOR THE SUBURBAN CITIES AND FOR UNINCORPORATED BEXAR COUNTY.
LET'S GET, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
I'M GLAD YOU GAVE THIS PRESENTATION 'CAUSE WE WERE MEETING LAST NIGHT AND WE'RE FOCUSING ON THOSE AREAS, BUT WE WANNA WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU GUYS.
UM, SO HOW DO WE CONNECT AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR MESSAGING AND STUFF, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY ESTIMATED OVER OUR RESEARCH THAT ABOUT 70% OF OUR POPULATION IS NOT GONNA RESPOND TO THE CENSUS, WHICH IS GONNA BE ABOUT 60,000 OR MORE OF OUR POPULATION THAT, AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE CHILDREN.
SO WE WANNA JUST BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, UH, SURE.
SO I'LL GET WITH YOU AFTER THIS, BUT THAT'S VERY INTERESTING AND I'LL LET MY CHIEF OF STAFF KNOW.
I'LL MAKE SURE I GIVE YOU MY CARD, UH, HERE IN A SECOND.
BUT IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL OF OUR COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY.
THE, THE WHOLE KEY TO ME IS THE TRUSTED VOICES PIECE.
I KNOW WHEN WE DID THE SUBURBAN CITIES MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO, JUDGE ASKED ME ABOUT THE IMMIGRANT MIGRANT, UH, POPULATION AND SOME OF THOSE FIGURES AND I PICKED UP THE CALL, PICKED UP THE PHONE, AND I CALLED FATIMA AND SHE GAVE ME THE INFORMATION.
I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE TO CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE IS MADE UP AND, AND JUST, IT SHOULDN'T BE ANY ISSUES WITH US BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.
SO OF COURSE I WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME AND I'LL PASS IT ALONG HOW I SEE FIT.
JEFF DWAYNE, UH, GREAT REPORT.
THE, UH, QUESTION ON THE PSA IS, WHERE IS THAT GOING TO RUN? IS THAT SOCIAL MEDIA? YES.
BASED? IS THAT THE IDEA? GREAT, GREAT QUESTION.
SO, SO TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THE FIRST REASON FOR DOING IT IS TO CREATE THAT BUY-IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE 26 KNOW THAT THEIR PARTICIPATION IS CRITICAL.
BUT OF COURSE THEY WILL USE IT, WE WILL USE IT
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ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH WE HAVE.WELL, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON A FEW MORE TO BE COMPLETED.
SO IT'LL BE USED ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON OUR WEBSITE AND THEY WILL USE IT ON THEIRS AS WELL.
I, I MENTIONED IT TO BERTA THAT IF WE COULD, WE COULD, IF WE COULD SOMEHOW UPLOAD IT INTO OUR WEBSITE SO THAT ANYONE CAN GAIN ACCESS TO IT, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE THE MAYOR OF CASTLE HILLS.
HE DID TWO, HE DID ONE IN ENGLISH AND ONE IN SPANISH.
SO WE GOT A P S A THAT WAS DONE IN SPANISH.
YEAH, I, I SAW THE CASTLE HILLS PSAS AND I LIVE IN CASTLE HILLS, SO I I WAS REALLY, I WAS REALLY EXCITED BY THAT.
SO, SO, UM, BUSINESS AND LABOR IS UP NEXT.
RICHARD, CAN YOU WANNA PLAY ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS? WE'LL DO IT TOGETHER.
WE GO TO ALL THE MEETINGS TOGETHER.
SO WE'RE GONNA
I'M RICHARD PETTIS, UH, WITH THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND I WANNA SAY THAT YOUR, UH, UH, BUSINESS AND LABOR COMMITTEE HAS BEEN BUSY AND I'LL LET MY COLLEAGUE INTRODUCE HIMSELF.
I'M WITH THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO LODGE, CHINESE AMERICAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE, UH, BEEN REALLY BUSY.
WE FOCUS A LOT OF TIME, EFFORT, AND ENERGY ON THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY, UH, ON THE 30TH.
BY THE WAY, BEFORE I GO ON, IF I COULD JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK BECKY AND SELENA.
THEY HAVE PROVIDED JUST TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LEADERSHIP AND TIME.
THEY'VE COME TO SOME OF OUR MEETINGS, THEY'RE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, JUST LIKE ALL OF US.
AND THEY'RE DOING THIS ON TOP OF ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.
AND SO LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP.
SO WE, UH, AS YOU COULD SEE FROM THE, UM, THE SLIDE, WE CONVENED, UH, CEOS FROM ALMOST ALL OF THE MAJOR HOSPITAL SYSTEMS EXCEPT ONE, AND TALKED TO THEM ABOUT WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO, OUR GOAL.
AND WE GOT COMPLETE A HUNDRED PERCENT BUY-IN FROM THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE THEIR FACILITIES TO GET THE WORD OUT.
SO, UH, POSTERS, UH, STICKERS.
AND NOT ONLY AS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COME AND VISIT TO GET SERVICES, BUT ALSO AS A PLACE THAT EMPLOYS LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SO THEY CAN PUSH THE INFORMATION OUT TO THEIR EMPLOYEES.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY, UH, ENGAGE A, A REALLY HIGH LEVEL OF FOLKS.
AND WE ALL KNOW WE'RE LOOKING FOR TRUSTED VOICES, AND SOME OF THE MOST TRUSTED VOICES ARE DOCTORS.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO TALK TO THEIR DOCTORS AND HOPEFULLY GET THEM TO, IF THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY ALLOWS ITSELF TO BE ABLE TO SAY A WORD OR TWO ABOUT THE CENSUS AS THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, DOING THEIR WORK WITH THEIR PATIENTS.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN RICHARD AND I WENT AND MET WITH, UH, THE, THE CEOS OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, AND ESPECIALLY YESTERDAY WHEN WE MET WITH, UM, THE METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM, C E O I WAS REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE AFTER WE DISCUSSED OUR OUR OBJECTIVES WITH HIM, HE STARTED INTERNALIZING WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO.
SO ANYWAY, AND SO THIS MORNING WE VISITED WITH A GROUP OF BUSINESS PEOPLE, JUST GENERAL BUSINESS PEOPLE.
IT'S CALLED THE WEDNESDAY MORNING BREAKFAST GROUP.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A GROUP OF, OF KIND OF FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
UH, SOPHIA WAS WITH US AND, AND BECKY OF COURSE AS WELL, AND RICARDO.
AND WE GAVE THEM A PRESENTATION AS WELL ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, THE CENSUS AND AGAIN, ASKING FOR THEIR BUY-IN TO TALK TO THEIR EMPLOYEES.
AND THEY WERE VERY RECEPTIVE TO THE INFORMATION.
AND SO WE THINK WE'RE HITTING SOME, UH, SOME GOOD STRIDES THERE AS WELL.
AND FINALLY, THE CHAMBER HAS SET UP A WEBSITE.
SO WE'RE, WE'VE CHALLENGED THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO TO BE CREATIVE, TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HAVE A COMPETITION BETWEEN BUSINESSES TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO TO EXCITE THEIR EMPLOYEES ABOUT FILLING OUT THE CENSUS.
SO WE'VE CREATED A, A WEBSITE CALLED COMPLETE COUNT SA.COM, WHERE WE ARE PUTTING EXAMPLES OF PSAS THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING ON THEIR INTRANET AND SPECIFIC BUSINESSES AND CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO IT'S JUST STARTING TO RAMP UP, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR RICHARD AKIN ON BUSINESS? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG THEN.
COMMUNITY AND FAITH-BASED, MOLLY? GOOD MORNING.
UM, WE HAVE MULTIPLE GROUPS UNDER THIS SUBCATEGORY.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS OUR L G B T
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Q TASK FORCE.UM, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THRIVE YOUTH CENTER, THEY'RE, UH, PROVIDE HOMELESS SERVICES FOR YOUTH WHO IDENTIFIES L G B T Q CONNECTED TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, GREG CASSIAS, WHO IS ONE OF THEIR LEADERS, STEPPED UP TO BE KIND OF A SUB SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR FOR THIS.
SO THEY'RE DOING FABULOUS WORK.
THEY'VE COME UP WITH A LOGO, THEY'RE DEVISING, COMING UP WITH ALL KINDS OF MEETINGS, A FACEBOOK PAGE, A STRATEGY OF TALK TO 10, WHERE EVERYONE'S GONNA TALK TO 10 DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND REALLY ENERGIZE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
OR WE CAN SEE, UM, I KNOW THAT MELANIE, THAT THEY'VE DEFINITELY MET, SHE, UM, THE TRI CHAIR, UM, MELANIE CAWTHORNE IS ACTUALLY, UM, ONE OF THE LEADERS OF ONE OF THE MOST, UM, MOST, UH, PROLIFIC, I WOULD SAY, GROUPS IN THIS CATEGORY.
SO SHE KNOWS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, SO YOU SEE SHE'S GOT 30 ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING, AND AGAIN, IT'S AWARENESS AND WHY, YOU KNOW, THE SAME WHY WE WANNA BE COUNTING, UM, THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION.
I KNOW THAT THEY'VE MET, UM, SAHA, AS YOU CAN SEE, COVERS TWO 20, 200,000 UNITS.
AND SO SPECIFICALLY WE'VE IDENTIFIED WORKING WITH SAHA AND A COUPLE OTHER LARGE MANAGEMENT GROUPS LIKE PRESA AND THEN THE, UM, SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ALLIANCE, I FORGET THE EXACT ACRONYM, THAT THEN MANAGES MULTIPLE OTHER APARTMENTS.
SO WE'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA DEVISE A FLYER THAT'S LITERALLY GONNA BE SENT, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SLID UNDER EVERYBODY'S DOOR.
THAT'S A HUGE INITIATIVE AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT FUNDING IS.
IF WILL THAT, WOULD THAT APPLY FOR MATERIALS TO LOOK AT THE FUNDING, UM, APPLICATION? UM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN EVENT, BUT IT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF, OF, UH, XEROX COPIES.
YEAH, I, I I THINK ONE, ONE MAIN THING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER WITH THAT, UM, IN MEETING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION IS, UM, THE LOGISTICS OF GETTING INTO THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, ESPECIALLY ONES THAT ARE GATED.
UM, THE PROPERTY MANAGERS NEED TO BE LOOPED IN ON THAT.
THE PROPERTY MANAGERS WILL BE, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IF THEY'RE GONNA SLIDE A FORM UNDER AND IT'S HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN APPLY FOR FUNDING FOR THE FLYERS? SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE ACCESS.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
I CAN'T JUST COPY THAT AT WORK.
UM, I, I THINK BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IN REX, UM, A GOOD CONTACT WITH THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE, UM, I THINK WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
SO THAT'S, ANYWAY, GOOD TO KNOW.
SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT ASPECT.
IS IT HERE OR YOU HAVE THIS WAY ON THE IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEES, FATIMA IS HERE.
I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA, IS THERE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT, THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HI EVERYBODY.
I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH MALDEF AND I'VE BEEN TASKED WITH DEVELOPING STRATEGIES FOR THE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE POPULATION, SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY.
UM, SO WE HAVE 10, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PART OF AN IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE WORKING GROUP.
WE STARTED MEETING IN, UM, OCTOBER, AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS IN PERSON WITH THE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE COUNTY AND DWAYNE HAVE BEEN REALLY GREAT WITH FACILITATING SPACE.
MARY AND BERTHA HAVE BOTH BEEN THERE AND DWAYNE, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST HELPING US, UH, FACILITATE THOSE MEETINGS.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK AND THIS, UM, POPULATION IS A LITTLE BIT, UM, DIFFERENT THAN I THINK THE OTHER SORT OF STREAMLINED STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CREATE FOR SOME OF THE OTHER HARD TO COUNT POPULATIONS BECAUSE THIS IS A POPULATION WHERE WE KNOW THEY ONLY FEEL SAFE SPEAKING TO CERTAIN PEOPLE, UM, AND, UM, IN CERTAIN SPACES.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO GET OURSELVES INTO THOSE SPACES THROUGH THE ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH THE PROGRAMS AND THE SERVICES THAT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALREADY OFFERING.
UM, SO EACH ORGANIZATION HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, PREPARED INFORMATION OF HOW THEY CAN INCORPORATE CENSUS OUTREACH, UM, THROUGH THEIR, UM, THEIR SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.
AND SO I HAVE BEEN HELPING THEM, UM, WITH GRANT PROPOSALS, PUTTING THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WAY FOR THEM TO INCORPORATE CENSUS OUTREACH THROUGH EACH ORGANIZATION.
UM, AND SO SINCE THE TWO BIG WORK GROUP MEETINGS, UM, I'VE JUST BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
SO A LOT OF CALLS, A LOT OF EMAILS, UM, JUST BECAUSE EACH, UH, CENSUS OUTREACH HAS TO BE DONE, UM, NARROWLY TAILORED TO THAT ORGANIZATION.
AND THEN FOR, UM, PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THAT'S A TWO PART STRATEGY.
IF WE HAVE SOME ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HAVEN SAM
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MINISTRIES, THE, UH, SALVATION ARMY, THEY'RE GONNA BE MORE SITE BASED, WHERE WE WILL HAVE THE EIGHT QUESTION, UM, EIGHT QUESTION QUESTIONNAIRE THAT WE WILL DISTRIBUTE TO ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO WE KNOW ARE STAYING ON APRIL ONE.AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO, IN A MATTER OF HOPEFULLY DAYS, HAVE THEM ALL COMPLETE IT, WE CAN PUT THEM ON EVERYBODY'S BED.
THE ISSUE IS THE UNSHELTERED COUNT, AND SO WE WON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
UM, THAT'S UP TO THE, THE US CENSUS TO FIGURE THAT, UM, TO DETERMINE THAT DATE.
AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GO OUT AND TRY TO INTERVIEW EVERYONE WHO IS UNSHELTERED.
SO THAT INCLUDES THE COURTYARD AT HAVEN, WHERE WE HAVE ABOUT 800 UNSHELTERED AND THERE ARE EASILY, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER, I MEAN ALMOST A THOUSAND PEOPLE IF WE REALLY GOT TO ALL OF THEM ON THE STREETS.
AND SO I THINK THAT WILL BE A CHALLENGE.
THE OTHER CHALLENGE IS THAT AT THE END OF THE MONTH, BEG AND BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, FOLKS WHO ACTUALLY GET ANY KIND OF INCOME, GET THEIR CHECK, AND THEN THEY GO HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS, GO TO MOTELS, GO COUCH SURFING AND SPEND THEIR MONEY.
AND THEY'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA COUNT THEM.
OUR POPULATION IN THE COURTYARD DECREASES BY 20% EASILY, IF NOT 25% ON THOSE COUPLE DAYS.
SO IT'S NOT THE BEST DAYS, BUT WE'LL WORK WITH IT.
UM, BUT JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, THAT'S GONNA BE, THAT'S A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR THIS, UH, GROUP IS THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY LEAVE AND GO, GO HIDE AND, AND, UM, UH, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO COUNT THEM.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, OTHERWISE, UH, THE US CENSUS BUREAU FOR SAN ANTONIO FOR HOMELESS IS DIVIDED THE COMMUNITY, UM, UP INTO THREE SECTORS.
SO I'VE ALREADY MET WITH THE GROUP THAT HAS HAVEN, IT'S GEOGRAPHICAL, AND SO WE'VE BEEN CONTACTING ALL THE AGENCIES ABOUT QUESTIONS.
IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING HOW IT'S GONNA WORK, BUT THE GROUP I MET WITH WAS TERRIFIC.
REALLY OUTLINED HOW IT'S GONNA, UM, WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
SO WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT, THIS ISN'T AN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN NECESSARILY.
FOLKS ON THE STREET ARE REALLY HAPPY TO TALK TO PEOPLE.
WE DON'T, IT'S NOT AN AWARENESS.
IT'S REALLY GONNA BE THE, THE MANPOWER OF HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY DO THIS.
SO, UM, THAT'S MY UPDATE ON THAT PIECE OF IT.
UH, FOR THE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE SERVICES, THERE WAS A F A Q DESCRIBED AT THE BOTTOM.
UH, IS THE F A Q AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, OR IS IT ORIENTED TOWARD, UH, THE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THEMSELVES? IN OTHER WORDS, IS IT AIMED AT THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE ANSWERING THE CENSUS OR AT, UH, PEOPLE TRAINING ABOUT THE CENSUS? YES.
SO FATIMA HELPED US, UM, HELPED BERTA AND I DEVELOP THAT F A Q, UM, WITH QUESTIONS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGET TARGETED TO PEOPLE WHO WILL BE TAKING THE QUESTIONNAIRE.
UM, SO THINGS ABOUT WHETHER THERE WILL BE A CITIZENSHIP QUESTION, WE WANTED TO MAKE THAT EXPLICIT, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS BEEN NEWS FOR A WHILE NOW.
UM, JUST TO MAKE PEOPLE, UH, AWARE THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A SAFE AND SECURE QUESTIONNAIRE.
UM, BERTA IS IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, TRANSLATING IT INTO SPANISH, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A, A RESIDENT FOCUSED DOCUMENT.
SO DOCUMENTS LIKE THIS AND OTHER ONES THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE OTHER PRESENTATIONS, IS THERE A CENTRAL REPOSITORY WHERE I COULD FIND THOSE DOCUMENTS ON THE INTERNET AND THEN USE THEM? UM, YES.
SO THE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE, F A Q, WE ALSO HAVE ONE FOR CHILDREN UNDER FIVE AND A HIGHER ED ONE.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH RIGHT NOW.
AS I MENTIONED, BERTA IS IN THE PROCESS OF, OF TRANSLATING THEM INTO SPANISH.
UM, AND WE, WE WILL UPLOAD THOSE, UM, TO OUR WEBSITE, SA BAYER ACCOUNT ME IN.ORG.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE THE MAIN FA UH, INFORMATION, UM, FLYER THAT'S IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
I WAS WAITING, UM, UNTIL WE GOT THE SPANISH VERSIONS BACK TO UPLOAD ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL ONES.
BUT, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND PUT UP THE ENGLISH ONES AND, UM, I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT ALBERTA'S AWARE THAT WE NEED THE SPANISH ONES SOON.
WHAT YOU WANTED TO ASK, IF I WANTED TO, UM, HAVE VOLUNTEERS HELP YOU DO THE OUTREACH, WHO DO WE COMMUNICATE WITH TO DO THAT? THE US CENSUS BUREAU.
WHO HERE? WE, WE HAVE FIVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE US CENSUS BUREAU WHO WILL BE, UH, PRESENTING AT THE END OF THIS MEETING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? THANK YOU.
UH, NEXT WE HAD, UH, MILITARY GOVERNMENT AND VETERANS.
UM, SINA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA JUST SPEAK TO, UM, THE GROUP QUARTERS ENUMERATION.
I'M A JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, BUT REALLY NOT THAT CAPACITY THAT I'M HERE.
I'M HERE AS A, A CO-CHAIR FOR THIS, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE.
MARIO OBEO FROM, UH, SA UH, THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK IS MY, MY CO-CHAIR AND HE'S RUNNING LATE.
SO, UH, I WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING FROM THE MILITARY
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SIDE.UM, FUNNY THING HAPPENED, UH, TO US AT JOINT BASED SAN ANTONIO.
UH, I STARTED GETTING, UM, INFORMATION THAT THE CENSUS BUREAU WAS INSIDE THE INSTALLATION, FIGURATIVELY, VIRTUALLY, UH, LOOKING FOR POINTS OF CONTACT FOR THE, THE, UH, THE BARRACKS, DORMS, UH, UH, HOUSING WHERE, WHERE OUR, UM, SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVE.
AND IT, QUITE A COINCIDENCE THAT I GOT, UH, TAGGED, UH, ASKED THE QUESTION AS, UH, YOU KNOW, DID WE KNOW ABOUT THIS? SO LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO CORRAL THE CENSUS, UH, FOLKS IN AND, UH, PUT 'EM IN TOUCH WITH THE CORRECT, UH, POINTS OF CONTACT, UH, FOR, UH, JOINT JOINT BASED SAN ANTONIO, LACKLAND RANDOLPH, AND FORT SAM HOUSTON.
SO ONE OF THE, I THINK THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE FROM MY STANDPOINT IS ENSURING THAT THE CENSUS COMMITTEE OR THE ENUMERATORS, UH, KNEW WHO THE REAL, UH, POCS WERE AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF INSERTING THEMSELVES.
BECAUSE AS A MILITARY INSTALLATION, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO COMES IN AND SO FORTH.
AND THEN MY OTHER OUTREACH, UM, INITIATIVE IS THROUGH OUR JOINT BASE, UH, SAN ANTONIO, UH, MILITARY ALLIANCE.
AND THAT'S AN ALLIANCE THAT'S COMPOSED OF VETERAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS, AND EMPLOYER PARTNERS THAT WORK WITH US AS WE WORK TO, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR TRANSITIONING SERVICE MEMBERS AND, UH, SPOUSES AND, AND CHILDREN.
SO I'M USING THAT ALLIANCE THAT MEETS WEEKLY TO DO THE OUTREACH TO ALL THE VETERAN SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS.
BUT NOW THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS BUDGET, UH, UH, UH, MONEY'S AVAILABLE, POTENTIALLY MAYBE SOME OF THE VETERANS GROUPS OUT THERE, UH, CAN DO SOME SORT OF, UH, COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, BARBECUE OR SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN BRING IN SOME VETERANS AND, AND DO A, UM, UH, OUTREACH THAT WAY.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE, UH, SLOWLY WORKING TO GET THIS OUT.
WELL, I WOULDN'T, DON'T WANNA SAY SLOWLY, I DON'T WANNA SCARE THE CENSUS FOLKS, UM, BUT WE'RE ACTIVELY, UM, PUTTING OUT THE MESSAGE TO ENSURE THAT OUR MILITARY AND VETERAN SERVICE MEMBERS GET COUNTED.
ALSO, PLAN TO USE THE JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC AFFAIRS, UH, AS A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, ADVERTISE IN TO ALL, ALL THE FOLKS THAT WORK LIVE AND, UM, UH, USE OUR FACILITIES AT JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO.
SO, SUBJECT TO YOUR QUESTIONS, I KNOW THAT, THAT THE, THE FIRST TWO BULLETS PROBABLY SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
UM, AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNTY CAN ADD ANYTHING TO THE FIRST BULLET THERE, IT SEEMS ON THE MAPPING PIECE OR THE SECOND ONE, I'D, I'D BE WILLING TO, TO SPEAK, TO GO AHEAD THIS SINCE, UM, I JUST, JUST USE THE SLIDE FOR US.
OH, WELL, YEAH, I APPRECIATE IT.
UM, AND I'M SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ONCE MARIO IS HERE, HE CAN GO DELVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THIS.
UM, BUT, UH, WE WERE APPROACHED BY, UM, STATE REPRESENTATIVE TREY MARTINEZ FISHER, WHO WANTED TO SEE A MAP OF HIS DISTRICT, UM, WITH THE ROME MAP THAT Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH, BUT OVERLAID WITH, UM, THE VOTER PRECINCTS IN HIS DISTRICT.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S THE MAP THAT YOU SEE THERE.
UM, SO IT SHOWS, OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT THE DARK BLUE AREAS ARE THE HARDEST, UM, TO REACH CENSUS TRACTS.
UM, AND THEY DO OVERLAP SOME WITH THE VOTER PRECINCTS.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A VISUAL WAY, UM, FOR HIS STAFF TO SEE WHAT AREAS OF THAT DISTRICT, UM, ARE GOING TO NEED, UM, MORE HIGH TOUCH, UH, ENGAGEMENT WHEN WE START THE ENUMERATION.
AND, UM, SO AFTER THAT, UM, WAS COMPLETED, UM, THE IDEA CAME UP THAT WE COULD DO THIS FOR ALL OF THE STATE, UM, REPRESENTATIVES, UM, AND SENATORS, UH, JUST SO EVERYONE CAN GET AN IDEA OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY NEED TO WORK ON.
SO, UH, I, THE FIRST BULLET THERE, UM, SAYS THAT THE CITY'S PREPARING MAPS WITH THE ROMAN VOTER PRECINCT OVERLAYS THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO SET UP A MEETING, HOPEFULLY IN LATE FEBRUARY OR EARLY MARCH, UM, WITH THE BARR DELEGATION SO THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE THEIR MAPS AND START TO, UM, FORMULATE SOME, GET OUT THE COUNT STRATEGIES AT PRECINCT LEVEL, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET, UM, EVERYONE COUNTED AT ALL, ALL LAYERS OF GOVERNMENT.
UM, ONE, ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO KIND OF, THAT I LEARNED, UM, AND ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT I'VE BEEN TO WITH THE CENSUS AND, AND NOT TO RESTATE THE OBVIOUS OR INSULT ANYBODY'S INTELLIGENCE, WAS THE, UH, THE FACT THAT FIVE MAILERS, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE CENSUS FOLKS, THERE'LL BE FIVE MAILERS OR FIVE CHANCES FOR, UH, FOLKS TO ANSWER VIA MAIL.
AND THEN ONCE THEY DON'T ANSWER VIA MAIL, THEN THE CENSUS FOLKS WILL ACTUALLY GO, THE ENUMERATORS WILL ACTUALLY GO AND KNOCK ON HOUSES AND, AND THINGS.
SO THE, THE, I SAY THAT BECAUSE AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE ENUMERATORS OUT EVERYWHERE RIGHT AWAY, BUT IT'S AFTER THE FIFTH MAILER TO INCLUDE THE MILITARY INSTALLATION.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS ANYONE HERE THAT MAYBE DIDN'T KNOW THAT, BUT, UH, IT'S GOOD INFORMATION.
THERE IS SOME FLYERS, UM, UP AT THIS CENSUS TABLE,
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UH, THAT KIND OF DELVE INTO THAT INFORMATION.SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN, THANK YOU, MARY.
THE, THE ONLY THING THAT I WANTED TO ADD, UH, SARAFINA WOULD BE, SO FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT PERSPECTIVE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID ON YESTERDAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH IS, SO LET'S SAY WE HAVE 40 BILLBOARDS.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE BUREAU'S HARD TO COUNT MAP, AND WE'RE GONNA USE THAT TO FIGURE PROBABLY 10 HARD TO COUNT, UH, CENSUS TRACKS WITHIN EACH OF THE FOUR COMMISSIONERS PRECINCTS THAT, THAT TOOL, IF, IF YOU DON'T USE IT AS COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST THAT YOU ALL REALLY FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THAT ROAM.
IT IS A GREAT TOOL TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE AREAS ARE.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT SO MUCH, I DO HAVE A, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
AND, AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE HARD TO COUNT TRACK SIMPLY MEANS IS THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE LESS LIKELY TO SELF RESPOND.
AND, AND THAT IS THE KEY, CERTAINLY WITH LIMITED DOLLARS, WE, WE NEED TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO SELF RESPOND.
AND, UM, IF, IF YOU GET INTO THE MAP, UM, AND FEEL LOST, THE BUREAU DOES HAVE, UM, A LOT OF GOOD RESOURCES ON THEIR, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S JUST CENSUS.GOV/ROME, UM, THAT YOU, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT, THAT'LL HELP YOU, UH, NAVIGATE THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS? NO, THANK YOU, MARY.
AND THEN WHAT I FORGOT TO MENTION ABOUT ROME, I DON'T KNOW, I MAY BE STILL IN THE CENSUS, FOLKS THUNDER, BUT IT, IT WILL HELP YOU.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A HARD TO COUNT CENSUS TRACK, AND I, I'VE BEEN AMAZED THAT ONE OF THE ONES IS IN COMMISSIONER KEVIN WOLF'S PRECINCT, PRECINCT THREE OUT NEAR U T S A.
AND ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS DATA, IT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST ACCOUNT CENSUS TRACKS IN THE COUNTRY.
SO I STARTED DIVING INTO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO INTO DIFFERENT VIEWS WITHIN EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL CENSUS TRACKS.
AND FOR EXAMPLE, IT'LL TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE MINIMUM, UM, INTERNET ACCESS, OR IT MAY BE OF COURSE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY OR RENTERS.
ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, IT WILL BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU AT THIS ROME SITE.
NEXT UP WE HAVE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS.
IT'S STILL MORNING, RIGHT? NO.
UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.
UM, REBECCA, AGAIN, SELENA, YOU GUYS ARE FANTASTIC.
MARY WHO'S HERE AND BERTA WHO'S NOT HERE, IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB WITH KEEPING THE COMMUNICATION OPEN WITH THE, THE COMMITTEES AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE FOR ALL THAT SUPPORT.
UM, THIS MORNING SELENA AND I WERE AT THE L SS A CLASS, UH, WITH BUSINESS LEADERS AND THEY HAD GREAT QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE CENSUS AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH COMMUNICATION.
AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR FROM THEM BECAUSE THEY HAD AS MANY QUESTIONS AS THE REST OF US DO.
AND SO SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE HOMELESS POPULATION, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITH THE EDUCATION, UM, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING AND HOW PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE COUNTED POINT BLANK.
THE PURPOSE OF ALL OF THIS IS SO THAT WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN SPREAD IT.
AS DWAYNE MENTIONED EARLIER, THE CITY ONLY HAS $354,000, PERIOD.
THE COUNTY HAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, THAT DOESN'T GO VERY FAR.
SO THE GRASSROOTS PORTION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS THE INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN PASS ALONG.
WE HAD MENTIONED A FEW TIMES ABOUT THE SA BEAR, UH, COUNT ME IN.ORG.
IF YOU HAVE NOT GONE TO THAT WEBSITE, PLEASE GO THERE.
IT HAS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRESS RELEASES, THE FAQS, UM, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON.
SO SPECIFICALLY TO GO THERE, TO HAVE IT ALL IN ONE PLACE.
THERE ARE MARKETING MATERIALS THAT WE DID CREATE, UM, SO THAT WAS PAID FOR THAT WE DO HAVE.
SO REGARDING THE TOOLKITS, FROM THE BANNERS TO THE POSTERS TO THE FLYERS, ALL THOSE ARE ALREADY PRINTED.
SO MAYBE NOT 200,000 FOR, UH, THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION.
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HOWEVER, THERE ARE FOR SMALLER EVENTS.SO SPECIFICALLY TO OUR SLIDES THAT WE HAVE, UM, BACKTRACKING AGAIN, TO THIS MORNING, SOMEONE ASKED, WHEN DID THIS PROCESS START? WELL, WE ALL KNOW IT STARTED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WITH THE CREATION OF THIS COMMITTEE.
BUT NOW GOING FORWARD, NOW THAT JANUARY HAS HIT ALL THE INFORMATION HAS GONE OUT FEBRUARY AS WE ARE AND NOW AND THEN MARCH, PEOPLE WILL START RECEIVING INFORMATION IN THEIR HOUSEHOLDS.
SO THAT GOES TO THOSE FIVE PIECES THAT WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT.
SO PEOPLE WILL START GETTING THAT INFORMATION.
AND AGAIN, APRIL ONE IS WHEN THINGS START TO HEAD OUT.
SO, UM, BACKTRACKING JUST A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, AND JANUARY.
I'M GONNA LET YOU SEE THOSE UP THERE.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM TO YOU.
UM, BUT THE FREE MEDIA AND THE PEOPLE THAT CAN ACTUALLY GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO US, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN SPECTRUM NEWS, BUT THERE WAS A GREAT STORY ON THAT.
KSAT HAD A WONDERFUL STORY THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW TO GET INCORPORATED AND COUNTED.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE HISPANIC CHAMBER THAT HAD THEIR LUNCHEON YESTERDAY THAT SPOKE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE CENSUS.
SO AGAIN, IT REALLY IS THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE DOING AS A TEAM, AS IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO HAVE ALL OF THIS HAPPEN.
SO JUST A FEW PICTURES OF SOME OF THE MARKETING THAT WE'VE DONE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID EARLY ON WITH OUR COMMITTEE WAS TO DECIDE WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT EVENTS WHERE WE COULD GET THE BIGGEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK? WHERE COULD WE GO SO THAT WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION OUT? AND WE KNEW, WE KNOW WHAT THESE EVENTS ARE, RIGHT? FIESTA, THE M L K, THE CAESAR CHAVEZ MARCH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE'S EYEBALLS LOOKING AT IT IS WHERE WE CAN GET THIS INFORMATION OUT.
SO THIS IS WHERE, UH, THE COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH MARY AND BERTA AND HER TEAM, UH, ARE GOING OUT.
AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'VE GOT BANNERS, UH, THEY'VE GOT FLYERS, THEY'VE GOT ALL THIS INFORMATION, AND WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THIS ALL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE, UM, TIME THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THIS CENSUS.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, YOU GUYS ARE EASY.
UM, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID WANNA MENTION THAT I DID SAY THIS MORNING, UM, BACK TO NEEDING THE, THIS COMMUNITY TO HELP TALK TO THE COMMUNITY.
PERFECT EXAMPLE, YESTERDAY I WAS WALKING MY DOG, MOST PRECIOUS CHILD IN THE WORLD.
UM, AND SO I WAS WALKING HER AND I WAS BEHIND TWO WOMEN THAT WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CENSUS.
AND OF COURSE I WAS EAVESDROPPING 'CAUSE I'M RIGHT BEHIND THEM.
AND ONE OF THEM SAID, COMPLETING THE CENSUS IS JUST AS UNIMPORTANT AS IT IS TO VOTE.
AND I WAS LIKE, OH, THAT'S WRONG IN SO MANY, SO MANY ASPECTS.
BUT IT WAS UP TO ME TO GO UP TO THEM AND EXPLAIN WHY THAT'S NOT THE TRUTH.
SO JUST AS I HAD TO DO YESTERDAY, IT'S UP TO YOU AND UP TO YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR ORGANIZATIONS TO DO THE SAME.
JUST A THOUGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE ALREADY EXPLORED THIS.
HAVE WILL THE, UM, THE MEDIA OUTLETS USE THEIR TELEVISION PERSONALITIES TO DO THEIR OWN? SO GLAD ASK THAT.
I'M GONNA SKIP THIS SLIDE AND I'M GONNA COME BACK TO IT.
UM, SO PART OF THE MEDIA BUYS THAT ARE FROM YOUNG AND RUBICON, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL MARKETING FIRM THAT'S DOING THE MARKETING, UH, LOCALLY, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MUCH, UH, GIVEN AND DONATED TO US AS POSSIBLE.
SO AGAIN, PERFECT EXAMPLE THIS MORNING WITH L S A AT UNIVISION, THEY CREATED A, UH, A FORM FOR EACH OF THEIR GROUP TO ACTUALLY SPEAK AND DO A P S A THAT THEY WILL EITHER PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ON TELEVISION, OR ON THE RADIO WITH OUR BUSINESS LEADERS THAT ARE DOING GREAT IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO HAVING A FACE THAT SAN ANTONIO RECOGNIZES, WE KNOW IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SAN ANTONIANS.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING AS MANY PSAS AS POSSIBLE.
WE'RE GETTING FACES OUT THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS AND RESPECTS AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT AS INEXPENSIVELY AS POSSIBLE.
BUT, UM, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF SPANISH, UM, RADIO, TV NEWS, WE'VE GOT ALL OF THE ENGLISH, UH, STATIONS, AND AGAIN, THIS IS LOCAL AND NATIONAL.
UM, THE ENGLISH STATIONS THAT ARE THERE, WE'VE GOT PRINT DIGITAL, WHICH IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT.
AND THEN THE BILLBOARDS THAT DWAYNE MENTIONED.
SO THIS IS A LOT OF THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL MEDIA THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND YES, AND I GUESS THE REASON I ASK ABOUT THE THE TV PERSONALITIES, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE ASKING MEDIA TO RUN A P SS A THAT ISN'T THEIRS, PER SE.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE REPLACING PAID ADVERTISING WITH IT.
BUT IF THEY CAN WORK INTO THEIR PROMOTION OF THEIR OWN PERSONALITY AS THEIR OWN PROGRAMMING, THE CENSUS MESSAGE, THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO RUN IT IN MORE, YOU KNOW, PRIMETIME, UH, PLACEMENT.
AGREED, I GUESS IS MY QUESTION.
UM, AND THEN GOING BACK TO THE PAID MEDIA, UM, AGAIN, THE BUREAU IS, IS WHO MANAGES THE, THE YOUNG AND RUBICON ADVERTISING.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE A LOT OF PAID MEDIA BUYS THAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO, UM, YOU'LL START TO SEE THOSE, OR YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO SEE THOSE
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ONLINE ON, UH, IN MEDIA, TELEVISION, RADIO.BUT A LOT OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE HERE IN OUR CITY.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME MORE NUMBERS, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS PUT IN $200 MILLION TO REALLY ADDRESS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CENSUS.
WE HAVE $454,000 LOCALLY IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO, UM, IT, IT IS A BIG THING AND IT IS A REASON WHY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS INFORMATION IS PASSED ALONG THROUGH YOU AND THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, ALL THOSE CENSUS MESSAGING THROUGH, AND I'M SURE THE BUREAU WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING INTERNALLY, AND I'LL PUT THAT BACK UP THERE.
'CAUSE FOR THE LOCAL NATIONAL MEDIA.
YESTERDAY, I'M SUSAN THOMPSON WITH AVANZA, AND YESTERDAY I WAS AT THE HISPANIC, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BREAKFAST WITH DOLORES HUERTA, AND SHE'S BEEN DOING A LOT OF CENSUS WORK IN CALIFORNIA WHERE THEY HAVE A LOT OF FUNDING.
UH, BUT ONE OF THE STATS THAT SHE SAID THAT I TOOK A NOTE IN MY PHONE, UH, WAS THAT THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION SIMPLY PUT COULD BE YOU'RE, YOU ARE WORTH $20,000 OVER 10 YEARS.
SO IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY OF FIVE, THAT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WILL BE LOST IF YOU'RE NOT COUNTED.
AND I JUST, ONE I WANTED TO KNOW IS THAT, IS THAT NUMBER TRUE HERE IN BEAR COUNTY? UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN SHE JUST ALSO SIMPLY PUT, IT GOES TO EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT WAS JUST, I MEAN, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE INFORMATION.
BUT THE WAY SHE PUT IT REALLY, EVEN AFTER ALL THESE MEETINGS STRUCK HOME, SO ARE THOSE NUMBERS TRUE? THEY ARE TRUE FOR CALIFORNIA.
UM, THAT'S, I MEANT FOR BEAR COUNTY.
SO, SO THE, SO THE NUMBERS THAT SHE MENTIONED YESTERDAY, UH, THE $20,000 PER INDIVIDUAL, THAT IS THE COUNT IN CALIFORNIA.
UNFORTUNATELY, TEXAS DOES NOT USE THOSE STATISTICS.
SO FROM THE STATE'S POINT PERSPECTIVE, OUR NUMBERS LOOK LIKE IN 2017, WE RECEIVED $11 BILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING.
AND WHEN WE DID THE COUNT IN 2010, WE ONLY HAD 73% OF PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY WERE COUNTED.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS, WE TAKE THE STATE NUMBERS, WE DON'T TAKE SAN ANTONIO NUMBERS.
SO WE STILL STICK WITH THE 1% THAT IS NOT COUNTED IS WILL INCORPORATE $300 MILLION OF FUNDS THAT ARE NOT RECEIVED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO WE DO NOT SPECIFICALLY SAN ANTONIO NUMBERS.
AND YES, THOSE NUMBERS ARE FANTASTIC, BUT THAT'S THE CALIFORNIA COUNT.
BUT IT STILL WORKS, PERSONALIZES IT, ABSOLUTELY.
WE DO HAVE A COUNTY ESTIMATE, UM, AND I THINK WE COULD GET IT TO THAT PER PERSON.
OF COURSE, THE TRUTH IS IT'S NOT THE SAME DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ARE, BUT THE POWER OF YOU ARE WORTH, YOUR FAMILY IS WORTH.
SO IF THAT'S A VALUE, I THINK WE CAN PUT THAT NEW DENOMINATOR TO IT AND GET A NUMBER.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE BUREAU WANTS TO SPEAK TO THIS, BUT YESTERDAY AT COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THAT QUESTION CAME UP AND THE NUMBER THAT WAS GIVEN YESTERDAY IN COURT FROM RICHARD CASTANON WAS IT EQUATES TO ABOUT 1500 BUCKS PER PERSON.
IS THAT A CORRECT FIGURE? UH, SO GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY DID A STUDY, UH, THEY PUT TOGETHER, UH, SEVERAL OF THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND THEY ESTIMATED PER STATE HOW MUCH EACH INDIVIDUAL WAS WORTH.
NOW THE CENSUS BUREAU DOES NOT UTILIZE THAT, UH, STUDY BECAUSE IT'S, UM, UH, DONE BY OTHERS, UH, ANOTHER ORGANIZATION OTHER THAN US.
SO, UH, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, BUT UNDER THAT, UH, UH, PAPER THEY RELEASED, UH, FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS IS 1541 PER PERSON PER YEAR.
AND THE OTHER, ONLY OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION, AND MARY MAY WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS AS WELL, IS I BELIEVE TUESDAY YOU, YOU MADE A COMMENT AND YOU JUST SAID 73% WAS COUNTED IN TEXAS.
I'VE BEEN WRESTLING WITH THAT AND I BELIEVE THAT 73% OR 73% DID THE SELF RESPONSE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR TUESDAY? TUESDAY, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO.
I JUST WANNA MENTION IT IS MORE OF A COMMENT THAN, THAN A QUESTION.
UH, A A R P HAS A WEBPAGE WITH A LOT OF THE INFORMATION YOU MIGHT NEED.
THEY'VE GOT A TIMELINE FOR WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN MARCH AND APRIL.
IT'S RIGHT THERE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU OPEN THAT PAGE UP, GO TO AARP.ORG/CENSUS AND YOU'LL FIND A LOT OF INFORMATION, EVEN
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FAQS THAT YOU CAN USE.THEY'RE IN ENGLISH, BUT SOME OF THEM IN SPANISH, AND EVEN SOME OF THEM ARE IN OTHER LANGUAGES, UH, LIKE KOREAN AND, AND I BELIEVE, UH, MANDARIN, UH, ET CETERA, WHERE YOU CAN GET THE INFORMATION, UH, ONLINE AND IT'S THERE FOR YOU TO USE RIGHT NOW.
SO I WANT TO RECOMMEND, UH, RECOMMEND YOU, PLEASE GO TO THAT PAGE IF IT'S, YOU THINK IT MIGHT HELP YOU WITH YOUR, YOUR WORK.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA THANK YOU.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM HAS FOLLOWED US ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TWITTER YET.
UM, OUR HANDLES ARE ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM.
SA BEAR COUNT ME IN JUST LIKE THE WEBSITE FOR TWITTER, IT'S SA BEAR COUNT ME.
UM, THEY HAVE A, UH, A CHARACTER LIMIT ON TWITTER, SO WE COULDN'T PUT THE I IN.
UM, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, UM, ABOUT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS YET, THAT'S FINE.
UM, BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY IN THE SOFT LAUNCH PHASE, UM, OF OUR, OF OUR ROLLOUT FOR THAT.
UM, SO EARLIER LAST YEAR, UM, THE, THE CITY WENT THROUGH A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PROCESS TO BRING ON A SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT, UM, TO HELP TO, TO HELP, UM, ESTABLISH OUR ACCOUNT, MEET IN BRAND ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH WILL BE REALLY GREAT, UH, NOT ONLY FOR REACHING THE, UM, 18 THROUGH 34 YOUNG AND MOBILE POPULATION, BUT ALSO TO HELP DISPEL SOME OF THE MISS AND DISINFORMATION ABOUT THE CENSUS THAT'S GETTING SPREAD ONLINE.
UM, SO MAINLY, UM, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE IS HERE TO SUPPORT, UM, THE BUREAU.
WE, UM, HAVE ALREADY BEEN, UH, SHARING AND LIKING AND REPOSTING SOME, UH, RESOURCES FROM THE BUREAU, UM, AS WELL AS OUR OWN, UM, ESSAY BEAR COUNT ME IN BRANDED, UH, MATERIAL.
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE 123 FOLLOWERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ONLY IN THE, IN THE ORGANIC PHASE, UM, OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ROLLOUT, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL BE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS BY THE TIME, UH, THAT WE GET TO CENSUS TIME.
AND WE HAVE 13,000 TOTAL IMPRESSIONS.
SO THAT'S PEOPLE LOOKING AND CLICKING AND SHARING THINGS.
UM, SO OUR PAID SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN IS, UH, GOING TO LAUNCH IN TANDEM WITH THE START OF THE CENSUS IN MID-MARCH.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A, UM, AN IMAGE HERE THAT'S, UM, UH, IT'S OUR FACEBOOK, UH, COVER PHOTO.
UH, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING, UM, SOME MORE ORIGINAL CONTENT AND CREATIVE COME OUT AT THAT TIME.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO COINCIDE WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE PAID MEDIA, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT NEXT WEEK WE CAN SEE, UM, AND GET THAT CREATIVE APPROVED SO THAT IN MID-MARCH WE'LL START, UM, SEEING SOME OF THAT.
AND, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO, UM, HAVE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT COME IN DURING OUR MARCH MEETING.
MARCH 16TH IS OUR NEXT COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY CAN COME IN AND, AND, UH, PRESENT SOME OF THIS CREATIVE THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING DOWN THE LINE.
BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, PLEASE LIKE, AND, UH, FOLLOW OUR ACCOUNTS.
UM, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN, BEEN JUST SHARING SOME ORGANIC CONTENT FROM THE BUREAU AND, AND LOCAL, UH, MEDIA OUTLETS.
UH, BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN, UH, RECEIVING PHOTOS AND CONTENT, UM, FROM COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I KNOW, UH, WE WERE, UM, SHARING PHOTOS FROM THE ASIAN FESTIVAL 'CAUSE UH, KEN HAD A TABLE THERE, UH, IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BUREAU.
AND SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY, UH, PHOTOS OR, UM, EVENTS COMING UP THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO PROMOTE, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH SHARING AND, AND PROMOTING YOUR EVENTS, UM, PLEASE SEND THEM TO EITHER ALBERTA OR I, WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY, CLOSELY WITH, UM, OUR INTERNAL, UH, PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOLKS, BUT ALSO, UM, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PEOPLE.
WE TALK TO THEM EVERY DAY AND THEY'RE REALLY GOOD ABOUT, UH, KIND OF LOOKING TO SEE KIND OF WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WHAT, WHAT WE CAN, UM, MAKE SPACE FOR ON OUR PAGE.
UH, SO PLEASE GET, GET IN TOUCH.
UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO, UH, PUT UP ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE, UM, PROMOTING THINGS VIA VIDEO, UH, CAROUSEL IMAGES, UM, INSTAGRAM STORIES, UH, AND WE'RE EVEN GONNA HAVE THOSE LITTLE, UH, GIY STICKERS THAT YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR, LIKE INSTAGRAM POSTS.
WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE LIKE THE LITTLE HAND THAT YOU CAN PUT AND MAYBE SOME, UM, SOME OF THE FACEBOOK, UM, YOU, THE LITTLE BORDERS, THE FRAMES THAT YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR PHOTOS, SOMETHING LIKE I COUNTED OR, UM, COUNT ME.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING TO SEE ALL OF THAT CREATIVE NEXT WEEK AND GET IT APPROVED SO THAT, UM, BY THE NEXT TIME WE ALL MEET TOGETHER, UM, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THAT AND BE POSTING IT ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SO, UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? OKAY.
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I THINK, UM, NOW IS THE TIME THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, UM, OUR BUREAU REPRESENTATIVES TO COME OUT.WE HAVE, UM, FIVE LOVELY LADIES HERE, AND I'VE TOLD THEM, UM, TO JUST VOLUNTEER THEMSELVES TO COME UP.
UM, SO IF, IF ALL OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND, UH, INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND, UM, INTRODUCE THE AREA OF EXPERTISE THAT YOU'RE COVERING, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES FOR US, UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE AND THEN WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
HELLO, I'M LUPE OCHOA, PARTNERSHIP SPECIALIST, AND MY FOCUS IS COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE TIMELINE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AND, UM, WE ARE IN, UH, STARTING WITH GROUP QUARTERS WHERE WE COUNT EVERYONE ON CAMPUS, UM, NURSING HOMES, RV PARKS, ANYWHERE WHERE PEOPLE LIVE TOGETHER.
WE WILL BE COUNTING THE MILITARY.
WE WILL BE COUNTING THE, UM, HOMELESS IN THREE MATTERS IN THREE PROCESS, ONE SOUP KITCHEN, TWO, THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREAS LIKE HAVEN FOR HOPE.
AND THEN THE HOME, THE OUT IN THE STREET IN SEWAGE AND UNDER THE BRIDGES THAT WILL BE DONE IN THREE DIFFERENT OPERATIONS.
WE WILL HAVE AN ARMY OF CENSUS WORKERS OUT IN THE FIELD.
AND ALL THESE SPECIAL OPERATIONS WILL GO THROUGH FEBRUARY, THROUGH JULY.
AND THEN IN MARCH WE WILL HAVE, YOU WOULD, EVERYONE WILL, 95% OF THE UNITED STATES WILL GET A LETTER INVITATION TO ANSWER THE CENSUS ON MARCH 12TH.
WE WILL GO LIVE SO THAT YOU CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONNAIRE, UH, AS EARLY AS MARCH 12TH.
AND THE QUESTION IS, WHERE ARE YOU ON APRIL 1ST? THE, UM, IN MARCH, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO START, UH, PROVIDING TRAINING FOR THE, UH, NONPROFITS, THE, ANY, UH, UH, AGENCIES, COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR AN EVENT.
WE WILL COVER THE DO'S AND DON'TS AND, UH, VERY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UM, NOT, UH, YOU, YOU, WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE A LAPTOP COMPUTER, BUT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE PERSON.
AND YOU NEED TO MAKE, MAY MAKE MARY SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE NOT A CENSUS WORKER AND THAT THE INFORMATION IS NOT NECESSARILY CONFIDENTIAL.
ONLY THE CENSUS CAN, UH, MAKE THAT STATEMENT BECAUSE WE ARE SWORN FOR THE LIFETIME THAT WE CANNOT SHARE THE INFORMATION AND IT'S, WE CAN GO TO PRISON AND GET A 250,000 FINE.
SO AN AGENCY CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE, BUT THEY HAVE TO MAKE VERY CLEAR THAT THEIR INFORMATION IS NOT NECESSARILY CONFIDENTIAL.
THAT WILL BE, WE'RE PROVIDING THAT TRAINING IN MARCH, AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE, UH, A LOT OF NONPROFITS ALREADY, UH, PLANNING ON APRIL 1ST, HAVING, UH, CENSUS DAY, UH, LIKE THE METHODIST MINISTRY AT WESLEY WILL HAVE A BIG BANG, THE MUSIC, THE FOOD BALLOONS, SO THAT, UH, THEY WILL HAVE A BIG EVENT IN ADDITION TO THEIR 15, UH, WESLEY NURSES THAT ARE HOUSED IN METHODIST CHURCHES.
THEY EACH ARE, UH, ORDER TO OR GIVE THE TASK OF HAVING AN EVENT ON AT EACH OF THE, THE CHURCHES.
SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE ALL THE PARTNERS AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ALL HAVE DONE, BECAUSE WE REALLY CANNOT DO IT, UH, BY OURSELVES.
AND THEN THAT WILL GO THROUGH, UH, YES, THE FIVE MAILINGS THAT YOU WOULD GET, UM, REMINDING YOU TO ANSWER THE CENSUS THROUGH APRIL, BEGINNING IN MAY.
THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE THE ARMY GO OUT AND KNOCK ON DOORS.
AND THEN IN THAT PROCESS FROM MAY THROUGH JULY, THE CENSUS WORKER ENUMERATOR WILL GO TO A HOUSE THREE TIMES.
AND THIS IS GOING BACK TO THE, FOR INSTANCE, IN 2010, THE, WE HAD A 70% RESPONSE RATE, SELF RESPONSE.
THAT MEANS THAT WE HAD TO GO BACK TO THE 30%, AND THAT'S WHEN WE NEED THE PARTNERS.
AND LET ME JUST SAY, IN 2010, IT WAS 70% FOR BEXAR COUNTY AND THE SAN ANTONIO BEAR COUNTY COMPLETE CON COMMITTEE WAS RECOGNIZED IN WASHINGTON BECAUSE WE HAD THE HIGHEST RESPONSE RATE SECOND HIGHEST IN THE NATION.
SO, UH, IF WE HAVE GOBOARD 73,
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I'M SURE WE GO END UP IN WASHINGTON.BUT LET ME JUST SAY, WHEN WE HAVE OUR CENSUS WORKER KNOCKING ON THE DOORS, THEY WILL GO THREE TIMES.
THAT MEANS WE ARE GOING TO COUNT EVERYONE BECAUSE ON THE FOURTH VISIT, THEY WILL ASK THE NEIGHBOR, DO YOU KNOW IF THAT HOUSE IS VACANT? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE THERE? OR THEIR CHILDREN? AND IT'S AN ESTIMATE.
SO SELF RESPONSE IS THE MOST ACCURATE COUNT THAT WE HAVE.
BUT WHEN WE HAVE TO GO KNOCKING ON DOORS, THAT'S, WE ARE DOING ESTIMATES.
IF WE DON'T FIND ANYONE AT THAT PARTICULAR DOOR, WE DO HAVE, FOR THE RULE AREA UPDATE LEAVE BECAUSE THE QUESTIONNAIRE IS TIED TO A UNIT, A HOUSING UNIT, AND WE CANNOT USE A PO BOX.
SO WE'LL HAVE CENSUS WORKERS GO TO THE HOUSE IN RURAL AREAS AND UPDATE THE INFORMATION AND LEAVE THE QUESTIONNAIRE.
SO WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT OPERATIONS COUNTING THE POPULATION IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, AND I'M SORRY.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I GET ALL THE TIME IS ABOUT, UH, THE ENUMERATORS AND GETTING THAT POSITION, AND SO COMING IN AS A PAID ENUMERATOR, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED LAST YEAR WAS THAT IT TOOK SEVERAL MONTHS TO CLEAR THE BACKGROUND CHECK AND DO ALL THAT STUFF.
SO IS THAT GONNA BE EXPEDITED? IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH, HOW IS THAT GONNA WORK? I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU ASKED A QUESTION.
UH, FEBRUARY, THE END OF FEBRUARY, WE WILL START RECRUITING.
AND LET ME JUST SAY THAT WE ARE STILL RECRUITING.
IN BEXAR COUNTY, THERE WAS A PAY RANGE INCREASE, UH, FROM 14 TO 18 TO 18 TO $20 PER HOUR, GET PAID EVERY WEEK, GET PAID FOR MILEAGE AND FOR TRAINING.
NOW, WE'RE, UH, THERE HAS BEEN A BACKLOG ON GETTING THE BACKGROUND, UH, THE SEARCH BACKGROUND, UH, INFORMATION.
HOWEVER, WE ARE GOING TO BE FINISHING UP IN FEBRUARY AND WE ARE, UH, STARTING TO CALL PEOPLE.
AND SO, UH, YES, WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT THEY, UM, THEY APPLIED BACK, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND THEY HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.
WHEN THEY APPLY NOW IS THEY, THEY GET A, UH, EMAIL AND ONCE THEY GET THAT EMAIL, THAT MEANS THEY ARE IN THE SYSTEM AND THEY NOW WILL LEAVE A MESSAGE SO PEOPLE CAN CALL BACK.
LAST YEAR THEY WERE NOT LEAVING MESSAGES, SO PEOPLE WOULD KNOW.
AND YOU KNOW, LIKE I KNOW MANY, UH, I DON'T ANSWER A NUMBER THAT I DON'T RECOGNIZE, BUT THIS TIME AROUND THEY ARE LEAVING MESSAGES AND THEY WILL CALL THREE TIMES.
SO PLEASE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO 18 AND OVER TO APPLY BECAUSE OKAY.
UH, WHEREAS IN BEAR COUNTY, WE HAVE REACHED OUR GOAL, BUT WE ARE STILL RECRUITING.
WE STILL HAVE POCKETS THAT, UH, WE STILL NEED ENUMERATORS BECAUSE WE NEED TO HIRE PEOPLE FROM THEIR OWN COMMUNITY, LIKE, UH, ALMOST PARK AND, UH, TERRACE HILL AREAS WE ARE BEHIND.
AND SO WE NEED HELP IN THOSE AREAS.
I AM VIRGIE TAYLOR, PARTNERSHIP SPECIALIST.
I'M DEALING WITH THE EAST SIDE AND ALL OF THE HOAS IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO I'M GOING OUT CONTACTING THEM, TRYING TO GET THEM INVOLVED AND GET THEIR COMMUNITIES INVOLVED JUST SO WHAT WE'RE READY.
SO WHEN THEIR NUMERATION COMES, THEY'RE ALREADY PREPPED, THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND EVERYONE SELF RESPONDS.
SO I'M DEALING WITH THE EAST SIDE, THE ALL THE HOAS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND ALSO A, A LITTLE SMALL AMOUNT OF FAITH BASE, PARTICULARLY ON THE EAST SIDE IN SURROUNDING CITIES OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND I ALSO JUST WANNA DRIVE HOME WITH LUPE SAID, WE'RE STILL RECRUITING, WE'RE LOOKING FOR TRAINING SITES TO TRAIN THE PEOPLE WE ARE BRINGING.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING PEOPLE ON BOARD SO WE DO HAVE THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE WILL COUNT EVERYONE, THE HOMELESS AND EVERYONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE PROPER COUNT.
MY NAME IS CELIA LA GARZA AND THE PS UH, PARTNERSHIP SPECIALIST ASSIGNED TO THE ARCH OSIS OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO, BECAUSE THEY ASKED ME A REPORT ON THAT, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT.
IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL WORKING FOR THE ARCH OSIS.
THE MAIN FOCUS HAS BEEN SCHOOLS, CATHOLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED STATISTICS IN SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO PARISHES.
WE HAVE AN 194 PARISHES THAT WE WENT TO THE CHANCELLOR OFFICE AND ROLL OUT THE MESSAGE FROM THEM.
SISTER JANET HAS BEEN WONDERFUL DOING THIS.
UM, NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THE ARCHBISHOP.
HE'S GOING TO CREATE A P SS A FOR US THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUBLISH THROUGH CATHOLIC TV.
AND THEN WE CAN SEND THE LINK IF, IF IT'S ANY OF YOUR INTEREST IN YOUR COMMUNITY TO PUT IT, THAT, THAT OUT.
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VERY LARGE AND THE ARCHDIOCESE IS COVERED MORE COUNTIES THAN NOT ONLY OURS.SO I'VE BEEN, UH, HAVING THE GREAT SUPPORT OF LUPE, SHE'S ASSISTED ME WITH REACHING OUT, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME VISITING THE PAUL SOCIETY AND ALL THE ONES THAT LINGERS THROUGHOUT TO THE, TO THE ARCHDIOCESE.
AND THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO MENTION IS TWO NATIONAL INITIATIVES THAT THEY'RE ASSISTING US.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE FAITH-BASED SUMMIT THAT WE HAVE.
UM, WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE CENSUS AWARENESS SUNDAY.
AND IT'S BASICALLY AFTER THE MASS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, UH, THE 29TH, WHICH IS A SUNDAY.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE TELLING IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT LIKE CENSUS IS HERE.
WE HAVE SOME TABLES, WE HAVE, UH, PSAS WORKING IN HERE, UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND THE STATISTICS IN THE SCHOOL.
THAT'S THE WEEK FROM MARCH THE SECOND TO THE SIXTH.
AND CATHOLIC SCHOOLS HAS BEEN HELPING ME TO IMPLEMENT STATISTICS IN THE SCHOOL AND THE STATISTICS IN THE SCHOOL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW FAMILIAR YOU ARE, IT'S REALLY SIMILAR AS THE JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT.
I'M A TEACHER IN THIRD GRADE, I CLICK IN HERE AND THEN THEY GIVE YOU A JOB AND YOU'RE LIKE, I WANT TO TEACH SOCIOLOGY, I WANT TO TEACH MATH, I WANT TO TEACH HISTORY.
AND THEY SELECT THE, THE WARMUP ACTIVITY.
SO VERY EASY TO IMPLEMENT, A CONVENIENT, AND IT'S VERY RELEVANT FOR, FOR THE OUTREACH FOR US.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I HAVE A LARGE TO SHARE HER PERSONAL STORY.
OH, LUPE LOVES THIS, THIS, HE ALL LOVES YOU.
SO THIS IS MY FIRST CENSUS, UH, LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES.
I WAS AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT, UH, BEFORE JOINING THE, THE CENSUS, I HANDLED INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AT U T S A.
AND, AND BECAUSE I WAS DOING CONTRACTS AND ALL OF THIS, UM, I, WHEN I GOT MY CITIZENSHIP THREE DAYS LATER, THEY TOLD ME, YOU SHOULD APPLY TO U S A JOBS.
THREE DAYS LATER, THEY CALL ME AND EVERYBODY GO LIKE, WOW, THIS IS YOUR FIRST CENSUS HELPING US OUT.
SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO, TO BE TELLING THIS, THIS STORY, AND MAINLY WITH THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.
EVERY TIME THAT I GO TO CHURCHES, UM, HAVING THIS IN SPANISH, YOU KNOW THAT.
AND WE HAVE WONDERFUL MATERIALS IN SPANISH IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT.
UH, ONE, MY FAVORITE ONE IS CALLED ANA, AND IT'S BASICALLY SPELLING OUT LIKE IT'S NOTHING TO BE AFRAID.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SHARE INFORMATION, AND WE SPELL IT OUT I F B I POLICE.
AND I LIKE TO EXPLAIN IT BECAUSE THE CHURCHES, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE THEY HANDLE LOVE IMMIGRANT PEOPLE POPULATION, AND, AND THIS IS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM.
AND HOPE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.
MY NAME IS VERONICA, RONNIE EUNICE, AND I'M A PARTNERSHIP SPECIALIST WITH THE CENSUS.
SO I'M STARTING THIS G AND I STARTED THE CENSUS ON THE SAME DAY.
THIS IS OUR FIRST CENSUS, BUT LUPE OCHOA, WHO WAS THE FIRST SPEAKER, THIS IS HER FOURTH CENSUS.
SHE'S ONE OF THE FEW CENSUS EMPLOYEES THAT'S BEEN ON, UH, BOARD, UH, YOU KNOW, FOUR TIMES.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT SHE'S HERE WITH US IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND SHE'S, SHE'S CERTAINLY BEEN A WONDERFUL RESOURCE.
UH, YOU KNOW, JUST A WEALTH OF INFORMATION TO, TO ALL OF US ON THE CENSUS TEAM.
I WORK SPECIFICALLY WITH SCHOOLS, PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND CHARTER.
AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE.
UH, WELL, ALL SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE PARTNERS WITH THE CENSUS.
SO I AM WORKING WITH ALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THERE IS ACTUALLY A DESIGNATED CENSUS PERSON THAT I WORK WITH.
AND SO I GO TO, I GO DO PRESENTATIONS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
I GO TO SCHOOLS, I DO PRINCIPAL'S COFFEES, I TALK TO FAMILY AND PARENT SPECIALISTS.
I GO TO BILINGUAL PARENT NIGHTS, UM, COUNSEL, I SPEAK TO COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, UH, EVEN GONE INTO SPEAK TO SOME STUDENTS AS WELL ABOUT THE CENSUS.
SO ON THAT FRONT, AS FAR AS PUBLIC SCHOOLS GOES, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE DO HAVE WITH OUR SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
EVERYONE, ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE RESPONDED VERY WELL.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DO IT.
WE NEED THE PARTNERSHIP, WE NEED THE HELP OF OUR SCHOOLS, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO ARE IN TURN OR WHO IN TURN ARE GONNA, UH, HELP US GET THE WORD OUT TO THE PARENTS AND FAMILIES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CENSUS.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH REGION, WITH THE REGION 20 SERVICE CENTER.
SO IN ADDITION TO REACHING OUT TO OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WE'RE ALSO REACHING OUT TO OTHER, TO ACTUALLY 80 EIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT REACH 20 OVERSEAS.
SO THAT'S A WONDERFUL HELP AS WELL.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH GO PUBLIC, WHICH ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS HERE IN TOWN AND, YOU KNOW, MANY FAMILIES ALSO ARE ALSO A, A BIG SUPPORTER OF GO THE GO PUBLIC ORGANIZATION.
AND THEY INTERN HAVE PROMISED TO, TO HELP US OUT AND GET THE WORD OUT.
UH, WE DID SPEAK TO CAR AND I, WE DID SPEAK TO THE SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLIC COMMUNICATION PRACTITIONER, PUBLIC SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL RELATIONS, UH, PRACTITIONERS.
SO THOSE ARE THE COMMUNICATION OFFICERS OF EACH OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SO WE SPOKE TO THEM THIS MORNING, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING OUTREACH AND AWARENESS ABOUT THE CENSUS TO THEIR FAMILIES, TO THEIR STUDENTS, BUT WE DID ASK THEM TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT GAS PEDAL ON, YOU
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KNOW, JUST PRESS IT A LITTLE HARDER BECAUSE CENSUS IS AROUND THE CORNER.AND WE DO NEED THEIR HELP IN GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THEIR PARENTS FAMILIES VIA THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, WEBSITE, REMIND APPS, SCHOOL MESSENGER, PEACH JAR, THE VARIOUS OUTLETS THAT ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS UTILIZE TO COMMUNICATE TO PARENTS.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT THEM TO USE.
SO, UH, YOU SHOULD BE SEEING, IF YOU DO HAVE CHILDREN IN SCHOOL, YOU SHOULD BE SEEING, UH, INFORMATION, MORE INFORMATION COMING FROM, FROM THE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR CHILD HOME, HOME TO YOU.
AND THAT'S ABOUT IT ON MY PART.
DID WANNA MENTION TOO, UH, OUR BOSS, OUR, OUR SUPERVISOR, SANA MENDOZA, SHE COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.
IT'S HER SECOND CENSUS, BY THE WAY.
SHE IS IN TRAINING IN HOUSTON.
SHE'S GETTING READY FOR SOME OF THE OPERATIONS THAT ARE COMING, UH, COMING AROUND, UH, THE CORON FOR US AND FOR EVERYONE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO SHE IS IN SAN ANTONIO IN TRAINING.
SHE DOES SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE.
AND, UH, AGAIN, WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, ALL YOUR WORK.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE, JUST, YOU KNOW, ALL YOUR ASSISTANCE IN, IN HELPING US, EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
SO, UH, MY NAME IS SOPHIA ISABEL AND I, UM, MY FOCUS IS THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CHAMBERS AND OF COURSE THE SUBCOMMITTEE HERE.
UM, JUST TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT, UH, RICHARD MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, I GUESS THE FIRST, UH, STEP WAS TO REACH THE LARGE BUSINESSES WITH, UM, LARGE EMPLOYEE FOOTPRINT AND HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, IN IN SOUTH TEXAS.
AND, UH, SO THE, THE FIRST ASK, WHICH IS THE VERY EASY ASK IS EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT.
UM, WE ARE STILL WORKING ON, UH, GATHERING THE BIG BUSINESSES HERE IN, UM, IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND WHEN WE DO GET THESE BUSINESSES LIKE, UM, I B C BANK OR UM, H E B, UM, I'M WORKING WITH THE BUSINESSES TO IDENTIFY THE PARTICULAR, UM, BRANCHES OR STORES THAT ARE LOCATED LIKE DWAYNE MENTIONED IN THE HARD TO COUNT, UM, THE ROME MAP.
UM, KIND OF IDENTIFY FOR THEM SOME OF THE STORES THAT ARE, THAT SIT IN, IN PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING AREAS FOR US.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY THAT THEY CAN PAY A LITTLE MORE EXTRA ATTENTION, UM, IN THOSE AREAS, UH, THAT THEY SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO THE FOCUS HAS BEEN BIG BUSINESS, BUT STARTING IN 2020, UM, I STARTED SHIFTING TOWARDS THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
SO I'M WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CHAMBERS TO ADDRESS THE SMALL BUSINESSES, WHICH ARE, UM, UM, INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT IN, IN ALL THE COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY, UM, IN THE LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES WHERE, UM, PERHAPS THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE BIG, UM, UH, FRANCHISES OR, UH, BIG, UH, BUSINESSES SERVING THEM.
UH, BUT ONE OF THE, UH, EXCITING, UM, NEWEST PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE, UH, IS WITH SOME OF THE CHAINS OF, UH, UH, GREAT CLIPS AND, UM, SEVEN ELEVENS.
'CAUSE THOSE ARE FREQUENTED BY, BY, UH, VOLUME, UH, MASSIVE MASS POPULATION.
UH, AND ALSO ANOTHER RECENT PARTNERSHIP IS THE YELP COMMUNITY THAT HAS SIX, UM, ORGANIZING, UM, COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS.
AND, UM, PERHAPS I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE MEDIA, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE HERE, UH, UH, SO THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN, UM, REACH OUT TO THEM AND TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO, THROUGH YELP, UM, UH, ADVERTISE FREE PUBLICITY ON EVENTS THAT YOU'RE HOLDING, UM, IN THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY, FAILED TO MENTION.
I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW, IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE WEBSITES THAT YOU ALL, UH, MENTIONED TO COMPLIMENT THAT INFORMATION, OF COURSE, THE, UH, COUNT ME IN WEBSITE AND THE A A R P WEBSITE, THE CENSUS DOES HAVE, HAVE SOME OUTREACH MATERIALS ON THEIR WEBSITE TOO@TWENTYTWENTYCENSUS.GOV IF YOU GO TO OUTREACH MATERIALS.
AND KEN IS NODDING HIS FACE, HE'S SEEN THESE MATERIALS BEFORE.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE FLYER THAT MENTIONS THE OUTREACH MATERIALS, BUT THERE'S, UH, REALLY NICE POSTERS FOR VARIOUS PUBLICS THAT ARE ORGAN OR THAT OUR ORGANIZATION SERVES THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION SERVE.
UH, L G B T Q, THE MILIT MIL, THERE'S A POSTER FOR MILITARY FAMILIES.
THERE'S, UH, POSTERS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN IF YOU ARE WORKING WITH DAYCARES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOUNG, YOUNG, UH, UH, ORGANIZATION THAT SERVICES YOUNG, YOUNG CHILDREN.
THERE'S INFORMATION THERE ON THAT.
THERE'S INFORMATION, IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH HOAS, A HOUSING COMMUNITY, THERE'S INFORMATION ABOUT RENTERS A FLYER.
SO THERE'S VARIOUS INFORMATION FOR YOUR ORGANIZATIONS, DEPENDING ON YOUR, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLICS THAT YOU SERVE.
AND IT CAN BE ALSO FOUND AT 2020 CENSUS.GOV/PARTNERS.
AND AGAIN, IT'S AVAILABLE UNDER THE OUTREACH MATERIALS, UNDER THE PARTNERS TAB, OUTREACH MATERIALS.
UM, AND THERE'S ALSO SOME INFORMATION IN SPANISH.
I KNOW THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
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DO ACCESS THAT WEBSITE A LOT WHEN I DO SPEAK TO THE SCHOOLS.'CAUSE A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS DO NEED THE INFORMATION IN SPANISH AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UH, QUESTIONS ASKED BY INDIVIDUALS, UH, ABOUT FRAUD AND ABOUT HOW THEY CAN FIGURE OUT IF SOMETHING IS FRAUD BECAUSE THE WAY THE SENSE IS GONNA BE DONE, UH, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, BAD PLAYERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND TO TRY TO GET INFORMATION.
SO IS THERE A FRAUD HOTLINE SET UP ALREADY OR A WAY YOU CAN ASK ABOUT THAT? WE HAVE, UM, AS, UM, EARLY AS OCTOBER LAST YEAR, WE HAVE HAD CENSUS WORKERS TO GOING OUT TO VERIFY ADDRESSES, AND WE HAVE CENSUS WORKERS VERIFYING THE CONTACTS FOR THE MILITARY.
SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, EVERY MONTH, EVERY SEVERAL MONTHS, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE SURVEYS BECAUSE THE CENSUS IS THE ONE THAT GATHERS DATA FOR DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, UM, LABOR AND OTHER, OTHER FOLKS.
SO WE HAVE CENSUS WORKERS OUT IN THE FIELD ALL THE TIME.
NOW, FOR THE DECENNIAL CENSUS, THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT FOLKS WILL SEE.
EVERY CENSUS WORKER WILL HAVE A BADGE AND THEY WILL HAVE A, A BAG THAT HAS CENSUS.
THE, THERE'LL BE A PLACARD IN THEIR CAR THAT HAS CENSUS.
IF A PERSON DOES NOT, UH, DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT, THEY ARE TO CALL THE POLICE.
THEY ARE TO CALL THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE GOTTEN NOTICES THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE ASKING FOR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, FOR, UM, CREDIT CARD NUMBERS, WE NEVER ASK FOR THAT INFORMATION.
SO YES, PLEASE, UH, LET FOLKS THAT, UH, TO CALL THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY IS THAT NO, WELL, ALSO ONLINE, AL ALSO LIKE THINGS THAT ARE ONLINE OR TELEPHONE CALLS, SINCE A LOT OF THIS IS GONNA BE DONE WITH THE INTERNET, UH, I MEAN, I, IF YOU SAY SOMEBODY CALL ME AND, AND THEY ASK ME ABOUT THE, THE, UH, THE, UH, CENSUS, UH, YOU CAN'T ARREST THEM, BUT, BUT HOW DO YOU REPORT THAT? NO, THE P UH, THE ONES WHO ARE GONNA GET CALLED ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING CALLED TO WORK FOR THE CENSUS AND THEY ARE ALREADY REPLIED.
LUPE WAS MENTIONING THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE THE CALLS IS TO INVITE THEM TO JOIN OUR TEAM.
BUT THE OTHER INSTANCE, AS YOU SEE THE QUESTIONNAIRE, WE HAVE, UH, SPACES ASKED FOR NUMBER, LIKE PHONE NUMBER, AND THE ONLY REASON IS TO FOLLOW UP.
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY YOU FILL OUT YOUR CENSUS ALREADY AND YOU LEFT THE PART OF RACE OR ETHNICITY IN BLANK.
THAT'S WHY WHEN SENSORS WILL CALL TO CLARIFY.
I, I GUESS IF YOU'RE SUSPICIOUS OF SOMEBODY ASKING THAT, HOW DO YOU VERIFY BY TELEPHONE SOMEBODY THAT THIS IS A LEGITIMATE, UH, PERSON THAT EITHER INQUIRING BY EMAIL THEY WOULD CALL OR BY TELEPHONE ABOUT YOUR INFORMATION.
NOW THEY'RE LEAVING, UH, THE, UH, A MESSAGE.
SO YOU CAN CALL THAT NUMBER TO VERIFY THAT IT IS A TRUE CENSUS WORKER.
THE OTHER THING IS, LET'S GET THIS RIGHT,
THE OTHER THING IS YOU CAN GET ONLINE AND VERIFY THE NAME OF THE SO EMPLOYEE, RIGHT? WE HAVE A DATABASE OF ALL THESE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
SO YOU CAN CHECK CARELLI, WHO IS THIS PERSON, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THIS PERSON ASSIGNED TO SAN ANTONIO.
AND THEN YOU CAN FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE GIVING YOUR INFORMATION OUT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THESE ARE GOOD ONES.
WELL, I'M SURE I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME TODAY.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY, UM, A A VERY INTENSE TWO HOURS AND, AND I THINK WE'VE LEARNED A LOT, NOT ONLY FROM WHAT WE'VE LEARNED, BUT ALSO WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM EACH OTHER AS WE START TO MIX AND, UH, AND MINGLE AMONG THE TABLES.
I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MARY MILLS WHO PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER.
AND, AND WE WILL BE SEEING AND HEARING A LOT MORE ABOUT MARY IN THE FUTURE.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH WITH MORE NEWS AND, AND MORE DEVELOPMENTS AS THEY OCCUR.
AND DWAYNE, DON'T HAVE A GOOD TIME
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