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           GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          THIS IS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, REBECCA . 
          WELCOME TO OUR ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. 
          BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANTED TO REMIND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE THAT YOU HAVE ANOTHER LINK, AND YOU WILL HAVE TO BE JUMPING ON AN EXECUTIVE LINK LATER ON DURING THIS MEETING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A HEADS UP. 
          IF YOU HAVE IT, GREAT. 
          IF NOT, EMAIL LORI RIGHT NOW, BUT STAY HERE. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, IT'S FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH, AND WE ARE IN OUR NEXT E W D C MEETING. 
          UM, CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLE CHAIR GRAND HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SHIRLEY GONZALEZ. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO HDA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. 
          I'M HERE. 
          OH, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, AGAIN, WELCOME EVERYONE, AND TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE CALL. 
          WE ALSO HAVE SOME GUESTS, UM, WHO ARE PARTNERS WITH US IN THIS ENDEAVOR AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. 
          UM, THESE PARTNERS REPRESENT A PROJECT QUEST, A W S A, ALAMO COLLEGES, AND, UM, SA WORKS AND OTHERS. 
          SO IF WE NEED QUESTIONS ANSWERED THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION, THEY WILL BE READY AND ON STANDBY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          UM, OUR FIRST 
          [Public Comment]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS GOING TO BE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          YOU KNOW, DURING THE LAST, UM, CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD IN A, IN A LARGE, AT A SESSION WAS THAT OUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WANTED TO BE SURE TO HAVE A VOICE. 
          SO THE FIRST ITEM IS TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING ONE CALLBACK RIGHT NOW, AND I WILL PASS THIS OVER TO, UM, OUR CARLOS, WHO WILL BE, UM, NOT CARLOS CONTRAREZ, THE OTHER CARLOS WILL BE CALLING BACK OUR MEMBER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M ISSA CARELLO ON THE LINE, WHO'S, WHO'S GETTING ON THE LINE. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          I'M HERE. 
          HI, HUA, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR ALLOWING ME, UH, JUST A FEW MINUTES TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          UM, ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, UM, HERE AT THE MAESTRO CENTER IS, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. 
          WE, WE ARE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 
          WE KNOW THE TYPE OF STUFF THAT THEY NEED. 
          AND WHAT, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TODAY, WE WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AT THE SMALL BUSINESS LEVEL. 
          AND WE HAVE PROPOSED A, UH, PRESENTATION, WHICH WE'VE EMAILED TO YOU GUYS, UM, AND ALSO TO, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND OUR MAIN FOCUS IS, UM, DOING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AT THE BUSINESS, UH, LEVEL FOR THE ENTREPRENEUR, FOR PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR NEW HIRES FOR THEM, WHICH AGAIN, WE KNOW WILL LEAD TO UNEMPLOYMENT, REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING IS ALSO PROVIDING, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES SO THAT WE'RE TARGETING THE, UH, LOW INCOME EARNERS, UH, SO THEY CAN ADVANCE AND, YOU KNOW, UH, ADVANCED TO, UH, HIGHER PAYING JOBS WITH BENEFITS. 
          BUT THE MAIN THING IS ALSO LOOKING AT THE ENTREPRENEUR AND PROVIDING AN INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO COME AND GET TRAINING AT ANY OF THE ACCEPTABLE TRAINING, UH, FACILITIES THAT ARE PROVIDING THE SESSIONS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT AS THEY ADVANCE, THEN WE'RE BUILDING RESILIENT BUSINESSES, UM, THAT ARE, ARE GROWING IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND FOR US, THAT IS WHERE WE IMPACT ECONOMIC GROWTH. 
          OUR PROGRAM REALLY FOCUSES AT THE BUSINESS LEVEL, NOT DOING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ONLY AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL. 
          WE ALSO DO IT WITHIN THE BUSINESS NEEDS. 
          SO IT'S NOT THEM BEING TRAINED AND THEN LOOKING FOR WORK. 
          WE ARE SAYING THEY'RE WORKING, LET'S GET THEM TO ADVANCE WITHIN OURSELVES. 
          WE ALSO KNOW THAT IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, OUR, OUR POVERTY LEVEL IS HIGH. 
          AND THAT IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED, BUT THEY'RE EMPLOYED IN LOW INCOME, UH, JOBS. 
          AND, AND WE WANT TO ADVANCE THAT AND HIT IT IN THREE DIFFERENT WAYS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE, WE, WE REALLY HOPE THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR SMALL BUSINESS AT THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, 
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UM, FUNDING THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          AND NOT JUST PUT IT ASIDE BECAUSE WE NEED THIS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO AFFECT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IN, IN OUR LOW INCOME AREAS. 
          UM, WHAT CAN I TELL YOU OTHER THAN WE, WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, AND, UH, AND WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TODAY TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUDING THAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FELISA, AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK THAT YOU DID WITH, UM, THAT YOU, YOU'RE DOING AND THAT YOU DID WITH E T T, UM, THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND FOR YOUR ADVOCACY. 
          AND WE HAD ONE, UH, DID WE HAVE ONE? WE HAD, OKAY, THAT WAS ALL OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS RIGHT NOW, YOU ALL. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, FOR, FOR THAT, REMEMBER, WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING ON TUESDAY, SO, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN STILL CALL IN ON TUESDAY AS WELL AS SUBMIT, UM, STATEMENTS AS WELL. 
          NOW WE'LL MOVE O 
          [1. 20-3821 Briefing and possible action on COVID-19 Community Recovery and Resiliency Plan Workforce Development Pillar Strategies.]
OVER TO OUR ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA, BUT A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, OUR BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON C OVID 19, COMMUNITY RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PILLAR STRATEGIES. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO CARLOS . 
          GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, EVERYONE. 
          CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY WITH AN NOD? THANK YOU. 
          UH, SO ALEX, UH, LOPEZ AND TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY, UM, LEADING UP TO LAST COUNCIL PRESENTATION, AND THEN EVERY DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK SINCE THEN. 
          AND, AND WE, I THINK WE HAVE A, A REALLY GOOD, UH, FRAMEWORK OF AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR YOU. 
          UM, AND SO ALEX IS GONNA TAKE THE LEAD AND, AND PRESENTING ON THAT, WE DO HAVE, UH, UM, MEMBERS FROM EACH OF THE PRIMARY PARTNERS THAT WE ARE IDENTIFYING AS TO PARTICIPATE IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING SECONDARY, UH, PARTNERS. 
          WE REALIZE THAT CAPACITY AND BUILDING UP SCALE, GETTING TO SCALE IS, IS A CHALLENGE IN A, IN A SHORT WINDOW HERE. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER PARTNERS THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS. 
          SHE'LL TOUCH ON THOSE. 
          SO, UH, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE FULL PRIMARY DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT, UH, LOOKING AT OTHER PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THEY CAN ALSO, UM, PROVIDE ASSISTANCE HERE. 
          SO, ALEX, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU. 
          UH, JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, AS THE COUNCILMAN SAID, UH, WE WILL BE GOING, WE'LL BE PRESENTING AND THEN BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE THERE'S SOME CONTRACT, UH, NEGOTIATIONS THAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. 
          SO AFTER ALEX CONCLUDES, WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND THEN WE'LL COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR Q AND A. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU, CARLOS. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. 
          UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S EXCITING TO GET TO THIS POINT. 
          LIKE CARLOS MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS STRATEGY AND, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE FOR, FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. 
          AND I WANNA THANK ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT ARE ON THE CALL AS WELL AS, UM, MORE THAT, THAT AREN'T, UM, ON THE CALL WITH US THIS MORNING. 
          I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, JESSICA LINA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES IS ALSO AVAILABLE, UM, BECAUSE AS YOU RECALL, THE, UM, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PILLAR DOES INCLUDE, UM, TWO STRATEGIES BASICALLY. 
          AND ONE OF 'EM IS, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE PARTNERING WITH HUMAN SERVICES FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION. 
          SHOULD I BRING UP THE POWERPOINT OR WILL IT BE LOADED? WE'RE LOADING IT RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT. 
          I CAN, YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, LORI? JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WERE ADOPTED AS PART OF THE, UH, RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, WE REALLY START WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, UM, FOLLOWED BY EMBEDDING EQUITY IN ALL THE DECISION MAKING AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESOURCES. 
          WE ARE INTEGRATING VARIOUS FUNDING RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE THE MAXIMUM IMPACT. 
          UM, AND WE'RE ENSURING THAT HOUSEHOLD BUSINESSES AND BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY COVID HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BECOME FINANCIALLY RESILIENT AND BETTER PREPARED TO WITHSTAND FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES THAT MAY BE IN OUR FUTURE. 
          UM, LASTLY, WE ARE STRENGTHENING GENERATIONAL FAMILY WELLBEING THROUGH A SOLID FOUNDATION AND THROUGH THIS AND THROUGH THRIVING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. 
          SO THESE ARE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT ARE, UM, REALLY SERVING AS THAT FOUNDATION FOR SO MUCH OF OUR WORK. 
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UM, ONE OTHER ITEM THAT WE WILL, UH, I'LL I'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT YOU'VE SEEN PREVIOUSLY. 
          THAT IS THE, THE FUNDING TABLE. 
          UM, WE TALK ABOUT BRAIDED FUNDING AND THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. 
          TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON THAT COLUMN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE, WHICH IS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          YOU SEE THAT THERE'S ONLY A SMALL PORTION THAT IS CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDING THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING. 
          NEXT SLIDE, LAURIE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, THE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING IS, UH, GENERAL FUND. 
          UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE DESIGNING THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT RESPONSE TO, UH, THE IMPACT THAT CORONAVIRUS HAS HAD IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE, THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY THAT WE WANNA SEE FROM IT, WE'RE REALLY TREATING ALL OF THESE CONCEPTS, UM, SIMILARLY FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          C. 
          SO THE TWO STRATEGIES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PILLAR, UM, ARE TO PROVIDE WORKFORCE TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERVICES WITH A FOCUS ON HIGH DEMAND OCCUPATIONS OR HIGH DEMAND JOBS, AND TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY CHILDCARE SUPPORT FOR WORKING FAMILIES. 
          OUR OBJECTIVES ARE TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO 10,000 RESIDENTS BY SEPTEMBER, 2021 THROUGH AN INTEGRATION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES THAT PROMOTE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO TRAINING AND JOB PLACEMENT. 
          PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH IS TO CONNECT PARTICIPANTS WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES LIKE CHILDCARE. 
          SPECIFICALLY, WE PLAN TO PROVIDE UP TO 4,000 CHILDREN WITH THREE MONTHS OF TEMPORARY CHILDCARE THROUGH SUBSIDIES THAT CAN BE USED AT MORE THAN 600 LOCAL CHILDCARE CENTERS AND HOMES LICENSED THROUGH, THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF, UH, FAMILY PROTECTIVE SERVICES, THE CHILDCARE LICENSING DIVISION, UM, THAT ARE ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE FEDERALLY FUNDED CHILD CHILDCARE SUBSIDY SERVICES SUBSIDY PROGRAM. 
          SO THIS IS, UM, ONE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. 
          ALSO ON THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE THE BUDGET ASSOCIATED WITH A FUNDING, UM, FOR THIS PILLAR, STARTING WITH PARTICIPANT INTAKE AND REFERRAL WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND CAREER NAVIGATION, THAT IS BUDGETED AT APPROXIMATELY $6.8 MILLION. 
          THE PARTICIPANT TRAINING AND EDUCATION IS 13.6 MILLION. 
          THE PARTICIPANT STIPEND, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS, IS, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, 44.1% OF THE FUNDING. 
          BUT IT'S ALSO, UH, PART OF WHAT WE, WE KNOW IS A, IT'S A UNIQUE CONCEPT THAT WE'RE INCORPORATING INTO THIS STRATEGY. 
          UM, THE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE THAT'S GONNA BE CRITICAL GIVEN THE CHANGING INDUSTRIES AND HOW, HOW, UM, DYNAMIC OUR ECONOMY IS RIGHT NOW, KEEPING THIS BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE IS GONNA BE CRITICAL. 
          WE ALSO HAVE, UM, $220,000, OR, YES, $220,000 ESTABLISHED OR SET ASIDE FOR PROGRAM OUTREACH AND FOR MONITORING. 
          UM, THAT'S GONNA BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE THE $10 MILLION ALSO FOR THE CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES THAT I MENTIONED ARE PART OF THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO BE INCORPORATED. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, MOST OF THESE OUTCOMES YOU'VE SEEN ALREADY, UM, LIKE I MENTIONED, UH, WE WANNA SERVE 10,000 RESIDENTS WITH TRAINING, UM, OF THOSE RESIDENTS. 
          WE WANNA SEE THAT 80% ARE RECEIVING CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          UM, THIS INCLUDES WRAPAROUND SUPPORT, CAREER NAVIGATION, UM, ALL OF THAT TYPE OF WORK THAT WE KNOW WILL HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR TRAINING. 
          THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE SERVICE, LIKE I MENTIONED, FOR CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES. 
          SO YOU SEE THE REFERENCE RIGHT THERE, 277 FAMILIES, UM, WE'RE ASSUMING MORE THAN ONE CHILD PER FAMILY, BUT AGAIN, THE NUMBER'S 4,000 CHILDREN TO BE SERVED. 
          UM, MOVING ON TO THE SHORT TERM TRAINING, WE'RE WE, WE WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE A BALANCE BETWEEN, UM, AT SHORT TERM AND, AND LONGER TERM. 
          AND I SAY LONGER BECAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WE WOULD IMAGINE, UM, MULTI-YEAR OR, UM, A A FULL DEGREE TYPE PROGRAM. 
          UM, BUT WE DO ENVISION THE DISTRIBUTION BEING 75% OF OUR PARTICIPANTS GOING THROUGH SHORT-TERM TRAINING AND 10% GOING THROUGH LONG-TERM TRAINING. 
          AN ADDITIONAL 10% WOULD, UH, PARTICIPATE IN A SUBSIDIZED ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAM WITH A LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS EMPLOYER. 
          5% WOULD PARTICIPATE IN HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY PREPARATION COURSES. 
          UM, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY GET TO THE OUTCOMES THAT WE WANNA SEE HERE, WHICH IS THAT 75% OF THE PARTICIPANTS THAT GO THROUGH THESE TRAININGS, UM, COMPLETE THE TRAINING. 
          WE THINK THIS 
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IS, UM, THIS MIGHT BE A BIT AGGRESSIVE, HOWEVER, THE DESIGN OF THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT, THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, THE STIPENDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRAINING, WE THINK THAT, THAT IT'S, IT'S STILL A REALISTIC GOAL FOR US TO, TO EXPECT THAT 75% OF THE PARTICIPANTS COMPLETE THE TRAINING. 
          ULTIMATELY, THE OUTCOME THAT WE'RE SETTING AS AN ASPIRATIONAL GOAL IS FOR PARTICIPANTS THAT COMPLETE THE TRAINING. 
          UM, WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF COMPLETING THEIR TRAINING, THEY WILL SECURE EMPLOYMENT IN A DEMAND OCCUPATION WITH A CAREER PATH THAT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO GROW THEIR EARNING POTENTIAL. 
          UM, WE THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT AS REPLACING THESE INDIVIDUALS. 
          THEY NEED TO BE PLACED IN A PATH THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT GROWTH IN WAGES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, I'VE MENTIONED A LOT OF THINGS AND I BRIEFLY BROKE DOWN THE BUDGET, BUT, UM, AND AS YOU KNOW FROM EVERYBODY WHO'S ON THE CALL RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS AS A COMPLETE PARTNERSHIP. 
          UM, DO YOU, YOU'VE MENTIONED, YOU'VE MENTIONED, WE HAVE ALAMO COLLEGES AND PROJECT QUEST WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO AND SA WORKS. 
          UM, THEY ARE OUR PRIMARY PARTNERS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE, THE ABILITY TO SCALE THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SCALE AND SERVE. 
          UM, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE PARTNERS THAT HAVE DONE WORK WITH US ON THE DELEGATE AGENCY SIDE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, FROM A WORKFORCE PERSPECTIVE, WE'VE WORKED WITH FAMILY SERVICES, WE'VE WORKED WITH CHRYSALIS AND RESTORE EDUCATION, AND SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SERVE, UH, PARTICULARLY HARD TO REACH AND HARD TO SERVE POPULATIONS THAT WE WANT TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM. 
          WE ALSO HAVE SOME PARTNERS HERE ON THE CHILDCARE SIDE. 
          UM, SO UC, UNITED WAY, AND, UM, THE SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION. 
          WE'VE GOT ALL OF THE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS, UM, THAT WOULD ALSO BE, BE TECHNICALLY HELPING IN THE EXECUTION OF THESE STRATEGIES. 
          AND THEN I WANTED TO ALSO MENTION THE FACT THAT THIS IS VERY MUCH GONNA BE INTEGRATED, UM, DEFINITELY FROM THE OUTREACH PERSPECTIVE WITH OUR PEER DEPARTMENTS OF, UM, HUMAN SERVICES AND, UM, HOW NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW ABOUT AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND HOW TO HELP AND WHERE RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS RESOURCES. 
          SO WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, WE ALL COLLABORATE AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE ALSO AWARE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES, OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UM, THE PREVIOUS SLIDE MENTIONED SOME OF THE PRIMARY PARTNERS, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE. 
          AND EVEN THIS SLIDE IS NOT EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE ENVISIONING. 
          UM, SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU SEE ON HERE, LIKE GOODWILL AND EACH ONE TEACH ONE, UH, JUST FOR SUCCESS SA HOPE CENTER, THESE ARE SOME OF THE DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UM, TO PROVIDE, UH, CASE MANAGEMENT TERM, JOB TRAINING, UM, OTHER TYPES OF WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          SO THEY WILL ALL BE WORKING WITH, UM, ONE OF THE PRIMARY AGENCIES. 
          UM, BUT THEN YOU HAVE, WE ALSO HAVE HIGHER ED INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN PARTNERING WITH US. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING WITH THEM IS DEVELOPING, UM, THE, THE, BASICALLY THE COURSE OFFERINGS, HOW WE SEE AS WE SEE INDUSTRIES OPENING UP AND WE SEE TRAINING NEEDS, UM, IDENTIFIED THESE ORGANIZ, THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES ARE READY TO HELP, UM, FILL THOSE TRAINING GAPS, UM, AND, AND PROVIDE THOSE, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAINING. 
          AS, AS WE KNOW THAT WE'RE, THAT PARTICIPANTS MAY NEED THEM, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THEM TO COLLECT THAT INFORMATION. 
          AND THEN WHEN I SAY WE, I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT STAFF, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS, WITH THESE HIGHER ED INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE DIFFERENT CASE MANAGERS. 
          SO AS THEY'RE WORKING WITH PARTICIPANTS, IF THEY FIND A GOOD MATCH IN ONE OF THESE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES WITH U T S A OR WITH TEXAS A M SAN ANTONIO, THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THOSE, THOSE OPTIONS AVAILABLE AS WELL. 
          WE ALSO ADDED BIOME SAY AND CYBERSECURITY ON HERE, UH, CYBERSECURITY SAN ANTONIO, BECAUSE FROM AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE THESE TWO ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT TRULY SERVE AS LIAISONS TO THOSE SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES AND GIVE US A LOT OF, UH, VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION INTELLIGENCE, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW AS THINGS ARE CHANGING SO QUICKLY, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP, UM, THOSE LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO THIS IS, UM, BASICALLY THE PATH AND, AND THE HIGH, THE, THE MAIN CONCEPTS ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH OUR IMPLEMENTATION 
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PLAN, REALLY, TRULY STARTING WITH THE MARKETING. 
          UM, AND, AND THERE'S, THERE'S A FOCUS, UM, ACROSS THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE PLAN ITSELF TO REALLY, UM, ADDRESS THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY, UH, THE COVID PANDEMIC. 
          SO FROM A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN MOST, MOST IMPACTED, INCLUDING FOOD AND ACCOMMODATIONS AND RETAIL SERVICES. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE'VE SEEN MOST OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS COME. 
          WELL, A, A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS COME FROM. 
          SO FROM A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TARGETING, UM, PEOPLE THAT WERE EMPLOYED, PREVIOUSLY EMPLOYED IN THOSE INDUSTRIES. 
          UM, AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL MARKETING STRATEGIES, WE'RE GONNA DO SOCIAL MEDIA, WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY DO ROBOCALL. 
          AND THAT'S WHY SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT HAVE THAT ARE GONNA BE WORKING WITH US ON MARKETING ARE SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION THAT CAN FACILITATE SOME OF THE, THE MARKETING STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE HOPING TO IMPLEMENT. 
          WE'RE ALSO GONNA USE SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL, UM, MARKETING STRATEGIES THAT, THAT WE KNOW, UH, IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THEN THAT WE'VE EXECUTED, LIKE STARTING TO WORK WITH A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT THAT WAY. 
          UM, AND THEN GRASSROOTS, YOU KNOW, VIA BUS, BUS SHELTERS AND BUS BENCHES AND BILLBOARDS AND TARGETED NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UH, I MENTIONED ALSO THE COORDINATION WITH, WITH, UM, OUR PEER DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THERE'S DOOR TO DOOR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING. 
          SO AS OUR RESIDENTS ARE BEING MADE AWARE OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND UTILITY SYSTEMS AVAILABLE, WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THESE WORKFORCE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO, UH, FROM THERE, WE SHIFT OVER INTO THE INTAKE. 
          ONCE THE PARTICIPANT BECOMES AWARE OR RESIDENT BECOMES AWARE OF OUR PROGRAM, UM, THEY WOULD MOVE INTO THE INTAKE PHASE. 
          AND WHILE WE EXPLORED DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, UH, WHERE WE LANDED IS THAT, UH, AN APPROACH WHERE ALL OF OUR, ALL OF THESE PARTNERS WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO INTAKE PARTICIPANTS MIGHT BE THE MOST INCLUSIVE WAY FOR US TO EXECUTE. 
          WE, RATHER THAN SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF, IF A PARTICIPANT WERE TO GO DIRECTLY TO ALAMO COLLEGES AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I WANNA, I WANNA PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, UM, IF, IF WE DO A UNIVERSAL INTAKE, THAT PARTICIPANT WOULD, WOULD IN ESSENCE BE SENT BACK TO A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FACILITATE HERE IS BASICALLY SAY, THERE'S NO WRONG DOOR. 
          YOU COME TO ANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND THERE'S, THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, TO BASICALLY, UM, PROCESS YOUR APPLICATION AND DO THE INTAKE PRO UM, INTAKE FOR THIS, FOR THIS PROGRAM. 
          WHAT WE ARE COORDINATING THOUGH, IS THAT THERE BE A UNIVERSAL INTAKE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A STANDARDIZED PROTOCOL THAT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WOULD USE AS THEY'RE INTAKING AND AS THEY'RE ASSESSING PARTICIPANTS. 
          WHAT WE, WHAT WE WOULD DO NEXT FROM THERE IS BASICALLY BASED ON THAT ASSESSMENT, BASED ON THEIR EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, ON THEIR SKILLS AND THEIR INTERESTS, THEIR, THEIR, WHERE THEY, WHERE, WHAT INDUSTRIES THEY'RE LOOKING TO MOVE INTO, THAT'S WHERE THE CAREER PATH IDENTIFICATION WOULD COME UP. 
          UM, AND THEN IDENTIFYING WHETHER THE BEST, UM, PLACEMENT FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL IS EITHER SHORT-TERM TRAINING, LONG-TERM TRAINING, WHETHER PERHAPS ON THE JOB TRAINING WOULD BE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM, WHETHER THEY NEED TO GO AND COMPLETE A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY. 
          OR IN SOME CASES, THAT INDIVIDUAL MIGHT BE READY FOR JOB PLACEMENT ALREADY. 
          IF THEY ALREADY HAVE A DEGREE AND THEY'RE NEEDING TO MAYBE SHIFT INDUSTRIES, LET'S SAY THEY WERE AN ACCOUNTANT FOR IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HELP FIND A PLACEMENT AS AN ACCOUNTANT IN A DIFFERENT INDUSTRY. 
          UM, THOSE, THOSE PARTICIPANTS MAY VERY WELL JUST GO STRAIGHT INTO A JOB PLACEMENT. 
          SO PART OF AND CONCURRENT REALLY WITH THE, WITH THE TRAINING IS THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT. 
          SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STIPENDS THAT WILL TRULY HELP PARTICIPANTS, UM, REMAIN ENGAGED AND, AND COMPLETE THAT TRAINING BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT, THAT STIPEND AND THAT FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES. 
          WE'RE OFFERING THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, A LOT OF THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT THAT THEY, OUR CITY ORGANIZATION IS PROVIDING ALONG WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE AREA FOUNDATION AND UNITED WAY. 
          SO THIS IS, THIS WRAPAROUND SUPPORT IS WHAT WE THINK WILL FACILITATE COMPLETION OF THE TRAINING AND THE NUMBERS OF PERCENTAGES THAT I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THIS IS BASICALLY, UM, ALONG THE TOP OF THIS TABLE, YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED TO BE PART OF THIS PROGRAM, STARTING WITH OUTREACH INTAKE, ASSESSMENT, UM, THE CASE MANAGEMENT, AND THEN WE, WE LIST THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAINING, HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY, SHORT-TERM, LONG-TERM JOB TRAINING, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE, THOSE, THOSE WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS 
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AND THE STIPEND SPECIFICALLY. 
          AND THEN ULTIMATELY, WE WANNA SEE A JOB PLACEMENT. 
          SO ALONG THE FIRST COLUMN, YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT PRIMARY PARTNERS. 
          UM, SO YOU SEE FROM AN OUTREACH PERSPECTIVE, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE JUST A COUPLE OF ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND THEN INTERNALLY, THE CITY THAT ARE GONNA BE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE OUTREACH. 
          AND, AND I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL HERE WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO. 
          UM, THEY HAVE SO MUCH INFORMATION ON, ON RESIDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UM, THAT HAVE FILED UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS. SO WE THINK THAT THAT COLLABORATION IS CRITICAL BECAUSE THEY WILL HELP US TARGET THE INDUSTRIES THAT WE WANNA TARGET, AND SPECIFICALLY THE RESIDENTS AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE POPULATIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET. 
          UM, INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT, YOU HEARD ME SAY EARLIER, IT'S, IT'S NO WRONG DOOR. 
          UM, ANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE A PARTICIPANT, UM, AT, AS THEY'RE WALKING IN CASE MANAGEMENT, IT'S A LITTLE MORE, MORE INTENSIVE. 
          UM, WE HAVE MORE ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING THERE. 
          AND THEN, UM, SKIPPING OVER INTO THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM TRAINING, YOU SEE THAT WE DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN PROVIDERS AND REFERRALS. 
          SO, UM, ALAMO COLLEGES AND RESTORE EDUCATION WILL BE THE TWO PRIMARY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD BE PROVIDING SHORT-TERM TRAINING. 
          REMEMBER THAT EARLIER I MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL PARTNERS. 
          SO WORKFORCE, UM, ALAMO COLLEGES, EXCUSE ME, MAY BE DOING A, A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE SHORT-TERM AND LONG TERM TRAINING, BUT THERE WILL BE OTHER TRAINING PROVIDERS THAT THE CASE MANAGEMENT, UM, AGENCIES WILL BE REFERRING, UM, PARTICIPANTS TO AS WELL. 
          THEY HAVE A PRETTY ESTABLISHED NETWORK OF TRAINING ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY WORK WITH. 
          AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT PROVIDING THAT FLEXIBILITY TO THE CASE MANAGERS WAS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO IDENTIFY AND TO EXECUTE THE BEST PATH FOR THE PARTICIPANTS. 
          UM, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE THAT IN SOME OF THOSE COLUMNS. 
          UH, THE WORD REFERRAL IS LISTED BECAUSE WE KNOW PROJECT QUEST AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO HAVE THOSE NETWORKS ESTABLISHED WITH TRAINING PROVIDERS. 
          UM, FOR ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING OUR WORK WITH, UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO, AND THE PROGRAM THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK. 
          UM, AND THEN THE STIPENDS ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE TIED TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDING THE TRAINING BECAUSE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO VALIDATE PARTICIPATION, UM, AND HAVE THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE THAT TYPE OF WORK, UM, OR THAT TYPE OF SUPPORT. 
          AS FAR AS THE STIPEND IS CONCERNED, PROJECT QUEST, WHILE NOT A DIRECT TRAINING PROVIDER, THEY ALSO HAVE THE SYSTEMS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, THE STIPENDS TO THE DIFFERENT, UM, PARTICIPANTS AS DOES WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, ON THE JOB PLACEMENT, WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY BASICALLY COMING BACK IN AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE HELPING TO PLACE THAT, THAT INDIVIDUAL INTO THE JOB AS THEY'RE COMPLETING THEIR TRAINING, AS THEY'RE APPROACHING COMPLETION, STARTING TO LOOK FOR WHAT THOSE JOB OPPORTUNITIES ARE AND, AND HELPING FACILITATE THAT PROCESS. 
          UM, THE ONLY ORGANIZATION YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ME TALK ABOUT YET, SA WORKS IS GONNA BE CRITICAL ON THIS SIDE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS. 
          WHILE THEY'RE NOT DIRECTLY SERVING PARTICIPANTS, THE INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCE THAT THEY GATHER IS CRITICAL THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING THE, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHO'S ACTUALLY HIRING RIGHT NOW, UM, WHO'S GONNA BE HIRING IN THE NEAR FUTURE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRAINING, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING AND THAT WE'RE MAKING AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPANTS ALIGN WITH WHAT OUR LOCAL EMPLOYERS ARE TELLING US THEY'RE GONNA NEED. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S THE OTHER PART THAT, THAT IS CRITICAL TO THIS WORK, UM, AND THAT WE BE AS RESPONSIVE TO THIS AS POSSIBLE, KNOWING THAT IT'S, IT'S CHANGING, UM, WEEK BY WEEK, MONTH BY MONTH. 
          SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BUILD THIS, THIS CONCEPT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROGRAM. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, AS FAR AS EQUITY AND ENGAGEMENT, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT WE COULD, UH, POTENTIALLY TAKE. 
          AND THE FIRST IS THAT, UH, FROM A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE, UH, WE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS, WHILE, WHILE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S INDUSTRIES THAT, UM, HAVE BEEN MOST IMPACTED, UM, FROM A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TRULY REACHING THE POPULATIONS THAT HAVE THE BARRIERS AND HAVE, UM, THE CHALLENGES THAT, THAT WE ALL KNOW ALREADY EXISTED IN OUR COMMUNITY, EVEN BEFORE COVID, WE ARE RECOMMENDING, AND WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A PLAN 
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WHERE WE WOULD FOCUS GEOGRAPHIES, FOCUS SOME OF THE, THE ACTUAL MARKETING IN PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHY. 
          AND WE'RE USING THE EQUITY MATRIX, EQUITY ATLAS THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED, UM, WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY. 
          AND WE'RE FOCUSING ON COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE A SCORE OF SEVEN OR EIGHT TO 10. 
          UM, THOSE ARE THE AREAS. 
          SHADE IS BROKEN DOWN BY CENSUS TRACK. 
          SO THESE, UM, CENSUS TRACKS THAT HAVE A SCORE FROM EIGHT TO 10, IT INCLUDES ROUGHLY 500,000 RESIDENTS, APPROXIMATELY 34% OF OUR POPULATION, UM, IN THESE TRACKS, PEOPLE OF COLOR MAKE UP 72% OF THE POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLDS MAKE LESS THAN $56,000. 
          SO THAT IS WHERE WE WANT TO FOCUS OUR ENERGY FROM A, FROM A TARGETED MARKETING PERSPECTIVE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO THE, NOW THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE, LIKE THE FIRST APPROACH IS, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          NOW THE NEXT STEP IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE ONES BEING SERVED? WHAT KIND OF MEASURES CAN WE PUT IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE ONES RECEIVING THESE SERVICES? AND HERE'S WHERE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS, AND, AND WE VERY MUCH WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK. 
          THE FIRST WOULD BE TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP PREFERENCE CRITERIA BASED ON PARTICIPANT'S RACE OR ETHNICITY, YOUR GENDER, YOUR AGE, INCOME, DISABILITY, WHETHER THERE'S ANY, UH, PREVIOUS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AND THEN GEOGRAPHY ITSELF. 
          SO WE COULD ESTABLISH SOME PREFERENCE CRITERIA THAT COULD BE USED BY THE PARTICIPANTS AT THE INTAKE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING AND WE'RE SERVING THESE POPULATIONS. 
          WE KNOW THE NEED IS GREAT, UM, AND, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SERVING THE PARTICIPANTS, LIKE I MENTIONED, THAT WE KNOW EVEN BEFORE COVID WE'RE EXPERIENCING THESE CHALLENGES. 
          SO INSTEAD, ANOTHER OPTION WOULD BE THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING PREFERENCE CRITERIA, WE ESTABLISH ASPIRATIONAL GOALS IN THE CONTRACT. 
          AND, UM, WE BASICALLY PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO THE PARTNERS, BUT STILL EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY WOULD TRY TO MEET THESE DIFFERENT GOALS BASED ON SERVING PARTICIPANTS OF THE SAME CRITERIA, YOU KNOW, BASED ON RACE OR GENDER OR INCOME. 
          UM, GIVING THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY ON THE INTAKE PROCESS, BUT STILL MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF, OF THE OVERALL GOAL OR THE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS THAT WE'D LIKE TO BE SERVED. 
          THESE ARE DIFFERENT APPROACHES. 
          UM, IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          WE'VE GOT EXPERIENCE DOING BOTH OF THESE TYPES OF, OF, OF, OF APPROACHES. 
          UM, UH, BUT WE WANT TO TO SEE, UH, WHAT FEEDBACK THERE IS ON, ON THESE CONCEPTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO HERE'S OUR IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE. 
          UM, STARTING WITH TODAY AND THIS BRIEFING, UH, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO FINALIZE OUR CONTRACTS AND EXECUTE SO THAT WE CAN BE READY FOR, UM, OUR MARKETING AND BEGINNING TO INTAKE PARTICIPANTS, UM, ON IN JULY AS EARLY JULY. 
          WHAT WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING IS THAT, UM, THE CONTRACTS THAT WE EXECUTE, UM, IN ESSENCE, WHILE, WHILE THEY'RE GONNA RUN THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM RUNS THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2021. 
          WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SIX MONTH INITIAL TERM FOLLOWED BY THE SECOND NINE MONTH TERM. 
          WE THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE CHANGING AND, UM, THE, THE, THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. 
          UM, AS SOON AS WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION, WE THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE BE ABLE TO PERHAPS PIVOT, UM, SHIFT RESOURCES, UM, AND, AND ADJUST BASED ON THE INTELLIGENCE THAT WE GATHER OVER THOSE FIRST SIX MONTHS. 
          UM, IN DECEMBER, WE WOULD, UM, REALIGN ANY, ANY PERFORMANCE MEASURES OR ANY, UM, FUNDING WITHIN THAT ORGANIZATIONS MAYBE FEEL THEY NEED TO MOVE AND ADJUST. 
          UM, WE WOULD DO THAT AT THE DECEMBER POINT. 
          SO THEN THAT WOULD NOW INFORM THE LAST NINE MONTHS OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH AGAIN, PROGRAM COMPLETION IS, IS SEPTEMBER OF 2021. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND ACTUALLY, THAT'S IT,  ON THAT LAST SLIDE. 
          UM, CHAIR WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR, WE PUT IT ON TOP THAT MONTHLY WE'RE, WE'RE REPORTING WHAT WE'RE HEARING WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE COMMITTEE, SO, SO THAT WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM YOU AS WE GO ALONG, WHICH WILL LEAD UP THROUGH THE DECEMBER DATE. 
          UM, IN ADDITION, UM, THE COUNTY'S PROGRAM IS GONNA BE HEAVILY WEIGHTED IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS. 
          AND SO WE, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF, UM, DEMAND ON SOME OF THE PROVIDERS DURING THAT FIRST SIX MONTHS. 
          SO THIS REALLY DOES GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH ISSUES, 
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UH, YOU KNOW, AND LEARN FROM THE PROGRAM. 
          SO I JUST WANTED ADD THAT COMMENT. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALEX, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND NOW, UM, THE TIME IS NOW 10:40 AM ON THIS 19TH DAY OF JUNE, 2020. 
          THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE WILL NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE WILL BE BACK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL THE TIME IS NOW 11:24 AM ON FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH, 2020, AND THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. 
          NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR JUMPING BACK ON. 
          NOW, WHAT WE'LL DO IS GO THROUGH AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS. 
          IT'LL BE COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, UH, ON THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH WHO I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW AND ON THE SCREEN. 
          AND THAT'S COUNCIL MEMBER MELISSA CAVEDA. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN. 
          UM, I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT VENDOR COORDINATION. 
          HOW IS THAT COMING ALONG? ARE WE SEEING VENDOR CAPACITY MATCHING OUR INVESTMENT COMMITTEE? I'M SORRY, COMMITMENT. 
          YEAH, SO THAT'S, THOSE ARE DEFINITELY SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING WITH ALL OF THE PARTNERS ON THE PHONE RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AND THEY ARE HAVING WITH THEIR EXTENDED TRAINING PARTNERS AS WELL, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE APPROPRIATELY, UM, AND AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE, ASSESSING WHAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE AND NOT OVEREXTENDING. 
          UM, THE BENEFIT HERE ALSO IS THAT WE HAVE A LONGER TIMEFRAME, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY RUSH TO GET EVERYBODY TRAINED IN SIX MONTHS. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT SPECIFICALLY INCORPORATING SMALL BUSINESSES, AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING FOR THE, THE SMALLER, UM, THE SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT I THINK WE CAN BENEFIT FROM BEGINNING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT ALTERNATIVE MODELS. 
          UM, I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE TALKED WITH, UH, THE MAESTER PROGRAM AND WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING THROUGH SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE. 
          UH, I, I, I THINK THAT THE SMALL BUSINESS IS SUSTAINED THROUGH A SINGLE RESOURCE DISSEMINATION HUB COULD EFFECTIVELY CREATE A LARGER COHORT OF EMPLOYEES BENEFITING FROM TRAINING AND UPSKILLING. 
          SO IT REALLY ISN'T A QUESTION MORE AS MORE OF A COMMENT. 
          UM, BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT IN THE, UM, IN OUR SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          AND THAT'S ALL. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I AM COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND THANKS FOR ALL OF OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE ON, UM, THE LINE AND IN WAITED PATIENTLY FOR US. 
          UM, ALEX, I HAVE A QUESTION ON BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE. 
          UM, WHO'S GONNA BE DOING THAT? AND, AND CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY? UH, I, I'M ASSUMING IT'S A LOT OF DATA ANALYTICS, AND HOW OFTEN WILL WE BE PRESENTED THAT INFORMATION? SO OUR, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE REPORTING MONTHLY TO THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. 
          UM, BUT SPECIFICALLY REGARDING BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, THIS IS WORK THAT SA WORKS, UM, WOULD BE HELPING US WITH, UM, BECAUSE OF THE, THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY, UM, IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THIS IS VERY MUCH THEIR, THEIR FRAME OF WORK. 
          UM, THEY WOULD BE ALSO COLLABORATING WITH, I MENTIONED SOME OF THE SECONDARY PARTNERS BEING BIO AND CYBERSECURITY SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE IN, IN THOSE PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ALSO, I KNOW THAT WE'RE, UM, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, ABOUT, UH, 10% FOR, UM, ON THE JOB TRAINING, UH, AS A PART OF THE SMALL BUSINESS POT. 
          UM, AND KIND OF TO COUNCILWOMAN, UH, GABRIELA'S POINT, ARE WE STILL ABLE TO, UM, CONSIDER, OR WOULD SMALL BUSINESSES STILL BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE SOME OF THE WORKFORCE TRAINING DOLLARS IF THEY SEND SOME OF THEIR EMPLOYEES TO SOME OF THE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ONE OF OUR PROVIDERS HAS? I, I, RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THAT WE'VE ENVISIONED AND, AND WE'RE, THE WAY THAT WE'RE DESIGNING THE PROGRAM IS TO FOCUS ON UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM, WOULD BENEFIT FROM ON THE JOB TRAINING. 
          SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY DESIGNING IT IN A WAY THAT, UM, IT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ALREADY HAVE A JOB WOULD, WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL TRAINING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IF WE HAVE, UM, FOLKS THAT ARE COMING 
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BACK TO A JOB, BUT IT'S BASICALLY LIKE, IT'S, IT'S THE NEW JOB, IT'S THE REALITY OF COVID JOB, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S NOT YET POST COVID, UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF NEW REALITIES OF THE JOB THAT MIGHT CHANGE. 
          WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT THOSE FOLKS THEN, UH, OR, OR AT OFFERING, OR, OR WHERE WOULD WE LOOK AT? WOULD THAT BE THE SMALL BUSINESS CONVERSATION THEN? UM, I, I THINK AS FAR AS UPSKILLING, WHAT I'M HEARING IS EITHER UPSKILLING OR, OR, UM, UM, AN ADDITIONAL PLACEMENT. 
          LIKE THEY, THEY'RE, THEY TOOK A JOB, UM, BUT IT'S NOT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE MM-HMM. 
          , UM, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NECESSARILY FALLS INTO THE SMALL BUSINESS, UM, CATEGORY EITHER. 
          UM, I, I THINK THAT THAT'S DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT APPROACH AND, AND THAT'S A DIFFERENT POPULATION. 
          UM, BUT WE HADN'T, WE HADN'T NECESSARILY ENVISIONED THAT ADDITIONAL POPULATION IN, IN THIS 10,000 THAT WE WERE GONNA SERVE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, SO I, SO, AND YES, THAT'S THE WORD UPSKILLING, SO I'M SORRY. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          YOU, UM, YOU REMINDED ME OF IT. 
          UM, ALSO, UH, ON THE, UM, SHORT-TERM TRAINING, THERE IS ABOUT 75%, UH, THAT WE'RE ENVISIONING GO THROUGH SHORT-TERM TRAINING SUCCESSFULLY, OR THAT COMPLETE THE TRAINING. 
          UH, IN GENERAL, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE 25% THAT DON'T? IS THERE, UH, I MEAN, WHAT HAPPENS? I MEAN, CAN I START SOMETHING AND NOT END IT? IS A STIPEND GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY AT A CERTAIN POINT IF I DON'T SHOW UP TO TRAINING? LIKE, WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES? AM I GONNA HAVE TO PAY BACK? I, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I, I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT COMPONENT AND MAYBE I MISSED IT. 
          CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS? SURE. 
          UM, ONE OF THE, PROBABLY THE MOST FAVORABLE SCENARIO THAT COULD BE HAPPENING IS IF THAT PERSON GETS A JOB. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY WE WANT IT TO BE A JOB IN A DEMAND OCCUPATION THAT'S ALREADY WORKING IN THAT PATHWAY THAT WAS IDENTIFIED. 
          UM, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF ONE OF THE POSITIVE REASONS WHY SOMEBODY MIGHT LEAVE TRAINING. 
          UM, BUT THERE, THERE COULD BE A NUMBER OF SCENARIOS. 
          ULTIMATELY, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CREATE THE CASE MANAGEMENT, THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT, AND THE STIPENDS THAT WOULD FACILITATE THE COMPLETION. 
          UM, IF THEY, IF THEY DON'T COMPLETE THE TRAINING, THE THE STIPEND WOULD STOP. 
          THE STIPEND IS ONLY GONNA BE RECEIVED WHILE THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN TRAINING. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALEX. 
          UM, I, THE 10% THAT WE HAVE ALREADY DEDICATED TO ON THE JOB TRAINING, UM, THE, IT IT LOOKS LIKE W S A WOULD BE DOING A MAJORITY OF IT. 
          UM, IS THERE, CAN WE GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE ENVISIONING FOR THAT ON THE JOB TRAINING RIGHT NOW? SURE. 
          AND, AND I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF WHAT W S A CURRENTLY DOES, THE PROGRAM THAT THEY, THEY, THEY FACILITATE NOW, UM, COUPLED WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT SA WORKS ARE GONNA BE IDENTIFYING, UM, FOR THOSE PLACEMENTS. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S THE COMBINATION THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING THAT WOULD, WOULD BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE OR IDENTIFY A THOUSAND OPPORTUNITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          AND SO, AND THEN, AND THEN I'M ASSUMING THAT'S ALSO GONNA BE DATA DRIVEN. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          IS THERE JOBS, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE INVESTING A LOT IN TRAINING PEOPLE FOR JOBS. 
          IS THERE GOING TO BE JOBS AVAILABLE AND HOW OFTEN WILL WE BE LOOKING AT WHAT JOBS ARE AVAILABLE AND WILL BE, WILL WE BE ABLE TO QUICKLY PIVOT IF THOSE JOBS GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION? THAT IS EXACTLY THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED, JENNA, UH, AND HER TEAM TO BE COLLECTING FOR US, BECAUSE THINGS ARE CHANGING VERY QUICKLY. 
          UM, AND EVEN FROM A SHORT-TERM TRAINING PERSPECTIVE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE INTO PIPELINES THAT WILL HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, I CAN, WE, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S CERTAIN PIECES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE. 
          WE KNOW, UM, HEALTHCARE BIOSCIENCE CONTINUES. 
          UM, IT CYBERSECURITY CONTINUE AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD CONSISTENTLY CONSTRUCTION AND TRADES, SO WE KNOW THOSE ARE STILL STEADY SOMEWHAT. 
          AND, AND THAT CAN BE THE, THE PRELIMINARY, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE PRELIMINARY IDENTIFIED. 
          THERE WILL BE MORE, AND THAT'S WHAT WHAT JENNA'S TEAM IS GONNA HELP US WITH. 
          YEAH. 
          JENNA, CAN YOU, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT IF YOU'RE THERE? CAN YOU HEAR? YES, I AM. 
          CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? MM-HMM. 
          . 
          PERFECT. 
          FIRST OF ALL, UH, CHAIRWOMAN GRO AND, AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US ALL ON. 
          AND ALEX AND TEAM, I THOUGHT YOU DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE PRESENTATION AND EXCELLENT QUESTIONS THUS FAR. 
          I LOVE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO REITERATE COUNCILWOMAN A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT STAFF HAS CONTINUED TO SAY, AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE OVERALL APPROACH THAT WE HAVE TAKEN, UH, AT SA WORKS. 
          AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH PREPARING THIS TYPE OF, OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE. 
          UH, ALEX NAILED IT THOUGH, SPECIFICALLY ON THE INDUSTRIES THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO REBOUND THE FASTEST. 
          AND BY THE WAY, THIS ISN'T JUST E D F DATA OR SA WORKS DATA THUS FAR. 
          WE HAVE BENCHMARKED WITH 
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NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND SITE SELECTION CONSULTANTS SURVEYS TO ARTICULATE WHICH OF THOSE INDUSTRIES WILL AND ARE EXPECTED TO BOUNCE BACK THE FASTEST. 
          AND SO CONVENIENTLY FOR US HERE IN THE SAN ANTONIO REGION, OUR TARGET INDUSTRY IS A FOCUS, CYBERSECURITY, AS ALEX MENTIONED IT, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, UH, MANUFACTURING, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, AND SPECIFICALLY ON THE BIOSCIENCE ARE AND D SIDE, THOSE ARE THE EXACT INDUSTRIES THAT ARE LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK FASTEST. 
          I DO THINK, THOUGH, THAT THERE'S A ANOTHER LEVEL OF THE DATA THAT WE'VE GOTTA BE THINKING ABOUT. 
          AND IT'S NOT JUST THE INDUSTRY SPECIFIC, UM, THE INDUSTRY SPECIFICALLY THAT ARE COMING BACK AND RETURNING QUICKLY. 
          IT'S THE SKILLSETS REQUIRED AND HOW THE JOBS ARE TRANSITIONING AND TRANSFORMING WITHIN THE INDUSTRIES. 
          AND THAT'S THE DATA THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DIG DEEP TO GET AND UPDATE YOU ALL FREQUENTLY AND NOT JUST YOU. 
          UH, WE ALSO NEED TO REPORT BACK TO OUR TRAINING PROVIDERS BECAUSE WHAT MIKE FLORES AND TEAM ARE DOING AND, AND PROJECT QUEST AND W S A, EVERY, EVERYBODY THAT IS PROVIDING UPSKILLING OPPORTUNITIES TO SAN ANTONIO NEEDS TO HAVE THAT REAL TIME INTEL AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S THE PLAN AT A HIGH LEVEL, AND I, I'D LOVE TO HAVE A LIVE DASHBOARD, BUT I THINK FOR NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT MONTHLY REPORTING, OBVIOUSLY A A SIX MONTH SNAPSHOT OF THE, UH, SIX MONTH TIME MILESTONE THAT ALEX HAS OUTLINED. 
          AND THEN MORE REPORTING CAN COME. 
          GREAT. 
          I THINK A LIVE DASHBOARD'S A GOOD IDEA ONCE YOU DEVELOP THAT, PLEASE. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          FUNDING WORDS . 
          UM, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, JENNA. 
          AND, AND I GUESS THAT'S PART OF MY, MY UPSKILLING QUESTION, RIGHT? SO I WAS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THAT. 
          UM, TO I TOO, LIKE COUNCILMAN, UH, KEVIN, YOU HAVE, UM, MENTIONED EARLIER, WHICH BY THE WAY, HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. 
          UM, COUNCILWOMAN KAO HDA, IT'S OUR ONE YEAR IN OFFICE TODAY, SO IF ANY, NOBODY HAPPY, HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, UH, BUT, BUT LIKE A, LIKE, UH, LIKE, UH, MY, MY FELLOW COUNCILWOMAN HERE, UM, THE MAESTER ENTREPRENEURSHIP, UH, CENTER, UM, I, I DO THINK HAS, UH, REALLY CONNECT WITH SMALL BUSINESSES IN ADDITION. 
          UM, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE LEVERAGING THAT RELATIONSHIP, BUT YOU ALL, I DO HAVE TO SAY, I HAVE A GREAT MARKETING STRATEGY. 
          I'M SO PROUD OF IT. 
          UM, I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU WOULD'VE TOTALLY PASSED MY CLASS WITH, WITH, WITH YOUR INITIAL PLAN OR THE ASSIGNMENT ANYWAY. 
          AND SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU HAVE ROBOCALLS BUILT IN THERE, THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS. 
          UM, I LOVE THAT YOU'RE TARGETING SPECIFICALLY BASED ON THE EQUITY, UM, INDEX, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I SEE, I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN THAT IN ANY, UH, OTHER PRESENTATION LATELY, WHICH HAS BEEN KIND OF, UH, WORRISOME. 
          SO I, I'M SO GLAD, AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S DEFINITELY AN IMPORTANT FOCUS, AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE PUT, UH, SO, SO MUCH INTO THIS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE TRYING TO, AGAIN, FIX THE WOUND AND NOT, NOT JUST PATCH ANOTHER BANDAID. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT, UM, THE REALITY IS WE DO HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS, UH, EQUITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, I WANNA ALSO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR FOCUS. 
          THERE'S FOCUS ON THERE ON THE DISABILITY, FOLKS WITH DISABILITY THAT ARE OUT OF JOBS. 
          AND I'VE ALSO, I HAVE SPOKEN AND CONNECTED WITH, WITH SOME FOLKS ON THAT ISSUE. 
          AND SO ANOTHER ONE OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, UM, I ALSO LIKE THAT YOU HAVE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS. 
          UH, SO, UM, I, I LOVE THE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS. 
          I WANNA ASK ALSO, WHAT ARE OUR OTHER, UH, OR, OR I'M SURE YOU HAVE THEM SOMEWHERE, BUT MAYBE NOT IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT DO YOU HAVE BASELINE, UM, GOALS AS WELL, OR, UH, ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN TELL ME IN GENERAL OF WHAT YOU'VE LOOKED AT BEYOND THE ASPIRATIONAL, LIKE WHAT'S OUR PLAN B? SO WE'RE, OH, I THINK YOU'RE MUTED. 
          YOU WERE MUTED. 
          SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WE, WE WILL DEFINITELY ESTABLISH BASELINES, UM, FOR, FOR A LOT OF THIS WORK. 
          WE HAVE SOME OF IT BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH EXISTING DELEGATE AGENCIES MM-HMM. 
          , BUT THE SCALE AND SCOPE AT WHICH WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THIS WILL, WILL REQUIRE US TO EXPAND A LOT OF THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          I, I THINK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UM, WHAT KIND OF SHORT TERM TRAINING ARE SOME OF OUR, UM, PARTNERS OR PROJECTED PARTNERS PROVIDING? SO I, I WAS LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT MAYBE THE SHORT TERM TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE BEING LOOKED AT, UM, THROUGH, UM, MAYBE W SS A OR, OR RESTORE OR, UM, PROJECT QUEST IN GENERAL. 
          CAN YOU, UM, MAYBE GUIDE ME WHERE I COULD FIND SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WHAT KIND OF SHORT-TERM TRAINING THEY'RE LOOKING AT? AND, AND, AND MAYBE EVEN ALMA COLLEGES, MAYBE ONE OF THEM IS MIKE. 
          IS MIKE, YOU ON THE, ON THE CALL OR XAVIER, CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? YES. 
          UM, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, UH, DR. 
          UH, GARCIA FOR THAT. 
          UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT VARIOUS THINGS. 
          THE INTENT, GOING BACK TO A PREVIOUS QUESTION, THE INTENT WOULD BE IF SOMEBODY BEGINS THAT THE CREDENTIAL THAT THEY EARN WOULD BE STACKABLE. 
          THOSE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE SUBMITTED TO CITY STAFF FOR THIS PROGRAM, FOR THIS, UM, PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR. 
          IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM A CERTIFIED 
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LOGISTICS TECHNICIAN, UM, AND PROFESSIONAL TRUCK DRIVER. 
          SO THAT'S ABOUT FOUR MONTHS OF TRAINING. 
          WITHIN THAT, THERE ARE THREE CREDENTIALS THAT ARE EMBEDDED. 
          UM, THE ANNUAL MEDIAN WAGE FOR THAT GOES UP TO $50,000 FOR THEM TO BE ABLE, SO IN FOUR MONTHS, RIGHT? THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE BOTH OF THOSE. 
          UH, WE KNOW THAT MANUFACTURING AND TRANSPORTATION OBVIOUSLY IS A COVID RESILIENT. 
          UM, AND THAT THERE'S AN INCREASING, IT ALIGNS WITH THE FOCUS THAT THE CITY HAS HAD. 
          ANOTHER COULD BE MEDICAL FRONT OFFICE AND PATIENT CARE COORDINATOR THAT IS A SIX MONTH TRAINING PROGRAM THAT HAS A MEDIAN WAGE OF $40,000 A YEAR. 
          AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT HAS THREE CERTIFICATIONS THAT ARE BUILT IN AND EMBEDDED WITHIN THAT. 
          SO OUR INTENT WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A PATH TOWARDS MULTIPLE CERTIFICATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN SECTORS THAT ALIGN WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES THAT THE CITY HAS HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS. 
          SO I THINK IT'S CREATING THAT CRITICAL MASS, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT INDIVIDUALS, UH, RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO THEM. 
          AND THERE'S, UM, ACTUALLY OVER 35 DIFFERENT, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND SUBMITTED TO CITY STAFF THAT ARE PART OF THIS PORTFOLIO OF OFFERINGS THAT RESIDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          BLAS. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND ALEX, MAYBE OFFLINE IF YOU COULD SHARE, SHARE SOME OF THOSE PRO UM, PROGRAMS, I'D LOVE TO, UM, HEAR ABOUT IT. 
          AND THEN ALSO JUST, UM, A PLUG FOR, AGAIN, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP WOMEN, UH, SPECIFICALLY GET GET BACK INTO JOBS. 
          BUT THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND I KNOW THAT'S WHAT ALEX WAS LOOKING FOR IN A, IN YOUR CLASS IN MARKETING, SO I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. 
          UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO REMIND, UM, MY COLLEAGUES THAT, UH, STAFF IS LOOKING FOR DIRECTION ON SLIDES NUMBER 10 AND 11, 11 SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE, UM, EQUITY AND ENGAGEMENT. 
          THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS AVAILABLE, SO THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM US ON THOSE. 
          UM, BUT I'M GOING TO GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ELIAS THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M, UH, ALEX, WITH, WITH REGARDS TO SLIDE NUMBER 10, UM, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT IT IN THE ONE WORD THAT DOES NOT JUMP OUT AS VETERAN, UM, STATUS. 
          AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GENDER, DISABILITY, ECONOMICS, UM, YOU KNOW, UNEMPLOYMENT, ET CETERA. 
          BUT I DO THINK THAT WE'VE, WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO, TO WORK ON THAT. 
          UM, THE SECOND ONE IS, UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO, TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON, AND MAYBE YOU GUYS HAVEN'T THOUGHT THROUGH IT THIS FAR, AND THAT'S OKAY. 
          UM, ON MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF CLAWBACK IN, IN THE EVENT THAT WE SPEND THIS MONEY ON TRAINING PEOPLE UP AND THEN THEY LOSE THEIR JOB A JOB A WEEK LATER, RIGHT? UM, AND THAT'S JUST MONEY THAT WE THREW DOWN A HOLE, UM, OR, UH, NOT A WHOLE BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT THAT TRAINING FOREVER, RIGHT? BUT IT, IT DIDN'T STICK, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR INTENDED RESULT DIDN'T RESULT IN WHAT WE INTENDED. 
          SO WHAT DO WE DO IN A SCENARIO LIKE THAT? IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME KIND OF COMMITMENT FROM THE EMPLOYER TO AT THE VERY LEAST, HOLD ONTO THESE FOLKS FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME? UM, ANYWAY, GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT. 
          HAVE YOU GUYS THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? I THINK FROM THE, FROM THE EMPLOYER PERSPECTIVE AND THE O J T OPPORTUNITY, WE'VE DEFINITELY THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AND THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA MAKE, UM, UH, JENNA AND HER TEAM, UH, THEIR, THEIR WORK A A BIT CHALLENGING BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY GONNA NEED TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH EMPLOYERS. 
          UM, I THINK COLLECTIVELY THOUGH, COUNCILMAN, UM, THAT'S WHY THE ASSESSMENT IS SO IMPORTANT, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT AS, AS PARTICIPANTS ARE, ARE ENCOURAGED TO, TO A PARTICULAR PATHWAY, THAT IT IS TRULY SOMETHING THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR INTEREST AND THEIR ABILITIES SO THAT THE TRAINING DOES STICK AND THAT THE INVESTMENT IS SUCCESSFUL, UM, IN, IN, AND IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE AN OPPORTUNITY IS NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE, THAT THE TRAINING STILL PROVIDES THAT, THAT, UM, LONG-TERM FOUNDATION FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO ENTER THAT FIELD. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE THREE LAWYERS ON THIS CALL, FOUR LAWYERS ON THIS CALL, WE WERE ALL TRAINED, UH, SORT OF THINK OF THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, RIGHT? AND SO THE, AND FORGIVE ME FOR BEING SO CYNICAL, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING I'D WANT IS FOR US TO INVEST MONEY TO CREATE A TEMP WORKFORCE FOR THESE FOLKS JUST TO LAY OFF SOON AFTER. 
          UM, SO THAT'S MY, THAT'S JUST MY FEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER THING I WANNA POINT OUT IS THAT I WOULD EXPECT THESE EMPLOYERS TO, AS, AS PART OF THE QUALIFICATIONS TO HONOR, YOU KNOW, E E O C RULES, EVEN IF THEY'RE SMALLER THAN AN E E O C QUALIFYING EMPLOYEE, YOU KNOW, 
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EMPLOYER NEEDS TO BE, RIGHT? SO TO BE AN E TO, FOR THE E E O RULES TO APPLY, YOU HAVE TO BE 15 OR MORE EMPLOYEES. 
          AND SO, UM, AND I JUST, I MEAN, I, I, I, I DO THINK THAT EVERY ONE OF OUR EMPLOYERS WOULD NEED TO LIVE UP TO SOME KIND OF, UH, SET OF STANDARD VALUES THAT, THAT WE WANT, RIGHT? UM, AND SO IF WE'RE GONNA INVEST IN THEIR WORKFORCE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM INVEST IN OUR VALUES. 
          UM, AND I, I CAN'T IMAGINE OF, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY NOT WANTING, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF TRAINING, UM, AT THE, ANYWAY, I THINK IT'S AN EASY ASK. 
          UH, AT THE SAME TIME, I WILL TELL YOU, I THINK THIS COUNCIL GOT BEHIND PAID SICK LEAVE. 
          UM, AND IF WE COULD ASK OUR EMPLOYERS TO HONOR THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, ORDINANCE IN, IN A WAY THAT'S POSSIBLE, UM, AND ENFORCEABLE, I THINK, I THINK YOU'LL GET MAJORITY OF CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, PRETTY HAPPY, UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTARY, PAID SICK LEAVE IS PERFECTLY LEGAL AND PERFECTLY DOABLE. 
          UM, THEN THE OTHER THING, AND, AND THIS IS WHERE I'M MOST CONCERNED, UM, BACK IN 2003, BACK IN 2004, CITY COUNCIL VOTED FOR, ALONG WITH THE COUNTY, UM, TO PAY TOYOTA MANY, MANY, MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING. 
          AND IT WORKED. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT LIKE 5,000 PEOPLE OUT THERE NOW ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF THAT ORIGINAL INVESTMENT. 
          UM, AND SO I'M CONCERNED THAT LIMITING THE NUMBER TO 500 OR LESS, WHILE IT SOUNDS GOOD THAT WE'RE HELPING SMALL BUSINESS, AND I FULLY AGREE THAT WE NEED HELP SMALL BUSINESS, WE MAY BE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT? TO, UH, CREATE THOSE STICKY JOBS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. 
          UM, AND I WOULD, I'D, I'D THROW THIS OUT FOR THE, FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO CONSIDER, AND THAT IS STICKING WITH THE 500 OR LESS, BUT THROWING IN THERE MANUFACTURING, UM, AS, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT LIMIT TO NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES. 
          UM, BUT WHAT I JUST HEARD SOMEBODY ON THIS CALL SAY IS THAT MANUFACTURING SEEMS TO BE COVID RESISTANT, RIGHT? UH, OR THAT THOSE JOBS ARE STICKIER THAN OTHERS. 
          SO IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THAT'S, I, IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME FOR US TO IGNORE THAT, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THROW OUR SUPPORT BEHIND GETTING PEOPLE INTO THOSE JOBS. 
          ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN. 
          WE'RE GONNA BRING BACK NEXT WEEK THE DISCUSSION ON THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          AND DEPENDING ON HOW THE REST OF YOUR COLLEAGUES FEEL, WE CAN CERTAINLY BILL THAT IN AT THAT POINT. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, CHAIR, AND I GUESS, UH, I JUST, I, I WANTED TO TALK, UH, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SOME OF THE TRADES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'M FAMILIAR WITH MOST OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO, BUT NONE OF THEM THAT I KNOW OF SPECIFICALLY DO TRADES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THE ONES HAVE DONE THE TRADES OR THE UNION, SO WHO'S DOING THE, WHO'S DOING THAT? CONSTRUCTION, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, OR IS THAT, I THINK STRICTLY GONNA BE ON THE JOB? NO, AND I WAS JUST GONNA ASK IF, IF MAYBE DR. 
          FLOATERS OR DAVID, I KNOW DAVID HAS SOME GREAT RELATIONSHIPS AS WELL WITH PROVIDERS, UM, IN SOME OF THESE AREAS FOR PROJECT QUEST, PROJECT QUEST, RIGHT? YOU KNOW WHAT, WHY DON'T WE START, CAN WE START WITH DAVID? I KNOW, UM, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S, I HAD SPECIFICALLY ASKED PROJECT QUEST TO LOOK INTO THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAD DONE SOME, BUT IT CERTAINLY WASN'T TO SCALE LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THAT'S VERY TRUE. 
          COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT AND, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY WITH PROJECT WEST. 
          IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR SERVICE PORTFOLIO, ABOUT THREE TO 5% HAD BEEN IN THE TRADES. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          COUNCIL. 
          AND WE, THROUGH PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS, HAD MADE COMMITMENTS TO RESHAPE THAT PORTFOLIO AND ACTUALLY DO MORE WORK IN THE TRADES, WHICH WE HAVE SUCCESSIVELY WRAPPED THAT UP A LITTLE BIT OVER TIME TO BE MORE WITH THE, SOME OFFERINGS OF DR. 
          FLORES HAS AT ST. 
          PHILLIPS COLLEGE, AS AN EXAMPLE, AS IT RELATES TO THIS EXERCISE AND WHAT WE'RE EMBARKING UPON TODAY, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED SOME, SOME OTHER NEW RELATIONSHIPS TO HELP FOLKS. 
          AND I'LL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE. 
          SO WE ARE, UH, FORMULATING A FINAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND DOUG , WHO MAY LISTENING TO THE CALL TODAY. 
          AND THEY HAVE A WHOLE ARRAY OF CRAFT TRAINING THAT RUNS FROM THE WELDING PROFESSIONS ON THROUGH. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DOUG AS AN EXAMPLE TO GET HIS CAPACITY, HIS TRAINING AVAILABILITY, AND THEN BUILD THAT INTO OUR PORTFOLIO TO OFFER ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO, THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THOSE TYPES OF TRADES, TO WORK THROUGH THOSE. 
          SO WE'VE EXPANDED, IF YOU WOULD, OUR REACHING PORTFOLIO FOR THIS PROGRAM TO BRING MORE OFFERINGS, DO THAT. 
          THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. 
          AND 
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THEN OF COURSE, TWO OFFERINGS THAT ARE PART OF THE ST. 
          PHILIP'S COLLEGE. 
          SO WE'RE MAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT TO HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE AS PART OF US, UH, EXPAND THAT OFFERING. 
          AND SO, MIKE, DO YOU GUYS DO THAT TYPE OF TRAINING, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL? AND WE DO. 
          WE DO. 
          SO IT'S, UM, SO WHAT WE WANNA DO, UH, AS UH, MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ IS WE DO WANNA ENSURE THAT WE HAVE FOLKS IN, UH, COVID, UH, RESISTANT, UH, POSITIONS. 
          SO THAT, UH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, MANU MANUFACTURING IS ONE OF THOSE. 
          THE OTHER IS A HEAVY PRESENCE IN THE TRADES THAT EXIST, UH, PREDOMINANTLY AT ST. 
          PHILIPS AND ALSO AT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE. 
          THAT WOULD BE IN CONSTRUCTION. 
          WE'RE ALSO TALKING WITH, UM, ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS AS DAVID IS WITH REGARD TO VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL, RIGHT? SO ENSURING THAT THINGS EITHER THEY GO UP OR THEY ARE, UM, HORIZONTAL SIDE TO SIDE. 
          UM, THE OTHER PART THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BEYOND CONSTRUCTION, WE DO PROVIDE IT IN ELECTRICAL. 
          WE DO PROVIDE IT IN PLUMBING. 
          OKAY. 
          SEVERAL OF THE POSITIONS OR THE PROGRAMS THAT WE PROVIDED TO CITY STAFF INCLUDE THAT, UM, BEYOND SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNICIAN TO INCLUDE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WORKER WELDING. 
          WE KNOW THERE'S A NEED FOR WELDING. 
          WE'RE INCREASING OUR, UH, FOOTPRINT IN WELDING BEYOND ST. 
          PHILLIPS TO ALSO INCLUDE PALO ALTO COLLEGE. 
          IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE SOUTH SIDE, UM, EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTER ALONG WITH THE WEST SIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTER. 
          SO WE WANNA ENSURE THAT WE DO HAVE THAT FOOTPRINT, UM, WITH ECONOMIC GROWTH, UM, THAT HAS EXISTED. 
          WE WANNA ENSURE THAT WE CAN PLACE FOLKS IN THOSE FIELDS AND THAT THEY CAN EARN A CREDENTIAL. 
          AND IN FACT, THEY GO INTO EMPLOYMENT SOMETIMES BEFORE THEY FINISH THE CREDENTIAL, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          SO, UM, AND THEY'RE HIGH PAYING, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE IMPORTANT PART. 
          SO IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS WORKED, UM, DOWNTOWN IN SERVICE OR HOSPITALITY. 
          UM, AND WE WOULD WANNA ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO EARN A CREDENTIAL AND GO INTO A NEW FIELD. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE, UM, WITH THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND SO, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND SO HOW ABOUT ANY PARTICULAR GROUPS SPECIALIZING IN PEOPLE OVER 55 OR, GOSH, I HATE TO SAY 55 SOUNDS AWFULLY YOUNG. 
          , CAN WE SAY 60 PLUS AT LEAST . 
          UM, BUT I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALSO THAT NEED, AND I, I'VE HEARD THIS A LOT IN MY COMMUNITY, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE VERY MUCH EAGER TO CONTINUE WORKING, UM, BUT FEEL THAT IT'S NOT WELCOMING FOR THEM TO GO BACK TO COLLEGE OR TRAINING. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, THAT'S ALSO, I MEAN, UH, I KNOW THAT THAT ALMA COLLEGES IS OPEN TO EVERYONE, BUT IS THERE PERHAPS SOMETHING THAT'S MORE CATERED TOWARDS AN OLDER POPULATION? I, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, I BET MIKE, UH, CAN, CAN TALK ABOUT THE, THE FOLKS THAT THEY SERVE THERE AS WELL. 
          MIKE, DO Y'ALL SERVE PEOPLE OVER OLD PEOPLE OVER 60? YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AS A, AS A 50 YEAR OLD, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, I WOULD WANNA ENSURE THAT MY, UH, FELLOW, MY FELLOW CITIZENS ARE, ARE DEFINITELY SERVED. 
          SO WE DO PROVIDE THAT. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE NICE THINGS IS, UH, PROVIDING PERSONAL CONTACT AND A PERSONAL TOUCH. 
          SO AS INDIVIDUALS COME THROUGH INTAKE IN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, THEY'RE, UM, PAIRED WITH WHAT WE CALL AN ENROLLMENT COACH. 
          AND THEN THAT ENROLLMENT COACH, UM, TAKES 'EM THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, THEN THEY HAND THEM OFF, UH, A NICE WARM HANDOFF TO, UH, WHAT WE CALL A CERTIFIED ADVISOR TO SOME DEGREE, THAT'S OUR KIND OF ACADEMIC CASE MANAGER, UM, THAT WE'LL WORK WITH THEM AND WE'LL PROVIDE THE FULL WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SERVICES TO THEM. 
          WE DO THAT CURRENTLY, AND WE'LL BE MINDFUL, UH, WITH THIS PROGRAM AND BEING ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          THIS, UM, UH, REMINDS ME, AND WE DO THIS EACH AND EVERY TIME. 
          THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD WITH THE LEVI STRAUSS WORKERS, RIGHT? UM, WHEN LEVI STRAUSS WAS CLOSING THEIR PLANT, AND US BEING ABLE TO RETRAIN AND, UM, UPSCALE INDIVIDUALS THAT COULD INCLUDE INITIALLY A G E D, EITHER IN ENGLISH OR SPANISH, THAT COULD GO ALL THE WAY AS PART OF THAT PROCESS TO BUILDING EFFICACY, BECAUSE THESE ARE FOLKS, UH, LIKE MYSELF, RIGHT, WHO HAVEN'T BEEN IN A CLASSROOM SETTING IN 20 OR PERHAPS 25 OR 30 YEARS. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A WONDER OF ALSO HAVING STACKABLE CREDENTIALS AND HAVING FOLKS PAIRED WITH TRAINEES PAIRED WITH A CASE MANAGER, UM, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ONE-ON-ONE ATTENTION. 
          AND ALSO TO BUILD THAT SELF-EFFICACY FOR SOMEBODY WHO PERHAPS HAS BEEN WITH AN EMPLOYER FOR 10 TO 15 YEARS. 
          UM, SO WE DEFINITELY DO, UH, SERVE 
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STUDENTS, UM, AS YOUNG AS 14 AND GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO 54, 64. 
          SO IN ALL RANGES, AND WE WANNA BE, UH, MINDFUL OF THAT, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND COUNCIL, IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT, I'M SORRY. 
          JUST, UH, THAT, THAT MIKE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE, THE QUEST MEDIAN AGE IS USUALLY 30 AND ABOVE THAT WE SERVE, BUT OUR SPECTRUM OF PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE FROM, FROM 18 ALL THE WAY INTO THEIR SIXTIES. 
          AND AS MIKE SAID, PART OF THE INTAKE AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES IS THAT LIFE ASSESSMENT, REGARDLESS OF AGE OR WHERE THEY'RE AT AND WHAT MAY BE THE APPROPRIATE CHANNEL. 
          SO I THINK THAT CUSTOMIZED EYE TOUCH APPROACH SPEAKS TO, I THINK, SOME OF THE CONCERNS YOU WOULD HAVE ABOUT HELPING SOMEBODY WHO'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, EXPERIENCED, RESET, AND GET THEM ON THE RIGHT PATHWAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          UH, DISCUSSION. 
          THANK YOU TO THE CHANCELLOR AND TO DAVID FOR, UM, YOUR ENGAGEMENT. 
          UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          FIRST, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF A CLAWBACK, UM, OPTION BECAUSE I DO WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IF PEOPLE DO NOT, OR CLARIFICATION ON IF PEOPLE DO NOT FINISH WITH THEIR TRAINING, BECAUSE HOPEFULLY THEY DO GET A JOB OR OTHER ITEMS. WHAT KIND OF, UH, RECOURSE DO WE HAVE? I DO LIKE THE CLAWBACK, UM, IDEA. 
          I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A MORE, UH, AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION, UH, ABOUT, UM, MAYBE THOSE MANUFACTURING JOBS TOO, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, I MEAN, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AND STILL, UH, PEOPLE ARE STILL HIRING IN SOME CAPACITY, UM, WITH MANUFACTURING. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          I WOULD TELL YOU, UM, STAFF THAT I AM, UH, I LEAN MORE TOWARDS THE, UH, THE PREFERENCE CRITERIA, UH, BASED ON PARTICIPATION, BECAUSE I THINK, UM, IN OTHER TERMS, WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE HAVE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS, BUT THEN MAYBE GRANTS OR LOANS OR SOMETHING HAVE GONE TO AREAS THAT AREN'T IN THE, THE INDEX AREAS THAT WE NEEDED. 
          UM, SO I WOULD, UM, AND I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF VETERAN STATUS AS WELL BEING INCLUDED IN THERE, UM, TO, TO, UH, DR. 
          FLORES. 
          SO ALL OF THESE TRAININGS WOULD BE AT ALL OF THE ALAMO COLLEGES, UM, AT ALL LOCATIONS OR JUST A COUPLE, UM, CHAIRWOMAN VIA GRAND, THEY WOULD BE AT, UH, ALL OF THE COLLEGES WE'RE ALSO MINDFUL OF THE CURRENT PERIOD IN WHICH, UM, THESE WOULD BE HYBRID. 
          SO, UM, THE INSTRUCTION MAY OCCUR, UH, REMOTELY. 
          UM, AND THEN THOSE LIKE WELDING AND UM, OBVIOUSLY FORKLIFT CERTIFICATION AS PART OF LOGISTICS THAT WOULD HAVE TO OCCUR FACE TO FACE. 
          UM, SO THOSE AREAS IN WHICH THEY DO NEED TO, THERE IS EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING WOULD OCCUR WITHIN ANY ONE OF THE PHYSICAL SETTINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, AND THEN WE WOULD WANNA OPTIMIZE REMOTE, UH, LEARNING AS WELL AND WOULD PROVIDE, UH, DEVICES. 
          AND WE KNOW WE'RE ALL WORKING ON CLOSING THE, UH, CONNECTIVITY GAP. 
          AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER PART. 
          THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT, THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UM, EVEN THOUGH TRAINING WOULD BE, DO BE DONE REMOTELY, IT'S THE SAME EXACT PEOPLE THAT MAYBE DO NOT HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY, THAT NEED THIS TRAINING. 
          SO I'M HOPING ALL OF THE PARTNERS AND ALL OF THE PARTNERS WILL BE PROVIDING WHATEVER, UM, UTILITIES, UH, NEED TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO DO THAT REMOTE TRAINING. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? OR LET ME REPHRASE THAT. 
          THAT SHOULD BE A PART OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WE, UM, THAT WITH OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, OUR PRIMARY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          I AM GONNA ASK THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT JOB PLACEMENT, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ALL THIS TRAINING, THAT IT IS FOR PEOPLE TO GET JOBS. 
          IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          AND, UM, SEEING WHAT THE TWO ECONOMISTS PRESENTED YESTERDAY, NIEN AND HAOS AND SMALL BUSINESS AND OTHERS RETAIL IN DIFFERENT AREAS, UM, IT WAS VERY, UM, VERY GLOOMY AND IT WAS VERY, UH, SAD AND, UM, HEARING WITH AT AND T MAKING LAYOFFS AS WELL, UM, NATIONWIDE. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          WE'RE GONNA, IT'S JUST NOT, I DON'T SEE WHERE IT'S STOPPING ANYTIME RE UH, SOON. 
          SO I, I DO HAVE A LITTLE OFF QUESTION FOR JENNA RIGHT NOW. 
          MOMMY'S ON HER WAY, HUH? WHAT WAS THAT? 
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IF YOU, UM, IF YOU COULD PLEASE SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DO YOU KNOW LOCALLY HOW MANY AT ARE LAYING OFF? I'M SORRY, WAS THAT A QUESTION FOR ME? COUNCIL ON  ABOUT AT&T'S IMPACT LOCALLY? YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THE, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER FOR AT T I CAN GET IT FOR YOU. 
          UM, BUT YOUR, YOUR COMMENTARY'S VALID AND, AND I THINK THAT WE'VE GOTTA BE THINKING IN TERMS OF THE EMPLOYER'S PERSPECTIVE WITH REGARDS TO THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, RIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK WHAT'S DRIVING THIS AT THE END OF THE DAY FOR EVERY ONE OF US ON THIS CALL IS ECONOMIC MOBILITY, AND HOW CAN WE GET SAN ANTONIO INTO THE RIGHT CAREER PATHS THAT HAVE THAT UPWARD MOBILITY, UH, OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT O J T AS AN EXAMPLE, AND OBVIOUSLY GETTING FOLKS RIGHT BACK INTO WORK, THE FASTEST WAY TO SIMULATE THE ECONOMY IS TO GET SAN ANTONIANS EARNING A PAYCHECK. 
          SO THE STIPEND IDEA IS GREAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S AN ABILITY TO GET THEM TO EARN THESE FUNDS, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING IN TERMS OF THE EMPLOYER'S PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT  AND I WITH SA WORKS AND E D F HAVE CONTINUED TO SAY HERE THAT TRAINING, TRAINING PEOPLE IS ONE THING. 
          MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TRAINING THEM FOR THE RIGHT TYPES OF JOBS THAT WILL BE THERE. 
          AND THEN WORKING WITH EMPLOYERS TO INCENTIVIZE THEM TO TAKE ON THESE EMPLOYEES IS ALSO HUGE, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, I MEAN, OUR LARGE BUSINESSES, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, BUSINESSES ACROSS ALL SECTORS ARE REALLY HURTING RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO WE'VE GOTTA BE THINKING ABOUT THAT. 
          THEY'RE NOT ALL SAYING, OH, GREAT, LET'S ALL HIRE A THOUSAND, OR LET'S HIRE ALL THESE 10,000 SAN ANTONIOS THAT WE WANNA IMPACT. 
          THEY'RE SAYING, WE WANNA BE CREATIVE, WE WANNA WORK WITH YOU, BUT HOW CAN IT BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL? SO I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT BECAUSE YOUR COMMENTARY IS RIGHT ON THE WIRE COUNCIL. 
          I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL HURTING RIGHT NOW. 
          ADRIAN. 
          ADRIAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ABOUT THE, WHAT THE COUNCILMAN ASKED, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ABOUT THE AT T NO, WE, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A WARRANT NOTICE IN RELATION TO THAT. 
          UH, THE MINUTE WE DO, WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO, TO YOU ALL. 
          UM, JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS THOUGH, REGARDING SOME OF THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THE WORK THAT OF COURSE, UH, SA WORKS AND THE FOUNDATION IS DOING IN TERMS OF MONITORING JOBS, WE ARE PROVIDING, UH, JOB POSTINGS ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO, UH, OUR PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO SORT OF DETERMINE WHERE, UH, JOBS ARE BEING CREATED, RIGHT? AND SO, AND I WOULD ECHO WHAT, UH, I THINK, UM, THE, THE DR. 
          FLORES MENTIONED ABOUT SORT OF TRYING TO ALIGN ALSO, UH, THE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO THE, UH, ECONOMIC PRIORITIES OF, OF THE CITY, RIGHT? UM, THAT'S ONE THING TO BE ABLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES WHERE, UH, EMPLOYERS NEED THAT. 
          UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO A PIECE ASSOCIATED WITH JOB CREATION, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, SO WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, FOLLOW THE CITY CITY'S GUIDANCE IN RELATION TO WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA MAKE THEIR INVESTMENTS FOR JOB CREATION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND SO ONE, WHEN IT COMES TO HIGHER ED PARTNERS, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH OUT AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH U I W. 
          UM, AND THEN CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY, UH, ABOUT UNITED WAY AND, AND THE AREA FOUNDATION, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PART OF THE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS? ALEX, CAN YOU EXPLAIN? THOSE ARE, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THOSE ARE TRADITIONALLY PARTNERS WITH HUMAN SERVICES ON, ON THE CHILDCARES, UM, PIECE. 
          BUT JESSICA, DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL DETAILS? SO AS PART OF THE, THE, UM, US RAISING FUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES, WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH UNITED WAY AND THE SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY SUBSIDIES. 
          WE ACTUALLY STARTED THAT PROCESS IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. 
          AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING THAT PARTNERSHIP TO ALSO INCLUDE FUNDS FROM LOCAL DONORS. 
          AND THEN THE CHILDCARE PARTNERS ARE ACTUALLY THE PARTNERS THAT, UH, ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDING CHILDCARE SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, THROUGH OUR CHILDCARE SUBSIDY PROGRAM. 
          THERE'S CLOSE TO 600 OF THOSE PROVIDERS, AND MOST OF THEM ARE STILL OPEN AND OPERATIONAL AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, SO THEY DEFINITELY HAVE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE, UH, ADDITIONAL CARE FOR CHILDREN OF EN ENROLLED WORKERS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, AND THEN MY, I GUESS MY SECOND TO LAST QUESTION WOULD BE, UM, TO ALL OF OUR, UH, PROVIDERS OR PRIMARY PROVIDERS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW, UM, I JUST NEED TO KNOW, THIS IS A LOT OF, UM, THIS IS A LOT. 
          AND THOSE WHO ARE ON THE CALL, DO YOU ALL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THIS WORK? BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING FOR YOU TO REACH OUT AND TRAIN UP THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO GET CONNECTED. 
          DO YOU ALL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THIS WORK? I'M LOOKING AT ADRIAN. 
          SO ADRIAN, YOU CAN CHIME IN, UH, FIRST AND THEN I'LL GO AROUND. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, I THINK THAT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S A GREAT 
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OPPORTUNITY OF WHAT'S BEING PUT TOGETHER HERE, OBVIOUSLY THROUGH ALL LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY, LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT THE CREATION OF A, OF A ROLE MODEL TO RESPOND TO THIS. 
          UM, I THINK ABSENT OF THIS PROB PROBABLY THIS CRISIS, UM, MAYBE THE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN WORKING, UM, SOMEWHAT TOGETHER, UH, SOMEWHAT COLLABORATIVELY. 
          BUT I THINK WHAT THIS MODEL PUTS TOGETHER IS, IS BEING ABLE TO FUSE, UH, SOMEBODY LIKE W SS A BRINGING DATA AND, YOU KNOW, REAL INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH 222,000 CLIENTS THAT ARE UNEMPLOYED IN THE REGION, AND BEING ABLE TO SORT OF SAY, HEY, WE CAN USE THAT LIST TO TARGET MARKETING. 
          THAT HASN'T HAPPENED IN THE PAST. 
          IT HASN'T BEEN UTILIZED IN THAT PARTICULAR MANNER. 
          FUSSING THAT WITH, UH, EMPLOYER INPUT WITH THROUGH, UH, SA WORKS AND THE FOUNDATION AND BEING ABLE TO COLLABORATE THERE MUCH MORE CLOSELY, UH, ALONG WITH, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE TRAINING PROVIDERS AND CASE MANAGEMENT PROVIDERS THROUGH PROJECT QUEST, UH, ALAMO COLLEGES AND OTHERS. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT THE, THE STAFF SHOULD BE APPLAUDED FOR THEIR PARTICULAR EFFORTS TO TRY TO BRING THIS TOGETHER. 
          I THINK WE ALL ARE GONNA BE STRETCHED IN TERMS OF OUR CAPACITY, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD STRETCH FROM THE PERSPECTIVE THAT THERE'S NEVER BEEN AN INVESTMENT LIKE THIS IN THE PAST AND NEVER BEEN PUT, PUT TOGETHER IN THIS PARTICULAR MANNER. 
          BUT I FEEL CONFIDENT WITH ALL THE PARTNERS IN PLACE THAT WE CAN GET THIS DONE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, DAVID. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          TO ECHO A FEW POINTS THAT, UH, ADRIAN MADE. 
          I THINK AS YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A SYNERGY STANDPOINT, PARTNERS COMING TOGETHER, THAT'S THE KEY ELEMENT OF THE STRATEGY. 
          WHEN WE BUILT OUR CONTRIBUTION AND PROPOSAL TO ALEX AND THE TEAM, WE LOOKED AT, AT WHAT ROLE PROJECT PLUS WOULD PLAY AS FAR AS SERVING 2000 OF THE PROJECTED 10,000. 
          SO WE'VE HAD TO MAKE SOME CHANGES PROCESS WISE. 
          WE'RE ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF SAP, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY, WE'RE POISED TO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO FULFILL OUR COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM, WORKING ALONG WITH MIKE AND ADRIAN AND THE OTHER TEAMS, AND THE ROLE THAT WE PLAY IN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THOSE WRAPAROUND SERVICES TOGETHER. 
          IT'S GONNA BE A STRETCH, IT'S GONNA BE A CHALLENGE, BUT WE HAD TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE, WHICH WE'VE DONE SO, AND WE'LL PREPARE TO CARRY THROUGH, CARRY FORWARD IN OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMITMENT. 
          THANK YOU, JENNA. 
          WELL, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, AND YOU SHOULD BE ASKING EACH ONE OF US THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION. 
          I JUST ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF, OF MY COLLEAGUES. 
          I, I AGREE 120% WITH, UH, THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION THAT ADRIAN OUTLINED. 
          AND FROM DAVID'S PERSPECTIVE, THE FACT THAT WE'RE MOVING TOGETHER, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP, I WOULD SAY THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US AND OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR TEAMS ARE DRIVEN BY A SHARED MISSION. 
          AND THAT'S TO MOVE SAN ANTONIO FORWARD. 
          WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN COLLABORATION TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE HAD TO EXPEDITE AND SCALE THAT WORK AND THOSE PARTNERSHIPS DRASTICALLY. 
          SO IT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE POSITION THAT WE ALL THOUGHT WE'D BE IN. 
          BUT I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, WE'RE READY, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER FOR SAN ANTONIO FOR EACH OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND DR. 
          FLORES, YOUR CAPACITY. 
          ARE YOU READY TO DO THIS? YES, YES, WE ARE. 
          I WANNA ASSURE YOU, CHAIRWOMAN AND YOUR COLLEAGUES AND CITY STAFF, UH, ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS, AS, AS HAS BEEN NOTED THAT, UH, THAT'S PART OF OUR D N A WITHIN THE ALAMO COLLEGES DISTRICT. 
          SO IN ANY GIVEN SEMESTER, WE SERVE 65,000 STUDENTS AT THE FIVE COLLEGES PLUS, UH, UH, SIX REGIONAL CENTERS, UM, THAT CAN OCCUR FACE-TO-FACE OR ALSO ONLINE. 
          UH, WE WERE ABLE TO MIGRATE OVER 65,000 STUDENTS AND 2000 FACULTY WITHIN A TWO WEEK PERIOD. 
          UM, SO WE DEFINITELY, ONE OF THE WONDERS IS WE HAVE SCALE, WE HAVE, UH, 5,000 EMPLOYEES WITHIN OUR SYSTEM, SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PIVOT AND TO DO THIS, UM, JUST AS A PROOF POINT OR INDICATOR. 
          UM, CHAIRWOMAN AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE ARE UP, UH, 3,700 STUDENTS, UH, YEAR ON YEAR FOR SUMMER. 
          SO THAT'S A 12 TO 13% INCREASE, UH, YEAR ON YEAR, JUST FOR SUMMER. 
          SO WE WENT FROM 25,000 STUDENTS THIS SUMMER SESSION TO CLOSE TO 29,000 STUDENTS. 
          SO, AND THAT'S WITHOUT HAVING THIS DIALOGUE CONVERSATION, WORKING INTENTLY AT PROGRAMMATIC OFFERINGS. 
          SO WE WOULD BE ABLE, UH, TO SCALE UP AND ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE LOOKING, UH, WITH US SERVING ABOUT CLOSE TO 5,000 OF THE 10,000. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I WANNA ASSURE YOU THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT EFFECTIVELY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND I WANT TO, UH, THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND, UM, I KNOW THIS WAS, WAS FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION, BUT I THINK THE ACTION WILL ALSO BE TAKEN NEXT TUESDAY, UM, FOR FURTHER, OR ON TUESDAY FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH MY COLLEAGUES. 
          I KNOW, UM, I KNOW ONE OF MY EXPECTATIONS IS THAT NOT JUST PARTNERING WITH ONE ANOTHER WHO ARE ON 
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THIS CALL, BUT ALSO THOSE OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LOOKING TO HELP AND THAT CAN FIT IN NICHE, UM, SECTORS THAT WE NEED TO CONNECT WITH. 
          SO, UM, ARE THERE ANY, AND WE'RE ALREADY PAST 12 O'CLOCK, SO THAT'S WHY EVERYONE'S HUNGRY, DON'T GET HANGRY. 
          BUT, UM, DO MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT ARE VERY QUICK COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS? THANKS. 
          JUST ONE LAST THING. 
          WE KEPT, UH, WHO WAS IT, SHIRLEY? I THINK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TRADES. 
          UM, AND I, I THINK ONE THING IS IMPORTANT IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE TRADES AT THE TABLE. 
          AND I THINK THE LABOR COUNCILS, YOU KNOW, COULD ADD, UM, SOME, UM, SOME COLOR TO THIS PAINTING THAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO COMPLETE. 
          BUT ALSO, I'LL, I'LL RE REMIND YOU ALL, I, THE I B E W HAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE EDUCATION FACILITIES, UM, UH, JUST NORTH OF US. 
          AND, UH, THEY, THEY CAN TRAIN 30, 40 ELECTRICIANS, YOU KNOW, AT ANY GIVEN TIME. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ACTUALLY DO JOB PLACEMENT ON, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ON TOP OF THAT. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY LOW HANGING FOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US. 
          AND IF WE DON'T INVITE 'EM AT THE TABLE, I, I THINK WE'D BE MAKING A MISTAKE. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, ALEX, CARLOS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR DIRECTION YOU NEED FROM US? I'M SEEING HEAD SHAKE. 
          NO. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL, WONDERFUL. 
          WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. 
          WE STAND ADJOURN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SEE YOU TUESDAY.
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