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          , YOU READY TO 
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GO? YES, SIR. 
          I'M READY TO GO. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I'LL TAKE THE ROLE NOW. 
          UH, CHAIR TREVINO IS HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER JADA SULLIVAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE IS HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CLAYTON PERRY. 
          HERE. 
          CHAIR. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU NANCY. 
          ALRIGHT, THE 
          [Items 1 - 3]
FIRST, UH, ITEM IS WE HAVE, UH, THREE SETS OF, OF MINUTES. 
          WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE APPROVAL OF THE JUNE 1ST, JUNE 15TH AND JUNE 29TH OF THIS YEAR'S MINUTES. 
          UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION OR ANY COMMENTS? I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND THE SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF ALL THE MINUTES. 
          JUNE 1ST, JUNE 15TH. 
          JUNE 29. 
          OF 2020. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL THOSE OPPOSED. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          ALRIGHT, SO, UH, I THINK BEFORE THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NANCY? NO. 
          CHAIR. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS NOR LIVE SPEAKER REQUESTS AT THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WELL, WE HAVE, UH, 
          [Consent Agenda]
A LARGE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UH, DO ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANNA PULL ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY, HEARING NONE, UH, I THINK I'LL, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE THAT, OR ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. 
          NO COMMENTS. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE, AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL THOSE AGAINST. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'LL GET ON TO INDIVIDUAL BRIEFING, 
          [8. 20-4904 Briefing and Possible Action on the implementation plans for the strategies within the Housing Security Pillar of the COVID19 Recovery and Resilience Plan.]
STARTING WITH ITEM, UH, NUMBER EIGHT, A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR THE STRATEGIES WITHIN THE HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR OF COVID 19 RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          I GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DENZEL, IF YOU CAN PUT UP THE PRESENTATION, AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, THIS IS A PRESENTATION ON THE COVID 19 COMMUNITY RECOVERY RESILIENCE PLAN, SPECIFICALLY THE HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR. 
          UM, IF YOU RECALL, ON JUNE 4TH, CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE THIS PILLAR. 
          UM, ACTUALLY THE ENTIRE PLAN, UM, THE PLAN INCLUDED FIVE DIFFERENT PILLARS, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR. 
          THE TOTAL PILLAR IS $50.5 MILLION, OF WHICH 27.9 MILLION IS FOR FAIR HOUSING COUNSELING AND FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH INCLUDES THE $26 MILLION SPECIFIC TO THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          WE HAVE ANOTHER $4 MILLION THAT IS BEING MANAGED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE F I I, WHICH PROVIDES CASH GRANTS TO VULNERABLE FAMILIES IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE HAVE $3.3 MILLION FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INITIATIVE, AND THEN OUR HOMELESS SERVICES IS 9 MILLION. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CASE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM IN THE AMOUNT OF 1.75 MILLION, AND OF COURSE, OUR DOOR-TO-DOOR ENGAGEMENT OF 500,000. 
          AND THEN OUR FINANCIAL RECOVERY RESILIENCE HUB, WHICH PROVIDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL PRODUCTS AND PROVIDED A VIRTUAL PLATFORM PEOPLE TO GET FINANCIAL COUNSELING OF 4.12 MILLION. 
          TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL, WE'LL START WITH VE SOTO, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          SHE'LL DO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND PASS IT ON TO IAN BEDA, WHO WILL TALK ABOUT OUR EVICTION PREVENTION EFFORTS. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MELODY WOOSLEY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, WHO WILL TALK ABOUT HOMELESS SERVICES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AS WELL AS OUR CASE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM, AND ANOTHER INITIATIVE WITHIN THIS PILLAR. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO VERO, WHO WILL START WITH THE FINANCIAL AND HOUSING RECOVERY CENTER. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, LORI WENT OVER THE BUDGET AND THIS GRAPH JUST SHOWS THAT BREAKDOWN SO YOU CAN VISUALLY SEE WHAT SHE EXPLAINED. 
          UM, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE, UM, THE FINANCIAL HOUSING RECOVERY CENTER, WHERE THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS A BIG COMPONENT. 
          AND I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS 
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BECAUSE WHAT BOTH OUR DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES ARE DOING IS MAKING SURE THAT BUSINESS RECOVERY CENTER, WE HAVE NOT JUST THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE BEING PROVIDED, BUT THAT WE CROSS, UM, REFER CLIENTS IF THEY NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, AND SO THE WHOLE RECOVERY CENTER HAS A VIRTUAL AND, UM, PHYSICAL COMPONENT WITH THE CENTRAL LIBRARY SERVING AS THAT RECOVERY CENTER. 
          UM, AND THE VIRTUAL, UH, LOCATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS ARE BEING DONE BECAUSE OF THE SOCIAL DISTANCING NORMS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE, UH, FOLKS WORKING OUT OF NEIGHBORHOOD SPACE IN THE QUAD BLACK COMMUNITY CENTER TO MAKE SURE FINANCIAL SECURITY AS HOUSING ASSISTANCE ARE PART OF WHAT IS A, A BIG COMPONENT OF THE HOUSING PILLAR. 
          AND SO THERE'S CROSS REFERRAL TO PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR OUR CLIENTS. 
          THERE'S FINANCIAL COUNSELING FOR FOLKS WHO NEED IT. 
          AND SO ALL OF THIS IS REALLY SHOWING HOW CLIENTS CAN BE SERVED BY NOT JUST HOUSING ASSISTANCE, BUT A VARIETY OF THINGS. 
          UM, AND SO WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SINCE JULY ONE. 
          JULY ONE IS WHEN THE RECOVERY CENTERS WERE LAUNCHED, AND AS I MENTIONED, IT IS PHYSICAL AS WELL AS VIRTUAL. 
          SO IN-PERSON INTAKE AT THE RECOVERY CENTER, SINCE JULY ONE, WE HAVE SERVED 411 CLIENTS. 
          VIRTUAL APPOINTMENTS FOR BENEFITS ASSISTANCE AND FINANCIAL COUNSELING ARE 650. 
          WE ARE ALREADY TAKING APPLICATIONS, UH, FOR THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM AT THE RECOVERY CENTER. 
          AND ONCE WE, UH, HAVE THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB WILL ALSO BE ACCEPTING THEM. 
          THEIR, UM, RESIDENTS OF COURSE, ALREADY ADVISE, UM, IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND OF COURSE, UH, OUT OF THAT SPACE, WE HAVE STAFF THAT HAS HELPED WITH THE TRAINING SESSIONS THAT WE HAVE POSTED RELATED TO NOTICE OF TENANTS RIGHTS AND KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. 
          AND IN A MOMENT, IAN IS GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          NOW, FOR THE SPECIFICS IN THE NEXT SLIDE, FOR THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THIS IS AS OF FRIDAY, UM, OVER 20,000 APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. 
          WE HAVE PROCESSED OVER 19,000 IN PROGRESS ON FRIDAY WAS 1,566. 
          IN PROGRESS MEANS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, THEY ARE BEING REVIEWED. 
          UM, WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE DOCUMENTS ARE IN ORDER. 
          IF ANYTHING IS MISSING, WE ARE REACHING OUT TO CLIENTS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT IS NEEDED. 
          AND THAT ALSO MEANS THAT WE'RE ENSURING ELIGIBILITY AS WELL. 
          UM, THIS PROGRAM DOES HAVE INCOME, UH, GUIDELINES. 
          SO WE ONLY HELP FAMILIES AT OR BELOW 100% A M I. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE FOR THE PROCESS APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE APPROVED 12,593 THAT WE HAD, UH, AS OF FRIDAY, AGAIN, A FEW PENDING THE FINAL STEP FOR MANAGER APPROVAL AND ENDING DENIAL, WE HAVE DENIED, UM, OVER 6,000 APPLICATIONS. 
          AND THE DENIALS ARE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. 
          SO WE HAVE RECEIVED APPLICATIONS THAT ARE NOT FROM RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. 
          AND SO THIS PROGRAM ONLY SERVES CITY LIMITS, UM, RESIDENTS. 
          SO WE DENIED THOSE. 
          UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM, WE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS WHO SUBMITTED DUPLICATE APPLICATIONS BECAUSE THEY, THEY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT APPLICATION WAS IN OR WEREN'T SURE IF THEY HAD BEEN SUBMITTED. 
          AND SO THERE WERE A NUMBER OF S THAT WE ALSO HAD TO DENY SINCE WE ONLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WANNA MAKE SURE WE, WE HELP ONE FAMILY, UH, ONCE, AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT DUPLICATE APPLICATION. 
          UM, THERE WERE A FEW FOLKS WHO SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS WHO, UH, TOLD US WHEN THEY SUBMITTED THAT THEY NO LONGER NEEDED ASSISTANCE, THEY JUST WEREN'T SURE THEY'RE GONNA, UH, BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
          THEY ENDED UP NOT NEEDING IT. 
          SO IT'S A SMALL FRACTION OF THOSE. 
          AND THEN THERE'S SOME FOLKS THAT SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION. 
          IT WASN'T COMPLETE. 
          WE TRIED TO GET AHOLD OF THEM TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ALL THE DOCUMENTATION, AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE COULD NOT COMPLETE AN APPLICATION. 
          THEY DIDN'T GET BACK TO US. 
          UM, AND, AND SO WE HAD TO MOVE ON TO THE REST OF THE APPLICATION. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES UP THE DENIALS, AS WELL AS A FEW APPLICANTS WHO WERE OVER INCOME. 
          UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT AGAIN AS OF FRIDAY. 
          UM, WE HAVE EXTENDED 35.8 IN THIS. 
          UH, IF WE WERE TO APPROVE EVERY APPLICATION IN PROGRESS, THOSE 1,566, THAT WOULD MEAN WE WOULD BE AT 40.3 MILLION 
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IN FUNDS. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THIS IS A BREAKDOWN THAT SHOWS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT WHAT, UM, NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED APPLICATIONS FROM EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL DISTRICT, THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE. 
          SO THESE ARE FAMILIES THAT WE ARE HELPING. 
          IT'S ALSO NOTED, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE HELPING FAMILIES WITH VERY LOW INCOME. 
          THE AVERAGE A M I, THAT'S THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME THAT WE HAVE CALCULATED FROM THOSE WE HAVE SERVED IS ALSO SHOWN BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          SO AGAIN, UM, THIS IS AS OF AUGUST 15TH. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO IAN TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE EVICTION INTERVENTIONS WE HAVE HAD. 
          THANK YOU, IAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VETO. 
          UM, VERY QUICKLY, I'M GONNA KIND OF GO THROUGH, UM, OUR EVICTION INTERVENTIONS THAT N H S D HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS THE NEW NOTICE OF TENANT'S RIGHTS THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNSEL AND WENT INTO EFFECT JULY 25TH FOR NOTICES TO VACATE FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT. 
          AGAIN, THIS NOTICE PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE EVICTION PROCESS, THE RESIDENT'S RIGHTS AND ACCESS TO CITY RESOURCES, TO, TO ASSIST WITH RENT AND COUNSELING THAT IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH AND OTHER, UH, LANGUAGES. 
          ON OUR WEBSITE, WE'VE BEEN BUSY DOING A SERIES OF INFO SESSIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING, UH, EMAILING RESIDENTS WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE, MAILING OUT INFORMATION TO SMALL LANDLORDS, FREQUENT EVICTS AND CARESS ACT PROPERTIES, AND MEETING WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, INCLUDING COPS, METRO TOP AND SOME WEST SIDE COMMUNITY GROUPS. 
          WE'VE MET WITH THE CITY INTERFAITH GROUPS, AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, SAN ANTONIO BOARD OF REALTORS, REAL ESTATE COUNCIL, HOUSING PROVIDERS, AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE ESTATE AND PROPERTY MANAGERS. 
          AND COMING UP, WE HAVE SEVERAL SESSIONS LINED UP FOR MOBILE HOME PARKS DURING THEIR ANNUAL REGISTRATION. 
          IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, UM, BEXAR COUNTY AND JP COURTS. 
          UH, THIS PARTNERSHIP DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          IT ALLOWS US TO RECEIVE FILING DATA FROM THE COUNTY AND SEND PROACTIVE MAILERS WITH CITY AND COUNTY RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          IT ALLOWS US TO, UM, TO HAVE OUR INFORMATION MAILED OUT BY THE JP COURTS AT EVERY HEARING NOTICE. 
          AND THEN WE ARE ASKED ALSO HAVING, UM, CITY AND COUNTY STAFF PRESENT AT JP COURTS FOR EVERY EVICTION HEARING. 
          THE JUDGES HAVE BEEN VERY GRACIOUS IN ALLOWING US TO MAKE BRIEF ANOU ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THE START OF EACH HEARING AND MAKE TIME FOR US TO CONFER WITH BOTH PARTIES. 
          IN ADDITION TO OFFERING EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE, THE TEAMS CAN REFER RIGHT TO COUNCIL, LEGAL AID, OR OTHER AGENCIES AS APPROPRIATE. 
          WE'RE ALSO EXPANDING OUR RIGHT TO COUNCIL SERVICES WITH THIS. 
          THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE EXPANDING OUR CONTRACT WITH T R L A, OUR TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID. 
          THEY ARE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL COURT SUPPORT FOR US. 
          ADDITIONAL CASE MANAGEMENT, KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OUTREACH. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          TO DATE, WE KNOW THAT NEW FILINGS ARE ABOUT 40% LOWER THAN 2019. 
          WE'RE RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY 170 FILINGS PER WEEK. 
          WE DO KNOW THAT THE CARESS PROPERTIES PROTECTIONS WILL EXPIRE OR HAVE EXPIRED, AND THOSE PROPERTIES WILL BE ABLE TO FILE AUGUST 26TH. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE TAKING PROACTIVE MEASURES TO MAIL OUT TO THOSE PROPERTIES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
          OUR COURTS TEAM HAS DIRECTLY WORKED ON A HUNDRED AND NI, UH, 139 CASES FOR RESET OR DISMISSAL AS OF LAST FRIDAY. 
          AND WE ARE CURRENTLY MANAGING ANOTHER A HUNDRED CASES FOR RESET OR DISMISSAL. 
          ALL FOUR COURTS ARE ACCEPTING NEW FILINGS AND ALL OF THE SCHEDULED HEARINGS HAVE THE OPTION OF BEING VIRTUAL OR TELEPHONIC. 
          FOR THE JP COURTS THAT ARE MEETING JP ONE AND THREE, EITHER PRO EITHER PARTY IS WELCOME TO SHOW UP IN PERSON, BUT THEY'RE ALSO BEING GIVEN THE OPTION OF MEETING TELEPHONICALLY OR ON ZOOM. 
          PRECINCT TWO WILL BE REOPENING SEPTEMBER 1ST. 
          CASES WILL BE HEARD IN PERSON OR TELEPHONICALLY. 
          PRECINCT FOUR IS EXCLUSIVELY VIRTUAL AND BOTH PARTIES HAVE TO AGREE TO ZOOM, OTHERWISE, THE JUDGE WILL NOT SET A HEARING DATE. 
          OUTCOMES TO DATE INCLUDE 541 CASES THAT HAVE BEEN RESET OR DISMISSED 438 THAT HAVE BEEN DEFAULT JUDGMENTS WHERE THE RESIDENT DOES NOT SHOW UP AND 255 HAVE BEEN JUDGMENTS MADE FOR THE PLAINTIFF. 
          FOR LANDLORD LANDLORDS ARE CONNECTING THEIR TENANTS TO US PROACTIVELY. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING MORE AND MORE OF AS THEY BECOME FAMILIAR WITH OUR PROGRAMS AND HAVE SEEN US IN COURTS. 
          AND JUDGES ARE ENCOURAGING THE LANDLORDS TO REDUCE OR WAIVE FEES IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE ASSISTANCE TO BE ABLE TO HELP AND MITIGATE THE EVICTION. 
          WE'VE SEEN MUCH BETTER COORDINATION ACROSS ALL AGENCIES, THE CITY, COUNTY, JP COURTS, AND OUR HOUSING PARTNERS, INCLUDING SARAH, SAM, AND HAVEN HOPE. 
          AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL SUCCESS STORIES AND EVERY EVICTION PREVENTED IS A SUCCESS STORY. 
          BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF SOME, WE'VE HAD A C OVID 19 POSITIVE FAMILY THAT WAS ABLE TO GET HELP PAYING RENT FOCUS ON THAT RECOVERY. 
          WE HAVE A FAMILY WHO'S BEEN, UH, SERVED A WRIT 
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OF POSSESSION. 
          SO AFTER AN EVICTION WHERE THEY ACTUALLY COME AND FORCIBLY REMOVE SOMEBODY FROM A UNIT WAS ABLE TO CATCH UP ON RENT, AVOID EVICTION, AND RENEW THEIR LEASE FOR LONGER TERM STABILITY. 
          WE'VE ASSISTED AN APPLICANT IN COURT, HELP THEM WITH THREE MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE THROUGH EAP, AND THE CLIENT SHARED WITH US, SHARED WITH US AT THAT SAME WEEK, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET A NEW JOB AND GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. 
          AND THEN A FAMILY WHO HAD BEEN LIVING IN THEIR CAR AFTER BEING LEGALLY, UH, LEGALLY EVICTED, WAS ABLE TO GET RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND SETTLE INTO A NEW HOME. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          STAFF HAS PREVIOUSLY COME TO THE, UH, CULTURE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE, UM, AS AN UPDATE ON THE RENTER'S COMMISSION PROPOSAL TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WERE, UM, PICKING THAT BACK UP SINCE IT WAS PUT ON HOLD PRE PANDEMIC. 
          SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SET UP ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO GET SOME FEEDBACK ON A RENTER'S COMMISSION PROPOSAL, ISSUES AND CONCERNS, AND SHARE SOME INFORMATION. 
          WE ARE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WORKING WITH DISTRICT ONE, UH, ON AN ESSAY SPEAKUP SURVEY. 
          UM, NEXT MONTH WE ARE LOOKING TO RESUME OUR FOCUS GROUPS THAT WE'RE PUT ON HOLD. 
          AND THEN OCTOBER, WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING A STAFF RECOMMENDATION BACK, BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE BEFORE GOING FORWARD WITH ANY COUNSEL CONSIDERATION OR ACTION ITEMS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY, EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE, UH, RIGHT TO COUNSEL ARE EVICTION PROTECTIONS ARE NOTICE OF TENANTS RIGHTS. 
          THESE ARE ALL SEVERAL ITEMS THAT A POTENTIAL RENTER'S COMMISSION COULD HELP US FORMULATE. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE SEVERAL STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT WE MEET WITH INDEPENDENTLY, AND A STREAMLINED FOCUSED STAKEHOLDER GROUP WOULD ALLOW THAT PROCESS TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE SMOOTHLY. 
          I'M GONNA PASS IT NOW TO MELODY WOOSLEY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FAMILY INDEPENDENT INITIATIVE AND SOME OTHER INITIATIVES. 
          NO, IAN AND, UM, GOOD, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          AND SO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE SEEKING SERVICES AT THE FINANCIAL AND HOUSING RECOVERY CENTERS MAY ALSO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL CASH AS CASH ASSISTANCE OF $500. 
          AND THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO 400 VULNERABLE RESIDENTS WHO ARE BELOW 150% OF THE POVERTY LEVEL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE RUN OUT OF THAT. 
          AND ADDITIONALLY, THEY MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR DIRECT ASSISTANCE FROM THE FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVES UP TOGETHER PROGRAM, WHICH IS A LONGER TERM, TWO YEAR PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND SO THIS FUNDING DOES EXPAND ACCESS TO THAT. 
          IT'S A SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND SELF-FOCUSED, REALLY SUCCESS FOCUSED MODEL TO HELP PARTICIPANTS INCREASE INCOME AND BUILD ASSETS OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD. 
          AND THE PARTICIPANTS IN THAT PROGRAM WILL STRENGTHEN THEIR SOCIAL NETWORKS AND GAIN ACCESS TO PAYMENTS OF NEARLY 5,000 IN UNRESTRICTED FINANCIAL CAPITAL. 
          OVER THE TWO YEARS. 
          THEY SET GOALS AND THEY SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER, UM, THROUGH A TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM IN ACHIEVING, UM, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MOBILITY, THE MAJORITY OF THE CASH ASSISTANCE AND FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM WILL COME FROM PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY BECAUSE THE PROGRAM DOES, UM, GO OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 
          AND, AND THE, UH, CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND IS EXPIRES IN DECEMBER. 
          AND SO, UM, WE EXPECT THAT 36% OF THE PARTICIPANTS OF THIS PROGRAM WILL INCREASE THEIR INCOME BY AN AVERAGE OF 50% OR MORE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM. 
          THE PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY INCLUDES, AGAIN, RESIDENTS EARNING 150% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, WHO HAVE BEEN FINANCIALLY IMPACTED BY COVID AND ARE RESIDING IN AREAS OF HIGH NEED THAT ARE, UM, BEING IDENTIFIED IN COORDINATION WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND SO PARTNERS IN THIS INITIATIVE INCLUDE, OF COURSE, HUMAN SERVICES AND NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING, UM, THROUGH THE FINANCIAL HOUSING RECOVERY CENTERS. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING THE, THE PHILANTHROPIC FUNDING TO THIS EFFORT THAT THEY INCLUDE. 
          THE AREA FOUNDATION, THE H FOUNDATION, METHODIST HEALTHCARE MINISTRIES. 
          ALMA COLLEGES IS ALSO A PARTNER IN THIS. 
          AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF NONPROFIT PARTNERS WHO WE'LL WORK WITH TO, UM, RECRUIT THE, THE PARTICIPANTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND SO WE ARE NEARING EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACTS WITH F I I, AND WE, UM, ARE STILL ANTICIPATING THAT UP TOGETHER. 
          ENROLLMENT WILL BEGIN IN AUGUST. 
          UH, EMERGENCY FUNDS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE THIS MONTH AND WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO CLIENTS SEEKING THE SERVICES OF THE, UH, FINANCIAL AND HOUSING RECOVERY CENTER, UM, PARTICULARLY THE EMERGENCY HOUSING PROGRAM, UH, DIRECT ASSISTANCE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND SO, IN AN EFFORT TO REACH RESIDENTS WHO'VE BEEN TRADITIONALLY MARGINALIZED AND ARE LIKELY TO BE DISPROPORTIONATELY NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY COVID, HUMAN SERVICES WILL, UM, BE MANAGING AN EQUITY 
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DRIVEN APPROACH TO TARGET DOOR-TO-DOOR OUTREACH TO INFORM RESIDENTS OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND SERVICES. 
          AND WE'RE TARGETING NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, OF HIGH NEED OF, UM, YOU KNOW, AS DETERMINED BY THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND THEIR EQUITY SCORE. 
          AND THE BUDGET FOR THE STRATEGY, AGAIN, IS $500,000. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THE FUND WILL OR WILL BE CONTRACTED TO NONPROFITS TO ASSIST WITH OUTREACH AND DIRECTION AND EDUCATION. 
          THE, UM, IMAGE HERE IS A DRAFT OF THE DOOR HANGER, UM, WHICH WILL BE PRINTED IN SPANISH AS WELL. 
          AND, UH, LEFT ON THE DOORS OF PEOPLE WHO, UM, EITHER ARE NOT HOME OR MAYBE DON'T WANT TO OPEN THE DOOR AND COME OUT. 
          UM, WHEN PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO TALK TO FACE-TO-FACE, WE'LL WE'LL HAVE, UM, INFORMATION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP THEM MAKE APPOINTMENTS RIGHT THERE TO THE FINANCIAL HOUSING RECOVERY CENTERS. 
          AND THE IDEA IS TO REALLY, UM, CONNECT PEOPLE TO THOSE SERVICES IN CASE THEY HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THEM, UM, THROUGH ANOTHER SOURCE. 
          WE'LL ALSO BE DOING, UM, RADIO DIRECT MAIL AND ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND, UM, STREET BANNERS IN, IN THOSE TARGETED NEIGHBORHOODS TO ENSURE THAT WE, WE GET AS MUCH, UM, COVERAGE AS WE CAN AND GET, GET THE WORD OUT. 
          UM, AND SO WE'LL BE CONTRACTING WITH FAMILY SERVICES TO HELP US DO THIS WORK. 
          AND ALSO, UM, WITH THE ESPERANZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING, UM, AND TALKING TO A COUPLE OF OTHER, UM, ADVOCACY OR NONPROFIT AGENCIES THAT HAVE STRONG TIES TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'RE WE'RE TARGETING. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND WE EXPECT, LIKE I SAID, TO REACH 30,000 RESIDENTS THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UM, AND PRIORITIZE BASED ON RACE AND INCOME. 
          AND THEN ALSO, AGAIN, WE'RE DEVELOPING MATERIALS AND MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, BUT EVERYTHING WILL BE DEVELOPED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. 
          AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND SO WE MADE THE DECISION TO GO AHEAD AND DO THOSE CONTRACTS WITH NONPROFITS WHO REALLY HAVE THAT, UM, GRASSROOTS CONNECTION AND WORK, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT, UM, WE'RE TARGETING. 
          AND THE CONTRACTS ARE, UM, WILL BE EXECUTED THIS MONTH, FAMILY SERVICE AND ESPERANZA. 
          AND WE ARE TALKING TO THOSE ADDITIONAL NONPROFITS, AND WE WANT TO HAVE THOSE CON UH, CONTRACTS FINISHED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH AND PEOPLE OUT, UH, BANGING ON THOSE DOORS. 
          AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO THE NEXT STRATEGY IS THE HOMELESS SERVICES STRATEGY. 
          THIS INCLUDES ONE, UH, 16.9 MILLION IN FUNDING THROUGH THE CARES ACT. 
          UM, HEAD FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT HAD AWARDED, UM, ADDITIONAL E S G FUNDS THROUGH CARES ACT AFTER COUNCIL ADOPTED THE FIRST, THE INITIAL RES RE RECOVERY RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          AND THIS IS, UH, WHY THERE IS AN INCREASE FROM THE INITIAL PLAN. 
          THE INITIAL PLAN PRESENTATION, THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2022. 
          AND HUMAN SERVICES IS WORKING WITH, UM, HEAD TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS TO, UH, DEVELOP THE COMMUNITY STRATEGIES FOR THAT FUND THAT WILL MOST EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS FOR THE LONG TERM. 
          UM, AND THERE ARE REALLY FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS TO THAT. 
          AND IN THE AREA OF HOMELESS PREVENTION, THERE IS 2 MILLION EARMARKED TO SUPPORT HOUSING STABILITY TO CLIENTS WHO ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. 
          WE'LL DO THAT THROUGH, UH, BOTH HOMELESS PREVENTION, UM, AND LONGER TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS DIVERSION, UM, STRATEGIES SUCH AS, UH, MAYBE A FEW NIGHTS IN A HOTEL WHERE THEY'RE RESOLVING RELOCATION, UM, IF, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO WORK WITH FAMILIES OR, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES EVEN SENDING THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE, HELPING THEM GET TO ANOTHER LOCATION. 
          UM, AND THEN THE STRATEGY OF EXPANDING EMERGENCY SHELTER. 
          WE HAVE EXTENDED THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2020, A HOTEL LEASE IN AGREEMENT WITH HAVEN FOR HOPE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE 313 UNIT HOTEL, UM, NEAR DOWNTOWN TO EXPAND, UM, THE SHELTER CAPACITY AT HAVEN AND PROVIDE SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
          IT ALSO WILL FREE UP ROOM FOR NEWLY HOMELESS, UM, CLIENTS AND OFFER PERMANENT, UH, POTENTIAL BRIDGE TO PERMANENT HOUSING FOR EXISTING CLIENTS. 
          AND SO WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY AND, UM, EMERGENCY SHELTER CAPACITY, OR, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY SHORT-TERM SHELTER OPTIONS. 
          WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, UH, PROVIDE A PLACE FOR, UH, RESIDENTS. 
          UM, AS THAT HAPPENS, WE ARE GETTING MOST 
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OF OUR, UH, REFERRALS THROUGH OUR HOMELESS HOTLINE. 
          AND THEN, UM, ALSO WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT, UM, FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO, UM, PREVENT, UH, EVICTION OR, UM, OR RELOCATE, HAVE ACCESS TO, UH, HOMELESS SERVICES. 
          AND SO THEN IN THE AREA OF HOMELESS OUTREACH, WE'LL BE FUNDING NONPROFITS AND WE'LL, WE ARE ALSO HIRING OUR OWN TEAM OF OUTREACH SPECIALISTS. 
          AND THESE, UM, SPECIALISTS WILL WORK WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ON THE STREETS. 
          AND IN OUR ENCAMPMENTS, WE ARE PROPOSING TO USE THE FUNDS TO COMPLIMENT THE HOMELESS OUTREACH PROPOSAL THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 GENERAL FUND BUDGET. 
          SO THEY WILL WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE 11 TEAMS, AND THAT WILL BE ONE IN EACH CO, UH, EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT PLUS DOWNTOWN AND SIMULTANEOUS. 
          SIMULTANEOUSLY, WE ARE, UM, FINALIZING OUR HOME OF STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH DOES INCLUDE A COMMUNITY-WIDE PLAYBOOK FOR, UM, OUTREACH ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE HAVE BECOME, HAVE BEGUN HIRING, UM, EMPLOYEES TO BE DEDICATED TO THE HOMELESS HOTLINE AND TO SERVE ON THE OUTREACH TEAMS. AND WE SHOULD BE COMPLETING THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          OH, I, I, SORRY. 
          I FAILED TO MENTION, UH, UH, OVER $6 MILLION OF THAT FUNDING WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR RAPID REHOUSING. 
          AND SO WE HAVE ISSUED A JOINT, A JOINT R F P WITH THE, UH, COUNTY AND SARAH AND HUMAN SERVICES OUT OF THAT. 
          UM, R F P WILL BE FUNDING SAM MINISTRIES AND ST. 
          VINCENT DEPAUL FOR RAPID REHOUSING. 
          AND WE ARE ALSO, UH, WORKING WITH HAVEN FOR HOPE TO BRING THEM INTO THAT GROUP OF PROVIDERS TO, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WILL HELP PEOPLE HELP THE CAMPUS WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING, HELP CONTINUE TO MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH OUR EMERGENCY SHELTERS BY MOVING EXISTING CLIENTS INTO PERMANENT HOUSING OPTIONS. 
          AND SO LAST MONTH, UM, HUMAN SERVICES WORKED WITH, LIKE I SAID, BEXAR COUNTY AND, AND SARAH TO ISSUE THAT COMPETITIVE PROCESS OR, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF EXECUTING CONTRACTS, UM, WITH THOSE AGENCIES RIGHT NOW, UM, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO LEASE THE HOTEL THAT WAS PROVIDED TO HAVEN FOR HOPE IN APRIL. 
          AND, UM, WE PLAN TO HAVE THAT, THAT THROUGH AT LEAST DECEMBER. 
          UH, THE HOTEL HAS JUST OVER 300 ROOMS AND TO DATE, THEY HAVE SERVED 477 INDIVIDUALS AND 50 HAVE ACTUALLY TRANSITIONED PERMANENT HOUSING FROM THAT HOTEL. 
          AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S BEEN A GREAT STRATEGY, UM, TO JUST CONTINUE TO MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH THE SYSTEM. 
          IT'S REALLY SPED UP QUITE A BIT. 
          UM, AND SO WE'VE, UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE BEGUN TO NEGOTIATE THOSE RAPID REHOUSING SERVICE CONTRACTS AND HIRING STAFF. 
          AND THIS MONTH AND INTO SEPTEMBER, WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING A STANDARD PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA FOR SERVICES ACROSS THE SYSTEM, AS WELL AS IMPLEMENTING A STANDARDIZED OUTREACH SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT THE OUTREACH THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH OUR DOWNTOWN TEAM, OR IN OUR COUNCIL DISTRICT TEAMS IS IN LINE AND IS, UM, UH, COORDINATED WITH THE OUTREACH TEAMS THAT ARE, UH, EXISTING IN OTHER NONPROFIT AGENCIES. 
          AND SO, FUNDING FROM THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT SOURCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2022. 
          AND SO REALLY IS A CHANCE TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN HOMELESS IN THE HOMELESS SYSTEM IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND WE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, WORK, LIKE I SAID, WORKING WITH OUR HUD TA CONSULTANTS, WORKING WITH THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, SARAH WITH HAVEN FOR HOPE, AND OUR OTHER HOMELESS PROVIDERS, TO ENSURE THAT THE, UM, OUR APPROACH IS SOLID AND WE ARE COORDINATED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          UM, AND THEN WITH BEXAR COUNTY AND SARAH AS WELL, WHO BOTH HAVE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT ALLOCATIONS OF THEIR OWN TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE COVERING THE GAPS IN, UM, IN PREVENTING DUPLICATION OF SERVICES. 
          AND SO NEXT SLIDE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THANK YOU, UH, THROUGH THE RECOVERY RESILIENCE PLAN. 
          3.3 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS ADDED TO SUPPORT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION. 
          AND THAT IS, UM, IN ADDITION TO APPROXIMATELY 20 MILLION THAT THE CITY INVESTED IN 2020. 
          AND THAT'S 
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2 MILLION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. 
          AND WE MANAGE DELEGATE AGENCY CONTRACTS WITH THAT, WITH AGENCIES SUCH AS FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND THE BEXAR COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER. 
          AND THEN, UH, METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THEIR 2020 BUDGET INCLUDED 1 MILLION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND THE POLICE BUDGET INCLUDED 17.8 MILLION. 
          AND THAT, OF COURSE, IS, UM, CHANGING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, UM, FOR A, UH, AND THERE WILL BE A DOMESTIC OR A VIOLENCE DIVISION AT THE, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          THE STRATEGY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STRATEGY FOR THE RESOURCE AND RECOVERY PLAN COMBINES DIRECT SERVICES THROUGH INITIATIVES INCLUDING THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HIGH RISK TEAM, AND COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY-WIDE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS. 
          SPECIFICALLY, THE PROGRAMS ARE TRIPLE P POSITIVE PARENTING PROGRAM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HIGH RISK TEAM, UH, HANDLE WITH CARE AND COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSES. 
          TO DATE, TRIPLE P HAS DEVELOPED AND PROPOSED AN ONLINE PARENTING FORMAT, AND THE CAMPAIGN WEBSITE LAUNCHED AUGUST 3RD. 
          AND MARKETING FIRM HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. 
          AND SO BY DECEMBER, 2020, THE STAY POSITIVE PARENTING CAMPAIGN WILL HAVE GENERATED AT LEAST 2 MILLION MEDIA IMPRESSIONS, AND AT LEAST 400 FAMILIES WILL HAVE ENROLLED IN THE ONLINE PARENTING PROGRAM AND PROVIDED TRAINING TO 200 PROFESSIONALS THROUGH ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          BY JUNE, 2021, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HIGH RISK TEAM WILL HAVE PROVIDED CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO 400 HIGH RISK FAMILIES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THE FINAL STRATEGY FOR DISCUSSION IS THE DIGITAL REFERRAL AND SERVICE PLATFORM TO PROVIDE INTEGRATED CASE MANAGEMENT AND REFERRAL FOR CLIENTS. 
          THIS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION WOULD STREAMLINE INFORMATION SHARING AND COORDINATION OF CLIENT NEEDS ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, PROGRAMS, AND NONPROFIT AGENCIES. 
          AND THIS BUILDS A REFERRAL NETWORK THAT HELPS CLIENTS NAVIGATE THROUGH SYSTEMS TO BETTER MEET THEIR NEEDS. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDED BUILDING ON EXISTING COMMUNITY-WIDE JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT EFFORTS. 
          AND WE ARE WORKING WITH I T S D TO EXPLORE A TOOL USED BY SEVERAL LARGE NETWORKS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SO WITH THIS SYSTEM IN PLACE, WE COULD THEN LINK CITY DIRECT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS WITH MORE THAN 70 FUNDED HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES, UH, SERVING MANY OF THE SAME CLIENTS. 
          AND BY THE BEGINNING OF, UM, NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE ROLLOUT TO DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY WITH A GOAL OF FULL IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS PARTNER AGENCIES BY MID 2022. 
          AND SO NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND THAT DOES, IN THAT DOES CONCLUDE THE, UH, PRESENTATION ON THE, UH, RECOVERY RESILIENCY PLAN UPDATE. 
          AND, UH, LORI AND BETO, IAN AND I ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I WAS JUST PAUSING TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS END OF THAT PRESENTATION. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT UPDATE. 
          UH, I GOT A FEW QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. 
          UH, SO THE AVERAGE EXPENDITURE OF $2,858 PER FAMILY SO FAR, UH, USING THAT FIGURE, UH, THE REMAINING 15.9 WOULD COVER 5,563 FAMILIES FOR A TOTAL OF 17,598 FAMILIES. 
          GIVEN THE ONGOING SHARE OF PANDEMIC  IS, IS IT EXPECTED TO COVER SAN ANTONIO FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY WITH EVICTIONS EXPECTED TO SHARPLY INCREASE NEXT MONTH? DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN ID ON THAT? I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN? WHAT'S THE QUESTION? HOW LONG IS THIS EXPECTED TO COVER SAN ANTONIO FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN EVICTIONS NEXT MONTH? UM, BASED ON THE TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING, WE EXPECT THAT DEFENDANT WILL RUN OUT IN LATE OCTOBER OR EARLY IN NOVEMBER. 
          SO, UH, AS OF AUGUST 3RD, THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY $1,000,001.2 MILLION IN, IN, UH, NON-FEDERAL FUNDS AVAILABLE, OF WHICH 413,000 WAS AVAILABLE FOR CASH ASSISTANCE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , RIGHT NOW, UH, HOW MUCH OF THE 8.1 IN NON-FEDERAL FUNDING FUNDING AND 9 MILLION FOR DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE IS STILL AVAILABLE? SO RIGHT NOW, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET 
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FOR THE PROGRAM IS $50.3 MILLION. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT $14 MILLION LEFT OF WHICH $1.8 MILLION IS GOING FOR CASH ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE $2.6 MILLION THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          AND IT REMAINING $7 MILLION ARE FOR, IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE AT LEAST 63,000 UNDOCUMENTED FOLKS LIVING HERE WHO ARE ALL INELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WE KNOW THAT ONE IN FIVE UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS IS EMPLOYED IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, WHICH WAS SEVERELY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC. 
          UH, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE LESS THAN 5% OF THE DIRECT CASH FUND AVAILABLE, AND LESS THAN 15% OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDING LAB, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SWAPPING SOME OF THE, THE MONEY AND THE PILLARS. 
          HAVE WE NOT? WE HAVE. 
          AND UM, WE, WE, WE HAVE SWAPPED SOME FUNDING AND HOW MUCH WE'VE SWAPPED THAT TWO AND A HALF MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE WILL SWAP ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          WE FEEL THAT WE NEED TO, BUT BY OCTOBER ONE, WE GET ADDITIONAL 5.2 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. 
          WHO'S WE? SO THE CITY DOES, THE CITY WILL GET THAT FOR THE PROGRAM CITY MANAGEMENT? NO, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RIGHT NOW, CITY COUNCIL IN THE BUDGET THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL, THERE'S $5.2 MILLION BEING PROPOSED FOR THE RISK MITIGATION FUND. 
          IF THAT'S ADOPTED, THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PROGRAM COME OCTOBER. 
          ONE, MY QUESTION WAS THE, THE 2.6 THAT JUST GOT MOVED, I SAID IT WAS, WHO DECIDED THAT 2.5 MILLION AND 2.5. 
          AND SO WE ARE ABLE TO SWAP AMONG PILLARS IF WE FEEL THAT'S JUSTIFIED AND WE JUST, WE SWAP FUNDING WITH THE WORKFORCE HOUSING PILLAR, UM, FOR 2.5 MILLION IN CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDING AND $2.5 MILLION IN GENERAL FUNDING. 
          AND, UM, THAT 2.5 MILLION THAT WE SWAP WILL GET US TO THE OCTOBER ONE TIMEFRAME, BUT IT'S NOT ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          SORRY. 
          I GOT IT. 
          I THANK YOU. 
          UM, BUT I, I JUST, I, 'CAUSE I I DON'T WANNA TAKE TOO LONG ON MY QUESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO ALSO GET IN, BUT THE SIX, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S $62 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND DOLLARS IN THE WORKFORCE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHY WE'VE PARKED $62 MILLION IN WORKFORCE IN GENERAL FUND DOLLARS WHEN THERE WAS NO MONEY IN THE HOUSING PILLAR AND NO MONEY IN OTHER PILLARS FROM GENERAL FUND DOLLARS? RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY FOR THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS BY NOVEMBER 30TH. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          THAT'S OUR, IT HAS TO BE DONE BY DECEMBER 30TH. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE MONEY COMMITTED BY NOVEMBER 30TH, THE FEDERAL DOLLARS, THE FEDERAL DOLLARS, THE WORKFORCE TRAINING THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY TO PROVIDE THE ASSISTANCE NECESSARY TO INDIVIDUALS, UM, THAT WOULD BE APPLYING FOR THE FUNDING AND IT STARTING A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN OTHER FUNDS HAVE STARTED. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S MORE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS BECAUSE THAT PROGRAM IS GONNA GO BEYOND THE NOVEMBER 30TH DATE. 
          NOW, IF WE FEEL THAT WE NEED TO SWAP ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WE WILL DO THAT, BUT RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT FEEL THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT. 
          WHAT, WELL, I'M GONNA DISAGREE WITH THAT, AND I'M, AND I'M GONNA SAY WHY NUMBER ONE, WE DIDN'T INCLUDE ANY DOLLARS TO BEGIN WITH. 
          WE'RE JUST NOW PUTTING IN THE TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF GENERAL FUNDING INTO HOUSING, UM, AND MUCH LESS THE OTHER PILLARS AS WELL. 
          AND SO, UH, YEAH, I JUST, I JUST THINK THAT PARKING THE MONEY RIGHT NOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN NEED DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME. 
          I, I SPOKE ABOUT THIS, UH, MONTHS AGO. 
          I SPOKE ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK. 
          UM, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW, HOW WE CAN SAY THAT WE DON'T SEE THE NEED. 
          YOU WERE QUOTED LAST WEEK IN THE PAPER SAYING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY. 
          UM, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, DID WE NOT MAKE ONE OF OUR, OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES BRAIDED FUNDING? WHAT IS BRAIDED FUNDING? FIRST, I WANNA GO BACK TO MY QUOTE. 
          MY QUOTE IN THE PAPER WAS SAYING THAT BASED ON THE TRENDS WE'RE SEEING, WE COULD SEE FUNDING RUNNING OUT IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME. 
          AND THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE FUNDING RUNNING OUT. 
          IT HAD WHAT WE'RE, THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT SWAPPING FUNDING TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ENOUGH FLEXIBLE FUNDING TO HELP THOSE THAT DON'T QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          NOW NEXT YOUR QUESTION, BRAIDED FUNDING, IT TALKS ABOUT LEVERAGING AND BRAIDING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. 
          AND I WANNA STRESS THAT IF WE FEEL THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL FLEXIBLE FUNDING, WE WILL RE REQUEST 
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AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING SWAP. 
          BUT WE DO NOT FEEL THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL FLEXIBLE FUNDING. 
          WE FEEL THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE WILL GET US TO OCTOBER ONE. 
          AND THERE WAS SOME FLEXIBLE FUNDING IN THE 20, IN THE OVERALL $50 MILLION PROGRAM BUDGET. 
          IF YOU RECALL, COUNCILMAN, YOU HELPED US GET THAT FUNDING THROUGH THE TOUR DOLLARS, THE PARKING FUND DOLLARS. 
          AND SO WE DID HAVE FLEXIBLE FUNDING IN THE INITIAL BUDGET FOR THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          RIGHT. 
          WELL, WHAT I RECALL IS THAT WE HAD, I HAD THE SAME ISSUE I HAVE NOW, WHICH IS YOU'VE DEPENDED ENTIRELY ON FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          YOU DID IT THEN, AND I, AND I FOUND GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT THAT ALLOWED US TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE. 
          YOU'RE STILL DOING IT. 
          THAT'S THE ISSUE I HAVE. 
          AND I I JUST FEEL LIKE IT DOESN'T SEEM TO, I DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW HOUSING DOESN'T DESERVE THE SAME KIND OF ATTENTION THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON THESE OTH ON THIS OTHER PILLAR WHERE MOST OF THE MONEY IS COMING FROM GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. 
          UH, IT, IT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULDN'T BE PARKING DOLLARS RIGHT NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EMERGENCY, IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC. 
          THAT'S WHAT I HAVE ISSUE WITH. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT, UH, THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THE BRAIDED FUNDING. 
          THAT IS PART OF OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING. 
          THE, THE BRAIDED, THE BRAIDED FUNDING, AT LEAST AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS, IS GIVING US THE FLEXIBILITY TO USE BOTH FEDERAL DOLLARS AND GENERAL FUND DOLLARS SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY. 
          SO VETO AND HER DEPARTMENT HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO, TO U UTILIZE THE MONEY AND HELP THOSE THAT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE WHO'S, YEAH, WELL EVERYONE WHO HAS, UM, APPLIED FOR FUNDING THAT IS ELIGIBLE IS GETTING THE FUNDING THAT THEY'VE APPLIED FOR. 
          AND WE FEEL THAT WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE. 
          WE WILL RUN OUT OF FUNDING. 
          AND SO THAT DISCUSSION IS A SEPARATE DISCUSSION THAT WILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE BUDGET. 
          BUT THROUGH BETWEEN NOW AND FISCAL YEAR FOR THE REST OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE DO HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING. 
          WELL, OKAY. 
          WELL, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO DISAGREE, UM, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT, THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE, WE NEED TO BE IN THAT FUNDING AS A CITY AND, UH, UH, I AM GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE LEASED AT LEAST TODAY AND FOUND OUT THAT WE'RE MOVING $22.5 MILLION OF GENERAL FUND DOLLARS INTO, INTO THE HOUSING PILLAR. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE JP COURTS. 
          UH, IF A TENANT ISSUES, UH, 10, IF A TENANT HAS ISSUES CONNECTING WITH A TELE EVICTION, TELE EVICTION HEARING, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT IS GRANTED AND THE EVICTION MOVES FORWARD. 
          UH, I MEAN, I THINK WE CAN SEE THAT IT'S PRETTY EASY FOR, FOR PEOPLE WHO, WHO FALL BEHIND ON RENT, UH, AND OTHER BILLS LIKE INTERNET AND PHONE AS WELL. 
          UH, HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE, HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT, THAT THIS DOESN'T BECOME A A, A BARRIER AS WELL AS, AS WE KNOW, UH, MOST FOLKS WHO, WHO ARE HAVING THESE ISSUES DON'T HAVE THE, THE, THE LEGAL COUNSEL SUPPORT, UH, AND AND ARE, ARE FACED WITH A SEVERE DISADVANTAGE WHEN ARGUING THE MERITS OF THE THEIR EVICTION. 
          SO, UM, I GUESS I, YOU KNOW, I'M ASKED, I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF THE CITY AND THIS COMMITTEE, UH, COULD WORK TOGETHER ON A, ON A LETTER ASKING EACH COURT TO ALLOW AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF, OF THE TEXAS ROGAN LEGAL AID OR SALSA OR ANOTHER ADVOCATE TO ATTEND EVICTION HEARINGS TO ASSIST RESIDENTS AT RISK OF DIS DISPLACEMENT. 
          UM, AND THEN LASTLY, DOES THE HOMELESS EMERGENCY SHELTER AND ALTERNATIVE HOUSING OPTIONS STRATEGY COVER UNDOCUMENTED, UNDOCUMENTED UNSHELTERED FOLKS, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN REFER FOLKS TO THIS PROGRAM SINCE SHELTER INTAKE IS NOT TAKEN IN PLACE TAKING PLACE. 
          THEY, MY FIRST QUESTION REGARDING THE, UM, EVICTION COURT. 
          WE DO HAVE TEXAS RIO GRAND LEGAL AID PRESENT AT EACH EVICTION COURT. 
          UM, THEY ARE VIRTUALLY PRESENT. 
          SO AS, AND WE HAVE STAFF PRESENT AT THOSE COURTS THAT ARE HAVING HEARINGS IN PERSON, AND WE ARE ABLE TO REFER THEM TO TEXAS RIO GRAND LEGAL AID AT THAT POINT, VIRTUALLY, UM, AT A COMPUTER. 
          AND SO THEY ARE HELPING US WITH THIS, AND THAT'S PART OF OUR CONTRACT THAT WE'VE EXTENDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE RESOURCES. 
          CAN WE VERIFY THAT? 'CAUSE WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING CONFLICTING REPORTS THAT, THAT FOLKS ARE NOT GETTING IN, IN CONTACT OR ADVOCATES, THERE'S FOLKS NOT GETTING THE CONTACT, UH, THAT THEY'D LIKE. 
          BUT SO JUST TO, JUST TO CLARIFY, COUNCILMAN UH, LORI'S, RIGHT. 
          WE DO HAVE STAFF PRESENT AT, AT EVERY COURT, T R L A IS AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY. 
          UM, THERE IS SOME ISSUES WITH THEM REPRESENTING A CLIENT RIGHT THEN AND THERE IF THEY'VE NOT HAD ANY KIND OF LEGAL AGREEMENT, UH, BEFOREHAND. 
          UM, AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET RESOURCES OUT BEFORE TO LET THEM KNOW IF THEY NEED LEGAL ASSISTANCE. 
          THEY CAN, THEY CAN GO IN THROUGH THE SYSTEM, 
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UH, T R L A OR SALSA CAN TAKE THEM ON AS A CLIENT AND THEN REPRESENT THEM. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT, WHAT WE'VE DONE, ALL THOSE RESETS THAT YOU SEE, UM, THOSE ARE EITHER RESETS FOR PAYMENT OR, UM, RESETS FOR, FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, AND, AND IF A JUDGMENT DOES GO AGAINST A, A TENANT AND, UM, THEY ARE REFERRED TO T R L A OR SALSA, THEN THEY CAN APPEAL THE CASE. 
          AND SO SOME OF THOSE CASES MAY BE, UH, APPEAL AT A LATER DATE BASED ON, UH, BASED ON THE CASE ITSELF. 
          SO WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE CAN'T WALK INTO A HEARING AND THEN JUST BE REPRESENTED BY T R L A INSTANTLY, BUT WE DO HAVE AVENUES TO TRY AND DO IT BEFORE AND AFTER. 
          THANK YOU, IAN. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I THINK THAT REALLY HELPS. 
          UH, LET'S, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAYBE HELP, UH, CLARIFY AT LEAST, UH, THAT POTENTIAL BOTTLENECK OR UNFORESEEN BOTTLENECK. 
          AND, UH, COUNCILMAN REGARDING YOUR QUESTION, UM, REGARDING HOMELESS SERVICES AND UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS DON'T, IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE REQUIRED TO REQUEST PROOF OF IS RESIDENCY, CERTAINLY NOT FOR, UM, ANYBODY COMING THROUGH THE HOTLINE. 
          WE HAVE DIVERSION FUNDS THAT ARE FLEXIBLE. 
          UM, THEY'RE NOT TIED TO FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK ON THE RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM IS WHERE WE WOULD MAYBE RUN INTO, UH, NOT BEING ABLE TO USE THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS, BUT WE HAVE OTHER FUNDING AVAILABLE. 
          WE HAVE GENERAL FUND, UM, AVAILABLE FOR HOMELESS SERVICES, AND SO WE ARE ABLE TO SERVE THAT POPULATION. 
          OKAY, MELANIE, WELL, THANKS AGAIN. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE WHY WE ALWAYS NEED TO BE INVESTED WITH GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. 
          UH, IF WE'RE GONNA, IF WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD ON, ON, ON POLICY DIRECTIVES, THAT THAT IS REALLY IMPACTS, UH, PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON THEIR SITUATION. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          UH, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL COMMENTS. 
          WE'LL START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JADA. 
          ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          THANK YOU, MELODY. 
          THANK YOU VETO, AND THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR CONTINUOUSLY BEING A PART OF THE CONVERSATION. 
          I KNOW THAT, UM, WHEN WE CAME OUT OF THE COVID 19 WORK GROUPS WITH THE COUNTY CITY COLLABORATIVE, WE HAD A FULL GAME PLAN AND TO SEE IT ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE AND, AND BEING WORKED OUT, UM, SO STRATEGICALLY IS REALLY GOOD TO SEE. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 
          I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST 1500, UH, FAMILIES, UM, IN DISTRICT TWO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WE KNOW A LOT OF THEM ARE IN THE POPULATION OF THE UNDERSERVED AND UNDERPRIVILEGED, UM, AS THEY'RE GOING FORWARD. 
          AND A LOT OF THE, UH, THE APARTMENTS AND, AND PRO AND PROPERTIES THEY LIVE ON, UM, ARE NOT CARES AT PROPERTIES. 
          AND SO TO SEE THIS, THIS IS GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 
          THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE AT THIS TIME IS WITHIN THE APPLICATION PROCESS, UM, ARE THESE APPLICATIONS FULL APPLICATIONS FOR ALL ASSISTANCE OR ARE THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING ONLY FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND HOW CAN WE GET A BREAKDOWN OF THE APPLICATIONS BASED ON NEED? IS THIS THE QUESTION ABOUT THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, MA'AM? YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM STARTS WITH THE RENT AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE. 
          AND IF, IF A FAMILY QUALIFIES FOR THAT, THE BUNDLE OF ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WE CAN HELP THEM WITH ARE THE UTILITIES, UM, INTERNET ACCESS, AND THERE'S THE DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE. 
          SO WHEN A FAMILY APPLIES FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE, THEY GET THE WHOLE BUNDLE OF, OF SERVICES OR THE WHOLE BUNDLE OF, OF ITEMS THAT I LISTED OUT. 
          UH, IN OUR DASHBOARD, WE DO HAVE, UM, NOT JUST THE, THE INFORMATION LIKE I SHARED, UM, AT THIS PRESENTATION, BUT WE HAVE A BREAKUP THAT SHOWS HOW MUCH HAS BEEN EXPENDED IN EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES. 
          SO HOW MUCH IN UTILITIES, HOW MUCH INDIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE, ET CETERA. 
          UM, SO IT'S ALL IN ONE PLACE. 
          IF FAMILIES ONLY NEED UTILITY ASSISTANCE, THEN, UM, D H S DOES CONTINUE TO HAVE THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THEY, UM, UM, APPLY, UH, A VERY SIMILAR APPLICATION, SO A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER. 
          UM, AND SO IF THEY ONLY NEED UTILITY ASSISTANCE, WE REFER 'EM TO THAT PLATFORM, HELP 'EM FILL OUT THAT APPLICATION, AS WELL AS CLIENTS ARE COMING IN, UH, FOR IN-PERSON INTAKE, THAT'S WHEN WE CAN VISIT WITH THEM ABOUT, UM, THE HOST OF OTHER SERVICES AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE OUR HEALTH NAVIGATORS ARE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM TO FINANCIAL PRODUCTS AND, UM, OTHER CONNECTIONS. 
          SAME WITH THE EVICTIONS. 
          UM, AS, AS CLIENTS ARE HELPED DURING AN EVICTION, 
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THAT'S WHEN THE HOST OF SERVICES, UM, ARE, UH, PROVIDED SO THAT THE EVICTIONS TEAM CAN SAY, UM, HERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT CAN HELP YOU. 
          UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MIGHT QUALIFY FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFITS. 
          AND, AND SO THOSE ARE THE INTERACTIONS THAT HELP WITH ADDITIONAL, UM, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS IT DOES. 
          THANK YOU, VITO. 
          UM, SO THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE HAVE IS ALONG THE LINES OF, OF WHAT COUNCILMAN TREVINO WAS SPEAKING ABOUT WITH THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AS THEY GO INTO, UM, THE EVICTION COURT HEARINGS. 
          UM, IF THERE IS NO WAY FOR THEM TO CONNECT AT HOME VIRTUALLY, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE FINANCIAL, UH, AND HOUSING RECOVERY CENTER TO USE MAYBE A COMPUTER? OR CAN WE DESIGNATE A COMPUTER TO WHERE A FAMILY OR AN INDIVIDUAL CAN GO IN AND HAVE THAT VIRTUAL MEETING, UM, FOR ANY OF THE EVICTION PROCESSES? UM, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING, BUT I THINK THAT THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. 
          UM, DEPENDING ON THE PRECINCT, AGAIN, THEY'RE ALL RUN DIFFERENTLY. 
          UM, LIKE PRECINCT FOUR WILL ACTUALLY NOT HOLD A HEARING UNLESS BOTH THE PLAINTIFF AND THE DEFENDANT AGREE TO A ZOOM MEETING. 
          SO THOSE, THOSE WON'T BE HEARD. 
          OTHER PRECINCTS ALLOW YOU TO COME IN AND THEN YOU MEET VIRTUALLY IN SEPARATE ROOMS. BUT I THINK FOR, FOR THE ONES THAT YOU CAN ATTEND, UM, AT HOME, I THINK THAT'S A, A GREAT SUGGESTION AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK INTO, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT, MAYBE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION IN THE MAIL OUTS THAT WE DO PROACTIVELY THROUGH OUR FILING DATA AND LET THEM KNOW IF THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET, UM, THAT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY USE ONE OF OUR COMPUTERS AT THE RESOURCE CENTER. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU, IAN. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE EVICTION COURTS, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW, UM, WHEN I FIRST STARTED TALKING TO LORI ABOUT HAVING SOMEONE THERE, WE WERE KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, HOW WOULD THAT LOOK AND HOW WOULD THAT WORK? BUT TO SEE THAT THE WORK IS BEING DONE AND OVER 477, UM, FAMILIES HAVE BEEN ARE, I'M SORRY, LOOKING AT THE WRONG NUMBER. 
          UM, LOOKING AT THE, THE PLATFORM TO KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD 139 CASES RESET AND DISMISSED IS, IS GREAT WORK. 
          AND IT SPEAKS TO, UH, TRULY GETTING BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR, FOR US TO PROVIDE THEM RESOURCES PROVIDE, UM, WITH THEIR FAMILIES. 
          AND SO I'M SEEING US DO THAT. 
          AND SO THAT'S A GREAT LOOK UNDER THE F I I, UM, $500 DIRECT PAYMENT ASSISTANCE. 
          YOU SAID 3,900 FAMILIES HAVE BEEN ASSISTED, UM, THROUGH THE F I I , I THINK IT WAS 39 60. 
          SO THEY HAVE NOT STARTED DISTRIBUTING THE F I I FUNDING THAT'S BEING MANAGED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. 
          I BELIEVE THAT APPLICATION WILL START, UM, IN SEPTEMBER, UM, IF NOT LATE AUGUST. 
          AND THEY ANTICIPATE HELPING 3,960 FAMILIES. 
          UM, AND THEY WILL RECEIVE A $500 CASH GRANT EACH. 
          MEL, DID YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING, RIGHT? NO, I WAS GONNA SAY IT'S, UM, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE UP AND RUNNING ON THAT BY THE END OF AUGUST, HOPEFULLY THE, THE LAST WEEK. 
          AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH 3,900 FAMILIES WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, AGAIN, THEY WILL, UM, IT WILL BE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EARNING BELOW 150% OF THE POVERTY LEVEL AND, UM, WE'LL SERVE AS MANY AS WE CAN. 
          AND THEN THROUGH THE LONGER TERM PROGRAM, UM, WE CAN ALSO ENROLL THEM. 
          THEY CAN GET THEIR $500 OF CASH ASSISTANCE AND THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THE LONGER TERM PROGRAM, UM, WE CAN ALSO ENROLL THEM IN THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ARE WE USING ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRIES TO HELP FAMILIES, UM, THAT WILL BE NEEDING THIS ASSISTANCE? SO WE, UM, THROUGH THE, THE FINANCIAL AND HOUSING RECOVERY CENTER, THROUGH THE FINANCE, UH, FINANCIAL COUNSELING PIECE, AS WELL AS THE BENEFITS NAVIGATION PIECE, THEY WILL WORK THROUGH WITH FAMILIES. 
          UM, REALLY AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, IF FOOD IS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY NEED. 
          BUT REALLY THE FIRST PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO TRY TO, UH, GET THEM, UM, ONTO THE SNAP PROGRAM, UM, SO THAT THEY HAVE LONG-TERM ASSISTANCE WITH, WITH FOOD. 
          AND THEN IF THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE, WE'LL HELP REFER 'EM TO FOOD PANTRIES. 
          WE ALSO PROMOTE, UM, SACRED, WHICH IS AN ONLINE RESOURCE, UM, PLATFORM. 
          AND THAT THAT'S A GREAT LOCATION TO GO TO. 
          IF YOU'RE AT HOME, YOU NEED FOOD, YOU CAN FIND OUT WHERE TO GO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          'CAUSE THERE ARE, I THINK MORE THAN 80 FOOD PANTRIES IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND ARE WE ADDING THAT SACRED, UM, INFORMATION TO THE, UH, DOOR HANGERS AND OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA? UH, I WILL DOUBLE CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS INCLUDED, BUT IT SHOULD BE MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MELODY. 
          SURE. 
          AND WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH HAGER FOR HOPE AND 
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HOUSING OF OUR HOMELESS, UM, POPULATION WITH THAT PARTICULAR PILLAR, IS THIS ALSO INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE NEWLY HOMELESS OR ONES THAT WE CANNOT GET REPLACED THROUGH THE, UM, THROUGH THE RECOVERY PILLAR? UM, YES. 
          OR FINANCIAL HOUSING. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I, JUST TO ADD TO THAT, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING IS, UM, REFERRING PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HELP TO EITHER, UM, SAM MINISTRIES AND ST. 
          VINCENT DEPAUL WHO HAVE THE RAPID REHOUSING HOME HOMELESS PREVENTION DOLLARS AND OR, OR THROUGH OUR HOMELESS HOTLINE. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO, TO WORK WITH THEM ON DIVERSION STRATEGIES. 
          DO WE KNOW HOW MANY FAMILIES WE'VE HELPED WITH THAT SO FAR? OR I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION THAT I HAVE, UM, SO I CAN PASS IT TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UM, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THAT WILL BE GOING TO SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR THE INCREASE IN VOUCHERS THEY PROVIDE FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING FOR SENIORS? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF FOR SENIORS, UH, SPECIFICALLY, NO. 
          THEY HAVE PROVIDED A HUNDRED VOUCHERS, I BELIEVE, TO THE, UM, SOUTH ALAMO ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED. 
          WE, WE'VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE HOTLINE AND, AND GAIN ACCESS TO THOSE VOUCHERS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND AGAIN, CONTINUOUS WORK. 
          WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT TO DO. 
          UM, AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE PROPOSED BUDGET, COUNCILMAN TRINO, I THINK IF WE'RE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND SEE WHERE WE CAN ASK FOR AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO GO INTO THE RISK MITIGATION, UH, PROGRAM AND, AND TRULY HELP THESE FAMILIES AS WE GO FORWARD, UM, I THINK THAT THAT WILL BE THE BEST WAY TO DO SO. 
          UH, THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          I'M DONE WITH MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT. 
          AND, AND I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          AND TO ADD, UH, UH, WE DID MAKE A REQUEST, UH, UH, UH, ABOUT GETTING, GETTING SOME CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT EVERY DISTRICT BY REQUESTING 10 LEGAL DIGITAL KIOSKS IN THE BUDGET AS WELL. 
          AND THIS IS THROUGH, UH, TEXAS GRA RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID TO HELP ASSIST WITH THAT CONNECTIVITY THAT YOU BROUGHT UP. 
          SO, UH, THAT, THAT IS A REQUEST CURRENTLY IN THE BUDGET THAT HOPEFULLY MAYBE WE CAN, UH, ALSO DISCUSS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, VRAN , THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN ABOUT USING THESE, UM, OUR HUBS THAT WE HAVE, OUR HOUSING RECOVERY HUBS AS PLACES FOR, UH, DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY IF NEEDED. 
          AND I WOULD EVEN, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN THE WORKFORCE SIDE, WE ALSO HAVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HUBS. 
          SO IF THERE EVEN ANY OPTIONS THAT WAY THAT CAN HELP SPREAD, UH, PEOPLE AROUND, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          I DO KNOW WE NEED TO FOCUS ON CERTAIN THINGS, UH, BUT IT'S ACCESS IS, UM, WHAT PEOPLE NEED. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO, TO LOOK AT WHERE WE CAN CONNECT THE DOTS. 
          UM, ALSO YOU MENTIONED, I'M NOT SURE, MAYBE IAN YOU MENTIONED IT, WHAT JUSTICE OF THE PIECE IS ONLY DOING THINGS VIRTUALLY? UH, PRE, UH, SORRY. 
          UH, PRECINCT FOUR IS THE ONLY ONE THAT IS DOING IT VIRTUALLY AND REQUIRES BOTH THE PLAINTIFF AND THE DEFENDANT TO AGREE TO IT, OTHERWISE HE'LL NOT HOLD IT. 
          UH, THE OTHER PRECINCTS THAT ARE MEETING HAVE THE OPTION FOR IT. 
          UM, SO YOU CAN DO IT EITHER VIRTUALLY OR TELEPHONICALLY. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          BUT THEY HAVE TO AGREE TO DO IT. 
          BOTH, BOTH OF THEM HAVE TO AGREE TO DO IT VIRTUALLY IN PRECINCT FOUR. 
          YES. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, UH, CHAIR, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, UH, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, I THINK IT WAS MELODY AND MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF WHEN IT COMES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AND I WOULD LOVE TO EVEN SEE THE NUMBERS, SPECIFIC NUMBERS OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM MARCH INTO THIS TIME. 
          UH, PHONE CALLS, PEOPLE THAT WE'VE HELPED, KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH THE, UM, DOLLARS WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. 
          BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, IF WE HAVE NUMBERS, YOU CAN WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT BREAKDOWN. 
          'CAUSE I WANNA SEE HOW WE CAN, ARE WE HELPING IN THE RIGHT WAY AND WHAT CAN WE DO? SO IF WE CAN SEE THAT, I, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UM, I AM, UH, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND JUST TO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT 
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THIS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS THAT IS SET IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT IS GOING FOR STIPENDS, $450 A WEEK, PARTICIPANTS ARE GETTING A STIPEND, UM, $450 A WEEK THAT IF IT WERE JUST CARESS MONEY, IT WOULD STOP ON DECEMBER, 2020. 
          BUT BECAUSE WE'VE EXTENDED IT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 21, THESE PARTICIPANTS ARE GETTING NOT JUST TRAINING. 
          SO THOSE, UM, MEMBERS IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY WHO WAS, WHO HAS BEEN LAID OFF AND HAS OR FURLOUGHED, THEY ARE ABLE TO GET TRAINING, UPSKILLING, RETRAINING A JOB AND PREPARATION AND $450 A WEEK. 
          SO THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A JOB WHERE THEY CAN NOW PAY FOR THEIR HOUSING. 
          BUT EVEN IN THAT TIMEFRAME, THEY ARE ABLE TO PAY TO GET A $450 A WEEK STIPEND TO HELP PAY FOR THEIR HOUSING AND THEIR RENT. 
          AND BECAUSE IT'S IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE ARE ABLE TO EXTEND IT PAST DECEMBER. 
          SO I WANNA JUST, UM, BRING THAT CLARIFICATION TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          BUT EVEN ON TOP OF THAT, I KNOW THAT THE, THE NEED IS VERY GREAT. 
          UM, CURRENTLY, AND IT WILL BE GREAT BECAUSE OF THE, UM, FEDERAL RESTRICTIONS LISTED OFF OF THE, UM, HOUSING. 
          AND SO THAT IS WHY FROM MY DISTRICT THREE, UM, CARRY FORWARD BUDGET, WE HAVE MOVED $145,000 FROM OUR DISTRICT THREE CARRY FORWARD BUDGET INTO EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THAT IS FOUR DISTRICT THREE RESIDENTS. 
          HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE HELPING ABOUT 50 HOUSEHOLDS. 
          SO I GUESS THAT'S ALSO, UM, UH, AN ALERT TO LET THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT THREE, IF YOU NEED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE, THAT YOU CAN GO ON, UH, ONLINE AND YOU CAN A APPLY FOR THIS. 
          AND WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL $145,000 IN THEREFORE DISTRICT THREE HOUSING. 
          AND I ENCOURAGE MY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DO THE SAME IF YOU HAVE CARRY FORWARD BALANCES. 
          SO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN FOR ALL THOSE MONTHS AGO, PUTTING THAT REQUEST IN BECAUSE NOW WE ARE MAKING IT WORK FOR OUR RESIDENTS, UM, FOR THAT ASSISTANCE. 
          AND WE CAN DO THAT NOW AS WELL. 
          UM, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE, THOSE APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DENIED, I WOULD LIKE TO GET A BREAKDOWN OF ALSO THE, UM, THE DISTRICTS, JUST LIKE YOU HAVE THE BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THEY WERE LOCATED, WELL, THEY WEREN'T OBVIOUSLY LOCATED IN THE DISTRICTS IF THEY DIDN'T LIVE IN THE CITY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE DISAGGREGATED DATA THAT YOU VERBALIZED. 
          IF YOU COULD SEND US A HARD COPY OF THE, THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT DATA. 
          I'LL DO THAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, AND I THINK THOSE ARE ALL OF MY COMMENTS HERE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND, UH, COUPLE THINGS. 
          SO NUMBER ONE, YES, LET'S GET A REPORT, UH, ON THE EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND, UH, MELODY. 
          UM, AND I WERE RECENTLY DISCUSSING, UM, UH, A VERY, VERY UNUSUAL THING THAT WE DISCOVER. 
          THERE'S, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, TRYING TO HELP THOSE, ESPECIALLY NOW HA HAVING TO COPE WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, WE WERE HELPING A HOMELESS LADY WHO WAS DEALING WITH, UH, BEING IN A BATTERED SITUATION. 
          AND WHEN, WHEN TAKEN TO, TO GO GET SUPPORT, UH, SHE, SHE DID NEED TO GET INTO SOME DETOX BEDS. 
          WE FOUND OUT WE ONLY HAD 28 OF THOSE BEDS, AND ONLY EIGHT OF THOSE BEDS ARE OFFERED TO WOMEN. 
          UM, WE DO NEED TO HAVE A DEEPER CONVERSATION OF, OF, OF THOSE INEQUITIES AND HOW WE CAN HELP, UH, PROVIDE THE SUPPORT THAT, THAT, THAT WE NEED, ESPECIALLY NOW AS PEOPLE ARE REALLY SEEKING, UH, MORE AND MORE HELP AND SHELTER IN, IN THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME. 
          UH, AND I AM INTERESTED IN TALKING MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND, AND, AND THAT STIPEND AND, UH, WHO QUALIFIES, WHO DOESN'T, UH, AND WHAT THAT FLEXIBILITY MEANS. 
          I THINK, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR MY PART, AGAIN, I THINK THAT WE'VE, WE, WE NEED TO, UH, PROVIDE AS MUCH OF A BALANCE, UH, AGAIN, AND BRAIDED FUNDING HAS BEEN PART OF OUR PILLARS. 
          AND, AND WE DIDN'T SEE THAT IN HOUSING UNTIL TODAY. 
          UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S ENOUGH, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DEFINITELY KEEP WORKING, UH, THROUGH THIS ISSUE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHAIR. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? HEAR YOU? GREAT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I HAD A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT EXPLAINED, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE TO ME. 
          WE'VE GOT, UH, TWO ISSUES ON SLIDE 16, HOUSING SECURITY. 
          ONE IS EXPAND EMERGENCY BED CAPACITY FOR 6.8 MILLION, AND THE OTHER IS INCREASED RAPID 
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REHOUSING SERVICES FOR 6.5 MILLION. 
          AND IT ALMOST SEEMS TO ME THAT THESE ARE ALMOST THE SAME KINDS OF PROGRAMS LOOKING TO GIVE PEOPLE SOME KIND OF EMERGENCY SHELTER UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE CAN FIND THEM SOME MORE PERMANENT SHELTER. 
          CAN I GET A LITTLE EXPLANATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE AND, AND WHO SERVICES THESE TWO COMPONENTS? ARE THERE SPECIFIC, UH, NONPROFITS WE WORK WITH SEPARATE FOR EACH OF THESE? SURE. 
          SO STARTING WITH THE, UM, EXPANDED EMERGENCY BED CAPACITY, THAT'S A SHORT TERM STRATEGY. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY 90 DAYS WHERE SOMEONE WOULD HAVE, UM, EMERGENCY HOUSING WHILE THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH SYSTEMS, MAYBE THEY NEED ID RECOVERY OR MAYBE THEY NEED, UM, MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE, UH, TREATMENT. 
          UH, THIS WOULD, THIS FREES UP SPACE SO THAT WE CAN BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO THOSE SHELTERS. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, WE, WE HAVE FILLED THAT, UM, HOTEL THAT HAVEN FOR HOPE IS OPERATING, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEED FOR, UM, POTENTIALLY ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY SHORT-TERM SPACE. 
          THE RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM IS, UH, REALLY ABOUT, UM, PROVIDING ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO 24 MONTHS OF RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO TAKE SOMEONE WHO IS CURRENTLY HOMELESS AND, AND GET THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING. 
          AND IT'S A, A NATIONALLY, A VERY EFFECTIVE PROGRAM. 
          GENERALLY ABOUT 85 TO 90% MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSING ONCE THEY, THEY MOVE INTO IT. 
          BUT, AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT RAPID REHOUSING IS THAT IT INCLUDES INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORTS. 
          AND SO IT'S, IT'S A RELATIVELY EXPENSIVE PROGRAM ON A, ON A PER CAPITA BASIS, BUT, UM, IT'S EFFECTIVE. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN ONCE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, THEY GENERALLY WORK VERY HARD TO MAINTAIN THAT. 
          BUT THE, THOSE CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THAT PIECE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH IN THE EMERGENCY SHELTER SITUATION, THERE WILL BE TEAMS OF, OF CASE MANAGERS AND, AND OTHER SERVICES AVAILABLE. 
          THEY'RE NOT, UM, GENERALLY AS, UM, UNIQUE AND, UH, INTENSIVE AS RAPID REHOUSING. 
          SO ONE IS SHORT TERM. 
          WELL, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT, I WOULD IMAGINE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE EMERGENCY BED CAPACITY, UH, WOULD THEN TRANSITION INTO THE RAPID REHOUSING. 
          THAT'S ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE CONTINUUM, THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WELL, STILL SEEMS A LITTLE BIT OF REDUNDANCY, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SECOND PROGRAM INCREASED RAPID REHOUSING SAYS IT SERVICES 400. 
          HOW MANY ARE SERVICED THROUGH THE EMERGENCY BED CAPACITY? UM, YEAH. 
          SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING, UM, WITH 300, IF WE STAY WITH 313 ROOMS, UM, AND PEOPLE ARE TURNING OVER BY DECEMBER, WE WOULD PROBABLY SERVE WELL OVER 500. 
          UM, UH, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT ADDING MORE EMERGENCY SHELTERS, SO WE COULD GET UP CLOSER PROBABLY INTO THE, UH, 750 TO THOUSAND RANGE, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, OUR, UH, HOW LONG OUR BUDGET WILL, WILL ALLOW US TO KEEP THE HOTELS. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO BASICALLY THE EMERGENCY BED, THEY'RE GOING INTO A HOTEL, BUT THEN WITH THE, UH, RAPID REHOUSING, THEY'RE GETTING INTO MAYBE, UH, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX OR A RENTAL HOUSE. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE'VE SAID IN A SLIDE EARLIER THAT WE WANT TO TRY AND GO AND KNOCK ON HOMES TO TRY AND REACH OUT TO 30,000 RESIDENTS. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE TARGETING 30,000 HOUSEHOLDS. 
          UM, WE MAY NOT ACTUALLY HAVE FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATION WITH 30,000, BUT WE WILL GET OUR INFORMATION TO 30,000 HOMES. 
          WELL, PRESUMING WE'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE KNOCK ON DOORS AND DROP OFF THOSE LEAFLETS, THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DOOR HANGERS THAT YOU SHOWED US A LITTLE WHILE AGO, UM, AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE TARGETING AREAS WHERE WE THINK THE GREATEST NEED WOULD PROBABLY BE, AND THAT USUALLY MEANS PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR, MAYBE WORKING POOR. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, AND PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF FUNDING RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT FALLS INTO THE SAME SITUATION WE HAVE WITH PEOPLE IN THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT 20,000 STUDENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRIDGE THAT DIGITAL DIVIDE SO THAT THEY CAN CONTACT THEIR SCHOOLS AND RECEIVE THEIR EDUCATION. 
          WHAT I WOULD, I WOULD'VE TAKE A GUESS THAT ALMOST ALL THOSE STUDENTS LIVE IN SOME OF THOSE 30,000 
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TARGETED HOMES THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT, UH, TO TRY AND GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO. 
          AND EVEN IF WE, EVEN IF THEY GET A LEAFLET, EVEN IF THEY SEE A BANNER ACROSS THE STREET AS AS THEY'RE WALKING OR DRIVING, THEY STILL MAY NOT HAVE THE MECHANISM, THE ABILITY TO CONTACT OUR OFFICE FOR SERVICES MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND IF SOMEBODY'S GONNA GO AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND SOMEBODY OPENS IT UP AND TAKES THE, UH, THE HANDOUT, THEY STILL MAY HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          IS THAT PERSON GONNA JUST SAY, UM, READ THIS AND WALK AWAY? NO, NO. 
          THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE THERE AND TRY AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. 
          RIGHT. 
          WE'LL HAVE, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          AND WE'LL HAVE, THEY'LL ALL HAVE TABLETS AND OKAY. 
          THEY'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS, TAKE THEIR INFORMATIONS, HELP SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS, THEY'LL HAVE PHONES, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE, THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS, UM, TO THOSE POINTS ABOUT NEEDING ACCESS TO DIGITAL, UH, TO TECHNOLOGY, WE CAN, UM, REFER THEM TO LOCATIONS WHERE THEY CAN GO AND USE A COMPUTER. 
          WELL, THAT'S GOOD. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE POINT I WANTED TO BRING UP. 
          WHY DON'T WE ESTABLISH SOME EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE LOCAL OFFICES WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY COME IF THEY KNOW OR WANT TO KNOW ABOUT EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE OR HOUSING SECURITY, WHY DON'T WE FIND A FEW VACANT RETAIL SPACES, OR USE OUR LIBRARIES OR FIND A FEW KEY LOCATIONS, MAYBE A DOZEN OR SO AROUND THE CRITICAL PARTS OF TOWN WHERE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND WANT TO HAVE THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED CAN WALK RIGHT UP AND TALK TO SOMEBODY? I MEAN, IF, IF THE STORES THAT ARE SELLING RETAIL PRODUCTS CAN PROTECT THEIR WORKERS BY HAVING, YOU KNOW, GLASS PANES AND, AND, AND KEEPING THE PLACE CLEAN AND SAFE AND REQUIRING PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKS, WHY CAN'T WE SET UP ABOUT A DOZEN OF THOSE CENTERS IN THOSE KEY AREAS TO SIMPLY ENABLE PEOPLE TO GET MORE INFORMATION, TO FILL OUT FORMS, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND, AND GET INTO THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT EASIER? AND IT WOULD ONLY BE FOR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, 60, 90 DAYS AS WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE INTO THE CRISIS SITUATION. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, AND I, I DON'T THINK THAT THE EXPENSE WOULD BE TO ABSORBING IT. 
          AND COUNCILMAN, WE DO HAVE THREE CENTERS LIKE THAT OPEN ALREADY. 
          UM, THAT'S PART OF OUR HOUSING, UM, FINANCIAL RECOVERY HOUSING AND FINANCIAL RECOVERY CENTER. 
          WE HAVE ONE AT CENTRAL LIBRARY, ONE AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLACE ON THE WEST SIDE, AND ONE AT THE CLAUDE BLACK COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE EAST SIDE. 
          AND SO INDIVIDUALS WERE ABLE TO WALK IN AND GET THAT ASSISTANCE ALREADY. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN HELPING, UM, INDIVIDUALS ALREADY WHO ARE USING THOSE SERVICES. 
          AND THEN WE'VE ALSO TRAINED OUR NON-PROFITS LIKE COPS, METRO, UM, CATHOLIC CHARITIES, ESPERANZA, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE WALK-UP FACILITIES TO HELP US WITH THE PROGRAM AS WELL. 
          BUT WE HAVE THREE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO STAFF, UM, THAT WILL BE OPEN THROUGH DECEMBER 30TH. 
          WELL, I, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. 
          I WISH YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT. 
          NOW THAT I RECALL, I THINK I HAD HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT THAT BEFORE. 
          HOW MANY PARTNERS DO WE HAVE THAT HAVE WALKUP, UH, AREAS WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET THE SAME INFORMATION? UM, I'VE, IF YOU CAN NAME SOME OF THOSE. 
          AND ALSO, CAN YOU SHARE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE UTILIZED THE WALKUP OPTIONS? I FORGET THE NUMBER. 
          UH, WELL, I, I HAVE TO GET YOU THE, THE NUMBERS. 
          UM, THEY DO CHANGE, BUT, UM, DOMESTIC UNI WORKING WITH ESPERANZA, PEACE JUSTICE CENTER HAS THE WALKUP OPTION. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UM, THE COPS METRO, THEY END UP DOING A LOT OF IT BY PHONE, BUT THEY FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THE DOCUMENTS. 
          UM, AND SO THERE'S, UH, SEVERAL CHURCHES, UM, THAT HAVE WORKED WITH US. 
          THE LARGEST ONE IS THE SACRED HEART, UH, CHURCH ON THE WEST SIDE. 
          UM, STAGE IS DOING A LOT OF, UH, VIRTUAL, UH, BUT THEY'RE ON THE EAST SIDE, BUT THEY'RE ANOTHER PARTNER AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE CATHOLIC CHARITIES AS WELL. 
          THEY'RE MOSTLY DOING, UH, VIRTUAL AS WELL, BUT THEY FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP THE FAMILIES GET DOCUMENTS AS WELL. 
          . 
          WELL, I, OKAY, I HEAR YOU. 
          BUT THERE AREN'T A LOT OF OTHER WALK UP THAN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OTHER PARTNERS WHO ARE DOING THINGS VIRTUALLY OR OVER THE PHONE. 
          UH, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I WAS JUST THINKING MORE CENTERS THAT CAN HAVE A VARIETY OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOUSING ISSUES MM-HMM. 
          , UH, WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE EASIER ACCESS WOULD, WOULD HELP EVEN MORE SO. 
          BUT I KNOW WE'VE GOT THREE, 
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AND I HEARD YOU SAY ONE ABOUT ONE OTHER, UH, AND THEN THE OTHERS ARE VIRTUAL. 
          SO I WOULD JUST SAY IF WE COULD DO MORE AND HIT MORE OF THOSE TARGETED AREAS, TWO OR THREE MORE, UH, I THINK THAT WOULD EVEN HELP MORE. 
          SO ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST MY INPUT ON THAT. 
          UH, I THINK MOST OF THE REST OF WHAT I'VE SEEN, UH, IS PRETTY REASONABLE. 
          UH, AND I CONCUR WITH A COUNCILWOMAN, UH, VIA GRANT. 
          WE'VE GOT MONEY SET ASIDE TO TRAIN PEOPLE, AND IF WE CAN TRAIN PEOPLE TO GET A BETTER JOB, WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRYING TO HELP THEM PAY THEIR RENT. 
          WE NEED TO GET THAT PROGRAM GOING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND WE DO NEED THE FUNDING IN THERE TO ASSIST PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO GO THROUGH THE TRAINING AND STILL TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILY. 
          AND I CAN'T SEE TOO MUCH ABOUT ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL, SO TO SPEAK, TAKING IT OUT OF THE, UH, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
          UH, IN ORDER TO GO AHEAD AND DO MUCH MORE IN THE HOUSING PROGRAM, I REALIZE, UH, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO, AND IT'S A BALANCING ACT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND COUNCILMAN, I WANTED TO ADD THAT WE'VE HELPED OVER 315 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THOSE WALKUP CENTERS. 
          WELL, THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT VERY MANY SINCE THEY WERE OPEN IN JULY ONE. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND I JUST WANNA REITERATE, WE'RE NOT ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL. 
          WE'RE UTILIZING DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, AND IT'S A MATTER OF WHERE THAT BALANCE IS. 
          SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT ASKING TO TAKE MONEY, UH, AT ALL. 
          WE'RE ASKING FOR US TO DISTRIBUTE MONEY THROUGH THE BRAIDED FUNDING PILLAR OR GUIDING PRINCIPLE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          JUST A LITTLE BIT. 
          UH, I GUESS IT'S IAN, UM, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE ON THE RENTER'S COMMISSION, UH, I REMEMBER A PHONE CALL WITH YOU AND, UH, VETO ON THE RENTER'S COMMISSION, AND I, I, WE TALKED ABOUT IT, ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS AND WHAT DIRECTION Y'ALL ARE GOING WITH ON THIS. 
          AND WE, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT USING AN IS IT EXISTING COMMITTEE AND JUST PIGGYBACKING ON THAT OR STARTING A NEW COMMITTEE AND WHO THE STAKEHOLDERS ARE AND ALL THAT WORK. 
          OKAY. 
          WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? YEAH, SO WE, WE, WE'VE DONE ALL THE, UM, ONE-ON-ONE BRIEFINGS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION AND GET, UM, ALL OF YOUR FEEDBACK. 
          AND SO THE, THAT IS ALL BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE, UH, DEVELOP THIS ESSAY SPEAK UP SURVEY, AND THEN OUR FOCUS GROUPS, AND THEN THAT'LL ALL COME TOGETHER. 
          AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO CULTURE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S ALL PART OF, THAT'S ALL PART OF THE DISCUSSION. 
          AND THERE'S DEFINITELY SEVERAL OPTIONS. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ALLUDING TO. 
          BESIDES, UH, CREATING AN A NEW COMMITTEE, UM, YOU KNOW, IS IS A PART OF ANOTHER, UH, COMMITTEE LIKE HOUSING COMMISSION. 
          I THINK THAT'S STILL WHAT WE'RE DETERMINING RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHO, WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT YOU'RE REACHING OUT EVEN IN THIS, UH, SA SPEAK UP THING? SO WE WILL BE SHARING THAT WITH EACH COUNCIL OFFICE, SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEND IT OUT TO THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL GROUPS THAT WE WORK WITH PRETTY CLOSELY. 
          UH, WE HAVE THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, WE HAVE SOME TENANTS GROUPS THAT WE WORK WITH AS WELL. 
          WE HAVE, UM, OUR RIGHT TO COUNCIL GROUPS, OUR STAKEHOLDERS FOR RISK MITIGATION. 
          UH, SO ALL OF THOSE GROUPS WILL BE GETTING THIS INFORMATION TO GO OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHEN DO YOU SUSPECT, WHAT'S THE TIMING ON THIS? WE'RE WORKING WITH DISTRICT ONE ON FINALIZING THE SURVEY, SO I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE IT GO OUT IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, AND THEN IT WOULD PROBABLY RUN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH. 
          YOU'RE ONLY WORKING WITH DISTRICT ONE. 
          WHAT ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF US? I'M, I'M SEEING THE SURVEY AND MAKING COMMENTS TO IT. 
          WE CAN SURE. 
          WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AS WELL. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THE INPUT BASED ON OUR ONE-ON-ONE BRIEFINGS INTO THAT SURVEY CONSTRUCTION, SO WE CAN, WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH OTHER COUNCIL OFFICES AS WELL. 
          YEAH, I'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE THE SURVEY BEFORE IT GOES OUT TO MAKE COMMENTS ON IT, SUGGESTIONS, CHANGES, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          SO YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT BEFORE IT GOES OUT AND SOME TIME TO ACTUALLY REVIEW IT AND GET BACK WITH YOU AND, UH, GIVE YOU COMMENTS. 
          YEAH, I SECOND THAT TOO. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IN ADVANCE, IF OF IT GOING OUT AS WELL. 
          THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANKS. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          UH, JADA, UH, YOU HAD ANOTHER QUESTION? UH, YES. 
          COUNCIL, UH, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO, TO STEP IN A FEW MOMENTS BEFORE WE CLOSE THIS OUT, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE HANDLE WITH CARE AND THE TRAUMA INFORMED, UH, PROCESS THAT WE HAVE, UM, ON THIS PAST WEEK. 
          AND, UM, 
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WE HAD AN 11 YEAR OLD, UH, THAT WAS SHOT AND KILLED, UM, LY JUST RIDING WITH OUR FAMILY DOWN THE STREET, BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN GOING THROUGH A PANDEMIC, AND I'M WANTING TO KNOW HOW IS OUR TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE OR OUR HANDLED WITH CARE, UH, BEING IMPLEMENTED FOR OUR STUDENTS AT THIS TIME? UM, IF WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THESE FAMILIES THAT WE KNOW THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, TOUCHED BY THE SENSELESS, UH, DISASTER THAT HAS HAPPENED, UM, THROUGH A LOT OF THE, THE VIOLENCE THAT WE HAVE SEEN. 
          AND THEN ARE WE REACHING OUT TO, UM, THE KIDS THAT ARE DEALING, UH, OR HAVE DEALT WITH ANY OF, UH, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS PASSING AS IT RELATES TO COVID? UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING, UM, BROUGHT UP WITHIN ANY OF OUR, UH, CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, DURING THIS TIME. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF, UH, CHAIR WE COULD GET MAYBE, UM, A BRIEFING ON HOW WE'RE HANDLING, UM, OUR YOUNGEST AND OUR MOST VULNERABLE DURING THIS TIME WHEN THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, UH, SITUATIONS THAT THEY'RE REALLY NOT ABLE TO, TO FULLY COMPREHEND AT THIS TIME AND SEE HOW WE'RE REALLY HELPING OUR CHILDREN. 
          UM, THAT, THAT WAS MY ONLY COMMENT AND MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE DOING AT THIS TIME FOR THAT? SO, THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILLOR, AND WE'LL DEFINITELY, UH, REQUEST AN UPDATE AND BRIEFING ON THAT. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          WITHOUT, UH, ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 
          [9. 20-4905 Briefing on the San Antonio Food Bank, and Project Cool initiatives operated by Catholic Charities and City of San Antonio, Department of Human Services. [Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD, Assistant City Manager; Melody Woosley, Director, Human Services]]
NINE, A BRIEFING ON THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK AND PROJECT COOL INITIATIVES OPERATED BY CATHOLIC CHARITIES IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. 
          UH, THIS WAS REQUESTED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, JADA ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU FOR REQUESTING THIS BRIEFING. 
          UH, WHO'S, WHO WILL, UH, UH, I'M DOING THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          MELANIE FLOOR'S, YOURS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, YES, UM, SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK. 
          AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          I'LL PROVIDE A BRIEFING ON THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK PROGRAMS KIDS CAFE, WHICH INCLUDES THE KIDS CAFE PROJECT, HOPE HAVEN FOR HOPE, UH, COMMUNITY KITCHEN, AS WELL AS THEIR, UH, C OVID 19 RESPONSE PROGRAMS. AND THEN ALSO ON PROJECT COOL, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES, UM, TO DISTRIBUTE BOX FANS TO SENIORS. 
          AND SO SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2005, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS FUNDED THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK FOR THE PROJECT HOPE KIDS CAFE AND HAVEN PRO COMMUNITY KITCHEN. 
          UM, AND REALLY TO ENSURE THAT, UM, OUR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES HAVE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND MEALS. 
          THE PROJECT HOPE PROGRAM PROVIDES SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY OLDER ADULTS LIVING ON A FIXED INCOME WITH SUPPLEMENTAL STAPLE GROCERIES ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO HELP, UM, FIGHT HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION MORE THAN, UM, 70 PARTICIPATING SITES, INCLUDING OUR SENIOR CENTERS, THE HUMAN SERVICES SENIOR CENTERS, AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER COMMUNITY CENTERS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, UH, PROVIDE THOSE COMMODITIES TO SENIORS. 
          IT'S, UH, THE FOOD IS CHOSEN TO ACCOMMODATE SPECIAL DIETARY NEEDS OF THE SENIOR POPULATION, AND THEY GENERALLY RECEIVE A DISTRIBUTION OF 50 TO 60 POUNDS OF FOOD, UH, PER MONTH. 
          AND THIS IS FOR SENIORS AT OUR SENIOR CENTERS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM. 
          THERE IS A, UM, INCOME REQUIREMENT FOR THAT PROGRAM. 
          THE KIDS CAFE PROGRAM PROVIDES AREA CHILDREN WITH A NUTRITIOUS MEAL OR A SNACK AT PARTICIPATING YOUTH PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, SUCH AS AFTERSCHOOL SITES, UM, SUMMER PROGRAMMING SITES. 
          THESE ITEMS ARE COUPLED WITH ENRICHMENT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES, NUTRITION EDUCATION, TO PROMOTE THE PRACTICE OF HEALTHY EATING AND STAYING ACTIVE. 
          AND SO THE HAVEN FOR HOPE COMMUNITY KITCHEN PROVIDES THREE MEALS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES RESIDING AT THE HAVEN FOR HOPE TRANSFORMATIONAL CAMPUS. 
          THAT PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES AN ONSITE CULINARY TRAINING PROGRAM THAT HELPS HAVEN FOR HOPE RESIDENTS LEARN A NEW WORKFORCE SKILL. 
          AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND SO, THE, UM, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE KIND OF NUMBERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THESE PROGRAMS, KIDS GENERALLY WILL SERVE 375, UM, KIDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          THEY ARE, THEIR PERFORMANCE IS LOW RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS WERE NOT OPEN. 
          SO AFTER WHEN THE SCHOOL'S CLOSED ALL THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE AFTERSCHOOL AND, UH, SUMMER YOUTH, 
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MOST OF THEM CLOSED AS WELL. 
          AND SO THEY HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO CHILDREN THROUGH THAT MECHANISM. 
          HOWEVER, THEY HAVE DISTRIBUTED, UH, I THINK WE ALL KNOW AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF, UM, FOOD TO FAMILIES AND KIDS. 
          UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE FOOD BANK THROUGH OUR, FOR OUR HEAD START FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN ARE NOT IN SCHOOL. 
          WE'VE DONE DISTRIBUTION TO, UM, HEAD START, FAMILIES NEXT LEVEL, UM, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES TO ENSURE THAT. 
          AND THEN THEY'VE ALSO WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO GET FOOD COMMODITIES OUT TO FAMILIES DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, PROJECT HOPE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY, UM, HAVE SERVED QUITE A NUMBER MORE THAN, UM, THEY WERE EXPECTED TO SERVE. 
          THEY HAVE, UH, COME TO ALL OF OUR, UH, SENIOR CENTERS THAT ARE STILL DELIVERING, DELIVERING, OR ARE STILL HANDING OUT OR DELIVERING MEALS TO SENIORS RIGHT NOW. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH THEY COME AND THEY BRING THE ADDITIONAL BOXES OF FOOD THAT THEY GET ALONG WITH. 
          THE MEALS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DISTRIBUTING ARE, UM, DRIVERS ARE ALSO DELIVERING, UH, BOXES OF FOOD AND MEALS TO SENIORS THAT CANNOT, UM, DRIVE TO THE CENTERS TO PICK THEM UP. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THAT IS OVER A MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE, UM, THE SENIORS THAT, THAT WE SERVE THROUGH OUR SENIOR CENTERS. 
          AND THEN THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN AND HAVEN FOR HOPE AGAIN, UM, ARE SERVING MORE THAN ANTICIPATED OVER THE LAST QUARTER DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC. 
          UM, AND THIS IS, THEY'RE ALSO TAKING MEALS OVER TO THE, UM, HOTEL THAT HAVEN FOR HOPE IS OPERATING AS A SHELTER. 
          AND SO THEIR, THEIR NUMBERS HAVE ALSO INCREASED QUITE A LOT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND I KNOW, UM, YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THIS PICTURE A NUMBER OF TIMES. 
          UH, THE FOOD BANK DIS ONE OF THE FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTIONS. 
          IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN, UH, CIRCULATED NATIONALLY. 
          IT'S, IT'S A SHOCKING, UM, IT'S A SHOCKING PICTURE WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT THAT'S NOT A PARKING LOT. 
          THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO NEED FOOD AND ARE, ARE WILLING TO WAIT HOURS AND HOURS TO GET A BOX OF COMMODITIES. 
          AND THEY'RE PART FOOD BANK'S PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN, UM, ESSENTIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THAT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE SERVED WITH THEIR HEALTH, YOU KNOW, OVER FOUR, ALMOST 4,000 SENIORS, UM, THROUGH APRIL AND MAY, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ALMOST 4,000 SENIORS MULTIPLE TIMES. 
          AND PARKS AND RECREATION WAS ABLE TO SERVE, YOU KNOW, 9,000 FAMILIES THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOOD BANK. 
          THE FOOD BANK HAS EXPRESSED THAT THEY GENERALLY WOULD SERVE APPROXIMATELY 60,000, UH, FAMILIES IN A MONTH WITH EITHER FOOD, COMMODITIES OR OTHER SERVICES. 
          AND NOW THEY'RE, THEY'VE DOUBLED THAT TO, UM, 120,000. 
          THEY ARE ALSO WORKING VERY HARD TO GET FAMILIES ENROLLED IN SNAP SO THAT, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO TAKE THE BURDEN OFF OF THE, UH, ACTUAL COMMODITIES DISTRIBUTION AND, AND GIVE THE FAMILIES, UM, THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE AND PURCHASE THEIR MEALS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          I SPOKE A LITTLE BIT OF THIS ALREADY. 
          SO, UM, YES, THEIR DEMAND HAS, HAS INCREASED AND DOUBLED. 
          THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THE SNAP ENROLLMENT IN THE COMMUNITY BY 25%, BUT IT REALLY HASN'T IMPACTED THAT 120,000, EXCUSE ME NUMBER, BECAUSE THEY CONTINUE TO GET NEW PEOPLE COMING IN THAT, THAT NEED THE FOOD ASSISTANCE. 
          AND, UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE INCREASE OR ANTICIPATING THAT THAT DEMAND IS GOING TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AS FAMILIES BEGIN TO DROP OFF THE FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT AND EVICTION MORATORIUMS. AND, AND SO THEY, UM, THEY'RE PREPARING FOR THAT. 
          UH, WE ARE IN CONTACT AND, AND DISCUSSING THAT AND, UM, WE'LL DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO, TO HELP, UM, IF THERE'S NOT A, A SECOND, UM, ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO, TO CONTINUE SOME OF THOSE BENEFITS THAT LET PEOPLE, LIKE I SAID, CONTINUE TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE RATHER THAN, THAN NEEDING TO BE IN LINE FOR FOOD COMMODITIES. 
          AND YOU CAN, UH, PEOPLE CAN REGISTER FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENT AT SAN ANTONIO 
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FOOD BANK.ORG AND NEXT SLIDE. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          AND SO, PROJECT COOL. 
          AND SO THIS, UH, PARTNERSHIP STARTED IN 1997 WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AS WELL AS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT, UNITED WAY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND BARAR COUNTY AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARE OUR PARTNERS IN THAT EFFORT. 
          UM, WE HAVE MAJOR DONORS, BUT ALWAYS INCLUDES H E B AND, UM, HUMAN SERVICES DOES PURCHASE SOME OF THE FANS. 
          AND THEN 4,000 FANS, UM, HAVE BEEN DONATED FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WE'VE DISTRIBUTED ALMOST THIR, UH, 3000 OF THEM TO DATE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          THAT'S, IT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MELODY. 
          AND I, I GOTTA ADMIT, I WAS, I WAS CUT OUT A FOR PART OF THAT PRESENTATION, UH, SO I JUST LOGGED BACK IN. 
          I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, TOSS IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU MELODY FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          UM, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE KNOWING THE NUMBERS AND, AND HOW THE FOOD BANK IS REALLY ASSISTING. 
          I KNOW THIS MORNING, UM, THE NEWS REPORTED ABOUT THE PROJECT POOL DISTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING. 
          THEY DIDN'T REALLY GIVE SPECIFICS ON HOW PEOPLE COULD GET IN TOUCH OR WHERE THEY COULD ACTUALLY, UM, RECEIVE THE, THE BOX VAN. 
          SO, UM, JUST WANTING YOU TO SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FOOD BANK. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THE, UM, WE ARE DISTRIBUTING FANS THROUGH OUR SENIOR CENTERS. 
          AND SO, UM, AS SENIORS COME TO PICK UP THEIR MEAL, IF THEY'RE IN NEED OF A FAN, UM, THEY CAN PICK THAT UP THERE. 
          WE'VE HAD DROP OFFS OF FANS DONATIONS THROUGH SOME OF THE POLICE SUBSTATIONS HAVE ACCEPTED FANS FOR US. 
          AND GENERALLY, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS OUR RESOURCE FOR THAT. 
          AND SO THE COMMUNITY, UH, IN MOST YEARS DROPS OFF FANS AT FIRE STATIONS. 
          BUT THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF COVID AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE JUST IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING, UM, UH, OUR OFFICERS SAFE AND OUR, OUR FIREFIGHTERS SAFE, UM, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IT. 
          AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, CAPACITY. 
          SO THE SUBSTATION STEPPED IN, AGREE TO TAKE SOME, THE CENTERS, CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS TAKING FANS. 
          UM, AND THEN TO GET ONE, YOU CAN GO THROUGH CATHOLIC CHARITIES, YOU CAN GO THROUGH, UM, 2 1 1 UNITED WAY OR THROUGH OUR SENIOR CENTERS MELODY. 
          I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UM, WE KNOW THAT MANY ARE DEALING WITH THIS, THIS PANDEMIC AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE ISSUES OF, OF POVERTY. 
          AND SO WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE TO RUN THE AC OR HAVE THOSE UTILITIES WITHIN THE HOME RIGHT NOW. 
          AND A BOX MAN IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONLY RESOURCES THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL AIR FLOWING THROUGH THE HOME. 
          SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE DISTRIBUTION, UM, IS THE M I H TEAM WORKING TO ASSIST TO GET THOSE FANS OUT TO ANY OF OUR HOME BOUND OR, UH, SENIOR RESIDENTS THAT THEY KNOW OF THAT NEED, UH, A FAN IN THE HOME? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I WILL ASK. 
          I WILL FIND OUT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, THE, OUR DRIVERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE DELIVERING MEALS TO OUR CENTER, SENIORS HAVE DROPPED OFF FANS, UM, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO I WILL FIND OUT IF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S DOING ANY OF THAT. 
          I DON'T THINK SO, BUT I'LL CHECK. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, WITH THAT, ARE THE, UM, THE MEALS ON WHEELS AGENCY, ARE THEY A PART OF THE ASSISTANCE WITH GETTING FANS OUT TO OUR SENIORS? YES. 
          MEALS ON WHEELS DOES HELP WITH THAT ALSO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN I KNOW DURING THE FIRST AND EARLY PHASES OF, OF THE COVID RESPONSE, THE FOOD BANK WAS EXPECTING TO GET A U S D A ASSISTANCE. 
          DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'VE RECEIVED? AS OF NOW? I DON'T KNOW THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE THEY'VE RECEIVED, BUT I KNOW THEY'VE RECEIVED, UM, YOU KNOW, ASSISTANCE THROUGH FEMA. 
          UH, THE STATE ALSO IS RELEASING, UM, FOOD TO, OR, YOU KNOW, BRINGING, HELPING WITH THE DISTRIBUTION TO THE FOOD BANKS, UH, FOOD SO THAT THEN THEY CAN GET THEM OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, SO THERE'S, THEY HAVE THE SYSTEMS COMING FROM A FEW DIFFERENT, UH, REALLY DIFFERENT FEDERAL PROGRAMS, I THINK, AND STATE PROGRAMS. AND SO, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE TOTAL 
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OF AID TO THIS POINT. 
          THEY STARTED, I THINK THEIR FIRST ALLOCATION WAS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE ON THOSE, UM, THAT WORKING GROUP AROUND 9.6 MILLION MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, BUT I, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS, THEY WERE THINKING THAT WOULD LAST THEM MORE THAN MAYBE A MONTH OR SIX WEEKS. 
          SO, UM, THEY'VE CONTINUED TO GET STATE AID AND FEDERAL AID, AND I WILL SEE IF I CAN GET A, A TOTAL FOR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND OUR COMMUNITY GARDENING, UM, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE, UH, GETTING DISTRIBUTION? I KNOW WE HAVE A HEALTHY, UH, FRUIT AND VEGETABLE, UH, DISTRIBUTION THAT HAPPENS WITHIN DISTRICT TWO EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, UH, THROUGH ONE OF OUR MARKETS. 
          BUT, UM, ARE THEY WORKING TO GET, UM, A COLLABORATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND OUR COMMUNITY PANTRIES AND EVEN WORKING WITH COUNCILWOMAN BEAR BROWN WITH THE HEALTHY FOOD CORNER INITIATIVE? UM, ARE THEY WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH ALL OF THOSE, OR IS THERE A WAY WE CAN FORM A COLLABORATION FOR ALL OF THEM TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION? YEAH, FOOD BANK GENERALLY IS, UM, WHERE A LOT OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS GO. 
          MOST OF THE FOOD PANTRIES IN THE COMMUNITY, EVEN THE FOOD MARKETS TO GET THEIR PRODUCTS, THEIR FOOD, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY ARE THE CENTER OF MOST OF THAT. 
          MAYBE NOT AS MUCH THE FRESH FOOD. 
          I KNOW THERE ARE, THERE ARE SEPARATE GROWERS FOR THAT, BUT FOOD BANK REALLY IS THE, THE CENTER OF THE, UH, PANTRY, THE FOOD PANTRY, UM, UH, FOOD DISTRIBUTION. 
          SO, UH, THEY SERVE AS, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY SORT THE FOOD, THEY, THEY BOX IT FOR THEM, AND THEN THE PANTRIES ARE ABLE TO PICK IT UP. 
          THEY DO PAY A SMALL FEE. 
          IT'S NOT FOR THE FOOD, IT'S FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OR DISTRIBUTION. 
          UM, AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE IT BACK TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS OR THEIR CHURCHES AND DISTRIBUTE IT THAT WAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THE FOOD BANK OFFERS A CULINARY, UH, CLASS AS WELL. 
          ARE THEY A PART OF THE WORKFORCE CONVERSATION? I WILL FIND OUT. 
          I CAN ASK. 
          UM, BUT THEY DO THE CULINARY AT HAVEN FOR HOPE, AND THEY DO ONE AT THEIR SITE ON I 90 ALSO, I BELIEVE. 
          AND SO, UM, UH, CULINARY ARTS IS ONE OF THE, UM, PROGRAMS AT ALAMO COLLEGES. 
          AND SO I'LL, I'LL, I CAN CHECK INTO HOW THEY'RE CONNECTED. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION THAT I HAVE, MELODY, IS AS FAR AS WE KNOW THAT THE DISTRIBUTION FOR VOX FANS HAS BEEN, UM, A PART OF THE CITY AND REALLY HELPING OUR SENIORS, HAVE WE EVER LOOKED AT MAYBE DOING, UM, AN AC DISTRIBUTION FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE TRULY, UM, IN NEED OF A MORE, UM, FILTERED AIR SERVICES, UM, IF THEY HAVE CHILDREN THAT HAVE ASTHMA, OR A FAMILY THAT HAS C O P D OR BREATHING PROBLEMS? AS WE PUSH FORWARD WITH KNOWING THAT OUR, OUR HEAT INDEX CONTINUES TO GO UP HERE IN THE CITY, RIGHT? WE HAVE NOT DONE, UM, THE AIR CONDITIONING, UM, DISTRIBUTIONS GENERALLY, PEOPLE NEED HELP INSTALLING THOSE. 
          UM, SO WE GET THE FANS OUT. 
          AND NOW NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING HAS, UH, WORKED BEFORE WITH SAHA, I BELIEVE, TO JUST TO, UM, PUT AIR CONDITIONING UNITS INTO, UM, SOME OF THE APARTMENTS THAT DON'T HAVE THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING A, A DISTRIBUTION, NOT MANY, UM, ACS, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR LOCAL AC UM, UH, COMPANIES. 
          HAVE WE LOOKED AT HOW WE CAN FORM A COLLABORATION WITH MAYBE, UM, ONE OF THE LOCAL AC COMPANIES THAT CAN HELP IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET THE UNITS, UM, WITH INSTALLATION AND FORMING AND BRIDGING THAT GAP, UH, OF HOW WE CAN TRULY MAKE A LIFE, UH, OF A FAMILY'S, UH, MORE, UM, COMFORTABLE, UH, DURING THESE TIMES? WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF VETO WANTS TO, TO TAKE THAT ONE, BUT CERTAINLY WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, UM, TRYING TO HELP MORE FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT INTO THEIR HOMES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM. 
          AND AGAIN, I WOULD JUST, UM, USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE, THE BENEFITS OF THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM THAT USES HIGH REFLECTANCE ROOFS TO ACTUALLY, UH, PASSIVELY LOWER TEMPERATURES IN A HOUSE. 
          AND WHEN YOU SPEAK OF, OF FOLKS WITH C O P D AND, AND ASTHMA, IT'S, UH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A GOOD ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD BECAUSE THE, UH, HAVING, HAVING A LEAKY ROOF IS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS YOU CAN, UH, DO TO EXACERBATE BREATHING ISSUES. 
          UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? 
          [01:40:01]
COUNCILOR VERA. 
          THANKS, UH, CHAIR, REALLY QUICKLY, UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN FOR BRINGING THIS UP. 
          UH, DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS, MELODY, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED IT WITH THE KIDS' CAFE, BUT, AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED HOW WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME NUMBERS BECAUSE OF PARK, BUT DO YOU KNOW FROM THE SUMMER PROGRAM WHEN WE DISTRIBUTE, UH, FOOD AT THE SUMMER PROGRAMS AT OUR PARK MM-HMM. 
          , IS THAT INCORPORATED IN THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU SHOWED WITH THE NUMBER OF MEALS AND THE KIDS' CAFE, OR IS THAT A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NUMBER? I THINK THAT'S A DIFFERENT NUMBER. 
          UM, I DON'T BELIEVE FOOD BANK DID THE MEALS THIS SUMMER FOR THE PARKS PROGRAM. 
          WELL, THEY DID SOME, THEY DID SOME, SOME OF THEM. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, SUMMER FOOD PICKUP. 
          SO IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS, YES, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I DO WANNA JUST COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAM, OF COURSE, WHO DOES THE DISTRIBUTION AT OUR SENIOR CENTERS. 
          THEY'RE ALWAYS OUT THERE, VERY CONCERNED, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER THE, THE BOXES. 
          SO THEY DO A GREAT JOB. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR DOING A GREAT JOB THAT ARE ON THE GROUND THERE. 
          AND THEN, UM, FINALLY TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN POINT, THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE HEALTHY CORNER STORE INITIATIVE AGAIN. 
          AND YES, THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK IS VERY MUCH A PART OF OUR HEALTHY CORNER STORE INITIATIVE. 
          UM, THEY ARE CHEFS ACTUALLY, UH, PROVIDE HEALTHY RECIPES, AND WHEN WE COULD, DID IN-STORE DEMONSTRATIONS OF HOW IT'S EASY TO, TO USE THE FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR, UM, HEALTHY RECIPES. 
          SO THEY ARE A VERY IMPORTANT PARTNER WITH US IN THE HEALTHY CORNER STORE INITIATIVE. 
          SO THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, GREAT. 
          UH, GREAT POINTS ALL AROUND, AND I AGREE, I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          AND THANK YOU TO YOUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE, WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO FUND YOUR DEPARTMENT A LOT MORE, UH, ALONG WITH VERONICA WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL. 
          I, I THINK WE'RE REALLY GETTING TOO CLOSE TO THE NOON HOUR, SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TABLE ITEM 10 FOR OUR NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN GET ON WITH OUR DAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION TODAY, AND, UH, WE'LL SEE YOU THE NEXT TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU.
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