Human Services Commission · Wednesday, October 18, 2023 · City Council Digest

1. CALL TO ORDER

Commissioner Membership

packet pp.3

Topics: Boards & Commissions

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Staff report:

HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION Staff Liaison Hannah Roberts, Human About Services Coordinator Created in 2007, this commission advises the Email Hannah Mayor and City Council on matters concerning human services planning and funding. The commission plays a vital role in studying Regular Members emerging issues and concerns in the human 2024 – Huma Mohibullah services area to ensure that the basic survival 2025 – Madeline Fish needs of Issaquah residents are met and that 2025 - Trish Bloor support systems are in place to help people 2026 – Maury Edwards through economic and personal crisis. Each 2026 - Manny Brown year, the commission focuses on its workplan. 2027 - Jaime Fajardo 2027 – Keena Esemuede

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of September 20, 2023

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Staff report:

09-20–23 Human Services Commission APPROVAL OF MINUTES a)

4. AGENDA ITEMS

Culture-Specific Human Services Organization Visit Report and Presentation (I)

50 min · Hannah Roberts, Human Services Coordinator Akunna Amaefule, Mission Africa Project Manager Irene Muller, Essentials First Communications Lead Michael Itti, CISC Executive Director · packet pp.7–8

Topics: EquityArts & Culture

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Staff report:

As a part of the 2023 Human Services Workplan, Commissioners are to conduct on-site visits to learn more about the funded Human Services organizations. Culture-specific organizations that applied to the 2023-2024 Human Services Grant have been prioritized for a site visit by the Human Services Commission. The goal of the visit is to learn about the work conducted by our community partners and to build authentic connections and relationships. Some visits may be scheduled during a special programing offered by the organization, some others may be scheduled at a time that works best for the staff/volunteers of the organizations and the Commissioners' schedule. All commissioners are invited to attend and lead Commissioner will provide a report out of their visit.

Human Services Grants Funding Process (I)

10 min · Hannah Roberts, Human Services Coordinator · packet pp.9–18

Topics: BudgetEquity

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Staff report:

2025-2026 Human Services Grants – Process and Timeline OCTOBER 18, 2023 HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING

2024 Human Services Commission Draft Workplan (D)

10 min · Hannah Roberts, Human Services Coordinator · packet pp.19–20

Topics: Equity

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Staff report:

Review Human Services Grant Application Supplemental

5. REPORTS

Chair and Commissioner Reports

Topics: Boards & Commissions

Youth Report

packet pp.21

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Oct 9, 2023

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Staff report:

• City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting – October 9, 2023 • Human Services staff provided an update to City Council Committee of the Whole on programs funded by Affordable Sales Tax revenue. This includes the Emergency Housing Pilot Program, Emergency Rental Assistances, and the Behavioral Health Program.

Staff Report

6. OTHER BUSINESS / ANNOUNCEMENTS

Human Services Commission meeting schedule for November and December 2023

Topics: Equity

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0:00 ↗ we are going to call the October 18th

0:04 ↗ Human Services Commission meeting to

0:07 ↗ order and our first order of business is

0:10 ↗ a call to

0:12 ↗ order and um we have some excused

0:15 ↗ absences correct yes I just want to note

0:18 ↗ here that we have uh Manny Brown is um

0:22 ↗ excuse absence as well as myy Edwards

0:26 ↗ and then the rest of the Commissioners

0:28 ↗ are here I also want to introduce a

0:30 ↗ couple of guests that we have today um

0:33 ↗ this is Kayla Hodes she's our new um

0:35 ↗ intern at the Human Services Division so

0:38 ↗ this you'll be seeing Kayla around for

0:40 ↗ our commission meetings so this is her

0:42 ↗ first one so very happy to have you here

0:44 ↗ Kayla thank you I'm so pleased to be

0:46 ↗ here and spend time with you all yeah

0:48 ↗ thank you um and then I normally don't

0:50 ↗ introduce you but I Elena over here is a

0:53 ↗ um student intern from Isa High School

0:56 ↗ um she's been here at our meetings

0:58 ↗ you've seen her she works on our minutes

0:59 ↗ and works with me so um she's a senior

1:02 ↗ applying for colleges and we're very

1:03 ↗ proud of her so thanks for being here um

1:06 ↗ and then we have a few folks online I'm

1:09 ↗ very excited for this uh meeting we have

1:11 ↗ some of our Community Partners who will

1:13 ↗ be joining us and um sharing a little

1:16 ↗ bit more about their organizations uh so

1:19 ↗ we have F mission Africa nudi and Akuna

1:22 ↗ very nice to uh see you both so so

1:25 ↗ lovely um I'll have you introduce

1:27 ↗ yourselves more so uh we also have Irene

1:31 ↗ who is from Essentials Health um and

1:33 ↗ then we have uh Michael ity will be

1:35 ↗ joining us a little bit later um towards

1:38 ↗ the end so quite a few guests here uh

1:40 ↗ and it's a full house so just want to

1:42 ↗ put put all the names out there welcome

1:45 ↗ everyone great okay um and do we have

1:50 ↗ anybody that um has made a public

1:52 ↗ comment by email or no public comments

1:56 ↗ uh here and no public comments by email

1:58 ↗ okay all right approval of the minutes

2:02 ↗ okay did everybody get a chance to read

2:04 ↗ them and they are also in your packet

2:06 ↗ that I printed off if you need a

2:09 ↗ quickly and we'll need a

2:14 ↗ motion a motion that we approve the

2:17 ↗ minutes as

2:19 ↗ submitted in a second take a second okay

2:24 ↗ everybody that um agrees or approves say

2:28 ↗ I I live any any Nays okay minutes

2:33 ↗ approved from our September 20th

2:36 ↗ meeting okay now we're going to move

2:38 ↗ into the fun stuff our agenda items um

2:42 ↗ cultural specific Human

2:46 ↗ Services and I'm gonna give it to Hannah

2:49 ↗ yes so um before I I welcome again our

2:52 ↗ um organizations here I just thought it

2:54 ↗ would be helpful just to step back and

2:56 ↗ remind ourselves what why are they here

2:59 ↗ what the what is the goal uh for this

3:01 ↗ evening and for this agenda item um so

3:05 ↗ back in early 2023 one of the work plans

3:08 ↗ here for the Commissioners was to focus

3:10 ↗ this year um on um site visits for our

3:14 ↗ um nonprofit organizations really just

3:16 ↗ with the idea to get a better

3:18 ↗ understanding of what's the work that

3:20 ↗ they are doing and get an opportunity to

3:22 ↗ really see them on site learn more about

3:24 ↗ what they're doing how they're serving

3:25 ↗ our community members um outside of just

3:28 ↗ the application and so in that we

3:30 ↗ realized there's a lot of organizations

3:32 ↗ I don't think we can see all of them in

3:34 ↗ just one year and so the commission

3:36 ↗ decided to really focus on just our

3:38 ↗ cultural organizations and the um the

3:42 ↗ applicants who applied and who were also

3:44 ↗ funded um in the last Grant cycle and so

3:48 ↗ in that we've had some of our

3:49 ↗ commissioners have the opportunity to go

3:51 ↗ on site this year and present to the

3:53 ↗ group at large and then we've had a few

3:55 ↗ organizations where we are kind of just

3:57 ↗ connecting with them now and since it's

3:59 ↗ it's already almost the end of the year

4:01 ↗ we invited them here um to do a um

4:04 ↗ presentation as well as share

4:06 ↗ opportunities for Onsite visits so that

4:08 ↗ way there is opportunity for folks here

4:11 ↗ to know um to learn more about these

4:14 ↗ organizations but then if there's more

4:16 ↗ interest in availability you can also go

4:18 ↗ on site to see see some work that

4:20 ↗ they're doing there um so so with that

4:24 ↗ um you can see um on the agenda actually

4:26 ↗ didn't print it off but in the agenda

4:28 ↗ packet there's a list of where we're at

4:30 ↗ with um the organizations we met with

4:32 ↗ most of them and a few of them that we

4:34 ↗ have not we are welcoming them here

4:36 ↗ tonight so our first presentation is

4:39 ↗ going to be from mission Africa um and

4:42 ↗ so we have two lovely um ladies here I'd

4:45 ↗ love for you to introduce yourselves and

4:48 ↗ um I will share your um Akuna are you

4:50 ↗ going to be presenting I can

4:54 ↗ share yes I do have a presentation today

4:58 ↗ okay wonderful I just make you presenter

5:00 ↗ so you should have the share option um

5:02 ↗ so while you get yourself set up n dudy

5:05 ↗ do you want to introduce yourself and or

5:08 ↗ Kuno I'm sorry either one of you can

5:12 ↗ start well hello everyone my name is

5:15 ↗ induku I'm the executive director for

5:17 ↗ mission Africa and I know we didn't have

5:20 ↗ a whole lot of time this evening uh on

5:23 ↗ us in particular so I'll just leave it

5:26 ↗ to AA to

5:28 ↗ continue she's our project

5:32 ↗ manager awesome thank you so greetings

5:35 ↗ everyone my name is Akuna and I am the

5:37 ↗ project manager from mission Africa and

5:40 ↗ um yes we just put together a short

5:42 ↗ presentation so that you can get to know

5:44 ↗ our organization and some of the work

5:46 ↗ that we

5:47 ↗ do so first um oh okay that's last give

5:53 ↗ me one

5:56 ↗ momenta if you I think I could help um

5:59 ↗ if you need any help with that let me

6:01 ↗ know okay there we go here we go so I

6:05 ↗ just wanted to start off to give a basis

6:07 ↗ of mission Africa and where it all began

6:10 ↗ so mission Africa was established in

6:12 ↗ 2002 however it was incorporated as an

6:15 ↗ official 501c3 in 2006 we have three

6:19 ↗ main focus areas and we have a lot of

6:22 ↗ partner organizations we love to partner

6:24 ↗ with others with other communities um

6:27 ↗ other community leaders and Oran

6:29 ↗ organizations to because we know that it

6:31 ↗ amplifies our work um we are active in

6:34 ↗ 12 countries which includes 11 African

6:36 ↗ countries and Mexico so because of the

6:39 ↗ partner organizations our reach expands

6:41 ↗ far far way farther than our local

6:45 ↗ impact our three Focus areas are

6:48 ↗ Education Health Care and poverty

6:51 ↗ alleviation and I've listed a few of the

6:54 ↗ different projects that we do within

6:56 ↗ those Focus areas however I will detail

6:59 ↗ some of of them in the coming slides a

7:01 ↗ lot of times when you think education

7:03 ↗ healthare and Poverty alleviation of

7:05 ↗ course those are three distinct

7:06 ↗ categories however a lot of times when

7:09 ↗ people are experiencing hardship these

7:11 ↗ three seem to intertwine and we like to

7:14 ↗ come up with inter excuse me we like to

7:16 ↗ come up with Sustainable Solutions in

7:18 ↗ order to help people we love to think

7:20 ↗ about longevity and appropriateness in

7:22 ↗ every project that we

7:25 ↗ do so we work overseas and we work here

7:30 ↗ in um the United States so first I want

7:33 ↗ to highlight a few of our Global

7:36 ↗ projects one of them is our scholarship

7:39 ↗ program with our scholarship program we

7:42 ↗ offer full scholarships to 50 students

7:44 ↗ at a time they are located in Nigeria

7:48 ↗ and in Nigeria there is no level of free

7:51 ↗ education at all so there's no free

7:54 ↗ school there's no public schooling that

7:56 ↗ you can just go to for free there are

7:59 ↗ School school fees some schools even

8:01 ↗ require students to bring their own

8:03 ↗ desks and school supplies as well so

8:06 ↗ with our scholarships just

8:08 ↗ $360 um sponsors a child for the whole

8:12 ↗ school year and that includes their

8:13 ↗ school supplies their um uh school fees

8:16 ↗ any other thing that they need um we

8:19 ↗ have been doing the scholarship program

8:20 ↗ since 2006 I believe when we

8:25 ↗ launched and 2008 2008 when we launched

8:29 ↗ it and we have a 100% graduation rate so

8:33 ↗ every student that has gone through

8:34 ↗ mission Africa scholarship program ends

8:36 ↗ up graduating and getting admission into

8:39 ↗ college and we're really proud of that I

8:42 ↗ want to add that we do a sixe

8:45 ↗ scholarship every one of those 50

8:47 ↗ students we take them through school

8:49 ↗ from the time they get into Middle

8:51 ↗ School we don't have middle school and

8:53 ↗ high school so we call it all secondary

8:55 ↗ school so from the time they get into

8:57 ↗ middle school until the graduate and get

9:00 ↗ their high school diploma mission Africa

9:02 ↗ takes care of them and everything they

9:04 ↗ need including uniforms and school

9:06 ↗ supplies so six years each time and once

9:10 ↗ the 50 graduate we pick up another 50 so

9:13 ↗ right now we are with our third cohort

9:16 ↗ of 50

9:17 ↗ students yes and to select the students

9:20 ↗ we also go through a process to make

9:22 ↗ sure that it is based off of need it's

9:25 ↗ not just who was able to get in the

9:27 ↗ application on time and everything we

9:28 ↗ actually work with Community leaders and

9:31 ↗ the village King to select these

9:33 ↗ students and make sure that they

9:35 ↗ actually need this

9:37 ↗ scholarship another thing that we do

9:40 ↗ annually is our free medical Outreach we

9:43 ↗ travel to Nigeria and we choose a remote

9:45 ↗ African village and hundreds of people

9:48 ↗ come out because for some of them it's

9:50 ↗ the only time that they get to see a

9:52 ↗ doctor all year so at those free medical

9:54 ↗ outreaches we have a large group of

9:58 ↗ volunteers who are medical doctors

10:00 ↗ pharmacists eye doctors nurses and they

10:03 ↗ all come together to help these people

10:05 ↗ and provide um medications for up to

10:08 ↗ three months after we leave the area as

10:13 ↗ well and finally we have our farm

10:16 ↗ project and this is in partnership with

10:18 ↗ the national root crops Institute and um

10:22 ↗ what we do with that farm project is we

10:24 ↗ focus on sustainable farming methods we

10:27 ↗ work with those companies to provide the

10:29 ↗ seeds and such that will last and they

10:32 ↗ actually have set up demo farms in I

10:35 ↗ think three different schools now where

10:38 ↗ they actually go out and they teach the

10:39 ↗ students how to plant as well so not

10:42 ↗ only are they getting the enrichment as

10:45 ↗ well but they're getting to be outside

10:47 ↗ and learning something that could become

10:48 ↗ a trade for them in the

10:51 ↗ future so those were three of our Global

10:55 ↗ projects and now to zero in on some of

10:58 ↗ the local projects that that we do here

11:00 ↗ in Washington

11:02 ↗ state so we have our African Alliance

11:05 ↗ digital Equity project and this was

11:07 ↗ funded by equity and education Coalition

11:09 ↗ and the Department of Commerce this was

11:12 ↗ a really really big deal for us because

11:14 ↗ we were able to teach people Priceless

11:18 ↗ skills um we had computer training

11:21 ↗ Technical Training a call line where

11:23 ↗ people would call and it would be like a

11:25 ↗ grandma saying I don't know how my

11:26 ↗ grandkids got me on Wi-Fi before I was

11:29 ↗ was able to connect something as simple

11:31 ↗ as that to teaching people how to make

11:34 ↗ their own resumés we had success stories

11:36 ↗ of people getting their uh new jobs just

11:39 ↗ by using a resume that they made um

11:41 ↗ people getting um promotions in work

11:44 ↗ because they learned how to use Excel

11:46 ↗ and they could do different things in in

11:47 ↗ their workplace as well so this was

11:50 ↗ something that we did last year and we

11:53 ↗ actually are now starting a new um

11:55 ↗ session of classes as well so everything

11:58 ↗ from micros roft word excel we even had

12:01 ↗ classes on social media because a lot of

12:03 ↗ like immigrant families and such use

12:05 ↗ WhatsApp and other communication apps to

12:07 ↗ communicate with their family overseas

12:10 ↗ so it was such a beautiful thing to be

12:12 ↗ able to host these classes for those who

12:14 ↗ had Transportation issues we did host a

12:16 ↗ virtual class on Zoom which was a whole

12:19 ↗ thing because we then taught them how to

12:21 ↗ use zoom so that they could come on Zoom

12:23 ↗ to learn with us so it was a beautiful

12:25 ↗ thing and we're really happy to be

12:26 ↗ continuing that program again

12:30 ↗ we also have our annual Smiles at

12:32 ↗ Christmas and this is a holiday Outreach

12:36 ↗ we know that times can get tough

12:38 ↗ especially for parents around the

12:39 ↗ holiday season when you know all the

12:42 ↗ classmates are getting all these cool

12:43 ↗ toys and they may may not have a lot or

12:46 ↗ enough to provide what they would like

12:47 ↗ for their children so we like to let the

12:50 ↗ families give with dignity so what we do

12:52 ↗ is we set up like a carnival for the

12:54 ↗ children they get the face painting

12:56 ↗ pictures with Santa cotton candy all of

12:59 ↗ that um and the kids get to discreet or

13:02 ↗ excuse me the parents discreetly shop

13:04 ↗ for the kids and they're able to take

13:06 ↗ those those gifts home and wrap them put

13:08 ↗ them under the tree we even have people

13:11 ↗ show up that don't necessarily celebrate

13:13 ↗ Christmas but they would still like to

13:15 ↗ give their children a gift so it's we do

13:18 ↗ warm coats as well as the toys and since

13:21 ↗ we started we have given away over

13:24 ↗ 45,000 toys and warm coats to

13:27 ↗ families

13:31 ↗ we also have our African women health

13:33 ↗ advocacy project um which is funded by

13:36 ↗ Fred Hutch and we offered virtual

13:38 ↗ sessions for education on early

13:40 ↗ detection prevention and support

13:42 ↗ strategies for breast cancer this was

13:45 ↗ last year that we did the Women's Health

13:47 ↗ and this year we were happy to continue

13:49 ↗ this project with Men's Health so right

13:52 ↗ now we are doing sessions on prostate

13:54 ↗ cancer and we're also able to translate

13:57 ↗ them we have a lot of French speaking

13:59 ↗ people that have attended these classes

14:02 ↗ and have just thanked us for the

14:03 ↗ education because it gives a safe space

14:05 ↗ for communication and for asking

14:08 ↗ questions about these things that they

14:09 ↗ may not feel comfortable asking

14:11 ↗ otherwise we always focus on cultural re

14:14 ↗ re relevancy because a lot of times

14:17 ↗ people try to use a one-size fits-all

14:19 ↗ approach but we realize that people are

14:21 ↗ uniquely different especially with our

14:24 ↗ focus and our audience that um a lot of

14:26 ↗ our clients and people that we serve are

14:29 ↗ immigrants so the culture is a little

14:30 ↗ bit different so it's nice to be able to

14:33 ↗ speak to someone that speaks the

14:34 ↗ language and speaks the culture and can

14:36 ↗ really understand where the questions

14:38 ↗ are coming from and how to answer them

14:41 ↗ properly we also have a back to school

14:44 ↗ event that we host each August where we

14:46 ↗ give away backpacks full of school

14:48 ↗ supplies to families that are in

14:51 ↗ need since 2006 we've served over

14:55 ↗ 1,820 families and 5,100 12

15:02 ↗ children and last year in 2022 we hosted

15:06 ↗ our very first summer camp which was an

15:09 ↗ amazing experience we were able to give

15:12 ↗ a curriculum that was rich in African

15:15 ↗ cultural studies so though we are

15:17 ↗ mission Africa we are here in the United

15:19 ↗ States so we love to do things that

15:21 ↗ bring the culture out and especially

15:23 ↗ with the youth to let them know more

15:26 ↗ about the languages they played games

15:29 ↗ they tried different foods and really

15:31 ↗ just got that enrichment um of culture

15:33 ↗ and learning new things throughout the

15:35 ↗ summer so it was a very unique

15:36 ↗ experience and we were happy to do that

15:39 ↗ um for 2022 and we did it um or excuse

15:42 ↗ me 2021 and

15:47 ↗ 2022 and our African health advocacy

15:50 ↗ project where we worked with over 30

15:52 ↗ African Le Community organizations and

15:54 ↗ 92 youth change agents and that project

15:57 ↗ was H uh was to help prevent and detect

16:00 ↗ Co 19 while sourcing and promoting

16:03 ↗ Services um including Mental Health

16:05 ↗ Services a lot of times in the African

16:08 ↗ culture mental health is very taboo so

16:11 ↗ it's not something you just sit down and

16:12 ↗ really talk about openly you kind of

16:14 ↗ like cry in your room and then come back

16:16 ↗ and everything's okay so we really got

16:19 ↗ the chance to sit down talk to the

16:21 ↗ parents and the youth about how Co 19

16:23 ↗ affect affected our mental health and

16:26 ↗ different ways that we can help with

16:27 ↗ that if another thing like this were to

16:30 ↗ happen in the

16:32 ↗ future and we were able to do that for

16:34 ↗ two years in a row

16:36 ↗ also and uh finally we have our grocery

16:39 ↗ assistance program and we have been

16:41 ↗ funded by King County and Renton

16:44 ↗ Regional Community Foundation in the

16:46 ↗ past to bring this program and now um

16:48 ↗ city of isqua which we are very happy

16:50 ↗ about so with this project we do um gift

16:54 ↗ cards or gift certificates to culturally

16:56 ↗ inclusive grocery stores um and this is

16:59 ↗ for lowincome and immigrant families a

17:01 ↗ lot of times when you move to a new

17:02 ↗ place food is something that can help

17:05 ↗ bring the family together it's a place

17:07 ↗ of community it's a place of gathering

17:09 ↗ and fellowship with your family and it

17:12 ↗ makes you feel at home but a lot of

17:14 ↗ times if you just go to a Safeway or

17:16 ↗ whole food sometimes they don't have

17:18 ↗ those cultural ingredients that will

17:20 ↗ allow you to make that special soup that

17:22 ↗ your mom used to make or you know those

17:26 ↗ th that that recipe that just reminds

17:28 ↗ you of being home and just fully

17:29 ↗ Embraces you so with this project we're

17:32 ↗ able to Source the gift certificates

17:34 ↗ from stores that have those ingredients

17:36 ↗ that way the people that have come here

17:39 ↗ feel like they're at home and they're

17:41 ↗ able to afford and reach those items in

17:44 ↗ the grocery

17:48 ↗ store so this is our contact information

17:51 ↗ our website is Mission africa. us and we

17:54 ↗ are on social media as well and I wanted

17:58 ↗ to ask before our time is up if anybody

18:01 ↗ has any questions but before I open the

18:04 ↗ floor for that I just want to thank you

18:06 ↗ all for your time for listening um

18:09 ↗ mission Africa loves to make people our

18:11 ↗ family so now that you've seen this

18:13 ↗ presentation you are our family as

18:16 ↗ well and um yes we really appreciate it

18:19 ↗ and we're very happy to partner with the

18:22 ↗ the city for this project thank

18:25 ↗ you thank you auna what a wonderful

18:28 ↗ presentation um feel free to stop

18:30 ↗ sharing so um we can see on the big

18:34 ↗ screen here um yeah folks any questions

18:37 ↗ for Akuna and AD Dudi over here with

18:39 ↗ mission

18:40 ↗ Africa I've got a question I I don't

18:43 ↗ know if they can see me yes oh it'll

18:47 ↗ come to you in a second um it's me

18:50 ↗ hi um I I thank you for the presentation

18:54 ↗ what a wonderful organization that I

18:55 ↗ didn't know about before and I can't

18:57 ↗ wait to tell everybody I know about it

18:59 ↗ uh I was just wondering about the name

19:01 ↗ mission Africa and whether it's

19:03 ↗ connected to a religious organization

19:05 ↗ since Mission um often times uh

19:09 ↗ sometimes people religious organizations

19:11 ↗ go do missions so I was wondering if

19:12 ↗ there's any religious uh organizational

19:15 ↗ ties here or um or if it's just a purely

19:19 ↗ secular organization that has the word

19:21 ↗ mission in its

19:27 ↗ name I guess she's waiting for me to

19:30 ↗ answer since I mission

19:32 ↗ Africa no it's not a religious

19:35 ↗ organization and it doesn't have any

19:37 ↗ religion tied to it we serve all

19:39 ↗ religions and All Peoples of course we

19:42 ↗ are from Africa so our initial intention

19:46 ↗ when we started mission Africa like 18

19:48 ↗ years ago was to serve you know um

19:52 ↗ Africans uh not just here in the United

19:55 ↗ States but back in the Villages of

19:57 ↗ Africa that was I intention so we just

20:00 ↗ you know named it mission Africa so

20:03 ↗ that's what it is and uh we have we we

20:06 ↗ focused on working globally in Africa

20:09 ↗ until coid hit we were doing some things

20:12 ↗ some major you know two major programs

20:15 ↗ but when coid hit we realized that we

20:17 ↗ have Africans here in our neighborhoods

20:21 ↗ who needed help so we kind of shifted

20:23 ↗ focus a little bit to Ser our

20:26 ↗ communities here

20:30 ↗ I have a question um and I have an easy

20:33 ↗ one where are your offices located or do

20:36 ↗ you all work remote no we have an office

20:40 ↗ uh we have an office that is kind of a

20:42 ↗ big one because it's a hub for everybody

20:45 ↗ so we our office is located in Federal

20:47 ↗ Way is on uh you know first way just

20:51 ↗ next to the VM Virginia medicine

20:53 ↗ hospital so we are neighbors and uh we

20:56 ↗ have been there since um I think

20:59 ↗ December of last year and uh we do a

21:03 ↗ whole lot there because we pick up from

21:05 ↗ different organizations we pick up from

21:06 ↗ World Vision from Amazon so it's kind of

21:09 ↗ a hub where people come to get whatever

21:11 ↗ they need whether it's hygiene products

21:13 ↗ or canned foods or you know sanitary

21:16 ↗ towels whatever they needed you know uh

21:19 ↗ anybody needs from the African Community

21:21 ↗ they just come so we have a physical

21:23 ↗ office that we will welcome any of you

21:25 ↗ to stop by sometime you'll love it

21:29 ↗ and thank you very much I know we didn't

21:30 ↗ give you a whole lot of time I don't

21:32 ↗ when did you contact them Friday

21:35 ↗ any early middle of the week so yes yes

21:38 ↗ so thank you very much it was a great

21:41 ↗ presentation we learned a lot

21:46 ↗ thank

21:48 ↗ commission um so you mentioned that you

21:51 ↗ have different programs and it seems

21:53 ↗ there're seasonal do you have ongoing

21:57 ↗ programs throughout the

22:03 ↗ year froz on us or did you get a

22:06 ↗ question yeah I think she said do we

22:08 ↗ have ongoing programs throughout the

22:10 ↗ year so we have the we have the annual

22:14 ↗ Pro uh projects that we do at those set

22:16 ↗ times like the back to school and the

22:18 ↗ Christmas um ongoing would be like the

22:20 ↗ scholarship students that we have that's

22:23 ↗ a year-long thing and then just

22:25 ↗ providing for the community like um Miss

22:28 ↗ chuku said our office is like a hub so

22:31 ↗ if we don't have something like a

22:33 ↗ project directly happening at that time

22:35 ↗ that can help someone we direct them to

22:38 ↗ the right resource and such so as far as

22:42 ↗ continuous ongoing right now like we're

22:44 ↗ starting up the digital navigation again

22:47 ↗ um a lot of the projects that we've yes

22:50 ↗ for and it'll be two years long so a lot

22:52 ↗ of the projects that we do have done and

22:54 ↗ that we showed right now are seasonal

22:57 ↗ but we are kept very very busy and when

22:59 ↗ we do have those gaps we use those to

23:01 ↗ recalibrate and just see how we can

23:03 ↗ better serve our

23:04 ↗ community great thank you thank

23:08 ↗ you marker did you want to ask your

23:10 ↗ question we have time we have time if

23:13 ↗ you want if not no worri okay well I'm

23:15 ↗ curi yeah this was fantastic I also had

23:18 ↗ never heard of your organization and I'm

23:20 ↗ very inspired how do you get the word

23:23 ↗ out to local

23:26 ↗ community members and program

23:29 ↗ participants have you heard about

23:33 ↗ WhatsApp 200 WhatsApp groups kind

23:37 ↗ of one of the things that mission Africa

23:40 ↗ believe in is that we that are AK and I

23:42 ↗ are from Nigeria and we believe you

23:45 ↗ cannot be more Catholic than the pope

23:47 ↗ you know you have we cannot be as

23:49 ↗ passionate about tanzanians you know

23:52 ↗ than the Tanzanian Community leaders so

23:55 ↗ we work a lot with Community leaders and

23:57 ↗ we have a lot of WhatsApp groups so

23:59 ↗ anything we have going on you know we

24:01 ↗ can spread the news we can we have

24:04 ↗ translators and interpreters so we have

24:08 ↗ um in the African Community like all of

24:10 ↗ us know we respect the community leaders

24:13 ↗ we hold them in high respect and high

24:15 ↗ regard so most times we spread the word

24:18 ↗ through our community leaders and of

24:20 ↗ course through friends and family so it

24:23 ↗ is not when one person lears what we're

24:25 ↗ doing believe me everybody the community

24:29 ↗ will know exactly what we're doing

24:30 ↗ because they will post those on their

24:32 ↗ WhatsApp

24:37 ↗ groups that's true in Washington as well

24:40 ↗ what what you just

24:41 ↗ said yes definitely yeah and to add on

24:46 ↗ to that you know like we have email

24:47 ↗ lists and a lot of times what's so

24:49 ↗ beautiful is that we see people come

24:52 ↗ back and they end up coming back as

24:54 ↗ volunteers after a while people that

24:56 ↗ came to get gifts for their children at

24:58 ↗ one point when they were needed a a

25:00 ↗ boost or something on to get back on

25:01 ↗ their feet and then they come back to

25:03 ↗ volunteer or somebody who took um one of

25:06 ↗ our youth marijuana Prevention classes

25:09 ↗ they will send their younger sibling to

25:11 ↗ then take the same course so a lot of

25:13 ↗ Word of Mouth which we really love

25:15 ↗ because we think that that is great

25:17 ↗ Community engagement as well like we

25:19 ↗ have email lists and everything but it

25:21 ↗ always grows through the community and

25:23 ↗ Through People speaking to one

25:26 ↗ another thank you that's so powerful I

25:29 ↗ love

25:31 ↗ it well thank you both um really

25:34 ↗ appreciate your time again your

25:36 ↗ presentation was wonderful again this is

25:38 ↗ our first time as the city of isqua

25:40 ↗ Human Services funding H uh mission

25:42 ↗ Africa so it's been a pleasure working

25:44 ↗ with them um and and building their

25:46 ↗ resources here in this community so just

25:49 ↗ want to say thank you again and um I

25:50 ↗ would love some maybe um if you don't

25:52 ↗ mind following up if there's

25:53 ↗ opportunities for any of our

25:54 ↗ commissioners um between now and the end

25:56 ↗ of the year to come do a site visit or

25:58 ↗ or a tour one of the navigation classes

26:02 ↗ um maybe you can send me some dates and

26:03 ↗ then um I'll follow I'll share it with

26:05 ↗ our commissioners and help um kind of

26:07 ↗ coordinate that awesome thank you and

26:09 ↗ Hannah has our address so you find share

26:13 ↗ it all with

26:14 ↗ you definitely and if anybody wants to

26:17 ↗ come volunteer at Smiles at Christmas we

26:19 ↗ would love to have

26:20 ↗ you

26:23 ↗ volunte bye everyone thanks for having

26:26 ↗ us bye thank you okay

26:30 ↗ wonderful well then I will go ahead and

26:33 ↗ transition us to our next

26:35 ↗ organization um we have Irene Mueller

26:38 ↗ from Essentials first Irene came on nice

26:40 ↗ and early to help me with the tech stuff

26:43 ↗ so Irene are you are you

26:49 ↗ available yes I am here sorry I

26:52 ↗ just got easily distracted uh by myself

26:56 ↗ being on camera so I turned myself off

26:58 ↗ so I could listen to the to the

27:00 ↗ wonderful presentation with my full

27:02 ↗ attention no worries so good to have you

27:05 ↗ here Irene um thank you so much you

27:08 ↗ should be able to share the screen so go

27:09 ↗ ahead and feel free to start whenever

27:11 ↗ you're ready great I am pulling up my

27:16 ↗ slideshow right about now and

27:22 ↗ hopefully no Tech

27:25 ↗ issues loading sorry it's thinking

27:28 ↗ um while we're thinking I'm just curious

27:31 ↗ to know who all in the room has heard of

27:33 ↗ Essentials first

27:34 ↗ before anybody oh we got one oh oh gold

27:40 ↗ star for you today I visited your office

27:43 ↗ or your distribution center in

27:45 ↗ Belleview okay very cool yeah we have we

27:49 ↗ have our main office in Belleview there

27:50 ↗ still and then we also just opened a new

27:52 ↗ location in the together Center in

27:54 ↗ Redmond so we now have two primary

27:57 ↗ distribution points of our own as well

27:59 ↗ as having a few outposts in uh

28:02 ↗ organizational partner offices and

28:03 ↗ school districts and such where folks

28:05 ↗ like to keep stashes of the kits we make

28:08 ↗ oh my goodness this is loading so slowly

28:10 ↗ I'm so sorry we did this earlier and it

28:12 ↗ was slow and I was hoping it would be

28:13 ↗ quicker this time um I I have a quick I

28:18 ↗ have a quick question has your

28:19 ↗ organization been known by any other

28:21 ↗ name before it was known as Essentials

28:24 ↗ first yes thank you that's a great

28:27 ↗ question I have a slide about that but

28:29 ↗ I'll get it out of the way now we were

28:30 ↗ initially called kits for peace okay I

28:33 ↗ have I

28:35 ↗ get okay good you get a star too put

28:38 ↗ putting you on the list um yeah so we we

28:41 ↗ were established in 2017 um by a group

28:44 ↗ of Youth uh as kids for peace and we

28:46 ↗ primarily focused on providing essential

28:48 ↗ hygiene supplies uh to folks who were

28:50 ↗ living on housed and underhouse in small

28:53 ↗ sizes and in packaging that was

28:56 ↗ manageable for folks who who did not

28:58 ↗ have um Equitable housing Arrangements

29:00 ↗ available to them and so since then

29:02 ↗ we've expanded um and so in 20 excuse me

29:06 ↗ 2018 we we established as a 501c3

29:09 ↗ nonprofit and then we changed our name

29:10 ↗ in between then and 2020 um to

29:13 ↗ Essentials first so that it was a little

29:14 ↗ bit broader than just kits because that

29:17 ↗ is still one of our primary programs but

29:18 ↗ we've expanded our offerings a bit as we

29:20 ↗ get feedback from community and have

29:23 ↗ been able to do a deeper assessment of

29:24 ↗ the need for essential hygiene resources

29:27 ↗ um so I'm my slides are still only half

29:30 ↗ loaded so I'm just going to sort of

29:31 ↗ recite the first few of them for you for

29:33 ↗ memory and I'll Circle back if I miss

29:35 ↗ anything big but um so I'm here from

29:38 ↗ Essentials first I'm really excited to

29:40 ↗ be here today and I really appreciate

29:41 ↗ youall taking the time um we are here to

29:44 ↗ both provide and advocate for Equitable

29:46 ↗ access to essential hygiene for folks

29:48 ↗ who don't have access otherwise um you

29:51 ↗ can't buy soap with an EB

29:54 ↗ card uh you cannot buy soap laundry

29:57 ↗ deter ENT baby wipes diapers menstrual

29:59 ↗ hygiene products with Wick checks none

30:02 ↗ of the existing subsidy programs to meet

30:04 ↗ the basic needs of folks who rely on

30:06 ↗ public assistance uh include hygiene

30:09 ↗ specifically uh and also a lot of

30:11 ↗ funding at local County state and

30:14 ↗ federal levels a for basic needs does

30:16 ↗ not provide for hygiene products uh for

30:18 ↗ service providers or indirect Aid to

30:21 ↗ Residents so Essentials first came into

30:23 ↗ being to try and address this Gap in

30:25 ↗ Services where folks who

30:27 ↗ need support uh meeting their basic

30:29 ↗ needs have somewhere to go and get

30:31 ↗ essential hygiene products similarly to

30:33 ↗ how there are facilities that are

30:35 ↗ designed to help meet needs around food

30:37 ↗ insecurity for instance so our goal is

30:39 ↗ to be that for hygiene and so we do this

30:42 ↗ in a variety of ways um you may have

30:45 ↗ seen uh purple kits in the past if you

30:47 ↗ were here in the kits for peace era um

30:50 ↗ we've moved to Blue drawstring backpacks

30:52 ↗ but what we put together are called

30:54 ↗ essential hygiene kits and they've got

30:55 ↗ about a month's worth of household and

30:57 ↗ personal hygiene products for one to two

30:59 ↗ people in them and then we expand on

31:01 ↗ these or give multiple kits for larger

31:03 ↗ families and so the idea is that folks

31:05 ↗ are able to come in and then have enough

31:07 ↗ to last them for a while so that they

31:08 ↗ can get caught up on their laundry so

31:10 ↗ that they can not only take a shower for

31:12 ↗ that job interview but then be set for

31:14 ↗ the first few weeks of work so that

31:16 ↗ folks can have the resources that they

31:18 ↗ need to care for themselves care for

31:20 ↗ their home their children their

31:21 ↗ dependents and their families in the way

31:23 ↗ that they would like to with dignity and

31:25 ↗ agency so these kids are available

31:27 ↗ through our dropin Center um like was

31:29 ↗ mentioned somebody visited Us in

31:30 ↗ Belleview that's our off our main office

31:32 ↗ where we assemble them um and store them

31:35 ↗ and then we distribute them through

31:36 ↗ there as well as our new location at the

31:38 ↗ together Center in Redmond and then

31:40 ↗ through various school districts and

31:42 ↗ partner organizations throughout the

31:44 ↗ region yay slides there's our

31:48 ↗ logo um very pretty logo and a few a

31:52 ↗ sampling of photos so this is most of

31:55 ↗ what I just said um um oh yeah this is a

31:58 ↗ great Point um food banks I think are

32:00 ↗ probably other than us the folks

32:01 ↗ spending the most energy trying to

32:03 ↗ assess and address this Gap in services

32:05 ↗ in our communities because they already

32:07 ↗ have a point of contact with so so many

32:09 ↗ of the folks who are experiencing

32:11 ↗ hygiene poverty because these are the

32:12 ↗ same folks experiencing food insecurity

32:15 ↗ 99 times out of a 100 um and so many

32:19 ↗ food banks have a hygiene Pantry they

32:21 ↗ have a separate donation program for

32:23 ↗ this they apply for accessory Grant

32:24 ↗ funds for this it's an additional weight

32:26 ↗ on on their missional programming of

32:29 ↗ providing food for folks because they

32:31 ↗ know that this is such a pressing need

32:33 ↗ but even with everybody's Valiant

32:35 ↗ efforts food banks are really only

32:36 ↗ meeting about 5% of this need in most

32:38 ↗ communities just because it is so

32:40 ↗ ubiquitous and they are already doing so

32:41 ↗ much and so no dig at food banks they're

32:44 ↗ my heroes it's thankless work show up

32:47 ↗ every day and this is a whole you know

32:49 ↗ this is a whole another separate need on

32:50 ↗ top of the need for Equitable food

32:53 ↗ access that folks are trying to meet in

32:55 ↗ addition so that's another thing that

32:56 ↗ we're hoping to do by being

32:57 ↗ collaborative by partnering closely with

32:59 ↗ food banks and other community

33:00 ↗ organizations that we can do this little

33:02 ↗ bit so that F other organizations can

33:04 ↗ focus on their missional focus and

33:07 ↗ together we can make sure everybody's

33:09 ↗ basic needs are met across the

33:11 ↗ board who's impacted this is a an

33:14 ↗ oversimplification but gives you some

33:16 ↗ highlights we have many recently arrived

33:18 ↗ refugees in our client Community we

33:21 ↗ connect with folks from countries all

33:22 ↗ over the world as they come into the

33:24 ↗ country under a variety of circumstances

33:26 ↗ and folks been here for a while and for

33:28 ↗ whatever reason need additional support

33:30 ↗ to take care of themselves in their

33:31 ↗ homes the way that they would like to um

33:34 ↗ we do our best to have culturally

33:35 ↗ responsive services so not only do we

33:38 ↗ try to keep products in our kits and

33:41 ↗ available on the shelves that are

33:43 ↗ fitting for folks from a variety of

33:44 ↗ cultural backgrounds with different

33:46 ↗ Traditions with different experiences

33:48 ↗ with different hair types with different

33:50 ↗ preferences um different cultural needs

33:52 ↗ we also try to listen and adjust as we

33:54 ↗ go so one of my favorite examples of of

33:57 ↗ this is during the uh Afghan Refugee

33:59 ↗ crisis there were many folks coming into

34:00 ↗ the country with nothing but the clothes

34:03 ↗ on their backs and their whole family

34:04 ↗ and they were deeply grateful for the

34:06 ↗ hygiene supplies and when asked what

34:08 ↗ else they needed they said we don't have

34:10 ↗ prayer mats because we weren't allowed

34:11 ↗ to bring anything with us so we can't

34:13 ↗ pray and so we did a whole big batch of

34:16 ↗ kits that included prayer mats so that

34:19 ↗ families could not only meet their basic

34:20 ↗ hygiene needs but also feel able to

34:23 ↗ ground themselves in their new home and

34:25 ↗ we were able to support folks in coping

34:26 ↗ in the trauma that is being you know

34:29 ↗ dislocated by by conflict as refugees

34:32 ↗ are and so we do our best to not only be

34:34 ↗ culturally appropriate but culturally

34:35 ↗ responsive by listening to folks and

34:37 ↗ finding out what they need as we go uh

34:39 ↗ at least 60% of our clients I think this

34:41 ↗ is probably a low number our families

34:43 ↗ with children we also have many

34:45 ↗ multigenerational families in our

34:46 ↗ community at least 40% of our clients or

34:49 ↗ families households or individuals who

34:51 ↗ elderly or disabled and then the

34:53 ↗ overwhelming majority of folks that

34:54 ↗ we're connected with in the community

34:55 ↗ are low or very low in income by head

34:58 ↗ standards um we know that there are up

35:01 ↗ to two million people who are food

35:02 ↗ insecure in Washington state and though

35:04 ↗ hygien insecurity is not as thoroughly

35:06 ↗ studied our own needs assessment and

35:08 ↗ other research that we've Incorporated

35:10 ↗ in assessing and addressing the need in

35:12 ↗ the area shows us that if folks are food

35:15 ↗ insecure by and large they are also

35:17 ↗ experiencing hygiene poverty as well and

35:19 ↗ so we know that there are up to two

35:21 ↗ million people in Washington state

35:23 ↗ therefore who also could benefit from

35:24 ↗ having access to a resource like us we

35:27 ↗ also know that the cost of housing is

35:28 ↗ skyrocketing this number is probably not

35:30 ↗ high enough anymore but we know that

35:31 ↗ folks are spending anywhere from 70 to

35:33 ↗ 90% of their income just on keeping a

35:35 ↗ roof over their head if they are able to

35:37 ↗ at all at this point and we know that

35:39 ↗ mental illness and Behavioral Health are

35:41 ↗ a unique struggle for folks who are

35:42 ↗ living at the intersection of systemic

35:44 ↗ failures like poverty and food

35:45 ↗ insecurity and so we know that hygiene

35:48 ↗ is directly connected to how we feel and

35:50 ↗ how we're able to show up for ourselves

35:51 ↗ and in our lives and so we also hope to

35:53 ↗ support folks who may already be

35:55 ↗ struggling even more than some

35:57 ↗ um just with the mental load of

35:59 ↗ surviving in the

36:02 ↗ world I pulled a few numbers for isqua

36:05 ↗ because I thought this was interesting

36:06 ↗ um um so

36:07 ↗ [Music]

36:11 ↗ we hi did somebody say something I think

36:14 ↗ you're okay you're good okay um if

36:18 ↗ somebody has a burning question I can

36:19 ↗ stop but I wasn't

36:22 ↗ sure no you're good okay cool you froze

36:25 ↗ for a second but back um so in issaqua

36:29 ↗ we have had about 35 households come

36:31 ↗ down to our Belleview office in

36:34 ↗ 2023 um because we don't have a second

36:36 ↗ location up here we don't have direct

36:38 ↗ contact with as many folks but we do

36:40 ↗ know that where we have a location folks

36:41 ↗ will come so um for contrast in

36:44 ↗ Belleview where we have a a central

36:45 ↗ location that folks know about that

36:47 ↗ we're able to advertise over 53% of the

36:49 ↗ folks from East Side cities who utilized

36:52 ↗ our our community kits program in 2023

36:54 ↗ or from bellw and so we know that having

36:56 ↗ points of access is really important

36:58 ↗ step and we know that from the numbers

37:00 ↗ available through the US Census in isqua

37:02 ↗ there's at least 3,000 people in isqua

37:04 ↗ who are likely at risk of uh not having

37:08 ↗ Equitable access to hygiene Essentials

37:10 ↗ because they already uh

37:12 ↗ are likely to be needing uh support

37:16 ↗ accessing

37:18 ↗ food um this is just a little bit more

37:20 ↗ about us like I said we're a 501c3

37:22 ↗ nonprofit we're addressing hygiene

37:24 ↗ access and equity in King County snom

37:26 ↗ County Pierce County and also up in scet

37:28 ↗ County um our boundaries are a bit fluid

37:31 ↗ because they're determined by our

37:32 ↗ partner Network which is always growing

37:33 ↗ and

37:35 ↗ changing a little bit about us you may

37:37 ↗ have if you've met us before probably

37:38 ↗ met Nikki or Kiser or their daughter

37:40 ↗ neth this family has been a huge part of

37:43 ↗ founding Essentials first um not to be

37:45 ↗ confused with mcrc which Nikki is also

37:47 ↗ part of the leadership team for we are

37:49 ↗ separate organizations though we love

37:50 ↗ mcrc and do partner closely with them at

37:53 ↗ times um and then we have a major

37:56 ↗ component of of our leadership structure

37:57 ↗ that prioritizes youth leadership

37:59 ↗ development and giving young folks the

38:01 ↗ opportunity to uh take leadership roles

38:04 ↗ in deciding how we address the needs

38:06 ↗ that we are seeing and being part of

38:08 ↗ carrying out those strategies so our

38:10 ↗ youth leaders are still with us as young

38:12 ↗ adults now and we continue to bring in

38:13 ↗ more young leaders we have a youth board

38:16 ↗ program we have a school program called

38:17 ↗ hygiene Champions where we support kids

38:20 ↗ starting hygiene clubs in their schools

38:22 ↗ to learn about this particular uh social

38:24 ↗ issue and how it's being addressed and

38:25 ↗ to give them some aent over improving

38:27 ↗ the quality of life in their

38:30 ↗ communities this is our vision we talked

38:31 ↗ a little bit about this but we want what

38:33 ↗ we want as a world where everybody who

38:35 ↗ has access to a shower gets in the

38:36 ↗ shower and finds everything that they

38:38 ↗ need to take the shower they want to

38:39 ↗ take to step out feeling clean and

38:41 ↗ feeling like themselves feeling ready

38:43 ↗ for whatever comes next we want to make

38:45 ↗ sure caregivers are not hindered in what

38:47 ↗ quality of care they can provide by lack

38:49 ↗ of access to basic hygiene supplies we

38:51 ↗ want moms and elders and children and

38:54 ↗ anybody everybody to have what they need

38:57 ↗ um and in a way that meets their

38:59 ↗ individual needs so not a one-size

39:00 ↗ fits-all approach but something that

39:02 ↗ meets everyone where they're at and

39:03 ↗ ensures there's a variety of resources

39:05 ↗ available so that folks are afforded the

39:07 ↗ dignity and respect we all deserve we

39:10 ↗ already talked a little bit about this

39:11 ↗ but what we do is our approach is Our

39:15 ↗ Hope in our approach is that we are

39:17 ↗ helping to prevent illness and improve

39:18 ↗ Mental Health on the individual level

39:20 ↗ and then also increasing and improving

39:22 ↗ our Collective health because the way

39:24 ↗ that we show up in public spaces is also

39:26 ↗ Ed by our hygiene and the way that we

39:28 ↗ are are not welcomed into our work

39:30 ↗ communities into our schools into our

39:31 ↗ Social Circles is also impacted by

39:34 ↗ hygiene and the way we feel about

39:35 ↗ ourselves and so our hope is to support

39:36 ↗ folks in having healthy lives on all

39:39 ↗ levels by providing for this basic

39:41 ↗ need these are the three programs I

39:44 ↗ mentioned earlier but in a little more

39:45 ↗ detail direct distributions the

39:47 ↗ community kits program I mentioned where

39:48 ↗ we put together these bags folks can get

39:51 ↗ them from our office they can get them

39:52 ↗ from our partners like school districts

39:54 ↗ food banks other organizations we also

39:57 ↗ have a volume distribution program for

39:58 ↗ which we're currently seeking

39:59 ↗ sustainable funding so it's only

40:01 ↗ partially active but through this model

40:03 ↗ we're able to distribute hygiene

40:05 ↗ Essentials in bulk through partnership

40:07 ↗ with food banks so folks can get hygiene

40:09 ↗ Essentials in the same format and the

40:10 ↗ same location that they are getting

40:12 ↗ their food from food banks so this

40:14 ↗ eliminates the need for folks to travel

40:15 ↗ to a second location it allows us to

40:18 ↗ build on the relationships of trust that

40:20 ↗ food banks are already building with

40:21 ↗ folks who are coming in repeatedly um

40:23 ↗ and it allows us to not reinvent the

40:25 ↗ wheel the trucks are already on the Road

40:26 ↗ the buildings are already being you know

40:29 ↗ taken care of the staff are already

40:30 ↗ there and it also alleviates the need

40:33 ↗ for them to try to meet this hygiene

40:34 ↗ need they see in their communities

40:36 ↗ themselves so if we are able to provide

40:38 ↗ the resource food banks are able to

40:39 ↗ collaborate with us to provide the space

40:41 ↗ and the Staffing and in that way we're

40:43 ↗ able to double the resources folks can

40:45 ↗ access in these already existing service

40:48 ↗ points and then our advocacy program we

40:51 ↗ are advocating for policy level

40:52 ↗ Solutions like any good nonprofit we're

40:54 ↗ trying to put ourselves out of business

40:55 ↗ and our hope is that eventually we are

40:57 ↗ able to impact policy and budget so that

40:59 ↗ hygiene is provided for at least on the

41:02 ↗ same level that food and health care and

41:04 ↗ daycare and other public services uh

41:07 ↗ social services are at the government

41:09 ↗ level um and so we're sort of equally

41:12 ↗ focused on specific policy and also

41:14 ↗ redefining what basic needs means in the

41:16 ↗ legislative atmosphere so that it does

41:18 ↗ include hygiene by default the way it

41:19 ↗ includes healthare and housing by

41:21 ↗ default and so that this becomes a

41:22 ↗ consistent part of the dialogue around

41:24 ↗ the the network of Human Service that

41:26 ↗ we're creating for our

41:28 ↗ communities just threw in a few photos

41:30 ↗ so you can visualize what we do this is

41:32 ↗ from 2021 uh this one I thought would be

41:34 ↗ cool to see it's close to home uh when

41:37 ↗ we were still called kits for peace we

41:38 ↗ were able to bring uh several hundred

41:40 ↗ kits to the isqua food bank

41:44 ↗ um few photos of our awesome volunteers

41:47 ↗ and staff at work we have rotary groups

41:49 ↗ that volunteer with us Faith groups uh

41:52 ↗ Community youth groups we have Girl

41:54 ↗ Scouts we have kids come do birthday

41:56 ↗ birthday parties sometimes at the office

41:57 ↗ and they do a packing activity and learn

41:59 ↗ a little bit and then have a pizza party

42:01 ↗ we have all different kinds of groups of

42:02 ↗ people who show up and help us pack

42:03 ↗ these kits and then help us make the

42:05 ↗ connections through which we can

42:06 ↗ distribute them uh we also provide hot

42:08 ↗ meals at a lot of our events uh here's

42:11 ↗ some folks we give out blankets that's

42:13 ↗ that little tubeb blue thing in that

42:14 ↗ person's hands there we give out

42:15 ↗ blankets this time of year as well um in

42:18 ↗ addition to other cold weather gear so

42:20 ↗ the kits are customized a little bit

42:21 ↗ season to season as

42:24 ↗ well and then share your blessings is

42:26 ↗ one of our largest annual events last

42:28 ↗ year we served over 500 folks uh dinner

42:31 ↗ uh right around Thanksgiving and we're

42:32 ↗ also able to provide hygiene kits and

42:34 ↗ warm blankets and other resources to

42:36 ↗ community members in need there as well

42:38 ↗ I love this event because it gets

42:39 ↗ everybody in the same room and we're all

42:41 ↗ sitting around the table together both

42:42 ↗ clients who come in for the resources

42:44 ↗ elected officials who help us support

42:46 ↗ this work and advocate for this need

42:48 ↗ folks from other organizations folks

42:50 ↗ from the neighborhood it's a way for us

42:51 ↗ all to get together and really focus on

42:55 ↗ building Community around on this issue

42:56 ↗ that can be so isolating um and then

42:59 ↗ this was our holiday Fair last year we

43:00 ↗ had lots of folks come through and many

43:02 ↗ organizations participate including

43:04 ↗ folks like Molina and for tomorrow uh

43:07 ↗ mcrc so there was food there were

43:09 ↗ multiple Community Resources there were

43:10 ↗ folks getting registered for stuff there

43:12 ↗ were folks picking up blankets and

43:13 ↗ Christmas gifts and getting a hot meal

43:16 ↗ um we do this in the parking lot outside

43:18 ↗ our building um the next one's coming up

43:20 ↗ on December 8th I'll make sure I send

43:22 ↗ the flyer for that along and we would

43:23 ↗ love for anybody who wants to join us as

43:25 ↗ a volunteer or a visitor that day to

43:27 ↗ come along it's a really fun

43:29 ↗ event and last but not least these are

43:32 ↗ the ways we ask folks to get involved so

43:33 ↗ if you are somebody that you know might

43:35 ↗ be passionate about this there's lots of

43:36 ↗ different ways that you can blend a hand

43:38 ↗ and we would love to tell you more and

43:40 ↗ have you come by and check out our

43:42 ↗ office and get as involved as you'd like

43:44 ↗ to be um this is a quick sampling of our

43:47 ↗ partners this last slide never wants to

43:49 ↗ come up there we go um so we especially

43:51 ↗ in the last year have been developing

43:53 ↗ more corporate sponsorships with our

43:55 ↗ partnership with companies like Amazon

43:57 ↗ and Microsoft we've had employees doing

43:59 ↗ packing events and U been able to

44:01 ↗ distribute some educational material

44:03 ↗ through some of their task forces around

44:04 ↗ things like Refugee support so we're

44:06 ↗ hoping to build on those relationships

44:08 ↗ to expand the services that we're able

44:09 ↗ to provide to community um and then we

44:12 ↗ also partner closely with inter

44:13 ↗ International Rescue committee and a few

44:16 ↗ other Refugee support organizations

44:18 ↗ directly as well as public health and

44:20 ↗ different city governments to ensure

44:22 ↗ that um we are reaching as many folks as

44:25 ↗ possible

44:31 ↗ Wonder great thank you so much Irene

44:35 ↗ what a wonderful presentation um I'm

44:37 ↗ going to open it up to Commissioners

44:38 ↗ here anybody have any questions for

44:40 ↗ Irene about the organization or work

44:42 ↗ they do

44:46 ↗ or I just have a general question um we

44:50 ↗ saw that slide about you delivering a

44:53 ↗ bunch of stuff in 2021 do you have an on

44:56 ↗ goinging relationship with isapa food

44:58 ↗ bank we did at one point there has been

45:01 ↗ some leadership turnover with them I

45:03 ↗ believe and so our primary relationship

45:05 ↗ holders are not there anymore um and so

45:08 ↗ we are in the process of trying to uh

45:10 ↗ get get at a table with the current

45:12 ↗ leadership so that we can find out what

45:13 ↗ the need is that they're seeing these

45:15 ↗ days and if we can partner to uh to do

45:17 ↗ the same thing again um we did have a

45:19 ↗ very successful pilot program with

45:21 ↗ several food banks that year um and we

45:24 ↗ do have continuing relation ships with

45:26 ↗ some of them but as you know things have

45:27 ↗ been a little bit tumultuous in the um

45:30 ↗ food organizing Community the last

45:32 ↗ couple of years and so it is sort of a

45:34 ↗ mix of relationships that have had some

45:35 ↗ continuity since the pilot and

45:37 ↗ organizations that said we love you guys

45:39 ↗ but we got some stuff to deal with we'll

45:41 ↗ we'll get back to you um that we have

45:42 ↗ not been able to reconnect with so we've

45:44 ↗ got I think three food banks isqua Food

45:46 ↗ Bank isn't currently one of them but

45:47 ↗ we've got three food banks that we're

45:49 ↗ continuing to provide supplies to in

45:51 ↗ bulk and we're sort of ad hoc figuring

45:53 ↗ out how to do the transportation um we

45:55 ↗ we had a partnership with food Lifeline

45:57 ↗ during the pilot um C earlier point

45:59 ↗ about just uh changes in leadership and

46:02 ↗ structure that have meant that we've

46:03 ↗ needed to put the infrastructural piece

46:05 ↗ of that on hold because their

46:07 ↗ transportation stuff um is quite complex

46:10 ↗ of course and so uh we've had that on

46:12 ↗ pause but during the pilot that's how we

46:13 ↗ were getting stuff around and so right

46:15 ↗ now we're utilizing volunteers and

46:16 ↗ rented box trucks and good old willpower

46:19 ↗ to get these big pallets of hygiene

46:21 ↗ supplies to food banks when they need

46:22 ↗ them um it costs about5 to $7,000 a

46:25 ↗ month to keep a food bank fully stocked

46:27 ↗ in our experience yeah thank you

46:34 ↗ yeah great any other

46:39 ↗ questions well Irene it was a wonderful

46:42 ↗ presentation I think you gave some

46:44 ↗ really great information hence maybe why

46:47 ↗ not as many questions because you

46:48 ↗ answered a lot of them in your

46:50 ↗ PowerPoint so wonderful so nice to see

46:53 ↗ you thanks for being here thank you for

46:55 ↗ your time um Absolut your evening

46:59 ↗ absolutely thank you so much sorry I

47:01 ↗ talked a little long I know I do that

47:02 ↗ but if I did miss anything feel free to

47:04 ↗ reach out and I will get the flyers for

47:06 ↗ upcoming events to the main email for

47:08 ↗ you all so if you'd like to come to the

47:09 ↗ holiday Fair we can see you there well

47:12 ↗ pass on and then any other ways that for

47:14 ↗ our commissioners to come on site as

47:15 ↗ well that would be wonderful thanks yeah

47:17 ↗ absolutely during our regular office

47:19 ↗ hours you're welcome to schedule a site

47:20 ↗ visit which is Monday through Friday

47:22 ↗ from 10: to 3: um and we can also be

47:24 ↗ there other times by appointment um so

47:27 ↗ yeah all we'll be in touch soon Irene

47:29 ↗ thank you thank you so much thank

47:32 ↗ you all right so then we have one more

47:35 ↗ organization I'm so excited that we have

47:37 ↗ Michael Edie our executive director at

47:40 ↗ Chinese information service center um so

47:43 ↗ I will go ahead and just hand the mic

47:46 ↗ over to you um Michael do you have let

47:50 ↗ me give

47:52 ↗ a any sort of presentation that you want

47:54 ↗ to share I just gave you uh presenter so

47:57 ↗ you should be able to share it um let me

47:59 ↗ know if you have any issues with

48:01 ↗ that thank you Hannah can you everyone

48:03 ↗ hear me y yeah well good good evening

48:07 ↗ everyone uh thank you all uh for the

48:09 ↗ invitation um hello to all the

48:11 ↗ commission members and staff uh thanks

48:14 ↗ for the role you play as uh as

48:16 ↗ volunteers to you know advise the this

48:19 ↗ called leadership about human services

48:22 ↗ and uh I really appreciate the time to

48:24 ↗ be able to share so what I'll do is I'll

48:26 ↗ go and share my uh presentation and I

48:28 ↗ have a brief one and then allow time for

48:32 ↗ questions did the PowerPoint pop up yes

48:36 ↗ we can see it well great so again I'm

48:39 ↗ Michael ity with Chinese information and

48:41 ↗ Service Center and I've been the

48:43 ↗ executive director for five years and

48:46 ↗ previously I was the executive director

48:48 ↗ at the Washington State Commission on

48:50 ↗ asian-pacific American Affairs and uh

48:53 ↗ yeah I grew up in uh on the East Side

48:56 ↗ went to Rond high school so it's a I

48:59 ↗ know I've seen a lot of changes over the

49:01 ↗ years um so the mission of CC is to

49:04 ↗ create opportunities for Success while

49:07 ↗ honoring the heritage of the immigrants

49:10 ↗ and the family members that we serve and

49:13 ↗ the staff helped us develop our core

49:15 ↗ values um they are Community

49:19 ↗ compassion

49:20 ↗ empowerment equity and

49:24 ↗ inclusion and our staff are bilingual

49:28 ↗ and the majority of them are immigrants

49:30 ↗ themselves so they understand the the

49:34 ↗ the lived experiences they share a lot

49:36 ↗ of the same experiences of the people

49:37 ↗ we're serving and we are able to you

49:41 ↗ know Advocate and Empower uh the people

49:44 ↗ that we serve and we we use a strength

49:47 ↗ based approach to to maximize um the

49:52 ↗ strengths of the immigrants we serving

49:53 ↗ and helping them achieve their goals

49:58 ↗ so we started in

50:00 ↗ 1972 you can see a picture of some of

50:02 ↗ our early volunteers who were students

50:04 ↗ at the University of Washington and they

50:07 ↗ were walking around Seattle's Chinatown

50:09 ↗ International District and saw many

50:11 ↗ older adults who are unable to access

50:14 ↗ Services uh due to the need for cultural

50:18 ↗ language services in the city and like

50:21 ↗ many organizations at the time they

50:24 ↗ found a table in a donated space at the

50:27 ↗ old Wing luk Museum and they started uh

50:31 ↗ serving community members and they

50:33 ↗ started showing up and eventually many

50:35 ↗ of them said that I have grown adult

50:38 ↗ children or I have grandchildren who

50:40 ↗ need support so we expanded and Bren our

50:43 ↗ scope to serve the entire

50:47 ↗ family we have 130 plus staff who are

50:50 ↗ bilingual and bicultural we have four

50:53 ↗ office locations uh in Seattle Belleview

50:57 ↗ Lake Hills area um our new location at

51:00 ↗ the redond together Center and then in

51:03 ↗ Ron and we serve more than 12,000 people

51:06 ↗ each

51:09 ↗ year so I'm going to talk about our

51:12 ↗ program areas so we serve uh youth many

51:16 ↗ of the fun most of the funding comes

51:18 ↗ from best charts for kids so the focus

51:20 ↗ is on birth to uh you know pre

51:24 ↗ kindergarten and our efforts are focused

51:27 ↗ on the child's physical social and

51:30 ↗ emotional cognitive and for a lot of

51:33 ↗ programs um U you know multilingual

51:36 ↗ support and we ensure that we're

51:38 ↗ providing curriculum and uh you know

51:42 ↗ Youth Development that's using

51:44 ↗ culturally relevant

51:50 ↗ strategies a lot of our programs

51:52 ↗ including parent child plus and CH

51:54 ↗ childcare health consultation and

51:56 ↗ Universal development screening use a

51:58 ↗ home visiting model so our early

52:01 ↗ learning Specialists will visit the

52:02 ↗ homes of uh parents and caregivers to

52:06 ↗ support their child's Youth Development

52:08 ↗ and especially where it comes to

52:10 ↗ developmental screening to make sure

52:11 ↗ that um you know parents and family

52:14 ↗ members are equipped with um screening

52:16 ↗ tools and to understand how to connect

52:18 ↗ to resources and referrals that uh

52:21 ↗ address their child's uh developmental

52:24 ↗ needs and we provide these programs

52:26 ↗ throughout King County in Cantonese

52:29 ↗ Mandarin and Vietnamese

52:33 ↗ languages we also have a program called

52:36 ↗ Kaleidoscope Play and Learn that many

52:38 ↗ other nonprofits offer it's a dropin

52:41 ↗ service that utilizes libraries and

52:43 ↗ other community spaces so family members

52:46 ↗ with young children you know usually two

52:48 ↗ or three years old they can drop in at a

52:50 ↗ library space uh socialize with other

52:53 ↗ family members and the children children

52:55 ↗ um are engaged with one of our

52:57 ↗ facilitators who's providing activities

53:00 ↗ stories music and games so it's a great

53:03 ↗ activity for both uh the parents and

53:06 ↗ caregivers and

53:08 ↗ children and uh in our Seattle office we

53:11 ↗ have an after school program and a

53:13 ↗ summer learning program we provide for

53:15 ↗ grade school

53:17 ↗ students and then in Seattle we also

53:19 ↗ have funding from the city to offer a

53:22 ↗ bilingual preschool that serves about 20

53:28 ↗ students and then we focus on

53:31 ↗ strengthening families using uh Family

53:33 ↗ Center approach so we utilize a

53:36 ↗ wraparound wraparound services to um

53:40 ↗ strengthen families and uh these are you

53:44 ↗ know based in uh our Seattle office we

53:47 ↗ have a physical location in the

53:48 ↗ Chinatown International District and in

53:51 ↗ South King County at our new Renton

53:53 ↗ office um however in East King County

53:56 ↗ we're using multiple locations to

53:58 ↗ provide support so we'll be at um for

54:00 ↗ example City Halls or Community spaces

54:04 ↗ and we ensure that families are able to

54:07 ↗ access public services to improve their

54:09 ↗ quality of life so we provide a lot of

54:12 ↗ information and assistance to make sure

54:14 ↗ they're able to navigate and access

54:16 ↗ services that are available to the to

54:18 ↗ the public we also provide cultural

54:20 ↗ activities we recently had a mid Autumn

54:24 ↗ Festival event at the together Center in

54:27 ↗ Redmond and we have community building

54:30 ↗ and education workshops that we provide

54:32 ↗ and uh our clients are speak many

54:35 ↗ languages including Chinese Russian

54:37 ↗ Ukrainian and

54:39 ↗ Vietnamese and we'll often partner with

54:42 ↗ organizations and government such as uh

54:45 ↗ King County Metro so they um will

54:48 ↗ approach us when they're changing bus

54:50 ↗ routes and wanting to understand the

54:52 ↗ impact of uh changing routes for old

54:55 ↗ older adults and so we'll do um sort of

54:57 ↗ a mini focus group with them to make

54:59 ↗ sure that they get

55:02 ↗ feedback and then in 2020 um in response

55:06 ↗ to the rise in anti-asian hate we began

55:10 ↗ uh documenting incidents of hate crimes

55:14 ↗ and we joined a coalition against hate

55:17 ↗ and bias with several other nonprofit

55:19 ↗ organizations to document cases and then

55:22 ↗ provide survivors with support including

55:25 ↗ legal assistance um referring them to

55:28 ↗ mental health and other supports to help

55:30 ↗ them restore their sense of agency and

55:33 ↗ safety and we have uh phone numbers that

55:36 ↗ people can call for Chinese languages

55:39 ↗ including and also Russian Ukrainian

55:41 ↗ Vietnamese and

55:46 ↗ Spanish and our family support programs

55:48 ↗ include English and second language

55:51 ↗ classes as well as

55:52 ↗ naturalization and we'll partner with

55:55 ↗ nonprofits like one America or Entre hos

55:58 ↗ to be able to help people um achieve

56:01 ↗ their dream of becoming a naturalized

56:06 ↗ citizen and then we continue to still

56:08 ↗ support uh older adults uh ensuring that

56:11 ↗ they're able to thrive in their own home

56:13 ↗ and

56:16 ↗ community so we have senior activities

56:19 ↗ that are based in our Seattle office as

56:21 ↗ well as North uh Belleview Community

56:23 ↗ Center and other senior centers around

56:26 ↗ uh you know Seattle east and south King

56:29 ↗ County and it's a place for older adults

56:32 ↗ to enjoy um cultural activities um

56:37 ↗ socializing um we have um you know taii

56:40 ↗ or or music and uh we have other kinds

56:44 ↗ of workshops including um an annual

56:47 ↗ Senior Resource fair that we have at

56:49 ↗ North bellw Community Center with

56:51 ↗ several hundred attendees and we'll have

56:54 ↗ 30 Community Partners there to provide

56:56 ↗ resource

57:01 ↗ tables and then one of our major

57:03 ↗ programs is our case management program

57:07 ↗ where we have about uh 30 to 40 staff

57:10 ↗ who will visit the homes of low-income

57:12 ↗ seniors and disabled uh adults to ensure

57:16 ↗ that um they are able to connect to a

57:19 ↗ caregiver or specialist to uh enjoy

57:22 ↗ their communities and we also provide

57:25 ↗ support for family caregivers to make

57:27 ↗ sure they have best practices and also

57:30 ↗ um breaks for that vital role that they

57:32 ↗ play to serve their their family

57:37 ↗ members and then each year especially

57:39 ↗ right around now it's open enrollment

57:41 ↗ and we do uh you know a two dozen

57:46 ↗ Outreach events throughout King County

57:47 ↗ to help uh folks that uh speak Cantonese

57:51 ↗ Mandarin Vietnamese and English to be

57:53 ↗ able to understand how to access uh

57:55 ↗ Affordable Health Care like Medicare and

57:57 ↗ apple health and to make informed

57:59 ↗ decisions about these complex uh plans

58:03 ↗ so we have hotlines for uh phone numbers

58:05 ↗ as well as um you know drop in um

58:08 ↗ counseling to help them understand uh

58:10 ↗ their affordable healthcare

58:14 ↗ options so that concludes my uh my

58:17 ↗ presentation there uh are there any

58:23 ↗ questions

58:26 ↗ thank you Michael that was such a great

58:28 ↗ presentation to learn about so many

58:30 ↗ different programs it's incredible that

58:33 ↗ you really touch all generations um and

58:35 ↗ so many different groups of folks so um

58:39 ↗ and the fact that you've been around for

58:40 ↗ 51 years that's amazing it's a big deal

58:46 ↗ yeah yeah we uh we celebrated a great

58:49 ↗ event last year um our 50th Anniversary

58:52 ↗ so we really uh just proud of continuing

58:55 ↗ the legacy of uh the volunteers who

58:58 ↗ started the organization and and I do

59:00 ↗ want to add too that um you know we we

59:02 ↗ do appreciate the the city's support for

59:05 ↗ our family resource Support Program uh

59:08 ↗ which essentially um provides support

59:10 ↗ for um uh Russian Ukrainian and chinesee

59:13 ↗ speaking uh community members who have

59:16 ↗ questions about how to access um public

59:19 ↗ services and programs that will help

59:21 ↗ strengthen and improve their quality of

59:23 ↗ life so thank you for that support

59:27 ↗ it's our pleasure it's wonderful work

59:29 ↗ that you you all are doing

59:32 ↗ um great any Commissioners any other

59:34 ↗ questions for Michael

59:39 ↗ here well Michael I really appreciate

59:41 ↗ your time this evening I know you are

59:43 ↗ always busy doing a lot of great work so

59:45 ↗ thank you so much for for meeting with

59:47 ↗ us this evening and um if if there's any

59:50 ↗ um events or anything else that you can

59:52 ↗ think of that you may want to share with

59:54 ↗ the commission Commissioners um please

59:56 ↗ send it my way and I'll pass it on um to

59:58 ↗ to them to maybe do an on-site visit or

1:00:01 ↗ um opportunities to get involved or

1:00:02 ↗ learn more about um

1:00:05 ↗ cisc well thanks Hannah thank you

1:00:07 ↗ everyone for the opportunity and to have

1:00:08 ↗ a great evening thank

1:00:14 ↗ you all right and that's it for

1:00:17 ↗ presentations yay learned a

1:00:21 ↗ lot we covered a lot we sure did what

1:00:25 ↗ time is it okay

1:00:27 ↗ 7:30 okay all right well should we move

1:00:30 ↗ right into um the next agenda item Human

1:00:34 ↗ Services Grants funding process yes

1:00:37 ↗ that's me let me pull up my let me share

1:00:40 ↗ my screen

1:00:44 ↗ now okay get us started so it was that

1:00:49 ↗ meline that said sh okay oh was that

1:00:51 ↗ mine oh bye mine thanks so much for

1:00:53 ↗ joining us

1:00:55 ↗ she just flew in from Europe so she I

1:00:59 ↗ can't believe she's here that was very

1:01:01 ↗ kind that I know she logged in yeah

1:01:04 ↗ appreciate that all right well hello

1:01:08 ↗ Commissioners um I am excited to kind of

1:01:12 ↗ shift gears a little bit um that was

1:01:15 ↗ great to hear from our nonprofit

1:01:16 ↗ organizations really want to encourage

1:01:18 ↗ folks um if you have an opportunity to

1:01:20 ↗ go on site there's nothing like just

1:01:22 ↗ seeing the work um happening and being

1:01:24 ↗ there in the action so um more

1:01:27 ↗ information to come via email to

1:01:28 ↗ everyone about those opportunities um

1:01:31 ↗ but now I'm going to shift a gears as we

1:01:33 ↗ are getting close to the end of the year

1:01:36 ↗ um which means um we are getting closer

1:01:39 ↗ to really a huge portion of what Human

1:01:41 ↗ Service Commission does which is the

1:01:43 ↗ Human Service Grant application review

1:01:45 ↗ and recommendation process and so really

1:01:48 ↗ my intent of this presentation is um

1:01:52 ↗ just the kind of start Orient ating Us

1:01:55 ↗ in that direction um so it I want um to

1:01:59 ↗ give kind of a high Lev kind of a quick

1:02:02 ↗ run through and prepare us for what the

1:02:04 ↗ process may look like and what the

1:02:05 ↗ timeline's going to look like but don't

1:02:07 ↗ worry there's going to be a lot of

1:02:09 ↗ training lot more fun PowerPoint

1:02:12 ↗ presentations um to really gear us up

1:02:15 ↗ that so you feel more equipped for it so

1:02:17 ↗ um this is just a little

1:02:19 ↗ taste so that is the

1:02:22 ↗ intent um

1:02:26 ↗ I I'm not on PowerPoint so it's a little

1:02:28 ↗ different for me um so again tonight we

1:02:30 ↗ are just again look back a little bit of

1:02:33 ↗ the 2023 2024 grant funding process um

1:02:37 ↗ some of you are a part of it but I'm

1:02:39 ↗ thinking about it's about 5050 we'll

1:02:41 ↗ have some new folks starting this

1:02:43 ↗ process so that'll be nice um and then

1:02:46 ↗ we're GNA again just talk about what the

1:02:48 ↗ next steps look like for time frame um

1:02:51 ↗ so so stepping back a little bit giving

1:02:53 ↗ a little more context to the Human

1:02:54 ↗ Services Grants um so this is um from

1:02:58 ↗ our general funds here at the city of

1:03:01 ↗ isqua um it's in a banal cycle which

1:03:04 ↗ basically means um they do one contract

1:03:06 ↗ for every year um and so they have to

1:03:10 ↗ apply every two years so what that means

1:03:12 ↗ for Commissioners is that you reviewing

1:03:15 ↗ applications every other year um so it

1:03:17 ↗ can get um it's a it's a busy season but

1:03:20 ↗ it's it's very rewarding um so what

1:03:23 ↗ really the goal is um here is for you to

1:03:26 ↗ review those applications and end up

1:03:28 ↗ making that recommendation which will

1:03:30 ↗ then go to our city council who will

1:03:31 ↗ make that final

1:03:33 ↗ adoption so just kind of looking back

1:03:36 ↗ again high level um happy to Pro give

1:03:39 ↗ more details um as we move forward um

1:03:42 ↗ but want to to show you here for our

1:03:45 ↗ last cycle sorry for the typo uh for our

1:03:47 ↗ last cycle um we had

1:03:52 ↗ $556,500

1:03:54 ↗ that was um awarded to our nonprofits I

1:03:57 ↗ will say this is an increase from the

1:03:59 ↗ previous Cycles which was 500,000 so we

1:04:02 ↗ were very thrilled to see that go up um

1:04:06 ↗ but I want you to really look at the

1:04:08 ↗ amount that was

1:04:09 ↗ requested um almost $1.4 million that's

1:04:13 ↗ basically the organization saying hey

1:04:15 ↗ this is how much money we need to be

1:04:17 ↗ able to do the services that we're

1:04:19 ↗ saying we can do on our applications so

1:04:22 ↗ we had to basically squeeze the 1.4

1:04:24 ↗ million into $556

1:04:28 ↗ $720 um not an easy task um and um you

1:04:33 ↗ can see here that there was 81 programs

1:04:35 ↗ that applied some of those are we had

1:04:38 ↗ organizations that may have applied to

1:04:40 ↗ multiple programs um but 81 programs and

1:04:44 ↗ we narrowed it up to

1:04:49 ↗ 42 and if you're not familiar with Human

1:04:52 ↗ Services Grants again just high level

1:04:54 ↗ here we um we work with 16 there's 16

1:04:58 ↗ cities total north east and south

1:05:00 ↗ funders um trying to really help

1:05:02 ↗ streamline it for our nonprofit

1:05:04 ↗ organizations they go through the share

1:05:06 ↗ one app portal that um they can

1:05:09 ↗ basically do one application and apply

1:05:11 ↗ to multiple cities um so that's a great

1:05:14 ↗ process and we um we collaborate as City

1:05:17 ↗ funders but again we we look more at the

1:05:20 ↗ local level and what are the local needs

1:05:23 ↗ and so for our last cycle we had our

1:05:25 ↗ Human Services strategic plan which

1:05:27 ↗ we'll spend a little more time

1:05:28 ↗ familiarizing ourselves in that in the

1:05:30 ↗ months to come um but that ultimately

1:05:32 ↗ led us to five priority Focus areas that

1:05:35 ↗ really help guide our funding decisions

1:05:39 ↗ um we last year we took and we'll have

1:05:42 ↗ this discussion we we took the approach

1:05:45 ↗ of funding less

1:05:47 ↗ organizations but more money so the idea

1:05:51 ↗ was can more funding to an organization

1:05:53 ↗ move the needle a little bit further

1:05:55 ↗ where the previous cycle they did a

1:05:56 ↗ funding process where it was we like to

1:06:00 ↗ call it a peanut butter spread not the

1:06:02 ↗ official term but it's basically was

1:06:04 ↗ this distribution of we want to fund

1:06:07 ↗ everybody um and that's we we do we

1:06:11 ↗ certainly do there's some great work out

1:06:13 ↗ there you're seeing those organizations

1:06:15 ↗ uh we weren't able to fund all those

1:06:17 ↗ organizations it's hard to say no um but

1:06:20 ↗ we do we do look at the local um

1:06:24 ↗ response but we also take the regional

1:06:26 ↗ response so we understand that some

1:06:27 ↗ organizations may not be in isqua but

1:06:29 ↗ it's a needed service for isqua

1:06:31 ↗ residents for example we have homeless

1:06:34 ↗ shelters not in issaqua but we uh

1:06:37 ↗ support all the regional

1:06:41 ↗ shelters um so again we work with uh

1:06:45 ↗ them to create contracts that are

1:06:48 ↗ service um

1:06:49 ↗ focus the grant applications you'll be

1:06:52 ↗ reviewing has information um about their

1:06:55 ↗ organizations and really um we help

1:06:58 ↗ guide them of hey look at isqua

1:07:00 ↗ specifically and really tell us how are

1:07:02 ↗ you're going to make an impact for isoa

1:07:04 ↗ residents so that's what you'll be

1:07:06 ↗ reviewing this is just an example of

1:07:08 ↗ what we use to help guide us for the

1:07:11 ↗ review process um we've done a lot other

1:07:14 ↗ cities do it very differently um but we

1:07:16 ↗ found this one to work and we'll discuss

1:07:18 ↗ this process as we prepare we did green

1:07:22 ↗ red and yellow light

1:07:24 ↗ simple but sometimes like just way

1:07:27 ↗ easier uh we decided what are our what

1:07:30 ↗ are our priorities so for example are

1:07:32 ↗ they local um are they uh meet our

1:07:35 ↗ community needs um is there an equity

1:07:38 ↗ Focus who are they serving um they get

1:07:41 ↗ green light um if they are a duplicate

1:07:44 ↗ of services or they're not accessible

1:07:47 ↗ folks will put them in the red category

1:07:49 ↗ and then I would say the fun one is the

1:07:51 ↗ yellow those are fun conversations to

1:07:53 ↗ kind of really debate and figure out

1:07:56 ↗ what makes the most sense with this

1:07:57 ↗ funding more more training on that to

1:08:00 ↗ come but just a high level and then

1:08:02 ↗ again what's to come so between now and

1:08:05 ↗ then 2025 which I know sounds like

1:08:08 ↗ forever away but it will be here before

1:08:10 ↗ we know it um so here in Q4 um we are

1:08:14 ↗ going to be focusing on our strategic

1:08:16 ↗ plan we're coming up on two years and we

1:08:19 ↗ are reviewing how implementation is

1:08:21 ↗ going so we'll be presenting some more

1:08:23 ↗ information to Commissioners um here in

1:08:26 ↗ in the next couple months really in q1

1:08:30 ↗ and Q2 um next year is uh going to do

1:08:34 ↗ some Grant um preparation training

1:08:38 ↗ basically kind of diving in deeper into

1:08:41 ↗ this um and then in Q3 that's when we're

1:08:43 ↗ really GNA be it's gets busy gets real

1:08:47 ↗ busy in the summertime where we're going

1:08:49 ↗ to um review the applications and um

1:08:53 ↗ present it to the council and then in q1

1:08:55 ↗ that's when we really get to the this is

1:08:57 ↗ outside of commission but this is where

1:08:59 ↗ I get to really work with our

1:09:01 ↗ organizations to really create the scope

1:09:03 ↗ of work build the contract and then I'm

1:09:06 ↗ monitoring so that's the process and

1:09:09 ↗ then zooming in a little bit um I'm

1:09:11 ↗ going to I'm going to kind of go through

1:09:13 ↗ this quickly because it leads into our

1:09:16 ↗ next agenda item which breaks down what

1:09:18 ↗ this next year looks like uh but um we

1:09:22 ↗ are basically prepar preparing for um

1:09:26 ↗ we're preparing for the end of April

1:09:28 ↗ which is when we'll start the

1:09:29 ↗ application process reviewing that again

1:09:32 ↗ I'll dive more into that so I'll just

1:09:35 ↗ Cru through that one and then

1:09:38 ↗ ultimately really what we're looking at

1:09:41 ↗ as our next steps which I'll go in more

1:09:42 ↗ detail in our next agenda item is um

1:09:46 ↗ we're I really want to lay for this

1:09:48 ↗ group a foundation of our strategic plan

1:09:51 ↗ and I really want to help familiar

1:09:52 ↗ familiarize everyone with what that

1:09:56 ↗ where we're trying to head as a city in

1:09:58 ↗ human

1:09:59 ↗ services um and so that's really where

1:10:01 ↗ we're going to start uh we'll look

1:10:03 ↗ deeper into our funding priority areas

1:10:06 ↗ we'll talk about what's our funding

1:10:08 ↗ approach what do we want to do what's

1:10:09 ↗ important would we value for this next

1:10:11 ↗ cycle and then we'll kind of get prepped

1:10:14 ↗ for the

1:10:16 ↗ process high level that's what's to come

1:10:20 ↗ I'm very excited um any any questions I

1:10:25 ↗ went through that fast because it's

1:10:30 ↗ late and you'll be hearing me talk about

1:10:32 ↗ this a lot more in

1:10:36 ↗ 2024 cool great summary that really

1:10:39 ↗ helps good perfect that's what I was

1:10:43 ↗ wanting all right back to you then okay

1:10:46 ↗ well um do you want to just move into to

1:10:48 ↗ our um oh yeah back to

1:10:51 ↗ me our draft work plan yes

1:10:54 ↗ okay and I and Hannah was gracious

1:10:57 ↗ enough she provided hard copies for all

1:10:59 ↗ of us I did I did because this is an

1:11:02 ↗ important discussion um and I really

1:11:04 ↗ want us to um think about what this next

1:11:07 ↗ year looks like and I spent a lot of

1:11:09 ↗ time again looking at what ises our

1:11:12 ↗ Human Service strategic plan says and

1:11:15 ↗ how do I need to help our commission and

1:11:17 ↗ our nonprofit organizations to prepare

1:11:20 ↗ for um for this next cycle it's a lot of

1:11:23 ↗ work of us and I want everyone to be as

1:11:25 ↗ prepared as possible um so again this is

1:11:28 ↗ a draft there's definitely room um to to

1:11:30 ↗ work on it if you need some more time to

1:11:33 ↗ kind of before we finalize it to think

1:11:35 ↗ about it overnight we can um come back

1:11:37 ↗ to this um but let me start us off in

1:11:41 ↗ January um so really for our our first

1:11:45 ↗ meeting it's really it's going to be

1:11:46 ↗ focused on our strategic plan like I

1:11:49 ↗ said that's a foundation um but what I

1:11:52 ↗ will do is provide a Pres presentation

1:11:54 ↗ of basically how is it going what have

1:11:57 ↗ we been doing with that um strategic

1:11:59 ↗ plan and so I'll give an overview of how

1:12:01 ↗ we are at and just receive any feedback

1:12:03 ↗ that I have uh or or that you may have

1:12:06 ↗ for me by that point I do plan to have

1:12:09 ↗ have um done that presentation to our

1:12:12 ↗ providers um and so I'll also be able to

1:12:15 ↗ share some of what I've been hearing in

1:12:16 ↗ our um in our community who who are

1:12:20 ↗ providers Grant applicants so our

1:12:23 ↗ nonprofit organizations that we partner

1:12:25 ↗ with so a lot of like our isqua like the

1:12:27 ↗ food bank we talk to or like I mean the

1:12:30 ↗ organizations we saw here tonight would

1:12:32 ↗ be part of that we call them focus

1:12:34 ↗ groups so basically we will kind of give

1:12:38 ↗ them the update of how it's going and

1:12:40 ↗ receive any feedback of ways to improve

1:12:43 ↗ um we're not here to Redo like a

1:12:46 ↗ community needs assessment that's going

1:12:48 ↗ to happen in a couple years after the

1:12:50 ↗ 5year Mark um so that is to come but but

1:12:53 ↗ this is more so just an

1:12:57 ↗ update um and then the next thing is a

1:12:59 ↗ supplemental so the supplemental is um

1:13:02 ↗ is what we get to say um and post in the

1:13:06 ↗ application and say hey this is what

1:13:08 ↗ isqua looking to fun this is how much

1:13:11 ↗ money we have to give in total and this

1:13:13 ↗ is what we want to use the money for um

1:13:16 ↗ so you folks get to help me write that

1:13:18 ↗ I'll have a draft but I would love your

1:13:20 ↗ income uh your your input sorry it's

1:13:23 ↗ late I don't need your

1:13:25 ↗ [Laughter]

1:13:27 ↗ income um so then February um you all

1:13:31 ↗ get to have a wonderful Monica back

1:13:33 ↗ she's I am subbing for me I will be in

1:13:36 ↗ Disney World with my family so uh yes so

1:13:40 ↗ having a good vacation so thank you all

1:13:42 ↗ for your understanding um but Monica

1:13:45 ↗ will be able you're in good hands she'll

1:13:46 ↗ give you an update of how kind of

1:13:48 ↗ basically 2023 went um as a division so

1:13:52 ↗ some good opportunity for that and then

1:13:56 ↗ in March um that is when we're diving

1:13:58 ↗ into our um kind of The Grand Review

1:14:01 ↗ process that's when like the discussion

1:14:03 ↗ will really happen of hey how do we want

1:14:06 ↗ to approach this what makes the most

1:14:08 ↗ sense um what are some lessons learned

1:14:10 ↗ from last time um how would you want to

1:14:13 ↗ implement it so we'll be working that

1:14:16 ↗ and then you hear can see on the comment

1:14:17 ↗ section there's a few things that are

1:14:19 ↗ happening outside of this meeting which

1:14:22 ↗ is um

1:14:24 ↗ new Commissioners can come on board um

1:14:27 ↗ and the application does start opening

1:14:30 ↗ so that's when things get a little bit

1:14:32 ↗ busy for me when I'm working with our

1:14:34 ↗ nonprofits on the back end providing

1:14:36 ↗ technical support um and so um so

1:14:39 ↗ that'll be a busy month and a lot of

1:14:42 ↗ preparation and then April is um that's

1:14:47 ↗ when I get to basically say hey this is

1:14:48 ↗ who all applied this is how much money

1:14:50 ↗ was asked for and um provide the

1:14:54 ↗ training of how do you just access the

1:14:56 ↗ application how do we review it by that

1:14:58 ↗ point we should have a our review card

1:15:01 ↗ um finalized and then um and then in the

1:15:04 ↗ past we have done like subcommittees so

1:15:06 ↗ again we'll have that discussion how we

1:15:08 ↗ want to do it um but we kind of did a

1:15:10 ↗ divide and conquer type of approach um

1:15:13 ↗ and so if that's the case we'll do the

1:15:15 ↗ assignments and then April 18th it

1:15:17 ↗ you're off you're looking at those

1:15:19 ↗ applications and um again it sounds

1:15:22 ↗ daunting but you'll be you'll be

1:15:25 ↗ prepared um and then May 15th is a

1:15:28 ↗ little more kind of like the to-dos with

1:15:30 ↗ we'll have new a couple new

1:15:31 ↗ Commissioners

1:15:32 ↗ possibly um and then um it'll just be a

1:15:37 ↗ check-in um so kind of basically hoping

1:15:39 ↗ to give you all a solid solid month uh

1:15:42 ↗ on your own time to be able to start

1:15:44 ↗ reviewing and then come

1:15:47 ↗ June um we actually our our meeting

1:15:49 ↗ lands on a holiday um which is which is

1:15:52 ↗ okay okay um because the idea is what we

1:15:55 ↗ did last year if we're meeting in

1:15:57 ↗ subcommittees um we usually meet two

1:16:00 ↗ three four times and so we will do that

1:16:03 ↗ outside of a regular commit U meeting so

1:16:05 ↗ we'll cancel June but do plan on having

1:16:08 ↗ um seeing me a lot and we'll be chatting

1:16:12 ↗ and discussing our um recommendations in

1:16:16 ↗ the subcomittees so um so don't think

1:16:20 ↗ that's a we month off that's actually a

1:16:22 ↗ multiple meeting so um so and we are

1:16:26 ↗ accommodating in your schedule as well

1:16:29 ↗ so doesn't have to be in the evenings

1:16:31 ↗ could be evening daytime lunch

1:16:34 ↗ hours so then July I think is a great

1:16:37 ↗ time for us um we be ready to basically

1:16:40 ↗ present our recommendations so we'll

1:16:42 ↗ have each subcommittee report out what

1:16:44 ↗ their recommendations are and then

1:16:45 ↗ that's an opportunity as a larger group

1:16:47 ↗ to discuss and debate and figure out

1:16:50 ↗ where we want to land on certain things

1:16:52 ↗ um um and then uh we'll continue to meet

1:16:55 ↗ as needed and then um August 21st is

1:16:59 ↗ ultimately kind of our final that's when

1:17:02 ↗ we really want to finalize our

1:17:03 ↗ recommendations and present it to um

1:17:05 ↗ city

1:17:06 ↗ council um it will go to our city mayor

1:17:09 ↗ who then who will present it sometimes

1:17:12 ↗ in the past we've had Commissioners

1:17:13 ↗ attend those Council meetings but we'll

1:17:15 ↗ decide that when it

1:17:17 ↗ comes um and then I like to um start

1:17:20 ↗ fresh on while it's fresh on our minds

1:17:22 ↗ kind of figure out hey what worked what

1:17:23 ↗ didn't work um what should we do

1:17:25 ↗ different next year um and then um we'll

1:17:30 ↗ give up some more updates and time um

1:17:33 ↗ for divisions and um we can consider

1:17:36 ↗ recessing in November and then we will

1:17:38 ↗ recess in

1:17:40 ↗ December so I'm really excited for this

1:17:43 ↗ year I really am and I'm excited to work

1:17:47 ↗ with this group too you've all have been

1:17:49 ↗ very engaged very um enthusiastic about

1:17:53 ↗ um and and bring very great perspectives

1:17:56 ↗ so I I'm excited to go through this

1:17:59 ↗ process with you all any questions any

1:18:01 ↗ edits anything I'm missing off the top

1:18:04 ↗ of your

1:18:09 ↗ head

1:18:11 ↗ cool I was say commissioner Heim is that

1:18:14 ↗ there's a March 20th the equity training

1:18:18 ↗ it is I did that last time and it was

1:18:20 ↗ really worthwhile so for what it's worth

1:18:22 ↗ on that plugin um really does look into

1:18:25 ↗ like the unattended consequences

1:18:27 ↗ biases um so I know what was it Saturday

1:18:31 ↗ when I attended mine so yeah it's a

1:18:34 ↗ really good I don't know if it's going

1:18:34 ↗ to be the same speaker or not but it's

1:18:36 ↗ definitely

1:18:37 ↗ um worthwhile hi thank you so much I

1:18:41 ↗ totally no that was I'm glad highed that

1:18:44 ↗ good that's a big one um it is one of

1:18:47 ↗ it's very important I think for us to do

1:18:49 ↗ Equity training right before we review

1:18:51 ↗ the applications so typically

1:18:54 ↗ historically we work with um all East

1:18:56 ↗ Side um Commissioners and we do an

1:18:59 ↗ equity training usually it's offered

1:19:01 ↗ once or twice um it's been in person

1:19:03 ↗ it's been virtual um so that is still to

1:19:07 ↗ be determined um but so either uh we

1:19:10 ↗ will plan work on planning that with our

1:19:13 ↗ Northeast partners and offer those times

1:19:17 ↗ to you if that doesn't happen um it

1:19:20 ↗ could happen anywhere between March and

1:19:22 ↗ and may but if it's not happening at

1:19:24 ↗ those times um we will figure something

1:19:27 ↗ out to provide uh somebody to come in

1:19:29 ↗ and provide training so um that is very

1:19:33 ↗ important to us and very like H I said a

1:19:35 ↗ very helpful tool to do right before

1:19:37 ↗ reviewing applications so great so it's

1:19:40 ↗ not part of the the evening meeting

1:19:43 ↗ it'll be sometime um quite yes yeah that

1:19:48 ↗ one's like very

1:19:49 ↗ impens is the way that one is so it

1:19:51 ↗ might be that one or might might need to

1:19:53 ↗ to move or adjust call how long the

1:19:57 ↗ meeting is for um for the equity

1:20:00 ↗ training great question I think it was

1:20:02 ↗ either an hour maybe an hour and a half

1:20:05 ↗ so so typically what we did last time um

1:20:09 ↗ is instead of meeting for our regular

1:20:12 ↗ meeting we did the equity meeting

1:20:14 ↗ instead so yes so so I guess like the

1:20:18 ↗ March April could change a little bit

1:20:20 ↗ here and there that's needed so more to

1:20:23 ↗ come on that yeah the I mean you correct

1:20:26 ↗ me if I'm wrong um when we were kind of

1:20:29 ↗ strategizing this year was we did the

1:20:31 ↗ equity training but also being

1:20:34 ↗ strategically around centering our

1:20:37 ↗ agencies or nonprofit agencies around

1:20:40 ↗ like bipod diversity Equity inclusion

1:20:42 ↗ belonging to ensure that uh we're

1:20:45 ↗ hitting the marginalized vulnerable

1:20:47 ↗ folks within our community um so there

1:20:50 ↗ was we did that train that we're

1:20:51 ↗ training to be even strategic with the

1:20:53 ↗ folks that came in today uh to make sure

1:20:56 ↗ that everyone everyone's voice is being

1:20:58 ↗ heard when it comes to uh funding

1:21:02 ↗ exactly that's great thank

1:21:07 ↗ you okay well um I will keep you all

1:21:10 ↗ posted as I get more information about

1:21:11 ↗ Equity training which then might I then

1:21:14 ↗ I can update our work plan

1:21:17 ↗ so great okay I think that puts us in

1:21:20 ↗ good standing then so that's that's it

1:21:23 ↗ for the agenda item okay so we'll move

1:21:26 ↗ on to our

1:21:28 ↗ reports okay um so the next thing is the

1:21:32 ↗ chair and the commissioner reports and I

1:21:35 ↗ will just start out by I want to

1:21:37 ↗ highlight okay nobody brought winner

1:21:39 ↗ codes

1:21:40 ↗ right no okay but if you click on that

1:21:44 ↗ link if and you might not even know what

1:21:46 ↗ I'm talking about but um there is a

1:21:48 ↗ winter Cod drive that the food bank is

1:21:51 ↗ doing and you can just go out and um

1:21:54 ↗ Google them and find out where the

1:21:56 ↗ Dropout I think the drop off site is at

1:21:58 ↗ work is at work and and I can't remember

1:22:02 ↗ myself I mean we won't take the time

1:22:04 ↗ here but they they I think they have two

1:22:06 ↗ different weekends to drop po off so so

1:22:09 ↗ the final um drop off is tomorrow

1:22:13 ↗ Thursday at at work um which is in kind

1:22:16 ↗ of Gilman Village area and um it you can

1:22:20 ↗ drop off between 1 and three 30 um so

1:22:23 ↗ they are in desperate need of more

1:22:25 ↗ winter coats um the city of isqua we are

1:22:28 ↗ doing kind of like an internal small

1:22:31 ↗ drive to help them out so we're still

1:22:33 ↗ working to um get more well thank you

1:22:35 ↗ for pointing out the tight time schedule

1:22:37 ↗ because I think they've already have one

1:22:39 ↗ drop off they' they had a few they've

1:22:41 ↗ already had a few this is the last one

1:22:42 ↗ because their Drive is November 3rd and

1:22:45 ↗ so they need time to sort through all

1:22:46 ↗ the C and they're really looking for

1:22:48 ↗ men's coats yeah good point do rain

1:22:50 ↗ coats count or do they need to be

1:22:54 ↗ want know so I am going with if it you

1:22:59 ↗ can put a layer underneath it I think

1:23:01 ↗ good still a need and if the uh if it

1:23:04 ↗ the food bank does not um find it

1:23:06 ↗ appropriate for this drive they'll find

1:23:08 ↗ use for it in a different naue um they

1:23:11 ↗ do also have an option if you can't uh

1:23:13 ↗ or if you don't have donations but want

1:23:14 ↗ to donate they have an Amazon wish list

1:23:17 ↗ um so on that link it'll take you to

1:23:19 ↗ their website um and you can uh

1:23:23 ↗ uh ship uh one of their winter coat

1:23:25 ↗ options they have different you know

1:23:28 ↗ affordability type of coat options so

1:23:31 ↗ you can also do that way and um I mean

1:23:35 ↗ they'll take any Coates right but they

1:23:38 ↗ they particularly looking for Met's

1:23:40 ↗ coats and then I mean kid Vantage you

1:23:42 ↗ guys are probably familiar with what

1:23:44 ↗ used to be East Side baby Corners now

1:23:45 ↗ kid

1:23:46 ↗ Vantage I think they will take all

1:23:49 ↗ children sizes up to 12 correct

1:23:52 ↗ something like that yeah and so the food

1:23:53 ↗ bank is trying to kind of Hit the other

1:23:56 ↗ the the gap of kind of older teen sizes

1:24:00 ↗ so 14 to 16 and then up um to double XL

1:24:05 ↗ or yeah yeah men

1:24:08 ↗ women's

1:24:09 ↗ yeah um and then I I I know that um you

1:24:14 ↗ put it I was just looking you put it I

1:24:16 ↗ think in somewhere about the notes that

1:24:18 ↗ mine had given you about the different

1:24:21 ↗ um fundrais that she attended right and

1:24:24 ↗ I M and I attended the isqua food bake

1:24:27 ↗ fundraiser together I want to say it was

1:24:29 ↗ a month

1:24:31 ↗ ago 26 it was my birthday happy birthday

1:24:37 ↗ you remember and it was up at um the

1:24:39 ↗ Newcastle golf course it was the first

1:24:41 ↗ time that it been held up there and we

1:24:44 ↗ had a great speaker and I was just I

1:24:46 ↗ can't remember her name where she was

1:24:47 ↗ from they flew her in from the East

1:24:49 ↗ Coast but she was a great speaker and

1:24:52 ↗ anyways it and I haven't looked to see

1:24:55 ↗ if they've met their goal yet I'm sure

1:24:57 ↗ they probably haven't but anyways it was

1:24:59 ↗ a really beneficial fundraiser yeah so

1:25:03 ↗ that's my report does anybody else and

1:25:05 ↗ then we're going to get to you for sure

1:25:07 ↗ is there any um thing you guys want to

1:25:09 ↗ bring

1:25:14 ↗ up okay you get to

1:25:18 ↗ talk okay so this is a fairly short this

1:25:22 ↗ is going to be a fairly short Eve report

1:25:24 ↗ so we recently had both of our October

1:25:26 ↗ meetings and most of the mostly this is

1:25:28 ↗ just filled with planning on the events

1:25:30 ↗ um I've already stated which is State of

1:25:33 ↗ Mind career fair and a racism awareness

1:25:36 ↗ conference mostly the main focus this um

1:25:39 ↗ month was a the career fair which is

1:25:41 ↗ going to be going on in December mainly

1:25:44 ↗ focusing specifically more on careers

1:25:46 ↗ more than colleges to try to lead away

1:25:49 ↗ from what the schools are already doing

1:25:51 ↗ as well as a aiming towards

1:25:52 ↗ underclassman and older middle schoolers

1:25:55 ↗ so that um we lead away from just giving

1:25:58 ↗ just the opportunities to Juniors and

1:26:01 ↗ seniors who are already having more than

1:26:03 ↗ enough opportunities with like the ISA

1:26:05 ↗ schools and they're already doing such

1:26:08 ↗ College fairs so we're giving them some

1:26:10 ↗ um other opportunities by having both

1:26:12 ↗ parents speakers and different um

1:26:15 ↗ occupational clubs at our schools to

1:26:17 ↗ help speak and man

1:26:19 ↗ stands and then we also had our ped

1:26:22 ↗ adoption event which is what we held at

1:26:25 ↗ salmon days which seems like oh so far

1:26:28 ↗ ago and um so we maned a stand and we

1:26:31 ↗ talked about pet safety and uh different

1:26:35 ↗ processes and how to know when your

1:26:37 ↗ family is ready to be able to adopt a

1:26:39 ↗ new puppy or a new kitten and we had um

1:26:42 ↗ some lovely volunteers from Seattle

1:26:45 ↗ human and they brought in um some dogs

1:26:48 ↗ and some kitties and it was a wonderful

1:26:51 ↗ event let everybody pet them very lovely

1:26:55 ↗ very

1:26:56 ↗ lovely and yeah that's basically it for

1:26:59 ↗ this month this e

1:27:02 ↗ report

1:27:04 ↗ good and then I was looking on the food

1:27:08 ↗ bank's website is everybody familiar

1:27:10 ↗ with the Turkey

1:27:12 ↗ Trot okay it is so much

1:27:14 ↗ fun are you familiar with it okay it's a

1:27:18 ↗ it's a major um well probably not major

1:27:21 ↗ but it's a fun fundraiser that the food

1:27:23 ↗ bank does on Thanksgiving

1:27:25 ↗ morning and um I've volunteered at it

1:27:28 ↗ for a few years but

1:27:30 ↗ um people run and I I can't remember

1:27:34 ↗ what the admission fee is but we have

1:27:37 ↗ tons of high schools coming their track

1:27:39 ↗ teams coming to run people dress up as

1:27:42 ↗ turkeys or whatever or you don't have to

1:27:44 ↗ dress up but it's a really fun event

1:27:46 ↗ yeah so and it's being well advertised

1:27:49 ↗ on the ISA food bank website okay but

1:27:52 ↗ yeah so

1:27:54 ↗ thanks okay I think it's your turn Hann

1:27:57 ↗ all right not not too much for stff

1:27:59 ↗ report uh Monica did attend the uh city

1:28:03 ↗ council meeting on the 9th it was just

1:28:05 ↗ mostly report out um nothing too much to

1:28:07 ↗ report back from that um but there was a

1:28:10 ↗ lot of support with what the work is uh

1:28:12 ↗ already happening so that was great um

1:28:15 ↗ and then a few things coming up for

1:28:16 ↗ Human Services I think I sent an email

1:28:18 ↗ about um there's a educational event

1:28:21 ↗ coming up

1:28:22 ↗ um tomorrow virtual please feel free to

1:28:25 ↗ attend mostly City staff and providers I

1:28:27 ↗ think some um Council uh leadership as

1:28:30 ↗ well that will be there um and then we

1:28:32 ↗ have mayor mayor's day of concern which

1:28:35 ↗ um is also coming up this Saturday so

1:28:37 ↗ it's with our food bank and um isan

1:28:40 ↗ samamish um are partnering basically

1:28:44 ↗ kind of going and sitting in front of uh

1:28:46 ↗ Grocery Stores um to kind of help

1:28:49 ↗ increase some donations so our city

1:28:51 ↗ mayor um will partner with the city

1:28:53 ↗ mayor of samamish and um volunteers so

1:28:56 ↗ they are looking for more volunteers um

1:28:58 ↗ if you're interested you can find that

1:29:00 ↗ on their website on the city's website

1:29:03 ↗ um is a GU food and clothing bank um

1:29:06 ↗ okay yes I can follow up with a link for

1:29:10 ↗ that and that's it for my

1:29:15 ↗ report okay and then did you want to

1:29:19 ↗ um going to other business did you want

1:29:21 ↗ to talk talk about November or December

1:29:24 ↗ yeah so um I just wanted to as we're

1:29:27 ↗ kind of wrapping up the meeting tonight

1:29:28 ↗ I wanted to touch base with everyone as

1:29:30 ↗ a whole um and what are our thoughts

1:29:33 ↗ about our November meeting um December

1:29:36 ↗ is going to be a recess meeting um so we

1:29:39 ↗ follow Council and they um take a break

1:29:42 ↗ in December so we will as well um with

1:29:45 ↗ the holidays and so November it's

1:29:47 ↗ currently scheduled for the 15th so so

1:29:50 ↗ it's not on you know Thanksgiving week

1:29:52 ↗ or anything um but I did want to put put

1:29:55 ↗ it as an option if we want to resist

1:29:57 ↗ that for the holidays or if we want to

1:30:00 ↗ continue to meet um if we did meet in

1:30:03 ↗ November um it would be probably looking

1:30:06 ↗ at maybe having a few more

1:30:08 ↗ presentations um from some of our

1:30:10 ↗ organizations I'd have to finalize some

1:30:12 ↗ of those um and

1:30:16 ↗ um I think that that would be the main

1:30:18 ↗ thing currently the the agenda certainly

1:30:20 ↗ could grow and would grow but and then

1:30:22 ↗ you had mentioned when we met with you

1:30:24 ↗ yeah that you would also have a

1:30:26 ↗ quarterly report you could probably

1:30:28 ↗ thank you yes um by that point because

1:30:30 ↗ um right now Q3 invoices are being

1:30:33 ↗ submitted right now um and so I don't

1:30:36 ↗ have all the data but by November I

1:30:39 ↗ could provide you an update of kind of

1:30:41 ↗ desktop monitoring how that's looking

1:30:43 ↗ for their um service units and

1:30:45 ↗ performances um so I think yeah we

1:30:48 ↗ wanted to present it to the whole um I

1:30:50 ↗ know we're missing a couple couple of

1:30:52 ↗ our commissioners so we can certainly

1:30:53 ↗ check in with them but wanted to just

1:30:55 ↗ kind of get a feel for how how we want

1:30:58 ↗ to plan our November meeting if we just

1:31:00 ↗ want to move forward with kind of that

1:31:01 ↗ tensive plan or if we feeling like a a

1:31:04 ↗ nice long break before we jump into a

1:31:06 ↗ busy

1:31:09 ↗ 2024 I'm open to either be great to see

1:31:12 ↗ you people be also okay taking a break

1:31:15 ↗ it it does sound like we would have I

1:31:18 ↗ just like today yeah we would have a

1:31:20 ↗ full agenda if we met we would bring in

1:31:22 ↗ some other organizations which I mean

1:31:25 ↗ I'm assuming everybody found this really

1:31:27 ↗ informative yeah and

1:31:31 ↗ um I I would be game to meet in November

1:31:34 ↗ how does everybody else feel I'm fine

1:31:37 ↗ with it I might have to be on Zoom for

1:31:39 ↗ me because I might be out of town early

1:31:42 ↗ for the holidays but I'm totally fine

1:31:44 ↗ with it okay great

1:31:45 ↗ see anybody gonna be out of town or any

1:31:48 ↗ other things that I will be and I

1:31:50 ↗ actually may be on a flight so I might

1:31:53 ↗ not be able to but I look forward to

1:31:56 ↗ hearing about itally that's a good point

1:31:58 ↗ I haven't booked my ticket

1:32:00 ↗ yet deping on the prices I might be in

1:32:03 ↗ the same boat

1:32:05 ↗ so yeah my fiance kind of yeah she wants

1:32:09 ↗ to attend this wedding in Mexico and

1:32:10 ↗ while I had on like what days are that

1:32:12 ↗ again it's like the 14th to the 20th

1:32:14 ↗ sounds very

1:32:17 ↗ funx

1:32:18 ↗ great okay so I haven't bought my

1:32:20 ↗ tickets yet so I'm like

1:32:28 ↗ dep three people that aren't going to be

1:32:30 ↗ here right no it's a maybe it's a it's a

1:32:34 ↗ maybe it's a maybe it's a maybe

1:32:36 ↗ Kina and you are okay

1:32:40 ↗ available available so it sounds like we

1:32:42 ↗ need to check in with the three who are

1:32:43 ↗ missing because uh if you three are gone

1:32:47 ↗ we will be Preston what about

1:32:50 ↗ you you're in yeah okay I don't know if

1:32:54 ↗ I count toward I think especially if we

1:32:56 ↗ can have some more providers present it

1:32:58 ↗ would be worth it I mean how do you feel

1:33:02 ↗ Hanna oh yeah okay it's job and it's fun

1:33:06 ↗ so Zoom I from Mexico on the

1:33:11 ↗ beach they are presenters if they're

1:33:14 ↗ presenters you do the zoom recording so

1:33:16 ↗ we can learn about them yeah yeah of

1:33:19 ↗ course I can that's not a bad idea but

1:33:21 ↗ we just need to make sure that we meet

1:33:22 ↗ quum that's the biggest thing um so I'm

1:33:25 ↗ just going to I'll do a separate email

1:33:27 ↗ to the three and then we'll we'll I

1:33:29 ↗ think we're close I think it just

1:33:31 ↗ depends please don't what please find

1:33:33 ↗ the cheapest FL whatever that may

1:33:36 ↗ look um but let's tentatively plan on it

1:33:39 ↗ and then I just we'll confirm that we'll

1:33:41 ↗ have Quorum and then if we have Quorum

1:33:43 ↗ we will move forward and I'll work on

1:33:44 ↗ getting some more Partners to present

1:33:46 ↗ like they did here um we will just so

1:33:49 ↗ you know we will keep it um specifically

1:33:51 ↗ our um cultural

1:33:53 ↗ organizations um because we want to make

1:33:56 ↗ sure that we're we're not having any

1:33:58 ↗ biases when we do um the review process

1:34:02 ↗ um so if we invite folks that we

1:34:03 ↗ originally didn't say in our work plan

1:34:05 ↗ we were going to um it could be an issue

1:34:08 ↗ just so you all know on a different note

1:34:10 ↗ I will be inviting all of the nonprofit

1:34:12 ↗ organizations who applied last year and

1:34:14 ↗ who were funded to um to attend any

1:34:17 ↗ public um comment meet or to attend

1:34:20 ↗ during the public comment and they have

1:34:22 ↗ up to five minutes to present could be

1:34:24 ↗ PowerPoint conversation Q&A um just so

1:34:27 ↗ they it's a very equal playing field

1:34:29 ↗ that they all know it's a great

1:34:31 ↗ opportunity for them to present their

1:34:33 ↗ work they're doing um so that is

1:34:36 ↗ hopefully we'll get a chance to meet

1:34:37 ↗ more providers in that capacity but for

1:34:40 ↗ for this round it would just be

1:34:41 ↗ specifically our cultural

1:34:44 ↗ organizations great love the head dods

1:34:47 ↗ all right well I think that's it any

1:34:50 ↗ other business though

1:34:52 ↗ any other what business anything else

1:34:54 ↗ just everybody remember to vote okay

1:34:57 ↗ first Tuesday in

1:34:59 ↗ November okay thank you I think I think

1:35:02 ↗ we're

1:35:04 ↗ good okay we should I adour the meeting

1:35:07 ↗ please do hey the meeting is aured 807

1:35:10 ↗ thank you okay

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