Human Services Commission · Wednesday, February 21, 2024 · City Council Digest

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of January 24, 2024

packet pp.3–4

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Staff report:

APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) 01-24-24 Human Services Commission Minutes Page 1 CITY OF ISSAQUAH Human Services Commission 6:30 PM Steelhead Room, 235 1st Ave. January 24, 2024 MINUTES SE, Issaquah

4. AGENDA ITEMS

Human Services Division Introductions

20 min · Monica Negrila, Human Services Manager · packet pp.5–19

Topics: Equity

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Staff report:

Provide an annual performance and outcome report on 2023 Human Services Grants.

2023 Human Services Grants Annual Report

40 min · Monica Negrila, Human Services Manager

Topics: BudgetEquity

5. REPORTS

Chair and Commissioner Reports

Topics: Boards & Commissions

Youth Report

packet pp.21

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Staff report:

• City Council Services, Safety, & Parks Committee– February 27, 2024 Human Services staff will go before City Council Services, Safety and Parks Committee to provide an update on the Human Services Strategic Plan implementation and introduce the discussion on long term options for the Emergency Housing Pilot program. Updates regarding the Human Services in the Comprehensive Plan will also be presented.

Staff Report

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0:16 ↗ introduce

0:18 ↗ our yes would love to introduce you we

0:21 ↗ have public comments tonight good

0:22 ↗ evening Commissioners good to see you

0:25 ↗ all uh we have from St Vincent samamish

0:29 ↗ uh we have uh Burke here with us tonight

0:32 ↗ to make some public comments so join

0:34 ↗ us people so whenever

0:44 ↗ you St Vincent Paul is one of the um

0:47 ↗ which bucket did it fall under I should

0:49 ↗ know this emergency financial assistance

0:51 ↗ thank you that's a good yeah so it's

0:53 ↗ they provide emergency financial

0:55 ↗ assistance in particular rent assistance

0:57 ↗ and utilities and uh as you may remember

1:02 ↗ or know from our grantees we currently

1:04 ↗ fund uh the St vincenta Paul in isqua

1:08 ↗ but we do not uh provide funding to uh

1:11 ↗ to the samamish uh group although as

1:14 ↗ Burke you're going to hear from from bur

1:16 ↗ in a minute uh they do find a good

1:19 ↗ pocket in isaa it's the the 29 zip code

1:24 ↗ in Isa and so they provide quite a bit

1:26 ↗ OFA

1:28 ↗ resid

1:33 ↗ Ron Zeno our

1:35 ↗ president Le to be here as well I assume

1:37 ↗ he will get here but he was going to

1:39 ↗ give me a rousing

1:42 ↗ introduction that did

1:44 ↗ you Ron Zeno oh I yeah he's the

1:48 ↗ president of our our

1:51 ↗ group so as you know we are members of

1:53 ↗ St Vincent de fall from Mary que Peace

1:56 ↗ Catholic Church in

1:58 ↗ samamish and we're here to do is to

2:00 ↗ announce Our intention to request Grant

2:03 ↗ assistance from the city of

2:07 ↗ isqua and as we just talked about the St

2:10 ↗ dity Paul mission is to provide

2:12 ↗ emergency assistance financial

2:14 ↗ assistance uh to families living within

2:16 ↗ the boundaries of our Parish which in

2:20 ↗ the case of St

2:23 ↗ of um Mary Queen of Peace includes both

2:26 ↗ the city of samamish and Northwest

2:32 ↗ isqua the area of Northwest isqua is

2:35 ↗ outside the parish boundaries of St

2:38 ↗ Joseph's Catholic Church therefore there

2:41 ↗ St jul has not service that area and it

2:44 ↗ it falls into our

2:47 ↗ responsibility included in that area are

2:50 ↗ some significant housing complexes which

2:53 ↗ would include the YWCA Family

2:56 ↗ Village isqua View Lara

3:00 ↗ for Timbers arkill and the islands at

3:04 ↗ wih Haven Apartments and population

3:07 ↗ density in these areas is is high and

3:11 ↗ they are certainly not strategical

3:12 ↗ single family

3:16 ↗ communities uh in 2023 our assistance to

3:19 ↗ is residents for things such as rent

3:22 ↗ utilities gasoline food and other

3:24 ↗ Essentials total

3:27 ↗ $68,500

3:29 ↗ similar assistance to samamish Residents

3:32 ↗ was

3:33 ↗ 64,500 so about

3:35 ↗ $4,000 less than we were providing to

3:38 ↗ isar

3:41 ↗ Residents the assistance to samamish

3:44 ↗ Residents was uh greatly offset by a

3:49 ↗ $35,000 grant that we get from the city

3:51 ↗ of isal that's buy anyal Grant it's good

3:55 ↗ for two

3:56 ↗ years um we got no grant money from from

3:59 ↗ the city of isqua primarily because

4:02 ↗ we've never asked for that

4:04 ↗ assistance we've now reached a point

4:07 ↗ where we're going to need to do that U

4:11 ↗ res for assistance from samamish isqua

4:14 ↗ have grown over time we had all this

4:18 ↗ devilment lot a lot of new people in the

4:20 ↗ area a lot of uh people are section 8 or

4:25 ↗ uh similar situations and they need

4:28 ↗ money

4:31 ↗ so for us to uh better

4:33 ↗ assist the both communities we're

4:37 ↗ prepared to ask for a grant for 2025 and

4:43 ↗ 2026 if you have any questions i' we

4:45 ↗ have

4:46 ↗ to dodge

4:49 ↗ them thank you so so much for for um

4:53 ↗ speaking to the commission typically

4:55 ↗ during the public uh comments the

4:57 ↗ Commissioners do not uh ask questions

5:00 ↗ um but definitely if if there's anything

5:02 ↗ we would be happy to follow up um and

5:05 ↗ then um H and I will be in touch with

5:07 ↗ you and Ron I know we communicate via

5:09 ↗ email when the Grant application opens

5:11 ↗ um and so we'll provide any support that

5:13 ↗ we can on out and so thank you so much

5:16 ↗ and so I know you said that Ron might be

5:18 ↗ coming if it's coming I'll ask the

5:20 ↗ commission if they would like to hear

5:21 ↗ another public and then we can come back

5:23 ↗ to that with no problem if that going to

5:25 ↗ be that the Commissioners wanted to yeah

5:30 ↗ thank you thank you so so much for speak

5:32 ↗ me

5:34 ↗ tonight and for all the work that you're

5:36 ↗ doing supporting residents

5:40 ↗ absolutely thank you and I think that

5:42 ↗ concludes I did not hear from anyone

5:44 ↗ else about other public comments for

5:46 ↗ tonight okay all right so we're going to

5:49 ↗ move on to the approval of the

5:52 ↗ minutes and and L commission as well you

5:54 ↗ read over the minutes I realized we

5:56 ↗ skipped over the call to order just

5:58 ↗ wanted to let you know that Preston uh

6:00 ↗ is not gonna be here tonight and then

6:02 ↗ Mory also had a p emergency so please

6:06 ↗ keep him in your thoughts um but um

6:09 ↗ other than that all Commissioners are

6:11 ↗ there and we have C thank

6:13 ↗ you um okay appr of the minutes does

6:16 ↗ anybody want to make a

6:17 ↗ motion this would have been for the

6:19 ↗ January 24th meeting you can take a

6:22 ↗ minute if you want to read

6:28 ↗ it

6:35 ↗ ground I move that we accept the

6:37 ↗ as you just made a motion yes okay

6:40 ↗ anybody want second second is there any

6:43 ↗ discussion sounds like it's probably

6:45 ↗ going to be unanimous approval everybody

6:47 ↗ that approves say

6:50 ↗ I okay I think it's approved unanimously

6:55 ↗ thank all right now we're going to move

6:57 ↗ on to Human Services Division and

6:59 ↗ introductions and

7:02 ↗ updates and we are ready to do

7:04 ↗ introductions and updates but I just saw

7:06 ↗ someone coming in and I think that's

7:10 ↗ wrong commission would you like to hear

7:13 ↗ another comment that' be

7:24 ↗ great would like to make

7:26 ↗ another one but if you're you just

7:28 ↗ you're welcome to

7:31 ↗ just down but just briefly Shar you know

7:36 ↗ I'm new to the St Jens dep Society I've

7:39 ↗ been with this four years but I'm

7:40 ↗ president last year was my first year

7:43 ↗ and uh being a finance guy you know I

7:46 ↗ took a look at the finances and where

7:47 ↗ the sources were coming from and and

7:49 ↗ quickly realized that there was kind of

7:51 ↗ a disconnect between who we was serving

7:54 ↗ and you know and money so the boundaries

7:56 ↗ are kind of weird the way it's done with

7:59 ↗ with irishes versus conferences and we

8:02 ↗ realize that we have a large portion of

8:04 ↗ isqua that you know uses about 50 55% of

8:07 ↗ funding so I just thought it would be

8:09 ↗ worthwhile to you know ask and make sure

8:12 ↗ people were aware of what was happening

8:14 ↗ and how we serve people so far so um

8:17 ↗ just that was really my my point just

8:20 ↗ see if we could get part of the grant

8:21 ↗ money this year appreciate the

8:24 ↗ consideration sorry for being

8:27 ↗ late thank you for being here and

8:29 ↗ welcome to stay for the remainder of the

8:31 ↗ meeting or you're welcome to however you

8:32 ↗ would

8:34 ↗ like well I knew and I talk a lot on I'm

8:37 ↗ Trish oh

8:38 ↗ yeah abolutely

8:44 ↗ okay so on to Human Services updates and

8:48 ↗ introductions commissioner since uh we

8:51 ↗ had new Staffing and all sorts of new

8:53 ↗ programming I thought that it's a it's a

8:54 ↗ great opportunity tonight for me to come

8:56 ↗ and roduce some of our new staff and and

8:59 ↗ give you some updates on where we are

9:01 ↗ and and so um I want to step back a

9:05 ↗ little bit to provide you a little bit

9:06 ↗ of overview because I know some of you

9:09 ↗ are newer uh and also a lot has changed

9:13 ↗ uh in the last few years so I'm GNA go

9:16 ↗ way back to five years ago when I first

9:18 ↗ joined the city um I was h a staff of me

9:22 ↗ and myself and I and the Human Services

9:25 ↗ functions at the city at that time were

9:27 ↗ really limited to the grants that we

9:29 ↗ were giving out the community right uh

9:31 ↗ fast forward a couple of years ago we

9:34 ↗ really um uh started um increasing and

9:38 ↗ creating a division um the the Human

9:43 ↗ Services uh currently focus on a wide

9:46 ↗ range of different uh programming that

9:49 ↗ we do as direct service providers at the

9:51 ↗ city um so we are very fortunate we

9:53 ↗ started initially with um a homeless

9:56 ↗ outreach program uh then we piloted Al

9:59 ↗ behavioral health program we had one

10:01 ↗ then two staff for that the behavioral

10:04 ↗ health program worked uh in supporting

10:07 ↗ the the work of the police department in

10:08 ↗ any 911 calls that the police would get

10:11 ↗ that were uh behavioral health related

10:13 ↗ not criminal in nature so that's how we

10:15 ↗ started that program with one staff and

10:18 ↗ then the homeless outreach program was

10:19 ↗ ready to help us inform what does

10:21 ↗ homelessness look like and is a start

10:23 ↗ connecting with and house community

10:25 ↗ members um so we started those programs

10:28 ↗ built in 2020 21

10:30 ↗ 2022 and um last year you may recall

10:33 ↗ city council approved additional funding

10:36 ↗ to create actually a community or a

10:38 ↗ correspon program uh that essentially

10:41 ↗ it's going to be a four person team that

10:43 ↗ again combines about homeless Outreach

10:45 ↗ and behavioral heal uh so Works directly

10:48 ↗ with the police department and also

10:50 ↗ helping respond to homelessness in in

10:52 ↗ our city so we are very very close to

10:55 ↗ having that four person team we are now

10:57 ↗ at a three person team thank you I have

10:59 ↗ met and heard defy before um about Amir

11:02 ↗ he's our longest employee he started

11:05 ↗ with us in 2021 but just recently a

11:08 ↗ month ago I'm happy to to say that we

11:10 ↗ also hired lisay Monahan who's here with

11:13 ↗ us tonight and then Brandon Parker um

11:17 ↗ both of them started a month ago and

11:18 ↗ then just last week we promoted uh

11:20 ↗ Brenda to the supervisory position so

11:23 ↗ that four person team includes a a half

11:26 ↗ supervisor who's going to be also doing

11:28 ↗ Direct Services and supervision so

11:30 ↗ that's Brenda's role so it's not a half

11:32 ↗ supervisor it's

11:35 ↗ supervisor a lot of C uh and then uh

11:40 ↗ very very honored to work with both

11:42 ↗ Brenda and ler Lis and Amir are the

11:45 ↗ coordinators currently um on the team

11:48 ↗ and we are hiring for the um uh last the

11:52 ↗ fourth person and last position part of

11:56 ↗ the team so I invite you to just

11:59 ↗ introduce yours also little bit uh they

12:01 ↗ both bring a we experience uh in working

12:04 ↗ with children and adults and all

12:06 ↗ different that I don't want to still

12:07 ↗ just show some they introduce themselves

12:10 ↗ but I'm just so happy to have them on

12:12 ↗ the team

12:14 ↗ awesome okay hello everyone nice to meet

12:18 ↗ you all um I'm wec monan originally from

12:22 ↗ San Diego California um moved here to go

12:25 ↗ to

12:26 ↗ udub um hopefully she'll get in yes um

12:31 ↗ uh before this work I was in sish County

12:34 ↗ um working in the dependency system uh

12:37 ↗ um with the close with the courts um for

12:41 ↗ um children who've been removed from

12:42 ↗ their homes due to abuse and neglect and

12:44 ↗ prior to that I was a counselor at

12:46 ↗ echoin children center um providing DBT

12:50 ↗ therapy for all the juvenile juveniles

12:53 ↗ there so I'm excited to uh now work for

12:57 ↗ the city um that I've lived in for the

12:59 ↗ past six years so I'm excited to um help

13:03 ↗ my community with direct service so

13:06 ↗ thank you look forward

13:09 ↗ to interacting with you

13:12 ↗ all thanks up since I'm kind of hid me

13:15 ↗ back I'm Brenda Parker and I am new to

13:18 ↗ the community fairly new um lived in

13:20 ↗ North Bend for a short time but first

13:23 ↗ time at isqua um my background is in

13:25 ↗ mental health I've been a therapist for

13:27 ↗ about 13 years and I've worked in all

13:30 ↗ different environments so inpatient

13:32 ↗ outpatient intensive

13:34 ↗ outpatient Alcohol Services all kinds of

13:37 ↗ different settings and then most

13:40 ↗ recently I was doing private practice

13:43 ↗ and I just found that I I was doing T

13:45 ↗ Health and I just found it to be very

13:46 ↗ isolating and so I decided to get back

13:49 ↗ into the community and um be working

13:52 ↗ face to face with people again really

13:53 ↗ excited about that really excited to be

13:57 ↗ stepping so quickly into this role as

13:59 ↗ supervisor so it's a bit of a learning

14:01 ↗ curve for me but I have wonderful

14:04 ↗ teammate here with me and another one in

14:06 ↗ the office and

14:08 ↗ new so yeah just looking forward to

14:10 ↗ being here and I just want to say too

14:12 ↗ having been in this community just a

14:14 ↗ short period of time I've lived all over

14:16 ↗ I've lived in Nebraska Oregon Idaho

14:20 ↗ California all kinds of places and I

14:22 ↗ feel more a sense of community Ina than

14:25 ↗ I have anywhere so I think that says a

14:27 ↗ lot for the that you've done and just

14:30 ↗ the the feeling that you get here it's

14:32 ↗ special so thank you for having me

14:36 ↗ thanks for being here thank you so much

14:38 ↗ so any questions Commissioners or

14:41 ↗ anything related to to the behavioral he

14:45 ↗ and homeless Outreach team soon to be

14:47 ↗ the

14:48 ↗ community we are playing with a name yet

14:50 ↗ we don't have like an official

14:53 ↗ very Community response team for now

14:56 ↗ it's a generic what we are is that the

14:59 ↗ name Community response team so it's not

15:01 ↗ final that's kind of how gener name you

15:03 ↗ like it yes thank you for that we should

15:06 ↗ probably come up with a few and bring it

15:07 ↗ back for you to both

15:09 ↗ and on a few so yeah we can cut all red

15:13 ↗ [Laughter]

15:17 ↗ tape yes thank you I'll make a comment

15:20 ↗ uh commissioner farta I would say thank

15:22 ↗ you I really do uh in terms of

15:24 ↗ investment around mental health and

15:26 ↗ community and and so forth you I work in

15:28 ↗ the system at s homish County in terms

15:30 ↗ of probations and what probation

15:32 ↗ programs there and I've always seen such

15:33 ↗ a lack of you know more you know if it's

15:36 ↗ substance use it's mental health if it's

15:39 ↗ mentoring if it's education employment

15:41 ↗ and I see more cities working towards

15:44 ↗ more of an investment towards City

15:46 ↗ responses so this is super cool to see

15:48 ↗ this happen in real time and kind of

15:50 ↗ have more investment with our kids and

15:52 ↗ families onto adults so I appreciate for

15:55 ↗ you both coming in for them in regards

15:57 ↗ to uh

15:59 ↗ responses to our

16:02 ↗ community thank you so much for sure and

16:05 ↗ I think I'm also very proud and very

16:07 ↗ humbled very grateful for for the city's

16:10 ↗ initiative and investment uh especially

16:12 ↗ for the size uh of our city um

16:15 ↗ definitely um I think the commitment uh

16:19 ↗ to Human Services is shown we have a

16:21 ↗ pretty um good team for for the size of

16:24 ↗ our city so are you in the middle of the

16:27 ↗ hiring process for the fourth or is that

16:29 ↗ application open yes we just opened the

16:32 ↗ application on Friday we are in the

16:34 ↗ middle of hiring so if you know someone

16:36 ↗ please send them I was try to send it to

16:37 ↗ some circles yes please yes uh and we

16:40 ↗ can I can follow up it an email if uh if

16:42 ↗ you would like to it's uh thank you

16:45 ↗ little pet I'm

16:48 ↗ sorry things crawling over

16:51 ↗ [Laughter]

16:57 ↗ me Serv I

16:59 ↗ [Laughter]

17:05 ↗ go oh maybe not the

17:12 ↗ door there it's a giant I could see from

17:16 ↗ over here and I'm so Happy's

17:17 ↗ [Laughter]

17:23 ↗ like yes they all over oh yeah they are

17:26 ↗ all over okay thank you so much man

17:30 ↗ related it take

17:32 ↗ [Music]

17:34 ↗ that thank you Manny yes thank you okay

17:38 ↗ so uh those are a couple of updates on

17:41 ↗ on the behavioral and and um homeless

17:44 ↗ Outreach team um this is also part of

17:48 ↗ the the staff report but I'm going to

17:50 ↗ give you now the report so since I'm

17:52 ↗ giving you an update about the entire

17:53 ↗ Human Services um on the emergency

17:55 ↗ housing program as you may recall we

17:57 ↗ have uh we started that in July it's uh

18:00 ↗ it's essentially our shelter first

18:02 ↗ shelter in isaa it's an emergency

18:04 ↗ housing program um that is going well

18:07 ↗ going strong we continue to have uh

18:09 ↗ three staff providing a sday coverage um

18:13 ↗ for the program we currently have 13 uh

18:16 ↗ participants in the program uh so far we

18:19 ↗ served about 23 uh benefited from the

18:22 ↗ program um uh you will see again um next

18:27 ↗ week actually are going to the city

18:30 ↗ council services safety and Parks

18:32 ↗ committee uh to provide an update on the

18:34 ↗ Strategic plan uh you may recall we

18:37 ↗ talked about that here last month but we

18:39 ↗ are also going to begin conversations

18:41 ↗ with with City Council on long-term

18:43 ↗ planning for the emergency housing

18:45 ↗ program uh because that program is

18:47 ↗ currently still in a pilot uh phase um

18:51 ↗ it's uh we have approval for funding uh

18:54 ↗ until the end of this year until

18:56 ↗ 2024 uh we would like to start committee

18:59 ↗ conversations and conversations with

19:00 ↗ city council and and hope to provide

19:03 ↗ some options for long-term planning for

19:06 ↗ the in the 20125 2026 budget proposal

19:10 ↗ that's going to go to City Council uh

19:12 ↗ next fall so more to come you will hear

19:15 ↗ more from us on that but also if you

19:17 ↗ have questions if you have thoughts if

19:19 ↗ you have concerns ideas we would love to

19:22 ↗ hear them but we will bring that item

19:24 ↗ back here I do have a question you said

19:26 ↗ that um you've served 23 M and there's

19:29 ↗ currently 13 so 10 have been involved

19:32 ↗ and then they've moved out yes so 10

19:35 ↗ have been involved and they've moved out

19:37 ↗ um and what are those 10 doing all right

19:40 ↗ just in general right yes so they are

19:42 ↗ doing a combination of different things

19:44 ↗ three successfully moved to permanent

19:47 ↗ housing I believe four or

19:50 ↗ five have been connected with families

19:54 ↗ they were typically from out of state so

19:56 ↗ for a period of time if you may remember

19:58 ↗ remember um we had a set aside room a

20:02 ↗ standby room for the police department

20:04 ↗ to use and so that room was used for

20:08 ↗ short periods of time when somebody uh

20:11 ↗ needed a place to stay but shelters were

20:13 ↗ not available they were involved with

20:14 ↗ the police and the jail was not the

20:16 ↗ place for them right so then often we

20:18 ↗ would use that standby room for that and

20:20 ↗ then most often those participants had

20:23 ↗ family connections maybe in another

20:25 ↗ state that we provided that connection

20:27 ↗ and they moved out so we had a of those

20:29 ↗ and then unfortunately we also had two

20:31 ↗ that were unsuccessful so they

20:32 ↗ transitioned out unsuccessfully uh so a

20:35 ↗ combination of of things um but

20:39 ↗ overall uh a lot of good Lessons Learned

20:41 ↗ From the program and um I think a very

20:44 ↗ very helpful resource for the community

20:47 ↗ here locally 8% not a bad start yeah yes

20:53 ↗ no no but we had a lot of good we

20:56 ↗ actually just were talking today about

20:58 ↗ some of the lessons learned that were

20:59 ↗ surprising for us as as we didn't know

21:02 ↗ what we didn't know when we first

21:03 ↗ started right um a lot of community

21:06 ↗ members um you know we might interact

21:10 ↗ with them on the streets or in the in in

21:13 ↗ in encampments or they might come to our

21:15 ↗ office but we really didn't start

21:16 ↗ learning uh some of the challenges that

21:19 ↗ they didn't know they were having until

21:20 ↗ they actually moved indoor right uh so

21:23 ↗ after after being outdoors for five six

21:27 ↗ or more years

21:29 ↗ um people even forgot the concept of

21:31 ↗ doing laundry for example you know

21:33 ↗ sometimes it was even difficult like

21:35 ↗ especially as they were used to just

21:37 ↗ having clothes and wearing them until

21:39 ↗ they weren out like sometimes bringing

21:41 ↗ IND door and trying to even just graspy

21:44 ↗ the things that we take for granted or

21:46 ↗ going for the first time in a restaurant

21:48 ↗ and trying to um to order things

21:51 ↗ somebody came and shared with me saying

21:53 ↗ I haven't been in a restaurant for 23

21:54 ↗ years I don't even know what to do with

21:56 ↗ the menu right so they're just like some

21:58 ↗ of those skills that that we take for

22:01 ↗ granted and they come normal to us that

22:03 ↗ that it takes a long time to transition

22:06 ↗ and those these are I'm just giving you

22:08 ↗ a couple examples because when we

22:10 ↗ present we present data but it's so hard

22:12 ↗ to capture this information in a

22:14 ↗ quantifiable data and and and be able to

22:17 ↗ share the story and how important it is

22:19 ↗ to have a safe place to stay and it

22:21 ↗ might take longer to even look for a job

22:24 ↗ because first we need to learn how to do

22:25 ↗ laundry yeah or how often we should

22:28 ↗ shower just because you're just you lose

22:30 ↗ that skill when you don't when you're

22:33 ↗ only thing is

22:34 ↗ survival no I assume

22:37 ↗ that M Parker was it be helping in in

22:41 ↗ that real too is that part of there so

22:45 ↗ right now uh Brenda and L work in the

22:47 ↗ community response program so they do

22:50 ↗ connect and coordinate with the

22:51 ↗ emergency housing program but mainly as

22:54 ↗ using it as a resource if we have

22:56 ↗ openings or just coordinating with the

22:58 ↗ team team other than that Brenda and L's

23:01 ↗ role is going to be really primarily to

23:02 ↗ respond to every time we get calls from

23:05 ↗ police or dispatch when they receive 911

23:08 ↗ calls and somebody's in crisis they are

23:10 ↗ going to go to respond to those I have a

23:12 ↗ question does the housing participants

23:15 ↗ um are they assigned social workers

23:18 ↗ after they complete the program yes so

23:21 ↗ part of the program requirement for them

23:23 ↗ is to work with one of the so we have

23:25 ↗ currently three full-time staff who help

23:26 ↗ with that so there each assigned to at

23:29 ↗ least one of them and so um so then they

23:32 ↗ work on different goals we actually use

23:35 ↗ a wellness wheel model to where they

23:37 ↗ have um seven or eight goal areas that

23:41 ↗ we encourage them to develop goals in

23:44 ↗ like one is uh mental health and

23:46 ↗ physical health and one is employment

23:48 ↗ and housing and emotional and spiritual

23:50 ↗ health um and so yes they would work

23:52 ↗ oneon-one with that person okay good

23:55 ↗ yeah then in addition we also do a lot

23:58 ↗ of like meal provision and um workshops

24:01 ↗ and all sorts of activities happening

24:05 ↗ there I find it interesting that um I

24:08 ↗ feel that ahead of the game because

24:11 ↗ we're not the only city that's having

24:12 ↗ problems with homelessness and that sort

24:15 ↗ of thing so um I like to see this going

24:18 ↗ on Good Start good love the program

24:22 ↗ that's I'm always asking questions no

24:25 ↗ please ask thank you so proud and I have

24:27 ↗ nothing to do with

24:32 ↗ can't take credit for any of it but it

24:33 ↗ makes me so proud of our city yeah proud

24:36 ↗ of of our city I think for sure um it's

24:40 ↗ a we took a leap of faith because it's

24:42 ↗ you don't often see shelters managed by

24:44 ↗ a city by a government entity and

24:46 ↗ definitely we learned a lot of lessons

24:48 ↗ that there are so many things that we

24:50 ↗ would like to do and we cannot do

24:51 ↗ because we are a city right um and so

24:54 ↗ most often um shelter programs are

24:57 ↗ managed by nonprofit

25:00 ↗ providers um but it was important for us

25:03 ↗ to try it in isqua because we heard that

25:05 ↗ it's needed and so I think um definitely

25:08 ↗ we have a lot of lessons learned but

25:09 ↗ it's so needed and what's the number

25:12 ↗ that's needed at this point that's a

25:15 ↗ great question Manny so I think

25:19 ↗ probably uh being able to increase

25:21 ↗ capacity and maybe having a capacity of

25:24 ↗ like let's say approximately 30 I think

25:26 ↗ would make a bigger dent in in uh in in

25:29 ↗ in our city um and I you know so so I

25:35 ↗ think that answers your

25:37 ↗ question but it also always changes um

25:42 ↗ whether right people transition and also

25:45 ↗ again we lucky we made a dent I think

25:48 ↗ because so over the last couple of years

25:50 ↗ with homeless Outreach um we are able to

25:53 ↗ really move since we started to

25:55 ↗ move nearly 40 people into permanent

25:58 ↗ health in before we even started this

26:00 ↗ program so we made a dent in those who

26:02 ↗ are local um isar residents who are

26:06 ↗ unhoused um we we made a dent in in that

26:10 ↗ now the challenge though is the

26:12 ↗ emergency housing program is a resource

26:15 ↗ but because of the location we are at

26:18 ↗ Motel 6 where the motel also functions

26:21 ↗ as a motel it's not everybody's a good

26:24 ↗ fit for that program right so even if we

26:27 ↗ increase capacity to 50 or 100 not

26:30 ↗ everybody's going to be a good fit for

26:32 ↗ that so it's a resource so that's why I

26:35 ↗ think my my

26:38 ↗ response but no great conversation great

26:41 ↗ question so more to come definitely this

26:43 ↗ year on on this topic and please don't

26:45 ↗ hesitate to continue to ask the right

26:48 ↗ questions and let us know

26:51 ↗ how

26:53 ↗ um hey I think that's it and then in

26:56 ↗ terms of our Hanah you know is out but

26:59 ↗ you are going to you're about to get

27:00 ↗ very very busy as early as next month

27:02 ↗ with the human services Grand cycle

27:04 ↗ opening so definitely all you're going

27:06 ↗ to hear about it's going to be that in

27:08 ↗ the upcoming months so I'm not going to

27:10 ↗ provide much of an update other than

27:12 ↗ just reminding you that the the

27:14 ↗ application process opens early March

27:16 ↗ it's going to end it's going to close in

27:18 ↗ April and then starting in April you're

27:21 ↗ going to become become very very busy so

27:23 ↗ thank you so so much for all the work

27:24 ↗ that you're about to do in the upcoming

27:27 ↗ months

27:29 ↗ now are there Commissioners that are um

27:31 ↗ here today

27:33 ↗ or human services are as transition out

27:36 ↗ of new Services there are we losing

27:39 ↗ anybody oh if we're losing anybody I

27:42 ↗ don't believe we are losing anybody I'm

27:44 ↗ I end but I wrote Hannah an email saying

27:47 ↗ that I was interested in continuing so

27:49 ↗ yeah so thank you so this is part of uh

27:52 ↗ again this was going to be one of my

27:54 ↗ reminders during the staff report but we

27:56 ↗ are here so uh I'm going to tell you

27:59 ↗ let's connect I know Hannah's coming

28:00 ↗ back next week uh but the applications

28:02 ↗ for the board and commissions are open

28:04 ↗ now so you would just need to reapply

28:07 ↗ I'm happy to connect and send you the

28:08 ↗ link if you don't have it but that's the

28:10 ↗ only thing um so it sounds like we're

28:14 ↗ not losing any Commissioners unless

28:16 ↗ somebody else would like to leave

28:18 ↗ probably not and we have one vacancy

28:20 ↗ already we have one vacancy alternate so

28:22 ↗ we are going to try to fill that vacancy

28:24 ↗ to provide you more uh uh more muscle so

28:28 ↗ you don't have to read as many

28:32 ↗ applications so uh and so then last last

28:36 ↗ note on that because it's related um on

28:40 ↗ March

28:42 ↗ 25th uh there has been an equity

28:44 ↗ training scheduled that falls on a

28:47 ↗ Monday uh the equity training has been

28:49 ↗ scheduled as a joint um meeting with as

28:53 ↗ a joint training with the other

28:55 ↗ commissions on the east side well

28:58 ↗ Redmond samamish and

29:00 ↗ Kirkland um it seems like the um

29:03 ↗ provider who is doing the workshop is

29:05 ↗ only available on that day so that's

29:08 ↗ going to be the only day I'm working

29:10 ↗ however with with my fellow Partners on

29:12 ↗ the east side to make sure that the

29:13 ↗ meeting is provided in a hybrid format

29:16 ↗ also because right now it's only in

29:18 ↗ person in Redmond and I'm like during

29:20 ↗ rush hour that's going to be an hour 40

29:22 ↗ minute driving is not going to work for

29:24 ↗ our commission so I'm working on that if

29:27 ↗ push comes to when that's not available

29:29 ↗ we'll do something else just an our end

29:31 ↗ so that's something that would be open

29:32 ↗ to the to to all of us yes to all of you

29:36 ↗ yes and what time on the 2 I don't have

29:38 ↗ yet those details I asked exactly about

29:41 ↗ that and we don't have those details but

29:42 ↗ we'll let you know but in the evening

29:44 ↗ it's probably in the evening most of the

29:45 ↗ time it's in the evening so I would

29:46 ↗ imagine 6 6:30 that's all offer to

29:50 ↗ Commissioners Commissioners yes yes so

29:53 ↗ the the yeah the Human Services

29:55 ↗ Commissions on the side the five

29:57 ↗ commissions

29:59 ↗ would it be the same train we had like

30:01 ↗ two years ago um similar probably yes

30:05 ↗ very similar so it's just to help you

30:07 ↗ with having an equity lens to the

30:09 ↗ granting

30:13 ↗ process

30:15 ↗ sorry um okay any other questions

30:22 ↗ or okay we moving ready to move to the

30:26 ↗ next okay wasn't sure if you'd already

30:28 ↗ moved to

30:32 ↗ it thank you for that actually I think I

30:34 ↗ drive my staff crazy too because we have

30:36 ↗ an agenda and we start and then I

30:40 ↗ always I'll connect connect are we

30:43 ↗ moving to the Human Services annual

30:45 ↗ grants annual report now yeah okay thank

30:48 ↗ yeah I so appreciate you commissioner

30:52 ↗ V so for this I actually have a

30:56 ↗ presentation that Hannah put together

30:58 ↗ before she left on vacation she was like

31:01 ↗ Monica you're going to need help take

31:04 ↗ this um I'm so grateful for her work

31:07 ↗ thank

31:08 ↗ you bye

31:12 ↗ bye

31:17 ↗ okay so H put together as you know she's

31:21 ↗ coordinating all differents and um at

31:24 ↗ the beginning of each year uh we do an

31:27 ↗ annual report on the previous year's

31:31 ↗ grants

31:33 ↗ so that's what we have here for you

31:36 ↗ tonight and so providing you first going

31:39 ↗ back just as a refresher and background

31:42 ↗ you may recall that um for this previous

31:45 ↗ funding cycle for 2023 and

31:49 ↗ 2024 uh we had allocated about

31:54 ↗ $556,000 per year so a little bit over a

31:57 ↗ million dollar for the the two

32:00 ↗ years um and th those funds went to

32:06 ↗ support 34 different organizations

32:09 ↗ across 42 programs so you may recall

32:12 ↗ that one organization May apply and may

32:15 ↗ receive funding to more than one program

32:18 ↗ especially some larger organizations

32:19 ↗ might have Behavioral Health Services

32:21 ↗ and they might have shelter services or

32:23 ↗ they might have a combination of food

32:25 ↗ and and other services right so um the

32:29 ↗ equivalent uh of residents supported

32:32 ↗ with the funding was about 4,000 close

32:34 ↗ to 5,000 residents um and we always say

32:38 ↗ the equivalent because these are never

32:39 ↗ unduplicated residents um so it's just

32:42 ↗ an an estimated number um uh based on

32:46 ↗ that we calculate based on the amount of

32:48 ↗ funding that that we have available and

32:51 ↗ based on the cost of service of each

32:53 ↗ organization um and the reason why it's

32:56 ↗ never duplic

32:58 ↗ unduplicated is because let's say two

33:01 ↗ organizations May support the same

33:05 ↗ resident but they count as

33:08 ↗ two I don't want to get to complicate on

33:11 ↗ that uh so the funding that we provided

33:15 ↗ by priority area and as you recall these

33:18 ↗ are our Focus areas based on the

33:20 ↗ Strategic plan and these are going to

33:23 ↗ continue to be our Focus areas for the

33:25 ↗ next funding cycle so on the housing

33:27 ↗ Continuum Community Resources physical

33:29 ↗ and behavioral health and language

33:31 ↗ language access and cultural

33:33 ↗ Services um so as you can see it's a

33:36 ↗ pretty even distribution of the number

33:38 ↗ of programs that we

33:40 ↗ funded um and also the amount of money

33:44 ↗ that we provided is

33:48 ↗ um not completely um even but it's

33:53 ↗ comparable compared to the number of

33:55 ↗ programs that applied and then they

33:58 ↗ received

33:59 ↗ funding um any questions so far

34:03 ↗ about

34:07 ↗ this

34:08 ↗ okay so when we look at the performance

34:12 ↗ of our grantees and the the contract

34:15 ↗ management portion that Hanah provides

34:17 ↗ we look always at timeliness in

34:19 ↗ completing their their reports to the

34:22 ↗ city

34:23 ↗ completeness uh right and accuracy did

34:26 ↗ they meet their Service Unit goals and

34:28 ↗ did they meet their resident goals um so

34:31 ↗ each agency has at least one uh Service

34:34 ↗ Unit goal uh and some agencies can have

34:37 ↗ up to three Service Unit goals um so for

34:40 ↗ example let's say um we talked about

34:43 ↗ emergency financial assistance tonight

34:46 ↗ um so an organization may say okay they

34:50 ↗ received $220,000 and for those

34:53 ↗ $20,000 um they commit to serve let's

34:56 ↗ say 40 isqua resident

34:58 ↗ and the Service Unit goal might be

35:00 ↗ related to uh utility payments and

35:03 ↗ another service goal might be related to

35:05 ↗ rent assistance um and so that's how it

35:07 ↗ trickles

35:11 ↗ down so in terms of timeliness and

35:14 ↗ completeness uh 93% of the programs that

35:18 ↗ we funded submit submitted their reports

35:20 ↗ on time and all of them uh were correct

35:24 ↗ and

35:25 ↗ complete often we do have uh agencies

35:29 ↗ probably the biggest challenges with

35:30 ↗ them submitting reports on time or

35:32 ↗ complete is often Chang in Staffing or

35:36 ↗ just not enough um not enough support

35:39 ↗ and most often if they are not able to

35:41 ↗ submit the reports on time we do get um

35:44 ↗ an email asking for an extension um not

35:47 ↗ all the time but

35:49 ↗ um and it's not a big you know we

35:53 ↗ understand it's

35:56 ↗ difficult um

35:59 ↗ so at the time when when this report was

36:01 ↗ done we didn't have all the data in for

36:03 ↗ the fourth quarter so um actually I

36:07 ↗ think we did There's yeah we just forgot

36:10 ↗ to change the numbers

36:12 ↗ that three quarter four so it is at the

36:15 ↗ end of quarter four

36:18 ↗ um so 83% of the programs met their

36:23 ↗ annual service goals and 177% did not

36:27 ↗ meet so out of the 42

36:29 ↗ programs

36:33 ↗ um do we know which service areas um

36:37 ↗ they did not meet the goal we do we do

36:40 ↗ we have that information I don't have it

36:42 ↗ on the slide here I can look it up for

36:44 ↗ you tonight if you know yes I just

36:46 ↗ didn't want to call out agencies and

36:48 ↗ shame them in in the meeting but area

36:52 ↗ yes we do so that's why we know for each

36:54 ↗ organization and we just yeah again we

36:57 ↗ just our goal is to provide a technical

36:59 ↗ assistance and work with the

37:00 ↗ organizations and they don't need them

37:02 ↗ and uh that's why yeah don't want

37:06 ↗ understood certainly we I can follow up

37:09 ↗ you would like yeah uh the nice thing is

37:12 ↗ though is that as you saw a couple of

37:14 ↗ slides ago our funding was really um to

37:18 ↗ to with the funding that we had we

37:20 ↗ anticipated that we will support uh

37:23 ↗ closely uh you know a little bit over

37:26 ↗ 4,000 residents right um but the funding

37:30 ↗ actually went and supported 15,000

37:32 ↗ residents so most of the time you know

37:35 ↗ our organizations that we support they

37:38 ↗ leverage the funds that we give them and

37:40 ↗ so then that gives them the opportunity

37:41 ↗ to really increase their support to more

37:44 ↗ residents so I think that's a big

37:46 ↗ takeaway and and for you as a

37:48 ↗ commissioner as Commissioners to know

37:50 ↗ that most of the time the funding that

37:52 ↗ you give is not just um cut and dry it's

37:55 ↗ going to be really leveraged so

37:59 ↗ um but uh kind of surprising and

38:02 ↗ something that we kept an eye on this

38:04 ↗ past year the isaa food and clothing

38:06 ↗ bank stand out as serving a lot more

38:09 ↗ residents so um really in the past uh

38:13 ↗ even during covid um the past few years

38:16 ↗ they were serving two

38:18 ↗ 3,000,000 two 3,000 residents per year

38:22 ↗ and this year they served 7,000

38:24 ↗ residents so crazy it is crazy it's not

38:27 ↗ a number that we want to see go up right

38:30 ↗ ideally we would like to see the number

38:32 ↗ go down um also meeting with with food

38:35 ↗ and clothing bank staff they they share

38:38 ↗ that more and more people they don't

38:40 ↗ they don't feel that they only serve

38:42 ↗ lowincome people um more and more they

38:45 ↗ do serve people who um have been laid

38:48 ↗ off and um are more like the the middle

38:51 ↗ middle class population that struggles

38:53 ↗ especially with the inflation and the

38:57 ↗ last couple years have been

39:00 ↗ hard uh any questions so

39:08 ↗ far uh so I just calleded out one of the

39:11 ↗ highlights

39:12 ↗ um

39:14 ↗ and um really I know Hannah works really

39:18 ↗ closely with all the organizations and

39:20 ↗ she is um um take such a big pride in

39:24 ↗ the fact that organizations sometimes

39:27 ↗ they are so busy in providing their own

39:29 ↗ services but then when they get a chance

39:31 ↗ to connect with other

39:32 ↗ organizations um just that ability to

39:35 ↗ Network and and share resources with one

39:37 ↗ another has been very very helpful um so

39:41 ↗ uh hanah's role a lot is try to also

39:43 ↗ connect not just residents to services

39:45 ↗ but connect organizations to

39:47 ↗ organizations that has been

39:50 ↗ helpful uh so continuing some some other

39:54 ↗ highlights just a few call outs U for

39:56 ↗ some of the local Services you all know

39:58 ↗ the isoka meals program uh serving meals

40:02 ↗ uh from uh the Community Hall here uh

40:05 ↗ theyve really served in 2023 335

40:09 ↗ unduplicated guests so that's also

40:11 ↗ another speaks volume to the number of

40:13 ↗ people who need and receive meals and

40:16 ↗ then uh volunteers serves over nearly

40:19 ↗ 7,000 meals and this does not include

40:22 ↗ the weekend meals program I just had

40:24 ↗ recently they served about a th000 meals

40:27 ↗ also for the year so

40:31 ↗ um quite a few people receiving also I

40:34 ↗ want to highlight and give them a big

40:36 ↗ shout out in our emergency housing

40:38 ↗ program we also um our participants

40:42 ↗ um um access the meals program and and

40:46 ↗ receive meals from from them as well so

40:49 ↗ we utilizing

40:51 ↗ that um few highlight stories um crisis

40:58 ↗ connections uh you know Regional

41:01 ↗ organization um they have the 211 they

41:05 ↗ have now also the uh 988 uh suicide line

41:10 ↗ and also um provide all sorts of

41:17 ↗ regional services and access to

41:20 ↗ information and services so on their end

41:23 ↗ they they the Highlight related to them

41:26 ↗ is that they were able to increase their

41:29 ↗ salary for their their staff the wages

41:31 ↗ to their salary by nearly 20 30% um so

41:37 ↗ um for a nonprofit to be able to do that

41:40 ↗ um uh and and have minimum wage provided

41:44 ↗ to their staff at $25 an hour that is

41:46 ↗ big because that has not been the case

41:48 ↗ in nonprofit so um definely that's

41:51 ↗ something hoping that more nonprofits

41:54 ↗ are able to get there but it's not that

41:55 ↗ easy to get there right

41:59 ↗ some of the challenges as you already

42:02 ↗ heard uh say the the need increasing in

42:05 ↗ number of residents served and needs

42:07 ↗ have been

42:08 ↗ increasing um increase decreasing

42:11 ↗ funding donations uh you might have

42:13 ↗ heard this we noticed this last year as

42:15 ↗ well um and you heard me say that that

42:18 ↗ needs uh expand Beyond uh residents with

42:21 ↗ low income um one of the things if some

42:25 ↗ of you were here during the

42:27 ↗ pandemic but we talked a lot during the

42:30 ↗ pandemic that um we we are not so

42:34 ↗ worried in human services about pandemic

42:36 ↗ years because during that time when it's

42:38 ↗ a moment of Crisis everybody pitches in

42:41 ↗ everybody helps out donations tend to

42:44 ↗ increase there's also some federal aid

42:47 ↗ that comes onetime funding we always

42:49 ↗ worry about three four years down the

42:51 ↗ line and that's where we are now um

42:54 ↗ because all the onetime funding and

42:56 ↗ emergency funds that available at the

42:57 ↗ federal level are drying out um those

43:01 ↗ who were able individual partners and

43:03 ↗ and private donors and those who go to

43:06 ↗ churches and parishes they no longer

43:09 ↗ have uh that ability to keep on donating

43:12 ↗ so this is when we see a decline in

43:14 ↗ donations and an increase in needs and

43:17 ↗ we see also the aftermath like

43:19 ↗ especially um I know that even at isoc

43:22 ↗ Community Services um um there were so

43:25 ↗ many layoffs in the TCH tech industry

43:28 ↗ and now we are starting to see also the

43:30 ↗ the um consequences of those as people

43:34 ↗ uh find it harder and harder to go back

43:36 ↗ to to work and

43:38 ↗ so something to keep in mind and

43:41 ↗ something good information for you to

43:42 ↗ have as you're going to look at the uh

43:45 ↗ the grant applications that we are going

43:47 ↗ to receive in the next couple of

43:50 ↗ months um so we talked a little bit just

43:53 ↗ a few highlights about the the continued

43:56 ↗ increase that the Isa food and clothing

43:58 ↗ bank uh you may recall they did a winter

44:01 ↗ code Drive is that reversed should it be

44:04 ↗ 212 to

44:06 ↗ 880 880 codes were provided to 200

44:12 ↗ people does that make sense or 200

44:15 ↗ families probably actually probably

44:17 ↗ something yeah something yeah bet it was

44:19 ↗ family families I think it's families

44:25 ↗ yes yeah so the number codes that they

44:27 ↗ gave away it was an 88% increase for

44:30 ↗ 2028 yes yes it's families it has to be

44:34 ↗ families unless somebody got four Cotes

44:37 ↗ four codes but that would mean that yes

44:39 ↗ too many everybody got four quotes that

44:43 ↗ Cod that doesn't make

44:45 ↗ sense yeah and as you know the food bank

44:48 ↗ also provides the the school power

44:51 ↗ packs and then their holiday gift

44:55 ↗ program supported near nearly 2,000

44:57 ↗ children from 700 families so I'm pretty

45:01 ↗ sure I'm 99% sure that the 8008 to 12

45:05 ↗ 200 families that makes sense because

45:07 ↗ they volunteered and and they did give

45:09 ↗ anywhere from one to four Coates

45:10 ↗ depending on what time you

45:12 ↗ arrived how many were remaining to

45:15 ↗ provide per

45:18 ↗ person um again we talked about this job

45:22 ↗ loss and inflation I'm always ahead a

45:24 ↗ few slides ahead I don't yeah this

45:28 ↗ yes St Vincent the Paul yes uh here on

45:30 ↗ the screen though is St Vincent the Paul

45:32 ↗ the St conference as H conference so

45:36 ↗ this is if you

45:38 ↗ remember speaking of onetime funds right

45:41 ↗ last year last March just a year ago uh

45:44 ↗ city council approved onetime emergency

45:46 ↗ funds totaling $200,000 these were

45:50 ↗ outside of the granting process uh and

45:52 ↗ then we divided them to isqu Community

45:54 ↗ Services St Vincent the Paul and the the

45:57 ↗ YWCA in samamish um so these are some of

46:00 ↗ the numbers and how many households were

46:03 ↗ were served with those

46:07 ↗ funds um and then just a brief reminder

46:11 ↗ for you on the next steps as

46:13 ↗ Commissioners the applications open

46:15 ↗ early March we have uh March 20th it's

46:19 ↗ our next Human Services Commission

46:21 ↗ meeting when we'll do an overview and

46:23 ↗ review to prepare for those applications

46:26 ↗ it's not here on the screen because I

46:27 ↗ just learned today about the March 25th

46:30 ↗ Equity training more information to come

46:32 ↗ on that April 8th the applications close

46:36 ↗ and then our Human Services Commission

46:38 ↗ meeting on April 17th you should have

46:41 ↗ the summary of the grants

46:43 ↗ available C to give you the the

46:46 ↗ summaries to give you access to the

46:49 ↗ applications um

46:53 ↗ so I think that's about it questions

46:57 ↗ concerns what would be more helpful for

46:59 ↗ you as we move into this next page what

47:02 ↗ would be less

47:06 ↗ helpful I love the Highlight that um

47:10 ↗ Hannah included in there about the

47:12 ↗ higher level of cooperation between

47:14 ↗ organizations I can't find this slide

47:16 ↗ right now um because I just I feel like

47:18 ↗ that benefits everyone so that's I was I

47:22 ↗ she saw that and included it in the

47:25 ↗ report yeah

47:27 ↗ sure so many times even I remember for

47:30 ↗ just more recently for the Strategic uh

47:34 ↗ Plan update we did a few focused groups

47:37 ↗ uh and we had nonprofit come nonprofit

47:39 ↗ organizations come to those focused

47:41 ↗ groups and it was so interesting to see

47:43 ↗ how oh I never heard about your services

47:45 ↗ I never heard about your services let's

47:47 ↗ connect and try to leverage this right U

47:51 ↗ and then as you you know all of you know

47:53 ↗ from welcoming week having the resource

47:55 ↗ Fair how much one of the the biggest

47:57 ↗ highlight of that was organizations

47:59 ↗ saying I didn't know about these

48:00 ↗ organizations I learned so much so we'll

48:03 ↗ definitely continue to do that since

48:05 ↗ help

48:06 ↗ home do you think that we'll approach um

48:10 ↗ evaluating these applications similar to

48:13 ↗ how we did it two years ago where people

48:16 ↗ will be broken off into groups and

48:19 ↗ groups will have different you know the

48:22 ↗ different they will focus on maybe one

48:25 ↗ vertical yeah yeah yeah that was

48:27 ↗ something that worked I think in the

48:29 ↗ last two application Cycles so

48:31 ↗ definitely we'll talk more about that uh

48:33 ↗ next month but I think that worked and

48:36 ↗ so we would love to recommend to

48:37 ↗ continue that um you know when I first

48:41 ↗ came to the city every Commissioners

48:44 ↗ every commissioner read all the

48:45 ↗ applications and they they right and so

48:50 ↗ um you still you will have access to all

48:53 ↗ the applications and if you have the

48:54 ↗ time to put in please by all means it's

48:56 ↗ not that you're not going to have access

48:58 ↗ but it's also asking a lot from a

49:00 ↗ commissioner to to read 80 to 90 or 100

49:03 ↗ application so dividing them in groups

49:06 ↗ and having you know it gives you more

49:08 ↗ time to if you read 15 to 20 it's more

49:11 ↗ meaningful time and and then you also

49:14 ↗ trust your fellow Commissioners that

49:15 ↗ everybody did their their job in their

49:18 ↗ own bucket area

49:21 ↗ right

49:25 ↗ so you heard I don't think yeah it's

49:29 ↗ it's asking a lot from a volunteer group

49:31 ↗ to to to read that many especially when

49:33 ↗ all of you have fulltime jobs and

49:36 ↗ families and other

49:43 ↗ commitments thank you thank you for that

49:45 ↗ report okay you're very very welcome

49:48 ↗ thank you just the

49:50 ↗ same hey are we ready to move on yes

49:54 ↗ okay we're probably doing pretty good

49:55 ↗ with time yeah

49:58 ↗ um okay the chair and commissioner

50:01 ↗ reports does anybody have anything that

50:04 ↗ want to report out

50:11 ↗ on it might come to you

50:14 ↗ later

50:16 ↗ yeah and then we don't have a youth

50:19 ↗ report or you do we don't have a youth

50:21 ↗ but we do have a small youth report um

50:24 ↗ so um Preston is on um midwinter break

50:28 ↗ and so I'm so happy that he's enjoying

50:30 ↗ that but he did let me know that they

50:33 ↗ are working on their conference and

50:35 ↗ actually he sent me via email the event

50:38 ↗ bright application for their youth

50:40 ↗ conference so I'm GNA follow up and send

50:42 ↗ it to you via email um if you're

50:45 ↗ interested uh he was welcoming um people

50:49 ↗ to sign up and attend and so that's the

50:52 ↗ youth

50:54 ↗ update thank you for that and thank you

50:56 ↗ to

50:57 ↗ Preston to giving us a report even

51:00 ↗ though he's not here I know isn't he

51:02 ↗ magical like that

51:08 ↗ yeah okay well thank you so in terms of

51:12 ↗ Staff report I gave you most of the

51:14 ↗ staff report that I had but I do have

51:15 ↗ still a couple of things uh the most

51:18 ↗ important one coming up this weekend uh

51:21 ↗ February 24th and 25th here at the

51:23 ↗ community center uh Black History Month

51:27 ↗ celebration we have an art exhibit in

51:30 ↗ collaboration with

51:31 ↗ Onyx uh and then also with a few

51:34 ↗ community members who worked really hard

51:36 ↗ and and creating it the the exhibit goes

51:39 ↗ on from 10:00 a.m to 400 PM in the

51:42 ↗ afternoon there will be uh free uh

51:45 ↗ desserts and beverages until supplies

51:47 ↗ last but there's going to be peach

51:49 ↗ cobbler and banana pudding and all

51:52 ↗ things that oh my gosh you need to go

51:54 ↗ and try them out um also on Sunday at 2m

51:59 ↗ as a closeout ceremony there will be a

52:01 ↗ small gathering some artists speaking

52:04 ↗ about their art uh the the organizers uh

52:08 ↗ having some closing remarks and mayor

52:10 ↗ Paulie will also be there with some

52:12 ↗ closing remarks so if you have a chance

52:14 ↗ and if you're interested definitely you

52:16 ↗ can go there all weekend long but also

52:18 ↗ on Sunday at around 2 pm um for the

52:21 ↗ close out

52:22 ↗ ceremony um so excited about that

52:27 ↗ Manny are you doing anything with your

52:29 ↗ art I is it going to be

52:31 ↗ there um no

52:33 ↗ um not

52:36 ↗ this what you were saying Monica

52:38 ↗ reminded me that I think there are C

52:40 ↗ just a couple of art pieces of the

52:41 ↗ historic show Station 2 for Black

52:43 ↗ History Month if anybody's interested

52:46 ↗ I'm not sure I can't remember the hours

52:49 ↗ uh I'm no longer part of the Downtown

52:51 ↗ Association but I still received emails

52:54 ↗ so okay no yes that's great great and

52:57 ↗ yeah I think I saw something on the

52:59 ↗ website but I don't know exactly times

53:01 ↗ and

53:02 ↗ hours on the DS

53:06 ↗ website website is there

53:09 ↗ great okay and other than that

53:11 ↗ Commissioners we talked about the equity

53:14 ↗ uh training on March 25th more

53:16 ↗ information to follow up via email uh we

53:19 ↗ talked about board recruitment so I'll

53:21 ↗ follow up with uh Huma and if you know

53:23 ↗ anyone else who is interested in uh uh

53:26 ↗ serving on a border commission at the

53:28 ↗ city the applications are currently open

53:31 ↗ and they do close I believe uh early

53:34 ↗ March so there's some time and then more

53:37 ↗ information is coming out in The Insider

53:39 ↗ all of you should receive The Insider

53:41 ↗ you are receiving The Insider right okay

53:43 ↗ thank

53:44 ↗ you uh we talked about the emergency

53:47 ↗ housing program we go to the city

53:49 ↗ council services safety and Parks

53:52 ↗ committee next week so that really

53:54 ↗ concludes my my S

53:58 ↗ part sounds

54:01 ↗ good okay other business or

54:04 ↗ announcements or anything for the good

54:06 ↗ of the

54:11 ↗ order it's going to be springtime when

54:14 ↗ we meet next right will be

54:17 ↗ Springtime busy huh so we're gonna be

54:20 ↗ busy with

54:22 ↗ the I was just doing a headcount of who

54:24 ↗ had done the granting before the four of

54:27 ↗ us yeah right and then then Mory yeah

54:31 ↗ yeah yeah

54:33 ↗ okay it's you guys will learn a lot I do

54:38 ↗ have a question so will it be next

54:39 ↗ meeting or at some

54:42 ↗ point not at a meeting

54:45 ↗ where the groups the vertical kind of

54:48 ↗ subject matter groups are decided yes

54:52 ↗ does that process work that's such a

54:54 ↗ good that's a good good great question

54:56 ↗ thank you reer so um first step we'll

55:00 ↗ reach out to you via email to ask if

55:03 ↗ once we receive all the applications and

55:05 ↗ we are going to see all the

55:06 ↗ organizations we are going to share that

55:08 ↗ with you and we are going to reach out

55:09 ↗ to you to let us know if you have any

55:11 ↗ conflict of interest so if you're

55:13 ↗ serving on a board of any of the

55:15 ↗ organization or if you're volunteering

55:17 ↗ with any of the organizations or if

55:19 ↗ you're working with any of the

55:20 ↗ organizations you're not going to be

55:23 ↗ allowed to make recommendations for that

55:25 ↗ so that's that's can be the first step

55:27 ↗ once we identify where there are um

55:30 ↗ conflicts of interest then usually

55:32 ↗ Hannah and I we're trying to do the math

55:34 ↗ and saying Okay so this person cannot

55:36 ↗ review the uh the housing Continuum and

55:39 ↗ this person cannot review the behavioral

55:41 ↗ halt one and so we are going to try to

55:42 ↗ assign you to buckets just based on that

55:45 ↗ and then we are going to send it out to

55:47 ↗ you and say okay these are the buckets

55:48 ↗ based on the conflict of interest are

55:50 ↗ you okay with all of this so then once

55:52 ↗ we have that then then we'll proceed so

55:55 ↗ that's a little bit of math and arts

55:58 ↗ combined to that if that makes a little

55:59 ↗ bit of sense yes um but to answer your

56:04 ↗ question um yeah Manny myy and I were in

56:06 ↗ a group together and we had several

56:10 ↗ meetings outside the

56:11 ↗ normal commission meeting

56:14 ↗ yeah so um probably so because you're

56:18 ↗ gonna start working in small groups so

56:20 ↗ we have the regular monthly meetings so

56:22 ↗ March April May June probably July we

56:26 ↗ are not going to have a regular meeting

56:28 ↗ because June and July is when you're

56:31 ↗ going to meet in your smaller meetings

56:33 ↗ and probably we'll come back in August

56:34 ↗ as a larger meeting where you're going

56:36 ↗ to make your recommendations uh to the

56:39 ↗ rest of the the groups and then we'll

56:41 ↗ finish the recommendations in August or

56:43 ↗ we'll finish them in September but

56:45 ↗ ideally we should finish them in August

56:47 ↗ so we can give them hand them to Mayor

56:50 ↗ poy for them to be included in the

56:52 ↗ budget wasn't August an off month last

56:54 ↗ year yes

56:56 ↗ is it is okay oh I it just depends it

56:59 ↗ just depends on the work right depends

57:01 ↗ on the workload yes uh probably this I

57:04 ↗ mean we can always look if Commissioners

57:06 ↗ are out on vacation we can look at

57:08 ↗ having a special meeting that's sometime

57:10 ↗ not at the regular meeting in August um

57:13 ↗ but especially for this year typically

57:15 ↗ August is not an off meeting July will

57:17 ↗ be but but typically it's because you're

57:19 ↗ are too busy with yeah friends so yes

57:24 ↗ and usually in a group so depending on

57:26 ↗ how many we have we have two three

57:28 ↗ people in a group and the group comes to

57:31 ↗ agreement amongst themselves yes with on

57:34 ↗ that subject

57:36 ↗ matter um set of applications and then

57:39 ↗ presents to the lar yeah okay and if I

57:43 ↗ remember correctly didn't you and

57:46 ↗ Hannah kind of come up with your

57:48 ↗ recommendations for how the money should

57:50 ↗ be split among the verticals yes so we

57:53 ↗ do a little bit of work on that end and

57:55 ↗ so so what we did and what we'll

57:57 ↗ probably continue to do so we have the

57:59 ↗ exact amount of dollars or approximate

58:02 ↗ uh amount of money and then we look at

58:05 ↗ how many total applications we received

58:08 ↗ and how many applications we have in

58:10 ↗ each bucket so then typically then we

58:12 ↗ assign let's say if we had 30 out of a

58:16 ↗ 100 applications 30 in one bucket then

58:18 ↗ we might align assign about 30% of the

58:21 ↗ funds to that bucket and the same so we

58:24 ↗ assign percentages based on the number

58:26 ↗ of applications that were

58:28 ↗ received um and then we also do a second

58:32 ↗ depending let's say if you

58:36 ↗ recommend depending we are gonna say

58:38 ↗ okay so you have this much money to

58:40 ↗ recommend but then as we work with the

58:43 ↗ different groups if we hear that well

58:45 ↗ this group really has let's say 30% of

58:48 ↗ the funds but they maybe they don't want

58:51 ↗ to make recommendations to 30% of the

58:53 ↗ applications but this group needs more

58:55 ↗ money we can also transfer money from I

58:58 ↗ do remember that yeah yeah felt pretty

59:01 ↗ well last

59:03 ↗ year last year last time seems like just

59:07 ↗ last year it seems like this

59:11 ↗ year I don't know how many times we uh

59:15 ↗ we met up off three times two or three

59:19 ↗ times three there might have been times

59:21 ↗ when you and mor and I met too I can't

59:23 ↗ remember yeah yeah a lot of reading

59:28 ↗ offline

59:29 ↗ yeah

59:32 ↗ so okay any other questions or any

59:36 ↗ other concerns okay okay the meetings

59:41 ↗ are

59:42 ↗ Jour it's like a record

59:55 ↗ Trish

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Council / Members (7)

Manny Brown

Jaime Fajardo

Madeline Fish

Trish Bloor

Huma Mohibullah

Keena Esemuede

Rucker Alex

Staff (2)

Monica Negrila, Human Services Manager

Kayla Hodges, Human Services Intern

Excused

Maury Edwards

Preston Miele, YAB

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a) Human Services Division Introductions & Updates Presented by: Monica Negrila, Human Services Manager NEGRILA introduced new staff and updated commissioners on additional funding being approved from City Council for…