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[Call to Order & Introductions]
AFTERNOON.I'M VANESSA
I WILL BE CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 1:09 PM.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US TODAY TO OUR CANNED BOARD.
UM, I AM STEPPING IN AS CHAIR.
OUR CHAIR, TAMAR ATKINSON IS OUT TODAY.
SO FIRST I'M GOING TO ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE PRESENT FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, PUBLIC COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE NO, NO ONE SIGNED UP TO PROVIDE COMMENTS.
[Consider Approval of Minutes]
MEMBERS, IF YOU COULD TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO REVIEW THE BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM MAY 13TH, NOTE THAT WE DID NOT, UH, MAKE QUORUM IN JUNE.SO WE ARE VOTING ON THE MAY BOARD MEETING MINUTES.
UM, THE NOTES FROM THE JUNE BOARD DISCUSSION HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, BUT DO NOT HAVE TO BE APPROVED TODAY.
AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK IF THERE IS A MOTION FOR US TO APPROVE THE MAY 13TH BOARD MEETING MINUTES.
UH, IS THERE A SECOND, UH, SECOND FROM, LET'S SEE ANYONE ON THE, ON THE CALL, IF THERE'S A SECOND TO APPROVE THE VIRTUAL OR ACTUAL HAND.
ALL THOSE, ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
[Community Council Update]
NEXT.WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL UPDATE.
WE HAVE RACHEL HAMPTON WHO WILL SHARE WITH US AN UPDATE FROM OUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND ACTUALLY A MADAM CHAIR.
UM, RACHEL SAID SHE WAS RUNNING A LITTLE LATE AND SO I THINK WE'RE SWAPPING PLACES, SO, OKAY.
SO WE'LL GO TO THE ED REPORT AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S HERE.
EVERYONE LOOKS REALLY SMALL ON THIS SCREEN OVER HERE.
I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO UNMUTE MYSELF BECAUSE I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH WEBEX AT ALL.
AND SO I WAS LIKE, HOW DO I FEEL LIKE I KEEP CLICKING ON IT? AND IT DOESN'T WORK.
I WAS RUNNING A SCOTIA BEHIND, BUT I AM, I AM HERE FOR OUR UPDATE, WHICH WILL BE VERY BRIEF.
SO, UM, CAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL JUST LIKE, UM, KEN BOARD, WE DID NOT MEET IN JULY FOR RECOGNITION OF SUMMER AND ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF.
UM, I AM VERY EXCITED TO KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT WE MADE IN OUR JUNE MEETING.
WE HAVE OUR TWO WORK GROUPS, JUST KIND OF, AS A QUICK REMINDER, WE HAVE OUR DATA WORK GROUP THAT'S REALLY WORKING ON FOCUSING ON DATA, AVAILABLE DATA SOURCES FOR MENTAL HEALTH DATA POINTS OF MEASURING KIND OF MENTAL HEALTH OVERALL IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WE ORIGINALLY HAD THIS PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN THAT WAS REALLY GOOD TO WORK IN CONCERT WITH THE LANGUAGE ACCESS TEAM ON, UM, REALLY INCREASING OVERALL AWARENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE, THE WORK WITH THE ST DAVID'S FOUNDATION.
WE HAVE REALIZED THAT THAT GRANT NEEDS TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN CAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO MANAGE.
AND SO WHAT THAT GROUP HAS NOW SHIFTED IS TO REALLY LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES FOR SUPPORTING PURE PEER BASED, UM, SUPPORT SPECIALISTS INSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE NOW HAVE THESE TWO WORK GROUPS THAT ARE WORKING IN CONCERT WITH ONE ANOTHER ON THE TOPIC OF MENTAL HEALTH, ONE ON DATA SYSTEMS, DATA, SHARING, DATA MANAGEMENT, DATA POINTS, AND THEN THE OTHER ON BEST PRACTICES FOR PEER SUPPORT, WHICH HAS REALLY HIGH EFFICACY IN THE RESEARCH.
AND SO WHAT WE DID IN OUR JUNE MEETING IS WE CREATED AN ENTIRE SCHEDULE PANELISTS AND EXPERTS THAT WHO ARE DOING THIS WORK, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING WITH INTEGRAL CARE.
SO WE ABOUT WILL BE, UM, WHO'S COMING TO VISIT WITH US ACTUALLY NEXT WEEK AND OUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND SO WE HAVE A REAL BIG HOST OF PANELISTS THAT WILL COME IN AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL APPROACH WHERE WE HEAR FROM THE PANELISTS.
WE ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND.
UH, WE REALLY GET TO HEAR AND ELEVATE THE VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE ENGAGING WITH SERVICES.
AND THEN WE WILL PRODUCE A REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CAN BOARD AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UM, SO THAT IS THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL UPDATE.
AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THERE MIGHT BE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, RACHEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. HAMPTON?
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ALL RIGHT.[CAN Executive Director’s Report]
NEXT WE WILL HAVE BROUGHT OOLA OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO PROVIDE A REPORTS.THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THANKS EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING IN OUR FIRST SUCCESSFUL VIRTUAL MEETING.
UM, BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN A DIFFERENT SUMMER, RIGHT.
JUST BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS.
WE DID THREE SUMMERS AGO RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO DO THE LAST COUPLE OF SUMMERS.
SO I THINK, UH, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY, SO MANY FOLKS HERE, UH, FOR THE MEETING AND JUST AGAIN THAT WE HAVE THE OPTION OF MEETING IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL.
SO THANKS TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND CITY CLERK AND THE CITY IN GENERAL AS A CANNED PARTNER FOR, FOR THE SUPPORT.
AND I'M GOING TO, UM, HAVE A FEW POWERPOINT SLIDES.
SO IF YOU CAN CALL UP THE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CALLED ED REPORT OR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT, BUT THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A LOT, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SUMMER, RIGHT.
JUST TO GET READY FOR THE FALL.
YEAH, IT'S A NO IT'S EXIT SHOULD BE EITHER ED REPORT OR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT OR OH, I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE.
IT'S IN A FLASH DRIVE AND I'LL JUST START MY REPORT VERBALLY.
UM, SHE DOESN'T SEE THAT THE ROOM, LIKE WE USUALLY HAVE THE CAT.
SORRY, WE'LL GET THE POWERPOINT UP, BUT, UH, BUT REALLY A COUPLE THINGS JUST UPDATES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO REBOOT OUR PODCAST, UH, NEXT, UH, NEXT WEEK.
UM, YOU KNOW, JULY IS PRETTY SLOW AND BEGINNING OF AUGUST IS PRETTY SLOW IN TERMS OF SORT OF ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.
UM, BUT IT'S ALSO, IT WAS ALSO KIND OF A MENTAL HEALTH MONTH FOR OUR CANNED STAFF, RIGHT.
TO NOT HAVE TO KIND OF PRODUCE THE PODCAST.
AND, UM, SO, SO THEY'RE VERY, VERY WELCOME, VERY, UM, MUCH MORE REFRESHED THAN WE, UH, AND, UH, CERTAINLY FOR MYSELF SPEAKING FOR MYSELF THEN GOING INTO JULY.
UM, AND SO, UM, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY AT, CURRENTLY AT EPISODE 95.
SO, SO IN, UM, SEPTEMBER 13TH IS WHEN WE ANTICIPATE HAVING LIKE A CELEBRATION FOR, OKAY, I'LL ACTUALLY GET TO ADVANCE, UM, JUST TO COMMEMORATE OUR HUNDREDTH EPISODE.
SO, AND IF YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED WELL, I WISH I COULD SAY I COULD DROP A LINK, BUT, UH, I DON'T THINK WE CAN TRAP LINKS IN THIS FORM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEND A, CAN USE, UH, OUT NEXT WEEK THAT HAS ALL THIS, BASICALLY EVERYTHING I'M TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE IN OUR NEWSLETTER, BUT BASICALLY, UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JUST A KIND OF A CELEBRATION FOR, UM, HITTING THE MILESTONE OF A HUNDRED EPISODES.
AND, UM, AND WE KIND OF MORPHED IT'S KINDA MORPHINE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, WE DEVELOPED THE GET ENGAGED PODCAST IN ORDER TO HIGHLIGHT THE KIND OF COVID RESPONSE EFFORTS.
SO HOW CAN PEOPLE GET INVOLVED IN, UH, IN, UM, THE EFFORT TO RESPOND TO THE PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW? AND, UM, AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE WERE AT A DIFFERENT PLACE AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AT THAT PLACE WHERE YOU DECIDE, WELL, DO WE STILL DO IT? YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL A NEED FOR ENGAGEMENT AND THERE'S STILL A LOT EXCITING ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, UM, SO PART OF WHAT WE'VE DONE SO THAT YOU SEE, UH, STAY TUNED SEPTEMBER 13, EPISODE 100, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT'S GOING TO BE.
IT IT'S GOING TO BE A SURPRISE.
IT'S A SURPRISE FOR ME TOO RIGHT NOW.
BUT, UH, LIKE WE GOT SIX WEEKS TO FIGURE IT OUT.
UM, BUT, UM, SO YEAH, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND ONE THING WE'VE DONE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IN RETHINKING A LITTLE BIT, THE PODCAST IS SORTA HOW IT'S STRUCTURED AND YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE IT A LITTLE BETTER IN THE, HERE WE GO.
SO, UM, SO THERE'S KIND OF A NEW FORMAT FOR OUR PODCAST CALENDAR CAUSE WE PUT TOGETHER A CALENDAR FOR THE PODCAST, RIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DRAW FROM IN ORDER TO, UH, AGAIN, THE PODCAST IS CALLED GET ENGAGED BECAUSE IT'S A 10 MINUTE PODCAST PREVIEWING THE NEXT WEEK OF ACTIVITIES, RIGHT? SO IF YOU WANT TO, THERE MAY BE STUFF GOING ON.
YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT YOU MAY WANT TO PLUG INTO.
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UM, SO THE PODCAST CALENDAR WAS REALLY A TOOL WE CREATED TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO THE PODCASTS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A USEFUL TOOL IN AND OF ITSELF.AND THEN, UH, THIS IS LIKE KIND OF A SNEAK PEEK.
THIS IS THE NEW FORMAT FOR THE CALENDAR CAUSE THE OTHER FORMAT WAS KIND OF REALLY HARD TO DIGEST, BUT WE BASICALLY CREATED CATEGORIES OF EVENTS THAT WE'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT MIRROR OUR GOAL STATEMENTS IN THE DASHBOARD, RIGHT? SO WE'LL HIGHLIGHT EVENTS RELATED TO SAFETY, JUSTICE AND ENGAGEMENT, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT BASIC NEEDS ACHIEVING OUR FULL POTENTIAL.
AND THEN WE ADDED A KIND OF EQUITY CATEGORY AND ALSO A, A FREE AND FINE THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE FEATURES WITHIN THE PODCAST IS SOMETHING FREE AND FUN, JUST SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS HEALTH DISPARITIES AND EDUCATION DISPARITIES, AND, UM, WHICH OBVIOUSLY ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT, UM, BUT AGAIN, SO, UH, SO IF YOU ACTUALLY GO TO THE PODCAST WEBSITE, NOW YOU ACTUALLY CAN SEE THIS NEW CALENDAR IN THIS FORMAT.
UM, BUT THIS IS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, FOR CURRENT WEEKEND, THIS IS ONLY THROUGH RIGHT.
SO THROUGH YESTERDAY, AND YOU CAN SEE THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE THERE AND DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO SOME SCROLLING TO GO DOWN AND THAT DOESN'T REALLY WORK ON POWERPOINT.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE SORT OF WHAT WE ANNOUNCE FOR OUR HUNDREDTH, RIGHT, AS WE'RE REVAMPING THE, THE, UM, CALENDAR, BUT ALSO THAT THAT'S BASICALLY GOING TO ALSO REVAMP THE FORMAT OF THE PODCAST.
SO WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THIS FORMAT, UH, IN IDENTIFYING, I THINK MORE CLEARLY WHY WE'RE, WHY WE'RE ADVERTISING PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES RIGHT.
VERSUS OTHER ACTIVITIES IT'S BECAUSE THEY RELATE TO THE KINDS OF DATA AND RESEARCH WE PRESENT AS AN SO, SO EXCITED ABOUT IT.
UM, MORE DETAILS ON WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
UM, THE A HUNDRED, IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF A OFFICE WARMING AT BROOKE FOR CANS.
SO YOU'LL GET TO SEE OUR OFFICE AND JUST CELEBRATE WITH US WITH, I DON'T KNOW, SOME PASTRIES AND MAYBE PONDEROSA AND SOMETHING AROUND.
UM, BUT, UH, BUT IT'LL BE FUN.
I'M SO EXCITED TO KIND OF GET THAT STARTED UP AGAIN.
WE ALSO, AS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR, UM, OH, SORRY.
ONE OF OUR PROJECTS THIS YEAR, OUR PRIORITIES IS LANGUAGE ACCESS.
AND SO, AND ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, VERY DILIGENTLY AS THIS LANGUAGE ACCESS PROJECT FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
AND WE BASICALLY HAVE A VARIETY OF WORK GROUPS THAT ARE HELPING TO DEVELOP RESOURCES, RIGHT.
TO SERVE, UM, NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS, RIGHT WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, OR AT LEAST IDENTIFY WAYS OF CONNECTING THEM WITH, UM, SORT OF RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.
UM, BUT, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF A PRETTY FAR ALONG, RIGHT.
IN TERMS OF, UM, OUR ENGAGEMENT AROUND, UM, UH, THE, THE PROJECT OR THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S THE LARGEST NUMBER, RIGHT.
THAT WE HAVE, LIKE JUST IN RAW TERMS, IN TERMS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT.
UM, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO KIND OF IDENTIFY THE COMMUNITY PARTNER WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH WHO REALLY IS GOING TO, UH, FACILITATE THE PROJECT.
SO IT'S NOT CAN STAFF, YOU KNOW, PER SE DOING ALL THE WORK, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM, UM, TO EXECUTE, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET DONE, UH, WITH THE FUNDING WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOR THE PROJECT.
AND SO THE STATUS AGAIN IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, THOSE FIRST TWO BULLETS HAVE ALREADY KIND OF EXPLAINED, LET'S SEE, OOPS.
UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, HAVING A SPANISH RESOURCE AND ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, THE RFP PROCESS, WE'RE KIND OF IN THE EVALUATION RIGHT NOW, AND WE'LL PROBABLY SELECT SOMEONE TO HELP WITH THIS, UM, PROCESS BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, UM, WE'RE GONNA CREATE BASICALLY TOOLKITS FOR THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES OF WHICH SPANISH IS ONE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT'S SORT OF LOOKING AT DATA AND NEEDS IN A VARIETY OF WAYS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE OTHER TWO LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES WE WANT TO SELECT RIGHT.
IN THE, PROBABLY IN, YOU KNOW, ASIAN, UM, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING COMMUNITY OR ASIAN COMMUNITY, RIGHT IN THE VARIETY OF LANGUAGES THAT ARE THERE AND, YOU KNOW, THE VARIETY OF NEEDS THAT EXIST.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, ONCE WE IDENTIFY THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES, THEN WE'LL HAVE, AGAIN, WE'LL GO THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS, LIKE FOR THE SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY WHERE WE SELECT A COMMUNITY PARTNER TO REALLY FACILITATE THE ENGAGEMENT FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES.
SO, SO STILL IN THE EARLIEST STAGES, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW,
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THIS, UM, UM, THE FOUNDATION WE'VE LAID IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING PAST THE SUMMER AND EVERYONE'S GETTING BACK IN MEETING AND WORK MONTHS, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ON LANGUAGE ACCESS, UH, EXCITED TO BE DOING THAT.AND THANKS TO ALL OF THE CANNED PARTNERS, UH, WHO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES ON THAT COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, AND TODAY WE'RE DOING A BIT OF A, UM, FOLLOW UP REALLY TO OUR REGIONAL SUMMIT.
UM, OUR CONTINUING EXPLORATION OF, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE ENSURE AN EQUITABLE ECONOMIC RECOVERY, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE PANDEMIC.
UM, AND SO, UM, SO THAT WAS THE THEME OF OUR, OUR, UM, SUMMIT IN NOVEMBER, WHICH SEEMS LIKE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUT IT WAS JUST LAST NOVEMBER.
UM, AND SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA, WE SPENT THE SPRING REALLY LOOKING AT IS, IS DIFFERENT, UH, ISSUES THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO ADDRESS AT THE SUMMIT.
JUST BECAUSE OF LACK OF TIME, WE ONLY HAD FOUR HOURS.
UM, AND I GUESS THIS IS KIND OF MORPHING INTO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, RIGHT.
WHICH IS LEARNINGS FROM THE CAN REGIONAL SUMMIT AND EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY FORUMS. IF YOU'RE WONDERING IF I, IF I'M STARTING TO GO OVER TIME.
UM, BUT, UM, I GUESS SO MAYBE BEFORE I GET INTO THE SUMMIT, CAUSE THAT'S A METEOR KIND OF PRESENTATION I'LL STOP AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY, UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PODCAST OR THE LANGUAGE ACCESS WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND FEEL FREE TO UNMUTE, I GUESS.
IF THERE'S ANYONE ON THE CALL ON WEBEX, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE JUST UNMUTE AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME BECAUSE I'M HAVING A HARD TIME VIEWING NAMES ON SCREEN, I JUST DON'T HAVE GOOD EYESIGHT.
CARLOS, CARLOS DID MOYNE AND THE VIOLA AND GET ON ALREADY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PLAYING.
I'M JUST, I'M SEEING THESE NOTIFICATIONS AND BOARD MEMBERS SAYING WE'RE TRYING TO GET ON, BUT OBVIOUSLY I'M A LITTLE BEHIND I'M HERE.
I CAN COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND YOU'RE PRESENTING WELL, GREAT.
NOW I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE SINCE WE HAD A BIT OF, OKAY.
AND IN TERMS OF TRANSLATING, YOU SAID ONE OF THE ASIAN LANGUAGES, FOR SURE.
MANDARIN IS ONE OF THE, UH, THE LARGEST LANGUAGES THAT'S SPOKEN BY THE AGENT COMMUNITIES HERE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE HINDI WE'LL DO ARABIC.
SO IT WILL BE HARD FOR, TO DETERMINE WHAT LANGUAGE DO YOU WANT TO TRANSLATE IT FOR.
BUT IF YOU WANT OUR HELP, UH, SPREADING OUT THE SURVEY TO THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO CIRCULATE THAT AROUND FOR YOU.
WE'RE LOOKING AT DATA THAT SHOWS NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS, RIGHT.
THAT ARE, THAT SPEAK ENGLISH LESS THAN VERY WELL, THAT'S THE CATEGORY IN THE CENSUS, RIGHT? THAT WE TRACK AND THE TWO LARGEST LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES BESIDES SPANISH OR VIETNAMESE AND CHINESE.
UM, BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GET AT, HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE RIGHT.
VERSUS JUST NUMBERS, YOUR NUMBERS.
AND, AND TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, LIKE, DO WE HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT.
TO CONNECT OR ENGAGE WITH THAT COMMUNITY? RIGHT.
SO WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT OTHER DATA SOURCES LIKE, UM, I KNOW CAPITOL METRO RECENTLY UPDATED ITS LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN, AND THEY DID AN ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY THE WRITERS.
UM, AND ALSO WE WERE GOING TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING IN THE COVID RELIEF SORT OF ARENA, RIGHT.
THAT MAYBE WAS THERE SOMETHING THAT SHOWED INTEREST FROM DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE ASIAN COMMUNITY, WHICH I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT ACTUALLY EXISTS, BUT, UH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT AT NEED, RIGHT.
IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHO'S OUT THERE, UM, LOOKING FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT OR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, UM, AND TRY TO OVERLAY THAT IN A WAY, RIGHT.
JUST TO, UM, AGAIN, JUST TO GATHER AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO MAKE THE DECISION, BUT, UH, UH, AND NOT JUST LOOK AT ONE FACTOR, YOU KNOW, IN ISOLATION OF ALL THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, OTHER FACTORS, BUT WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO OUR ASIAN CHAMBER PARTNERS TO SEE, UH, UH, WHAT ADVICE THEY MIGHT GIVE US FOR, UH, UM, PRIORITIZING.
YOU KNOW, IF WE KIND OF SELECT, UH, A NUMBER OF CRITERIA FOR PRIORITIZING, THEN WHAT, WHAT ARE THOSE TWO OR THREE CRITERIA? SO, SO WE'LL, WE'LL
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BE REACHING OUT FOR SURE.WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS, UH, THIS INITIATIVE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ON, UH, EITHER THE PODCAST, YOUR LANGUAGE ACCESS, AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO SIGN UP FOR THE PODCAST, JUST GO TO
WELL, ACTUALLY, NO, ACTUALLY I THINK THAT LINK DOESN'T WORK SO WELL.
I'LL HAVE TO SEND YOU THE, THE LINK FOR ADDING YOURSELF TO THE PODCAST, BUT, UH, ALL RIGHT.
AND, UH, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO GET MORE ENGAGED ON ANY OF THIS WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, PLEASE REACH OUT AGAIN.
IF YOU FEEL LIKE SOMEONE FROM YOUR TEAM NEEDS TO BE ENGAGED WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS WORK, JUST KIND OF REACH OUT ON THAT.
UM, AND OUR NEXT CAN USE WILL REALLY BE A PREVIEW OF THE FILE, RIGHT? SO Y'ALL KNOW THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS CANNES WILL BE DOING IN THE FALL.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER SERIES OF THOSE, UH, RACE, EQUITY PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE TRAININGS.
UM, AND OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR PODCAST, UH, SORT OF A HUNDRED YEARS, A HUNDRED YEARS, A HUNDRED EPISODES CELEBRATION, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM, BUT I'LL TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT SHORTLY.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ONE 30 AND WE CAN GO TO THE REGIONAL SUMMIT.
UM, BEFORE THAT ROLE, THERE'S ANOTHER PARTICIPANT WAITING IN THE ATTENDEE LIST.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THIS MEETING OR NOT WITH TIANA PROMOTE THEM.
UM, SAME THING IS TO LOG OUT AND TRY TO LOG BACK IN.
[Presentation & Discussion: Review & Learnings from CAN Regional Summit & Expanding Opportunity Forums]
UH, IN THE MEANTIME, I'LL TOSS IT BACK TO YOU ABOUT OU TO, UH, PROVIDE US AN UPDATE ON LEARNINGS FROM THE CAN REGIONAL SUMMIT AND EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.AND THIS IS JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT THAT YOU ARE A PANEL, THEY WILL HAVE SHORTLY, UH, ON PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THEMES OF OUR, UM, REGIONAL SUMMIT, RIGHT.
WE HAD A PANEL, UM, THAT KIND OF PROVIDED AN INTRODUCTION OR AN OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, UH, UM, AGAIN, TO ADDRESS WORKFORCE NEEDS, PRINCIPALLY.
THAT WAS WHAT THAT PARTICULAR PANEL, UH, REALLY FOCUSED ON.
AND, AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO TODAY KIND OF LOOK AT OTHER ISSUES OF PRIORITIES THAT RELATE TO, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITY TO ACCESS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT.
UM, AND JUST KIND OF HOW, UH, HOW DIFFERENT EITHER CAN PARTNERS OR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, UH, THAT WE WORK WITH A LOT OF US WORK WITH CLOSELY, OR ARE WORKING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
UM, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, AGAIN, EXPAND THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR PUBLIC DOLLARS.
UM, AND JUST TO, UM, A LITTLE KIND OF BACKGROUND ON THE SUMMIT, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WE DID HAVE, UH, OUR KEYNOTE WAS DR.
STEVEN PEDAGO AND HE KIND OF GAVE AN OVERVIEW OF HIS, YOU KNOW, PLAN FOR CREATING A MORE RESILIENT AND EQUITABLE TEXAS.
AND I THINK, UM, UM, YOU SEE KIND OF THIS FRAMEWORK THAT HAS A LOT OF ELEMENTS IN IT.
UM, AND I THINK THIS FALL WE'LL CREATE LIKE A WORK GROUP OR A PLANNING TEAM AROUND EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT EVERYTHING WE'VE LEARNED, RIGHT.
EVERYTHING, WE'VE THE INFLAMMATED INFORMATION WE'VE COLLECTED.
AND TO START FOCUSING IN ON, ON A TOPIC OR TWO THAT WE THINK CAN, IS WELL SUITED, UM, TO HELP WITH, RIGHT, IN TERMS OF THIS, UH, ISSUE OF ENSURING AN EQUITABLE ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
BUT IF YOU KIND OF TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THIS, RIGHT, THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE NEED TO LOOK AT ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND DIVERSIFICATION, YOU KNOW, INVESTING IN TEXANS AND PEOPLE AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS, UM, HEALTHCARE INVESTMENTS, YOU KNOW, AS, AS A TOOL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO AGAIN, WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME HEALTH FOLKS, UH, WHO WERE IN THE CANNED PARTNERSHIP THAT LOOK AT HEALTH.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE MIGHT LOOK AT HOW HEALTHCARE AND OUR ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, UM, LINK UP, YOU KNOW, ENERGY,
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UM, PARTNERING WITH COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.YOU KNOW, AGAIN, A LOT OF THESE ARE SOME LINKAGES WITH CAN, RIGHT? WHERE CAN, COULD BRING TOGETHER SOME OF OUR PARTNERS AROUND THESE TOPICS.
UM, BUT WE CAN'T DO ALL OF THEM.
SO AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO KIND OF HAVE A MEETING WHERE WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE LEARNINGS, UM, AND SOME OF THE RESEARCH WE HAVE, AND THEN JUST START KIND OF CARVING OUT A SPACE WHERE CAN WANTS TO, UH, REALLY TAKE UP, UH, PICK UP THE MANTLE, RIGHT? JUST, UH, UM, WHERE NO ONE ELSE, MAYBE I'M WORKING CURRENTLY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
AND JUST, UH, BEFORE WE, UM, TRANSITION INTO OUR PANEL, UH, AND HOPEFULLY OUR PANELISTS ARE HERE.
UM, BUT, UM, THE, WE HAD A SERIES OF EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY FORUMS, AND THESE WERE THE UP TO THE REGIONAL SUMMIT.
YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE, SINCE IT'S A FOUR HOURS, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY NOT AN ALL DAY SUMMIT, RIGHT.
WE COULDN'T HAVE A PANEL ON WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIPS AND A PANEL ON, UM, AND A PANEL ON, UM, HOW WOMEN WOULD HAVE FARED DURING THE PANDEMIC OR HOW PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE FARED DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AND SO I GUESS IF WE GO BACK TO THE POWERPOINT, UM, OR MAYBE YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG THERE, BUT, UH, BUT WE HAD A COUPLE OF FORUMS WHEN IN JANUARY WAS ON, UM, SORT OF ENTREPRENEURS OF COLOR AND THE POST PANDEMIC ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
IT SHOULD ALSO BE IN THE ED REPORT, UH THAT'S IN THE SHARED DRIVE.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, THAT HE HEARS SOME OF THE ISSUES FROM THAT PANEL, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A AN HOUR PLUS DISCUSSION THAT TOOK PLACE WITH OUR THREE, UH, UH, CHAMBER PARTNERS, THE ASIAN CHAMBER, AND, UH, OR THREE OF OUR FOUR CHAMBER PARTNERS, THE ASIAN CHAMBER, HISPANIC CHAMBER AND BLACK CHAMBER, BUT LIKE SOMEBODY, AND YOU SEE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT EMERGED, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST DURING THE PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF HOW DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WERE AFFECTED BY COVID.
AND, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS, RIGHT.
IF YOU GET HIT HARD OR YOUR EMPLOYEES GET HIT HARD WITH COVID, THEN THAT THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT THING FOR, UH, YOUR BUSINESS, UH, ASIAN AMERICANS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD ALL THE, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR CHALLENGES, BUT ON TOP OF THAT, YOU HAD THE ASIAN HATE, YOU KNOW, ISSUES THAT EMERGED ALSO.
AND JUST AGAIN, UM, JUST THE KIND OF ECONOMIC SECTORS THAT WERE HIT HARD, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THEY HIT, UH, SOME OF THESE, UH, RACIAL AND ETHNIC COMMUNITIES, A LITTLE HARDER.
AND THEN JUST, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, WENT IN THREE OF THE BUSINESSES THAT CLOSE IN THAT FIRST PART OF THE PANDEMIC WAS HISPANIC.
AND, UM, AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF KIND OF REBUILDING RIGHT, FOR, UH, FOR THESE COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S A COMMUNITY IS DISTINCT, RIGHT.
IT HAS ITS OWN CHILD DOES A NEED.
SO, UM, SO THAT WAS A GREAT, THESE ARE ALL RECORDED.
IF YOU GO TO OUR CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL SUMMIT TAB ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY VIEW ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS.
AND SO, UH, THE, IN APRIL, WE HAD A FORUM ON WOMEN AND THE POST PANDEMIC ECONOMIC RECOVER, UM, AND AGAIN, ANOTHER VERY EARLY ON IN THE PANDEMIC.
AND IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT WOMEN WERE KIND OF BEARING THE BRUNT OF THE, THE IMPACT FROM THE PEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND, UM, AND SO WE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, GOOD CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR PRESENTERS AND SOME OF THE ISSUES, AGAIN, THEY BROUGHT UP, UM, IS, UM, THIS IDEA OF KIND OF BEING BACK TO NORMAL.
YOU KNOW, AND WHETHER, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE'S A NEED TO REDEFINE WHAT THAT MEANS.
YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, UNEMPLOYMENT AND, UM, IS THERE OTHER INDICATORS WE MIGHT LOOK AT RIGHT TO, TO GAUGE BACK, BACK TO NORMAL, UM, AND AGAIN, IDENTIFYING WHAT THE NEW NORMAL IS OR WHAT THE NEW NORM SHOULD BE, RIGHT.
INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS THAT, THAT WE NEED TO DO TO SUPPORT WOMEN, YOU KNOW, IN THE WORKFORCE.
AND, UM, AND THEN, UM, AND JUST, AGAIN, JUST THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WOMEN ARE HALF OF OUR POPULATION, SO WE WANT TO SUCCEED AS A COMMUNITY.
THEN WE REALLY CAN'T IGNORE THESE ISSUES.
AND AGAIN, A VERY, VERY, A VERY BROAD OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED.
BUT I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO KIND OF LOOK AT THOSE, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY INTERESTS YOU.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING I WAS GOING TO NOTE, UM, CAUSE I'M THINKING WE CAN CLOSE
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TO TIME IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, I THINK THE NEXT, UH, THERE MAY BE OTHER EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY FORUMS WE SCHEDULED, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW IN NOVEMBER, UM, UH, ORGANIZING A, UH, EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM ON THE ROLE THAT A COMMUNITY-WIDE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM CAN PLAY AN EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY.UH, THIS IS AN IDEA THAT, UH, ONE OF OUR PANELISTS FROM THE NOVEMBER SUMMIT, UH, UM, FOCUSED ON, UM, FROM THE DELL, UM, MICHAEL SUSAN DELL FOUNDATION.
UM, AND SO, SO WE'RE THINKING OF BRINGING IN FOLKS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES, RIGHT, THAT HAVE VERY ROBUST APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS TO SEE, UH, HOW THAT MODEL MIGHT FIT RIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DID IT IN NOVEMBER, RIGHT.
SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF REACH OUT TO THE DELL FOUNDATION AND TO, UM, TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY'VE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING STRONG APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND, AND SEEING WHO WE CAN INVITE.
I KNOW SAN ANTONIO HAS A VERY KIND OF ROBUST KIND OF APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
SO WE MIGHT BRING THEM IN SOME OTHER FOLKS FROM OTHER CITIES AROUND THE U S TO REALLY, UH, FOCUS ON THAT ISSUE.
AND IF, UH, AGAIN, THERE'S OTHER ISSUES THAT FOLKS THINK BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE READING BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE LEARNING THAT CAN, SHOULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE A FORUM AROUND, UH, WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO DO THAT, UM, IN THE FALL.
AND, UM, AND THE, THE, THE PERSON FROM THE DELL FOUNDATION, UM, NEERAJ ALGAR AGGARWALL WHO APPROACHED THIS IS WHAT, UH, HE KIND OF SHARED ABOUT THE FOUNDATION'S INTEREST IN APPRENTICESHIPS, YOU KNOW, SO THEY IN TRY TO INVEST IN, IN MARKET BASED SOLUTIONS, WHICH THEY SEE THIS AS ONE OF THOSE MARKET BASED SOLUTIONS AND TO FUND EXPERIMENTS IN, IN PARTICULAR SECTORS, RIGHT.
TO IDENTIFY, UM, APPROACHES OR STRATEGIES OR PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE SCALED UP, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE SEE THAT THEY WORK.
AND, UH, AND THAT, THAT APPRENTICESHIP IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN.
UM, PARTLY BECAUSE AGAIN, WE SEE THESE AS MUCH STRONGER PROGRAMS, PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN OTHER CITIES AROUND THE WORLD, BUT WE DON'T SEE THAT AS STRONG IN THE U S SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE MAYBE OUR COMMUNITY COULD GET OUT AHEAD OF THAT AND CREATE THE FOUNDATION, UM, OR THE BUILDING BLOCKS ARE A VERY SUCCESSFUL AND ROBUST APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
AND I THINK THAT'S, UH, THAT WAS MY LAST SLIDE, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT SEEING MY SLIDES, BUT, UH, UM, BUT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, KNOW THIS, UH, PRIVATE, THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, UM, FOCUS AGAIN YET, AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THESE EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY FORMS IN OUR FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATIONS IS, WELL, WHAT DIDN'T, WE GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT AT THE SUMMIT, RIGHT.
JUST CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME.
UM, AND SO THIS WAS ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO TALK ABOUT DURING THE SUMMIT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE NEXT BATTLE IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
AND I, AND I THINK THAT'S THE, THE END OF MY PRESENTATION AND WE CAN TRANSITION TO WELCOMING OUR SPEAKERS OR WILL, OR INTRODUCING THE PANEL, ALTHOUGH YES.
THANKS FOR SETTING THE CONTEXT FOR OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DELVE INTO THIS YEAR'S WORK PLAN PRIORITY ISSUE OF ENSURING AN EQUITABLE ECONOMIC RECOVERY AT
[Presentation & Discussion: Examples of Public-Private Partnerships Addressing Issues Relating to CAN Priority: “Ensuring an Equitable Economic Recovery”]
TODAY'S MEETING.WE WILL BE BUILDING ON THAT TOPIC AND, AND WHAT WAS COVERED AT THE REGIONAL SUMMIT LAST NOVEMBER.
AND THAT IS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT A WIDE RANGE OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN HELP BRIDGE THE GAPS THAT SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAY ENCOUNTER.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE A PANEL THAT YOU WILL BE DOING SOME INTRODUCTIONS FOR THE PANELISTS AND ON THIS PANEL, WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER OF PERSPECTIVES REPRESENTED SO THAT WE CAN LEARN HOW DIFFERENT ENTITIES WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN SEEING THAT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IS MORE READILY AND EQUITABLY ASSESSABLE, UM, HOW THEY'VE PURSUED THIS AND, OR SUPPORTED INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT BACK TO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR INTRODUCTIONS.
AND I'M LIKE, LIKE YOU, I CAN'T READ THE NAMES EITHER, BUT, UH, UH, I'LL INTRODUCE THE PANEL AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHO CAN GO FIRST BASED ON WHO'S, UH, WHO'S WITH US ALREADY, HOPEFULLY ALL THREE.
UM, BUT WE, UH, YOU KNOW, FIRST WE HAVE, UH, ONE OF OUR CANNED PARTNERS, YOU KNOW, FEATURED, UM, AS ALSO A PANELIST, UH, AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, DR.
LAURA MARMOLEJO, UH, SHE SERVES AS THE ASSOCIATE DEAN OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROGRAMS, AND WE ALL KNOW ACC IS MAKING GREAT STRIDES
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WITH REGARD TO WORKFORCE IN THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR.AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING, UH, LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT WORK.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, CATHERINE CRAIGO FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, ABOUT SOME OF THE INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES THEY'VE USED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR RESIDENTS.
AND CATHERINE'S FOCUSED AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS A STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN OUR THIRD PANELIST IS, UH, KATHY MCCORD WHO WEARS MANY HATS AND IS AN INCREDIBLE ADVOCATE AND RESOURCE IN LOCAL EFFORTS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES, YOUNG CHILDREN AND CATHY COORDINATES SUCCESS BY SIX FOR CAN PARTNER, YOU KNOW, UNITED WAY.
AND SHE CHAIRS EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL OF WHICH I'M ALSO A MEMBER.
AND SHE'S HERE TODAY TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE WORK BEING DONE VIA THE COLLABORATIVE EARLY MATTERS, GREATER AUSTIN.
AND I DIDN'T TALK A LOT ABOUT THAT PANEL DISCUSSION THAT, UH, WE ALSO, UM, WE ALSO HELD AN EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM ON BUILDING A FAMILY FRIENDLY WORKPLACE.
CAUSE I THINK KATHY IS GOING TO COVER A LOT OF THAT.
SO I DIDN'T WANT TO REPEAT, SO WITH THAT, I MEAN, I'LL START WITH DR.
MANUEL LAYLA IF SHE IS HERE AND THEN WE'LL JUST KIND OF, UH, ALLOW OUR OTHER PANELISTS TO SHARE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER SOME OF THE KEY ACTIVITIES THAT, UM, AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS DOING AND PARTNERING WITH INDUSTRY TO MAKE A, AN IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES AND HELP THEM GET INTO A BETTER WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT ARE CAREERS AND HELP THEM, UM, PROGRESS THROUGH OUR, OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OF COURSE, THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENT, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL VERY INDIFFERENT.
SO I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE AS WE GO THROUGH IS TOM ON THE NEXT SLIDE? UM, I WANT TO START BY, UM, MENTIONING THAT WE, UM, DO YOU MIND SWITCHING TO THE NEXT SLIDE? THANK YOU.
UM, SO ONE OF THE BASIS FOR A LOT OF THE WORK WE DO IS WE PARTNER WITH AUSTIN REGIONAL MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION STANDARDS, WHICH IS CALLED ARMA FOR SHORT.
UM, AND WE WILL PARTNER WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE A COLLABORATIVE MEMBERSHIP OF DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN, OR COMPANIES HERE IN AUSTIN, SMALL, MEDIUM, AND LARGE, AND IT'S, UM, A WAY TO GET, UM, A COLLABORATIVE VOICE AS TO WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
SO IN WORKING WITH ARMA, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, ADDRESS SOME KEY NEEDS THAT THE COMPANIES ARE STRUGGLING WITH, UM, DOMINANTLY IT'S EMPLOYMENT, GETTING PEOPLE IN, IN HOUSE.
AND THE JOB MARKET IS STRONG RIGHT NOW, AND THEN WHERE PEOPLE IS NOT AS, AS LARGE AS IT NEEDS TO BE.
SO WE HAVE CREATED PROGRAMS TO HELP INCREASE THAT JOB PIPELINE.
UM, TRADITIONALLY IN THIS SPACE, A LOT OF TIMES THEY ONLY HIRE PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE.
AND SO WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THEY END UP BASICALLY STEALING EMPLOYEES FROM EACH OTHER.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS CREATE A, UH, A BROADER SET OF, OF EMPLOYEE OWN EMPLOYEE BASE BY HAVING A WAY FOR NON-TECHNICAL OR NON-MANUFACTURING PEOPLE TO GET A QUICK, UM, JUMPSTART INTO MANUFACTURING AND COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATING WITH MANY OF THE COMPANIES THAT WILL HIRE OUR STUDENTS.
UM, FROM THIS PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED CALLED THE CERTIFIED PRODUCTION TECH.
AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT ON A SEPARATE SLIDE, BUT AGAIN, THE KEY WAS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE COMPANIES IN THE AREA, WHICH IS THEY NEED MORE SKILLED, UH, UH, EMPLOYEES.
UM, ANOTHER WAY TO ADDRESS THAT IS WE'VE ALSO STARTED OUR HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY.
WE ARE IN THE SECOND YEAR, THE HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY IN WHICH STUDENTS CAN FROM THEIR JUNIOR YEAR START TO TAKE ONE CLASS A SEMESTER WITH ACC, UH, AND WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, THEIR SENIOR YEAR THAT WILL HAVE COMPLETED BASICALLY THE LEVEL ONE CERTIFICATE, WHICH IS ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.
SO IT'S NOT AS INTENSE WHERE THEY CAN STILL, UM, DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND ENJOY OTHER PARTS OF HIGH SCHOOL LIFE.
BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO SIMPLY TAKE ONE CLASS A SEMESTER AND GET THOSE FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS.
AND THE CERTIFICATE IS VERY FOCUSED ON SKILLS.
IT DOESN'T, UM, ADDRESS THE, UH, GENERAL EDUCATIONAL COURSES, WHICH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AT THAT POINT, IF THE STUDENT GRADUATES AND HE'S NOT, OR SHE IS NOT READY TO GO INTO THE WORKFORCE, I MEAN, THERE'S NOT READY TO GO TO COLLEGE.
THEY CAN ACTUALLY JUST TRANSITION TO A JOB.
THEY'VE GOT SKILLS IN ABOUT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, AND IT GIVES THEM OPTIONS, YOU KNOW, DEBRIS OR CONTINUING YOUR DEGREE TRACK, OR YOU CAN JUST GO TO WORK AT THAT POINT.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, UM, BENEFITED WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH FARMERS TO HAVE, UM, UH, AN ADVISORY BOARD THAT HELPED GUIDE US IN DESIGNING OUR BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAM THAT WE WILL LAUNCH THIS FALL.
SO, UM, AGAIN, WE WANTED IT TO BE RELEVANT, UH, TO MANUFACTURING RELEVANT TO LOCAL NEEDS.
AND SO WITH A MEMBERSHIP FROM VARIOUS COMPANIES, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY COURSES THAT WOULD BE A BEST FIT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GRADUATE WITH THIS
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BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN APPLIED TECHNOLOGY.AND THEN THE LAST PART THAT WE, UH, WORK WITH OUR MATERIALS IS TO IDENTIFY INSTRUCTORS, ALL OF OUR INSTRUCTORS HAVE INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE.
UM, AND WE WANT TO UTILIZE, UM, THAT EXPERIENCE TO TEACH SO THAT THEY CAN PUT SOME CONTEXT IN WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING AND IT MAKES IT MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE FOR THE STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHY DO I NEED TO LEARN THIS? WELL, LET ME TELL YOU HOW I APPLIED IT AT WORK.
SO, UM, THAT THESE ARE FOUR KEY AREAS AND WE'VE PARTNERED WITH PHARMA TO, TO TRY TO DEVELOP, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AND METHODS TO, TO SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY AS WELL AS HELP INDIVIDUALS FIND A BETTER, A BETTER CAREER TRACK.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CPT PROGRAM CAUSE IT'S BEEN DOING REALLY WELL.
AND, UH, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE STARTED THIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LOCAL SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANIES TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE KEY SKILLS THAT YOU NEED FOR AN ENTRY-LEVEL, UM, EMPLOYMENT.
UM, TYPICALLY AGAIN, YOU WORKED IN RETAIL SALES OR ANY OTHER INDUSTRY, THEY WOULD NOT TYPICALLY THAT EACH OF YOU, YOU, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A LEARNING GAP.
AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE, UM, UTILIZED A NATIONAL CREDENTIAL CALLED THE CERTIFIED PRODUCTION TECHNICIAN, UM, WHICH IS A NATIONAL CREDENTIAL THAT WILL BENEFIT THE STUDENTS.
BUT WE EMBEDDED IN THAT CURRICULUM, THE RELEVANT HANDS-ON SKILLS THAT THE SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANIES ASKED FOR.
AND THEY SPECIFICALLY, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WORKED WITH THEM FOR SEVERAL WEEKS TO REALLY FLUSH OUT WHAT IT IS THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO TAKE A NON-TECHNICAL NON-MANUFACTURING PERSON, TRAIN THEM FOR EIGHT WEEKS, SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS, AND THEN ONBOARD THEM QUICKLY.
UM, AND WHAT THIS DOES IS AGAIN, EXPANDS THAT PIPELINE.
IT CREATES A MECHANISM FOR PEOPLE TO ENTER MANUFACTURING, UH, AND, AND REALLY, I LOOK AT IT AS A CAREER BECAUSE MANUFACTURING HAS CHANGED SO MUCH THAT IT'S NOT JUST A JOB OF PUSHING BUTTONS, IT'S BECOME HIGHLY SKILLED AND IT'S BECOME A REALLY GOOD CAREER PATH.
AND I, AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME AND I IT'S, IT'S A PASSION OF MINE TO SHARE THAT WITH OTHERS, BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE A BREAK, UM, UH, CAREER PATH IN MANUFACTURING, REGARDLESS OF THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION YOU'VE PURSUED.
UH, IN ADDITION, UH, ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS REACHED OUT TO US EARLY LAST YEAR IN JANUARY, AND WE ACTUALLY PARTNERED WITH MAYNARD HIGH SCHOOL TO DELIVER THE SAME PROGRAM TO NINE GRADUATING SENIORS, UM, THAT WERE ABOUT TO GRADUATE.
AND SO FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL, WE WOULD, UM, DELIVER THIS CURRICULUM TO THEM DURING THEIR CLASS TIME.
AND AT THAT POINT, THEY WERE ABLE TO HIRE, GO DIRECTLY TO APPLY MATERIALS AND GET EMPLOYED.
AND OF THOSE NINE, I THINK, FIVE WENT ON TO BE HIRED.
AND IT'S NOT THAT THEY WEREN'T SELECTED.
THEY WOULD'VE TAKEN ALL NINE, BUT I THINK THE OTHER FOUR JUST CHOSE NOT TO CONTINUE, BUT IT'S A GREAT PATH FOR AN STUDENT TO JUST GET RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, GET SOME SKILLS AND THEN GO INTO A JOB AND THINK THE MINIMUM WAGE WAS $20 AN HOUR AT THAT POINT.
SO THIS PROBLEM'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, IT'S GROWING IT'S AND WE WANT IT TO GROW BECAUSE WE WANT MORE PEOPLE IN MANUFACTURING AND WE WANT THEM TO GET THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? UH, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO CONTINUE YOUR GROWTH.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF WHAT WE CALL EARN AND LEARN PARTNERSHIPS, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, SAMSUNG HIRES, UM, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, UH, RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL TO JOIN THEIR APPRENTICE PROGRAM.
SO, UM, THEY USED TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN.
NOW WE DO IT IN PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE STUDENTS AT THAT AGE NEED A LITTLE GUIDANCE.
SO WE TRY TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM BY ESTABLISHING A, UM, A COHORT MODEL AT THE COLLEGE WHERE THEY TAKE CLASSES TOGETHER AND THEY'RE ALIGNED SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS.
AND, UM, AND IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MENTOR THEM IN THE, WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A COLLEGE STUDENT, UH, SOME CAREER ADVICE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, AND THESE STUDENTS WILL BASICALLY BE MENTORED FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
I MEAN, I'M SORRY, PRO FOR THE FIRST YEAR, UM, UPON THE SECOND YEAR, WE'VE NOW EMBEDDED OUR TRADITIONAL STUDENTS IN THOSE SAME COURSES, UH, AND SAMSUNG WAS WILLING TO TAKE ART ACC STUDENTS AND INTERVIEW THEM FOR, UM, THE APPRENTICE PROGRAM TO CONTINUE YEAR TWO AS AN APPRENTICE.
SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD MODEL WHERE THEY COME IN WITH STUDENTS THAT THEY SELECT, THEN OUR STUDENTS ARE PAIRED IN THOSE SAME CLASSES.
AND THEN BY THE SECOND YEAR THEY HIRE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE SAME PROGRAM.
AND THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS THEM TO FOCUS ON FULL-TIME SCHOOL.
THEY WORK UH PART-TIME AND THEN IF THEY MAINTAIN A CERTAIN GPA, THEY ARE REIMBURSED FOR THE TUITION.
SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM.
UM, SECONDLY, WE WORKING WITH APPLIED MATERIALS, THEY ARE DOING THE SAME THING, BUT DIFFERENT.
THEY WANT TO CREATE A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR APPRENTICESHIP.
THAT'S SET TO START, I THINK, IN THE SPRING, UM, AND THEIR MODELS WILL DIFFERENT AND WE'RE WORKING AGAIN WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY WHAT JUST THE COURSES THEY CAN TAKE.
AND HOW DO WE CREATE THAT COHORT? BECAUSE IT MAKES IT MUCH MORE LIKELY THE STUDENTS WILL SUCCEED.
IF THEY'VE GOT A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH.
UM, WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH TESSA TO SUPPORT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL
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GRADUATE PROGRAM THROUGH EARLY TRAINING.SO THEY COME TO US FOR, UH, FIVE, SEVEN WEEKS OF TRAINING, AND THEN THEY GO INTO THE JOB RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IS JUST SCHOLARSHIPS.
WE HAVE LOTS OF SCHOLARSHIPS THAT ARE BEING, UM, PROVIDED TO OUR STUDENTS.
UH, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE INDUSTRY SPONSORED.
AND THEN THIS, THE STUDENTS APPLY AND WE TRY TO CREATE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES, THEIR SCHOLARSHIPS, SUPPORT, AND STUDENTS WHO POTENTIALLY WILL WORK WITH THEM IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE TRY TO AS BEST AS POSSIBLE FIND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS, ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS.
SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH COMPANIES TO CONNECT JOBS TO STUDENTS, TO THE WAY THAT THEY ARE, WHETHER IT'S PART-TIME INTERNSHIPS, WE'RE WAITING TO, THEY'RE GRADUATING.
NOW WE'VE STARTED SEEING MORE AND MORE COMPANIES WANTING TO PARTNER WITH THESE STUDENTS EARLY BECAUSE THEY KNOW IF THEY WAIT TILL GRADUATION, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THEM BECAUSE THERE'S, EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FOR THEM AT THAT POINT.
SO WE'RE STARTING TO GET MORE AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PART-TIME WORK AND INTERNSHIPS, NEXT SLIDE.
AND THIS IS JUST, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU KIND OF OUR COMPLETE ACC MANUFACTURING PATHWAY.
ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT OUR ACC MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT IS THAT WE'VE CONNECTED THE DOTS BETWEEN NON-CREDIT AND CREDIT.
THEY'RE ALL UNDER ONE LEADERSHIP.
AND SO WE CAN NOW ARTICULATE, UH, CREDITS MORE EASILY.
WE USE THE SAME INSTRUCTORS FOR CREDIT AND NON-CREDIT.
SO WE MEET THE SAME EXPECTATIONS THAT, THAT THE ACADEMIC SIDE, UH, NEEDS.
AND WE, UM, WE TRY TO CREATE THIS ALIGNMENT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE A STEP STACKABLE CREDENTIALS AS THEY LIKE TO SAY SO THAT THEY'RE NOT, UM, DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF THE ONLY, UH, THE ONLY GAIN IS AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT TWO YEARS TO FIND YOU'VE MADE SOME SUCCESS.
SO WE TRY TO GIVE THEM STEPS ALONG THE WAY WHERE THEY CAN SUCCEED.
AND IF THEY HAVE TO WORK FIRST, THAT'S FINE.
WE ARTICULATE TO CREDIT AND THAT HOPEFULLY WILL MOTIVATE THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR GROWTH.
UH, WE ALSO TRAIN APP COMPANIES A LOT OF TIMES, SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY WE STILL ARTICULATED TO CREDIT IF WE DO IT THROUGH IN-HOUSE TRAINING OR AT ACC, UH, IT'S, AS LONG AS THEY'RE CONTINUING ON THEIR EDUCATIONAL PATH, WE WILL TRY TO MATCH THAT UP TO THE ACADEMIC SIDE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO YOU CAN SEE OUR TWO FIRST, UH, PURPLE BOXES ARE BASICALLY OUR NON-CREDIT PROGRAMS. AND THEN WE START TO STEP THEM INTO THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN THE SECOND YEAR, AND THEN FINALLY THE BACHELOR STUDENT.
UH, I THINK THAT THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING YOU MIGHT HAVE OR HOLD THEM TO BE.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM OUR, FROM OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS? I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION.
IS THERE, UM, DO YOU, DOES ACC HAVE A PROJECTED OR A TARGETED GOAL OF THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS YOU ALL ARE TARGETING TO UPSKILL OR GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM? I'M JUST CURIOUS THE SCALE OF THE NEED THAT WE HAVE TO TRAIN AUSTINITES TO BE PART OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, UM, AND HOW ACC IS HELPING US FILL THAT GAP, BECAUSE I IMAGINE WHATEVER IT IS TODAY, IT'S ONLY GONNA INCREASE EXPONENTIALLY WITH ALL THE ACTIVITY HAPPENING IN THE AREA.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE CHIPS ACT THAT CONGRESS RECENTLY PASSED AND THE AMOUNT OF, UH, FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WILL BE COMING INTO THE REGION, UM, AND SUPPORT OF, OF CHIP MANUFACTURING.
SO ANY, ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? YEAH, WE ARE VERY MUCH TRYING TO SUPPORT THAT GROWTH BY CREATING, LIKE I SAID, MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO REACH OUT TO STUDENTS.
WE'VE HAD, UH, WE'VE HIRED A PERSON SPECIFICALLY TO RECRUIT AND HELP, UM, UH, EXPOSE THE COMMUNITY TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITIES THAN THERE ARE STUDENTS, AS YOU MENTIONED.
AND SO WE, WE DO, UM, UM, A LOT TO TRY TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE, TO TRY TO SHOW THEM, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT THEY CAN FIND A GOOD PAIN CAREER HERE.
AND, UM, AGAIN, BY CATERING TO THAT QUICK TRAINING, IT GETS THEM IN THE DOOR.
AND AGAIN, AT LEAST HALF OF THOSE STUDENTS FIND THAT ONCE THEY'RE IN THE DOOR, THEY START TO SEE, OH, I CAN DO MORE WHAT'S NEXT.
AND THEY STARTED TO COME BACK TO US NATURALLY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PROGRESS THAT THEY LIKE THE FIELD.
THEY'RE GOING TO FIND ONE THAT WANTING AND DESIRE TO MOVE UP THE LADDER.
SO WE DID DO A LOT TO TRY TO, UH, RECRUIT JUST WITHIN OUR OWN DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND WE WORK ALSO LIKE, SO WE DO IN-HOUSE TRAINING WITH COMPANIES.
SO WE, WE KNOW THE SKILLS WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND WE TRY TO EMBED THEM IN OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, OUR SHORT-TERM PROGRAMS, ALL OF THEM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT JUST TAKING A CLASS, THEY'RE ACTUALLY LEARNING THINGS THAT MAKE SENSE AND MATTER IN THE INDUSTRY.
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN GROWING EVERY YEAR, QUITE A BIT.
UM, LIKE THE CPT PROGRAM, I THINK WE DOUBLED LAST YEAR, AND I'M SURE THAT THIS YEAR WILL ALMOST DOUBLE IF NOT
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EACH CYCLE, AGAIN, OUR GOALS ARE TO CONTINUE TO EXCEED LAST YEAR'S, UH, IMPACT AND CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT IMPACT OF SIGNIFICANT GOOD DEAL.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM OUR BOARD? I HAD A QUICK QUESTION IN THAT LITTLE STEP, A GRAPHIC THAT YOU HAD.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED BACHELORS ALONG THE WAY THERE.
UM, BUT DO, DO, DOES AC HAS ACC ALREADY ESTABLISHED A PATHWAY OR A FOUR YEAR DEGREE? I MEAN, UM, I GUESS I'M, WE'RE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
AND SO JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN GIVEN AUTHORITY TO KIND OF REACH THAT STAGE WITH OTHER, UM, WITH OTHER AREAS RIGHT.
OTHER INDUSTRIES, BUT, UH, IF YOU COULD JUST EXPLAIN THAT TO US A LITTLE BIT.
SO THIS IS THE THIRD BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
IT'S, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY STARTING, WE HAVE OUR FIRST COHORT STARTING THIS FALL AND IT'S, TO ME IT'S A REALLY UNIQUE BACHELOR'S DEGREE BECAUSE, UH, TRADITIONALLY IN WORKFORCE PROGRAMS, WHEN YOU GET AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE, IT'S, IT'S INTENDED FOR YOU TO GO ONTO WORK AND THAT'S THE END OF THE TRACK.
BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS IN MANUFACTURING BY HAVING THIS, UM, UH, APPLIED TECHNOLOGY DEGREE BACHELOR'S OF APPLIED TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT DOES IS IT CREATES A PATHWAY FOR TEXTS.
WE PREVIOUSLY DIDN'T HAVE A DIRECT PATHWAY TO A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
IT CREATES A PATHWAY BECAUSE YOU DON'T LOSE ANY CREDIT.
IF YOU CREATE A BIG ACHIEVEMENT ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AT ACC, AND I THINK SEVEN DIFFERENT AREAS, WE WILL A HUNDRED PERCENT LIKE LINK THAT TO THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE.
AND BASICALLY IT LEAVES YOU TWO MORE YEARS TO COMPLETE IT.
UM, UNLIKE IF YOU HAVE TO TRANSFER, SOMETIMES YOU LOSE A LOT OF CREDITS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. THEY'RE MEANT TO BE FROM THE TRANSFER SIDE WHERE THEY GET MORE OF THEIR CORE ACADEMICS.
SO THIS IS UNIQUE AGAIN, BECAUSE IT CREATES A NEW PATHWAY THAT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE FOR TECHNICIANS TO BE ABLE TO GROW TO A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND BE ABLE TO BECOME LEADERS MANAGERS AND, AND HELP, YOU KNOW, UM, RE UPSKILL THEMSELVES TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
THIS IS A GREAT, AND THAT IS A, SUCH A GREAT POINT THAT DR.
MARMOLEJO RAISES, UH, AND, AND A GREAT QUESTION, UH, RELO.
I WOULD JUST, UH, JUST ADD ONTO THAT, THAT THE LEGISLATURE GIVES US THE ABILITY TO OFFER UP TO FIVE BACHELOR'S DEGREES.
AND, UH, THIS IS ONE OF, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A RN TO BSN IN NURSING, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE IN, UM, IN, UH, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S TWO MORE COMING DOWN THE PIKE AND THESE ARE APPLIED AND THEY CAN ONLY BE USED IN PLACES WHERE WE'VE IDENTIFIED A CRITICAL WORKFORCE NEED, UH, FOR BATCH BACCALAUREATE EDUCATION.
SO WE WILL NOT HAVE A FRENCH LITERATURE, UH, BACCALAUREATE DEGREES HERE AT ACC.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND WONDERFUL, UH, DIRECTOR.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE KATHY CATHY MCMORRIS WITH EARLY MATTERS, GREATER AUSTIN.
KATHY WILL BE PROVIDING US WITH IN, UH, WITH AN UPDATE ON ALL THINGS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
AND I'M GOING TO TRY AND LIMIT, NOT DO ALL THINGS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, UM, BUT REALLY FOCUS IN ON OUR WORK WITH, UM, EARLY METATRADER US AND AS A BUSINESS ALLIANCE AND THE WORK IN THAT AREA, IT'S EARLY CHILDHOOD, BUT I WOULD LAY SOME CONTEXT.
UM, I, I DO WORK AT UNITED WAY FOR GREATER AUSTIN AND WE LEAD, WE ARE THE BACKBONE ORGANIZATION FOR THE AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY SUCCESS BY SIX COALITION STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, TO IMPROVE EARLY CHILDHOOD OUTCOMES.
AND AS PART OF THAT WORK, UH, WE HAVE, UM, CULTIVATED A GROUP CALLED EARLY MATTERS, GREATER AUSTIN.
THAT IS, UM, REALLY THE SPACE FOR BUSINESS LEADERS TO ENGAGE IN THIS EARLY CHILDHOOD WORK.
AND TODAY I'M GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EARLY MATTERS, OUR BEST PLACE TO WORK IN PARENTS INITIATIVE.
HOW, UM, CAN OTHER OTHER CHAMPIONS IN THE COMMUNITY CAN PROMOTE THIS TO IMPROVE EARLY CHILDHOOD OUTCOMES THAT OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS HOW WE USE THIS PROJECT, UM, AN EFFORT TO INFORM OUR ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES.
SO EARLY MATTERS, GREATER AUSTIN, AS THEY SAID, IS PART OF THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT INITIATIVE OF THE SUCCESS BY SIX COALITION.
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CREATED BY UNITED WAY FOR GREATER AUSTIN AND E THREE ALLIANCE.AS WE LOOKED AT OUR COALITION EFFORTS AND REALIZED WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE BUSINESS ENGAGED, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE BUSINESS LEADERS AT THE TABLE.
AND WE KNOW THAT EARLY CHILDHOOD IS THE TWO GEN ISSUE.
UM, IT INVESTING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, THE FUTURE FOR OUR NEXT WORKFORCE, BUT ALSO SUPPORTS SUPPORTS OUR CURRENT WORKFORCE BY ENABLING PARENTS TO GET INTO THE WORKFORCE BY HAVING CHILDCARE AND HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE, UM, AND EARLY MATTERS GREATER AUSTIN IS A PART OF A STATEWIDE COLLABORATIVE.
THEY ARE NOW EARLY MATTERS GROUPS IN DALLAS, HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, EL PASO, AND WACO.
AND WE COME TOGETHER UNTIL ALIGN ON STATE ADVOCACY EFFORTS IN THE EARLY LEARNING SPACE SLASH THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF FOLKS WHO ARE, UM, LEADING THE WORK AT EARLY MATTERS.
OUR STEERING COMMITTEES CHAIRED BY MARK WILLIAMS, LONGTIME WORKFORCE BOARD MEMBER, AN IBM CHAMPION, SANDY DOLCHIN, UM, I'M HENDRICK JEANETTE WARD WITH TEXAS MUTUAL.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
NEXT SLIDE, JUST TO GROUND YOU IN A LITTLE BIT OF DATA AROUND OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SECTOR, WE KNOW THAT AUSTIN IS IN A LOT OF HEADLINES FOR BEING A GREAT PLACE TO WORK.
PEOPLE ARE MOVING HERE AND THINGS IN MANY WAYS ARE COMMUNITIES THRIVING ECONOMICALLY.
BUT AS WE KNOW FROM THE EFFORTS LED BY CAN TO ACHIEVE AN EQUITABLE ECONOMIC RECOVERY, THAT PROSPERITY DOESN'T APPLY TO EVERYONE WE KNOW IN AUSTIN THAT 32,000 CHILDREN UNDER AGE SIX AND TRAVIS COUNTY THAT LIVE IN HOUSEHOLDS WITH LOW INCOME.
THAT'S MORE THAN ONE IN EVERY THREE CHILDREN LIVE IN HOUSEHOLDS WITH LOW INCOME, KNOW THAT 90% OF THESE ARE CHILDREN OF COLOR.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RESOURCES, WE HAVE TO SUPPORT VERY YOUNG CHILDREN WITH SERVICES AND RESOURCES AND ACCESS TO EARLY CHILDHOOD SUPPORTS.
ONLY 36% OF OUR CHILDREN, AGE BIRTH TO FOUR ARE RECEIVING ANY KIND OF EARLY LEARNING SERVICES AT ALL.
THAT INCLUDES PARENTS SUPPORT EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION HEADSTART.
SO, AS I SAID, EARLY MATTERS GREATER AUSTIN WAS BUILT AS AN ALLIANCE WITH BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION AND OUR COMMUNITY.
AND STATE'S SHORT LONG-TERM ECONOMIC SUCCESS.
WE HAVE THREE PILLARS OF WORK DANCING, BEST PLACE FOR WORKING PARENTS AS A WAY FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO ADOPT RESEARCH RESEARCH, PROVEN FAMILY-FRIENDLY POLICIES THAT ALSO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE BUSINESS BOTTOM LINE, AND THEN INFLUENCING PUBLIC POLICY BY ADVOCATING FOR LOCAL AND STATEWIDE POLICY AND FUNDING TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION, AND THEN ADVANCING INNOVATION AND EDUCATION BY INCUBATING AND PILOTING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES OF ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY IN THE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION SECTOR.
NEXT SLIDE WE KNOW WHEN CHILDREN START BEHIND, THEY STAY BEHIND A LARGE GAP IN SCHOOL READINESS BETWEEN OUR NON LOW INCOME AND LOW INCOME CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY AND CHILDREN OF COLOR ARE DISPROPORTIONALLY NOT READY FOR SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN READY COMPARED TO THEIR NON-HISPANIC WHITE PEERS.
AND WE KNOW THIS COSTS US IN TERMS OF BOTH EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS IN THE LONG RUN AND ECONOMY IN TRAVIS COUNTY, AS I SAID, ONLY 36% OF OUR CHILDREN UNDER FOUR GET RECEIVING ANY SERVICES.
AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, IT'S NOT SURPRISING TO SEE THESE GAPS IN READINESS, UM, HERE, EXCUSE ME, UM, SEE THESE GAPS IN READINESS, AS IT APPEARS THAT MANY LOW-INCOME CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO ENRICHING ENVIRONMENTS THAT HELP THEM THRIVE, AND SPECIFICALLY WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE LACK OF ACCESS OF HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE.
THERE WAS A STUDY PUBLISHED BY THE US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION DURING THE PAST YEAR THAT INDICATED THAT TEXAS LOSES NINE, $9 BILLION IN REVENUE ANNUALLY BECAUSE OF BREAKDOWNS IN CHILDCARE.
THAT MEANS PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ABLE TO ACCESS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE WORKFORCE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE CHILDCARE AS WELL AS LOSS OF PRUDENT PRODUCTIVITY, BECAUSE CAN'T FOCUS AT WORK BECAUSE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF THEIR CHILDREN WHILE THEY ARE AT WORK BECAUSE THEY LACK ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY CARE.
AND OF COURSE, THE STATISTIC THAT 55% OF PARENTS WHO VOLUNTARILY LEAVE THEIR JOBS DO SO WHEN THEIR CHILDREN ARE TOO OLD
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OR YOUNGER NEXT SIDE.AND WE KNOW THERE IS A HIGH RETURN ON INVESTMENT WHEN WE DO INVEST EARLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PARENTS' INCOME AND THE LONG-TERM TRAJECTORY FOR CHILDREN, AS FAR AS THEIR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, IF THEY START WITH A STRONG, EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION EXPERIENCE, NEXT SIDE SAYS TYPICALLY, UM, THE FOCUS ON WHAT EARLY MATTERS IS DOING AND HAS DONE FOR TWO YEARS, WE HAVE LAUNCHED THERE FOR WORKING PARENTS INITIATIVE.
AND LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 140 LOCAL AREA BUSINESSES RECEIVE A DESIGNATION AS A BEST PLACE OF WORKING PARENTS, CELEBRATING THE POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT THEY HAVE, THAT SUPPORT PARENTS IN PRIMARY ROLE AS THEIR CHILD'S FIRST TEACHER AND PARENT.
WE ALSO ENGAGE IN ADVOCACY THAT RESULTED IN STRENGTHENING AND SUPPORTING THE CHILDCARE SECTOR AND THE EARLY CARE SYSTEM AND EDUCATION SYSTEM THROUGH THE, UM, DAMAGING IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC, AND THEN STATE LEGISLATION AS WELL TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY CARE.
AND WE ALSO WANTED TO CELEBRATE THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN ALSO RECENTLY CODIFIED A POLICY TO EXPLORE IT, THE INCLUSION OF CHILDCARE FACILITIES IN CITY OWNED OR LEASED PROPERTY.
AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING A NUMBER OF QUALITY CHILDCARE CENTERS CLOSE AND OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE RENTS AND PROPERTY TAXES AND PROPERTY VALUES ARE SO HIGH, THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO, UM, MEET THOSE COSTS AND COMPENSATE STAFF.
UM, UM, FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO CHILDCARE IS, UM, IS A THIN MARKET.
UM, IT SIMPLY DOES THE WAY WE FUND CHILDCARE SIMPLY DOESN'T WORK, UM, IN THE MARKETPLACE.
SO SKIP, SKIP THE NEXT SLIDE AND GO TO THE FOLLOWING.
WE'VE LEANED INTO FAMILY FRIENDLY PRACTICES AND TRYING TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES TO ENGAGE AND, UM, FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES AND BENEFITS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT NOT ONLY IS IT BENEFICIAL FOR CHILDREN AND, BUT IT ALSO IMPROVES THE BOTTOM LINE FOR BUSINESSES.
WE KNOW THAT 83% OF MILLENNIALS SAY THEY'D LEAVE THEIR CURRENT JOB FOR ONE WITH MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY BENEFITS AND A COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN A TALENTED WORKFORCE FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES AND PRACTICES CAN HELP AID IN RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
WE ALSO KNOW WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHO IS NOT WORKING 70% OF NON-WORKING MIDDLE-SKILLED PARENTS SITE CHILDCARE AS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE REASONS THAT THEY ARE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE WORKFORCE.
AND NATIONALLY ONE THIRD OF WOMEN AGES 25 TO 44, WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED SAID THE REASON WAS CHILDCARE DEMANDS, NEXT SITE.
SO THE BEST PLACE FOR WORKING PARENTS PROMOTES, UH, ONE FIRST OF ITS KIND FREE THREE MINUTE BUSINESS.
SELF-ASSESSMENT LOOKING AT THESE 10 POLICIES, PRACTICES AND BENEFITS THAT CAN BE OFFERED THROUGH BUSINESSES THAT WE KNOW SUPPORT PARENTS IN THEIR ROLE AS PRIMARY CAREGIVERS, AS WELL AS BEING BENEFICIAL TO BUSINESSES FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, BEST PLACE FOR WORKING PARENTS HAS BEEN LAUNCHED IN FORT WORTH DALLAS, HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, AND EL PASO IN TEXAS, AS WELL AS IN THE STATES OF ALABAMA, IOWA, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WILL BE, UM, PARTICIPATE IN PROMOTE THIS INITIATIVE.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE DESIGNATION AND CELEBRATING BUSINESSES THAT ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND ACKNOWLEDGING AND CELEBRATING WHAT THEY OFFER TO FAMILIES.
BUT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO GET BETTER INFORMATION ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE IN THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY AND WHAT BUSINESSES HAVE IN PLACE FOR PARENTS, WHERE THERE ARE GAPS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW WE CAN BOTH ASSIST BUSINESSES AND LEARNING AND IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING LEARNING ABOUT AND IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THESE POLICIES AND PRACTICES, AND ALSO WHERE THERE ARE BARRIERS FOR BUSINESSES BASED ON THEIR SIZE OR SECTOR THAT PERHAPS WE NEED TO BETTER EXPLORE INNOVATION OR OTHER PUBLIC POLICY SOLUTIONS.
SO IN THIS PAST YEAR AFTER WE HAD 140 BUSINESS, I THINK YOU WENT ON MUTE, KATHY,
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MAYBE SHE FELT, YEAH, KATHY, CAN YOU HEAR US? IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE EXPERIENCING SOME, SHE MAY HAVE LOST CONNECTIVITY.FOR WALKING, GIVE US JUST A FEW MINUTES TO SEE IF CATHY IS ABLE TO LOG BACK ON.
AND I CAN, UH, JUST KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ON QUIET.
YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT CHILDCARE, RIGHT.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY, RIGHT? I MEAN, IDENTIFYING BARRIERS TO ENTRY RIGHT.
OR RETURNING TO THE WORKFORCE AND IN ALL OF THE, UM, UM, EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY FORUMS WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD OBVIOUSLY AFFORDABILITY COME UP AND WHAT ARE THE TWO BIG PIECES OF THAT THAT COME UP OR HOUSING AND CHILDCARE BOTH IS EXCEPT ONCE YOU START GETTING PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING, THEY GET A LITTLE ROUTE DEAF AND THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE, BUT, UH, UH, BUT CHILDCARE IS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT COMES UP, WHETHER IT'S PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THEY CANNOT MAKE RECOVERY OR WOMEN AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY, OR, UM, BUILDING A FAMILY-FRIENDLY WORKPLACE TO ADVANCE RETENTION.
AND THAT'S PART OF, UM, WHY THIS IS A FEATURE, RIGHT? IS THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IF IT COUNTS AS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, RIGHT.
IF YOU HAVE 140 COMPANIES DOING IT WITH NO REAL SUPPORT FROM THE, I MEAN FROM THE PROGRAM.
UM, BUT ON THE OTHER WAY, ON THE OTHER HAND IS IF YOU HAVE 150 COMPANIES DOING IT WITH ZERO MONEY COMING IN, MAYBE THERE'S, AGAIN, THERE'S SOME RESOURCES THAT CAN BE ALLOCATED ON THE PUBLIC SIDE TO BUMP UP THAT NUMBER SO THAT YOU HAVE THESE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHT.
FOR FOLKS WHO MAYBE WON'T COME BACK OR CAN'T COME BACK BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF, UH, ACCESS TO THE CHILDCARE.
AND WHEN WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION, UM, AND THE EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM, RIGHT.
WE HAD DIFFERENT SECTORS REPRESENTED RIGHT.
IN THIS, THESE ISSUE OF HAVING A FAMILY FRIENDLY WORKPLACE REALLY IS VERY DIFFERENT.
IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOSPITALITY VERSUS FINANCE, YOU KNOW, VERSUS, UM, ENGINEERING, YOU KNOW, JUST EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE KIND OF DEPEND A LITTLE BIT ON THE INDUSTRY SECTOR YOU'RE IN.
AND, UM, AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD.
AND, UM, I THINK PART OF WHAT, UH, THE INFORMATION KATHY WAS SHARING IS ABOUT, UM, WHEN THEY DO AGREE TO CREATE THIS FAMILY FRIENDLY WORKPLACE OR A BEST PLACE FOR WORKING PARENTS, I STILL USE THE OLD TERM, WHICH IS FAMILY FRIENDLY WORKPLACE, BUT IT'S THE BEST PLACE FOR WORKING PARENTS.
UM, THEN, UM, THEN AGAIN, HOW, HOW MANY OF THOSE 10 POLICIES OR STRATEGIES ARE, ARE THEY UTILIZING WRITER? WHICH ONES ARE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BENEFITS AND IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, AGAIN, LIKE EVERY INDUSTRY HAS ITS OWN CHALLENGES.
SO, UM, SO I THINK KATHY IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK BECAUSE HER COMPUTER'S NOT COOPERATING, BUT I THINK YOU KIND OF GET THE, UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T ASK THE QUESTIONS.
I HAD LIKE THREE QUESTIONS MYSELF.
UM, BUT WE, UM, YOU HAD SOME OF THAT INFORMATION IN YOUR BACKGROUND.
AND AGAIN, WE DO HAVE, UH, ONE OF OUR FORMS WHOSE FOCUS WAS CREATING A FAMILY-FRIENDLY WORKPLACE.
AND AGAIN, IN, IN THE SURVEYS THAT YOU HEAR AND INDEED PUT OUT SOME STUFF AND A LOT OF, UM, RESEARCH HAS COME OUT ABOUT THE KINDS OF POLICIES THAT ATTRACT AND RETAIN EMPLOYEES.
AND SOME OF THESE FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES ARE THOSE VERY POLICIES, RIGHT.
THAT ARE GREAT FOR RETENTION AND ATTRACTION, RIGHT.
OF EMPLOYEES, UM, RECRUITMENT OF EMPLOYEES.
UM, SO MAYBE WE'LL GET KATHY BACK TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT WE DO, UH, I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AGAIN ONE APPROACH WHERE IT'S, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE SECTOR, WE'RE ASKING THEM TO MAKE THE COMMITMENT.
AND, AND SO IT IS, IT'S KIND OF A PUBLICLY CREATED PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE GETTING THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO COMMIT.
BUT, UH, AGAIN, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT? IF THERE'S SOME INCENTIVES IN PLACE, UM, TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER FROM ONE 40, RIGHT.
TO DOUBLE IT, OR WHAT, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT WE CAN DO TO DO THAT? SO, SO THAT'S PART OF WHY WE WANTED TO KIND OF SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
SHOULD WE DO THE NEXT PERSON? CAUSE I DON'T THINK GABBY'S BACK.
SO I WILL GO TO CATHERINE FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, CATHERINE CRAIGO, AND, UH, WE DID GET YOUR
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PRESENTATION AND WE'RE GOING TO LOAD IT UP SO THAT THEN YOU CAN, UH, UM, SHARE THAT WITH THE GROUP.SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME FOR THE PRESENTATION AND BEING WITH US TODAY TO SHARE ABOUT THE GREAT WORK YOU ALL ARE DOING OVER AT.
AND I'M KATHERINE GREGO, I'M HEAD OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AUSTIN PATHWAYS, AUSTIN PATHWAYS IS OUR NONPROFIT SUBSIDIARY.
AND, UM, I, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, THINKING ABOUT ECONOMIC MOBILITY ABILITY FOR FOLKS TO RECOVER FROM, FROM THE PANDEMIC AND OTHER HARDSHIPS, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY TEMPTING TO, TO JUST START AND, AND SHARE WITH YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH THE PANDEMIC HAS HELPED, UM, THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC SECTOR, BUT ALSO THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND PHILANTHROPIC CENTER, UH, SECTOR AND UNDERSTANDING, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF DIGITAL INCLUSION OF TECHNOLOGY, ACCESS OF, UM, THE ABILITY FOR FOLKS TO USE TECHNOLOGY, UH, FOR QUALITY OF LIFE OR HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR WORKFORCE EDUCATION.
UM, BUT IN ORDER TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF OUR PUBLIC PRIVATE, PHILANTHROPIC TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS, I'M JUST GOING TO START KIND OF AT THE BEGINNING.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE AIM TO BE A SMART CITY AND I ACTUALLY STARTED MY CAREER IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY IN AUSTIN AND, YOU KNOW, FOR A LONG TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TIME THAT MCC CAME TO AUSTIN IN 1996, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN WAS A HUGE DRAW FOR TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES BECAUSE OF THE GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE AND, UM, ACCESS TO EDUCATION THAT FOLKS HAD.
UM, SO HOW CAN WE MAINTAIN THAT SMART CITY AND ENSURE THAT OUR INNOVATION ECONOMY, IT IS INCLUSIVE, UM, THAT RESIDENTS WHO ARE LONGTIME AUSTINITES, WHO MAY BE THIRD, FIFTH, 10TH GENERATION AUSTINITES ARE A PART OF OUR ECONOMY TODAY.
AND, UM, I'LL, I'LL JUST NEXT SLIDE ROLL.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE READ ABOUT WORKFORCE ENABLEMENT AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY, THESE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES I'VE PULLED FROM ARTICLES ABOUT, UM, AUSTIN BEING A SMART CITY.
UM, THERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE, RAUL, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY GREEN.
UM, AND THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IT'S IT, YOU KNOW, THESE PICTURES ABOUT CONNECTIVITY AND AUSTIN, THEY ARE, UM, ALWAYS VERY NORTH SOUTH PICTURES WHEN, UM, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN PUBLIC AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LOOK AT THESE PICTURES.
THEY SAY, I LIVE ON THIS SIDE OR I LIVE WAY UP THERE OR WAY DOWN THERE.
THEY DON'T LIVE IN SOME OF THE MOST CONNECTED PARTS OF THE CITY.
UM, IN 2014, UH, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, UM, SYLVIA BLANCO, WHO'S THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HEARD THAT GOOGLE FIBER WAS COMING TO AUSTIN.
AND, UM, ESSENTIALLY IN TALKING WITH RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, ASKED WHY CAN'T EVERY, EVERY RESIDENT HAVE, UM, AN AFFORDABLE FREE, WHICH MEANS FREE, UM, HIGH-SPEED INTERNET CONNECTION IN THEIR HOMES AND, UM, OUR, OUR, UH, PROPERTIES AND NEXT SLIDE ROLL, UM, SPAN 18 PROPERTIES SERVING ABOUT 5,000 PEOPLE IN PUBLIC HOUSING SPAN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN CRESCENT HERE.
UM, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE HOUSING AUTHORITY, YOU KNOW, SUBSIDIZED, UM, FORMERLY PUBLIC HOUSING PROPERTIES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE, UM, 6,500 FAMILIES WHO USE A HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER, AND THEY MAY LIVE ON THE PRIVATE RENTAL MARKET AND THEY OFTEN LIVE IN THE PROXIMITY OF THESE HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTIES.
UM, SO, SO WE DID A SURVEY IN 2014 AND, UM, THIS WAS AT A TIME WHEN WIRED MAGAZINE, CATHERINE, KEVIN DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN.
WE ARE GOING TO, UM, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET KATHERINE BACK ONLINE.
CAN WE SHOW THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THE SCREEN? OKAY.
BOARD ANY, IS, HAS CATHY MCMORRIS BEEN ABLE TO COME? OH, THERE SHE IS.
I AM ACTUALLY, I MET WITH THEM ACTUALLY HERE TODAY FROM OUR NORTH LOOP APARTMENTS PROPERTY, WHICH IS A SENIOR AND DISABILITY PROPERTY WHERE THERE'S A GOOGLE FIBER, UM, DEPLOYMENT GOING ON.
UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE CITY.
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IT SEEMS LIKE IF WE HAD THE MEETING TOMORROW, THEIR WIFI WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER, RIGHT.ONCE THE GOOGLE FIBER GETS INSTALLED.
UM, BUT, UM, OKAY, WELL, INTERESTING.
UM, UM, DID YOU WANT TO FINISH OUT OR JUST KIND OF, UM, SUMMARIZE WHAT YOU HADN'T COVERED AND THEN, UH, SEE IF THERE'S QUESTIONS.
MY ENTIRE COMPLETE COMPUTER CRASHED.
I GOT A BLUE SCREEN OF DEPTH, SO I'M BACK.
UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY I WAS SHARING THAT, UH, WE DID, UH, ON OUR BEST PLACE FOR WORKING PARENTS.
WE DID A DEEP DIVE IN ANALYSIS OF THE DATA FROM THE 140 BUSINESSES THAT DO DID PARTICIPATE.
AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT OF ALL 10 POLICIES, IF YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE, UM, ANY FORM OF CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE, IT'S THE KIND OF BENEFIT THAT IS LEAST LIKELY TO BE OFFERED BY ANY OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT DID OFFER ANY KIND OF CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE, BACKUP CARE, ONSITE CHILDCARE, UM, WE'RE PREDOMINANTLY THE MEDIUM OR LARGE SIZED BUSINESSES.
SO THOSE WITH OVER 200 EMPLOYEES, UM, AND WE ALSO LEARNED THAT TECH AND HIGH TECH AND SOFTWARE COMPANIES WERE MOST LIKELY TO OFFER THEM THE LARGEST NUMBER OF FAMILY-FRIENDLY POLICIES AND BENEFITS AND NATIONAL LAW.
ACTUALLY, OUR GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS WERE LEAST LIKELY TO OFFER A ROBUST ARRAY OF FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES AND PRACTICES, BUT WE KNOW THAT BOTH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY HAVE, UM, ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN THIS ASSESSMENT AND THEY THEY'VE ALSO BEEN ASSESSING AND LOOKING AT, UM, HOW TO IMPROVE THEIR FAMILY FRIENDLY BENEFITS, BUT WE ARE THIS INFORMATION.
UM, WE'RE DEVELOPING A TOOLKIT FOR BUSINESSES TO, UH, LEARN MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS, DIFFERENT SCALES OF SUPPORTING SPECIFICALLY IN ADDRESSING THE CHILDCARE NEED IN PARTICULAR IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE ALSO USING THIS TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES, TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION, TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER.
AND I'LL JUST ONE EXAMPLE WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH GOOD WORK AUSTIN, UM, TO REALLY ENGAGE FOLKS IN THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR OR THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND IDENTIFY, UM, WHAT'S WORKING WELL, WHAT'S NOT WORKING WELL.
AND FROM THAT WORK, WE DID REALIZE, UM, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND ACCESS TO NON-TRADITIONAL HOURS CHILDCARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE WERE ABLE, ABLE TO SECURE SOME COVID RELIEF FUNDS TO US IN A STUDY WITH THE URBAN INSTITUTE.
THAT'S NOT ONLY DOING A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS, BUT WILL HELP US INFORM SOME PILOT INITIATIVES TO TRY AND ADDRESS THAT.
SO, UM, WE HOPE THAT, UH, WE, IN THE COMING YEAR, WE CAN JUST PROMOTE PARTICIPATION AND BEST PLACE FOR WORKING PARENTS, UM, EVEN MUCH MORE BROADLY AND WIDELY IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW BUSINESSES ARE SUPPORTING PARENTS, UM, PARTICULARLY A VERY YOUNG CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW OUR WORK CAN HELP, UM, IMPROVE WHAT BUSINESSES ARE ABLE TO OFFER, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S BENEFICIAL TO BOTH THE BUSINESSES AND THE FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT JUST WANT TO SUMMARIZE THAT UP REAL QUICKLY FOR YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR CATHY OR FEEDBACK? YEAH.
AND I THINK YOU DID MENTION KATHY'S AS VERBAL ABOUT THE NON-TRADITIONAL HOUR CARE.
UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE BOTH SERVE ON THE EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL THAT, UM, ALWAYS HAS COME UP, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN, UH, ON THE COUNCIL.
UM, AND I THINK, AND I'M, I KEEP MENTIONING HOSPITALITY BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE ARENAS, RIGHT.
WHERE OBVIOUSLY IS VERY, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY STRONG OR RE YOU KNOW, SECTOR FOR AUSTIN, BUT ONE WHERE IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND THAT KIND OF SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WORKING IN THE EVENINGS AND THE WEEKENDS.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT A STUDY IS GOING TO BE VERY USEFUL IN TERMS OF, UM, FIGURING OUT HOW WE TRIANGULATE, RIGHT.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THE TALK CARE PROVIDERS GET THE RESOURCES FROM THE PARENTS, RIGHT.
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BUT THE EMPLOYERS WANT TO HELP THEIR EMPLOYEES, BUT WHERE WITH, WITH CHILDCARE PROVIDER, RIGHT.OR WHO'S GOING TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE AND THEN THE PUBLIC SECTOR WANTS TO HELP, BUT WHENEVER THE PUBLIC SECTOR DOES ANYTHING, EVERYBODY WANTS THEM TO PAY FOR THE WHOLE THING.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A TRIANGULATION HERE OF RESOURCES THAT IF WE CREATE A SYSTEM, UM, THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, UH, HAVE A BETTER OUTCOME.
AND MAYBE AGAIN, IF WE LOOK AT THIS SUBSET OF CHILDCARE FOR NON-TRADITIONAL HOURS, MAYBE THERE'S SOME KIND OF FUNDING MECHANISM OR MODEL THAT'S CREATED THAT HELPS US WITH THE BROADER CHALLENGES WE HAVE WITH ACCESS.
SO, UH, I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK AND JUST THE FACT THAT Y'ALL GREW THEM NUMBERS RIGHT FROM LAST, FROM A HUNDRED LAST YEAR, 240 THIS YEAR PARTICIPATING COMPANIES.
UM, BUT, UH, IT'S VERY EXCITING AGAIN, JUST TO SEE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY STEPPING UP AND MAKING A COMMITMENT WITHOUT NECESSARILY HAVING THEIR HANDOUT, YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, BUT IT ALSO MAKES BUSINESS SENSE, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THE RESEARCH SHOWS.
AND THE ONE ASK IS JUST TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES, TO KNOW THAT, UM, REALLY IT'S FOR US TO GATHER AS MUCH INFORMATION TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT SIMPLY BY VIRTUE OF SIZE, OUR INDUSTRY ARE GOING TO STRUGGLE IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T, UM, HELP COME UP WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS UNTIL WE KNOW, UM, WHAT, WHAT PROBLEMS WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.
SO, UM, WE DO KNOW THAT MOST OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE OFFERING A ROBUST SLATE OF POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OR TEND TO BE THOSE THAT ARE, UM, MORE HIGHLY PAID EMPLOYEES AND MORE RESOURCES TO INVEST.
AND THEN THOSE MORE CLOSELY IN THE SERVICE SECTOR, UM, STRUGGLE TO DO THAT.
SO HOW CAN WE BECOME CREATIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SOLVE THAT GAP? UM, BECAUSE PARENTS CAN'T PAY MORE CHILDCARE PROGRAMS CAN'T DO WITHOUT LESS.
AND WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES.
AND THEN NEXT, CATHERINE, DO YOU WANT TO FINISH OUT YOUR PRESENTATION? SURE, SURE THING.
AND SO WE, WE WERE JUST CHATTING ABOUT GOOGLE FIBER.
AND SO THAT WAS REALLY THE, REALLY AN ANCHOR.
AND OF COURSE, GOOGLE FIBER IS OWNED BY GOOGLE.
AND AS KATHY WAS JUST SAYING, GOOGLE IS A COMPANY THAT HAS A CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN INTERNAL DEPARTMENT, LIKE MANY COMPANIES THAT MEASURE, UM, THE, UM, THE SERVICES AND THE GOODS AND THE BENEFITS THAT THE COMPANY PROVIDES TO SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.
AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WAS PEPIN REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO WORK WITH THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE INTERNAL MEASURES THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO REACH, UM, TO MAKE, TO MAKE THEIR GOALS AND THEIR PROMISE TO THEIR SHAREHOLDERS, UM, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD THAT THEY'RE DOING FOR SOCIETY.
AND SO, UM, WE, WE DO, WE HAVE THAT ANCHOR THAT ANCHOR, UM, AND I'M JUST GONNA MOVE TO SLIDE FIVE, UM, ROLL, AND YOU ALL WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THESE SLIDES AFTERWARDS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAD THAT STARTED WITH GOOGLE FIBER, SO NOW WE'RE DEPLOYING, YOU KNOW, VERY HIGH SPEED INTERNET, FREE INTERNET TO SOMEONE'S HOME.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THINKING WAS JUST THAT SINGLE MOTHER THAT NEEDS CHILDCARE, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE WANTS TO TAKE A GED, WELL, IN 2015, GED WENT ONLINE.
SHE HAS NO EXPERIENCE USING A COMPUTER.
YOU KNOW, EVEN IF SHE'S PREPARED FOR THE GED TEST, WILL THE LACK OF EXPERIENCE ON A COMPUTER, PREVENT HER FROM GETTING THAT GED.
SO OUR INITIAL THOUGHT WAS JUST, WE WANT TO HAVE A, I SOLVE THE HOMEWORK GAP.
WE WANT TO ENABLE RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FROM HOME USING THEIR COMPUTERS.
AND, UM, THEY WILL NEED THAT HIGH SPEED INTERNET CONNECTION.
THEY'LL NEED A DEVICE AND THEY'LL NEED TO KNOW HOW TO USE THAT DEVICE IN A MEANINGFUL WAY TO NAVIGATE, UM, THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE.
AND SO IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, WITHIN A FEW YEARS, UH, WITHIN FIVE YEARS, WE SAW AN INCREASE FROM 4% TO 63% OF HOUSEHOLDS HAVING A VERY HIGH SPEED, FREE INTERNET CONNECTION, WHICH MEANS IT'S ALWAYS ON.
AND, UM, ABOUT 1200 HOUSE HAKA HOUSEHOLDS EARNED DEVICES.
HOW DID THOSE, HOW DID THEY EARN THOSE DEVICES? WELL, AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UM, REALLY WAS THE, WAS THE FIRST TO STEP FORWARD AND, AND WORK WITH US.
WE WORK TOGETHER VERY CAREFULLY AND I THINK CHRIS IS STILL ON THE CALL.
CHRIS SALVINI WAS INVOLVED IN SOME OF THOSE EARLY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW CAN WE SAVE THOSE DEVICES THAT ARE GOING TO THE, UH, RECYCLING TO AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY? HOW CAN WE SAVE THOSE FROM THE RECYCLING PILE AND REFURBISH THEM SO THAT THEY HAVE A SECOND LIFE, YOU KNOW, WITH HACA RESIDENTS AND TODAY,
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UM, WE DO RECEIVE DEVICES, DONATED DEVICES FROM AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WHICH HAS A PC COMMUNITY LOAN PROGRAM.UM, THEY ACTUALLY CURRENTLY HAVE AN OVERFLOW OF DEVICES, UM, THAT ARE, THAT ARE IMAGED WITH MICROSOFT, UM, OFFICE AND, UM, AND WINDOWS OF THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO AUSTIN NONPROFITS.
UM, AND, AND THEN NOW WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL CORPORATE DONORS AND WE PARTNERED WITH, UM, THE AUSTIN FORUM ON TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY, SO THAT EVERY MONTH, UM, MEMBERS, UM, RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT AUSTIN PATHWAYS AND READ WHAT RESIDENTS ARE TRYING TO DO WITH DEVICES AND, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN DONATE THEIR DEVICES TO, TO US TO PROVIDE TO RESIDENTS, UM, HERE AT NORTH LOOP.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL RESIDENTS WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND WE PUT OUT A CALL FOR A PARTICULAR KIND OF VERY EXPENSIVE DEVICE THAT AN AUSTIN FORUM MEMBER, UM, MIGHT BE, UM, MIGHT BE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PHASING OUT AFTER A YEAR, BUT IT'S, HEY, IT'S ONLY A YEAR OLD AND WE RECEIVED FIVE OF THOSE AND WE WERE ABLE TO MEET THOSE, THOSE REQUESTS OF THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, UM, WITH THOSE DEVICES VERY QUICKLY THROUGH THAT CHANNEL ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, VERY CRITICAL ELEMENT OF ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL WORK STUDY INTERNSHIP WITH AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
UM, WE HAVE HAD TO DATE OVER 150 IT INTERNS WHO WORK 19 HOURS PER WEEK.
UM, THEY WORK BETWEEN NINE WEEKS IN THE SUMMER AND 17 WEEKS IN THE FALL AND THE SPRING.
UM, THEY WORKED TO APPLY THEIR IT SKILLS TO HELPING HACA RESIDENTS NAVIGATE, UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND WELLNESS, UM, AND OTHER KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES USING THEIR DEVICES.
AND SO THAT'S BEEN A REALLY CRITICAL, UM, COMPONENT THAT PROGRAM, UM, WHICH IS LED BY DAVID BORDEN.
UM, SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE ADULT CAREER SCHOLARS AND OTHERS OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE CAPITAL IDEAS STUDENTS.
AND WE'VE HAD EVEN HACA RESIDENTS WHO ARE CAPITAL IDEAS, STUDENTS ASSIGNED TO US BY ACC FOR OUR WORK STUDY INTERNSHIP, AND THEY REALLY BECOME THOSE NEAR PEER MENTORS.
UM, THAT THAT RESIDENTS REALLY LOOK UP TO AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WONDERFUL IS THEY DEEPLY UNDERSTAND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND THE CONSTRAINTS OF RESIDENTS.
SO THEY'RE ABLE TO INNOVATE MUCH MORE TIMELY, YOU KNOW, THEN, THEN SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE THAT BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE THE LAST CRITICAL PART OF OUR, OF ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND IT'S A PART THAT IS MOST EASILY FUNDED BY CORPORATE, UM, PARTNERS.
UM, WE HIRE HACA RESIDENTS AS, UM, VOLUNTEERS, THEY WORK ON A VOLUNTEER STIPEND BASIS, OR WE CONTRACT WITH THEM TO LEARN ALL ABOUT A FIELD, TO LEARN ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY, TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY, TO STUDY UP ON ALL THAT, UM, TO OUTREACH TO THEIR NEIGHBORS, TO INFORM THEM OF OPPORTUNITIES TO HOLD CLASSES AND COMMUNITY ROOMS, TO EDUCATE THOSE, THOSE FAMILIES ABOUT HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND FINALLY, TO LIAISE WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, UM, OTHER AGENCIES NON-PROFITS AND COMPANIES WHO ARE PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES TO GIVE THEM TIMELY FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW THOSE ARE WORKING FOR HACA RESIDENTS.
SO IN THAT WAY, UM, THIS PROGRAM, UH, THAT DIGITAL AMBASSADORS MOBILITY AMBASSADOR ENERGY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IS REALLY A CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATORY INNOVATION PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE CENTER OF, OF, OF OUR WORK.
UM, IF YOU SLIDE PLEASE, UM, IT TAKES A VILLAGE.
AND SO WITH THAT ANCHOR GOOGLE FIBER, THAT ANCHOR INFRASTRUCTURE LAYERING ON THE DEVICE, UM, AND THE VARIOUS KINDS OF LITERACIES THAT HELP PROMOTE, UM, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITY.
WE HAVE A, A PRETTY, UM, YOU KNOW, HEALTHY SLATE OF NONPROFIT, UM, 5 0 1 C3 FOUNDATIONS, UM, CORPORATE DONORS AND FOLKS THAT GIVE US GIFT AND GIFTS IN KIND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE START AT A PROPERTY LIKE BOOKER T WASHINGTON, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AREA AND SEE, YOU KNOW, W WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT RESIDENTS IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA NEED? HOW CAN WE, UM, HOW CAN WE LAYER IN THE RIGHT PARTNERS TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY? THIS HAPPENS TO BE A PROPERTY THAT HAD A JOBS PLUS, UH, HAD
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JOBS PLUS GRANT.UM, THE GOAL OF THAT GRANT WAS TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF WORK, A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES.
AND SO THERE WERE ABOUT 200 WORK ABLE FAMILIES IN THIS, IN THIS MAP THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, FROM, FROM HERE AT BOOKER T WASHINGTON, WHICH IS AROUND ROSEWOOD AND AIRPORT GOING DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE HAD TO THEY'RE BEING PRICED OUT OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO LOOKING AT BOOKER T WASHINGTON, WE CAN CONSIDER WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE DIGITAL ACCESS RESOURCES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE, UM, TO HELP THIS COMMUNITY.
WHAT ABOUT MOBILITY RESOURCES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE ACCESS TO? UM, WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH AUSTIN ENERGY, METRO BIKE, LYFT, AND UBER TO, UM, PROVIDE, UH, TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.
FIRST, LAST MILE, TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FOR RESIDENTS AT, AT BOOKER T WASHINGTON.
SO JUST SHARE BRIEFLY, I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE REGISTER FOR GOOGLE FIBER, BUT IMAGINE THAT IN THIS PICTURE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE GOOGLE FIBER TENT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A COMPANY 10, BUT, UM, WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT THERE ARE SOME AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE INTERNS THERE THAT ARE PAID BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND, UM, AND A FEW OTHER SOURCES.
THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTS THERE THAT ARE PAID BY, UM, COMPANIES LIKE LYFT TO TEACH THEIR NEIGHBORS HOW TO USE THE SMART TRIPS APP, UM, OR HOW TO USE THE LYFT APP TO GET THAT RIDE TO COMMUNITY HEALTH, UM, SERVICES AT COMMUNITY CARE.
AND, UM, AND THERE WERE ALSO SOME OTHER CORPORATE PARTNERS WHO'VE DONATED DEVICES IN THIS PICTURE AS WELL.
UM, JUST, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PICTURE WHERE YOU SEE KIND OF THE ECOSYSTEM.
THIS IS MONDO, UM, MONDO BALL.
IT IS HIS HOUSE, AND HE WAS HIRED AS AN ENERGY AMBASSADOR.
HIS JOB WAS TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE HELP? HOW CAN RESIDENTS ADOPT THIS DIGITAL THERMOSTAT? YOU KNOW, AUSTIN ENERGY WILL PROVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, UM, AN INCENTIVE TO RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN WHO ENROLL IN DEMAND RESPONSE THAT IS VERY HELPFUL TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE THEY'LL PROVIDE, I THINK IT'S $150 NOW FOR AN ENROLLMENT.
UM, THAT'S A MONTH AND A HALF OF UTILITY BILL FOR A HAWKER RESIDENT, BUT WITHOUT HIGH SPEED INTERNET, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM.
UH, WITHOUT IT BEING FREE, THE NEST THERMOSTAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE HAD THE PIECES IN PLACE, WE WERE ABLE TO CALL NEST, HADN'T BEEN ACQUIRED BY GOOGLE YET AND, AND FUNDRAISE, UM, A COUPLE HUNDRED NEST THERMOSTATS.
UM, AND SO IN THIS PICTURE, AGAIN, YOU SEE JEREMY AT THE FOREFRONT WHO WAS AN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE INTERN.
YOU SEE A COUPLE OF OUR STAFF, ONE IN SUSTAINABILITY AND A MAINTENANCE STAFF PERSON.
AND, UM, ULTIMATELY THE NEST THERMOSTAT IDEA WAS REALLY GREAT BECAUSE WE LEARNED THAT, HEY, A CAREGIVER IS CARING FOR A RESIDENT.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO TURN THE TEMPERATURE UP OR DOWN.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE THERMOSTATS ARE REALLY DIFFICULT TO MANIPULATE.
THEY ARE ABLE TO USE THEIR SMART PHONES TO HELP SOMEONE DO IT, AND RESIDENTS WERE AS WELL.
WE PARTNERED WITH UT AND THE LBJ SCHOOL QUITE A BIT.
UM, THIS IS KENDRA ON THE RIGHT THAT YOU SEE WHO WAS, UM, GETTING HER MASTER'S AT THE LBJ SCHOOL.
SHE WAS PARTICIPATING IN SHERRI GREENBERG, SMART CITIES, CLASS, AND RESIDENTS HERE ARE LEARNING TOO.
UM, WE PARTNERED WITH AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND IF YOU A FEW TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS WITH FUNDING FROM BENTON FOUNDATION AND NEXT CENTURY CITIES, UM, TO HELP RESIDENTS IDENTIFY THE LOCATIONS IN AUSTIN THAT WERE EASY TO GET TO, AND THOSE THAT WERE SO HARD TO GET TO THAT THEY DIDN'T GO.
UM, BUT WE STARTED OUT TRYING TO CALCULATE WHAT'S THE COST OF A FLU SHOT FOR SOMEONE FOR AT BOOKER T VERSUS THURMOND.
AND WE ENDED UP, UM, REALLY LEARNING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT RESIDENTS REALLY WANT IS ACCESS TO THE FULL RESOURCES, UM, THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS TO OFFER.
UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF GIS COMPANIES NEXT SLIDE OFFERED TO HELP US DIGITIZE THESE POINTS.
THESE, THIS IS A TRANSIT ADVENTURE.
UM, RESIDENTS WERE LEARNING HOW TO USE THEIR SMARTPHONES TO CONDUCT TRIPS, AND ALSO HOW TO MARK ON A MAP, UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT VISION ZERO SAID, WHICH INTERSECTIONS ARE DANGEROUS.
WHY ARE THEY DANGEROUS? WELL, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE ONLINE TOOLS, THEN YOU'RE HOPING THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE GO IN PERSON TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION OR MAKE THE RIGHT PHONE CALL.
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THESE RESIDENTS ARE LEARNING HOW TO CAPTURE THAT DATA WHILE THEY'RE ON THEIR TRIPS.AND, UM, AND SO THIS IS A TRANSIT ADVENTURE WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING THAT INFORMATION.
AND WE HAD SOME VOLUNTEERS FROM AT AND T THE STATE, UM, ASSISTING, ASSISTING IN THIS.
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT DATA? WELL, IT GOES ON A MAP AND THE GREEN DOTS ARE AREAS THAT ARE EASY FOR RESIDENTS TO GET TO THE RED DOTS ARE AREAS WHERE RESIDENTS WANT TO GO, BUT HAVE DIFFICULTY GOING.
SO THIS IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THOSE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERS AND PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS COMING TOGETHER, GIVE RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT JUST REFLECT ON THEIR EXPERIENCES.
UM, BUT THEY GIVE AND BE PAID TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES, BUT TO CODIFY THE DATA, TO SUMMARIZE IT, TO AGGREGATE IT AND TO PROVIDE IT TO THE, TO THE CITY AND OFFICIALS AND DECISION MAKERS IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN TAKE ACTION ON, ON THAT DATA.
SO IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE, UM, BUT IN SHORT, UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, PUBLIC, OUR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ARE AIMED AT TONIGHT.
THERE MIGHT BE A BIT OF A TIME LAG.
UM, OKAY, ONE MORE SLIDE ROLL.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE VERY CORE LEVEL, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE PLACE-BASED ORGANIZATION AND WE HAVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE CITY BLENDING AND BRAIDING FINANCING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S FIRST, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE OFFERED PLACE-BASED SERVICES, UM, PARTNERS THAT NEED TIMELY SCALABILITY FOR CRITICAL SERVICES, THEY MIGHT BE GOOD PARTNERS FOR US, UM, PARTNERS THAT HAVE A, UM, AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE COST OF, OF, UM, FACILITATING ADOPTION OF SERVICES, UM, BY LOW-INCOME FOLKS OR VULNERABLE FOLKS.
UM, THOSE, THOSE ARE GOOD PARTNERS FOR US BECAUSE WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT IS THE COST OF ADOPTION.
WE HAVE SOME, SOME, UM, CAPACITY IN PLACE THROUGH OUR AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, IT INTERNSHIP, AND OUR RESIDENT AMBASSADORS TO, TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THAT, YOU KNOW, QUICKER ADOPTION OF SERVICES.
AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, SOME FOLKS JUST INVEST BECAUSE THEY WANT ACCESS TO A WORKFORCE THAT IT'S NORMALLY VERY EXPENSIVE FOR THEM TO RECRUIT FROM.
UM, SOME FOLKS INVEST BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO FACILITATE QUICK CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
THEY WILL WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THEIR OTHER CITY PARTNERS OR STATE PARTNERS AND SAY, HEY, WE HAVE SOME FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES ABOUT WHAT WORKS AND DOESN'T WORK.
AND OF COURSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE PARTNERS THAT REALLY FUN FOUNDATIONALLY BELIEVE OR HAS HAVE AS A GOAL, EVEN IN THEIR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, MISSION STATEMENTS, TRUST, THOSE ARE VERY GOOD PARTNERS FOR US BECAUSE THEY WILL GET TIMELY FEEDBACK.
AND THAT FEEDBACK WILL RESULT IN COMMUNITY WIDE INNOVATION, WHICH IS BETTER FOR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.
AND WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION, LOTS OF GOOD INFORMATION BEING SHARED.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK FOR, FOR CATHERINE? THIS IS JUST CHRIS.
I WILL SAY THAT, THAT, UM, THAT PROGRAM IS, IS THE EPITOME OF, YOU KNOW, UH, A PARTNERSHIP MADE IN HEAVEN.
YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENTS NOT ONLY GET, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, IT'S A TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR IT STUDENTS, AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT TO REDUCE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
AND WE COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF OUR, OF OUR DISSERTATION.
SOMETHING THAT NO MADAM CHAIR, UM, IS, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE, WE LOOKED AT CHILDCARE IS ONE, ONE COMPONENT, RIGHT.
BUT, UM, AND THEN TECHNOLOGY ACCESS IS ANOTHER COMPONENT THAT COMES UP A LOT IN TERMS OF SORT OF ECONOMIC RELIEF AND, YOU KNOW, ACCESSING OPPORTUNITY.
UM, BUT THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU NEED THE TECHNOLOGY ACCESS, BUT YOU ALSO NEED THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN, RIGHT.
IN USING THAT TECHNOLOGY AS WELL.
UM, AND IT'S JUST SUCH A, AN IMPRESSIVE, UH, SORT OF COLLECTION OR, UM, OF SUPPORT, RIGHT.
THAT HAKA AND THE AUSTIN PATHWAYS, UM, HAS PUT TOGETHER, I JUST, UH, TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS AND, UH, IT'S REALLY, UH, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT PARTS OF THIS THAT I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT, AND WE CAN TALK OFFLINE, BUT I DID WANT TO, UM, SAY THAT, UH, IT'S, UH, I THINK AN ILLUSTRATION OF, AS WE TALK
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ABOUT TECH ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, THAT TECH DIVIDE, UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THE COMPONENTS, RIGHT.THAT YOU ALSO WON'T WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THANKS TO, UH, TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR SHOWING AT LEAST ONE WAY TO APPROACH IT RIGHT.
AND TO CREATE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR RESIDENTS.
SO, SO THANKS FOR, FOR SHARING ALL THAT WITH US.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, DIVERSE CAN MEMBERS, UM, PEOPLE REALLY FOCUS A LOT SOMETIMES ON THE TECHNOLOGY AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE W YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I WANT TO SAY, LET'S FORGET ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ELIMINATE THE BARRIER OF, OF CHILDCARE.
WE CAN'T DO THAT COMPLETELY WITH TECHNOLOGY, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO ELIMINATE THE TRANSPORTATION BARRIER.
AND SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE REALLY SOLVING FOR IS THAT FAMILY'S ABILITY TO ACHIEVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO.
UM, AND SO, UM, THAT, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO GET ACROSS TO FOLKS, WHICH IS, WHICH IS NOW, AGAIN, A MUCH EASIER AS THE PANDEMICS BROUGHT US 10 YEARS FORWARD AND UNDERSTANDING WHY PEOPLE NEED, YOU KNOW, WHY WE NEED TO HAVE DIGITAL EQUITY.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
ANY, UM, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE BOARD DIRECTOR OF
UM, AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF AS A PARENT, IT'S HARD TO THINK BEYOND, UH, VIA THAT ALSO.
UM, BEST OF LUCK, EVERYONE AS OUR LITTLE ONES RETURNED BACK TO SCHOOL.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON YOUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
I KNOW IT'S TOUGH, UH, WHEN IT'S BEEN A LONG WEEK, UH, TO, UH, TO MAKE THESE MEETINGS AND TO PARTICIPATE, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR ENGAGEMENT.
AND, UM, WITH THAT, IT IS 2:51 PM, AND I WILL ADJOURN THE CAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING UNTIL NEXT TIME.