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OKAY.UH, I AM CONVENING THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY ACTIVATION NETWORK OR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT NETWORK IS 1:04 PM.
UH, THANKS EVERYBODY FOR JOINING THE BOARD MEETING FOR UP TO 25 FOLKS.
I THINK LUIS IS STILL STUCK IN THE JOINING CYCLE.
UM, RUDY IS TEXTING ME SAYING HE'LL BE HERE, BUT, UM, THANKS EVERYBODY FOR JOINING THE CALL.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL VERY HARD AT WORK, TRYING TO ADAPT TO THE CRISIS, TRY TO GET STUFF DONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL, I THINK MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS TYPE OF MEETING ENVIRONMENT THAN WE WERE A MONTH OR TWO AGO, BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, MAKE SURE TO BE MUTING YOURSELF.
UM, TURN YOUR MICROPHONES OFF UNLESS YOU ARE SPEAKING.
IF YOU OPEN THE PARTICIPANT WINDOW, THERE IS AN OPTION THERE TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT'S HOW I CAN KNOW YOU WANT TO SPEAK.
AND THEN WE CAN, UH, WE CAN MANAGE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE MEETING THAT WE DON'T HAVE FOLKS, UM, TALKING OVER EACH OTHER AND WHICH GETS REALLY ANNOYING.
I ACTUALLY READ A STORY ABOUT WHY ZOOM MEETINGS AND THESE TYPES OF MEETINGS ARE MORE EXHAUSTING THAN REGULAR MEETINGS.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS THIS, LIKE PEOPLE TALKING OVER EACH OTHER THING AND HOW YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO FOCUS SO MUCH HARDER AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY HARD.
SO, UM, LET'S, UH, WE'LL ALL STAY REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT.
I'M SURE I WILL AT LEAST AT ONE POINT DURING THE MEETING, FORGET TO UNMUTE MYSELF WHEN I TALK.
UM, AND I WILL MUTE YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T MUTED YOURSELF AND PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THAT PERSONALLY.
UM, BUT REMEMBER THE, THE RAISE HAND OPTION, I WILL SEE THAT ON MY LIST.
IF YOU RAISE YOUR HAND THAT WAY I WILL KNOW TO RECOGNIZE YOU DURING THE MEETING.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH OF A TECHNOLOGY CHECK.
WE ARE RECORDING THIS, UM, ACCORDING TO, OH MAN, MY, MY, MY COMPUTER REFRESH AND I LOST THE AGENDA, BUT I THINK THE FIRST THING IF I'M RIGHT ROLE IS THAT NORA IS GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE FROM THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OR DO WE HAVE MINUTES TO APPROVE? NO, WE, UH, AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T PUT THE MINUTES ON HERE, UH, TILL NEXT TIME.
UM, BUT, UM, WE DO, UH, I JUST, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO ADDRESS, UH, VIA CITIZENS' COMMUNICATION? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK
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I SEE ANY UNFAMILIAR NUMBERS.SO IF NOT, THEN WE CAN PROCEED TO THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
UM, WE HAD A WELL ATTENDED COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM HACA AND DELL MEDICAL SCHOOL.
THIS IS A VERY INNOVATIVE PROGRAM.
THAT'S ASSISTING RESIDENTS WITH THEIR COVID-19 CHALLENGES.
AND, UM, HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY TO COME UP WITH THIS WAY OF, UH, HOUSING AUTHORITY ASSISTING THE, UH, RESIDENTS.
AND HE'S NOW WORKING IN DENVER AND I BELIEVE LOS ANGELES AND OTHER COMMUNITIES TO HELP THEM PUT THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER.
SO HE MADE A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION TO US.
HOLLY AND SHE WAS TELLING US ABOUT AISD AND THE SITUATION AT THE TIME.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S DAILY CHANGES AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE EDUCATION AND EVERYWHERE ELSE, BUT AT THAT TIME IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND WE HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
UM, IN OUR MAY MEETING, WE'RE WORKING ON A PRO PROGRAM TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION OF OUR SENIOR CITIZENS AND THE FAMILIES, THE SITUATION THEY'RE FACING, AS WELL AS THE CHALLENGES TO THE NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, WHICH ARE ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
AND SO WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP AND HOW WE MIGHT BRING RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE STATUS AND SITUATION FOR OUR IMMIGRANT AND UNDOCUMENTED POPULATIONS.
WE HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP WITH THOSE.
SO THAT'LL BE SOMETHING WE PLAN TO DO AT THIS NEXT MEETING.
UM, WE'RE ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT ROLE WILL BE TELLING YOU ABOUT, UM, THE NEW KIND OF MODEL HE'S COME UP WITH AND HOW THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL WE CAN DO TO ASSIST OUR COMMUNITY, FIND WAYS TO ENGAGE AND INCLUDE OTHERS.
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR NORA ABOUT COMMUNITY COUNCIL?
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I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY RAISING THEIR HAND, SO, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON A ROLL.WHY DON'T YOU, UH, JUMP INTO YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
AND THANKS FOR, UM, EVERYONE'S DOING, I KNOW THERE'S A, THE HOURS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY CHALLENGING TIMES, BUT, UH, MY COMMUNITY'S, YOU KNOW, VERY COMMITTED AND VERY ENGAGED.
AND SO THAT'S A KIND OF A VERY POSITIVE THING TO SEE,
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UM, PEOPLE STEPPING UP LIKE THAT AND REALLY GOING ABOVE THE CALL OF DUTY.AND, UM, WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION LAST MONTH.
I HAD REPORTS FROM OUR PARTNERS AND THEN, UM, SOME IDEAS WE KIND OF PUT OUT THERE OF ROLES CAN, COULD PLAY.
AND THEN, UH, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SORT OF, UH, PICK UP THE CONVERSATION FROM WHERE WE LEFT OFF AND ASKED ME TO EXPLORE A FEW AVENUES, UH, THAT CAN MAKE, UH, PLAY A ROLE IN THE COVID RESPONSE.
AND LET'S JUST SAY ON ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THOSE, UH, UH, CHARGES, THERE WERE CONFERENCE CALLS THAT WERE HAD WITH 10 OR MORE PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT EACH OF THE IDEAS.
UM, UH, CAUSE WHENEVER I CAN TAKE SOMETHING ON, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING EFFORTS, RIGHT.
THAT, UH, WE'RE ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS.
UM, AND UH, ALSO INFORMING THEM OF WHAT WE DO AND IN CASE, UH, THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF IT AND WANT TO PLAY A ROLE IN DEVELOPING THESE IDEAS AS WE GO FORWARD.
A COUPLE OF THINGS, I'LL NOTE IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH.
UM, UM, ACTUALLY NEXT WEEK IS A NEW PODCAST IT'S CALLED, UH, IT'S THE CAN GET ENGAGED PODCAST AND IT'S MEANT TO BE A WEEKLY COMMUNITY CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES COMING UP, YOU KNOW, FROM MONDAY THROUGH THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY.
AND WE'LL SEND IT OUT MONDAY MORNING.
SO IF YOU WANT TO START YOUR WEEK WITH A FIVE MINUTE LITTLE PREVIEW OF THE WEEK, YOU MIGHT, UH, UM, FIND OUT ABOUT AN EVENT OR TWO YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
AND ALTHOUGH I KNOW EVERYONE'S SCHEDULES ARE VERY BUSY.
UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMEONE ON YOUR TEAM WHO YOU MIGHT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING.
UM, AND SO THIS IS, UM, SO EVENTUALLY WE'LL HAVE IT UP ON ITUNES AND GOOGLE PLAY AND I HEART RADIO, ET CETERA, BUT YOU NEED TO HAVE A NEED TO HAVE A FEW PODCASTS UNDER YOUR BELT BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.
UM, BUT WE AREN'T CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, SO THEY CAN SHARE THEIR EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.
AND JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO THROUGH THE PARTNER REPORTS, IF THERE IS AN EVENT THAT'S COMING UP IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO THAT YOU REALLY WANT US TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE PODCAST, THEN PLEASE JUST EMAIL MYSELF OR DELINA AND WE'LL BE SURE TO, UH, TO DO A PLUG.
UM, BUT, UH, THIS WAS ANOTHER WAY WE THOUGHT OUT OF COMMUNICATING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS WAS ALREADY IN THE WORK PLAN, SO IT WASN'T ANY ADDITIONAL WORK, UH, BUT WE'RE KIND OF WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO LAUNCH, EXCUSE ME, IN THE CRISIS THAT THAT'S UPON US AND WE'RE A COMMUNITY IS.
AND, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A GOOD TIME TO REALLY LET PEOPLE KNOW WHEN IT'S HAPPENING AND HOW THEY CAN GET ENGAGED, HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED AND SUPPORT WHAT IS JUST A GREAT, UH, RESPONSE TO THIS, UH, FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AND I'M GOING TO SHARE A DOCUMENT.
UM, IF I CAN DO IT CORRECTLY, THERE WE GO TO SUMMARIZE SORT OF WHAT WE'RE SORT OF PURSUING, UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, IN TERMS OF CANNES WORK.
AND LET'S SEE IF I CAN START THE SLIDESHOW IS JUST ONE SLIDE.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A VERY LONG PRESENTATION, BUT I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, KEN IS INVOLVED WITH, UH, WITH THESE ACTIVITIES.
AND IF THERE'S A WAY YOU WANT TO ENGAGE WITH US OR PARTICIPATE, OR JUST KIND OF HELP GUIDE HOW WE GO ABOUT THIS, LET US KNOW.
SO WE WERE REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THREE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK OR LAST MONTH, PLUS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WAS ONE TO HAVE A SORT OF A DASHBOARD THAT HELPS US GUIDE, UH, ASSESS THE, THE RECOVERY PROCESS.
RIGHT? SO LOOKING AT DATA THAT CAN TELL US WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF HEALTH, BUT ALSO BASIC NEEDS AND OTHER ECONOMIC KIND OF INDICATORS.
UM, AND ANOTHER ONE WAS, UH, TO BUILD ON OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IS TO HAVE PROVIDE MORE OF THE COVID ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INFO TO, UM, TO COMMUNITIES, RIGHT, WHO, UH, WHOSE NATIVE LANGUAGES ARE SOMETHING OTHER THAN ENGLISH.
UH, SO, AND I'VE DONE A SCAN OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND THERE'S ABOUT FOUR LANGUAGES THAT HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES.
SO WE WANT TO ADD TO THAT BY ADDING ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR LANGUAGES WHERE WE CAN HELP PROVIDE, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEY CAN GET HELP.
UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CITY AND THAT, AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SEE WHAT, UM, WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE THEY, UM, FINDING IT HARDEST TO REACH, UH, YEAH, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE A HEALTH PROVIDER OR SOME OTHER SERVICE PROVIDER, AND YOU HAVE A, AN OPINION ON THAT, PLEASE LET US KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE DECIDED WHICH SPECIFIC, UM, UH, LANGUAGES TO FOCUS ON.
AND, AND IN THAT PROCESS, WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT WE CAN, UM, NOT JUST, UM, HAVE PEOPLE WE'LL GO TO THE WEBSITE, BUT ALSO SIGN UP FOR INFORMATION
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OR COMMUNICATIONS.UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WE, WE REALLY WANTED TO DO THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TRUST, YOU KNOW, HAS A VERY INFORMATIVE WEBSITE AND THEY HAVE THEIR INFORMATION IN FOUR DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
AND I ASKED THE WEBMASTER, WELL, HOW MANY HITS ARE YOU GETTING ON THE NON-ENGLISH PAGES? AND THEY SAID ABOUT 5,000 HITS PER DAY.
AND THAT'S JUST IN THOSE FOUR LANGUAGES.
SO THEY'RE DEFINITELY, HE'S A NEED, RIGHT, FOR IT TO HAVE THE INFORMATION IN THESE LANGUAGES, UH, AND BEYOND, RIGHT.
CAUSE IF THOSE FOLKS ARE SEARCHING FOR INFO, I MEAN, FOLKS WHO SPEAK THESE OTHER NATIVE LANGUAGES ARE ALSO SEARCHING FOR THE INFO AND THAT'S WHERE WE HOPE TO ADD VALUE TO WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT, UH, JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND, YOU KNOW, UM, AND THEN, UM, AND THE OTHER, WHERE ARE WE AGAIN, THERE'S NOT AS MUCH INFO OR YOU HAVE TO REALLY DIG TO FIND IT AS IS, HOW CAN I HELP, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT GETTING HELP, BUT IF YOU WANT TO HELP IN DIFFERENT WAYS, THERE IS, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP, BUT YOU HAVE TO DIG.
SO, UM, SO PART OF IT, UM, PART OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED IS WELL HIT CAN, CAN BE SORT OF A CLEARINGHOUSE OF INFORMATION FOR HOW PEOPLE CAN GET ENGAGED.
UM, AND THEN IN DIFFERENT WAYS, YEAH.
WHETHER IT'D BE, WHERE CAN THEY DONATE MONEY OR THINGS, OR LIKE, HOW CAN THEY VOLUNTEER IN THE NEW INVITE I'M IN, WE'RE IN AND HOW CAN THEY DIALOGUE WHERE THERE'S STILL A LOT OF DIALOGUE OPPORTUNITIES.
THEY, THEY LOOK AND FEEL, AND ALSO AN AWFUL LOT LIKE THIS, BUT THAT ALSO MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER ONCE YOU KIND OF GET COMFORTABLE WITH THIS PLATFORM.
AND SO, AND I THINK THAT PEER IS CAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS IN THIS YEAR'S WORK PLAN WAS GOING TO BE TO REVAMP OUR, WE CAN ATX WEBSITE.
THIS IS A, NOT OUR MAIN WEBSITE, BUT A WEBSITE THAT WAS MEANT MORE FOR, UM, PROMOTING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, BUT IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN UPDATED IN QUITE A LONG TIME.
SO I GO THIS YEAR WAS TO UPDATE THAT WEBSITE.
AND ORIGINALLY THIS WAS GOING TO BE OUR GET ENGAGED.
LIKE THE WHOLE WEBSITE WAS GOING TO BE THAT GET ENGAGED BOX THAT YOU SEE ON THIS FRAMEWORK.
UM, BUT WE WERE ALSO GOING TO CREATE A LANGUAGE ACCESS SITE.
SO THAT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE A FOURTH SITE.
AND WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE COVID DASHBOARD, THEN WE THOUGHT, WELL, THERE HAS TO BE A SEPARATE DASHBOARD WEBSITE BESIDES OUR DASHBOARD, WHICH WOULD BE A FIFTH WEBSITE.
UM, BUT AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT WITH OUR STAFF, WE DECIDED IT WAS LOOK, IT SEEMED, IT KIND OF IS LENDS ITSELF TO JUST CREATING A WEBSITE WHERE FOLKS CAN GO TO ONE PLACE TO GET SOME DATA RIGHT.
ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY.
SO YOU SEE THERE, THE IDEA IS TO GET SOME OF THE HEALTH DATA, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DIAGNOSES, THE HOSPITALIZATIONS, THE DEATHS, UH, JUST BAD, BUT ALSO INFO FROM TWO ONE, ONE AND THREE, ONE, ONE ABOUT THE TOP, UM, THE CALL VOLUME, YOU KNOW, THE TOP REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE.
WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT IS, YOU KNOW, IF I NEED HELP WITH NEEDS ARISING FROM COVID-19, LET'S GET THAT OUT THERE THAT IT'S NOT TO SAY WE'RE CREATING SOMETHING NEW, BUT WE, UH, THIS IS MORE OF A LET'S POINT PEOPLE TO THE DIRECTION THAT THEY NEED TO GO TO GET HELP.
UH, BUT A LOT OF THESE RESOURCES ARE ALREADY OUT THERE.
SO WE WOULDN'T BE CREATING LABS THERE EXCEPT FOR THE TRANSLATION.
AND THEN THE GET ENGAGED PART AGAIN, IS SOMETHING WHERE, UH, THERE ISN'T, UM, SORT OF A GO-TO SITE FOR THAT.
AND THEN I'LL JUST END BY SAYING THAT, UH, DURING THE GET ENGAGED TO CONVERSATIONS WE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS QUITE A FEW GROUPS, YOU KNOW, 10 OR 12 GROUPS WHO KIND OF CAME TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THAT CONCEPT.
AND WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IS, UM, OTHER VOLUNTEER COORDINATION MODELS FROM OTHER CITIES, UM, AS A WAY OF MAYBE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, NOT JUST CREATING A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET ENGAGED AROUND THIS, UH, UH, COMMUNITY CRISIS OR A PANDEMIC, UM, BUT ALSO CREATE A USER, CREATE, USE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A PLATFORM WHERE WE CAN COORDINATE THE VOLUNTEERISM AND THE CIVIC INVOLVEMENT GOING FORWARD EVEN AFTER, UM, THE IMMEDIATE CRISIS IS OVER.
SO JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE KIND OF THINKING ABOUT, UM, HOW THESE, HOW THIS SIDE, RIGHT, OR THIS RESOURCE CAN CONTINUE AS A RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD.
AND, UM, BUT IT'S BEEN, UM, I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE.
I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY LAUNCH THIS, UH, IN A WEEK, MAYBE TWO WEEKS AT THE MOST.
AND SO WE'LL SEND SOMETHING OUT TO THE BOARD ONCE WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT ABOUT THE LINES? SO, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE.
HAPPY TO PUT THE IMAGE BACK UP THERE.
IF FOLKS WANT TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
RURAL, CAN YOU, CAN YOU REEMPHASIZE THE PART ABOUT NOT REPRODUCING THE WORK OF OTHERS? I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS, IS BEING ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE HOME
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FOR THAT WORK AND NOT GOING TO END UP BEING REPRODUCED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE OR THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE.WELL, I THINK THAT'S HOW I'M TRYING TO BUILD A SOCIETY THAT WE DON'T REPLICATE.
WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING, BUT THAT HOPEFULLY IT'S LIKE, UM, LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT IT DURING THE STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS, A CLEARING HOUSE OF INFORMATION.
YOU CAN GO TO THIS SITE AND THEN EITHER IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DATA, GO FIND THE DATA THAT'S OUT THERE.
IF YOU, IF YOU NEED HELP, YOU KNOW, HERE ARE PLACES WHERE YOU CAN GO TO GET HELP, AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO GET ENGAGED, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONE PROBABLY WHERE WE NEED TO CREATE MORE CONTENT BECAUSE THERE ISN'T LIKE A SINGLE POINT OF, UM, WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO FOR THAT INFORMATION, BUT TO THE, TO THE DEGREE THAT WE CAN CONNECT WITH EXISTING RESOURCES, RIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO SO THAT WE'RE NOT RECREATING, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THE CONTENT OR THE EFFORT OF THE WORK.
UM, BUT I DO THINK THE HEAVIEST LIFT HERE, UH, IS, UM, IS TO GET ENGAGED PART BECAUSE IT'S A NEW REALITY AND THERE ARE MUCH MORE LIMITED WAYS OF PEOPLE ENGAGING.
AND, BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO ENGAGE AND WE WANT TO, UH, ELEVATE THOSE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
AND ON THE DATA SIDE, I MEAN, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO DO A VERY HIGH LEVEL DASHBOARD.
UH, CHILDREN'S OPTIMAL HEALTH IS DOING A LOT DEEPER DIVE ON THE TWO, ONE, ONE DATA TO SEE WHERE THE GREATEST NEEDS ARE.
AND OUR CALL VOLUMES ARE FOR PARTICULAR KINDS OF CALLS.
AND WE'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR, KIND OF WITH THREE, ONE, ONE.
UM, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO DEEP DIVES BECAUSE ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S OTHER FOLKS DOING THE DEEP DIVE INTO THE DATA.
UM, BUT WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BALANCE OF, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION THAT IS USED TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, BUT ALSO HELPFUL TO THOSE FAMILIES WHO MAY BE SEARCHING FOR HELP AND MAYBE HAVING DIFFICULTY BECAUSE OF LANGUAGE OR OTHER BARRIERS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, BUT, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS VERY QUICKLY WHEN YOU GO SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION AROUND THE COVID RESPONSE IS YOU DO FIND IT, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH THAT IT'S REALLY HARD TO KNOW WHAT TO DO, RIGHT.
IF YOU'RE A FAMILY SEEKING ASSISTANCE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE END, PEOPLE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO DO I CALL FOR THIS, OR WHO DO I CALL FOR THAT? UM, SO THE SIMPLER, WE CAN KEEP IT THE BETTER.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY THE INTENT GOING INTO THIS.
AND I SEE YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
THEN I'M GLAD TO BE AT THIS MEETING.
UM, REL, ARE YOU AWARE OF
AND UNDER THAT RESEARCH ON THAT RESOURCE TAB, THEY HAVE A TRELLO BOARD.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT? VISITED THE SITE? YES.
SO THAT TRELLO BOARD IS ORGANIZED SO THAT FAMILIES CAN FIND RESOURCES VERY QUICKLY AND IT'S PRETTY EXHAUSTIVE.
UM, AND EVEN THOUGH NECESSARILY IS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN, UM, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE, IT COVERS RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE WIDELY IN AUSTIN.
SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO SEE IF MAYBE THAT'S A PLATFORM OR WHATEVER FOR WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
UM, OR, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TIE INTO THAT SOMEHOW, BECAUSE A LOT OF WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE THROUGH THE NECESSARY, UM, SUBGROUPS OF WHICH ONE OF, UM, I'M ONE OF THOSE I PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THOSE SUBGROUPS.
I SEE INVOICES IS ON OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COALITION.
SO THEY'VE DEFINITELY SHARED THAT WITH US AND WE KNOW IT'S OUT THERE IT'S PRETTY NEW, BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY A VERY, VERY POWERFUL TOOL.
SO WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK AT CONNECTING WITH THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF CREATING THIS AS A RESOURCE, IT ALSO, ALSO VOICES HAS A POSTER THAT HAS URL CODES ON IT THAT YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF WITH YOUR PHONE.
AND, AND IT, I THINK THEY'RE ABOUT 30 LINKS ON THERE.
AND YOU CAN PULL UP WITH YOUR PHONE LOCATIONS OF HEALTHCARE, FOOD, THAT KIND OF THING ALL OVER AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER RESOURCE THAT AUSTIN VOICES HAS DEVELOPED.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT CAN, MAY WANT TO, UM, PROMOTE DISCUSS DISSEMINATE TO THE MEMBERS ALL OVER AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY, SO THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT THIS KIND OF WORK IS BEING DONE.
IT'S VERY EASY FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS AND PARTICULARLY IMMIGRANTS, PEOPLE WHO DON'T SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE, I WOULD ADD TO THAT.
I WAS LOOKING AT WILLIAMSON COUNTY'S WEBSITE AND THEY JUST LINKED TO IT.
AND APPARENTLY THEY HAVE A WILCO BRANDED AND BERTHA SITE, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY EASY TO USE.
SO YEAH, I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF NOT HAVING TO REINVENT THE WHEEL.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.AND I WANTED TO, UH, SECOND, WHAT TRUSTEE TYKES SAID ABOUT NOT SAID, AND AUSTIN VOICES, BOTH, THEY'VE BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB, BUT MY QUESTION WAS, UH, I, I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE PIECE.
YOU SAID YOU WANT IT, YOU ALL WERE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHICH LANGUAGES WERE, UM, NOT, UH, EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
UH, DID YOU, UH, ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND THAT OUT? AND I'M ONLY ASKING THAT BECAUSE THE DISTRICT I AS D HAS IDENTIFIED SOME OF THE LANGUAGES, UH, THAT, UH, WE'RE HAVING, UH, FOLKS WHO SPEAK IT ARE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING SUPPORT.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS YOUR FOR, FOR FINDING OUT ABOUT THE LANGUAGES? CAUSE I CAN GIVE YOU A FEW OF THEM.
UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR, UM, OUR AISD REFUGEE FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES.
AND SO I JUST, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU'RE GATHERING THAT INFORMATION.
AND I KNOW YOU WORK WITH SELIMA AS WELL.
WE, UH, WE HAD OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS, UH, ACTION TEAM MEETING ON WEDNESDAY AND WE HAD A, UM, I THINK THERE'S A JENNIFER, I THINK FROM THE TRANSLATED INTERPRETATION OFFICE AND ALSO A SELEMA WAS ON THERE.
UH, AND SO THEY WERE, THEY WERE SHARING THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE SHARING NOW ABOUT, UM, THE FAMILIES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO, UH, TO REACH OUT TO, YOU KNOW, UM, AND THAT THEY WERE, THEY COULD USE SOME HELP IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, COORDINATING OR DEVELOPING RESOURCES.
SO, UM, AND I THINK WE HAD THE CITY, YOU KNOW, CITY IS VERY INVOLVED IN THE LANGUAGE ACCESS WORK WE'RE DOING.
SO, UM, THEY ALSO HAVE SOME PRIORITY, UH, LANGUAGES.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO JUST KIND OF PUT THEM ALL ON A CHART TO SEE WHAT, WHAT WHAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE.
AND, AND AGAIN, HOW CAN WE ADD VALUE BY, BY HELPING REACH THOSE COMMUNITIES? SO THANK YOU.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH.
AND IT KIND OF COMBINATION OF ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU AND STUFF NEED ALL LAST ROW, JUST TO BE CLEAR CANADA'S IS ACTING AS THE CLEARING HOUSE PER SE.
SO WE'RE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALSO DO A DEEP DIVE ON SPECIFIC ISSUE, JUST POINT PEOPLE TO THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO THAT'S OUT IN THE COMMUNITY OF WORK FOR THAT, OR ARE WE TRYING TO REPLICATE AND CRATER OUR OWN, YOU KNOW, THING, AND THEN THEY'RE FACT HAVE OTHER PEOPLE REFERENCE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I'M JUST TRYING TO BE MORE CLEAR ABOUT IT BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO A DEEP DIVE COMPLETELY WITH IT.
CAUSE A LOT OF WORK WENT ON A COMMUNITY, BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO BE UNIQUE IN WHAT ASPECT AND HOW YOU ADVOCATE.
I MEAN, I THINK IN TERMS OF THE DATA PIECE, I MEAN, IS WHERE, I MEAN, I THINK WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE SOME HIGH LEVEL DATA BECAUSE THERE ALREADY IS FOLKS WHO ARE DOING DEEP DIVES IN DIFFERENT POLICY AREAS.
SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS AGAIN, POINT PEOPLE TO THOSE GROUPS THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THAT, UH, DEEPER WORK.
UM, WE HAVE HAD, UM, MISSION CAPITAL HAS BEEN FACILITATING A CALL.
WE'LL GET LIKE 30 OF THE DATA REPS, YOU KNOW, FROM AROUND FROM DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE, UM, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UM, GET A SENSE FOR, YOU KNOW, W WHAT DATA IS AVAILABLE, HOW CAN WE USE IT TO TELL THE STORY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING? UM, AND THEN, UM, AND IN LOOKING AT SOME OF THIS TWO, ONE, ONE DATA, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ANALYSIS CHILDREN'S OPTIMAL HEALTH IS, IS DOING, IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, WHAT SEEMS LIKE, UH, IS MARRIAGE FURTHER OR MARRIAGE THAT DEEP DIVE, RIGHT? AND WHO'S THE BEST WHO'S, WHO'S BEST EQUIPPED TO DO THAT.
SO I'M NOT SAYING WE WON'T DO A DEEP DIVE BECAUSE WE USUALLY LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF, IS THERE SOMEONE TO PLAY THAT COORDINATION ROLE OR FACILITATION ROLE? UH, AND IF THERE ISN'T, WE STEP IN KIND OF TO PLAY THAT ROLE, BUT AT THIS POINT, UM, AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AROUND FOOD ACCESS.
THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST AROUND HOUSING, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS SORT OF A DEEP DIVE YET AROUND THOSE STATISTICS, UM, AROUND ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN, YOU KNOW, HAVING THOSE KINDS OF, KIND OF DASHBOARDS, UM, AND CREATING THAT.
SO I KNOW I'M WORKING WITH LAWRENCE AT THE COUNTY, UM, PLANNING, UM, UH, AROUND THAT CONVERSATION AND IF THEY'RE STARTING TO PUTTING OUT SOME INFORMATION.
SO, UM, SO I THINK IN OUR SITE, WE WILL WANT TO POINT TO THOSE PLACES THAT HAVE, UH, INFORMATION, RIGHT.
UM, AND AT THIS POINT, WE, WE, HAVEN'T SORT OF PICKED AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO OWN PER SE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THERE'S NO CHANCE THAT WE WILL DO THAT.
I MEAN, OR THERE MAY BE A CHANCE THAT WE'LL WE'LL DO THAT.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON AS WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL THESE OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN, IN THEIR RESPONSE, THEN, UM, WHAT SEEMS APPROPRIATE JUST LIKE AROUND VOLUNTEERING, YOU KNOW, WE, IT SEEMED APPROPRIATE FOR KEN TO BE, UM, UH, A GROUP THAT MAYBE COORDINATES
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AROUND VOLUNTEERING OR GETTING ENGAGED IN THIS NEW ENVIRONMENT THEN ARE THERE OTHER AREAS WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE THIS KIND OF COORDINATION IS APPROPRIATE FOR CAN, BUT AROUND DATA, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH OF IT OUT THERE.AND SO MANY PEOPLE LOOKING AT IT THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA KEEP OUR STATS AT A PRETTY HIGH LEVEL AT THIS POINT, UNTIL WE SEE AN AREA WHERE OUR, UM, FURTHER ANALYSIS FROM OUR TEAM, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE HELPFUL AND USEFUL.
I MOSTLY DIDN'T TALK TO HER ABOUT ANYTHING.
UM, I WANT TO REITERATE, I THINK PART OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY BEING FOCUSED ON WHERE CAN PROVIDES THE MOST VALUE.
I'M NOT SURE US PUTTING A DASHBOARD TOGETHER ON 201 OR THREE.
ONE, ONE IS THE BEST USE OF CAN WHEN THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE TOOLS OWNED BY A SINGLE ENTITY, THE CITY SHOULD BE DOING ITS OWN THREE, ONE, ONE REPORTING, I'LL PASS THE RESOLUTION TO MAKE THEM DO IT RIGHT, LIKE, BUT WHERE THE SWEET SPOT TO ME IS, IS WHEN CAN ACTS AS THE CLEARING HOUSE FOR DATA PULLS THE DATA IN FROM MULTIPLE PARTNERS BECOMES THAT NEUTRAL KIND OF RECEPTACLE OR ARBITER OF THAT DATA, AND THEN PUBLISHES THE DASHBOARD.
THAT'S KIND OF ALWAYS BEEN THE WHEELHOUSE.
WHEN WE TALKED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF A DASHBOARD OF ALL OF THE RESPONSE EFFORTS, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OUR ENTITIES ARE PUTTING TOGETHER.
CERTAINLY GOVERNMENT ENTITIES ARE DOING IT, BUT WE'RE SEEING OUR PRIVATE PARTNERS.
WE'RE SEEING BOTH NONPROFITS AND FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES DOING RESPONSE EFFORTS.
THAT BEING THE THING THAT, THAT LIVES A CAN, OF COURSE, I PASSED AN ITEM AT THE COUNCIL MEETING YESTERDAY.
I CAN TALK ABOUT MORE LATER, UH, SPECIFICALLY WRITING IN CANNES AND CAP COG SINCE I CHAIR THE ECONOMIC DEV BOARD OVER THERE TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THAT TYPE OF REGIONAL DASHBOARD WAS, WOULD LIVE SUSHI.
UM, WELL, I APPRECIATE THIS, AND I KNOW WE HAD A CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY JUST ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, YOUR FOCUS ON ENSURING THAT A WE'RE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL, BUT ALSO THAT WE'RE, UM, SORT OF BRIDGING THE SILOS THAT ARE STARTING TO, TO APPEAR OUT THERE.
UM, I ALSO AGREED WITH COUNCILPERSON, UH, FLANAGAN ON, UH, ENSURING THAT WE'RE REALLY CATALOGING THE RESPONSE AND NOT THE RESOURCES, UM, IN PART, BECAUSE I AGREED, YOU KNOW, THERE IS CITY THERE'S CITY RESOURCES, THERE ARE CITY INFORMATION, UM, COMING FROM ON HIGH AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, FROM THE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, WE HAVE THE, THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCY TRUST.
AND SO WHAT I'D WORRY ABOUT IS CAN BECOMING SORT OF A CLEARING HOUSE OF CLEARING HOUSES.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY CONCENTRATING ON THESE DATA EFFORTS, REALLY CONCENTRATING, I DO REALLY, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, CREATING A CLEARING HOUSE FOR VOLUNTEERISM.
THAT'S SORT OF WHERE I LIVE AND I KNOW THE OTHER, UM, HIGHER ED ORGANIZATIONS ON THIS CALL ALSO LIVE THERE.
I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE, UM, A GAP THAT, THAT WE AS AN ORGANIZATION COULD FILL GOING FORWARD.
AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, REAL BRIEFLY, I MEAN THE, THE 200 MILLION PIECES IS A VERY SIMPLE PIECE.
WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME DATA ABOUT THE TOP CALLS FOR TWO, ONE, ONE SORT OF ON THE, FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE MONTH, THE SECOND TWO WEEKS OF THE MONTH.
AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO SHOW A SIMPLE LINE GRAPH.
I MEAN, SO THAT PEOPLE SEE, ARE THEY MOVING IS ONE WORSE THAN ANOTHER IS, UH, ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES? SO THAT'S A PRETTY, YOU KNOW, PRETTY, PRETTY EASY LIFT.
AND THAT, THAT WAS THE INTENT BEHIND THAT GET INFORMED PIECE.
IS THAT IT, IT'S A QUICK, QUICK WAY OF GETTING INFORMATION FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW KIND OF A SNAPSHOT, RIGHT.
BUT IT WON'T REALLY TAKE PROBABLY NOT EVEN AN HOUR'S WORTH OF WORK, RIGHT.
ONCE WE GET THE DATA TO ACTUALLY CREATE THAT AS PART OF WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO IS TO FREE UP OUR CAPACITY FOR THE VERY THING THAT CANCELED NEVER MENTIONED, CAUSE THAT IS A HEAVY LIFT.
UM, AND SO, BUT WE WERE ALREADY DOING LANGUAGE ACCESS, RIGHT? THE VOLUNTEER PIECE KIND OF EMERGED AS A ROLE WE COULD PLAY.
AND THAT IS, UM, A BIG LIFT, I DUNNO, AS HEAVY OF A LIST AS THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE THAT, UH, THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED.
BUT, UH, UM, BUT I AM SORT OF TRYING TO BE MINDFUL OF OUR STAFF CAPACITY CAUSE THERE'S ONLY THREE OF US.
SO I DO THINK THAT THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LODGE WITHOUT TOO MUCH EFFORT, JUST BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF THIS IN THE WORKS ALREADY.
AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF TWEAKING SORT OF, UH, HOW IT LOOKS AND HOW IT FEELS GIVEN THE CHANGED CONDITIONS SINCE FROM WHEN WE ADOPTED SORT OF THE STRATEGIC
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PLAN.UM, BUT I, BUT I DO HAVE, I THINK ENOUGH CAPACITY TO LOOK AT THE, THE ISSUE OF THE, UM, I GUESS THE, UH, IMPACT OF OUR INVESTMENTS AND KIND OF TRY TO THINK THAT WHAT'S THE RIGHT WORD.
IT'S A DASHBOARD THAT ASSESSES THE IMPACT OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE ALL MAKING, YOU KNOW, AS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
UM, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW, RIGHT.
IS WHO'S RESPONDING IN WHAT WAY AND WHAT KIND OF IMPACT IS THAT INVESTMENT, UM, HAVING, AND, UM, THAT, THAT IS A BIGGER LIFT AND I PROBABLY WILL BRING SOMEBODY ON TO HELP ME WITH THAT CAUSE IT'S THAT BIG OF A LIFT, BUT, UH, I DO THINK WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT.
SO, UM, UH, A FEW MORE FOLKS THAT HAVE JOINED THE CHAT JUST AS A TECHNOLOGY REMINDER ON KEEPING EVERYBODY MUTED, EVEN IF YOU FORGET, UH, AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTIONS, THERE'S A RAISE HAND BUTTON, IF YOU OPEN THE PARTICIPANT WINDOW AND THAT'S HOW I'M KEEPING TRACK OF FOLKS WHO MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS, UM, TO THAT END ROLE, THE, THE, UH, DASHBOARD RELATED TO THE ECONOMIC RESPONSE TO ME IS A VERY CLEAR ALLOWABLE USE OF CARES ACT FUNDING.
AND SO THERE MIGHT BE DOLLARS FOR THAT EFFORT.
UM, IT COULD BE COUNTY OR CITIES PORTION.
IT MIGHT BE ANOTHER COMPONENT OF CARE, ZACK, FRANKLY, UM, THAT SHOULD, THAT SHOULD BE ON YOUR LIST TO, TO EXPLORE.
UM, IF WE, IF WE NEED ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS DASHBOARD, THEN THAT I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE COVERED WITH THE CARES ACT.
IT WOULD NOT BE LONG-TERM FUNDING AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DETAIL CARES ACT MONEY MUST AND WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WE HAVE TO SPEND ALL THE MONEY BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN FUND YOUR STAFF MEMBER INTO NEXT YEAR UNLESS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PASSES SOMETHING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR OUR RULE ROLL? DO YOU HAVE MORE IN YOUR REPORT? THAT'S IT? I JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE SORT OF THAT, UH, THE DASHBOARD TO ASSESS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RESPONSE IN THE INVESTMENT TO PUBLIC INVESTMENTS IN THE, IN THE, UH, COVID RESPONSE.
SO OUR, OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY LEAVES A SIZABLE CHUNK FOR US TO GO THROUGH EVERYBODY'S UPDATES AND HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, BUT SO, AND THAT IS KIND OF HOW WE'LL CLOSE THE BOARD MEETING TODAY.
SO BEFORE WE DO THAT RULE, WILL YOU JUST, AGAIN, KIND OF REPEAT THE, THE NEXT STEPS ON WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE, UH, FOR THE WORK THAT I OUTLINE IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT IS THE STAFF GOING TO BE UP TO? SO THE BOARD IS INFORMED AND WE CAN BE KIND OF BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT NEXT BOARD MEETING IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE ABOUT.
WAS, UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, OUR WORK, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE LAUNCHING THE PODCAST, THIS COMING WEEK, UH, THE WEBSITE COMES PROBABLY A WEEK LATER, YOU KNOW, IF NOT, NOT THE END OF NEXT WEEK, THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THAT WEBSITE THAT I KIND OF HAD THE GRAPHIC UP FOR.
UM, AND THEN, UM, AND REALLY JUST BEGINNING TO CONVERSATIONS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, UH, ASSESS, UH, HOW OUR PUBLIC FUNDS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED OR DEPLOYED, RIGHT.
UM, IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, GIVEN THE PURPOSE, RIGHT.
THAT HAS BEEN OUTLINED FOR THOSE FUNDS.
AND, AND REALLY, I WANTED TO KIND OF REACH OUT TO YOU TO SEE, UH, HOW WE MIGHT, UH, UM, ENGAGE CAP COG, RIGHT IN THAT CONVERSATION TO SEE IF THAT'S A COLLABORATIVE, UH, SORT OF, UH, EFFORT THAT WE PUT FORWARD.
UM, I DO THINK THAT, UM, THE VOLUNTEERING PIECE IS, UM, IF FOLKS WANT TO BE ENGAGED IN THAT, LET ME KNOW, YOU KNOW, JUST DEVELOPING A PLATFORM, RIGHT.
FOR HELPING TO, UM, CONNECT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES WITH FOLKS WHO WANT TO VOLUNTEER.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, THE DATA PIECE, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMETIME IN MAY.
SO KIND OF A BIG GATHERING OF FOLKS AROUND, UH, DATA TO SEE WHERE WE NEED TO DO A DEEP DIVE.
UM, AND WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER CONFERENCE CALL ON MONDAY TO SEE WHEN WE CAN PULL THAT OFF.
YOU KNOW, WHEN, UM, UH, WITH OUR, WITH OUR DATA TEAM, THAT MISSION CAPITAL IS CONVENING.
UM, BUT WE CAN SHARE THE DETAILS OF THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, WITH THE BOARD AS A, THIS THING IS KIND OF ALL THIS IS GOING TO EVOLVE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, I THINK.
AND I'LL TRY TO DO AN UPDATE MAYBE AT THE END OF EVERY WEEK JUST TO KEEP THE BOARD INFORMED.
AND, UM, BUT THOSE ARE THE WEBSITE AGAIN, I THINK IS A HEAVY LIFT WHEN I, WHEN THAT'S, UM, WHEN THAT LAUNCHES, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL LET EVERYBODY KNOW.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE, UM, I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE, UM, DIFFICULT TO LAUNCH, I THINK AS WE WANT TO, UH, ONCE IT LAUNCHES, I THINK I'LL GET ASKED TO ADD A BUNCH OF STUFF TO THE WEBSITE.
AND SO, UH, HAVING SOME CRITERIA RIGHT.
FOR, FOR WHAT GETS INCLUDED AND, AND, UM, SO THAT, AGAIN, IT'S CLEAR WHAT THE PURPOSE IS
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OF THAT PARTICULAR RESOURCE, BUT I DO THINK IT'S, UM, UH, THAT'S MAINLY WHAT WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL BE UP TO, I THINK AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THIS DASHBOARD TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF OUR INVESTMENTS, YOU KNOW, UM, MIGHT LOOK LIKE, UM, BUT IF YOU WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT CONVERSATION OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF INDICATORS, OR HOW DO WE WANT TO ASSESS RIGHT.THOSE INVESTMENTS THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL PUT A LITTLE NOTE ON MY, ON MY NEXT UPDATE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN KNOW HOW TO, HOW TO INVOLVED WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT PIECES, WHETHER IT'S THE DATA GETTING ENGAGED OR, UM, OR THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE THEN, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL LET PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN THESE, WHEN THESE CONVERSATIONS.
AND I'LL SAY THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ASSESSING THE IMPACTS AND A DASHBOARD OF WHAT WAS DONE.
I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE WE'RE AT FIRST JUST GOING TO ATTRACT TRACK THE ACTIVITIES.
NORMALLY WE GO TO OUTCOMES, WE'RE LOOKING FOR OUTCOMES.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE VERY HARD TO DO.
THIS IS ALSO SERVING A, AN ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY OVERSIGHT COMPONENT, WHICH IS NOT LIKE THE DASHBOARD IS NORMALLY, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT THING.
DAN, I SEE YOU RAISED YOUR HAND.
I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF JUST TOUCH BACK ON.
I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ON THE CALL THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE VOLUNTEER PIECE.
SO I I'M, UH, THE, UH, CHAIR OF ONE VOICE CENTRAL TEXAS, AND, UH, ALREADY NONPROFITS ARE STARTING TO SEE A SMALL DECREASE IN VOLUNTEERS.
AND I FEAR THAT, UH, GOING FORWARD, UH, BECAUSE OF COVID FOR OUR, UM, EMERGENCY FOOD PROVIDERS, CERTAINLY SELFISHLY IN MY ROLE THAT SEEDLING FOR MENTOR PROGRAMS. AND SO THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERISM AND KIND OF A QUARTERBACKING ENTITY OR POINT GUARD INTO TEAM PICK YOUR SPORT, I THINK WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB AS A COMMUNITY IN GETTING FUNDING OUT THERE WITH THE ALTOGETHER ATX LINE, BUT I JUST HOPE THAT I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERISM IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IF, IF CAN, CAN HAVE A ROLE IN THAT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN WORK WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON THE CALL, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, I KNOW ST DAVID'S HAS THE CATCH FIRE, UH, PLATFORM THAT THEY'VE STARTED TO RAISE UP.
I KNOW, UNITED WAY, WE HAD A CALL WITH THEM THIS WEEK WITH ROLE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FOCUSING ON THE POVERTY PIECE AND IF WE CAN QUARTERBACK AND ADVANCE THAT, I THINK IT'LL HELP COVER SOME OF THE SHORTFALLS THAT OUR NONPROFITS WILL BE EXPERIENCING.
HOLLY, STEPHANIE, DO YOU WANT TO GO? YEAH.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A STEP BACK AND ASK WHO'S THE KEEPER OF THE DIS-AGGREGATED DATA.
UM, THE BIG PICTURE OF WHAT THE DISPARATE IMPACTS ARE IT HEALTH, HOUSING EDUCATION.
WHO'S KEEPING UP WITH THAT DATA AND LOOKING AT THOSE DISPARITIES DURING THE PANDEMIC, BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE LOOKED AT DATA FROM LOT OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES, SOME DESEGREGATE, UH, BY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND STATUS.
SOME DO SOME DON'T SOME BY RACE, SOME DO SOME DON'T.
AND SO WHO'S THE, IS THERE A KEEPER OF THAT, OF THAT DESEGREGATED DATA ACROSS SECTORS? WELL, I THINK IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRACKING THE ECONOMIC INDICATORS, TRAVIS COUNTY IS THE ONE RUNNING THAT.
AND SO WITH, WITH REGARD TO RACE AND ETHNICITY, UM, ABILITY, LANGUAGE, UM, LET'S KEEPING THAT DATA.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS A KEEPER OF, OF THAT KIND OF DATA.
UM, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE INTEREST IN THE, HOW WE'RE, HOW WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS, RIGHT.
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS IS, IS THAT WE HOPEFULLY ARE TRACKING THE DATA IN A WAY WHERE WE CAN DESEGREGATE IT IN THAT WAY.
UM, BUT A LOT OF THAT IS JUST KIND OF EMERGING RIGHT NOW.
UH, SO THE DATA ISN'T NECESSARILY AVAILABLE.
I DO THINK, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TWO, ONE, ONE, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE INFORMATION SORT OF BROKEN DOWN BY RACE AND ETHNICITY, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A ANALYSIS RIGHT BY GEOGRAPHIC AREAS.
UM, BUT A LOT OF IT IS JUST GONNA DEPEND ON WHO KIND OF WHO OWNS THE DATA OR WHO THE DATA SET AND, UM, HOW CAN THEY DESEGREGATE, UH, RIGHT
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NOW OUR DATA EFFORTS AROUND JUST KIND OF BRINGING FOLKS TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE KNOW WHAT DATA IS PUBLIC FULLY AVAILABLE, THAT WE CAN ACCESS.AND SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE TO GO FOR THE DATA, AND I'M HAPPY TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW HOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING.
AND WE HAVE BEEN, AND WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT, BUT WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR IS HOW WE CAN KNOW THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF WHERE THE SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED.
UH, BUT AT THIS POINT, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN EXISTING CODING SYSTEM, UH, THAT IS GOING TO GIVE YOU THE TYPE OF DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT WE'RE SEEKING RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE ARE, UH, THAT, THAT WE ARE TOLD.
THEY'RE TRYING NOT TO DOUBLE COUNT FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE WE, WE ASKED THAT THERE'LL BE SOME UNIQUE CODE, THAT'D BE ASSIGNED TO EACH ACTION SO THAT WE COULD, SO THAT WE COULD, UM, GET THE DATA THAT'S NECESSARY FOR DESEGREGATING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT AT THIS POINT, THAT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR, UH, UH, FROM, UH, FROM OUR MEDICAL STAFF AND, UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE A WORK IN PROGRESS.
I PUT IN THE CHAT, THE LINK TO THE ECONOMIC INDICATORS DASHBOARD THAT TRANS COUNTY IS HOSTING.
YOU CAN SEE THAT CHAT WINDOW ALONG THE BOTTOM, RIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT, BUT MY INTRO I'VE GOT THE ECONOMIC PIECE, BUT AS, UH, AS, UH, JEFF WAS SAYING A FEW MINUTES AGO, UM, YEAH, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE CRUCIAL AT THIS POINT TO REALLY LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE DISPARATE IMPACTS.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT KEN HAS THAT FOCUSED ON, ON EQUITY AND LOOKING AT DISPARITIES.
AND, UH, I DON'T, I I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD BE THE IMPETUS TOWARD PEOPLE REALLY, UM, BEGINNING TO TAKE THAT HARD LOOK RIGHT NOW AND NOT WAITING UNTIL IT'S OVER AND THEN LOOKING AT THE INVESTMENTS AFTER THE FACT.
SO THAT, THAT WAS JUST MY CONCERN IS THAT, UM, I'M REALLY, CAUSE I'VE, LIKE I SAID, I'VE SEEN ALL THE DASHBOARDS AND THINGS AROUND ECONOMICS, BUT, UM, THOSE DISPARATE IMPACTS ARE OUR DEEP CONCERN, PATRICIA.
UM, I WANTED TO TOUCH BACK ON, I THINK IT WAS RICH THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, VOLUNTEER PIECE.
AND, UM, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW, UM, UH, SUPER ACTIVE Y'ALL KNOW IN GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS.
AND I MEAN, HOW THEY'VE LEVERAGED OUR WHOLE ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS TO KEEP THEIR PROGRAMMING GOING.
SO IT MIGHT BE WORTH, YOU KNOW, HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THEIR CEO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, W WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN ORDER TO FLIP THAT MODEL.
BUT THE OTHER PIECE ALSO IS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO OUT AND VOLUNTEER, BUT HOW IT'S MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND I JUST THINK ABOUT THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF I'M THINKING ABOUT ALL THOSE, UM, GIRL SCOUTS AND STUFF WHO ARE SITTING ON, THEY'RE WORKING ON THESE BIG PROJECTS THAT WERE STARTED AND WANT TO SERVE, BUT BECAUSE THE ORGANIZATIONS THEY WANT TO WORK WITH HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO ENGAGE THEIR VOLUNTEERS.
IT'S JUST KIND OF THIS VICIOUS CYCLE THAT'S GOING ON.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT FROM YOUNG PEOPLE TO OLDER, I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO, BUT ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL SIDE, THEY MAY NOT HAVE FIGURED OUT YET HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO IT'S JUST KIND OF THIS, YOU KNOW, CHICKEN OR THE EGG SITUATION.
AND I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING WORTH EXPLORING, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S MAXED OUT, BUT I DO THINK IT'S WORTH EXPLORING BECAUSE ALL OF THESE RESOURCES ADD UP OVER TIME AND ANYONE WILLING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE TIME SKILLS, RESOURCES TO HELP SUPPORT, UM, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, UM, WILL BE BENEFICIAL.
LET'S JUST MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT IS I DO THINK THAT, UM, AT THIS POINT KIND OF PUTTING OUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO INDIVIDUALLY WRITE, DECIDE I'M GOING TO GO DO SOMETHING, UM, IS ONE, I THINK ONE AVENUE, THE OTHER AVENUE IS FOR, FOR GROUPS, LIKE ONE VOICE THAT I HAVE A HUNDRED NON-PROFITS ON THERE IS WHAT, WHAT DO THEY NEED TO KNOW IF THEY HAVE A VOLUNTEER COMPONENT TO PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR THAT KIND OF GETTING BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING AS WELL, MAYBE WE NEED TO TRAININGS AND MAYBE SOME POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND FORMS, PEOPLE NEED TO SIGN, ET CETERA, RIGHT.
UM, BUT INSTEAD OF ALL, A HUNDRED MEMBERS OF ONE VOICE, FIGURING IT OUT, MAYBE WE CAN ALL, UH, DEVELOP THOSE RESOURCES CENTRALLY SO THAT, UH, AGAIN, HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP, UM, THEM AND ALL OF THEIR NONPROFITS WITH THE KINDS OF TOOLS THEY NEED, UH, TO, TO GET BACK TO SORT OF HOW, THE WAY, THE WAY THEY DO THINGS.
AND I KNOW I'VE, I'VE SEEN A LOT
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OF RESOURCES FOR NONPROFITS, RIGHT? THAT ARE AVAILABLE.IT'S JUST, CAN WE PULL THEM TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT, UH, PEOPLE CAN ACCESS AND FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THAT'S, UH, UM, THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED RIGHT.
TO, TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT ASPECT OF THE WORK
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THAT THEY DO.UM, LET'S MOVE FORWARD INTO OUR, OUR UPDATES AND HIGHLIGHTS.
AND, UM, IF YOU HAVE YOUR AGENDA IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU CAN SEE THE ORDER THAT WE WILL GO.
UH, THE CITY IS, UH, MOVING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
UH, WE, WE APPROVED A NUMBER OF ITEMS AT THE COUNCIL MEETING YESTERDAY.
ITEM 23 WAS AN ITEM I BROUGHT FORWARD.
UH, THAT CREATES A COUPLE OF THINGS.
IT CREATES A CLEAR FUND, UH, CAUSE WE'RE, WELL, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE ALL CREATING FUNNY, SOUNDING ACRONYMS. I GUESS THAT'S JUST HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK NOW.
UH, WE HAVE A CLEAR FUND THAT HELPS SMALL BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CLEAR FUNDS, 10 MILLION IN LOANS AND GRANTS FOR BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS SPECIFICALLY TO HELP BUSINESSES COVER THE COSTS TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND COMPLY WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS.
SO IF YOU NEED TO BUY EXTRA MASKS, IF YOU NEED TO BUY ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT, YOU WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT GRANT PROGRAM.
THERE'S A CHILDCARE FUND BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, THE GOVERNOR OPENED BUSINESSES, BUT THE SCHOOLS ARE STILL CLOSED.
SO THERE'S A MILLION DOLLAR FUND TO HELP PROVIDE CHILDCARE.
AND THEN THERE'S THE ANCHOR FUND THAT COUNCILMEMBER ALTAR WORKED A LOT ON, WHICH IS A $6 MILLION PROGRAM TO HELP NONPROFITS, UH, MAINTAIN THEIR OPERATIONS.
THE WAY THESE PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO WORK IS THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO BE SOLICITING FOR NONPROFITS TO ADMINISTER THE FUNDS.
SO THE CITY WILL NOT BE MAKING DIRECT GRANTS AS PART OF THESE PROGRAMS. WE WANT LIKE A PEOPLE FUND OR A BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OR A MISSION CAPITAL OR WHOEVER TO HELP, TO, TO HELP MANAGE THOSE FUNDS, UH, IN THIS FIRST, IN THIS FIRST ROUND.
AND PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS, UH, IN MY EXPERIENCE, CITY STAFF FINDS THEMSELVES WITH A LOT OF GOVERNMENT RULES THAT MAKE THIS PROCESS GO SLOWER THAN IT NEEDS TO.
BUT ALSO WE WANT TO OPEN THIS UP TO, UH, NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATORS WHO CAN REACH INTO PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THE FORMAL GOVERNMENT PROCESS CAN SOMETIMES HAVE A HARD TIME REACHING.
SO IT REALLY IS AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK THAT APART AND DO A BETTER JOB WITH EQUITY.
THE OVERALL PROGRAM, $18 MILLION IS A SMALL PART OF THE OVERALL MONEY THAT WE GOT FROM THE CARES ACT THAT HE GOT 170 MILLION.
UM, THE HERE IS TO DEMO THIS PROGRAM OUT WITH THIS ORIGINAL EIGHT, THIS INITIAL 18 MILLION, SEE WHAT DATA WE GET BACK, WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL NEEDS? WHAT ARE THE, WHAT IS THE FEEDBACK? WHEN ARE WE ENTERING A SECOND SPIKE OF THE CRISIS AND HAVE TO DO MORE? WILL THERE BE MORE FEDERAL, ALL THAT STUFF? THERE'S SO MANY UNKNOWNS.
THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A RAPID PROTOTYPE.
SO WE'LL GET THIS MONEY OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AS QUICKLY AS, AS WE CAN.
THAT ITEM THAT APPROVED IS ALSO THE ITEM.
THAT INCLUDES THE DASHBOARD WHERE I DIRECT STAFF TO WORK WITH, UH, US AT KN AND CAP DOG TO HELP CREATE A PORTAL, A DASHBOARD TO TRACK ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE COMMUNITY TO RESPOND TO THE ECONOMIC CRISIS.
THERE WERE OTHER THINGS THAT WE APPROVED IN THE COUNCIL MEETING COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA HAD AN ITEM RELATED TO PROVIDING MEALS THROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
I THINK THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM IS AISD IN DEL VALLEY, AND WE'RE EXPLORING HOW TO ENSURE THAT THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT OVERLAP THE CITY OF AUSTIN WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT.
UM, THERE WAS A, A, A RESOLUTION, ALTHOUGH NOT FUNDED RELATED TO NURSING HOMES.
WE KNOW THAT'S PRETTY CRITICAL AREA RELATED TO THE CRISIS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER HAD A CONSERVATION CORE ITEM.
WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPLORING THAT WITH AMERICAN YOUTH WORKS TO SEE HOW WE MIGHT, UH, DO SOME COVID RELATED JOB PROGRAMS AND GET FOLKS SOME MONEY.
UH, WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN WITHIN THE RULES WERE PRESENTED.
AND THE CHALLENGE FOR THE CITY IS HOW DO WE MOVE QUICKLY, BUT ALSO HOW DO WE NOT CREATE A LOT OF WASTE AND FRAUD? AND THAT IS THE SWEET SPOT THAT WE'VE CREATED, WHICH IS RAPID PROTOTYPE WITH A HANDFUL OF ADMINISTRATING ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE IS GOING TO BE SHOWING UP ON A DASHBOARD IN AS REAL-TIME, AS WE CAN GET IT THAT I THINK IS THE IT'S.
THE SUNLIGHT IS THE BEST DISINFECTANT QUESTION, BUT SETTING THAT UP IN ADVANCE, UH, AND THAT WAY I THINK PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW THEIR BETTER ANGELS AND TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS OWNER WHO DOESN'T NEED THE HELP, DON'T BE APPLYING FOR IT, YOUR NAME IS GOING TO SHOW UP ON A LIST.
NO, THAT, UM, SO I'M, I'M ENCOURAGED BY THIS PROGRAM.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH STAFF TO TRY TO GET THIS THING MOVED OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, UM, UH, BUT I WANT TO TRY TO AVOID THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE INJURY LOAN PROGRAM THAT WE CREATED ALMOST SIX WEEKS AGO NOW, WHICH, UH, ALMOST A THOUSAND OVER A THOUSAND BUSINESSES EXPRESSED INTEREST.
AND I THINK WE'VE ONLY GOT 10 OR 15 LOANS OUT THE DOOR.
WE WE'VE, WE'VE GOT TO MOVE FASTER THAN THAT, WHICH IS THE INTENT OF THE ADMINISTERING
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ORGANIZATION'S MODEL.UM, A LOT OF OTHER STUFF HAPPENING AT THE CITY.
OF COURSE, THE MAYOR IS MORE INVOLVED ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH SIDE OF IT.
AND I'M SURE TRAVIS COUNTY IS GOING TO HAVE A LOT TO SAY A COMMISSIONER TRULY, NEVER LEFT TO SAY THERE.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY RAISING THEIR HANDS, SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON.
UM, UH, JEREMY FROM THE CHAMBER IS GOING TO CALL HIM NEXT, BUT HE ALREADY HAD TO LEAVE.
SO IF JEREMY COMES BACK, WELL, WE'LL PUT HIM BACK IN THE QUEUE.
UH, NEXT ON THE LIST, RUDY PFLUGERVILLE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS NOT AT HIS COMPUTER COMMISSIONER.
TREVELYAN HAD TO FIND MY UNMUTE BUTTON AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED AT A NUMBER OF US HAVE, UH, TRIED TO EITHER WHETHER WE'RE CALLING EACH OTHER OR TALKING ON OUR, OUR ZOOM CALLS, TRYING TO IDENTIFY THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO BE AS HELPFUL TO COMMUNITY FOCUS.
WE CAN, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING RESOURCES OUT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE, UH, HISTORICALLY WE HAVE GIVEN RESOURCES ONCE A YEAR AT A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
WE ARE TRYING TO SEE WHETHER WE CAN INCREASE THAT AMOUNT AND INCREASE THE FREQUENCY OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
INSTEAD OF GIVING IT OUT ONE TIME A YEAR, MAYBE THREE TIMES A YEAR, HOW CAN WE ADDRESS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT, THAT, UM, FOLKS THAT NEED HELP WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR FOLKS THAT NEED HELP WITH UTILITY ASSISTANCE, UH, HAVE, HAVE, UM, ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE, UH, THROUGH THE EMERGENCY PROGRAMS. SO, UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH, UH, CENTRAL HEALTH TO, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAND UP TESTING RESOURCES, WHERE, UM, UH, PARTICULARLY IN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR ARMS AROUND THE NUMBER OF TESTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, HOW PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THEM, UH, HOW PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY, UH, KNOW WHERE TO GO WHEN THEY GET SICK AND THEY DON'T HAVE COMPUTER ACCESS, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THEY CAN CALL THREE, ONE, ONE, OR THAT THEY CAN CALL A COUNTY OF OUR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFICES, UH, TO BE GUIDED AND DIRECTED TO THE RIGHT PLACES.
SO AT THIS POINT, UH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS LOOK INTERNALLY AT OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING AS HELPFUL AS WE CAN, AND THEN COLLABORATING WITH THE FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE SAME THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SO, UH, ONCE AGAIN, UH, I THINK THAT A LOT OF REALLY GOOD WORK HAS HAPPENED AND WE'RE GLAD TO PARTNER WITH YOU.
UM, TREY, DID YOU WANT TO GIVE THE UPDATE FOR PFLUGERVILLE ME HAPPY TO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER? UM, COUPLE THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT IS, UM, THROUGH SOME COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS, UH, THE LOCAL CHAMBER HAS RUNNING THE PFLEGER FUND, UM, TO HELP PROVIDE SOME BRIDGE FINANCING AND LOANS PAY BILLS FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, UM, WENT INTO ONE AND THEY WERE VERY, UM, UH, RECEPTIVE AND APPRECIATIVE OF THAT INITIATIVE.
NOW PFLUGERVILLE ISD HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, RESPONDING, UM, UM, AND ADAPTING TO THE CHANGING CONDITIONS OF PROVIDING THE MEALS AND THEN ADAPTING THAT TO THE, TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING NEAL MEALS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, UM, TO MEET THAT NEED.
UM, I DO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, WANT TO EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION TO THE REGIONAL LEADERSHIP THROUGH THIS, UH, FLUID CRISIS, UM, ALSO IN TRAVIS COUNTY, BOTH, AND WE RELY ON THE DIRECTION OF, OF THOSE, UM, ENTITIES, A GREAT DEAL.
UM, WE, WE'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAINTAIN OUR SWAY AS THE, THE EVENT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE TO.
UM, PFLUGERVILLE WAS EARLY ON, IDENTIFIED IT AS A RELATIVE HOTSPOT, UM, BASED ON ZIP CODE DATA AND THE NUMBER OF CASES IN THE, IN THE REGION.
UM, I THINK THAT'S, WE'RE STILL HAVE A FAIRLY HIGH NUMBER OF CASES, BUT MOST OF THOSE WE'VE COME TO FIND OUT ARE ACTUALLY NOT IN THE CITY.
AND SO THAT'S CREATED SOME REALITY AND PERCEPTION ISSUES FOR OUR, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO JUGGLE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF RISK IN THE CITY LIMITS AND, AND, AND NOT, UH, BASED ON THE SIZE OF THAT ZIP CODE DOES THAT'S PRESENTED SOME COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES, BUT, UM, ALL IN ALL WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING INTO THE RECOVERY MODE OF THIS, UM, THIS EVENT.
I WILL NOTE THAT I LOOKED UP THAT ZIP CODE.
IT HAS LIKE THE LARGEST POPULATION OF ANY ZIP CODES,
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LIKE IN THE TOP FIVE OF MOST PEOPLE IN A SINGLE ZIP CODE THAT, THAT, THAT DATA IS REALLY MESSY.AND ALSO WHAT, WHAT COMMITMENT TO BRANDING FOR THE CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE TO THE FUN WITH PF IT'S THE F IT'S THE PHOTOGRAPHY, I MEAN, REALLY KUDOS TO THE BRANDING.
UM, UH, CENTRAL HEALTH COMMUNITY CARE.
WHAT DO WE GOT A REPORT FROM?
I THINK LIKEWISE CENTRAL HEALTH WILL PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT TELEMEDICINE FROM LIKE SOMETHING LIKE 75% OF THE VISITS RIGHT NOW ARE BEING DONE VIA TELEPHONE OR VIDEO PHONE.
AND, UM, IN FACT YOU'RE PRETTY EFFECTIVE FIFTH, COINCIDENTALLY, THIS MORNING, I HAD COFFEE WITH, UH, WELL VIDEO COFFEE WITH SOMEONE FROM THE FAMILY.
AND THEY'RE WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HEART ATTACKS DURING THIS PERIOD.
SO, UM, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING THAT YOU CAN ADD SOME HEART ATTACKS THAT ARE GOING DOWN, OR IS IT THE ONES REPORTING? SO THINGS ARE CHANGING FOR US, UM, KINDA CRIED OUT FOR, UM, THE EFFECT OF, UM, TELE-MEDICINE IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE.
DAVID'S I'M KEEPING TRACK OF EVERYBODY, BUT, UH, DAVID, YOU WANT TO TALK FOR INTEGRAL? OKAY.
I'M JUST GOING TO RUN THROUGH, UM, JUST A NUMBER OF QUICK POINTS.
BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, INTEGRAL CARE, PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, UH, REMAINED OPEN, UH, SINCE THE INCEPTION.
AND, UH, WE MOVED 450 CLINICIANS ONTO A TELE-HEALTH PLATFORM.
UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY IN TERMS OF STANDING UP THESE ISO FACTS AND THE HOTELS WE HAVE BY TELEHEALTH, A TEAM THAT'S WORKING IN SUPPORTING FOLKS THAT MAY BE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY, UM, UH, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS IN, UH, LEADING A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TASK FORCE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR SERVING, UH, WITH DR.
S SCOTT ON THE EXPERT PANEL, AND WE'RE RECEIVING A DAILY BRIEFING.
I WANT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT, UH, STUDIES NOW ARE COMING OUT.
YOU'VE SEEN THESE, THAT AMERICANS ARE, ARE EXPERIENCING 45 TO 47%, UH, HIGHER MENTAL HEALTH, STRESS, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, UH, ISOLATION, AND OUR CALL CENTER.
I TOOK ABOUT 5,500 CALLS, UH, LAST MONTH.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO PIECES OF GOOD NEWS TODAY.
WE RECEIVED NOTICE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED A FOUR YEAR GRANT, THAT IF ANYONE CALLS THE NATIONAL SUICIDE LIFELINE, THAT CALL WILL AUTOMATICALLY ROLL OVER.
IF IT ORIGINATES FROM FIVE ONE, TWO, UM, UH, AREA CODE, UH, INTO OUR CALL CENTER AT INTEGRAL CARE.
ALSO, WE RECEIVED THE FEMA GRANT TO STAND UP A CRISIS COUNSELING ONLINE PROGRAM, AND THIS WILL ENHANCE OUR ABILITY, UH, TO PROVIDE, UH, WITH CLINICIANS, UH, CALLS FOR MENTAL HEALTH CRISES THAT MAY BE HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE OF THINGS.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CENTRAL HEALTH.
WE WERE CONCERNED, UM, UH, SIX WEEKS AGO, IF HEALTHCARE WAS OVERRUN, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH FOLKS WITH, UH, PSYCHOTIC CONDITIONS OR A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS? AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FIVE PRIVATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE BED AVAILABILITY, ESPECIALLY WHILE THE AUSTIN STATE HOSPITAL IS UNDERGOING SOME REDESIGN AND RECONSTRUCTION.
UM, ALL OF THOSE HOSPITALS ARE OPEN.
AND, UH, I MENTIONED CENTRAL HEALTH BECAUSE THEY MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL PAYMENT SO WE CAN PURCHASE EPISODES OF CARE IN THOSE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND CENTRAL HEALTH INCREASED, UM, THE AMOUNT THAT THEY WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING TOWARD MENTAL HEALTH CRISES, UH, AT THEIR LAST BOARD MEETING.
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SO ONE, THANK YOU, MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD AND MIKE KNOWS WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH, UH, WITH CENTRAL HEALTH.UM, THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER OF YOU THAT ARE ON THE LINE, PATRICIA, UM, UH, WORKING WITH THE OPENING CENTRAL TEXAS FOR BUSINESS TASK FORCE, AND, UH, OUR CONTRIBUTION HAS BEEN FOR EMPLOYERS TO REALIZE, UH, THEY SHOULD BE EXPECTING RETURN TO WORK, UH, EMPLOYEES, UM, WHO MAY NEED, UH, ACCESS TO THEIR EAP PROGRAM.
UH, THEY SHOULD KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, SYMPTOMS, AND REFERRALS FOR ANY MENTAL HEALTH CRISES.
AND THEN ALSO TO BE AWARE THAT WE'RE CHILDCARE AND THIS, UM, UH, OPENING BUSINESSES BACK UP, MAYBE ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL ISSUES THAT THERE ARE CHILDREN WITH DISABLING CONDITIONS IN THERE IS ALSO A FAMILY MEMBERS WERE RECEIVING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS.
AND IN THAT REGARD, UH, WE MAY NEED TO DRILL DOWN JUST A LITTLE DEEPER THAN BELIEVING THAT OUR LIMITED CHILDCARE OPTIONS CAN HANDLE EVERYONE.
SO THE LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE LITERATURE, WE SEE THAT IN A CRISIS, THERE'S SOME PARTICULAR, SOME PREDICTABLE STAGES.
UH, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND MAKE SENSE OUT OF THINGS, SECOND OF ALL, RESPONDING TO THE CRISIS.
BUT AT SOME POINT, UH, NEEDING TO GO TO A STAGE THREE ON SOME RECOVERY STRATEGIES.
SO BEING A PUBLIC AGENCY, WE HAVE 113 DAYS UNTIL OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR STARTS.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BUDGET FOR? WHAT CAN WE ANTICIPATE WITH REVENUE? UH, HOW DO WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS? UH, HOW DO WE AMEND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN? SO IN A LOT OF WAYS, THIS NEXT STAGE MAY BE THE HARDEST OF THE THREE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN TACKLING IT WITH OUR BOARD NEXT WEEK.
SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME RUN BY A QUICK REPORT.
AND, UH, WE'D BE GLAD TO EITHER HAND IT OFF OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU WANT TO CHIME IN, HEY, NO PROBLEM, JIM, UH, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON TO ALL.
UM, I KNOW, UH, YOU'VE ALL BEEN WORKING VERY HARD.
AND SO HAVE WE OVER HERE AT THE FOUNDATION, UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS WE'VE BEEN UP TO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
UM, WE, UH, IMMEDIATELY, UM, RIGHT AFTER WE CLOSED DOWN OFFICES, UH, RELEASED ABOUT $15 MILLION, ALMOST $15 MILLION TO ALL OF OUR CURRENT GRANTEES TO USE IT AS THEY NEEDED TO, UM, UNRESTRICTED IN, UH, NO NEED TO REPORT AS WELL WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE, UH, GRANTS COME DUE.
UM, AND WE WERE, UH, PRETTY, OUR BOARD DID THAT WITHIN ABOUT 24 HOURS, UH, AT MY SUGGESTION.
UH, WE'VE BEEN HEARING QUITE A BIT FROM, UH, ALL THE, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS WITH THE, THE INCREASE, THE IMMEDIATELY INCREASE IN SERVICES THAT, THAT THEY'D BEEN CALLED UPON.
BUT I THINK MORE, UH, SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING INFORMATION WE'RE RECEIVING ABOUT THE STRESS ON THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR STAFF THEMSELVES, AND WE'RE, WE'RE BEING VERY, UH, WE'RE TRACKING THAT FOR, UH, FOR ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHILE THEY ARE DOING THEIR SERVICES, WE CAN PROVIDE ANY, UH, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO THEM AND THEIR STAFFS AS WELL.
UH, GIVEN THAT I, YOU KNOW, I'VE GONE DONE EMERGENCY DISASTER PHILANTHROPY BEFORE I I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL ALL OF THE CEOS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT IN ABOUT SIX TO NINE MONTHS, THEY'RE GOING TO HIT A WALL AND THEY'RE GOING TO NEED SOME TIME OFF.
SO WE TRY, WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY SUPPORT A FUND FOR CEOS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, UH, UH, FOR THEM AND THEIR STAFF, SO THEY CAN, UH, GET SOME RESPITE AND CARE THEMSELVES.
UM, OUR, UM, OUR RECOVERY FUND WAS LAUNCHED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND THE DEADLINE WAS YESTERDAY THREE O'CLOCK, UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, OVER 300 APPLICATIONS.
AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED IS ABOUT, UH, ALMOST $20 MILLION.
AND, UM, WE ARE, UH, WE, OUR FUND IS ONLY $10 MILLION AND I FIND IS MEANT TO LAST 12 MONTHS.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THREE ROUNDS AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO OUR BEST, UM, TO, UH, DO THE MOST EMERGENT AND MOST NEEDED FIRST AND TRY TO MOVE THE OTHERS WHO HAD REQUESTED RESOURCES TO THE SECOND AND THIRD ROUNDS, WHICH WILL BE, UH, AUGUST 15TH FOR THE SECOND ROUND, AND THEN OCTOBER 15TH FOR THE THIRD ROUND.
UM, AND WE'LL BE TRACKING THAT OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 18 MONTHS, AND WE PROBABLY WILL DO SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR NEXT YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHO SAID IT, BUT, BUT UNDERSTANDING THE KIND OF TRAJECTORY OF THIS, UM, WE ARE EXPECTING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A TWO TO THREE YEAR EVENT FOR THE NONPROFITS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE PLANNING FOR, UH, TO SUPPORT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS VERY SPECIFICALLY IN THAT MANNER.
UM, UH, UH, LET ME SEE WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON.
OH, OUR DENTAL PRO PROGRAM HAS BEEN, UH, SHUT DOWN, UM, BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS BEING SHUT DOWN WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT OPENING UP
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THE SUMMER TO DO SOME CLINICS FOR ADULTS AND MAYBE SOME CHILDREN AS WELL.UM, WELL, WE'LL BE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS PROBABLY NEXT WEEK, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT BY MID JUNE WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF SERVICES TO SOME CLINICS, UM, AS FOR THE FALL, UM, WE WILL BE TRACKING WHAT THE SCHOOLS DO, UH, IN THAT THE SCHOOLS OF TRAVIS COUNTY OR WILLIAMSON COUNTY OR ANY OF THE SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS WANT US TO COME IN, WE'LL BE WILLING TO COME IN, BUT, BUT WE, WE WILL BE, UH, MONITORING THAT AND BE READY TO BE AT THE READY WHEN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WANT US TO COME BACK IN AND PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
UM, I THINK THAT THOSE ARE THE MOST, UH, UH, UH, MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I CAN SHARE.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE, DON'T HESITATE TO ASK.
THANKS, WILLIAM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON FROM SYDNEY?
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UM, ALL RIGHT.UH, DAVID SMITH, YOU WANT TO JUMP INTO UNITED WAY? SURE.
UM, IT'S PROBABLY FITTING THAT I'M FOLLOWING WILLIAM A GREAT COLLEAGUE AND WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING SOME, BUT SO I'LL JUST GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE ALTOGETHER ATX FUND.
AND THEN I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING AT UNITED WAY, BUT, UH, THE REASON IT'S FITTING IS THE R OUR PROCESS IS SIMILAR TO ST DAVID'S.
SO, UH, RIGHT NOW ALTOGETHER ATX IS JUST ALMOST AT $6 MILLION.
UH, WE DEPLOYED THE FIRST PHASE, UM, ALREADY, UM, WE'VE DEPLOYED ABOUT $1.8 MILLION INTO THE COMMUNITY, UM, ALL BASED ON JUST EMERGENCY NEEDS.
UH, AND THE SECOND PHASE WILL, UH, THE SECOND PHASE THAT RFP WILL BE RELEASED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND THEN THAT MONEY WILL BE DEPLOYED IN JULY, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE THIRD PHASE, UM, AGAIN IN OCTOBER.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT AS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE COORDINATING FOLKS AT ST DAVID'S AND OTHERS, UH, WHO ARE FUNDING, SO THAT WE KEEP TRACK OF WHERE ALL THE MONEY IS GOING.
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON THAT.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN FOCUSED ON THE WORK THAT WE WERE ALREADY DOING, AND IN SO MANY WAYS, WE REALLY DO FEEL LIKE THIS CRISIS.
UH, AND I'VE SAID THIS NOW SO MANY TIMES, AND SO SORRY TO BE REPEATING, BUT IT'S JUST REALLY TRUE THAT THIS CRISIS IS EXPOSING AN EQUITIES, UH, THAT, THAT SO MANY OF US HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, FOR SO LONG.
BUT IF THERE ARE INEQUITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS AND, AND OUR, OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS CRISIS IS EXPOSING THEM IN A WAY THAT WILL ALLOW US TO NOT JUST BE TEMPORARILY FOCUSED ON THEM, BUT ALLOW US SUSTAINABLE RESPONSE AND REALLY MAKE SYSTEMIC CHANGE.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AT UNITED WAY, UM, UH, FOR YEARS NOW, AND, UH, REALLY DISMANTLING THE SYSTEMS THAT KEEP PEOPLE IN POVERTY.
AND SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON IS CHILDCARE, UM, KNOWING THAT, UH, IT'S, IT'S OFTEN, UH, THE MOST VULNERABLE WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE.
AND SO, UM, CHILDCARE WORKERS, UH, NEED TO MAKE A LIVING WAGE.
THEY ALSO NEED SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT WITH THE CHILDCARE CENTERS TO KEEP THEM OPEN IN A SAFE WAY RIGHT NOW, OUT OF 700 CHILDCARE CENTERS IN OUR AREA, ONLY 100 ARE OPEN.
UH, AS WE KNOW, THERE'S A MOVEMENT TO REOPEN THE ECONOMY.
YOU CAN'T REOPEN AN ECONOMY IF PEOPLE CAN'T GO BACK TO WORK BECAUSE THEIR KIDS ARE AT HOME.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING, UH, CATHERINE CHORUS AND OUR CHAIN ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CHILDCARE CENTERS AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THOSE BACK OPEN SAFELY.
AND THEN TWO, ONE, ONE, AND THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT 201, BUT, UM, YEAH, CALLS CAUSE FOR A WHILE QUADRUPLED NOW THEY'VE KIND OF LEVELED OFF IT DOUBLED, UM, UH, THE TOP TWO MOST SURPRISED ANYBODY, THE TOP TWO NEEDS ARE FOR FOOD AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
UM, AND WE HAVE RAMPED UP OUR STAFF, UH, TO TAKE CARE OF THAT INCREASE IN CALLS.
UM, I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BITS OF INFORMATION FOR US AS A COMMUNITY, AS WE DO TALK ABOUT HOW LONG THIS IS GOING TO GO ON, IS THAT THE JUMP IN NUMBER OF FIRST TIME CALLERS, PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLING TWO, ONE, ONE FOR THE FIRST TIME HAS JUMPED BY 300%.
IT'S ALARMING FOR ALL OF US TO KNOW THAT THAT AS, AS PREACHING TO THE CHOIR HERE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF DATA THAT WE CAN ALL USE TO JUST SHOW TO THE COMMUNITY, THE NEED REALLY, WE'RE JUST SEEING THE BEGINNING OF THE NEED.
SO, UM, YEAH, THAT'S, UH, I THINK I'LL QUIT THERE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO SHARE.
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AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.I WOULD SAY IF I ACT, I MEAN, WE WORK A LOT WITH REFUGEES AS WELL AS LOW-INCOME HOMEOWNERS.
SO OUR BIGGEST LEAD BY THE SHIFT RIGHT NOW IS REALLY MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE, AND THAT HAS BEEN HELPING OUT WITH FOOD.
UM, SPECIFICALLY THROUGH, IT SHOULD BE GIFT CARDS BECAUSE GROCERY STORES ARE CLOSE TO WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND THEY HAVE THAT CHOICE TO PURCHASE WHAT THEY WANT WITH THE CARDS AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
WE ALSO USING, UM, THROUGH PLUS ONE, HAVING A LOT OF UTILITY ASSISTANCE TOO, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE HOME AND THE UTILITY BILLS ARE GOING UP.
UM, WHAT WE ALSO DOING, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST HAVE TRYING TO HAVE MORE ACCESS TO PP E SO THEN WE CAN SHARE IT WITH REFUGEE FAMILIES AND HOMEOWNERS TOO, SO THEY CAN FEEL SAFE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY LEAVE THE HOUSE TOO.
UM, AND THE BIGGEST EYE-OPENER IS THIS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, ALL RIGHT.
I MEAN, LIKE WE KNEW IT EXISTED, BUT THE SEVERITY OF IT IS JUST LIKE, IT'S LIKE A HUGE CHASM AND, UM, AND LOOKING AT WAYS THAT HOW WE CAN ASSIST PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN BE CONNECTED.
UM, EVEN LIKE WHEN WE DO OUR DISTANCE LEARNING, WE ARE REALIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, MANY FAMILIES DON'T HAVE COMPUTERS, THEY'RE USING THEIR PHONE AND TO SHARE INFORMATION WHERE MANY PEOPLE IN THE HOME, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE CAN'T GET THROUGH BECAUSE THEY ON THE FLOOR, SOMEBODY ELSE'S USING THE PHONE.
AND, UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE GOING TO TRY TO TACKLE WITH A LOT OF THE FAMILIES THAT WE WORK, TRYING TO SEE ABOUT HOW WE CAN, UM, BRIDGE THAT DIGITAL DIVIDE BY ONE, OFFERING MORE TECHNOLOGY, UM, OPTIONS TO THEM, MAYBE CHROMEBOOKS OR SO, AND, UM, HELPING PAY FOR THAT.
AND ALSO, UM, JUST TUTORING AND HELPING LEARN ABOUT HOW TO USE THESE DEVICES.
AND THEN ALSO THAT LANGUAGE BARRIER TOO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BIG PART, UM, IN THIS ISSUE THAT WE, UM, HAVE BEEN DISCOVERING.
UM, SO YEAH, SO, SO THE CHALLENGE IS REAL AND, UM, AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR STEPHANIE BECAUSE THIS REALLY AFFECTS THE PEOPLE THAT WE WORK WITH.
UM, WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT, DO THE BUSES THAT PROVIDE, UM, WIFI, ARE THEY STILL GONNA BE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS OR NO? YES.
UM, OUR FOOD SERVICES, OUR MEAL DISTRIBUTION AND OUR TECH SERVICES WILL ALL RUN THROUGH THE SUMMER.
AND THEN THE, UM, SO, AND THEN, SO, AND THE OTHER THING TOO, WITH THE CHROMEBOOKS THAT THE KIDS HAVE, RIGHT.
THAT'S ONLY TO BE USED FOR AISD WORK, RIGHT? YES.
AND, UM, THE STUDENTS ARE ON, UH, THEY'RE ON THE AISD NETWORK.
UM, IDEALLY THE CHROMEBOOKS ARE TO BE USED FOR, FOR LEARNING AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL.
UM, WE KNOW A LOT OF FAMILIES, THE ONLY WAY THEY'RE GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IS COMING BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CHROMEBOOK IN THE HOME.
SO IT IS REALLY ALL ABOUT THE LEARNING AND INFORMATION TRANSMISSION.
SO, SO WHAT, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO LOOK AT AVENUES WHERE WE CAN SUPPLY ARMIES WITH CHROMEBOOK CHROMEBOOKS, SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, GET UP TO SPEED WITH THIS DIVIDE.
OH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, EYE-OPENING, IT'S VERY EYEOPENING AND I'M JUST SO THANKFUL FOR THE GENEROSITY THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, UM, ALTOGETHER ATX, I ACQUISITE RECIPIENTS OF FUNDS.
SO WE WERE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED AND HAPPY ABOUT THAT AS WELL AS UT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DIVERSITY GAVE US SOME FUNDS TO, TO HELP WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND HELP WITH THE HIV, UM, CARDS THAT THIS IS OPENING UP.
SO IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, AND I HOPE, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE BEING CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT PEOPLE.
IT'S SUCH A LONG TIME, AND IT'S NOT LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN INVISIBLE.
IT'S JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU CAN GET BY WITHOUT HAVING TO DO MUCH, BUT NOW IT'S LIKE, NO, NO, NO, WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION.
WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UH, WE HAD SOMEONE JOINED BY PHONE ON NUMBER ENDS, AND THIS IS CHRIS SAVINI.
I'M GOING TO PUT YOU BACK ON MUTE.
UM, WHO DO WE HAVE FROM, UH, ONE VOICE?
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IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM ONE VOICE? YES.I JUST WANTED TO, UM, JUST SAY HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE AT ONE VOICE FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE COLLABORATION THAT'S HAPPENING.
ONE OF THOSE WAS AN ARTICLE THAT WE PUT OUT IN THE STATEMENT ABOUT THREE SUNDAYS AGO.
THAT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN MISSION CAPITAL AND CAN REVIEWING THE LETTER AND IMPACT AUSTIN, CHRISTINA AND I WERE CO-SIGNERS OF THE LETTER JUST TO ALERT THE COMMUNITY, UM, ABOUT, UM, THE NEEDS OF NONPROFITS.
UH, ONE VOICE HAS ALSO BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN, UH, PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY.
UM, WE PROVIDED A COUPLE OF LETTERS TO CITY COUNCIL.
I THINK LENNY IS WHOLE OF THREE ACTUALLY, BECAUSE THE LATEST ONE WAS IN SUPPORT OF THE ANCHOR FUND, UM, THAT WE ARE VERY THANKFUL COUNCILMAN FOR THE PASSING OF YESTERDAY.
WE, IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING A JOINT SIGNED LETTER THAT WAS JOINTLY SIGNED BY CAN UNITED WAY AUSTIN COMMUNITY SOUND FOUNDATION, MISSION KAPLAN, ONE VOICE.
WE ALSO, UH, LINED UP SPEAKERS FOR YESTERDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING IN THE PPE, UH, WORLD AND TRYING TO GET PPE EQUIPMENT.
WE DID A FIRST WAVE OF PP PPE EQUIPMENT ON A SMALLER SCALE TO, UH, NINE OF OUR MEMBER AGENCIES.
BUT THEN SINCE THEN WE HAVE SURVEYED, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, TO GET, UM, MORE PPE EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS WITH SOME PRIVATE PROVIDERS OUT THERE.
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, UH, AS WELL.
AND THEN ONE THING LAST THING I'LL SAY IS, UH, WHAT, UH, WILLIAM BUSTER SAID REALLY STRIKES A CHORD WITH ME, FOR SURE.
AND THAT IS THE SUPPORT FOR NONPROFIT EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS.
UM, THERE IS A LOT OF STRESS AMONG THE EDS OF NON-PROFITS, SOME OF THEM HAVING TO LAY OFF STAFF, UH, ALSO, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE FRONTLINE PROVIDERS JUST WORRY ABOUT THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THE PROTECTION OF THEIR EMPLOYEES IS VERY, VERY STRESSFUL.
I CAN JUST HEAR THE RELIEF IN DEREK CHUBB'S VOICE THE OTHER DAY AS MUCH STRESS AS HE'S UNDER WITH THE FOOD BANK, JUST TO BE RELIEVED THAT MOST OF HIS EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN OKAY.
THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IN TERMS OF THEIR SAFETY.
UM, AND THEN AT THREE O'CLOCK, WE'RE GOING TO JUMP ON A SUPPORT CALL WITH THE NONPROFIT EDS, THE VERY POINT THAT, UH, WILLIAM WAS BRINGING UP, BUT WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE COLLABORATION.
AND I'VE BEEN ON SEVERAL CALLS WITH DAVID SMITH IN RAUL WORKING ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE NONPROFIT ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE.
THANKS DAN, UH, ERIC, UH, REMINDING, UM, ERIC BERG WITH COUNCILMEMBER HARPER MADISON'S OFFICE.
DID YOU WANT TO CHIME IN WITH ANYTHING? NO, I DIDN'T SORRY.
IT TOOK ME A MINUTE TO GET OFF MUTE.
I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT EVERYBODY IS GETTING TOGETHER.
SO MAKE SUCH A COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE, UH, TO SAYING WHAT CAN COME OUT OF THIS.
UM, W WE ARE, IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF TIME AND LEFT UNTIL THREE THERE'S.
UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE CRITICAL INCIDENT WITH APD, UM, COUNSELOR HARPER MADISON'S OFFICE IS REALLY LEADING THAT EFFORT AND I'M, I'M PROUD TO BE STANDING WITH HER AND HOLDING FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE ACTIONS.
UM, WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT EVOLVES.
UM, WE WERE IN A LONG EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT IT, UM, JUST, JUST YESTERDAY.
SO, UM, LET'S, LET'S KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AND ROLL, OF COURSE, EVERYONE ON THIS CALL FOR YOUR TIME AND ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
UM, JUST I'LL, I'LL BE KIND OF BRIEF, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK I TALKED OR GAVE YOU GUYS A LOT OF INFORMATION LAST TIME IN TERMS OF OUR, OUR SERVICE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE HAD MADE AT THE, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, YOU KNOW, AS THINGS REOPEN, WE'RE DEFINITELY MONITORING.
AND WHILE WE DON'T HAVE PLANS TO MAKE SERVICE ADJUSTMENTS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, WHEN AND HOW TO DO THAT AS, YOU KNOW, DEMAND SURELY ONE CREASE.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS, UH, FOR THAT, UM, OUR, UH, MEAL DELIVERY PROGRAMS ARE STILL GOING AND WE KIND OF CONTINUE THOSE.
I THINK WE'RE ABOUT JUST OVER 200,000 MEALS DELIVERED, THANKS TO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH HEB AND THE FOOD BANK AND IN TERMS OF NEEDS, THAT'S DEFINITELY A GREAT NEED THAT WE HAVE AS FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP HELP WITH THOSE PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY LOADING AND, AND, AND GETTING THAT FOOD IN THOSE, IN THOSE VEHICLES.
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UM, WE'RE STILL REQUIRING ALL OF OUR, UH, EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDERS TO W YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE FACE COVERINGS AND USE PPE.AND SO WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO ONE BE ABLE TO GET THAT, GET A LOT OF THAT THROUGH OUR PROCUREMENT TEAMS, BUT ALSO GIVE WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF DONATIONS.
AND SO WE JUST ASK THAT THAT CONTINUED BECAUSE THOSE HAVE BEEN GREAT HELP.
AND IF ANYONE HERE HAS RESOURCES THAT PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, UH, THE BULK OF MY REPORT AND LESSER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
UH, MY OFFICE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, ALONG WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, INCLUDING SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE APD AND OUR JUDGES TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MANAGE THE JAIL POPULATION.
WE'VE SUCCEEDED TO THE POINT WHERE OUR JAIL POPULATION IS PRETTY MUCH AT RECORD LOWS.
UH, THAT'S OF COURSE, BEING DONE, UH, TO, UH, MAINTAIN AS BEST AS WE CAN AS SAFETY IN THE JAIL, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS IT CAN BE, UH, CAN BE DONE.
I THINK THE SHERIFF'S TO BE CONGRATULATED FOR GETTING, UM, REALLY GREAT PLANNING THAT HAS RESULTED IN, UH, PROTOCOLS THAT, THAT HAVE YET TO HAVE ANY DETAINEES TEST POSITIVE.
UM, SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT AND CONTINUING THOSE EFFORTS, UH, SOME YESTERDAY OUR DISTRICT AND COUNTY JUDGES TO THAT END EXTENDED IN ORDER THAT THEY HAD ISSUED LAST MONTH, UM, THAT TEMPORARILY SUSPENDS, UH, EXECUTION OF OUTSTANDING WARRANTS FOR, UM, FOR NON-VIOLENT OFFENDERS.
AND SO THAT'S ON THE INTAKE IN, UH, IS KEEPING PEOPLE THAT DON'T, YOU KNOW, AS BEST WE CAN HELP IT, KEEP THEM FROM COMING INTO THE JAIL POPULATION AND THEN THREATENING THOSE THAT WE'VE GOT THAT WORKS AND IN TANDEM WITH GETTING PEOPLE OUT AS QUICK AS WE CAN.
ANOTHER ORDER THAT WE GAINED IN FEBRUARY, ACTUALLY RIGHT BEFORE, UM, WE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS PANDEMIC.
IT DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT, BUT IT IS HELPING US A GREAT DEAL.
AND THAT'S WHERE OUR COUNTY AND DISTRICT JUDGES PASSED GENERAL ORDERS OR ISSUE GENERAL ORDERS.
UH, THEY PROVIDED AUTOMATIC PERSONAL BOND TO ANYONE, UH, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, THOSE EXCEPTIONS ARE VIOLENT, VIOLENT FENDERS.
SO EVERYBODY ELSE PRETTY MUCH, I THINK WE'RE UP TO JUST UNDER 75% OF THOSE THAT ARE BEING BOOKED OR ELIGIBLE FOR AUTOMATIC PERSONAL BOND.
ANYONE WHO'S NOT ELIGIBLE THERE THEN GOES THROUGH THE REGULAR ROUTE BEFORE WE'RE A CITY MAGISTRATE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PERSONAL BOND.
UH, ANYWAY, AND THEN THOSE THAT ARE LEFT AFTER THAT ARE DEALT OR GRANTED A BOND, UH, BY THOSE CITY JUDGES.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST CONTINUING WITH THAT WORK ON THE CIVIL SIDE.
OF COURSE, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN VERY BUSY, UH, ADVISING THE COUNTY JUDGE AND ISSUANCE OF HER EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND DEALING WITH THIS PANDEMIC, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, AND KEEPING THEM ADVISED ALONG WITH OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN LITIGATION OR COUNTY CLERK ON THE VOTE BY MAIL ISSUE.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING HARD TO GET GOOD RESULTS OUT OF THAT AND CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR POPULATION AND NOT HAVING TO HAVE A SITUATION LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN WISCONSIN RECENTLY.
UH, SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUSY TRYING TO HELP EVERYBODY TO RESPOND, TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND ACCORDINGLY TO THE, UH, TO WHAT WE'RE FACED WITH.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT, UNLESS YOUR QUESTION.
UM, THERE SO MUCH GOING ON AND WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
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TO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH WE'RE ALL DOING HERE.UM, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THROUGH EVERYBODY ON OUR EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP.
I KNOW TAMAR ATKINSON IS NOT ABLE TO BE ON THE CALL, BUT, UH, FROM GOODWILL, UH, JENNIFER YOU'RE FROM GOODWILL, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
UM, WE ARE STILL RUNNING ALL OF OUR SERVICES VIRTUALLY, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, OUR TECHNICAL ACADEMY, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR JOB READINESS SERVICES.
UM, AND IT'S INTERESTING TO WATCH, UM, THE ECONOMY AND TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS FOR OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROVIDERS IS THE NEED AND DESIRE AND INTEREST IN TRAINING REALLY RISES UP, UM, WHILE JOB SEARCH DECREASES.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, OUR TECHNICAL ACADEMY, WE'VE SEEN THE AMOUNT OF, UM, INQUIRIES UNTIL LIKE OUR HEALTH CARE TRAINING PROGRAMS DOUBLE THIS MONTH.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO PREPARE FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE PREPARING FOR WHEN WE CAN START SEEING PEOPLE IN PERSON, AGAIN, FOR PEOPLE WITH LESS BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT THAN WE TYPICALLY FACE TO BE COMING TO OUR DOOR.
UM, AND STARTING TO FOLKS WITH MORE BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, SHOUT OF
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THE WORKFORCE.UM, AS PEOPLE GO BACK TO WORK, WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF, UM, PEOPLE SEEKING HELP WITH BASIC NEEDS, UM, HOUSING CHILDCARE, FOOD, A LOT OF MENTAL HEALTH, UM, STRESS.
UM, SO WE'RE PEOPLE THROUGH THAT AND WE WERE RECIPIENTS OF THE CITY'S RISE FUNDS, WHICH WE'RE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR.
UM, AND WE ARE TARGETING TO SERVE 800 AND SOME FAMILIES WITH RENTAL MORTGAGE AND BASIC NEEDS ASSISTANCE.
UM, SO WE'RE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
UM, AS WE GO FORWARD, UM, OTHERWISE EVERYTHING IS VIRTUAL ONLINE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN WE CAN GET OUR COMPUTER LABS BACK UP AND RUNNING.
UM, AND AS I THINK SOMEONE WAS SAYING THAT DIGITAL DIVIDE AND HUGE, UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOLUTIONS GOING FORWARD FOR THAT AND TRYING TO PREPARE FOR A HUGE INFLUX OF PEOPLE, UM, IN BOTH OUR TRAINING AND FOLKS THAT NEEDS TO BE PLACED INTO EMPLOYMENT.
AND OR STEPHANIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD MORE ABOUT AISD? YEAH, I'VE BEEN TYPING IN A BUNCH OF STUFF INTO THE CHAT ROOM, SO YOU CAN CHECK OUT MY COMMENTS THERE BECAUSE THERE'S A TON OF INFORMATION.
NUMBER ONE, I WANT US TO CELEBRATE TEACHERS.
THANK YOU TEACHER, INCLUDING ALL THOSE PARENTS OUT THERE WHO ARE NOW TEACHERS.
AND I DON'T KNOW, SOME OF THEM EXPRESSED TO ME ALREADY, THEY'RE READY TO LOBBY FOR OUR PAY RAISES BECAUSE THEY'RE READY TO SEND THEIR KIDS BACK TO US AND WE'RE READY FOR THEM.
UM, THAT SAID TEA TELLS US WHEN WE CAN OPEN AGAIN.
SO IF ANYBODY'S CURIOUS ABOUT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO OPEN AGAIN, CHECK OUT THE TEA WEBSITE, LISTEN TO THE LOOS.
UM, BECAUSE AS SOON AS TEA MAKES A DECISION, AS SOON AS COMMISSIONER MORASS, BY THE WAY, WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED A GREAT DEAL OF COMPASSION AND UNDERSTANDING DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS, I'M GOING TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HIM.
UM, WE WILL, WE'RE ALL WORKING ON THIS TOGETHER AND WE'VE GOT SOME VERY, UM, UH, FRAGILE PEOPLE, BOTH STAFF AND STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT GETTING THROUGH THIS VERY WELL, BUT I WANT TO, TO SAY THAT WE ARE ALL SUPPORTING EACH OTHER AND THE COMMUNITY IS SUPPORTING US.
AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FLANAGAN, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WHO VOTED TO HELP FUND MEALS FOR OUR CAREGIVERS.
AND WHO'VE CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTED OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES SO THAT THEY CAN GET THROUGH THIS, UM, PANDEMIC IN, UM, AS GOOD FASHION AS POSSIBLE.
UM, CHECK OUT THE AUSTIN ISD WEBSITE FOR ALL SORTS OF RESOURCES ABOUT ONGOING LEARNING, ONLINE LEARNING.
UH, BY THE WAY, OUR FAMILIES ARE VERY RESILIENT.
THEY HAVE PHONES AND THEY USE FACEBOOK GROUPS TO KEEP INFORMED.
SO EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT HAVE DEVICES LIKE CHROMEBOOKS, THEY ARE STAYING CONNECTED.
I'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN SOME FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS AT ALL OF THE, FOR AUSTIN VOICES, FRCS AT, UH, LINEAR NAVARRO AT BURNET, DUBBY, AND WEB.
AND, UM, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO WORK OUT BY THE WAY, IF YOU NEED TO GET OUTSIDE AND VOLUNTEER, YOU'LL BE OUTSIDE.
YOU'LL BE LIFTING 50 TO 20 POUNDS FOR ABOUT THREE OR FOUR HOURS.
YOU'LL BE UNLOADING 18 WHEELERS WITH 17,000 POUNDS OF FOOD.
AND YOU'LL BE MAKING A BUNCH OF PEOPLE VERY, VERY HAPPY.
WE'RE ALSO DISTRIBUTING BROOK BOOKS THROUGH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT GIVE US BOOKS AND WE'RE GETTING A SMILE AND AN ENCOURAGING WORD TO PEOPLE WHO DRIVE UP.
UM, SOMETIMES AS MANY AS 500 CARS DRIVING UP FOR FOOD.
SO, UM, THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VERY, VERY SPECIAL TO US.
WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY COMMUNITY AND BEYOND, UH, FOR, FOR SUPPORTING US.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME VIRTUAL GRADUATIONS, JANUARY, JANUARY, JUNE 15TH AND JUNE 16TH.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO GO ALIVE, LIKE EVERYBODY CAN SEE THEM, BUT, UM, IT SHOULD BE AN EXPERIENCE.
I'M GOING TO BE SITTING IN MY HOUSE WITH MY CAP AND GOWN.
SOMEHOW THEY'RE GOING TO TRANSPORT ME TO SOME KIND OF GRADUATION AND THERE ARE TENTATIVE PLANS TO HAVE AN ACTUAL GRADUATION AT THE ERWIN CENTER IN AUGUST.
UM, SO STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS ON THAT.
A LOT OF THAT DEPENDS ON MANY THINGS, SO JUST STAY TUNED.
UM, ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SAFE ALLIANCE.
THEY ARE WORKING ON AND HAVE BEEN WORKING ON PLANS TO HELP OUR CHILDREN AND OUR YOUTH, UM, WHO ARE EXPERIENCING CHILD ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND THAT IS GOING ON AS STRESSED FAMILIES ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH STRESSFUL TIMES.
SO IF YOU LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CHILDREN AT HOME, UH, IN MY DISTRICT, WHICH IS DISTRICT THREE DISTRICTS ONE AND TWO ALSO IN ADDITION, WHICH IS THE NORTH CENTRAL NORTHEAST CENTRAL EASTERN SOUTHEAST COMMUNITIES, A LOT OF STRESS GOING ON.
AND A LOT OF KIDS ARE AT HOME SOMETIMES ALONE OR BEING, UM, MONITORED BY CHILDREN VERY MUCH, NOT MUCH OLDER THAN THEY ARE.
SO REACH OUT TO THOSE FAMILIES.
IF YOU CAN, UM, PUT A MASK ON, GO KNOCK ON THE DOOR, BE BRAVE, ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP.
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LET'S SEE.I THINK THE REST IS ON, I'LL PUT THE REST OF ALL THIS INFORMATION WITH ALL OF THE, THE WEBSITE INFORMATION THAT I'VE BEEN, UM, MENTIONING ON THE CHAT LINE.
AND, UM, ALL OF YOU SHOULD BE GOING TO WWW NEUROSIS GWENT, SEQUENTIAL.COM NEUROSIS.
I HAVE LIKE A SPEECH IMPEDIMENT NOW, NEURO SEQUENTIAL.COM BACKSLASH COVID DASH 19 DASH RESOURCES, AND FIND OUT WHAT STRESS DOES TO THE HUMAN BRAIN AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE SHORT TERM TO ENSURE THAT LONG-TERM, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, THE KIND OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT ARE BEING PREDICTED THAT I SEE BEING PREDICTED IN THE MEDIA.
AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I AM SO GLAD THAT I HAD A FRIEND STUDYING TO OBTAIN A LICENSE, TO GET MANICURES AND PEDICURES WHO TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO THE SAME.
CAUSE I'M PRETTY DESPERATE ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
SO Y'ALL STAY HEALTHY OUT THERE AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL OF Y'ALL FOR SUPPORTING OUR FAMILIES AND OUR KIDS.
WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THANKS, DAN, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON FROM DEV ALLEY OR MEANER ISD? UM, IF NOT, LET'S MOVE ON.
UM, LIZ, YOU WANT TO, TO GIVE US, UH, OR KATRINA, YOU WANNA GIVE US AN HT UPDATE? YES.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, HOUSTON TILLOTSON IS IN, UM, WORKING HARD FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO'VE BEEN DISPLACED AND HAVE, UM, ARE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS, THIS CRUCIAL TIME FOR THEM.
WE MAILED OVER 900 CHECKS TODAY TO OUR STUDENTS THAT WE RECEIVED THE FUNDS FROM THE CARES ACT.
SO WE'RE HOPING AND PRAYING THAT THIS WILL PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS A LOT OF RELIEF, UM, THAT THEY CAN USE TO WHETHER IT'S FOOD OR COMPUTERS OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEIR FAMILIES ARE NEEDING.
UM, WE HAVE DECIDED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE 100% ONLINE FOR THE SUMMER, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE DECISION ABOUT HOW TO PROCEED FORWARD IN THE FALL.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT WITH OUR STUDENTS.
SOME OF THEM WERE PROVIDING COMPUTERS, UM, SO THEY COULD HAVE COMPLETED THEIR, UM, SPRING SEMESTER ONLINE.
WE'VE BEEN PAYING FOR INTERNET, EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO ASSIST OUR STUDENTS TO MAKE THIS, UM, AS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE.
AND, UM, THAT'S AN UPDATE FROM HOUSTON TILLOTSON.
WE APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
UM, WE ARE ONE DAY AWAY TOMORROW'S GRADUATION FOR US.
UM, SO I'LL DROP THE VIRTUAL LINK INTO THE CHAT BOX.
UM, MADELINE ALBRIGHT IS OUR SPEAKER.
SO YOU CAN WATCH HER, UM, ON A VIDEO ADDRESS, OUR GRADUATES IT'S ASYNCHRONOUS.
SO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE TOGETHER WHENEVER THEY WANT.
AND WE'RE ALSO PLANNING FOR A IN-PERSON GRADUATION AT ANOTHER TIME AND ALL WAITING TO SEE WHAT THAT OTHER TIME WILL BE.
UM, SO THAT'S EXCITING, UM, ON CAMPUS AND THERE'S A GENERAL, GENERAL EXCITEMENT AND STUDENTS RECEIVED THEIR, THEIR CAPS AND TASSELS, UM, IN THE MAIL.
SO, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCITED TO GRADUATE AND WE ARE ALL REMOTE FOR SUMMER, BOTH ARE, UM, BOTH OUR EDUCATION AND CLASSES, FACULTY AS WELL AS OUR STAFF.
SO OUR STAFF WILL NOT RETURN BESIDES THE ESSENTIAL BACK TO CAMPUS UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST, END OF JULY.
UM, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE CARES ACT FUNDS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE A BIT OF RED TAPE, UM, IN ENSURING THAT THE STUDENTS WHO NEED THOSE FUNDS GET THOSE FUNDS.
UM, BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UM, I THINK EARLIER COUNCILOR FLANAGAN MENTIONED AT BERTHA AND ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE CREATED AN EMERGENCY RESOURCES TOOLKIT JUST FOR OUR STUDENTS USING AT BERTHA.
AND WE ARE SEEING A HUGE INCREASE IN SEARCHES.
AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT TOOL FOR OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING SEARCHES IN THEIR HOMES IN CALIFORNIA OR IN OHIO.
UM, AND IT'S A TOOL THAT JUST EXTENDS ACROSS THE WHOLE STATE IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
SO IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN GOOD AND TRYING TO FREEPORT, UH, PROVIDE SUPPORTS FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL.
WHAT DOES THAT LIKE THAT I'M NEW TO THE MEETINGS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT'S A SOCIAL SERVICES, RESOURCE AND INVENTORY, AND IT COVERS EVERY ZIP CODE IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND THEY'RE AN AUSTIN BASED COMPANY.
IF YOU GO TO BERTHA.COM, YOU'LL FIND EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT AND I'LL PUT THE LINK TO OURS, THE ST EDWARD'S VERSION OF IT.
UM, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE DIFFERENCES DON'T FEEL BAD.
I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT EITHER UNTIL WE STARTED PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORT TOGETHER AROUND THIS.
AND I ACTUALLY HAD ONE OF MY OWN CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT SIX WHO WORKS FOR AMP OR REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT IT.
SO THEY, THEY REALLY ARE EMPLOYING PEOPLE HERE LOCALLY.
UM, ONE LAST THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS WE'VE BEEN REFERRING SOME OF OUR STUDENTS TO THE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS
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THAT HAVE RECEIVED RISE FUNDS.I HAVEN'T HEARD CONFIRMATION OF ANY LOCAL STUDENTS WHO HAVE RECEIVED SUPPORT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT NOT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR CARES FUNDS, UM, PARTICULARLY IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ARE LIKE THE OTHER HIGHER EDUCATION, UH, INSTITUTIONS TRYING TO GET OUR STUDENTS TO GRADUATION.
UM, WE HAVE DONE AT LEAST TWO ROUNDS OF STUDENT EMERGENCY FUNDING SO THAT OUR STUDENTS GET, GET, UH, COMPUTERS, UH, OTHER FUNDS FOR WHATEVER THEY NEED TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS TIME.
WE ARE ONLINE FOR THE SUMMER AS WELL.
I DO, UM, ASK AND ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED OUR STUDENTS TO WORK FOR YOU OR WITH YOU ON ANY PROJECTS BECAUSE, UM, MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE HEADING INTO A REALLY UNCERTAIN ECONOMY AND MOST OF THEIR INTERNSHIPS AND THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD PLANNED FOR FOR THIS SUMMER HAVE FALLEN THROUGH.
SO WE'D ASKED IT, UM, PLEASE HELP ME, HELP THEM PROVIDE SOME SORT OF SUPPORT IN NORMALCY.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'D NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WEREN'T, UH, EITHER GO THROUGH THE CHANNELS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COULD GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY IN PERSON, BUT DEFINITELY THEY ARE BETTER THAN ANY OF US AT THINGS LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA AND, UM, AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT OUR STUDENTS.
UM, SHOULD YOU NEED CAPACITY, UM, HEADING INTO THE FALL, WE ARE STILL UNCERTAIN AS TO WHETHER HOW WE WILL COME BACK.
WE WILL COME BACK, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW I KNOW THAT WE ARE ALREADY RECEIVING MANY, MANY, UH, QUERIES ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS.
AND I SEE THAT BEING OUR PRIMARY AREA OF FOCUS GOING INTO THE FALL FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL.
AND I KNOW THAT, UM, THIS IS AN AREA, OBVIOUSLY DAVID SPOKE ABOUT THIS, AN AREA THAT, UM, WILL INVOLVE OUR WORK WITH DELL MEDICAL SCHOOL AS WELL.
UM, ON THE, WE, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.
I JUST, I DO WANT TO, UM, REPLY TO STEPHANIE'S COMMENTS ABOUT SORT OF TRACKING INEQUITY.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'D BE REALLY INTERESTED IN AND PLEASE DO REACH OUT, UM, SHOULD YOUR ORGANIZATION WANT TO DESEGREGATE THOSE DATA? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN UNDERTAKING IS SORT OF DATA ANALYSIS AROUND THAT.
UM, RECENTLY WE HOSTED OUR HOUSING HUB CLINIC, UM, AND THAT'S ONE OF THOSE, UH, UH, EVENTS THAT ALLOWED US TO UNDERSTAND BETTER, UM, WHO WAS BEING IMPACTED BY HOUSING ISSUES RIGHT NOW IN AUSTIN.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH SOME PARTNERS TO, TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON RENTAL ASSISTANCE, ON ISSUES, AROUND TAXES, ON THINGS LIKE ALL OF THAT.
UH, WE CAN THINK OF WITH, UM, THIS CENSUS BECAUSE, AND REBEL AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THE CENSUS WORKING WITH THE CENSUS HAS REALLY ENABLED US TO DO A LOT OF OUTREACH TO, TO COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING THE ONES THAT, UM, I ACT AS WORKING WITH OUR REFUGEE COMMUNITIES.
UH, AND, UH, AS SIMONE MENTIONED, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THROUGH EMERGENCY FUNDING THROUGH OUR CFO, UM, SMALL SPONSORSHIPS TO 19 ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE WORKING WITH OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
OUR TEXAS GRANTS RESOURCE CENTER CONTINUES TO WORK WITH NONPROFITS AND FIELD QUESTIONS ABOUT FUNDRAISING.
UM, PLEASE USE US IF YOU CAN, WE'VE TALKED TO 181 ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUALS, UM, RESIDENTS AT THIS POINT, UM, TO, TO JUST ANSWER THEIR QUERIES IN THE LAST MONTH.
AND SO WE'RE AVAILABLE AND, UM, IN BUSINESS AND, UM, THAT IS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH US.
AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME CHRIS, YOU WANNA GIVE US AN ACC UPDATE? YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LIKE, UH, MY HIGHER EDUCATION COLLEAGUES, UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUR CARES ACT, UH, STUDENT, UH, AID OUT THE DOOR.
UH, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SOLID METRICS IN OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, BUT THAT IS VERY MUCH IN PROCESS.
WE'RE GETTING THOSE, UH, THOSE, THOSE GRANTS OUT TO OUR STUDENTS.
UH, AS WE SPEAK, UH, FROM AN INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE LOOKING TO GO, UH, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY ALL ONLINE RIGHT NOW.
OUR SUMMER REGISTRATION STARTED ON MONDAY.
OUR NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY FAIRLY
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STRONG, UH, AT THIS VERY EARLY STAGE IN TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SIGNING UP FOR CLASSES FOR, FOR SUMMER SESSIONS.UH, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COORDINATING BOARD ON, ON LIMITED IN-PERSON CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SUMMERS, WHICH WOULD START JULY 6TH.
THIS WOULD HAVE, THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE IN CRITICAL WORKFORCE AREAS AND WORKFORCE AREAS THAT ARE DEFINED AS CRITICAL AS A RESULT OF, OF THE, UH, OF THE VIRUS.
SO, SO WE'RE, WE HOPE TO KIND OF GET THAT WORKFORCE TRAINING SO WE CAN GET PEOPLE ON THE GROUND, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE AND MORE PROFESSIONALS OUT THERE HELPING ON THE FRONT LINES.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION WAS THAT, UM, WE ARE, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES ON DEVELOPING, UH, ONLINE CERTIFICATES.
THAT CAN BE VERY, UH, THAT CAN BE DEPLOYED UNIFORMLY ACROSS THE STATE.
SO THAT NEW JOBS THAT ARE BEING CREATED BY THIS CRISIS, UH, CAN WE, WE CAN ESTABLISH THESE TRAINING PROGRAMS, UH, UH, VERY QUICKLY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN, CAN TAKE OUR TRAINING PROGRAMS AND THEN KIND OF GET PLUGGED INTO A JOB, UH, BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR HAVE LOST THEIR JOB.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY, THE FINAL THING I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT OUR CENTER FOR NONPROFIT STUDIES IS OFFERING A NUMBER OF FREE MODULES ON FOR NON-PROFIT PROFESSIONALS ON HOW TO COPE, UH, EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, SOME BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH, UH, TIPS, UH, HOW TO, HOW TO MANAGE WITH HUMOR, UH, CRISIS BUDGETING, THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. UH, I WOULD GOOGLE NONPROFIT, AUSTIN.
I DON'T HAVE THE URL RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT GOOGLE, NONPROFIT, AUSTIN, THEY'RE THE FIRST LINK THAT POPS UP.
AND SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT 32 SESSIONS SCHEDULED BETWEEN NOW AND MID JULY.
UH, AND THESE, THESE SESSIONS, UH, ARE FREE TO NONPROFIT PROFESSIONALS.
SO, SO PLEASE BE SURE TO USE THAT.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, I, I HEAR FROM OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS, THEY'RE HAVING, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I HEAR YOUR, YOUR, YOUR STRUGGLES.
AND SO, SO WE'RE HOPEFULLY GONNA GET TO MEET THAT, MEET THAT NEED.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT STUFF HAPPENING IN THE GROUP CHAT TOO.
SO MAKE SURE Y'ALL TAKE A MOMENT TO PULL THE CHAT WINDOW UP AND SEE WHAT FOLKS ARE PUTTING IN THERE.
UM, IF, IF WE COULD, UH, RECOGNIZE SHERRY FLEMING FOR A SECOND, I HIT SOME OF THE HIGH POINTS, BUT SHE'S GOT SOME, THE SPECIFIC POINTS OF CONTACT FOR THINGS HAPPENING IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN GREAT TO HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY'S DOING.
UM, I AM TRYING TO TURN MY CAMERA ON HERE.
UM, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY, ANY TECHNOLOGICAL INEFFICIENCIES ON MY PART.
UM, SO THE COMMISSIONER, I THINK, UM, IDENTIFIED THE BIG THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT I, I THINK YOU PROBABLY WOULD WANT TO KNOW THAT, UM, HHS HAS AN AGENDA ITEM WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THIS COMING TUESDAY TO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL SERVICES INVESTMENTS.
AND THE COMMISSIONER IS CORRECT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, HOW WE CAN HELP WITH RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
UM, OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS HAVE CONTINUED TO, UH, RECEIVE INQUIRIES AND, AND OF COURSE, AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SAID IS ALL DISTANCE, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF RESOURCES TO PAY RENT AND UTILITIES AND SO FORTH.
SO WE WILL BE TALKING WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UH, BOTH ABOUT OUR INTERNAL, UM, PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES RENTAL ASSISTANCE, BUT ALSO, UM, OUR EXTERNAL PROGRAMS AND HOW, UH, CARES ACT FUNDING MIGHT BE, UM, MIGHT BE A VIABLE SOURCE FOR INVESTMENTS.
SO THAT'LL BE HAPPENING THIS TUESDAY.
UM, I DID WANT TO PLUG JUST REALLY QUICK BECAUSE IT, IT, IT IS A RATHER UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP AND, AND I WOULD GIVE KUDOS TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS A GREAT, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO STAFF WORK TOGETHER TO, UH, AROUND THE EMERGENCY FOOD ISSUE.
AND SO CITY STAFF, UM, SHOUT OUT TO EDWIN MARTY IN THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE, UH, PULLED TOGETHER SOME UNIQUE, UH, PROPOSALS AROUND EMERGENCY FOOD ACCESS, UH, ONE OR TWO OF WHICH I BELIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL FUNDED AND BROUGHT TOGETHER THE SAYS, WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE SHUTTERED, UM, TO PROVIDE, TO PREPARE MEALS THAT ARE THEN DISPERSED TO, UM, NON-PROFITS WHO CAN GET THOSE, THOSE MEALS OUT TO FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY,
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UM, WHO NEED THEM.AND WHAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT WHEN I LOOKED AT THE LIST OF THE PARTNERS, THERE WERE PARTNERS, SOME OF WHICH THAT I RECOGNIZED, BUT SOME THAT I DIDN'T.
AND SO THAT TELLS ME THAT WE'RE THERE, WE ARE REACHING PEOPLE THAT WE MIGHT NOT NORMALLY REACH.
AND SO THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, BUT, UM, WE WILL HAVE A, A SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION WITH THE COURT.
AND OF COURSE, UM, ALSO I'LL, I'LL CLOSE BY SAYING THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT HAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED 10 MILLION OF THE COUNTY'S CARES MONEY FOR SMALL BUSINESS LOANS.
AND I KNOW THAT MY, UH, BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN OUR BUDGET OFFICE ARE WORKING TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE, THOSE FUNDS OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO I'LL STOP THERE AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ALL ABOUT WHAT TRAVIS COUNTY IS DOING AND SHERRY, SORRY, I MISSED YOU EARLIER.
UM, LET'S CLOSE OUT WITH OUR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, UH, PATRICIA, UH, JEREMY COULDN'T STAY ON THE CALL.
WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US THE HIGH-LEVEL RUNDOWN WHAT'S HAPPENING AMONGST OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY? YES.
UM, SO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AS YOU KNOW, THE AUSTIN CHAMBER IS, UH, UH, HEADING UP THE, UH, CENTRAL TEXAS TASK FORCE, UH, ON BEHALF OF, UH, JUDGE HART AND CART AND MAYOR ADLER AND THE, THE, UM, THE INITIAL REPORT DRAFT REPORT WENT INTO LEADERSHIP EARLIER THIS WEEK.
UM, AND, AND THE ACTIONS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN FORCE THERE.
UM, FIRST OF COURSE, ON ADVISING THE MAYOR AND COUNTY JUDGE ON THE ORDERS THAT WERE ISSUED TODAY, UM, SECONDLY, WITH CONTINUING TO MONITOR, UM, THE PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, CONTINUE TO MONITOR PUBLIC HEALTH AS THE AREA REOPENS, AND THEN THIRDLY, THE, UM, TASK OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY, UM, AND BAKE SERVING AS AN ADVISORY ROLE IN THAT WAY.
UM, A NUMBER OF OUR CAN MEMBERS ARE SERVING ON THAT TASK FORCE.
I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYONE OUT, SO FORGIVE ME IF I DO, BUT FOR SURE, UM, DAVID SMITH, DAVID EVANS, UM, SOME, UM, ALL OF THE, UH, CHAMBER, EXCUSE ME, ALL OF THE CHAMBERS, UM, INCLUDING MYSELF AND, UM, UH, TAMRA ATKINSON.
SO, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE ON THAT TASK FORCE, WHICH HAS BEEN DIVIDED UP INTO ADVISORY WORK GROUPS, AS WELL AS, UM, INDUSTRY SPECIFIC, UM, WORK GROUPS.
SO, UM, IT'S BEEN PRETTY, YOU KNOW, INTENSE AND VERY DIRECTED, BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD SHOW FOR US FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE CONSISTENT, THE CONSISTENCY IN THE ENGAGEMENT, UM, THE CALLS AND THE WORK GROUPS THAT WE'VE HAD HAVE HAD CONSISTENTLY HAD ALL, ALL OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE ON THE CALL.
SO, UM, TH THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, I THINK.
UM, AND SO THAT IS WHAT JEREMY WANTED ME TO REPORT, UM, FOR ME SPECIFICALLY ON BEHALF OF THE BLACK CHAMBER, UM, AND JUST UPDATING FROM, UM, FROM TAM HAWKINS THAT THE CHAMBER CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE, PROVIDING A RESOURCE GUIDES AND INFORMATION TO, UM, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, PARTICULARLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN WORKING WITH THOSE FOLKS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE IN NEED OF THE VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE BEING OUT THERE AND HELPING THEM TO NAVIGATE THAT.
SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL TO EVERYONE.
THERE'S SOME IMPRESSIVE AND THE COMMITMENT THAT SHOWN BY ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND ALL THE PERS PEOPLE PERSONALLY ON THIS CALL.
UM, I'M, I'M, I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF YOU ALL.
THANKS, PATRICIA, LOT OF GREAT STUFF HAPPENING AND REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE DIVERSE VOICES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT, UM, DIVERSE AND KIND OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS SPECIFICALLY, UM, WORKERS HAVING A SEAT AT THAT TABLE, TOO.
UM, MARINA, YOU HAVE TO, UH, LET US KNOW IF THE ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM YEAH.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE PATRICIA WE'RE ON THAT TASK FORCE AND TRYING TO HELP, UH, MEMBERS TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION ABOUT WHEN TO REOPEN AND HOW TO REOPEN.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON.
UM, ONE OF MY MEMBERS IS ACTUALLY STARTING A NEW SERVICE TO DISINFECT WORKS PLACES.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
IT'S A TECHNOLOGY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IN KOREA, THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME.
THEY CLEANED UP STUFF, WE TRAINED AND PLACES OF WORK AIRPORTS, SOME INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, THAT WE HAVE THIS ASIAN EATS GIFTS CAMPAIGN.
SO WE'RE RAISING MONEY AND WE'RE ACTUALLY PAYING FOR MEALS FOR RESTAURANTS TO GIVE OUT TO SHELTERS AND HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, MAZE APA HERITAGE
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MONTH.SO TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE EVENING OF AL GALA, TOTALLY DIFFERENT TIMES WHERE, AND SO INSTEAD WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, UM, A WHOLE MONTH OF APA FOCUS PROGRAMMING NEXT WEEK, WE'RE HOSTING A WEBINAR ON HOW TO DEAL WITH A POTENTIAL RACIST INCIDENT THAT COULD HAPPEN IN YOUR WORKPLACE OR YOUR PLACE OF BUSINESS.
AND THEN LATER IN THE MONTH ON THE 21ST, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EXPERTS TALK ABOUT HOW TO MARKET TO THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN CONSUMER SEGMENT IS THE ONE GOOD THING THAT COME OUT OF THIS BECAUSE ALL OF US ARE DOING THINGS VIRTUALLY I'M NOT LIMITED TO SPEAKERS WHO ARE LOCATED IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
WE HAVE NIELSEN, MARICO, CARPENTER, SHE'S BASED IN NEW YORK AND THEN BILLY MATA HE'S BASED IN LA.
AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE THAT IF YOU ALL CAN GO INTERESTED AS ZOOM IN WITH US, IT'S A FREE EVENT.
UM, AND THEN EVERY FRIDAY, STARTING TODAY, WE'RE JUST HOSTING A HAPPY HOUR FEATURING, UM, THE DIFFERENT COUNTRY IN A DIFFERENT CUISINE.
AND, YOU KNOW, BE DOING A LITTLE SHOW THAT FEATURES IN A ASIAN AMERICAN ENTERTAINER TOO.
SO JUST HELPING PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, CONNECT IN THIS TIME, BUT ALSO TO PROMOTE, KEEP PROMOTING THEIR, THEIR ENTERPRISES.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF NEGATIVE IMPACTS HAPPENING AS A RESULT OF THIS CRISIS CRISIS.
ONE OF THEM THAT I'M HEARING FROM IN MY DISTRICT IS HOW CERTAIN AGENTS, BUSINESSES ARE BEING SPECIFICALLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, UM, FOR, FOR REASONS.
SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD TOO.
THERE'S THERE'S WORK, UM, FOR US TO DO THERE.
I DON'T SEE LUIS ON THE CALL ANYMORE.
RICH, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE FROM THE LGBT CHAMBER? GET YOU ON MUTED.
I THINK WE HAVE MUTED AT THE SAME TIME.
WE ARE ON THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE OF THE AUSTIN.
LGBT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAVE HAD A FEW WEBINARS CONCENTRATING ON MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR, NOT ONLY OF OUR MEMBERS, BUT ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTED TO JOIN THE WEBINAR.
AND OUR MOST RECENT ONE WAS ON WEDNESDAY.
WHEN WE CONCENTRATED ON THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, ANXIETY, STRESS AND DEPRESSION, NOT ONLY OF ADULTS, BUT ON CHILDREN AS WELL, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS DO HAVE FAMILIES.
AND WE KNOW THAT IT ISN'T JUST THOSE OF US IN THIS AGE GROUP THAT, UH, MAYBE HAVING A FEW DIFFICULTIES.
AND SO SAGE RECOVERY HOSTED THIS PARTICULAR WEAPON, ART LASTED AN HOUR.
WE HAD SEVERAL GOOD QUESTIONS FROM THE PEOPLE THAT CAME ON THE CALL.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE AUSTIN REGIONAL CLINIC.
WE ARE WORKING WITH A COUPLE OF PRIVATE, UH, FOLKS, UH, PRIVATE PRACTICE FOLKS TO COME UP WITH A FEW MORE OF THESE TYPES OF WEBINARS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT NOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN EXTENSION OF THE STAY AT HOME ORDER TO THE END OF THE MONTH FOR THE CITY AND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH IN THE COUNTY, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I SAW EARLIER ONLINE, UH, THAT, UH, THIS COULD STILL BE A DIFFICULT TIME FOR MANY PEOPLE.
AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT WITH ALYSSA OCWEN, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO ALYSSA WORKS FOR RIGHT NOW ON THE SAFE WAY FOR OUR MEMBERS TO REENTER INTO, UH, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY SOCIETY ONCE IT'S SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO DO SO.
WHENEVER THAT MIGHT BE, WE ALSO CONTINUE TO UPDATE OUR RESOURCES PAGE.
IT'S AT THE VERY TOP OF OUR AUSTIN LGBT CHAMBER, UH, WEBSITE.
UH, WE KEEP ADDING TO IT AND WE KEEP, UH, MONITORING OUR MEMBERS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER NEEDS THAT, UH, THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
AND THAT'S IN A NUTSHELL, WHAT WE CAN DO.
UM, AGAIN, GOOD, GOOD STUFF HAPPENING IN THE GROUP CHAT AS WELL.
UM, I SEE JEREMY POPPED IN, BUT I TH I THINK WE'VE GOT IT COVERED.
ANY, ANY FINAL COMMENTS FROM ANYONE ELSE BEFORE I CLOSE THIS OUT? NOT SAYING ANYTHING, UM, DOWN TO THE LAST TWO MINUTES, UH, THANKS AGAIN, EVERYBODY FOR, FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TODAY TO BE ON THE CALL.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING.
UM, EVERYTHING WE ARE ALL TRYING TO DO IS BEING MADE MORE DIFFICULT BY THE ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNOR.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT IF IT WERE UP TO US, MORE THINGS WOULD BE STAYING CLOSED UNTIL WE HAD MORE ANSWERS ABOUT HOW TO OPEN SAFELY.
UM, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BE MORE CLEAR WITH OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE COMING WEEKS.
WE CAN'T EVEN PREDICT WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE DAY TO DAY.
UM, AND WE SAW FROM A CRIMINAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE, THE GOVERNOR IS EVEN WILLING TO WAIVE HIS OWN ORDERS TO PROTECT CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, BUT HE DOESN'T WAIVE THOSE ORDERS TO PROTECT PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO HAVE LITERALLY DONE THE SAME THING.
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IN A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME AND I'M JUST REALLY THANKFUL TO BE IN THIS COMMUNITY WITH ALL OF YOU ALL ROWING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, TRYING TO GET THIS, THIS GOOD WORK DONE.STAY SAFE, STAY HEALTHY, WEAR YOUR MASKS AND, UH, STAY HOME.
UH, AT 3:00 PM, THIS MEETING OF THE CANNED BOARD IS ADJOURNED.