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everyone is 05:30pm, on

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Wednesday, AUGUST. 26 2026.

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Welcome to the Public Safety

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Jessica Meuse City County

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Council. When the public

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Assembly room of city County

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building, we have 2

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presentation this evening.

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We'll start our meeting with

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architects of our council's

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committee members lead or

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Maori. Thank you, MR. Chaired

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Brian Mowery District. 25.

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Thank you. CHAIRMAN Jessica

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McCormack District, 16

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websites. Thank you, MR.

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Chaired up the College Park is

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district 6 Good evening,

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everyone. Tooth District 9.

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Thanks. Sure. Thank you.

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MISTER CHAIRMAN Renee Allen

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District 15, the far east

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that. Thank you. Committee

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members. We were Robinson

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chair, the committee district.

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One. We have 2 items on our

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agenda. The first item, the

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early Intervention Planning

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Council be moved to SEPTEMBER.

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30th representation of the

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first for this evening is Dr

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actually. Oh, really, the

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regional health and mental

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health centers, Dr Overly. We

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do have a hard copy in our.

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For both station this evening.

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DR. We welcome. And DR. We

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will take. But there questions

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at the conclusion of your

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presentation. Yes, that would

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be great. Thank you so as

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CHAIRMAN Robinson said, I'm

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Ashley overly. I'm a

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psychiatrist and I'm the chief

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executive officer for Sander

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Eskenazi Mental Health Center.

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I'm here tonight representing

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the Marion County Community,

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Mental health centers to talk

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to you about the scope of our

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services here in Marion County

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and the impact that our

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services have on our

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community. So these are the 4

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community mental health

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centers that operate within

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Marion County. We have

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Centerstone say dress can, as

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you know, health center, the

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Spire and Community Health

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network. Very grateful to many

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of my colleagues from these

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institutions who are here to

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participate tonight as well.

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So I know we are in budget

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season. So I do want to

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acknowledge the statutory

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authority for funding of

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community mental health

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centers from the counties.

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There is a formula that is

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established in statute that

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defines county funding for

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community mental health

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centers. And while I

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understand that looking at it

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MAY feel like an expensive

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line item but also want to

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acknowledge the finding of the

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Indiana Behavioral Health

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Commission that found in 2022.

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That untreated mental illness

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cost the state 4.2 billion

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dollars annually. So note that

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not treating mental illness is

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also very expensive to our

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state. So. And I believe that

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our community recognizes the

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importance of treating mental

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illness and making mental

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health a priority. The Marion

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County Public Health

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Department conduct a needs

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assessment every 3 years to

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survey our community and

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identify what Marion County

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perceives as the most

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important health facing our

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community. This year for the

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first time mental health,

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depression and suicide were

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actually listed as the number

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one priority in our community.

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This is a very extensive

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survey that actually surveys

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over 45,000 Marion County

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residents. And so I believe

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that this is a clear

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indication of the recognition

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in our community of the

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importance of this issue. So

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given that I want to talk a

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little bit about the scope of

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our services who we serve in

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our community. So. This is the

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collective a number of people

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that are served by Marion

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County Community, Mental

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health each year. So in the

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past year, collectively, we

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served over 66,000 individuals

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with in Marion County. This

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actually represents almost a

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45% increase since 2018. Just

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a brief note on this number.

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this number will decrease next

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year as community Fairbanks,

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Behavioral Health will no

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longer be serving as a

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community. Mental health

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center. They will still

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continue to serve patients and

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provide mental health services

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but no longer has a community

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mental health center. And I

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will talk more about that

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transition a little bit later

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in this presentation. But this

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is the snapshot of the number

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of patients that we serve in

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the past year. In terms of the

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diagnoses that we are serving.

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These are the top 5 diagnostic

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categories for adults. And

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number one is substance use

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disorders, followed in order

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by depressive disorders,

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disorders, anxiety disorders

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disorders. For youth. These

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categories first disruptive

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impulse control conduct

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disorders, followed by anxiety

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and then strawman stress

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related disorders, depressive

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disorders, Nora developmental

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disorders, which is like adhd.

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consistent with what we see

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year-over-year and match what

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we would expect based on known

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prevalence is of these

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illnesses in the community.

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really important that I want

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to highlight is the social

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needs of the patients that we

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serve. And in addition to

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diagnostic assessment, we also

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do assessments that help us

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understand the social needs of

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our patients. So over a 3rd of

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our patients experience these

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different kinds of social

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needs. So they've residential

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instability, legal system

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involvement in food,

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insecurity. And so this

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highlights, I believe why it's

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so important for us is a

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community mental health center

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to be looking for. These needs

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and to be equipped to be able

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to help address these needs

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because we know that they are

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so influential on people's

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mental health and overall

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health. This is another

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important slide that helps

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illustrate the level of need

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that we are meeting in the

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community. So in addition to

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assessing for diagnoses and

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social were also assessing

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what's the appropriate level

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of service to be providing for

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our patients. And so we

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actually stratify people based

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on the level of of services

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that they need and what this

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graph shows is that actually

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87% of the people that we

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serve have needs that exceed

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what we can actually meet in

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an outpatient clinic. So they

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have needs that go beyond

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simply showing up for

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medication management and

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therapy services in an office

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building and services that

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actually can meet them out in

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the community. And so we're

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providing community-based

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intensive services and

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residential services to meet

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the vast majority of the needs

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of our patients. And so this,

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that community mental health

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center infrastructure is so

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important because we are the

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institutions that are equipped

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to be able to meet those needs

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and uniquely in provide the

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wraparound services that can

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help meet that intensity level

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of need. So this slide

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illustrates some of the

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settings of where we are

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serving people and

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collectively what we providing

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in Marion County. So we have

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30 outpatient clinics 151

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hospital beds. We staff in

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over 160 schools and we have

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513 residential beds. And so

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helps you see how many people

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duplicated numbers. So some

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people MAY be receiving

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services in multiple different

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gives you some of the scope of

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of where we're providing those

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services. This slide is really

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demonstrates really where our

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primary sources of support are

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to be able to provide these

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services. So as you can see

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Medicaid and hip and together

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provide about 62% of our

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revenue in support one trend

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that I do want to point out

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here is that our Medicaid

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person has decreased last

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year. Medicaid was 47%. This

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year is 43% are self pay has

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doubled last year. This was

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3.4% this year to 7%.

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the people who are self pay do

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not have another source of

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support. And so most of those

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are individuals that that are

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struggle to be able to pay for

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their medical so I think the

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important thing from this

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slide was noting that has

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those other resources

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decrease. This puts additional

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strain on local resources to

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be able to continue to fill in

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those gaps make sure that

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people continue to receive

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care community, mental health

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centers together provide over

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32 million dollars in charity

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care to Marion County

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residents. And I do want to

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point out as well that even

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though these are important

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sources of support for

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community mental health

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centers, we all have an

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obligation to serve people

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regardless of their pay so we

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provide the same level of

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service to people regardless

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of what kind of insurance they

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have. I also want to note that

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community engagement is a

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really important part of what

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it means to be a community.

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Mental health center. So

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together, our community,

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mental health centers

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participated in 354 and

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outreach and community

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engagement last year. So this

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includes everything from like

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providing educational

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presentations or tabling at

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outreach events. Media events

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providing different different

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out outreach is and

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participating as sponsors and

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different events. And so this

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we believe is a really

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important part of our identity

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and mission as a community.

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Mental health center is really

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engaging actively with the

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community being present,

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knowing our neighbors, knowing

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our partners and and really

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showing up in order to create

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the relationships that help us

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help us break down barriers

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for our community. So we know

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that even though we have a lot

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of resources to offer his

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community, mental health

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centers, there's no single

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institution that has

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everything that anyone person

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needs. And so it's really

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important for us to be

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partnering with other

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institutions in the community.

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I want to spend a few minutes

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talking about crisis services

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here. What you are looking at

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right now is state dashboard.

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The state has re very recently

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developed a dashboard those

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publicly available at the

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website that's listed here

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where you look the services

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across the spectrum of crisis

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services in so we like to

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describe the full continuum of

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crisis services as really 3

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pillars of meeting someone to

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contact someone to call

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someone to respond and and

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also a safe place to go for

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help. And so this dashboard

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looks at and reports the

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volume of care in each of

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those different categories.

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And so what you can see here

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is the increase in volume of

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calls to 9, 8, since 2023,

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which is one 90 date was

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introduced nationally. So in

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and in the state of Indiana.

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What we see here is the

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someone to respond. And so

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since JULY of 25 to JUNE of

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26, we've had over 1300

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dispatches across. When you

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look at those provide

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community mental health

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centers, some of our senator

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served more than one county.

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And that's why we've got more

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than one county highlighted

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here. But specifically with in

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Marion County, the ccb

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agencies provide 24 7 mobile

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crisis coverage with 14

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different mobile teams that

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are dispatched by 9.88 So and

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that's part of the requirement

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of being a cc Ph d. And then

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next, we also have a safe

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place for help. And so this is

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a crisis is not able to be

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resolved on the phone, not

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able to be resolved on site

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with mobile team responding

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and then we need to have

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somewhere that person can go

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and these are not emergency

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departments. These are

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dedicated purpose-built

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psychiatric emergency

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services. They're called

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crisis receiving in

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stabilization services and

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they are created specifically

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for mental health crises. And

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frequently integrate the use

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peer recovery specialist are

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very focused on creating safe

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spaces for people with mental

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health crises. And again, all

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of these are available

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publicly on the state mental

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health Earth's to the state

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crisis dashboard. I think the

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thing that I would like to

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highlight here is that these

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crisis services, someone to

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respond and the safe place to

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for help. Our very

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specifically unique resources

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that are created with the

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certified Community,

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Behavioral Health Clinic,

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where Ccb hc, which is a state

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Medicaid pilot. But I also

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talk about a little bit later

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in the program are in the

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presentation here. But it's

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important, I think to note

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that without connecting crisis

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resources, 2 continuum of out

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patient ongoing chronic care

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management through this ecb,

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hc, those crisis services

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really are a bridge to

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nowhere. So it's very

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important that we have not

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stand alone. Crisis services,

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but crisis services that are

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integrated into a continuum

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services that can help prevent

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crises and also help follow-up

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after crisis has happened. And

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so I think that's the doubt

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part of the value and the

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beauty of this ecb hca system

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is really helping integrate

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those crisis services into a

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system that can that can do

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that. Long-term. Feel so have

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some important transitions in

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mental health service delivery

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in our county that I want to

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talk about right now as well.

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Importantly, I will announce

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that adult and child is now

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Centerstone. So adult and

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child in completed a merger on

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November. 3rd, it is important

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to note that locations that

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and the staff are still in

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place. So kind. New ad of care

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is definitely a priority. And

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this transition and so

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locations and staff are still

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in place. There's no change

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there. But now rather than

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being granted as adult and

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child. This is now Centerstone

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Centerstone is now the largest

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out patient nonprofit mental

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health provider in the

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country. As a matter of fact.

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Another important change

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that's happened in our county

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is that community Health

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network announced in DECEMBER

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that they were no longer going

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to no longer going to be

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providing services as a

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community mental health center

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anymore. So this left the

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state with an obligation to

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designate a new community.

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Mental health center for

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Warren and Lawrence townships,

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which historically have been

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served by community Fairbanks,

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Behavioral Health as the cmhc

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for those areas. And in

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collaboration actually with

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the City County Council. And I

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want to thank both John Barth

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and Maggie Lewis for their

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collaboration with the state,

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the State Division of Mental

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Health and Addiction named

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Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health

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Center as the New Community

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Mental Health Center for

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Warren and wants townships.

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And so at this time, those

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townships have transitioned

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into Sanders Mental Health

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center. And so we continue to

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provide the community mental

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health center services that

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were previously provided by

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community. Think it's also

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important to note that even

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though community won't be

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operating as a community,

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mental health center, they

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will continue to operate a

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significant amount of

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inpatient services some

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outpatient mental health

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services as well. They'll also

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breaking ground for a new

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mental health hospital towards

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the end of SEPTEMBER. So those

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are some of the changes to the

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service providers. I had

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mentioned earlier that I would

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talk little bit more about cc

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Beach Sea. I think statewide

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on this is really one of the

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most important developments in

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mental health service

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delivery. And so want to keep

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you posted on on where this is

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right now. So the state has

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launched a pilot of the cc

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Beach. See the certified

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Community Behavioral Health

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Clinic in 2025, this is a

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four-year pilot that goes from

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2025. Until 2028. What cc

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Beach see is is a federal

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definition of the standard of

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care for community mental

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health services and a model

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for reimbursing those services

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that assures that charge our

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standard of care is a line on

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really across the country. And

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the and the state of Indiana.

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We have 8 organizations that

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are piloting through our state

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Medicaid program and we are

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seeing some really promising

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things already through this

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pilot. And so some of the very

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specific things that we are

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accountable for as acc Bhc are

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providing same day access to

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care, providing services

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initiating services within 10

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days of the request for

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services. So this is a very

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specific expectation that was

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not present for Cmh sees that

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is present for cc ph sees. So

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see chc introduces new, all

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the metrics and the

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expectation for additional

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evidence based practice

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implementation that goes above

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and beyond what the cmhc is

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have been expected to So we've

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already seen improvements

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access to care, improved

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access to substance use

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disorders, increased outreach

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and engagement with criminal

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justice partners to improve

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outreach in collaboration with

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the criminal legal system and

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also increased partnerships to

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help address homelessness. And

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so we believe that this ecb hc

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program does offer a in terms

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of improving and increasing

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the standard of care. The

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mission is the same. As for

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the cmhc system. But it's an

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additional enhancement in the

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investment for mental health

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services. So we are

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enthusiastic supporters of it

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hope to see this expand

584
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statewide. So so. I I this

585
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also again, ties back to the

586
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crisis because crisis services

587
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are something that are not

588
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resource under the community.

589
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Mental health center system

590
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but are resourced under the

591
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ccbc system. And so being able

592
00:19:29,714 --> 00:19:30,847
to maintain and continue those

593
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crisis services. It's

594
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something that an important

595
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reason that is important for

596
00:19:36,887 --> 00:19:39,122
cc Beachy to continue and

597
00:19:39,122 --> 00:19:42,122
expand. So we are enthusiastic

598
00:19:43,327 --> 00:19:45,529
about the future for Bhc. And

599
00:19:45,529 --> 00:19:47,364
then finally, I do want to

600
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thank George Heard he's vice

601
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president of behavioral health

602
00:19:49,900 --> 00:19:51,900
for Community Fairbanks,

603
00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:53,404
Behavioral Health. And as I

604
00:19:53,404 --> 00:19:54,304
mentioned, as community will

605
00:19:54,304 --> 00:19:56,704
be transitioning away from

606
00:19:57,274 --> 00:19:58,976
being a community mental

607
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health center. Nonetheless

608
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want to make knowledge George

609
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herds contributions to our

610
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community, mental health

611
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center system and his advocacy

612
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for mental health. And I want

613
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to appreciate his partnership

614
00:20:09,186 --> 00:20:11,586
and collaboration over many,

615
00:20:11,823 --> 00:20:13,759
many years. He's worked very

616
00:20:13,759 --> 00:20:16,270
closely with us on many

617
00:20:16,270 --> 00:20:17,280
important projects. Grateful

618
00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:17,733
for his his passion and

619
00:20:17,733 --> 00:20:20,733
advocacy for our patients and

620
00:20:21,650 --> 00:20:22,900
for our community and and have

621
00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:25,236
huge respect for him as a

622
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leader and has a mental health

623
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advocate. So this will

624
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actually be his last public

625
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safety meeting to be at since

626
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he will no longer be

627
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representing a community

628
00:20:33,711 --> 00:20:36,711
mental health center. But I

629
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know that he will continue to

630
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be a positive advocate for

631
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mental health in our

632
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community. So certainly want

633
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to thank you and appreciate

634
00:20:44,289 --> 00:20:47,289
his contributions to. And that

635
00:20:52,630 --> 00:20:52,864
concludes my presentation

636
00:20:52,864 --> 00:20:53,565
thank you, Doctor, overly you

637
00:20:53,565 --> 00:20:57,135
always do a great job versus

638
00:20:57,135 --> 00:20:57,769
you sharing your 2027 items

639
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with comes to question Dr

640
00:21:00,505 --> 00:21:02,905
with. From the committee

641
00:21:03,308 --> 00:21:05,708
council Boots. Welcome. Thank

642
00:21:06,511 --> 00:21:07,779
you, MR. CHAIRMAN, I have 3

643
00:21:07,779 --> 00:21:11,379
questions my to and then you

644
00:21:15,420 --> 00:21:16,120
come back. Counselor. DR.

645
00:21:16,120 --> 00:21:19,720
Really good to see Thanks for

646
00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:22,227
all your work. Can you explain

647
00:21:22,227 --> 00:21:23,494
what does it mean practically

648
00:21:23,494 --> 00:21:24,262
that community health is no

649
00:21:24,262 --> 00:21:24,996
longer the community mental

650
00:21:24,996 --> 00:21:26,264
health center, but still going

651
00:21:26,264 --> 00:21:28,664
to be serving inpatient,

652
00:21:30,636 --> 00:21:31,770
mental health patients. So

653
00:21:31,770 --> 00:21:33,839
in-patient services, in fact,

654
00:21:33,839 --> 00:21:35,506
are not actually a formal part

655
00:21:35,506 --> 00:21:37,906
of the community. Mental

656
00:21:38,476 --> 00:21:39,577
health center definition. And

657
00:21:39,577 --> 00:21:41,179
so many and many community

658
00:21:41,179 --> 00:21:43,579
mental health centers actually

659
00:21:43,582 --> 00:21:45,982
don't have in-patient mental

660
00:21:46,118 --> 00:21:47,352
health services. We happened

661
00:21:47,352 --> 00:21:49,154
to. But that's not because

662
00:21:49,154 --> 00:21:49,921
it's a requirement of the seam

663
00:21:49,921 --> 00:21:52,891
agencies so they will continue

664
00:21:52,891 --> 00:21:55,291
to provide their inpatient

665
00:21:55,628 --> 00:21:56,895
services but they will not be

666
00:21:56,895 --> 00:21:57,897
beholden to provide kind of

667
00:21:57,897 --> 00:22:00,566
that full spectrum of cmhc

668
00:22:00,566 --> 00:22:02,566
outpatient services. That

669
00:22:02,568 --> 00:22:04,968
includes requirements of who

670
00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:05,738
they see and what kind of wrap

671
00:22:05,738 --> 00:22:08,738
around in support of services

672
00:22:11,610 --> 00:22:12,611
they provide. So Secondly, you

673
00:22:12,611 --> 00:22:13,579
know, historically we've

674
00:22:13,579 --> 00:22:14,880
always been concerned that the

675
00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:15,748
county jail is the biggest

676
00:22:15,748 --> 00:22:18,148
provider of mental health

677
00:22:18,284 --> 00:22:21,186
services in the county. Is

678
00:22:21,186 --> 00:22:21,887
there been any progress made

679
00:22:21,887 --> 00:22:25,487
or any efforts made to reduce

680
00:22:26,725 --> 00:22:27,793
that trend? Well, I think that

681
00:22:27,793 --> 00:22:31,393
cc Bhc is a promising pathway

682
00:22:32,831 --> 00:22:34,166
in order to doing that. And

683
00:22:34,166 --> 00:22:35,301
it's so tc Bhc places, an

684
00:22:35,301 --> 00:22:37,701
expectation that we are

685
00:22:38,904 --> 00:22:40,139
collaborating with criminal

686
00:22:40,139 --> 00:22:42,539
justice partners. And think

687
00:22:44,430 --> 00:22:45,744
it's that is a very

688
00:22:45,744 --> 00:22:46,378
multifactorial problem. The

689
00:22:46,378 --> 00:22:47,112
fact the number of middle

690
00:22:47,112 --> 00:22:49,512
individuals with mental health

691
00:22:51,510 --> 00:22:52,184
in the jail. And and so we

692
00:22:52,184 --> 00:22:52,952
there's no I would not say

693
00:22:52,952 --> 00:22:54,952
that there's measurable

694
00:22:55,254 --> 00:22:56,589
reduction of that at this

695
00:22:56,589 --> 00:23:00,789
time. But I do think that cc

696
00:23:01,627 --> 00:23:02,294
Bhc is a vehicle that gives us

697
00:23:02,294 --> 00:23:04,694
greater ability to measure

698
00:23:06,700 --> 00:23:08,934
that over time and also places

699
00:23:08,934 --> 00:23:10,200
more specific expectations

700
00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,402
about creating liaisons and

701
00:23:13,806 --> 00:23:14,641
partnerships with that Ccb, 80

702
00:23:14,641 --> 00:23:16,308
resources, the ability for us

703
00:23:16,308 --> 00:23:18,878
to hire staff to be those

704
00:23:18,878 --> 00:23:20,379
liaisons to work with the

705
00:23:20,379 --> 00:23:21,113
jail. So there are people on

706
00:23:21,113 --> 00:23:25,313
site at the jail that part of

707
00:23:26,285 --> 00:23:28,540
your network. We have a grant

708
00:23:28,540 --> 00:23:29,890
that facilitates that. But we

709
00:23:29,890 --> 00:23:33,160
use what cc Bhc allows is that

710
00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:34,930
we have zahnd who coordinate

711
00:23:34,930 --> 00:23:36,493
with criminal justice partners

712
00:23:36,897 --> 00:23:37,564
and so who can be available to

713
00:23:37,564 --> 00:23:40,533
attend meetings and talk to

714
00:23:40,533 --> 00:23:41,367
talk to their staff and

715
00:23:41,367 --> 00:23:43,367
communicate with community

716
00:23:44,236 --> 00:23:45,405
corrections and help make sure

717
00:23:45,405 --> 00:23:46,339
that people are getting

718
00:23:46,339 --> 00:23:47,373
connected with care. Not kind

719
00:23:47,373 --> 00:23:50,373
got to drop through cracks.

720
00:23:52,312 --> 00:23:55,312
Okay. Finally. Are there any

721
00:23:57,851 --> 00:23:58,652
effort from the your group for

722
00:23:58,652 --> 00:23:59,286
providing any mental health

723
00:23:59,286 --> 00:24:02,286
services in for the local

724
00:24:03,123 --> 00:24:03,790
flood relief. Recovery. There

725
00:24:03,790 --> 00:24:04,591
are several of us that are

726
00:24:04,591 --> 00:24:06,826
heavily involved in that. I've

727
00:24:06,826 --> 00:24:08,828
yet to see anything from the

728
00:24:08,828 --> 00:24:11,228
mental health service side

729
00:24:13,433 --> 00:24:14,340
into the picture. So actually,

730
00:24:14,340 --> 00:24:17,337
I'm going to turn to my

731
00:24:17,337 --> 00:24:18,471
friends over here. Is anyone

732
00:24:18,471 --> 00:24:20,871
familiar with efforts through

733
00:24:32,185 --> 00:24:34,354
rest area? 5, perhaps so. And

734
00:24:34,354 --> 00:24:37,724
some of the areas serving from

735
00:24:37,724 --> 00:24:40,124
Centerstone Rabbi So yeah,

736
00:24:41,528 --> 00:24:42,229
several areas we have deployed

737
00:24:42,229 --> 00:24:45,465
crisis teams and folks out in

738
00:24:45,465 --> 00:24:47,501
community, some of more world

739
00:24:47,501 --> 00:24:49,470
we also serve on the side of

740
00:24:49,470 --> 00:24:50,171
the state. And so we're

741
00:24:50,171 --> 00:24:52,571
deploying in those scenarios

742
00:24:53,390 --> 00:24:53,707
being response to being

743
00:24:53,707 --> 00:24:54,407
available, just just being

744
00:24:54,407 --> 00:24:56,876
present for those folks that

745
00:24:56,876 --> 00:24:58,278
need need support. Is there

746
00:24:58,278 --> 00:25:00,947
any effort right here in

747
00:25:00,947 --> 00:25:03,947
Marion County? Didn't have Not

748
00:25:05,886 --> 00:25:06,453
immediately where at. We'll be

749
00:25:06,453 --> 00:25:08,853
in touch somebody or

750
00:25:10,524 --> 00:25:11,224
equipment. Thank you because

751
00:25:11,224 --> 00:25:11,893
just want thank you council.

752
00:25:11,893 --> 00:25:14,893
This comes to questions for

753
00:25:15,296 --> 00:25:15,897
DR. You know, when the

754
00:25:15,897 --> 00:25:17,999
audience speak to this

755
00:25:17,999 --> 00:25:20,399
presentation from Doctor Lee.

756
00:25:28,242 --> 00:25:28,943
Thank you, DR. Appreciate Up

757
00:25:28,943 --> 00:25:29,577
next in the final positions,

758
00:25:29,577 --> 00:25:32,577
even as the Office Public

759
00:25:33,381 --> 00:25:34,116
Health and Safety Director

760
00:25:34,116 --> 00:25:37,116
Andrew Merkley and covid Duffy

761
00:25:48,763 --> 00:25:50,763
come forward. Please.

762
00:26:07,883 --> 00:26:09,883
Director

763
00:26:16,557 --> 00:26:17,226
Mark. I'm never ready. Well,

764
00:26:17,226 --> 00:26:19,527
good evening, MR. CHAIRMAN

765
00:26:19,527 --> 00:26:21,162
members of the committee,

766
00:26:21,162 --> 00:26:21,896
thank you for the opportunity

767
00:26:21,896 --> 00:26:24,896
this evening to present. Okay.

768
00:26:25,366 --> 00:26:26,334
Just as 2027 budget proposal.

769
00:26:26,334 --> 00:26:27,340
My name is Andrew Merkley and

770
00:26:27,340 --> 00:26:29,403
the director of the Office of

771
00:26:29,403 --> 00:26:30,104
Public Health and Safety. And

772
00:26:30,104 --> 00:26:33,104
I'm joined tonight by current

773
00:26:35,410 --> 00:26:36,110
the our cfo. I also want to

774
00:26:36,110 --> 00:26:38,680
think before you get started,

775
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:39,614
phs they have. Over the last

776
00:26:39,614 --> 00:26:42,149
year, there's been a lot of

777
00:26:42,149 --> 00:26:43,952
adversity that we've that

778
00:26:43,952 --> 00:26:46,952
we've worked they worked very

779
00:26:48,891 --> 00:26:49,557
hard to achieve the goals that

780
00:26:49,557 --> 00:26:53,157
we've set for them and this

781
00:26:55,496 --> 00:26:56,197
and you'll see that throughout

782
00:26:56,197 --> 00:26:56,865
I want to take our lead. And

783
00:26:56,865 --> 00:26:58,833
Brian Heineman Hannah, the

784
00:26:58,833 --> 00:26:59,534
school for their work on this

785
00:26:59,534 --> 00:27:01,360
presentation, countless hours

786
00:27:01,360 --> 00:27:01,702
put into that and various

787
00:27:01,702 --> 00:27:04,702
partners that are here this

788
00:27:07,750 --> 00:27:08,777
evening. I am proud to present

789
00:27:08,777 --> 00:27:11,177
this budget. This 29.6 million

790
00:27:13,148 --> 00:27:13,815
dollar budget proposal while

791
00:27:13,815 --> 00:27:16,180
it is an increase over last

792
00:27:16,180 --> 00:27:18,418
year's budget. That increase

793
00:27:20,550 --> 00:27:22,455
reflects. Opioid and economic

794
00:27:22,891 --> 00:27:24,293
enhancement district dollars

795
00:27:24,293 --> 00:27:24,927
that are being contributed to

796
00:27:24,927 --> 00:27:27,327
operations of the future.

797
00:27:29,197 --> 00:27:29,933
Housing help. And so actually,

798
00:27:29,933 --> 00:27:31,734
our Consolidated County budget

799
00:27:31,734 --> 00:27:32,367
is lower this year than it was

800
00:27:32,367 --> 00:27:34,367
last year. About $162,000

801
00:27:36,638 --> 00:27:39,380
less. This is representative

802
00:27:39,408 --> 00:27:40,108
of our response to the audit.

803
00:27:40,108 --> 00:27:42,811
We've taken a very hard look

804
00:27:42,811 --> 00:27:46,411
at our programs and we have

805
00:27:49,117 --> 00:27:49,918
done a great job of. Reducing

806
00:27:49,918 --> 00:27:50,552
and realigning programs to

807
00:27:50,552 --> 00:27:52,552
ensure effectiveness and

808
00:27:57,626 --> 00:27:58,293
efficacy. The mission of the

809
00:27:58,293 --> 00:27:58,994
office is to reduce violent

810
00:27:58,994 --> 00:28:01,994
crime by addressing the root

811
00:28:02,164 --> 00:28:02,831
causes of crime. And we do

812
00:28:02,831 --> 00:28:05,231
that. Are 5 divisions which

813
00:28:05,601 --> 00:28:06,335
are separated into 2.

814
00:28:06,335 --> 00:28:09,335
Umbrellas, a public health and

815
00:28:13,442 --> 00:28:14,710
public safety. Here for you is

816
00:28:14,710 --> 00:28:17,513
the structure of our staff and

817
00:28:17,513 --> 00:28:18,347
our agency. We separate staff

818
00:28:18,347 --> 00:28:20,347
into 2 programmatic areas,

819
00:28:21,117 --> 00:28:23,485
public health public safety.

820
00:28:23,485 --> 00:28:24,220
And each of our programmatic

821
00:28:24,220 --> 00:28:24,888
divisions is led by an

822
00:28:24,888 --> 00:28:27,288
administrator. We also have

823
00:28:27,590 --> 00:28:29,590
our 3 other exhilarating

824
00:28:29,892 --> 00:28:30,525
divisions, communications

825
00:28:30,525 --> 00:28:32,925
finance and our strategic

826
00:28:34,497 --> 00:28:35,164
initiatives Division. We have

827
00:28:35,164 --> 00:28:37,164
30 authorized positions. 27

828
00:28:40,403 --> 00:28:41,571
are filled and 3 vacancies.

829
00:28:41,571 --> 00:28:43,971
Okay. Just is predominantly

830
00:28:44,874 --> 00:28:46,750
female and non-white. That

831
00:28:46,750 --> 00:28:46,676
holds true for all of most of

832
00:28:46,676 --> 00:28:49,676
our employees in at the

833
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:51,881
management level. And now I

834
00:28:51,881 --> 00:28:53,583
will turn it over car. Let's

835
00:28:53,583 --> 00:28:57,183
who We just threw the budget

836
00:28:59,956 --> 00:29:01,956
numbers. Good evening,

837
00:29:04,727 --> 00:29:05,428
everyone. The 4 current rates

838
00:29:05,428 --> 00:29:08,428
awarded to the Office Public

839
00:29:12,969 --> 00:29:14,938
Safety. Through the assistance

840
00:29:14,938 --> 00:29:17,674
cows in Carson's office. He's

841
00:29:17,674 --> 00:29:18,841
a congressional earmark and

842
00:29:18,841 --> 00:29:21,841
that the award for that

843
00:29:23,947 --> 00:29:25,947
amount, $963,000. That grant

844
00:29:27,117 --> 00:29:29,117
2027 SEPTEMBER of 2027. There

845
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,320
are no match requirements. It

846
00:29:32,388 --> 00:29:35,988
is supporting the work of our

847
00:29:36,159 --> 00:29:36,826
DVRs programming We hope will

848
00:29:36,826 --> 00:29:39,226
actually will sustain that

849
00:29:41,598 --> 00:29:42,298
work after the grant by

850
00:29:42,298 --> 00:29:45,298
including it into our either

851
00:29:48,272 --> 00:29:50,672
our Programmatic structures in

852
00:29:55,378 --> 00:29:56,946
or are contractual. Services.

853
00:29:56,946 --> 00:29:59,346
Our overall gross budget

854
00:30:02,785 --> 00:30:04,822
breakdown funds. Reflects an

855
00:30:04,822 --> 00:30:06,822
increase 1 million, $618,780

856
00:30:13,364 --> 00:30:14,265
across all characters. The

857
00:30:14,265 --> 00:30:16,265
total approve consolidate

858
00:30:17,801 --> 00:30:20,201
county budget for 2026. Was

859
00:30:21,871 --> 00:30:22,907
22 Million. 504,002 3, $1. The

860
00:30:22,907 --> 00:30:25,307
total proposed budget for 27

861
00:30:30,140 --> 00:30:30,741
is 22 Million. 341 dollars.

862
00:30:30,741 --> 00:30:32,741
$341,007.4 774 reflecting a

863
00:30:35,986 --> 00:30:36,659
variance of 162,000. 457.

864
00:30:36,659 --> 00:30:38,659
Difference, the negative

865
00:30:44,194 --> 00:30:46,194
between the 2 years.

866
00:30:47,766 --> 00:30:49,441
Character, one changes.

867
00:30:49,441 --> 00:30:51,536
Character. One covers all

868
00:30:51,536 --> 00:30:54,536
personnel. Is a net budget.

869
00:30:59,677 --> 00:31:01,677
Decrease of 112 $1000.

870
00:31:02,713 --> 00:31:05,113
$12,568. This is reflected by

871
00:31:05,839 --> 00:31:08,239
moving of 5 veteran service

872
00:31:08,643 --> 00:31:11,430
officers or employees transfer

873
00:31:12,740 --> 00:31:15,740
to the mayor's office budget.

874
00:31:16,970 --> 00:31:18,497
Budget funds, 3% increase in

875
00:31:19,614 --> 00:31:22,562
cola increases and one percent

876
00:31:22,562 --> 00:31:24,921
increase in health insurance.

877
00:31:24,921 --> 00:31:27,996
Also a step in great. Crease

878
00:31:27,996 --> 00:31:29,902
of 8, a 3,100. The budget

879
00:31:29,902 --> 00:31:31,463
breakdown for to which covers

880
00:31:31,463 --> 00:31:32,954
agency supplies. There are no

881
00:31:32,954 --> 00:31:35,954
changes to page's character to

882
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:37,713
budget from 2026. Budget

883
00:31:37,713 --> 00:31:39,713
breakdown for character. 3

884
00:31:40,685 --> 00:31:42,286
care to 3 which covers

885
00:31:42,286 --> 00:31:44,686
Services reflects the total

886
00:31:45,589 --> 00:31:47,359
budget increase of 1 million,

887
00:31:47,359 --> 00:31:49,359
736,377 dollars increases

888
00:31:50,762 --> 00:31:52,663
include the 1 million, 781,207

889
00:31:52,663 --> 00:31:53,732
dollars in opioid settlement

890
00:31:53,732 --> 00:31:56,301
funding and 1 million to the

891
00:31:56,301 --> 00:31:57,200
fall. County, which includes

892
00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:00,200
support from the economic and

893
00:32:00,872 --> 00:32:03,175
has been district. New

894
00:32:03,175 --> 00:32:05,175
violence reduction team

895
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:07,145
reflects a movement of 216,000

896
00:32:07,145 --> 00:32:09,545
from the administrative budget

897
00:32:09,581 --> 00:32:10,815
to for prevention services

898
00:32:10,815 --> 00:32:13,215
increase of 100,000 for the

899
00:32:17,355 --> 00:32:20,355
Nationals to protest or form.

900
00:32:20,392 --> 00:32:21,426
The funds it that are charged,

901
00:32:21,426 --> 00:32:23,361
increases and decreases

902
00:32:23,361 --> 00:32:24,290
include a budget increase of

903
00:32:24,290 --> 00:32:26,429
$21,405 for ice. A computer

904
00:32:27,899 --> 00:32:30,299
service charges. But increase

905
00:32:30,702 --> 00:32:32,604
of $10,145 for I say, phone

906
00:32:32,604 --> 00:32:35,604
charges, a budget decrease of

907
00:32:38,643 --> 00:32:40,211
160,000 781 for story. Rant,

908
00:32:40,211 --> 00:32:42,211
additional decreases include

909
00:32:43,715 --> 00:32:44,316
300,000 pitches. Be Watt and

910
00:32:44,316 --> 00:32:46,716
added to Marion County.

911
00:32:47,118 --> 00:32:48,219
Prosecutors budget 27 budget.

912
00:32:48,219 --> 00:32:51,219
We've been engaged center at

913
00:32:52,230 --> 00:32:52,624
the ice reflects a $57,000 $24

914
00:32:52,624 --> 00:32:54,624
decrease to operational

915
00:32:56,295 --> 00:32:57,280
budget. Cb rt, which is

916
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,428
actually in violence reduction

917
00:33:03,435 --> 00:33:05,835
team. $50,000 addition to Icr.

918
00:33:06,104 --> 00:33:06,771
For administrative Budget

919
00:33:06,771 --> 00:33:08,771
300,000 total reduction in

920
00:33:11,444 --> 00:33:12,111
immigrant legal services.

921
00:33:12,111 --> 00:33:14,511
100,000 a reduction in food

922
00:33:14,914 --> 00:33:15,847
services for the live program.

923
00:33:15,847 --> 00:33:17,847
And reduction in

924
00:33:21,220 --> 00:33:23,220
administration. 2027 re-entry.

925
00:33:25,324 --> 00:33:27,593
Really stopping. Kirk to 4

926
00:33:27,593 --> 00:33:29,494
which covers agency equipment.

927
00:33:29,494 --> 00:33:30,195
There are no changes to the

928
00:33:30,195 --> 00:33:32,595
operate. Cage's character for

929
00:33:35,301 --> 00:33:37,301
funding. For character 5.

930
00:33:38,404 --> 00:33:39,710
Covers our fleet Services. An

931
00:33:39,710 --> 00:33:41,710
officer corporation counsel

932
00:33:42,575 --> 00:33:44,576
charge backs. For free

933
00:33:44,576 --> 00:33:46,446
services were reflecting

934
00:33:46,446 --> 00:33:48,846
decrease of $5,949 for fleet

935
00:33:49,282 --> 00:33:51,682
service occ increases. By

936
00:33:55,288 --> 00:33:57,688
$920. All right. Well, thank

937
00:33:59,158 --> 00:34:00,394
you, Colette for overview. Now

938
00:34:00,394 --> 00:34:01,827
we will be diving in to take a

939
00:34:01,827 --> 00:34:02,461
deeper look at each of our

940
00:34:02,461 --> 00:34:03,162
divisions in the per the

941
00:34:03,162 --> 00:34:05,562
programs that those divisions

942
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:09,101
operate. Throughout this

943
00:34:09,101 --> 00:34:09,835
presentation. You will see the

944
00:34:09,835 --> 00:34:12,235
character, one character 3 for

945
00:34:12,238 --> 00:34:12,972
most of our programs. However,

946
00:34:12,972 --> 00:34:15,972
there are some fluctuations in

947
00:34:16,242 --> 00:34:17,430
the character. One. And those

948
00:34:17,430 --> 00:34:18,440
are emblematic of the fact

949
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:18,678
that this is still

950
00:34:18,678 --> 00:34:20,678
programmatic budgeting is

951
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,282
still a pilot program. We have

952
00:34:23,282 --> 00:34:25,585
several new program codes as

953
00:34:25,585 --> 00:34:27,420
well. And many of the people

954
00:34:27,420 --> 00:34:28,120
that work on these programs

955
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,120
spanned different divisions.

956
00:34:30,156 --> 00:34:32,792
So we're still working with

957
00:34:32,792 --> 00:34:34,393
them to make sure that we are

958
00:34:34,393 --> 00:34:35,940
a lot the appropriate amount

959
00:34:35,940 --> 00:34:38,940
of time of each individual's

960
00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:40,900
time to the various programs.

961
00:34:40,900 --> 00:34:41,534
We're starting with the House

962
00:34:41,534 --> 00:34:43,934
and the Homelessness and

963
00:34:44,503 --> 00:34:45,204
addiction Prevention division,

964
00:34:45,204 --> 00:34:48,175
which seen its largest budget

965
00:34:48,175 --> 00:34:48,875
to date with this proposal,

966
00:34:48,875 --> 00:34:51,275
which reflects that increase

967
00:34:53,613 --> 00:34:55,381
of the housing hub. Last year.

968
00:34:55,381 --> 00:34:56,415
We've asked each of divisions

969
00:34:56,415 --> 00:34:57,830
to identify the mission of

970
00:34:57,830 --> 00:34:57,751
their division and how that

971
00:34:57,751 --> 00:35:00,186
relates back to the mission

972
00:35:00,186 --> 00:35:00,887
Phs. And so we'll all be

973
00:35:00,887 --> 00:35:03,887
providing with each of those

974
00:35:04,358 --> 00:35:05,580
mission statements tonight.

975
00:35:05,580 --> 00:35:06,626
The mission homelessness and

976
00:35:06,626 --> 00:35:08,262
eviction prevention division

977
00:35:08,262 --> 00:35:10,564
as as we affectionately call

978
00:35:10,564 --> 00:35:12,165
hat, it's improved the quality

979
00:35:12,165 --> 00:35:13,266
of life for those facing

980
00:35:13,266 --> 00:35:13,934
housing, instability and

981
00:35:13,934 --> 00:35:14,968
unsheltered homelessness by

982
00:35:14,968 --> 00:35:16,968
supporting residents facing

983
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:17,871
eviction and facilitating

984
00:35:17,871 --> 00:35:20,271
connectivity to resources for

985
00:35:22,609 --> 00:35:23,211
Unhoused neighbors. The

986
00:35:23,211 --> 00:35:25,145
homeless is an eviction

987
00:35:25,145 --> 00:35:28,115
prevention team has I just

988
00:35:28,115 --> 00:35:29,182
want to thank them quickly

989
00:35:29,182 --> 00:35:32,419
because they I have dealt with

990
00:35:32,419 --> 00:35:33,120
a lot of changes this year.

991
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:33,720
We've emerged sorry, fiction,

992
00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:35,720
diversion services with

993
00:35:37,357 --> 00:35:38,425
another county program. We

994
00:35:38,425 --> 00:35:40,825
have kind of indoctrinated

995
00:35:41,929 --> 00:35:42,563
into streets to homework,

996
00:35:42,563 --> 00:35:43,430
helping to clean camps in

997
00:35:43,430 --> 00:35:44,331
clothes. Then after we've

998
00:35:44,331 --> 00:35:47,331
housed everyone, which is a

999
00:35:47,768 --> 00:35:48,468
new program, ends, we piloted

1000
00:35:48,468 --> 00:35:49,269
a new Winter Contingency

1001
00:35:49,269 --> 00:35:52,869
project. So thank you to that

1002
00:35:55,943 --> 00:35:56,643
team. The team primarily is

1003
00:35:56,643 --> 00:35:57,911
when that when they're out in

1004
00:35:57,911 --> 00:35:59,446
the community, they are

1005
00:35:59,446 --> 00:36:00,847
working with directly with

1006
00:36:00,847 --> 00:36:01,683
individuals, whether that's in

1007
00:36:01,683 --> 00:36:04,683
the courts or with our

1008
00:36:05,519 --> 00:36:06,753
unsheltered neighbors. But

1009
00:36:06,753 --> 00:36:08,255
they participating in some

1010
00:36:08,255 --> 00:36:08,956
other events as well. And this

1011
00:36:08,956 --> 00:36:11,956
year, in partnership with our

1012
00:36:12,259 --> 00:36:13,660
legal aid Partners hosted

1013
00:36:13,660 --> 00:36:14,328
education event inform tenants

1014
00:36:14,328 --> 00:36:15,929
of their rights and provide

1015
00:36:15,929 --> 00:36:16,630
resources to them. And we have

1016
00:36:16,630 --> 00:36:19,630
another one of those planned

1017
00:36:21,340 --> 00:36:22,536
this fall. They're also

1018
00:36:22,536 --> 00:36:23,103
tabling multiple community

1019
00:36:23,103 --> 00:36:24,371
events and they'll be

1020
00:36:24,371 --> 00:36:25,572
partnering with our food team

1021
00:36:25,572 --> 00:36:26,140
next month to have a

1022
00:36:26,140 --> 00:36:26,773
conversation with our

1023
00:36:26,773 --> 00:36:28,542
neighbors, about housing,

1024
00:36:28,542 --> 00:36:29,210
instability and food

1025
00:36:29,210 --> 00:36:31,210
insecurity considering the

1026
00:36:36,850 --> 00:36:39,530
recent staff changes. Want to

1027
00:36:39,530 --> 00:36:39,754
start with our Winter

1028
00:36:39,754 --> 00:36:40,454
contingency program from this

1029
00:36:40,454 --> 00:36:43,454
last season. You all received

1030
00:36:43,991 --> 00:36:44,791
the report that we put out and

1031
00:36:44,791 --> 00:36:45,493
it's available on our website,

1032
00:36:45,493 --> 00:36:48,493
but really, really proud of

1033
00:36:48,630 --> 00:36:51,431
the success is this winter. We

1034
00:36:51,431 --> 00:36:52,166
provided shelter to over 1100

1035
00:36:52,166 --> 00:36:54,335
individuals across the 3 sites

1036
00:36:54,335 --> 00:36:55,360
that we operate in partnership

1037
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,436
with Aspire Indiana, helping

1038
00:36:58,339 --> 00:36:58,972
cannot see. We were able to

1039
00:36:58,972 --> 00:37:00,972
connect 48 households to

1040
00:37:01,576 --> 00:37:02,343
permanent housing. In our

1041
00:37:02,343 --> 00:37:04,743
overnight warming center was

1042
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:06,481
opened 50 nights in 30 days,

1043
00:37:06,481 --> 00:37:07,515
which is far more than we had

1044
00:37:07,515 --> 00:37:10,385
in previous winters. We did

1045
00:37:10,385 --> 00:37:11,252
that by increasing the the

1046
00:37:11,252 --> 00:37:12,987
threshold for that pilot from

1047
00:37:12,987 --> 00:37:14,987
negative 15 degree windchill

1048
00:37:17,659 --> 00:37:18,359
to 25 degree air temperature.

1049
00:37:18,359 --> 00:37:21,359
This budget also reflects for

1050
00:37:21,897 --> 00:37:23,832
the first time devoting

1051
00:37:23,832 --> 00:37:24,600
committing a portion of the

1052
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:27,000
eye sees operational dollars

1053
00:37:28,436 --> 00:37:29,300
to winter contingency and the

1054
00:37:29,300 --> 00:37:30,471
fiscal that's running

1055
00:37:30,471 --> 00:37:31,873
alongside this budget will

1056
00:37:31,873 --> 00:37:32,440
include 2.2 million dollars

1057
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:33,107
for build out of the

1058
00:37:33,107 --> 00:37:34,275
assessment and Intervention

1059
00:37:34,275 --> 00:37:36,144
Center, the shelf space.

1060
00:37:36,144 --> 00:37:38,279
That's there that has not been

1061
00:37:38,279 --> 00:37:40,140
built out. And so in future

1062
00:37:40,140 --> 00:37:41,883
winters by neck by 2027. 28.

1063
00:37:41,883 --> 00:37:43,818
When are we hope to have that

1064
00:37:43,818 --> 00:37:45,119
facility available with 60

1065
00:37:45,119 --> 00:37:45,720
beds to serve in the winter

1066
00:37:45,720 --> 00:37:47,720
contingency and whether

1067
00:37:51,826 --> 00:37:52,961
contingency framework. Another

1068
00:37:52,961 --> 00:37:53,661
real-time example of how these

1069
00:37:53,661 --> 00:37:56,610
facilities have been helpful

1070
00:37:56,130 --> 00:37:58,130
from whether contingent

1071
00:37:58,366 --> 00:37:59,434
perspective is that we were

1072
00:37:59,434 --> 00:38:01,237
able to operation allies, the

1073
00:38:01,237 --> 00:38:02,700
should the family shelter tips

1074
00:38:02,700 --> 00:38:02,738
during the previous the

1075
00:38:02,738 --> 00:38:05,738
flooding event that we just

1076
00:38:06,709 --> 00:38:08,576
experienced. And what I think

1077
00:38:08,576 --> 00:38:09,411
the team and multiple

1078
00:38:09,411 --> 00:38:10,450
directors from the from the

1079
00:38:10,450 --> 00:38:10,778
administration who helped

1080
00:38:10,778 --> 00:38:13,778
operate that facility over the

1081
00:38:14,582 --> 00:38:15,516
weekend. We also paid for

1082
00:38:15,516 --> 00:38:16,218
tells fruit, for families with

1083
00:38:16,218 --> 00:38:19,818
pets. And so we're able make

1084
00:38:21,556 --> 00:38:22,290
sure folks have shelter. Last

1085
00:38:22,290 --> 00:38:22,992
Phs interpreters and they said

1086
00:38:22,992 --> 00:38:25,527
provided food for workers and

1087
00:38:25,527 --> 00:38:26,295
volunteers in Riverwood Park.

1088
00:38:26,295 --> 00:38:26,996
And this coming weekend we

1089
00:38:26,996 --> 00:38:29,996
will be participating in the

1090
00:38:30,732 --> 00:38:32,340
resource fair and open house

1091
00:38:32,340 --> 00:38:33,669
providing again food and are

1092
00:38:33,669 --> 00:38:34,302
still see. Our team will be in

1093
00:38:34,302 --> 00:38:34,870
attendance to assist with

1094
00:38:34,870 --> 00:38:35,604
those behavior health

1095
00:38:35,604 --> 00:38:38,400
challenges that you addressed.

1096
00:38:42,311 --> 00:38:44,713
Council boots. Here on the

1097
00:38:44,713 --> 00:38:45,414
screen is one of our many

1098
00:38:45,414 --> 00:38:46,150
public facing dashboards that

1099
00:38:46,150 --> 00:38:48,415
we're creating for our

1100
00:38:50,352 --> 00:38:52,288
programs. This tab is our

1101
00:38:52,288 --> 00:38:53,489
family and single women

1102
00:38:53,489 --> 00:38:55,489
shelter. Winter Contingencies

1103
00:38:57,192 --> 00:38:59,261
page that you can see. And I

1104
00:38:59,261 --> 00:39:00,396
just want highlight here all

1105
00:39:00,396 --> 00:39:01,300
the various resources that

1106
00:39:01,300 --> 00:39:03,430
aspires providing to our

1107
00:39:03,799 --> 00:39:04,900
neighbors when Aaron Shelter.

1108
00:39:04,900 --> 00:39:06,468
As well as the average length

1109
00:39:06,468 --> 00:39:09,468
of stay being 36 days. I

1110
00:39:10,139 --> 00:39:11,240
believe that's that's a lot

1111
00:39:11,240 --> 00:39:11,974
shorter than what a family

1112
00:39:11,974 --> 00:39:15,311
would experience in one of our

1113
00:39:15,311 --> 00:39:16,145
regular shelters. We served

1114
00:39:16,145 --> 00:39:18,545
160 households there, which is

1115
00:39:19,848 --> 00:39:20,916
more than last winter. And I

1116
00:39:20,916 --> 00:39:23,916
think that's a critical piece

1117
00:39:23,954 --> 00:39:24,787
of data because we were open

1118
00:39:24,787 --> 00:39:25,421
one last one month less this

1119
00:39:25,421 --> 00:39:28,421
season and we worked the

1120
00:39:30,826 --> 00:39:33,826
previous seasons. This is our

1121
00:39:34,496 --> 00:39:35,640
pilot overnight warming center

1122
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:37,640
We served almost 400

1123
00:39:38,634 --> 00:39:39,268
individuals at that location

1124
00:39:39,268 --> 00:39:41,668
offering similar types of

1125
00:39:42,472 --> 00:39:43,138
referrals and resources. And

1126
00:39:43,138 --> 00:39:45,274
we were also able to create

1127
00:39:45,274 --> 00:39:47,209
this heat map that you see the

1128
00:39:47,209 --> 00:39:47,910
calendar and what that shows

1129
00:39:47,910 --> 00:39:49,212
is the number of individuals

1130
00:39:49,212 --> 00:39:51,447
in the shelter on any given

1131
00:39:51,447 --> 00:39:52,215
night. And when we were open

1132
00:39:52,215 --> 00:39:54,583
that last week of the month in

1133
00:39:54,583 --> 00:39:57,153
JANUARY was the polar vortex.

1134
00:39:57,153 --> 00:39:59,655
And that demonstrates when we

1135
00:39:59,655 --> 00:40:01,558
we had 160 individuals in the

1136
00:40:01,558 --> 00:40:02,225
facility, which is more than

1137
00:40:02,225 --> 00:40:02,859
double the number of of of

1138
00:40:02,859 --> 00:40:04,494
individuals that we were

1139
00:40:04,494 --> 00:40:06,263
supposed to serve at that

1140
00:40:06,263 --> 00:40:09,199
location. We did that because

1141
00:40:09,199 --> 00:40:10,432
our partners in peace ph a

1142
00:40:10,432 --> 00:40:11,134
staff worked overnight

1143
00:40:11,134 --> 00:40:12,468
throughout that week in order

1144
00:40:12,468 --> 00:40:13,169
to help assist aspire, make

1145
00:40:13,169 --> 00:40:16,169
sure that keep our neighbors

1146
00:40:20,710 --> 00:40:22,512
safe. As I stated, we merged

1147
00:40:22,512 --> 00:40:23,246
our eviction Diversion

1148
00:40:23,246 --> 00:40:24,247
Initiative, which was formerly

1149
00:40:24,247 --> 00:40:26,383
known as the tenant advocacy

1150
00:40:26,383 --> 00:40:27,830
project with the Lawrence

1151
00:40:27,830 --> 00:40:29,830
Township, Eviction Diversion,

1152
00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:31,554
initiative this year. And

1153
00:40:31,554 --> 00:40:32,255
through that merger, we

1154
00:40:32,255 --> 00:40:33,957
continue to provide services

1155
00:40:33,957 --> 00:40:34,858
in all 9 Marin County, small

1156
00:40:34,858 --> 00:40:38,162
claims courts as well as the

1157
00:40:38,162 --> 00:40:39,630
Marin County Superior Court.

1158
00:40:39,630 --> 00:40:40,997
This year. We provided more

1159
00:40:40,997 --> 00:40:42,999
than 9,000 hours of legal aid

1160
00:40:42,999 --> 00:40:44,501
to earn 8 to 10. It's here in

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00:40:44,501 --> 00:40:45,402
Marion County and we've

1162
00:40:45,402 --> 00:40:47,402
connected 842 households to

1163
00:40:48,438 --> 00:40:50,440
navigation services. I did

1164
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:51,374
want to know one challenge

1165
00:40:51,374 --> 00:40:53,743
that continues for us. And

1166
00:40:53,743 --> 00:40:54,411
that is being able to track an

1167
00:40:54,411 --> 00:40:55,946
individual from the moment.

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00:40:55,946 --> 00:40:58,946
They either call the Mayor's

1169
00:40:58,949 --> 00:41:01,151
Action Center or they appear

1170
00:41:01,151 --> 00:41:02,786
in court throughout the

1171
00:41:02,786 --> 00:41:03,486
process to make sure deal to

1172
00:41:03,486 --> 00:41:05,422
tell you all how we're doing

1173
00:41:05,422 --> 00:41:07,157
when it comes to diverting in

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00:41:07,157 --> 00:41:07,857
eviction. And so we are

1175
00:41:07,857 --> 00:41:09,826
working. Our team is working

1176
00:41:09,826 --> 00:41:11,928
really hard. And I can not say

1177
00:41:11,928 --> 00:41:12,629
that today. They've identified

1178
00:41:12,629 --> 00:41:13,296
a program that we MAY be able

1179
00:41:13,296 --> 00:41:17,496
to use that will help us to

1180
00:41:18,769 --> 00:41:19,502
track those individuals. Our

1181
00:41:19,502 --> 00:41:20,137
pathway to employment program,

1182
00:41:20,137 --> 00:41:22,537
which began back in 2019,

1183
00:41:22,539 --> 00:41:25,539
continues to operate and we

1184
00:41:27,744 --> 00:41:28,845
are focusing more on.

1185
00:41:28,845 --> 00:41:29,981
Individual outcomes. And so

1186
00:41:29,981 --> 00:41:31,214
what this program does is it

1187
00:41:31,214 --> 00:41:31,915
connects individuals that are

1188
00:41:31,915 --> 00:41:32,482
participating with full-time

1189
00:41:32,482 --> 00:41:34,482
employment after they

1190
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:37,154
completed the program. And in

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00:41:37,154 --> 00:41:37,687
this in connection with

1192
00:41:37,687 --> 00:41:38,288
Industry-recognized

1193
00:41:38,288 --> 00:41:40,688
credentials as well as

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00:41:41,291 --> 00:41:42,326
permanent housing. This year.

1195
00:41:42,326 --> 00:41:45,663
We've we were we've been able

1196
00:41:45,663 --> 00:41:47,663
to connect 66 individuals, 2,

1197
00:41:48,900 --> 00:41:49,700
at least 2 credentials or

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00:41:49,700 --> 00:41:50,368
more. 54 have obtained

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00:41:50,368 --> 00:41:52,368
full-time employment and 10

1200
00:41:55,539 --> 00:41:56,275
have secured housing. Okay. So

1201
00:41:56,275 --> 00:41:57,842
that's what I'm really excited

1202
00:41:57,842 --> 00:41:59,944
about that. A long time

1203
00:41:59,944 --> 00:42:02,460
coming. The housing hub is

1204
00:42:02,460 --> 00:42:02,747
under construction in on your

1205
00:42:02,747 --> 00:42:05,583
screen is an aerial view from

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00:42:05,583 --> 00:42:06,951
Monday of this week. As you

1207
00:42:06,951 --> 00:42:09,951
can see, we've we've been

1208
00:42:10,521 --> 00:42:11,622
working on preparing the site

1209
00:42:11,622 --> 00:42:14,622
for Footers and we drainage

1210
00:42:15,726 --> 00:42:16,427
has been install. I'm told we

1211
00:42:16,427 --> 00:42:17,128
should have parking lots and

1212
00:42:17,128 --> 00:42:19,630
curbs here in the next couple

1213
00:42:19,630 --> 00:42:20,531
of weeks. And we'll see steel

1214
00:42:20,531 --> 00:42:24,131
coming out of the ground here

1215
00:42:26,170 --> 00:42:29,770
this fall. We are tracked to

1216
00:42:30,641 --> 00:42:32,677
open in 2027. And we are

1217
00:42:32,677 --> 00:42:33,278
continuing to work on

1218
00:42:33,278 --> 00:42:35,278
constructing pedophiles

1219
00:42:36,614 --> 00:42:37,949
facility. Have this location

1220
00:42:37,949 --> 00:42:39,617
which will be another remove

1221
00:42:39,617 --> 00:42:40,318
another potential barrier for

1222
00:42:40,318 --> 00:42:43,318
individuals who trying to get

1223
00:42:46,570 --> 00:42:49,570
out of homelessness. Our He's

1224
00:42:49,127 --> 00:42:49,660
part of a more holistic vision

1225
00:42:49,660 --> 00:42:50,928
for ending chronic

1226
00:42:50,928 --> 00:42:51,662
homelessness. And part of that

1227
00:42:51,662 --> 00:42:52,263
condition. Part of that is our

1228
00:42:52,263 --> 00:42:55,263
streets to home in the

1229
00:42:55,833 --> 00:42:59,337
program. We have a well. Okay.

1230
00:42:59,337 --> 00:43:00,371
Just is not contribute

1231
00:43:00,371 --> 00:43:01,672
financially to this program.

1232
00:43:01,672 --> 00:43:03,808
We we are integral in closing

1233
00:43:03,808 --> 00:43:05,676
and cleaning up those areas.

1234
00:43:05,676 --> 00:43:07,646
Where individuals were

1235
00:43:07,646 --> 00:43:08,846
camping. And since the

1236
00:43:08,846 --> 00:43:09,747
beginning of the of this

1237
00:43:09,747 --> 00:43:10,414
program, we have closed 9

1238
00:43:10,414 --> 00:43:13,414
camps and restored them to

1239
00:43:14,654 --> 00:43:15,620
public use. This program as

1240
00:43:15,620 --> 00:43:18,200
about AUGUST versus House,

1241
00:43:18,257 --> 00:43:19,557
more than 230 individuals. And

1242
00:43:19,557 --> 00:43:20,225
you'll that number will

1243
00:43:20,225 --> 00:43:20,959
increase on SEPTEMBER first

1244
00:43:20,959 --> 00:43:25,970
when the next round of data is

1245
00:43:25,970 --> 00:43:25,796
released. Chip expects to

1246
00:43:25,796 --> 00:43:27,565
achieve their initial goal of

1247
00:43:27,565 --> 00:43:28,867
housing 300 to 350 individuals

1248
00:43:28,867 --> 00:43:32,467
before the end of this year.

1249
00:43:33,672 --> 00:43:35,841
In phase one. And phase 2 is

1250
00:43:35,841 --> 00:43:36,507
focus on stabilization and

1251
00:43:36,507 --> 00:43:38,907
continued support of those

1252
00:43:39,744 --> 00:43:40,445
that we've already housed. So

1253
00:43:40,445 --> 00:43:41,980
face to the city has already

1254
00:43:41,980 --> 00:43:43,980
committed significant amount

1255
00:43:45,617 --> 00:43:47,719
of money to initiative at

1256
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:48,453
11 million dollars and 5.9

1257
00:43:48,453 --> 00:43:49,588
million dollars of that is

1258
00:43:49,588 --> 00:43:50,255
going towards stabilization of

1259
00:43:50,255 --> 00:43:51,723
those households that we've

1260
00:43:51,723 --> 00:43:54,723
already house. Streets to home

1261
00:43:55,395 --> 00:43:57,896
works. And the addition of

1262
00:43:57,896 --> 00:43:58,931
this of the new housing hub

1263
00:43:58,931 --> 00:43:59,464
gets us one step closer to

1264
00:43:59,464 --> 00:44:01,464
ending unsheltered

1265
00:44:04,536 --> 00:44:05,137
homelessness Indianapolis. As

1266
00:44:05,137 --> 00:44:07,105
they discuss. We we are

1267
00:44:07,105 --> 00:44:07,773
participating in the camp

1268
00:44:07,773 --> 00:44:08,440
maintenance efforts around

1269
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:09,141
streets to home. And so we

1270
00:44:09,141 --> 00:44:09,741
continue to fund that effort

1271
00:44:09,741 --> 00:44:12,741
in this and this future

1272
00:44:12,945 --> 00:44:15,345
budget. This year we've

1273
00:44:15,547 --> 00:44:17,947
cleaned 5 encampments. As part

1274
00:44:19,384 --> 00:44:20,850
of streets to home. And our

1275
00:44:20,850 --> 00:44:23,850
partners have spent more than

1276
00:44:23,722 --> 00:44:26,122
220 hours clean. Those camps.

1277
00:44:27,459 --> 00:44:28,193
This on your screen is is a

1278
00:44:28,193 --> 00:44:28,860
camp known Dakota and it is on

1279
00:44:28,860 --> 00:44:32,300
the south side of the city

1280
00:44:32,300 --> 00:44:33,990
along the river. I think, you

1281
00:44:33,990 --> 00:44:34,967
know, when we think about the

1282
00:44:34,967 --> 00:44:37,236
floods that occurred last

1283
00:44:37,236 --> 00:44:38,805
week, if we had not been able

1284
00:44:38,805 --> 00:44:40,139
to restore the spirit of

1285
00:44:40,139 --> 00:44:40,839
camping in house, these

1286
00:44:40,839 --> 00:44:41,540
individuals, we MAY have seen

1287
00:44:41,540 --> 00:44:43,543
a very different outcome for

1288
00:44:43,543 --> 00:44:44,109
neighbors who are living along

1289
00:44:44,109 --> 00:44:45,844
the river and are our

1290
00:44:45,844 --> 00:44:48,114
neighbors down south of the

1291
00:44:48,114 --> 00:44:50,883
river. Seen all this debris

1292
00:44:50,883 --> 00:44:51,783
floating down toward that. So

1293
00:44:51,783 --> 00:44:55,383
this is a really great effort

1294
00:44:55,687 --> 00:44:56,289
by our team in a phs. Finally

1295
00:44:56,289 --> 00:44:59,289
for have we continue to

1296
00:44:59,425 --> 00:45:00,560
operate or public restroom

1297
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:01,393
facilities. And we are looking

1298
00:45:01,393 --> 00:45:05,593
at a new location to move one

1299
00:45:07,267 --> 00:45:10,267
of those restrooms. Moving to

1300
00:45:14,774 --> 00:45:15,541
behavioral health. Excuse me.

1301
00:45:15,541 --> 00:45:16,242
Their budget remains

1302
00:45:16,242 --> 00:45:19,679
relatively the same as it has

1303
00:45:19,679 --> 00:45:20,380
in the past. And the mission

1304
00:45:20,380 --> 00:45:22,181
of our behavioral health team

1305
00:45:22,181 --> 00:45:22,882
is to enhance community mental

1306
00:45:22,882 --> 00:45:24,984
wellness and address barriers

1307
00:45:24,984 --> 00:45:25,585
to care for all by connecting

1308
00:45:25,585 --> 00:45:26,853
residents to timely and

1309
00:45:26,853 --> 00:45:28,853
appropriate behavioral health

1310
00:45:30,556 --> 00:45:31,190
and substance. You support

1311
00:45:31,190 --> 00:45:31,858
with the aim of reducing

1312
00:45:31,858 --> 00:45:33,260
unnecessary justice system

1313
00:45:33,260 --> 00:45:33,826
involvement and expanding

1314
00:45:33,826 --> 00:45:36,226
access to culturally competent

1315
00:45:38,898 --> 00:45:42,201
services. I want to take just

1316
00:45:42,201 --> 00:45:42,835
a second to thank should the

1317
00:45:42,835 --> 00:45:44,304
and show on the behavior

1318
00:45:44,304 --> 00:45:47,304
health team. They have been

1319
00:45:47,407 --> 00:45:48,508
instrumental in. Thinking

1320
00:45:48,508 --> 00:45:49,409
outside the box when it comes

1321
00:45:49,409 --> 00:45:51,409
to engagement around

1322
00:45:51,578 --> 00:45:53,314
behavioral health, they

1323
00:45:53,314 --> 00:45:54,470
identified that are the

1324
00:45:54,470 --> 00:45:55,915
assessment Intervention Center

1325
00:45:55,915 --> 00:45:57,685
and clinician lead community

1326
00:45:57,685 --> 00:45:58,351
response and just behavior

1327
00:45:58,351 --> 00:45:59,520
health in general. There's

1328
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:01,452
enough awareness around that.

1329
00:46:02,488 --> 00:46:03,222
And so they have taking upon

1330
00:46:03,222 --> 00:46:05,291
themselves in partnership with

1331
00:46:05,291 --> 00:46:06,960
our communications team to

1332
00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:09,960
really double down on our

1333
00:46:11,197 --> 00:46:12,498
awareness campaigns they

1334
00:46:12,498 --> 00:46:13,233
posted a series of mental

1335
00:46:13,233 --> 00:46:13,900
health first aid trainings and

1336
00:46:13,900 --> 00:46:15,936
they've all been trained in

1337
00:46:15,936 --> 00:46:16,970
mental health. First aid.

1338
00:46:16,970 --> 00:46:17,704
Those trains have been

1339
00:46:17,704 --> 00:46:19,239
provided to other agencies are

1340
00:46:19,239 --> 00:46:20,873
in the city. We're expanding

1341
00:46:20,873 --> 00:46:23,873
to other public part partners

1342
00:46:25,813 --> 00:46:26,512
on the public. In MAY we the

1343
00:46:26,512 --> 00:46:28,582
endeavor to put an extensive

1344
00:46:28,582 --> 00:46:30,517
campaign for mental Health

1345
00:46:30,517 --> 00:46:31,217
awareness Month. The dyeing

1346
00:46:31,217 --> 00:46:34,320
the canal Green with the cold

1347
00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:35,522
in partnership with the Colts

1348
00:46:35,522 --> 00:46:36,155
and hosting you forums to

1349
00:46:36,155 --> 00:46:37,657
understand how behavioral

1350
00:46:37,657 --> 00:46:38,626
health is impacting our youth.

1351
00:46:38,626 --> 00:46:39,659
have another one of those

1352
00:46:39,659 --> 00:46:42,659
coming in SEPTEMBER during to

1353
00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:49,737
side Awareness Month. The

1354
00:46:49,737 --> 00:46:51,237
assessment interventions that

1355
00:46:51,237 --> 00:46:51,906
Ruben Engagement Center

1356
00:46:51,906 --> 00:46:52,873
continues operate. 24 7 in

1357
00:46:52,873 --> 00:46:54,410
partnership with the skin on

1358
00:46:54,410 --> 00:46:54,607
health, providing mental

1359
00:46:54,607 --> 00:46:56,607
health addiction and

1360
00:46:58,779 --> 00:46:59,880
homelessness supports. We have

1361
00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:01,115
seen an increase utilization

1362
00:47:01,115 --> 00:47:02,783
of beds for the everyman

1363
00:47:02,783 --> 00:47:04,785
engagement side of the

1364
00:47:04,785 --> 00:47:06,820
facility. So just to back up a

1365
00:47:06,820 --> 00:47:09,220
second, we have recently.

1366
00:47:09,524 --> 00:47:11,425
They're 60 beds at the

1367
00:47:11,425 --> 00:47:12,893
facility and we since Winter

1368
00:47:12,893 --> 00:47:14,893
contingency maintain 30 of

1369
00:47:15,262 --> 00:47:16,960
those beds for unsheltered

1370
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:17,798
neighbors. So we've seen an

1371
00:47:17,798 --> 00:47:19,300
increase utilization both on

1372
00:47:19,300 --> 00:47:19,967
the what we're calling safe.

1373
00:47:19,967 --> 00:47:22,967
Space side of the facility.

1374
00:47:23,971 --> 00:47:24,572
Those 30 beds and increased

1375
00:47:24,572 --> 00:47:25,272
sustained use of Ruben

1376
00:47:25,272 --> 00:47:27,672
Engagement Center beds. Those

1377
00:47:30,678 --> 00:47:32,513
30 bets. There. We have served

1378
00:47:32,513 --> 00:47:34,810
more than 70 individuals with

1379
00:47:34,810 --> 00:47:36,830
a safe space beds since

1380
00:47:36,830 --> 00:47:37,251
creating those that's 4 insult

1381
00:47:37,251 --> 00:47:39,653
or neighbors. And as we

1382
00:47:39,653 --> 00:47:40,521
continue to make improvements

1383
00:47:40,521 --> 00:47:43,757
that expand, who can we can

1384
00:47:43,757 --> 00:47:47,161
refer to those beds. We will

1385
00:47:47,161 --> 00:47:49,731
see utilization in the future.

1386
00:47:49,731 --> 00:47:50,431
We've also been able to link

1387
00:47:50,431 --> 00:47:51,131
350 individuals who views the

1388
00:47:51,131 --> 00:47:53,435
Ruben Engagement Center beds

1389
00:47:53,435 --> 00:47:54,135
to continued care and we're

1390
00:47:54,135 --> 00:47:56,838
working. We continue to work

1391
00:47:56,838 --> 00:47:57,738
to improve coordination with

1392
00:47:57,738 --> 00:47:58,372
our stakeholders, to reduce

1393
00:47:58,372 --> 00:48:00,772
barriers and improve data

1394
00:48:04,778 --> 00:48:05,412
collection. The community, the

1395
00:48:05,412 --> 00:48:07,382
clinician lead community

1396
00:48:07,382 --> 00:48:09,316
response team or cr was

1397
00:48:09,316 --> 00:48:12,316
expanded on the first county

1398
00:48:13,388 --> 00:48:14,755
wide and that has been

1399
00:48:14,755 --> 00:48:15,489
instrumental increasing the

1400
00:48:15,489 --> 00:48:18,960
number of calls that are going

1401
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:21,863
to see else year. In addition

1402
00:48:21,863 --> 00:48:25,834
to that, we have a&m o u in

1403
00:48:25,834 --> 00:48:26,768
place with okay Chess Mesa

1404
00:48:26,768 --> 00:48:28,638
ands the question like

1405
00:48:28,638 --> 00:48:30,238
Community Response Team is

1406
00:48:30,238 --> 00:48:30,938
stepping stones to ensure that

1407
00:48:30,938 --> 00:48:33,338
behavioral health calls. Our

1408
00:48:34,542 --> 00:48:36,444
first being directed to seal

1409
00:48:36,444 --> 00:48:38,146
cr as opposed to in cat or the

1410
00:48:38,146 --> 00:48:38,813
police, which is which is help

1411
00:48:38,813 --> 00:48:41,813
to increase our numbers as

1412
00:48:45,787 --> 00:48:46,454
well. Ok? So we're moving to

1413
00:48:46,454 --> 00:48:48,423
the division of Community

1414
00:48:48,423 --> 00:48:50,823
Nutrition, Food policy. And

1415
00:48:53,261 --> 00:48:53,995
you will see $100,000

1416
00:48:53,995 --> 00:48:56,995
reduction the lift program for

1417
00:48:57,499 --> 00:49:00,499
this. For this division as

1418
00:49:01,469 --> 00:49:02,504
we've realized that program.

1419
00:49:02,504 --> 00:49:04,339
To q a and Catherine have done

1420
00:49:04,339 --> 00:49:04,940
a wonderful job in continuing

1421
00:49:04,940 --> 00:49:05,574
to provide food to our

1422
00:49:05,574 --> 00:49:07,574
neighbors, through direct

1423
00:49:09,544 --> 00:49:11,479
service. But Dr Shelley

1424
00:49:11,479 --> 00:49:15,790
Settles his return to us after

1425
00:49:15,517 --> 00:49:17,452
previously been in this role

1426
00:49:17,452 --> 00:49:18,860
is really working to change

1427
00:49:18,860 --> 00:49:20,210
the division to focus on

1428
00:49:20,210 --> 00:49:22,157
systems change as opposed to

1429
00:49:22,157 --> 00:49:22,824
direct services. And so these

1430
00:49:22,824 --> 00:49:25,224
programs, these slides will

1431
00:49:25,594 --> 00:49:26,962
focus less on the programs

1432
00:49:26,962 --> 00:49:28,663
themselves. And more on the

1433
00:49:28,663 --> 00:49:29,364
program, areas that she is

1434
00:49:29,364 --> 00:49:31,233
focusing on. And there's 5 of

1435
00:49:31,233 --> 00:49:33,633
those program areas, students

1436
00:49:34,869 --> 00:49:36,538
of food. Security,

1437
00:49:36,538 --> 00:49:38,538
infrastructure, food, security

1438
00:49:39,508 --> 00:49:40,208
outreach, nutrition outreach.

1439
00:49:40,208 --> 00:49:42,608
Grover Technical support and

1440
00:49:43,411 --> 00:49:44,647
retailer promotion. The

1441
00:49:44,647 --> 00:49:47,216
mission of this division is to

1442
00:49:47,216 --> 00:49:47,882
ensure access to healthy,

1443
00:49:47,882 --> 00:49:49,882
culturally appropriate food

1444
00:49:50,785 --> 00:49:51,319
for all Marin County residents

1445
00:49:51,319 --> 00:49:51,954
through support and

1446
00:49:51,954 --> 00:49:52,555
coordination of the loop,

1447
00:49:52,555 --> 00:49:54,955
local food, economy and

1448
00:49:57,580 --> 00:49:59,294
infrastructure. In front of

1449
00:49:59,294 --> 00:50:03,232
you is a map of those direct

1450
00:50:03,232 --> 00:50:04,199
food service, direct Services

1451
00:50:04,199 --> 00:50:07,169
events that our team has been

1452
00:50:07,169 --> 00:50:08,838
hosting around the city. Many

1453
00:50:08,838 --> 00:50:09,538
of those are in partnership

1454
00:50:09,538 --> 00:50:12,538
with other divisions and lot

1455
00:50:12,541 --> 00:50:13,209
of those with our community

1456
00:50:13,209 --> 00:50:14,911
violence reduction team and

1457
00:50:14,911 --> 00:50:17,747
the Ndp's team. And so as you

1458
00:50:17,747 --> 00:50:19,382
can see from this map, those

1459
00:50:19,382 --> 00:50:20,216
are taking place in the same

1460
00:50:20,216 --> 00:50:23,419
areas where we see high rates

1461
00:50:23,419 --> 00:50:25,521
of crime in our city. And

1462
00:50:25,521 --> 00:50:27,890
we're doing that because many

1463
00:50:27,890 --> 00:50:29,489
times those individuals who

1464
00:50:30,192 --> 00:50:31,280
are engaging in that type of

1465
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:31,694
violent behavior are doing so

1466
00:50:31,694 --> 00:50:34,694
because they need access to

1467
00:50:37,333 --> 00:50:37,967
food. This slide, it will be

1468
00:50:37,967 --> 00:50:40,236
the only slide that

1469
00:50:40,236 --> 00:50:42,636
demonstrates a character. One

1470
00:50:42,905 --> 00:50:45,700
spend for for this division.

1471
00:50:45,700 --> 00:50:45,775
We do not break out their

1472
00:50:45,775 --> 00:50:47,543
spend by by program. Instead,

1473
00:50:47,543 --> 00:50:48,277
we do that for the entire

1474
00:50:48,277 --> 00:50:51,877
division. And so I just wanted

1475
00:50:56,285 --> 00:50:56,986
to note that for you. In 2027,

1476
00:50:56,986 --> 00:50:57,687
we're going to continue

1477
00:50:57,687 --> 00:50:59,989
funding the programs you see

1478
00:50:59,989 --> 00:51:02,989
on the slide community Compass

1479
00:51:03,159 --> 00:51:03,727
the pantry summit in the

1480
00:51:03,727 --> 00:51:05,727
hunger networks, food

1481
00:51:05,729 --> 00:51:07,631
resources, food resource

1482
00:51:07,631 --> 00:51:08,197
services hub. The Marion

1483
00:51:08,197 --> 00:51:08,798
County public Health

1484
00:51:08,798 --> 00:51:10,798
Departments, fresh box

1485
00:51:15,138 --> 00:51:16,205
program. Community Compass,

1486
00:51:16,205 --> 00:51:17,907
which is picked pictured on

1487
00:51:17,907 --> 00:51:18,674
the screen is a free to use

1488
00:51:18,674 --> 00:51:21,674
website and app. Helps you

1489
00:51:21,711 --> 00:51:22,411
find pantries Neil sites and

1490
00:51:22,411 --> 00:51:25,411
snap and wic retailers around

1491
00:51:27,684 --> 00:51:29,850
Marin County. It's had almost

1492
00:51:29,850 --> 00:51:31,850
100,000 visits through quarter

1493
00:51:32,556 --> 00:51:34,390
2 of 2027 2026. Excuse The

1494
00:51:34,390 --> 00:51:36,293
food resources Hub connects

1495
00:51:36,293 --> 00:51:38,227
individuals to food

1496
00:51:38,227 --> 00:51:39,162
assistance, resources. We've

1497
00:51:39,162 --> 00:51:41,162
helped 69 households complete

1498
00:51:41,932 --> 00:51:43,700
snap applications this year

1499
00:51:43,700 --> 00:51:46,100
assisting. 48 with fsa say

1500
00:51:47,104 --> 00:51:49,740
interviews and we were able to

1501
00:51:49,740 --> 00:51:52,276
connect 23 of those snap. We

1502
00:51:52,276 --> 00:51:52,943
were able to get 23 of those.

1503
00:51:52,943 --> 00:51:54,943
48 households connected and

1504
00:51:55,412 --> 00:51:58,412
approved for snap. When we

1505
00:51:58,415 --> 00:51:59,383
think about what that means.

1506
00:51:59,383 --> 00:52:00,500
The average household snap

1507
00:52:00,500 --> 00:52:03,500
benefit in Marion County is

1508
00:52:03,287 --> 00:52:05,687
$400 a month. So just 23

1509
00:52:06,256 --> 00:52:07,524
households being approved for

1510
00:52:07,524 --> 00:52:10,627
snap means that could bring in

1511
00:52:10,627 --> 00:52:11,194
additional $100,000 annually

1512
00:52:11,194 --> 00:52:11,862
and snap benefits to

1513
00:52:11,862 --> 00:52:14,262
households and retailers in

1514
00:52:16,300 --> 00:52:17,367
Marion County. Our Fresh Fresh

1515
00:52:17,367 --> 00:52:18,680
Books program is a nutrition

1516
00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:20,468
incentive program. For those

1517
00:52:20,470 --> 00:52:23,400
who use snap. And what that

1518
00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:23,707
does is that it helps

1519
00:52:23,707 --> 00:52:26,900
individuals who have those

1520
00:52:26,900 --> 00:52:29,900
funds purchase more fruits and

1521
00:52:30,247 --> 00:52:32,282
vegetables from local farmers.

1522
00:52:32,282 --> 00:52:34,418
Through q 2 of this 119 unique

1523
00:52:34,418 --> 00:52:35,586
users have redeemed $3700

1524
00:52:35,586 --> 00:52:37,986
worth of the nearly $4900

1525
00:52:38,388 --> 00:52:40,788
available to them. Local

1526
00:52:44,695 --> 00:52:47,950
farmers markets and retailers.

1527
00:52:47,331 --> 00:52:49,633
As we demonstrated our map

1528
00:52:49,633 --> 00:52:52,633
earlier, our food outreach is

1529
00:52:53,604 --> 00:52:55,472
significant through q 2 of

1530
00:52:55,472 --> 00:52:57,107
this year, we hosted 14

1531
00:52:57,107 --> 00:52:57,841
events. But when the snap

1532
00:52:57,841 --> 00:53:00,644
benefits, the were cut in JULY

1533
00:53:00,644 --> 00:53:03,644
of this year, we hosted

1534
00:53:06,217 --> 00:53:07,184
additional 13 events in JULY.

1535
00:53:07,184 --> 00:53:09,754
Through q 2, we have provided

1536
00:53:09,754 --> 00:53:12,154
more than 1000 households with

1537
00:53:13,124 --> 00:53:14,258
produce another grocery items.

1538
00:53:14,258 --> 00:53:14,893
Which account amounts to

1539
00:53:14,893 --> 00:53:17,293
55,000 pounds of food for

1540
00:53:18,196 --> 00:53:18,863
neighbors. We continue to work

1541
00:53:18,863 --> 00:53:21,466
with Gleaners to provide or

1542
00:53:21,466 --> 00:53:23,301
food for these events. And

1543
00:53:23,301 --> 00:53:23,968
9.13, who is providing

1544
00:53:23,968 --> 00:53:24,969
logistics to get those the

1545
00:53:24,969 --> 00:53:28,569
food that we are are providing

1546
00:53:28,705 --> 00:53:31,105
to those locations. Outreach

1547
00:53:32,844 --> 00:53:34,812
is more than just distribution

1548
00:53:34,812 --> 00:53:36,514
our food team has filmed a

1549
00:53:36,514 --> 00:53:37,181
snap public now announcement

1550
00:53:37,181 --> 00:53:38,816
to educate residents on the

1551
00:53:38,816 --> 00:53:40,840
major changes that have come

1552
00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:43,840
with the federal and state

1553
00:53:46,892 --> 00:53:48,660
cuts to snap benefits. This is

1554
00:53:48,660 --> 00:53:49,327
where you'll know the $100,000

1555
00:53:49,327 --> 00:53:52,327
reduction in the budget for

1556
00:53:54,320 --> 00:53:54,899
this this division. We had

1557
00:53:54,899 --> 00:53:57,335
identified at the top of the

1558
00:53:57,335 --> 00:53:58,169
year before the audit's

1559
00:53:58,169 --> 00:54:00,569
release inefficiencies in the

1560
00:54:01,506 --> 00:54:03,241
food lift program. And so we

1561
00:54:03,241 --> 00:54:05,343
are working to realign that

1562
00:54:05,343 --> 00:54:06,440
program now to ensure that the

1563
00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:06,778
individuals and families that

1564
00:54:06,778 --> 00:54:09,178
need these services most

1565
00:54:10,582 --> 00:54:11,282
receive them. And so and will

1566
00:54:11,282 --> 00:54:14,882
be able to access this. These

1567
00:54:16,654 --> 00:54:17,322
lift rights. In addition to

1568
00:54:17,322 --> 00:54:19,722
our new nutrition outreach

1569
00:54:19,959 --> 00:54:20,625
includes cooking classes, food

1570
00:54:20,625 --> 00:54:22,927
access programs and the

1571
00:54:22,927 --> 00:54:25,327
promotion of healthier eating.

1572
00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:28,801
We provided 35 classes in our

1573
00:54:28,801 --> 00:54:30,201
community cooking classes in

1574
00:54:30,201 --> 00:54:30,935
the system. More than 30,000

1575
00:54:30,935 --> 00:54:33,335
individuals with rides already

1576
00:54:38,177 --> 00:54:39,310
this year. Our food team also

1577
00:54:39,310 --> 00:54:40,110
supports agriculture,

1578
00:54:40,110 --> 00:54:42,110
entrepreneurship by providing

1579
00:54:43,615 --> 00:54:45,116
grant writing assistance.

1580
00:54:45,116 --> 00:54:45,883
Available funding when we have

1581
00:54:45,883 --> 00:54:48,200
it and technical assistance

1582
00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:50,890
related to her been growing

1583
00:54:50,890 --> 00:54:52,560
and example of this type of

1584
00:54:52,560 --> 00:54:52,791
assistance is the new code

1585
00:54:52,791 --> 00:54:55,590
compliance guide that the team

1586
00:54:55,590 --> 00:54:58,590
has has drafted. It includes

1587
00:54:58,630 --> 00:54:59,265
tips on navigating city zoning

1588
00:54:59,265 --> 00:54:59,965
soil tests, resources and

1589
00:54:59,965 --> 00:55:02,365
personal livestock rules for

1590
00:55:05,938 --> 00:55:07,972
local farmers. A retailer

1591
00:55:07,972 --> 00:55:10,372
promotion slide here. We're

1592
00:55:12,211 --> 00:55:12,912
hoping to get. Individuals

1593
00:55:12,912 --> 00:55:14,646
connected to local stores and

1594
00:55:14,646 --> 00:55:17,460
promoting our local farmers.

1595
00:55:17,783 --> 00:55:19,510
We believe that's important.

1596
00:55:19,510 --> 00:55:19,785
That's why the lift grocery

1597
00:55:19,785 --> 00:55:21,220
access program and fresh books

1598
00:55:21,220 --> 00:55:24,220
are critical to this retail

1599
00:55:24,891 --> 00:55:25,925
promotion. Helping people buy

1600
00:55:25,925 --> 00:55:26,659
local also helps our local

1601
00:55:26,659 --> 00:55:29,590
retailers, which helps sustain

1602
00:55:29,461 --> 00:55:32,461
food. Which helps us sustain

1603
00:55:34,990 --> 00:55:35,467
our food ecosystem. Okay. Now

1604
00:55:35,467 --> 00:55:36,602
we're going to shift to our

1605
00:55:36,602 --> 00:55:37,202
public safety programs. And

1606
00:55:37,202 --> 00:55:39,602
first, we'll start with

1607
00:55:39,705 --> 00:55:41,705
reentry Division. This

1608
00:55:41,774 --> 00:55:43,774
division, despite some

1609
00:55:43,842 --> 00:55:45,111
changes, continues to see the

1610
00:55:45,111 --> 00:55:45,812
same amount budgeted over the

1611
00:55:45,812 --> 00:55:49,412
last over last year. And this

1612
00:55:49,915 --> 00:55:50,649
year The mission of this

1613
00:55:50,649 --> 00:55:52,251
division is to lower barriers

1614
00:55:52,251 --> 00:55:53,152
to successful community

1615
00:55:53,152 --> 00:55:55,152
reentry for individuals

1616
00:55:55,888 --> 00:55:56,655
returning from incarceration

1617
00:55:56,655 --> 00:55:57,189
and those with prior justice

1618
00:55:57,189 --> 00:55:58,557
involvement through

1619
00:55:58,557 --> 00:55:59,224
connectivity to employment,

1620
00:55:59,224 --> 00:56:01,624
housing and other essential

1621
00:56:07,933 --> 00:56:08,667
services. This team much like

1622
00:56:08,667 --> 00:56:09,401
our Behavioral Health Division

1623
00:56:09,401 --> 00:56:12,504
wanted to make sure that we're

1624
00:56:12,504 --> 00:56:13,839
getting the word out about

1625
00:56:13,839 --> 00:56:15,441
re-entry month. And they

1626
00:56:15,441 --> 00:56:16,142
created a point of view video

1627
00:56:16,142 --> 00:56:17,409
of the release lobby to help

1628
00:56:17,409 --> 00:56:18,143
get the word out about what

1629
00:56:18,143 --> 00:56:22,810
the release it is, where it is

1630
00:56:22,810 --> 00:56:23,782
and what they do. Your partner

1631
00:56:23,782 --> 00:56:24,483
spotlights during that month

1632
00:56:24,483 --> 00:56:27,860
and created flyers and about

1633
00:56:27,860 --> 00:56:28,787
expungement laws. Our team

1634
00:56:28,787 --> 00:56:30,589
also spoke at iu India about

1635
00:56:30,589 --> 00:56:31,290
there about a re-entry

1636
00:56:31,290 --> 00:56:33,690
initiatives and they've been

1637
00:56:37,864 --> 00:56:40,864
table multiple events. This so

1638
00:56:43,300 --> 00:56:43,703
this demonstrates our release

1639
00:56:43,703 --> 00:56:45,871
lobby and a reentry services

1640
00:56:45,871 --> 00:56:46,539
budgets for next year. I think

1641
00:56:46,539 --> 00:56:49,539
it's important to note here

1642
00:56:52,780 --> 00:56:53,480
that. Moving forward into

1643
00:56:53,480 --> 00:56:55,850
2027, we are realigning our

1644
00:56:55,850 --> 00:56:58,250
program really saw program.

1645
00:57:05,920 --> 00:57:05,825
From a 24 7 response to.

1646
00:57:05,825 --> 00:57:08,225
Day-to-day response during the

1647
00:57:08,828 --> 00:57:11,698
workweek. We provide 3 Ft ease

1648
00:57:11,698 --> 00:57:12,866
after really soggy. And so

1649
00:57:12,866 --> 00:57:14,734
we're going to realign their

1650
00:57:14,734 --> 00:57:16,569
mission to be more focused on

1651
00:57:16,569 --> 00:57:17,103
recidivism and less on the

1652
00:57:17,103 --> 00:57:18,872
day-to-day needs of

1653
00:57:18,872 --> 00:57:20,173
individuals coming out of the

1654
00:57:20,173 --> 00:57:21,740
facility. So that MAY be

1655
00:57:21,740 --> 00:57:23,740
working with individuals

1656
00:57:24,911 --> 00:57:25,579
before the exit, the jail in

1657
00:57:25,579 --> 00:57:27,979
partnership with the mental

1658
00:57:28,114 --> 00:57:28,815
health behavior, health case

1659
00:57:28,815 --> 00:57:31,818
workers that are in the jail

1660
00:57:31,818 --> 00:57:32,519
already. And we've already

1661
00:57:32,519 --> 00:57:35,519
been working with the Marion

1662
00:57:35,722 --> 00:57:36,389
County Sheriff's Department to

1663
00:57:36,389 --> 00:57:37,157
identify ways that they can

1664
00:57:37,157 --> 00:57:38,358
assist us in those overnight

1665
00:57:38,358 --> 00:57:40,528
hours to ensure that

1666
00:57:40,528 --> 00:57:41,261
individuals get access to bus

1667
00:57:41,261 --> 00:57:44,861
passes Lyft rides to make sure

1668
00:57:47,767 --> 00:57:50,203
they can get home. Now we move

1669
00:57:50,203 --> 00:57:52,603
to our community, introduction

1670
00:57:54,307 --> 00:57:55,420
teams, we call them cvr this

1671
00:57:55,420 --> 00:57:56,610
divisions mission is to reduce

1672
00:57:56,610 --> 00:57:57,310
community violence through

1673
00:57:57,310 --> 00:57:58,579
data-driven, community-based

1674
00:57:58,579 --> 00:58:00,579
non-law enforcement strategies

1675
00:58:01,849 --> 00:58:02,515
focusing on prevention,

1676
00:58:02,515 --> 00:58:03,216
intervention and supporting

1677
00:58:03,216 --> 00:58:05,616
neighborhoods impacted by gun

1678
00:58:13,427 --> 00:58:16,397
violence. This budget will see

1679
00:58:16,397 --> 00:58:16,998
an increase of to our National

1680
00:58:16,998 --> 00:58:18,799
for National Institute

1681
00:58:18,799 --> 00:58:19,867
Institute for Criminal Justice

1682
00:58:19,867 --> 00:58:22,737
Reform Partners. For the first

1683
00:58:22,737 --> 00:58:24,838
time they will be budgeted in

1684
00:58:24,838 --> 00:58:25,506
our budget as well as youth

1685
00:58:25,506 --> 00:58:27,906
programming, which has not

1686
00:58:31,212 --> 00:58:31,913
previously been in our budget.

1687
00:58:31,913 --> 00:58:32,546
It's hard to MISS Are in the

1688
00:58:32,546 --> 00:58:33,814
peace team. They're here

1689
00:58:33,814 --> 00:58:35,490
tonight in their orange

1690
00:58:35,490 --> 00:58:37,919
shirts. You see them out in

1691
00:58:37,919 --> 00:58:40,919
the community often and they

1692
00:58:41,550 --> 00:58:41,756
are often working to stabilize

1693
00:58:41,756 --> 00:58:42,356
our neighborhoods and some of

1694
00:58:42,356 --> 00:58:44,292
the most difficult and

1695
00:58:44,292 --> 00:58:44,825
challenging neighborhoods.

1696
00:58:44,825 --> 00:58:46,327
Providing intensive

1697
00:58:46,327 --> 00:58:48,727
interventions in areas with

1698
00:58:48,763 --> 00:58:50,431
high rates of gun violence.

1699
00:58:50,431 --> 00:58:53,000
The canvas they provide food

1700
00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:53,534
and they prefer promote

1701
00:58:53,534 --> 00:58:54,302
community events in

1702
00:58:54,302 --> 00:58:56,302
participating community. Vince

1703
00:58:58,906 --> 00:59:00,410
throughout the year. Some

1704
00:59:00,410 --> 00:59:01,309
additional impactful events

1705
00:59:01,309 --> 00:59:01,976
that we participated in

1706
00:59:01,976 --> 00:59:02,877
include piece on the Plaza,

1707
00:59:02,877 --> 00:59:05,246
which is a partnership with

1708
00:59:05,246 --> 00:59:06,981
the Pacers, which we believe

1709
00:59:06,981 --> 00:59:07,649
help to reduce some of the

1710
00:59:07,649 --> 00:59:10,418
JULY 4th challenges that we

1711
00:59:10,418 --> 00:59:13,821
saw last year. Also the Love

1712
00:59:13,821 --> 00:59:14,523
Fest at Washington Park and

1713
00:59:14,523 --> 00:59:16,757
our Cars and Kick Ball event,

1714
00:59:16,757 --> 00:59:17,925
which is a unique event this

1715
00:59:17,925 --> 00:59:20,227
year, Carson Kick Ball,

1716
00:59:20,227 --> 00:59:20,928
brought our car clubs together

1717
00:59:20,928 --> 00:59:24,332
to play kick ball against one

1718
00:59:24,332 --> 00:59:25,299
another at a local park

1719
00:59:25,299 --> 00:59:26,767
participants in that program

1720
00:59:26,767 --> 00:59:27,635
had to go through some various

1721
00:59:27,635 --> 00:59:30,350
trainings before they were

1722
00:59:32,600 --> 00:59:33,609
able to participate. This was

1723
00:59:33,609 --> 00:59:34,242
I believe, thought up by our

1724
00:59:34,242 --> 00:59:36,278
partners at Public Safety

1725
00:59:36,278 --> 00:59:37,378
Foundation, Hoskins with our

1726
00:59:37,378 --> 00:59:40,215
team. She does a great job and

1727
00:59:40,215 --> 00:59:42,450
want to shout her out as well

1728
00:59:42,450 --> 00:59:43,151
the rest of the cvr team about

1729
00:59:43,151 --> 00:59:46,751
because of all the work that

1730
00:59:48,189 --> 00:59:48,991
they do. You hear a lot of

1731
00:59:48,991 --> 00:59:51,991
success about the that we

1732
00:59:55,363 --> 00:59:56,630
have. Reducing homicides in

1733
00:59:56,630 --> 00:59:58,000
Marin County. Part of that is

1734
00:59:58,000 --> 00:59:58,667
because of the gun violence

1735
00:59:58,667 --> 01:00:01,670
reduction strategy and the

1736
01:00:02,700 --> 01:00:03,305
work that the peace team and

1737
01:00:03,305 --> 01:00:06,474
are see the our team does in

1738
01:00:06,474 --> 01:00:07,676
the community as of this

1739
01:00:07,676 --> 01:00:09,544
morning, we are at a 15%

1740
01:00:09,544 --> 01:00:10,245
reduction in criminal

1741
01:00:10,245 --> 01:00:13,245
homicides since the start of

1742
01:00:14,917 --> 01:00:15,551
this program in 2021. That

1743
01:00:15,551 --> 01:00:16,184
includes a 23% reduction

1744
01:00:16,184 --> 01:00:17,386
year-to-date in criminal

1745
01:00:17,386 --> 01:00:20,386
homicides from last year. We

1746
01:00:21,524 --> 01:00:23,358
have a lot to be proud of it,

1747
01:00:23,358 --> 01:00:24,259
but in the piece and what they

1748
01:00:24,259 --> 01:00:24,960
do there's a lot more to it

1749
01:00:24,960 --> 01:00:27,360
than just reducing criminal

1750
01:00:30,499 --> 01:00:32,499
homicides. Through the

1751
01:00:32,734 --> 01:00:33,402
fellowship program. We are

1752
01:00:33,402 --> 01:00:34,836
connecting individually or

1753
01:00:34,836 --> 01:00:35,437
connecting with individuals

1754
01:00:35,437 --> 01:00:36,538
who are at a risk being

1755
01:00:36,538 --> 01:00:39,538
involved in criminal excuse me

1756
01:00:41,176 --> 01:00:42,770
in violent. In violence and we

1757
01:00:42,770 --> 01:00:44,477
hoping to rehabilitate them

1758
01:00:47,150 --> 01:00:47,683
get them on the right path.

1759
01:00:47,683 --> 01:00:49,351
This year, we graduated 27

1760
01:00:49,351 --> 01:00:50,919
fellows out of her fellowship

1761
01:00:50,919 --> 01:00:51,920
program. And some of those

1762
01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:53,856
individuals have been hired to

1763
01:00:53,856 --> 01:00:54,624
have to continue working with

1764
01:00:54,624 --> 01:00:55,959
other fellows or with our

1765
01:00:55,959 --> 01:00:58,359
outreach teams around the

1766
01:00:59,294 --> 01:01:00,996
city. We're also hiring a

1767
01:01:00,996 --> 01:01:02,197
behavioral health and wellness

1768
01:01:02,197 --> 01:01:04,597
manager through grant funds

1769
01:01:06,868 --> 01:01:07,537
that we received. The doj. One

1770
01:01:07,537 --> 01:01:08,170
thing that we recognize is

1771
01:01:08,170 --> 01:01:09,805
that individuals in this

1772
01:01:09,805 --> 01:01:11,805
fellowship program. Our

1773
01:01:12,608 --> 01:01:15,800
challenge by behavioral health

1774
01:01:15,278 --> 01:01:15,978
mental health challenges and

1775
01:01:15,978 --> 01:01:19,147
we want to be able to provide

1776
01:01:19,147 --> 01:01:20,682
that service directly to them.

1777
01:01:20,682 --> 01:01:23,118
And as I said, our staff are

1778
01:01:23,118 --> 01:01:24,870
also putting their lives in

1779
01:01:24,870 --> 01:01:27,870
harm's way on a day-to-day

1780
01:01:27,824 --> 01:01:28,523
basis. And so they are also

1781
01:01:28,523 --> 01:01:29,191
experiencing some of the same

1782
01:01:29,191 --> 01:01:29,892
behavior, health and mental

1783
01:01:29,892 --> 01:01:30,593
health challenges. And so we

1784
01:01:30,593 --> 01:01:32,495
want to make sure that that's

1785
01:01:32,495 --> 01:01:35,131
available to them as well.

1786
01:01:35,131 --> 01:01:35,999
Some additional impactful

1787
01:01:35,999 --> 01:01:37,500
collaboration. Ys through a

1788
01:01:37,500 --> 01:01:38,166
partnership with Public Safety

1789
01:01:38,166 --> 01:01:40,166
Foundation. They're working

1790
01:01:41,204 --> 01:01:41,903
with Johns Hopkins and

1791
01:01:41,903 --> 01:01:44,303
creating a violence Reduction

1792
01:01:45,107 --> 01:01:47,243
Council here in the city. I

1793
01:01:47,243 --> 01:01:49,112
like to think that a lot like

1794
01:01:49,112 --> 01:01:50,947
the Le Bron Council where

1795
01:01:50,947 --> 01:01:52,215
we're bringing were bringing

1796
01:01:52,215 --> 01:01:53,349
together multiple partners

1797
01:01:53,349 --> 01:01:55,840
across the city to MARCH in

1798
01:01:55,840 --> 01:01:55,818
the same direction as as we

1799
01:01:55,818 --> 01:01:58,818
continue to reduce violence in

1800
01:01:59,956 --> 01:02:00,957
the city of Indianapolis. Our

1801
01:02:00,957 --> 01:02:03,920
partnership with the Brookside

1802
01:02:03,920 --> 01:02:04,861
cdc, transformative travel

1803
01:02:04,861 --> 01:02:06,950
program. Our fellows go

1804
01:02:06,950 --> 01:02:06,729
through conflict resolution

1805
01:02:06,729 --> 01:02:08,998
and then they're able to

1806
01:02:08,998 --> 01:02:09,732
participate in program to get

1807
01:02:09,732 --> 01:02:11,734
experience a new opportunities

1808
01:02:11,734 --> 01:02:12,402
outside of Marion County. Many

1809
01:02:12,402 --> 01:02:15,402
of these fellows have never

1810
01:02:19,108 --> 01:02:22,108
been outside of the county.

1811
01:02:22,145 --> 01:02:23,413
This is our indie peace Public

1812
01:02:23,413 --> 01:02:25,281
dashboard and what this

1813
01:02:25,281 --> 01:02:25,882
demonstrates on your screen is

1814
01:02:25,882 --> 01:02:27,283
our fellowship program.

1815
01:02:27,283 --> 01:02:30,283
There's also another tab for

1816
01:02:32,155 --> 01:02:35,240
age that program. I think what

1817
01:02:35,240 --> 01:02:35,892
I'd like to note here is the

1818
01:02:35,892 --> 01:02:36,859
number of number of fellows

1819
01:02:36,859 --> 01:02:39,495
that are enrolled in school

1820
01:02:39,495 --> 01:02:40,763
that re enrolled in school

1821
01:02:40,763 --> 01:02:42,980
that are either searching for

1822
01:02:42,980 --> 01:02:44,498
or have obtained full-time

1823
01:02:46,269 --> 01:02:47,503
part-time employment. And also

1824
01:02:47,503 --> 01:02:50,473
where those fellows are coming

1825
01:02:50,473 --> 01:02:51,242
from the heat map on your

1826
01:02:51,242 --> 01:02:52,243
screen demonstrates where

1827
01:02:52,243 --> 01:02:54,643
identifying this follows where

1828
01:02:56,714 --> 01:02:57,447
they live and so I think it's

1829
01:02:57,447 --> 01:03:01,470
important have as part of this

1830
01:03:03,988 --> 01:03:05,188
slide. In addition to that.

1831
01:03:05,188 --> 01:03:07,240
The if you're looking for

1832
01:03:07,240 --> 01:03:08,592
numbers around the reduction

1833
01:03:08,592 --> 01:03:09,593
in homicides of production and

1834
01:03:09,593 --> 01:03:12,462
robberies that you won't find

1835
01:03:12,462 --> 01:03:14,698
that on our dashboard. That is

1836
01:03:14,698 --> 01:03:15,398
on impd stash board. And so

1837
01:03:15,398 --> 01:03:16,990
we're going to work with them

1838
01:03:16,990 --> 01:03:18,535
to see if we can link those 2

1839
01:03:18,535 --> 01:03:19,469
dash boards together. So you

1840
01:03:19,469 --> 01:03:20,400
can see the comprehensive work

1841
01:03:20,400 --> 01:03:22,404
that we're doing in

1842
01:03:30,882 --> 01:03:32,416
partnership with impd. You

1843
01:03:32,416 --> 01:03:33,117
will recall that we paused our

1844
01:03:33,117 --> 01:03:35,517
elevation program to realign

1845
01:03:36,654 --> 01:03:37,421
it this year. And we're in

1846
01:03:37,421 --> 01:03:40,291
year one of a new two-year

1847
01:03:40,291 --> 01:03:43,291
grant cycle for this program.

1848
01:03:44,895 --> 01:03:47,295
This year. Provided grants

1849
01:03:47,398 --> 01:03:49,398
ranging from 100,000 to

1850
01:03:50,501 --> 01:03:51,168
$400,000 to 30 sept grantees

1851
01:03:51,168 --> 01:03:51,735
through the Our partnership

1852
01:03:51,735 --> 01:03:53,735
with the Indianapolis

1853
01:03:56,730 --> 01:03:56,740
Foundation. This new cycle has

1854
01:03:56,740 --> 01:03:58,776
already helps with capacity

1855
01:03:58,776 --> 01:04:01,176
building. And with data

1856
01:04:04,882 --> 01:04:05,849
collection. Last month. I you

1857
01:04:05,849 --> 01:04:08,419
know, all of you the quarter,

1858
01:04:08,419 --> 01:04:11,419
one results from the elevation

1859
01:04:12,423 --> 01:04:13,910
grants and quarter 2 outcomes

1860
01:04:13,910 --> 01:04:13,724
are are expected soon. You

1861
01:04:13,724 --> 01:04:16,627
should see those in your

1862
01:04:16,627 --> 01:04:19,830
SEPTEMBER 1st when I send out

1863
01:04:19,830 --> 01:04:21,198
our SEPTEMBER first data.

1864
01:04:21,198 --> 01:04:22,733
Grantees have established more

1865
01:04:22,733 --> 01:04:24,535
than 150 new partnerships

1866
01:04:24,535 --> 01:04:25,970
since the start of this new

1867
01:04:25,970 --> 01:04:28,970
round. And if served over

1868
01:04:30,875 --> 01:04:32,343
7,000 participants. Of the

1869
01:04:32,343 --> 01:04:34,743
more than 100 participants who

1870
01:04:34,912 --> 01:04:35,546
were connected to housing

1871
01:04:35,546 --> 01:04:37,546
resources. 66 have obtain

1872
01:04:40,552 --> 01:04:41,185
housing. And worse. We're

1873
01:04:41,185 --> 01:04:41,885
seeing improved positive

1874
01:04:41,885 --> 01:04:44,855
outcomes across the board for

1875
01:04:44,855 --> 01:04:46,524
elevation. Participants. Look

1876
01:04:46,524 --> 01:04:47,224
forward to being able to share

1877
01:04:47,224 --> 01:04:49,624
those quarter. 2 results with

1878
01:04:53,199 --> 01:04:53,765
you in SEPTEMBER. This year.

1879
01:04:53,765 --> 01:04:54,498
We also realigned our

1880
01:04:54,498 --> 01:04:56,501
strategic prevention or excuse

1881
01:04:56,501 --> 01:04:58,200
me are in the center for

1882
01:04:58,200 --> 01:04:58,737
Conflict. Conflict resolution

1883
01:04:58,737 --> 01:05:02,337
and are in the Champions which

1884
01:05:02,741 --> 01:05:04,676
is r d program. Under one

1885
01:05:04,676 --> 01:05:05,410
umbrella that we are calling

1886
01:05:05,410 --> 01:05:06,111
strategic prevention. And so

1887
01:05:06,111 --> 01:05:09,514
that's why you see these both

1888
01:05:09,514 --> 01:05:10,215
on the same slide. What that's

1889
01:05:10,215 --> 01:05:10,916
doing is it's it's making it

1890
01:05:10,916 --> 01:05:13,718
easier for us to moves shift

1891
01:05:13,718 --> 01:05:14,352
staff as needed and to share

1892
01:05:14,352 --> 01:05:16,352
resources between those 2

1893
01:05:19,291 --> 01:05:20,392
programs. Funding has been

1894
01:05:20,392 --> 01:05:22,792
slightly reduced to more

1895
01:05:22,794 --> 01:05:23,461
efficiently match. The

1896
01:05:23,461 --> 01:05:25,461
year-over-year spending for

1897
01:05:26,431 --> 01:05:27,866
the icc. Our program. But we

1898
01:05:27,866 --> 01:05:31,466
have seen we hired someone new

1899
01:05:31,870 --> 01:05:35,374
in that at the icr directly

1900
01:05:35,374 --> 01:05:36,410
from impd and we've seen in

1901
01:05:36,410 --> 01:05:36,675
124 4% increase in conflict

1902
01:05:36,675 --> 01:05:38,675
resolution trainings this

1903
01:05:40,345 --> 01:05:41,813
year. And are in the Champions

1904
01:05:41,813 --> 01:05:43,181
Program has trained more than

1905
01:05:43,181 --> 01:05:45,581
900 youth in domestic violence

1906
01:05:46,451 --> 01:05:48,451
prevention. In addition, 300

1907
01:05:53,792 --> 01:05:54,693
other individuals. 2026 marked

1908
01:05:54,693 --> 01:05:55,360
a change in how we provide

1909
01:05:55,360 --> 01:05:57,760
youth programming in Marin

1910
01:05:58,396 --> 01:06:00,632
County. We launched the Youth

1911
01:06:00,632 --> 01:06:01,299
Violence Reduction Initiative

1912
01:06:01,299 --> 01:06:04,202
and We Re imagine summer in

1913
01:06:04,202 --> 01:06:07,500
the city. After last JULY we

1914
01:06:07,500 --> 01:06:09,674
talk to youth who told us that

1915
01:06:09,674 --> 01:06:10,710
they needed another place to

1916
01:06:10,710 --> 01:06:13,710
go. That was more appropriate

1917
01:06:13,912 --> 01:06:14,714
space for them as opposed to

1918
01:06:14,714 --> 01:06:17,482
being downtown. And in that

1919
01:06:17,482 --> 01:06:19,751
re-imagining of summer in the

1920
01:06:19,751 --> 01:06:20,920
city, we operated a new

1921
01:06:20,920 --> 01:06:21,587
location on Friday providing

1922
01:06:21,587 --> 01:06:24,523
services to youth on Friday

1923
01:06:24,523 --> 01:06:26,158
and Saturday nights. We also

1924
01:06:26,158 --> 01:06:28,558
hired 2 new program managers

1925
01:06:28,794 --> 01:06:29,495
of violence prevention,

1926
01:06:29,495 --> 01:06:32,495
violence reduction on the cvr

1927
01:06:36,502 --> 01:06:38,690
team this year. For white your

1928
01:06:38,690 --> 01:06:39,205
eye, which which began that

1929
01:06:39,205 --> 01:06:40,473
pilot back in 2025. Through

1930
01:06:40,473 --> 01:06:41,206
seed funding from the National

1931
01:06:41,206 --> 01:06:43,606
Institute for Criminal Justice

1932
01:06:45,344 --> 01:06:46,112
Reform. That program is taking

1933
01:06:46,112 --> 01:06:48,180
what we learned from the adult

1934
01:06:48,180 --> 01:06:50,180
combines reduction fellowship.

1935
01:06:52,619 --> 01:06:55,621
And applies it to youth. So

1936
01:06:55,621 --> 01:06:57,757
We've partnered with voices to

1937
01:06:57,757 --> 01:06:59,825
do that work and they're

1938
01:06:59,825 --> 01:07:01,761
engaged this year with 26

1939
01:07:01,761 --> 01:07:03,863
juveniles who are at an

1940
01:07:03,863 --> 01:07:04,797
elevated risk of being

1941
01:07:04,797 --> 01:07:07,197
involved in violent violent

1942
01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:12,680
crime. What we found through

1943
01:07:12,271 --> 01:07:12,905
this program is that family

1944
01:07:12,905 --> 01:07:14,473
engagement is key to the

1945
01:07:14,473 --> 01:07:16,609
success of these individuals.

1946
01:07:16,609 --> 01:07:17,310
And so we are providing

1947
01:07:17,310 --> 01:07:17,944
wrap-around services not just

1948
01:07:17,944 --> 01:07:18,611
to the individuals in the

1949
01:07:18,611 --> 01:07:21,611
program, but also to their

1950
01:07:22,615 --> 01:07:23,316
families. This budget is going

1951
01:07:23,316 --> 01:07:25,716
to provide additional funding

1952
01:07:26,886 --> 01:07:27,920
for wide your eye. And in

1953
01:07:27,920 --> 01:07:28,622
2026, we have also provided

1954
01:07:28,622 --> 01:07:31,220
additional funding to why

1955
01:07:34,194 --> 01:07:34,860
right to continue their work.

1956
01:07:34,860 --> 01:07:35,529
Earlier this year. You all

1957
01:07:35,529 --> 01:07:36,730
provided additional funding

1958
01:07:36,730 --> 01:07:39,231
through fiscal. For our summer

1959
01:07:39,231 --> 01:07:41,334
in the city fall in the city

1960
01:07:41,334 --> 01:07:43,436
and winter in the city

1961
01:07:43,436 --> 01:07:44,503
program. And so Waller, while

1962
01:07:44,503 --> 01:07:45,571
our partnership with let them

1963
01:07:45,571 --> 01:07:46,340
talk. And this initial summer

1964
01:07:46,340 --> 01:07:49,340
in the city programming will

1965
01:07:50,676 --> 01:07:53,546
wrap up this weekend. We are

1966
01:07:53,546 --> 01:07:54,247
working with partners at

1967
01:07:54,247 --> 01:07:55,448
Delano in Anthony Hampton to

1968
01:07:55,448 --> 01:07:56,816
start youth men's Basketball

1969
01:07:56,816 --> 01:07:57,483
league. That will continue our

1970
01:07:57,483 --> 01:08:00,483
summer in the city. Efforts

1971
01:08:00,786 --> 01:08:02,656
into the fall. And we're

1972
01:08:02,656 --> 01:08:03,322
working on exploring a similar

1973
01:08:03,322 --> 01:08:04,324
program for youth Women in

1974
01:08:04,324 --> 01:08:06,192
partnership with the Powell

1975
01:08:06,192 --> 01:08:06,892
Club. So that work will

1976
01:08:06,892 --> 01:08:09,662
continue. And then over fall

1977
01:08:09,662 --> 01:08:10,330
break and winter break. We'll

1978
01:08:10,330 --> 01:08:12,730
have similar activities for

1979
01:08:12,965 --> 01:08:15,505
youth on the weekends. The

1980
01:08:15,505 --> 01:08:16,369
turnout for this for some in

1981
01:08:16,369 --> 01:08:19,969
the city this year has been

1982
01:08:20,374 --> 01:08:21,740
significant. When you look at

1983
01:08:21,740 --> 01:08:23,844
the difference from last year

1984
01:08:23,844 --> 01:08:24,544
to this year, we are averaging

1985
01:08:24,544 --> 01:08:27,314
more kids in this program per

1986
01:08:27,314 --> 01:08:30,314
night. This summer. Then we

1987
01:08:34,588 --> 01:08:35,522
registered in all 2025. The

1988
01:08:35,522 --> 01:08:36,223
earlier Intervention Planning

1989
01:08:36,223 --> 01:08:39,223
Council, we continue to fund

1990
01:08:40,327 --> 01:08:40,994
through our budget. They will

1991
01:08:40,994 --> 01:08:42,620
come back to you. It sounds

1992
01:08:42,620 --> 01:08:43,730
like on SEPTEMBER. 30th McCoy

1993
01:08:43,730 --> 01:08:44,731
will be here to talk about

1994
01:08:44,731 --> 01:08:45,432
their budget. But I did want

1995
01:08:45,432 --> 01:08:48,432
to highlight that they remain

1996
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in our budget for 2027. And

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then we we have a couple of

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programs that don't fit nicely

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under umbrellas of public

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01:09:00,348 --> 01:09:01,140
safety and public health. And

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01:09:01,140 --> 01:09:01,648
those are a lift concierge

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01:09:01,648 --> 01:09:04,480
program and our immigrant

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01:09:05,485 --> 01:09:06,453
legal defense program. First,

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01:09:06,453 --> 01:09:07,120
we'll talk about Wisconsin

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01:09:07,120 --> 01:09:09,520
years. We're continuing to

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01:09:10,290 --> 01:09:10,958
fund that program at $45,000.

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This is essential to being

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01:09:13,827 --> 01:09:14,528
able to assist some of our

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01:09:14,528 --> 01:09:16,928
programs and the participants

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01:09:17,364 --> 01:09:18,310
of those programs getting them

2011
01:09:18,310 --> 01:09:21,310
rides to whether its rides

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01:09:21,335 --> 01:09:22,200
home from the jail or whether

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01:09:22,200 --> 01:09:22,669
it's getting out through

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01:09:22,669 --> 01:09:24,669
winter contingency, getting

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01:09:24,906 --> 01:09:25,639
them connected to behavioral

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01:09:25,639 --> 01:09:27,639
health appointments,

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01:09:27,774 --> 01:09:29,343
employment opportunities for

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01:09:29,343 --> 01:09:29,910
school. And so we think it's

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01:09:29,910 --> 01:09:31,379
necessary to continue

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01:09:31,379 --> 01:09:34,379
providing the services to our

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01:09:37,452 --> 01:09:39,452
to partners. Finally,

2022
01:09:40,355 --> 01:09:42,890
immigrant legal defense. I

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01:09:42,890 --> 01:09:43,124
want to thank Director Morales

2024
01:09:43,124 --> 01:09:44,224
who I believe is here this

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01:09:44,224 --> 01:09:44,891
evening and can speak more to

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01:09:44,891 --> 01:09:47,291
the immigrant legal Defense

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01:09:48,280 --> 01:09:48,596
services that we're providing.

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01:09:48,596 --> 01:09:49,230
So I'll give you the

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01:09:49,230 --> 01:09:49,864
highlights if if you have

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01:09:49,864 --> 01:09:52,264
questions, you can answer

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01:09:55,370 --> 01:09:56,471
those. This budget does not

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01:09:56,471 --> 01:09:57,171
provide additional funding in

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01:09:57,171 --> 01:09:59,730
2027. And the reason for that

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01:09:59,730 --> 01:10:02,730
is much like remember much

2035
01:10:02,877 --> 01:10:03,544
like our elevation, fun. We

2036
01:10:03,544 --> 01:10:04,279
needed to pause and take a

2037
01:10:04,279 --> 01:10:05,580
look at what we were doing and

2038
01:10:05,580 --> 01:10:08,580
realign this program. And so

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01:10:08,716 --> 01:10:11,620
that's taken some time. Those

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01:10:11,620 --> 01:10:12,854
dollars in 2026. Are not yet

2041
01:10:12,854 --> 01:10:13,721
under contract. And so what

2042
01:10:13,721 --> 01:10:14,722
we're going to do is apply

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01:10:14,722 --> 01:10:17,125
those funds much like we did

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01:10:17,125 --> 01:10:20,125
with the elevation Grant to

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01:10:20,528 --> 01:10:21,396
the 2027 year. So we will

2046
01:10:21,396 --> 01:10:23,796
still have $300,000 that will

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01:10:24,165 --> 01:10:27,765
go to grantees to operate in

2048
01:10:29,570 --> 01:10:31,472
the 2027 budget. And the 300

2049
01:10:31,472 --> 01:10:32,140
the previous year's funding

2050
01:10:32,140 --> 01:10:33,775
2025 funding is still being

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01:10:33,775 --> 01:10:34,442
spent this year. So we are

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01:10:34,442 --> 01:10:36,442
still assisting individuals

2053
01:10:39,480 --> 01:10:40,682
this year with services. One

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01:10:40,682 --> 01:10:42,150
thing I want to note about

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01:10:42,150 --> 01:10:42,850
this program is that our our

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01:10:42,850 --> 01:10:44,850
partnership with Indianapolis

2057
01:10:46,154 --> 01:10:47,121
Foundation is strong. And in

2058
01:10:47,121 --> 01:10:47,823
each of their contracts, they

2059
01:10:47,823 --> 01:10:49,900
agreed to provide additional

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01:10:49,900 --> 01:10:51,490
funding through there funds

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01:10:53,294 --> 01:10:54,362
that they have. To continue to

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01:10:54,362 --> 01:10:56,431
support this program. And that

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01:10:56,431 --> 01:10:58,333
will continue in 2027. So

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01:10:58,333 --> 01:11:01,736
there will be at least in

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01:11:01,736 --> 01:11:03,736
addition of $150,000 in 2027

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01:11:04,500 --> 01:11:05,507
coming from the Indianapolis

2067
01:11:05,507 --> 01:11:07,976
Foundation. And as you can see

2068
01:11:07,976 --> 01:11:08,811
last year, they they provided

2069
01:11:08,811 --> 01:11:11,211
additional funding above and

2070
01:11:12,114 --> 01:11:12,847
beyond that $150,000. And so

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01:11:12,847 --> 01:11:15,384
we're hopeful will continue to

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01:11:15,384 --> 01:11:16,851
work with them that they will

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01:11:16,851 --> 01:11:17,518
be able to provide additional

2074
01:11:17,518 --> 01:11:19,918
funding in 2027 to support

2075
01:11:25,728 --> 01:11:26,629
this program. As you all know,

2076
01:11:26,629 --> 01:11:27,329
data has been something that

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01:11:27,329 --> 01:11:29,564
we've been really focused on.

2078
01:11:29,564 --> 01:11:30,198
And I think we've demonstrated

2079
01:11:30,198 --> 01:11:32,598
that throughout this this

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01:11:35,104 --> 01:11:35,804
program today. Now I'd like to

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01:11:35,804 --> 01:11:38,474
wrap up by talking about data

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01:11:38,474 --> 01:11:39,141
and our audit response as well

2083
01:11:39,141 --> 01:11:43,341
as well as what we have to

2084
01:11:43,879 --> 01:11:45,948
achieve moving forward. In

2085
01:11:45,948 --> 01:11:47,716
2024, we heard today to

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01:11:47,716 --> 01:11:50,716
manager and she has been

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01:11:50,953 --> 01:11:51,620
working diligently to create.

2088
01:11:51,620 --> 01:11:53,620
8 public facing dashboards

2089
01:11:53,690 --> 01:11:54,723
that are now on our website

2090
01:11:54,723 --> 01:11:58,323
and she working on more that

2091
01:11:59,328 --> 01:11:59,895
are under construction now.

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01:11:59,895 --> 01:12:01,630
This is dry. We have

2093
01:12:01,630 --> 01:12:01,597
drastically improved their

2094
01:12:01,597 --> 01:12:02,998
data collection and

2095
01:12:02,998 --> 01:12:04,660
transparency across all of our

2096
01:12:04,660 --> 01:12:07,660
divisions and begun sending a

2097
01:12:07,637 --> 01:12:09,605
monthly report to council.

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01:12:09,605 --> 01:12:10,840
We've updated our contracts to

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01:12:10,840 --> 01:12:11,974
ensure timely and meaningful

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01:12:11,974 --> 01:12:12,708
data is being collected. And

2101
01:12:12,708 --> 01:12:13,309
we're helping our vendors to

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01:12:13,309 --> 01:12:16,450
make sure that they are

2103
01:12:16,450 --> 01:12:19,645
supplying us with that data on

2104
01:12:19,848 --> 01:12:21,116
a monthly and quarterly basis.

2105
01:12:21,116 --> 01:12:22,418
As well making sure that when

2106
01:12:22,418 --> 01:12:23,118
they provide us with reporting

2107
01:12:23,118 --> 01:12:26,322
that those reports are up to

2108
01:12:26,322 --> 01:12:27,189
our standards. We're also

2109
01:12:27,189 --> 01:12:29,589
partnering with IOUs a

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01:12:29,959 --> 01:12:30,826
leveraging their expertise

2111
01:12:30,826 --> 01:12:31,661
because we want to we want to

2112
01:12:31,661 --> 01:12:34,463
take a look at all of our data

2113
01:12:34,463 --> 01:12:37,366
across all of our programs to

2114
01:12:37,366 --> 01:12:38,334
to be able to see who were

2115
01:12:38,334 --> 01:12:39,340
serving and who's impacted by

2116
01:12:39,340 --> 01:12:41,704
each of the programs that we

2117
01:12:41,704 --> 01:12:44,704
are providing. So over time,

2118
01:12:44,907 --> 01:12:48,430
we hope to be able to

2119
01:12:48,430 --> 01:12:48,677
demonstrate how I is impacting

2120
01:12:48,677 --> 01:12:49,378
our homeless neighbors by

2121
01:12:49,378 --> 01:12:52,470
connecting. It's my asked to

2122
01:12:52,470 --> 01:12:53,883
do with the icy data. We'd

2123
01:12:53,883 --> 01:12:54,751
like to see how that then

2124
01:12:54,751 --> 01:12:56,751
impacts the individuals,

2125
01:12:56,885 --> 01:12:57,620
individuals coming out of her

2126
01:12:57,620 --> 01:13:00,620
jail and and the release

2127
01:13:02,791 --> 01:13:03,492
lobby. And so really excited

2128
01:13:03,492 --> 01:13:06,492
about this. I think we're

2129
01:13:06,595 --> 01:13:07,496
making some significant

2130
01:13:07,496 --> 01:13:11,960
headway and look for look for

2131
01:13:14,504 --> 01:13:16,705
more to come on that front.

2132
01:13:16,705 --> 01:13:18,541
We've also made consistent

2133
01:13:18,541 --> 01:13:19,109
progress since before the

2134
01:13:19,109 --> 01:13:20,175
audit was released in

2135
01:13:20,175 --> 01:13:20,844
addressing some of the

2136
01:13:20,844 --> 01:13:23,844
concerns that came from the

2137
01:13:24,247 --> 01:13:26,490
audit last earlier this year.

2138
01:13:26,490 --> 01:13:26,716
To bring you up to speed on

2139
01:13:26,716 --> 01:13:29,716
where we're will be talking

2140
01:13:31,688 --> 01:13:32,389
about that here shortly. You

2141
01:13:32,389 --> 01:13:33,560
also you've received in your

2142
01:13:33,560 --> 01:13:35,250
packets, substantial

2143
01:13:35,250 --> 01:13:37,425
information that addresses the

2144
01:13:39,195 --> 01:13:39,896
audit findings. In your packet

2145
01:13:39,896 --> 01:13:43,496
there with just a second. Why

2146
01:13:44,501 --> 01:13:45,201
did that for you? You have the

2147
01:13:45,201 --> 01:13:47,601
audit response tracking sheet

2148
01:13:47,837 --> 01:13:49,739
that is color coded. Green

2149
01:13:49,739 --> 01:13:51,740
means that we have already

2150
01:13:51,740 --> 01:13:51,875
accomplished that response.

2151
01:13:51,875 --> 01:13:54,678
Yellow means that we are in

2152
01:13:54,678 --> 01:13:55,545
progress and red means that we

2153
01:13:55,545 --> 01:13:58,949
have yet to really be able to

2154
01:13:58,949 --> 01:14:01,850
start that response. You'll

2155
01:14:01,850 --> 01:14:02,218
also see examples of logic

2156
01:14:02,218 --> 01:14:03,888
model each of our

2157
01:14:03,888 --> 01:14:05,722
administrators and and their

2158
01:14:05,722 --> 01:14:06,390
teams have been tasked with

2159
01:14:06,390 --> 01:14:07,692
creating a logic model for

2160
01:14:07,692 --> 01:14:08,993
each of their programs to make

2161
01:14:08,993 --> 01:14:09,660
sure that the work that we're

2162
01:14:09,660 --> 01:14:12,660
doing and the outcomes that

2163
01:14:12,896 --> 01:14:15,980
are coming from that work. Our

2164
01:14:15,980 --> 01:14:15,799
ethic is I hsus and that we

2165
01:14:15,799 --> 01:14:16,499
can demonstrate that you all

2166
01:14:16,499 --> 01:14:19,669
and that they really back to

2167
01:14:19,669 --> 01:14:20,303
our mission. You also find at

2168
01:14:20,303 --> 01:14:23,903
the end of the packet and

2169
01:14:24,107 --> 01:14:24,808
example work plan. So each of

2170
01:14:24,808 --> 01:14:25,508
our employees has. We've

2171
01:14:25,508 --> 01:14:28,812
worked with them to create a

2172
01:14:28,812 --> 01:14:31,470
work plan. Relates back to the

2173
01:14:31,470 --> 01:14:34,470
mission of the division. They

2174
01:14:34,952 --> 01:14:35,685
work for and to these excuse

2175
01:14:35,685 --> 01:14:39,189
logic models for each of their

2176
01:14:39,189 --> 01:14:39,823
programs. You also see some

2177
01:14:39,823 --> 01:14:40,558
reports in there. Some of

2178
01:14:40,558 --> 01:14:42,958
those you've already received.

2179
01:14:44,328 --> 01:14:45,528
But I wanted to to Ed them.

2180
01:14:45,528 --> 01:14:46,363
You have a month one of summer

2181
01:14:46,363 --> 01:14:47,640
in the city. Let them talk.

2182
01:14:47,640 --> 01:14:49,320
Provided a really robust

2183
01:14:49,320 --> 01:14:50,768
report for you. So I think

2184
01:14:50,768 --> 01:14:51,402
that's helpful. Q one

2185
01:14:51,402 --> 01:14:53,402
immigrant legal services

2186
01:14:54,772 --> 01:14:55,472
report from this year. You

2187
01:14:55,472 --> 01:14:57,410
have a q one with public. You

2188
01:14:57,410 --> 01:14:57,975
won't have legally report.

2189
01:14:57,975 --> 01:15:00,375
Already received that. But

2190
01:15:00,978 --> 01:15:01,712
wanted to add that in there,

2191
01:15:01,712 --> 01:15:05,312
that's just the legal data for

2192
01:15:05,816 --> 01:15:06,450
you. Think that's all that's

2193
01:15:06,450 --> 01:15:09,450
in your report. But just

2194
01:15:14,725 --> 01:15:16,600
wanted to highlight this. As

2195
01:15:16,600 --> 01:15:16,928
part of the audit response. We

2196
01:15:16,928 --> 01:15:19,928
have made a new centralized

2197
01:15:20,364 --> 01:15:21,632
documents, contract hub. And

2198
01:15:21,632 --> 01:15:24,135
we are drafting multiple new

2199
01:15:24,135 --> 01:15:24,835
standard operating procedures

2200
01:15:24,835 --> 01:15:27,835
that relate to the responses

2201
01:15:28,773 --> 01:15:30,741
in the audit. Our soapy has

2202
01:15:30,741 --> 01:15:32,900
has been reviewed and approved

2203
01:15:32,900 --> 01:15:32,743
by the Office of Audit

2204
01:15:32,743 --> 01:15:35,143
Performance and the Purchasing

2205
01:15:35,546 --> 01:15:37,882
Division fm. And we will be

2206
01:15:37,882 --> 01:15:39,951
training all of our staff on

2207
01:15:39,951 --> 01:15:41,218
so peas when they are

2208
01:15:41,218 --> 01:15:43,540
finalized so that we can do

2209
01:15:43,540 --> 01:15:45,454
that. Cindy. A quick

2210
01:15:47,858 --> 01:15:49,493
succession later this fall. We

2211
01:15:49,493 --> 01:15:50,161
are also working on an ethics

2212
01:15:50,161 --> 01:15:51,495
training in addition to the

2213
01:15:51,495 --> 01:15:53,895
annual ethics training that

2214
01:15:54,732 --> 01:15:55,733
all city staff receive, that

2215
01:15:55,733 --> 01:15:56,467
will be an in-person training

2216
01:15:56,467 --> 01:16:00,670
and that is being developed by

2217
01:16:00,504 --> 01:16:01,505
oc c. Later this fall. We will

2218
01:16:01,505 --> 01:16:03,307
also provide leadership in

2219
01:16:03,307 --> 01:16:03,908
conflict resolution training

2220
01:16:03,908 --> 01:16:06,110
to our leadership team,

2221
01:16:06,110 --> 01:16:06,678
including our administrators,

2222
01:16:06,678 --> 01:16:09,780
something that we've we've

2223
01:16:09,680 --> 01:16:12,283
just noted, some challenges in

2224
01:16:12,283 --> 01:16:13,951
okay, chess. I think when you

2225
01:16:13,951 --> 01:16:14,652
think about our maybe some of

2226
01:16:14,652 --> 01:16:15,319
our cultural challenges that

2227
01:16:15,319 --> 01:16:17,255
you've noted over the last

2228
01:16:17,255 --> 01:16:17,888
couple of years, think some of

2229
01:16:17,888 --> 01:16:20,888
that can be addressed by

2230
01:16:22,159 --> 01:16:23,227
making sure that we are all

2231
01:16:23,227 --> 01:16:23,929
that we're all adequately

2232
01:16:23,929 --> 01:16:26,230
trained and that we know how

2233
01:16:26,230 --> 01:16:28,499
to read. Rest resolve conflict

2234
01:16:28,499 --> 01:16:32,990
with one another. And with our

2235
01:16:35,274 --> 01:16:35,974
partners external to the city.

2236
01:16:35,974 --> 01:16:38,677
Finally, we will continue to

2237
01:16:38,677 --> 01:16:40,645
focus on the items discussed

2238
01:16:40,645 --> 01:16:42,547
in the few slides. Refining

2239
01:16:42,547 --> 01:16:43,215
our data improving reporting

2240
01:16:43,215 --> 01:16:45,615
outcomes and continuing our

2241
01:16:46,218 --> 01:16:47,953
staff training. We're also

2242
01:16:47,953 --> 01:16:48,620
looking at improving our

2243
01:16:48,620 --> 01:16:49,922
program structures so that

2244
01:16:49,922 --> 01:16:50,822
they better aligned with our

2245
01:16:50,822 --> 01:16:51,423
mission. We've done some of

2246
01:16:51,423 --> 01:16:54,423
already, but we want to

2247
01:16:57,290 --> 01:16:57,829
continue that. And so I want

2248
01:16:57,829 --> 01:16:59,831
to thank again. Thank you to

2249
01:16:59,831 --> 01:17:01,990
the if you just team our

2250
01:17:01,990 --> 01:17:02,100
partners. We're joined tonight

2251
01:17:02,100 --> 01:17:03,835
by a lot of partners. Some of

2252
01:17:03,835 --> 01:17:05,370
them are probably going going

2253
01:17:05,370 --> 01:17:05,771
to come up and share their

2254
01:17:05,771 --> 01:17:08,771
experiences phs in the funding

2255
01:17:09,741 --> 01:17:10,876
that you provided. I just want

2256
01:17:10,876 --> 01:17:13,512
I want to note a few of them.

2257
01:17:13,512 --> 01:17:15,514
Indianapolis legal aid society

2258
01:17:15,514 --> 01:17:16,448
and, you know, legal services.

2259
01:17:16,448 --> 01:17:17,115
We have David Muhammad

2260
01:17:17,115 --> 01:17:19,184
National City for Criminal

2261
01:17:19,184 --> 01:17:19,819
Justice reform here. I believe

2262
01:17:19,819 --> 01:17:22,219
Judge Bacon from Lawrence

2263
01:17:23,522 --> 01:17:24,222
Township is here as well

2264
01:17:24,222 --> 01:17:27,222
Eskenazi and our partners at

2265
01:17:28,194 --> 01:17:29,828
the icy. Clc are stepping

2266
01:17:29,828 --> 01:17:32,828
stones are here. Shauna majors

2267
01:17:33,532 --> 01:17:35,932
from the Martindale Brightwood

2268
01:17:38,337 --> 01:17:39,710
Community Center director

2269
01:17:39,710 --> 01:17:40,439
Mirallas in dp Staff Deborah's

2270
01:17:40,439 --> 01:17:42,439
Place. Indianapolis

2271
01:17:44,276 --> 01:17:45,410
Foundation. Any public safety

2272
01:17:45,410 --> 01:17:46,144
foundation and and others. And

2273
01:17:46,144 --> 01:17:46,812
so if I MISS You, I apologize.

2274
01:17:46,812 --> 01:17:47,512
But thank you all for being

2275
01:17:47,512 --> 01:17:50,512
here this evening. And thank

2276
01:17:52,840 --> 01:17:52,784
you council with that. Thank

2277
01:17:52,784 --> 01:17:53,452
you. Director Merkley stuffy

2278
01:17:53,452 --> 01:17:55,852
comments or questions from

2279
01:18:00,293 --> 01:18:02,261
counselors. Council Perkins.

2280
01:18:02,261 --> 01:18:05,261
Thank you, MISTER Chair. Thank

2281
01:18:07,799 --> 01:18:10,303
you. Director and cfo for the

2282
01:18:10,303 --> 01:18:12,303
presentation. I believe

2283
01:18:14,274 --> 01:18:17,274
several things can be true.

2284
01:18:18,110 --> 01:18:21,800
All Phs serves some of our

2285
01:18:21,800 --> 01:18:23,316
most vulnerable residents. The

2286
01:18:23,316 --> 01:18:25,716
office reflects the diversity.

2287
01:18:29,121 --> 01:18:32,721
City that we serve. That you

2288
01:18:35,628 --> 01:18:38,280
provide critical support. Too.

2289
01:18:38,564 --> 01:18:39,132
Residents in some of the most

2290
01:18:39,132 --> 01:18:41,132
difficult seasons and

2291
01:18:43,337 --> 01:18:46,337
experiences of But I also

2292
01:18:48,274 --> 01:18:49,976
believe accountability,

2293
01:18:49,976 --> 01:18:50,643
transparency and strong

2294
01:18:50,643 --> 01:18:53,430
internal controls can also

2295
01:18:55,281 --> 01:18:57,116
exists. We also acknowledge

2296
01:18:57,116 --> 01:19:00,116
with the last 4, 5 years we've

2297
01:19:00,787 --> 01:19:03,187
seen significant increases in

2298
01:19:04,257 --> 01:19:05,558
the overall budget off office.

2299
01:19:05,558 --> 01:19:09,529
And I want take you back to

2300
01:19:09,529 --> 01:19:10,229
the audit report and the audit

2301
01:19:10,229 --> 01:19:13,229
report card that you provided

2302
01:19:14,467 --> 01:19:17,670
to us. And it gives me a

2303
01:19:17,670 --> 01:19:20,670
little bit of heartburn that 2

2304
01:19:21,708 --> 01:19:23,760
particular areas f 3 review of

2305
01:19:23,760 --> 01:19:25,476
program effectiveness and have

2306
01:19:26,713 --> 01:19:28,470
6. Then the compliance review

2307
01:19:28,470 --> 01:19:31,647
seem to be the 2 areas with

2308
01:19:33,190 --> 01:19:33,820
the least progress. Can you

2309
01:19:33,820 --> 01:19:37,420
share a little bit with this

2310
01:19:38,391 --> 01:19:39,659
committee? Why is that the

2311
01:19:39,659 --> 01:19:41,295
case? And what's the plan for

2312
01:19:41,295 --> 01:19:44,295
the rest of the year?

2313
01:19:45,298 --> 01:19:47,234
Absolutely. Thank you,

2314
01:19:47,234 --> 01:19:49,634
counselor. Looking at this

2315
01:19:49,637 --> 01:19:50,271
report card. I see that those

2316
01:19:50,271 --> 01:19:52,606
2 findings have a lot of

2317
01:19:52,606 --> 01:19:54,874
yellow. And that means of

2318
01:19:54,874 --> 01:19:58,474
those are in progress, as you

2319
01:19:59,580 --> 01:20:02,483
can imagine. Phs. But your

2320
01:20:02,483 --> 01:20:03,183
point is responding to a lot

2321
01:20:03,183 --> 01:20:03,816
of emergencies and there's a

2322
01:20:03,816 --> 01:20:05,319
lot of other changes and

2323
01:20:05,319 --> 01:20:07,320
realignments that we've made.

2324
01:20:07,320 --> 01:20:08,550
I discussed during our

2325
01:20:08,550 --> 01:20:11,550
presentation. Trying to do all

2326
01:20:11,825 --> 01:20:12,426
that. In addition to creating

2327
01:20:12,426 --> 01:20:14,426
new standard operating

2328
01:20:16,196 --> 01:20:17,640
procedures for all these

2329
01:20:17,640 --> 01:20:18,866
responses? You know, working

2330
01:20:18,866 --> 01:20:21,602
with other agencies to help us

2331
01:20:21,602 --> 01:20:22,636
do that. And that takes time

2332
01:20:22,636 --> 01:20:23,270
what I can tell you is that

2333
01:20:23,270 --> 01:20:25,270
those standard operating

2334
01:20:25,406 --> 01:20:26,607
procedures have been drafted.

2335
01:20:26,607 --> 01:20:27,241
We're working to finalize

2336
01:20:27,241 --> 01:20:27,975
those and make sure that

2337
01:20:27,975 --> 01:20:30,975
they're policed by our partner

2338
01:20:32,713 --> 01:20:34,148
agencies. We will be training

2339
01:20:34,148 --> 01:20:37,748
our staff before the end of

2340
01:20:39,190 --> 01:20:43,219
the year on those us a aside

2341
01:20:44,959 --> 01:20:46,594
from that, I believe. We have.

2342
01:20:46,594 --> 01:20:48,596
Yeah, I believe we are. We are

2343
01:20:48,596 --> 01:20:50,996
addressing all those fines.

2344
01:20:53,670 --> 01:20:53,867
The follow-up chair counselor,

2345
01:20:53,867 --> 01:20:56,103
thank Are all those things

2346
01:20:56,103 --> 01:20:59,103
being done internally? Yes, is

2347
01:20:59,673 --> 01:21:03,844
the draft in and and help us

2348
01:21:03,844 --> 01:21:05,980
to understand the decision to

2349
01:21:05,980 --> 01:21:08,315
keep those things internal

2350
01:21:08,315 --> 01:21:10,684
rather than seek an external

2351
01:21:10,684 --> 01:21:13,520
support. Given the urgency off

2352
01:21:13,520 --> 01:21:14,188
the audit report and the

2353
01:21:14,188 --> 01:21:16,588
significant role that this

2354
01:21:19,270 --> 01:21:20,940
office place in community. I

2355
01:21:20,940 --> 01:21:23,694
felt that it was important for

2356
01:21:25,233 --> 01:21:25,900
our team. To to have skin in

2357
01:21:25,900 --> 01:21:28,900
the game in creating these

2358
01:21:30,504 --> 01:21:33,504
policies and you know, there's

2359
01:21:34,975 --> 01:21:35,577
been a lot of angst. Related

2360
01:21:35,577 --> 01:21:39,177
this audit and a lot of

2361
01:21:40,638 --> 01:21:40,758
adversity that we have that

2362
01:21:40,758 --> 01:21:41,181
the entire team has experience

2363
01:21:41,181 --> 01:21:43,450
because of the audit. And it

2364
01:21:43,450 --> 01:21:44,118
was important to me that we do

2365
01:21:44,118 --> 01:21:46,221
this internally and then we

2366
01:21:46,221 --> 01:21:46,921
make sure that these the

2367
01:21:46,921 --> 01:21:49,921
people who are actually doing

2368
01:21:50,392 --> 01:21:53,930
the work every day. Who know?

2369
01:21:53,930 --> 01:21:54,930
Our partners and know what's

2370
01:21:54,930 --> 01:21:56,731
needed, that they are helping

2371
01:21:56,731 --> 01:21:58,133
too helped, but they're hoping

2372
01:21:58,133 --> 01:22:01,133
to address these findings and

2373
01:22:01,637 --> 01:22:03,939
create the of Additionally,

2374
01:22:03,939 --> 01:22:06,939
okay. Just does not have

2375
01:22:07,242 --> 01:22:09,642
funding to seek external.

2376
01:22:13,381 --> 01:22:15,717
Assistance so I don't know

2377
01:22:15,717 --> 01:22:16,351
that it would have that we

2378
01:22:16,351 --> 01:22:17,520
would've been able to go

2379
01:22:17,520 --> 01:22:21,252
outside of a phs to find that

2380
01:22:21,456 --> 01:22:23,856
assistance. Just a final

2381
01:22:26,328 --> 01:22:27,562
comment. For an office that

2382
01:22:27,562 --> 01:22:29,962
operates in almost 30 million

2383
01:22:30,265 --> 01:22:33,265
dollars that's that's hard for

2384
01:22:34,569 --> 01:22:37,373
me to hear. That an audit

2385
01:22:37,373 --> 01:22:40,373
comes back with number of

2386
01:22:43,679 --> 01:22:44,379
findings and I do believe that

2387
01:22:44,379 --> 01:22:47,979
the staff needed our needs to

2388
01:22:48,116 --> 01:22:48,750
have skin in the game. But I

2389
01:22:48,750 --> 01:22:51,750
also believe that this is

2390
01:22:53,588 --> 01:22:54,356
critical enough. That almost

2391
01:22:54,356 --> 01:22:56,157
for months in 5 months stating

2392
01:22:56,157 --> 01:22:59,757
that we're still not at the

2393
01:22:59,894 --> 01:23:01,664
place where some of the more

2394
01:23:01,664 --> 01:23:03,498
significant pieces from

2395
01:23:03,498 --> 01:23:06,498
islands are still not fully

2396
01:23:07,680 --> 01:23:08,300
addressed. It is important

2397
01:23:08,300 --> 01:23:08,703
that we are reviewing

2398
01:23:08,703 --> 01:23:11,103
effectiveness of the programs

2399
01:23:11,139 --> 01:23:14,739
that we are funded. It is

2400
01:23:15,176 --> 01:23:17,245
important that our vendors who

2401
01:23:17,245 --> 01:23:18,814
were engaged in relationship

2402
01:23:18,814 --> 01:23:20,815
that there is a way that we I

2403
01:23:20,815 --> 01:23:23,215
of compliance. Seeing those

2404
01:23:24,588 --> 01:23:26,656
compliance. And so I would

2405
01:23:26,656 --> 01:23:29,656
consider at least from my

2406
01:23:30,559 --> 01:23:31,293
recommendation that if the

2407
01:23:31,293 --> 01:23:33,620
plan that is in place will not

2408
01:23:33,620 --> 01:23:33,829
deliver this by the end of

2409
01:23:33,829 --> 01:23:36,229
this year that strong

2410
01:23:36,632 --> 01:23:37,333
consideration given to find

2411
01:23:37,333 --> 01:23:40,503
some outside support to be up

2412
01:23:40,503 --> 01:23:41,170
to get this done is too

2413
01:23:41,170 --> 01:23:41,871
important to that with the

2414
01:23:41,871 --> 01:23:44,440
work that you do so important

2415
01:23:44,440 --> 01:23:45,274
to the community. For us to

2416
01:23:45,274 --> 01:23:47,610
still continue to answer

2417
01:23:47,610 --> 01:23:48,778
questions about

2418
01:23:48,778 --> 01:23:49,946
accountability, integrity and

2419
01:23:49,946 --> 01:23:52,114
credibility. Thank you. MISTER

2420
01:23:52,114 --> 01:23:54,383
Chair. Doesn't. This will come

2421
01:23:54,383 --> 01:23:56,783
to questions. Councilor Mike

2422
01:23:59,990 --> 01:24:02,658
apart. Thank you, MR. CHAIRMAN

2423
01:24:02,658 --> 01:24:03,259
thank counselor Perkins for

2424
01:24:03,259 --> 01:24:03,993
those comments. I agree

2425
01:24:03,993 --> 01:24:04,694
completely. And I just want to

2426
01:24:04,694 --> 01:24:06,429
add a couple things there in

2427
01:24:06,429 --> 01:24:09,165
that has a question about some

2428
01:24:09,165 --> 01:24:10,499
under spent on the audit side

2429
01:24:10,499 --> 01:24:11,968
that couple things I'd expect

2430
01:24:11,968 --> 01:24:15,304
and want to see and hear our

2431
01:24:15,304 --> 01:24:17,573
our date started. So when you

2432
01:24:17,573 --> 01:24:18,274
started drafting the statement

2433
01:24:18,274 --> 01:24:20,674
operating procedures and the

2434
01:24:21,177 --> 01:24:22,445
expected completion date.

2435
01:24:22,445 --> 01:24:23,446
Because when I read it the way

2436
01:24:23,446 --> 01:24:24,146
it is, which is to colored

2437
01:24:24,146 --> 01:24:27,146
Biden again, could be farther

2438
01:24:27,483 --> 01:24:28,184
along. Could just highlighted

2439
01:24:28,184 --> 01:24:29,218
and said we're working on. It

2440
01:24:29,218 --> 01:24:30,786
started yesterday for all I

2441
01:24:30,786 --> 01:24:31,487
know. So being able to see

2442
01:24:31,487 --> 01:24:33,689
when you started it, when you

2443
01:24:33,689 --> 01:24:36,525
expect it to be done is

2444
01:24:36,525 --> 01:24:37,727
expectation on my side. I do

2445
01:24:37,727 --> 01:24:38,661
think it needs additional

2446
01:24:38,661 --> 01:24:39,562
oversight. Not to say that

2447
01:24:39,562 --> 01:24:40,264
there's anything wrong with

2448
01:24:40,264 --> 01:24:41,631
the office of the people that

2449
01:24:41,631 --> 01:24:43,432
are working in the skin in the

2450
01:24:43,432 --> 01:24:45,680
game that they will have. But

2451
01:24:45,680 --> 01:24:48,680
i think there's value that

2452
01:24:49,238 --> 01:24:50,273
comes from folks like with

2453
01:24:50,273 --> 01:24:53,873
right ap that do these things

2454
01:24:54,977 --> 01:24:55,646
more regularly or MAY have a

2455
01:24:55,646 --> 01:24:56,313
best practice. I we've been

2456
01:24:56,313 --> 01:24:58,800
doing this with dpw for 100

2457
01:24:58,800 --> 01:24:59,715
years in the city, right? And

2458
01:24:59,715 --> 01:25:00,349
they could even get some

2459
01:25:00,349 --> 01:25:02,349
additional oversight. But

2460
01:25:02,386 --> 01:25:03,386
addition to that, you know, I

2461
01:25:03,386 --> 01:25:04,530
know that your office hired

2462
01:25:04,530 --> 01:25:07,530
consultants to do some of

2463
01:25:07,991 --> 01:25:08,724
these programs but the bond

2464
01:25:08,724 --> 01:25:09,392
reduction, the Elevation Grant

2465
01:25:09,392 --> 01:25:10,270
program, those consultants

2466
01:25:10,270 --> 01:25:11,610
with that. I believe that

2467
01:25:11,610 --> 01:25:13,461
consultants here today, I

2468
01:25:14,264 --> 01:25:14,931
would imagine that in other

2469
01:25:14,931 --> 01:25:15,632
cities they've come up with

2470
01:25:15,632 --> 01:25:16,901
standard operating procedures

2471
01:25:16,901 --> 01:25:19,360
for how they measure the

2472
01:25:19,360 --> 01:25:19,970
results. That's another

2473
01:25:19,970 --> 01:25:21,671
opportunity that we have. I

2474
01:25:21,671 --> 01:25:22,272
think that I have an

2475
01:25:22,272 --> 01:25:22,973
expectation out of the

2476
01:25:22,973 --> 01:25:25,175
consultant that we're paying

2477
01:25:25,175 --> 01:25:26,476
to provide that level of

2478
01:25:26,476 --> 01:25:27,679
support. So that's my $0.02 on

2479
01:25:27,679 --> 01:25:29,680
that. I agree wholeheartedly

2480
01:25:29,680 --> 01:25:31,648
with. I do think that's

2481
01:25:31,648 --> 01:25:32,449
behind. If I was tracking and

2482
01:25:32,449 --> 01:25:35,619
I am tracking it and I expect

2483
01:25:35,619 --> 01:25:36,286
to see more now on a second

2484
01:25:36,286 --> 01:25:37,955
piece just from a financial

2485
01:25:37,955 --> 01:25:41,555
side. What I'm looking at a

2486
01:25:41,858 --> 01:25:42,526
couple of these things when I

2487
01:25:42,526 --> 01:25:44,928
say things that I mean, the

2488
01:25:44,928 --> 01:25:46,597
programs that you're running,

2489
01:25:46,597 --> 01:25:49,597
there's 2 that jumped out at

2490
01:25:50,701 --> 01:25:52,202
me out to me a lift program

2491
01:25:52,202 --> 01:25:54,710
that you we're funding less by

2492
01:25:54,710 --> 01:25:56,574
$100,000 but it looks like the

2493
01:25:56,574 --> 01:25:59,410
spend was only. That was less

2494
01:25:59,410 --> 01:26:00,411
than what you've budgeted for.

2495
01:26:00,411 --> 01:26:02,746
And then there was another

2496
01:26:02,746 --> 01:26:04,648
example that came out of a in

2497
01:26:04,648 --> 01:26:08,248
a legal defense fund that was

2498
01:26:08,552 --> 01:26:09,186
also somewhere that. You

2499
01:26:09,186 --> 01:26:09,853
didn't spend any of this

2500
01:26:09,853 --> 01:26:10,487
year's budget on it. And so

2501
01:26:10,487 --> 01:26:11,955
you're going to use this

2502
01:26:11,955 --> 01:26:14,910
year's budget for next year.

2503
01:26:14,910 --> 01:26:17,691
So they got me thinking about.

2504
01:26:19,290 --> 01:26:21,640
Overall. What is the total

2505
01:26:21,640 --> 01:26:21,698
under spend for the Office of

2506
01:26:21,698 --> 01:26:22,366
Public Health and Safety?

2507
01:26:22,366 --> 01:26:23,100
Because we see what you're

2508
01:26:23,100 --> 01:26:23,801
budgeting. We budget last year

2509
01:26:23,801 --> 01:26:25,969
what you want for next year.

2510
01:26:25,969 --> 01:26:26,637
But of that, the dollars you

2511
01:26:26,637 --> 01:26:29,637
had. What did you actually

2512
01:26:29,940 --> 01:26:32,609
spend? Yeah, I'll start to

2513
01:26:32,609 --> 01:26:36,800
what you can weigh in on some

2514
01:26:36,800 --> 01:26:37,150
of the more specifics.

2515
01:26:37,150 --> 01:26:39,783
Previous years. We have had

2516
01:26:39,783 --> 01:26:40,817
significant and are spent

2517
01:26:40,817 --> 01:26:41,685
whether that was the

2518
01:26:41,685 --> 01:26:42,920
assessment Intervention Center

2519
01:26:42,920 --> 01:26:43,588
or the clinician likely

2520
01:26:43,588 --> 01:26:44,389
response team because they

2521
01:26:44,389 --> 01:26:47,389
were not county wide. We

2522
01:26:47,457 --> 01:26:49,160
budgeted for those types of

2523
01:26:49,160 --> 01:26:52,760
programs at as if they were

2524
01:26:53,130 --> 01:26:55,660
full, fully operational. This

2525
01:26:55,660 --> 01:26:57,936
year. We're tied wife or seal

2526
01:26:57,936 --> 01:26:59,137
cr and we are, you we are

2527
01:26:59,137 --> 01:27:00,838
utilizing also most of the 60

2528
01:27:00,838 --> 01:27:03,240
beds on a regular basis at the

2529
01:27:03,240 --> 01:27:03,942
icy. And so that where we have

2530
01:27:03,942 --> 01:27:04,609
previously seen under spend,

2531
01:27:04,609 --> 01:27:08,209
we're not going to see that

2532
01:27:10,481 --> 01:27:11,349
2026. Some of the items you

2533
01:27:11,349 --> 01:27:15,549
noted, I I can speak to lift

2534
01:27:17,155 --> 01:27:18,323
accounts, but we we are unsure

2535
01:27:18,323 --> 01:27:19,123
how much of that we will spend

2536
01:27:19,123 --> 01:27:19,791
by the end of the year. We

2537
01:27:19,791 --> 01:27:20,758
could be a very cold winter

2538
01:27:20,758 --> 01:27:23,610
and we need to use a lot of

2539
01:27:23,610 --> 01:27:24,862
with funds. So I just want to

2540
01:27:24,862 --> 01:27:29,620
know that much of what he just

2541
01:27:30,802 --> 01:27:32,236
does it. We are not. We are

2542
01:27:32,236 --> 01:27:33,104
always confident in some of

2543
01:27:33,104 --> 01:27:33,805
those spends, but need to make

2544
01:27:33,805 --> 01:27:34,706
sure that we have those funds

2545
01:27:34,706 --> 01:27:36,274
available to us. In addition,

2546
01:27:36,274 --> 01:27:39,874
I want to know couple things

2547
01:27:43,470 --> 01:27:43,748
you both said. Just because

2548
01:27:43,748 --> 01:27:44,582
the stop is not finished does

2549
01:27:44,582 --> 01:27:45,516
not mean that you're not

2550
01:27:45,516 --> 01:27:46,517
actively holding our team

2551
01:27:46,517 --> 01:27:47,385
accountable in our vendors

2552
01:27:47,385 --> 01:27:49,785
accountable. We are doing

2553
01:27:50,421 --> 01:27:51,689
that. They think that the

2554
01:27:51,689 --> 01:27:52,390
reporting that you've received

2555
01:27:52,390 --> 01:27:54,790
already is demonstration that

2556
01:27:56,195 --> 01:27:56,861
we're doing that. So I just

2557
01:27:56,861 --> 01:27:59,861
wanted prove that you have

2558
01:28:04,369 --> 01:28:06,237
anything you want about lift.

2559
01:28:06,237 --> 01:28:07,238
Getting roofs so with the live

2560
01:28:07,238 --> 01:28:09,700
program. There are 2 different

2561
01:28:09,700 --> 01:28:09,707
types of lists that are

2562
01:28:09,707 --> 01:28:11,743
occurring, costs or expenses

2563
01:28:11,743 --> 01:28:14,445
that you saw on the list on

2564
01:28:14,445 --> 01:28:15,648
the slide. We're for a lift

2565
01:28:15,648 --> 01:28:18,480
concierge. Those live fries

2566
01:28:21,420 --> 01:28:23,488
that are driven by. They

2567
01:28:23,488 --> 01:28:25,356
either our agency or

2568
01:28:25,356 --> 01:28:27,910
collaborative partners. So the

2569
01:28:27,910 --> 01:28:28,227
icy can order a Lyft for

2570
01:28:28,227 --> 01:28:30,195
someone. So we need determine

2571
01:28:30,195 --> 01:28:32,970
the pick-up and drop-off and

2572
01:28:32,970 --> 01:28:34,700
we can watch those rise as

2573
01:28:34,700 --> 01:28:37,700
they occur. So whenever anyone

2574
01:28:37,737 --> 01:28:39,370
was receiving a Lyft ride from

2575
01:28:39,370 --> 01:28:40,973
the jail, then the person that

2576
01:28:40,973 --> 01:28:41,840
is at the jail at that point

2577
01:28:41,840 --> 01:28:42,573
in time there are tips,

2578
01:28:42,573 --> 01:28:43,243
service worker, what we refer

2579
01:28:43,243 --> 01:28:45,440
to it as night, rc East or

2580
01:28:45,440 --> 01:28:47,440
night resource coordinators.

2581
01:28:47,646 --> 01:28:48,547
They're the ones that would

2582
01:28:48,547 --> 01:28:51,547
create that live. So it's

2583
01:28:52,117 --> 01:28:54,420
driven by us the lift program

2584
01:28:54,420 --> 01:28:56,880
that was cut by $100,000. That

2585
01:28:56,880 --> 01:28:58,857
one is driven by the can buy

2586
01:28:58,857 --> 01:29:01,857
art and the consumer. The

2587
01:29:02,428 --> 01:29:04,196
community. So that is an it's

2588
01:29:04,196 --> 01:29:05,998
on the Lyft app on their own

2589
01:29:05,998 --> 01:29:09,598
phone where they would put in

2590
01:29:10,302 --> 01:29:13,305
feat in d code and then that

2591
01:29:13,305 --> 01:29:16,843
would allow them access to the

2592
01:29:16,843 --> 01:29:17,509
reduction in the free ride in

2593
01:29:17,509 --> 01:29:18,243
essence, to accost them, I

2594
01:29:18,243 --> 01:29:20,346
think was like dollar to every

2595
01:29:20,346 --> 01:29:20,980
$5 that we would pay for. For

2596
01:29:20,980 --> 01:29:24,580
them to go to the grocery

2597
01:29:26,318 --> 01:29:27,319
store. There is 2 different

2598
01:29:27,319 --> 01:29:28,253
ones that we're looking at.

2599
01:29:28,253 --> 01:29:30,422
Some the costs are not

2600
01:29:30,422 --> 01:29:31,757
reflected for the feeding the

2601
01:29:31,757 --> 01:29:34,757
cost, their own reflective for

2602
01:29:35,962 --> 01:29:36,596
the concierge. And thank you,

2603
01:29:36,596 --> 01:29:37,263
MR. PRESIDENT part MISTER

2604
01:29:37,263 --> 01:29:39,663
CHAIRMAN. One more question

2605
01:29:41,533 --> 01:29:42,668
related to counseling we look

2606
01:29:42,668 --> 01:29:43,435
at the winter contingency. I'm

2607
01:29:43,435 --> 01:29:44,103
interested, especially when

2608
01:29:44,103 --> 01:29:47,103
we're talking just about to

2609
01:29:47,673 --> 01:29:50,476
understand related I see and

2610
01:29:50,476 --> 01:29:52,511
the 2.2 included for the icy

2611
01:29:52,511 --> 01:29:53,112
build out. What's the expected

2612
01:29:53,112 --> 01:29:55,112
savings in operational

2613
01:29:57,517 --> 01:29:58,251
expenses? That will we will

2614
01:29:58,251 --> 01:30:00,420
have in the future in relation

2615
01:30:00,420 --> 01:30:01,121
to the capital expenditures

2616
01:30:01,121 --> 01:30:02,656
that will have in relation to

2617
01:30:02,656 --> 01:30:05,656
that full build Sure. Thank

2618
01:30:07,495 --> 01:30:09,529
you for the question. I see we

2619
01:30:09,529 --> 01:30:10,195
own that facility. So the rent

2620
01:30:10,195 --> 01:30:11,430
that we're paying for the 2

2621
01:30:11,430 --> 01:30:12,499
facilities that we are

2622
01:30:12,499 --> 01:30:14,499
currently operating for

2623
01:30:15,100 --> 01:30:15,769
families and for the overnight

2624
01:30:15,769 --> 01:30:16,469
warming center. That's

2625
01:30:16,469 --> 01:30:19,469
significant. And we would say

2626
01:30:19,773 --> 01:30:21,740
that that funding

2627
01:30:21,740 --> 01:30:22,208
additionally, the facility is

2628
01:30:22,208 --> 01:30:22,943
one floor. And so the church

2629
01:30:22,943 --> 01:30:26,212
that were operating out of now

2630
01:30:26,212 --> 01:30:26,846
is 2 floors. It's very large

2631
01:30:26,846 --> 01:30:28,515
facility. And so we need

2632
01:30:28,515 --> 01:30:31,515
additional staff in order to

2633
01:30:31,718 --> 01:30:33,354
maintain security at that

2634
01:30:33,354 --> 01:30:35,555
location. So I I would

2635
01:30:35,555 --> 01:30:36,556
estimate that we will see some

2636
01:30:36,556 --> 01:30:39,556
cost savings from the staffing

2637
01:30:40,393 --> 01:30:43,393
perspective as well. And I

2638
01:30:45,699 --> 01:30:46,833
also want to know that. Winter

2639
01:30:46,833 --> 01:30:48,340
contingencies still flexible.

2640
01:30:48,340 --> 01:30:48,802
We are still changing because

2641
01:30:48,802 --> 01:30:50,237
we don't know how streets to

2642
01:30:50,237 --> 01:30:52,380
home and how the future

2643
01:30:52,380 --> 01:30:52,607
housing whoa, we're going to

2644
01:30:52,607 --> 01:30:53,273
impact the number of

2645
01:30:53,273 --> 01:30:55,673
individuals that need that

2646
01:30:57,310 --> 01:30:59,647
service. Housing help comes

2647
01:30:59,647 --> 01:31:00,347
online. We also expect to

2648
01:31:00,347 --> 01:31:02,747
cease operations its facility

2649
01:31:03,830 --> 01:31:04,718
where we have our family

2650
01:31:04,718 --> 01:31:05,353
location so that, again,

2651
01:31:05,353 --> 01:31:08,353
should reduce some of our

2652
01:31:09,423 --> 01:31:10,124
costs for winter contingency.

2653
01:31:10,124 --> 01:31:10,824
All It's helpful to know the

2654
01:31:10,824 --> 01:31:13,728
one thing I would like to at

2655
01:31:13,728 --> 01:31:14,362
least see is if we're spending

2656
01:31:14,362 --> 01:31:16,762
2.2 million this year, we

2657
01:31:16,796 --> 01:31:18,299
expect to save 8 million over

2658
01:31:18,299 --> 01:31:19,000
3 years or 8 million over 4

2659
01:31:19,000 --> 01:31:21,901
years. That's that's the part

2660
01:31:21,901 --> 01:31:25,501
that I'm trying to see. Thank

2661
01:31:27,608 --> 01:31:28,309
you, got some Thank you, MR.

2662
01:31:28,309 --> 01:31:31,309
CHAIRMAN, thank you, and see

2663
01:31:32,145 --> 01:31:33,480
if over the presentation. 2

2664
01:31:33,480 --> 01:31:34,482
quick questions. And then a

2665
01:31:34,482 --> 01:31:38,520
comment to me a little bit

2666
01:31:38,520 --> 01:31:40,210
more about these new

2667
01:31:40,210 --> 01:31:40,987
initiatives of the Violence

2668
01:31:40,987 --> 01:31:43,591
Reduction Council in the Youth

2669
01:31:43,591 --> 01:31:44,624
Violence Reduction Initiative.

2670
01:31:44,624 --> 01:31:48,224
As I understand, those are new

2671
01:31:49,730 --> 01:31:50,464
programs as of this year. So

2672
01:31:50,464 --> 01:31:51,965
the council, the Johns Hopkins

2673
01:31:51,965 --> 01:31:54,965
that I noticed the Johns

2674
01:31:55,603 --> 01:31:56,404
Hopkins Council the piece I'm

2675
01:31:56,404 --> 01:31:57,104
sorry, any public safety

2676
01:31:57,104 --> 01:31:58,739
foundation can give you more

2677
01:31:58,739 --> 01:32:01,139
information about that. It's

2678
01:32:01,575 --> 01:32:03,100
not a program that teaches is

2679
01:32:03,100 --> 01:32:03,945
paying for. We're part the

2680
01:32:03,945 --> 01:32:06,345
Public Safety Foundation in

2681
01:32:06,948 --> 01:32:07,848
Okay, Chester, partnering with

2682
01:32:07,848 --> 01:32:09,817
Johns Hopkins basically

2683
01:32:09,817 --> 01:32:12,817
they're consulting with us to

2684
01:32:12,955 --> 01:32:15,355
create our own local.

2685
01:32:17,910 --> 01:32:17,792
Organization. The Youth

2686
01:32:17,792 --> 01:32:19,792
Violence Reduction Initiative

2687
01:32:20,161 --> 01:32:21,763
is a new initiative and were

2688
01:32:21,763 --> 01:32:24,763
pilot That's pilots started at

2689
01:32:25,299 --> 01:32:25,967
the end of 2025. With funding

2690
01:32:25,967 --> 01:32:28,367
from the National Institute

2691
01:32:28,536 --> 01:32:30,936
for Criminal Justice Reform.

2692
01:32:32,730 --> 01:32:32,773
Khs in 2026. Provided

2693
01:32:32,773 --> 01:32:35,173
additional funding for that

2694
01:32:35,711 --> 01:32:38,111
program to continue and 2027.

2695
01:32:40,148 --> 01:32:40,748
We will also be funding it the

2696
01:32:40,748 --> 01:32:41,415
National Institute for

2697
01:32:41,415 --> 01:32:43,118
Criminal Justice Reform, I

2698
01:32:43,118 --> 01:32:46,118
believe will be some providing

2699
01:32:48,991 --> 01:32:50,358
additional support in 2027. So

2700
01:32:50,358 --> 01:32:50,993
tell me no, the Violence

2701
01:32:50,993 --> 01:32:52,993
Reduction Council, what's

2702
01:32:54,496 --> 01:32:55,463
what's going to be Besides

2703
01:32:55,463 --> 01:32:56,130
obvious mission statement

2704
01:32:56,130 --> 01:32:56,831
reducing violence to little

2705
01:32:56,831 --> 01:33:00,202
bit more about who's going to

2706
01:33:00,202 --> 01:33:00,901
be on it. Was going operate

2707
01:33:00,901 --> 01:33:03,301
and whose continuously going

2708
01:33:04,773 --> 01:33:06,608
to be funny. I'm going to tag

2709
01:33:06,608 --> 01:33:07,341
someone from the Public Safety

2710
01:33:07,341 --> 01:33:09,741
Foundation. That's okay. Mary,

2711
01:33:21,990 --> 01:33:25,160
can you come up to the podium?

2712
01:33:25,160 --> 01:33:28,760
Sorry. I'm with the any public

2713
01:33:28,897 --> 01:33:29,531
safety Foundation. Mary

2714
01:33:29,531 --> 01:33:31,531
Alexander statement Mary

2715
01:33:33,735 --> 01:33:35,735
Alexander. I'm actually

2716
01:33:39,740 --> 01:33:39,740
working 2. Researchers at

2717
01:33:39,740 --> 01:33:42,644
Bloomberg put a Publix, the

2718
01:33:42,644 --> 01:33:43,744
School of Public Health. They

2719
01:33:43,744 --> 01:33:46,480
they put together what's

2720
01:33:46,480 --> 01:33:46,748
called a violence Reduction

2721
01:33:46,748 --> 01:33:49,284
Council. It's and the models

2722
01:33:49,284 --> 01:33:49,918
based off of something. That

2723
01:33:49,918 --> 01:33:51,654
would be very similar if

2724
01:33:51,654 --> 01:33:54,156
you're on an infant mortality

2725
01:33:54,156 --> 01:33:55,570
Review board or if you're on a

2726
01:33:55,570 --> 01:33:56,993
domestic violence review board

2727
01:33:56,993 --> 01:33:59,393
where you're actually doing

2728
01:34:00,262 --> 01:34:00,929
really that the dive into

2729
01:34:00,929 --> 01:34:02,929
specific criminal homicides

2730
01:34:04,320 --> 01:34:05,000
looking at what are the what

2731
01:34:05,000 --> 01:34:06,535
were some of the impacts? How

2732
01:34:06,535 --> 01:34:08,271
did that person get their

2733
01:34:08,271 --> 01:34:11,271
like? Not just that this

2734
01:34:11,840 --> 01:34:13,842
individual was involved in gun

2735
01:34:13,842 --> 01:34:14,910
violence, but looking at their

2736
01:34:14,910 --> 01:34:15,611
background, looking at how

2737
01:34:15,611 --> 01:34:17,547
they got that place and then

2738
01:34:17,547 --> 01:34:19,514
also having in the room on

2739
01:34:19,514 --> 01:34:21,914
that council vigils that

2740
01:34:22,217 --> 01:34:22,784
represent different

2741
01:34:22,784 --> 01:34:24,486
nonprofits, different

2742
01:34:24,486 --> 01:34:25,554
organizations. Maybe the

2743
01:34:25,554 --> 01:34:27,554
hospitals sitting around

2744
01:34:28,992 --> 01:34:31,392
talking about this individual.

2745
01:34:32,527 --> 01:34:34,863
What led up to shooting? What

2746
01:34:34,863 --> 01:34:35,632
was their background were they

2747
01:34:35,632 --> 01:34:37,632
previously incarcerated. What

2748
01:34:37,633 --> 01:34:39,302
kind of services that they

2749
01:34:39,302 --> 01:34:40,200
receive looking at where some

2750
01:34:40,200 --> 01:34:41,536
of the gaps where the so that

2751
01:34:41,536 --> 01:34:44,206
we could look at maybe even

2752
01:34:44,206 --> 01:34:44,941
policies that happened that

2753
01:34:44,941 --> 01:34:47,877
could improve what we're doing

2754
01:34:47,877 --> 01:34:51,880
here in the city. So it's just

2755
01:34:51,880 --> 01:34:52,515
one peace to the treaty.

2756
01:34:52,515 --> 01:34:54,515
Violence intervention was

2757
01:34:54,750 --> 01:34:55,451
caught like spokes to a wheel

2758
01:34:55,451 --> 01:34:56,185
that we're going to add here

2759
01:34:56,185 --> 01:34:59,185
in Indianapolis. So we're just

2760
01:35:00,220 --> 01:35:00,990
in the beginning stages of

2761
01:35:00,990 --> 01:35:02,659
this and developing it. And we

2762
01:35:02,659 --> 01:35:03,358
haven't even really got to the

2763
01:35:03,358 --> 01:35:04,930
point where we're looking at,

2764
01:35:04,930 --> 01:35:07,693
who would actually sit on that

2765
01:35:07,697 --> 01:35:11,297
council. And is it intended to

2766
01:35:11,466 --> 01:35:12,101
cover every shooting every

2767
01:35:12,101 --> 01:35:14,270
women want us know. It's

2768
01:35:14,270 --> 01:35:16,670
looking at specific Initially.

2769
01:35:17,400 --> 01:35:20,400
We will be looking at

2770
01:35:21,477 --> 01:35:22,211
different maybe some high

2771
01:35:22,211 --> 01:35:22,846
profile individuals that would

2772
01:35:22,846 --> 01:35:23,545
be every single criminal

2773
01:35:23,545 --> 01:35:25,810
homicide, we say it would be

2774
01:35:25,810 --> 01:35:28,810
over burdensome. I would think

2775
01:35:28,484 --> 01:35:29,152
it would so. But again, it's

2776
01:35:29,152 --> 01:35:30,821
just an opportunity really

2777
01:35:30,821 --> 01:35:31,521
take a deep dive into what

2778
01:35:31,521 --> 01:35:35,121
were some of the things that

2779
01:35:35,325 --> 01:35:35,992
led up to that? Looking at any

2780
01:35:35,992 --> 01:35:38,992
gaps in services that might

2781
01:35:39,529 --> 01:35:41,364
have been able to prevent it

2782
01:35:41,364 --> 01:35:42,364
is where they actually like

2783
01:35:42,364 --> 01:35:43,660
with we have the hospitals

2784
01:35:43,660 --> 01:35:45,335
like now we have partnerships

2785
01:35:45,335 --> 01:35:47,504
with iu Health Methodist and

2786
01:35:47,504 --> 01:35:49,139
we're getting ready to work

2787
01:35:49,139 --> 01:35:49,839
with Riley, develop a hospital

2788
01:35:49,839 --> 01:35:50,540
violence intervention program

2789
01:35:50,540 --> 01:35:53,843
with Riley, but they would be

2790
01:35:53,843 --> 01:35:54,778
on this council. And we could

2791
01:35:54,778 --> 01:35:55,778
even look at like how many

2792
01:35:55,778 --> 01:35:56,446
times were they involved in

2793
01:35:56,446 --> 01:35:58,470
gun violence? Were there a

2794
01:35:58,470 --> 01:35:58,781
couple of non-fatal shootings?

2795
01:35:58,781 --> 01:36:00,550
What kind of support that they

2796
01:36:00,550 --> 01:36:01,218
get after those shootings?

2797
01:36:01,218 --> 01:36:04,818
Where did we as a community

2798
01:36:07,824 --> 01:36:09,425
dropped the ball? Thank Thank

2799
01:36:09,425 --> 01:36:12,425
you. Council just one more.

2800
01:36:13,864 --> 01:36:17,670
Yes, thank you. And this back

2801
01:36:17,670 --> 01:36:17,700
addiction. They version

2802
01:36:17,700 --> 01:36:19,700
information, particularly

2803
01:36:20,904 --> 01:36:21,639
slide 20. You mention

2804
01:36:21,639 --> 01:36:23,639
additional dissipated external

2805
01:36:25,909 --> 01:36:26,542
funding in Where is that

2806
01:36:26,542 --> 01:36:28,542
dissipated funding coming

2807
01:36:28,946 --> 01:36:30,946
from?

2808
01:36:35,318 --> 01:36:37,530
Is that from the Indianapolis

2809
01:36:37,530 --> 01:36:38,554
Foundation the Public Safety

2810
01:36:38,554 --> 01:36:39,223
Foundation? Yes. So we've we

2811
01:36:39,223 --> 01:36:41,658
partnered with the new bar

2812
01:36:41,658 --> 01:36:44,658
Indian up our foundation this

2813
01:36:46,864 --> 01:36:48,299
too. Much like we do with

2814
01:36:48,299 --> 01:36:49,320
Indianapolis Foundation where

2815
01:36:49,320 --> 01:36:52,602
we granted the funds for legal

2816
01:36:52,602 --> 01:36:53,269
aid to them up front. So that

2817
01:36:53,269 --> 01:36:56,269
they could be because there

2818
01:36:56,340 --> 01:36:58,475
are 5, one c 3 they can

2819
01:36:58,475 --> 01:36:59,510
receive funds from external

2820
01:36:59,510 --> 01:37:00,210
partners because a lot of

2821
01:37:00,210 --> 01:37:02,478
funders. I want to give that

2822
01:37:02,478 --> 01:37:04,316
to the city Indianapolis. And

2823
01:37:04,316 --> 01:37:05,150
so we could pull those funds

2824
01:37:05,150 --> 01:37:08,615
together in order to make the

2825
01:37:09,954 --> 01:37:10,754
program even more robust.

2826
01:37:10,754 --> 01:37:11,455
We're still in discussions

2827
01:37:11,455 --> 01:37:13,457
with the Barr Foundation, but

2828
01:37:13,457 --> 01:37:15,591
we do expect there to be some

2829
01:37:15,591 --> 01:37:16,794
commitment from them

2830
01:37:16,794 --> 01:37:19,794
financially. And we plan to

2831
01:37:20,531 --> 01:37:21,932
work with the Barr Foundation

2832
01:37:21,932 --> 01:37:24,932
are the lead partners. And

2833
01:37:25,769 --> 01:37:26,869
just through Lawrence Township

2834
01:37:26,869 --> 01:37:29,869
to go and solicit additional

2835
01:37:30,608 --> 01:37:31,276
dollars from top of partners.

2836
01:37:31,276 --> 01:37:34,276
Thank you. Thank you. Think

2837
01:37:34,410 --> 01:37:36,810
Council Council island? Thank

2838
01:37:36,981 --> 01:37:39,981
you, MISTER CHAIRMAN thank you

2839
01:37:41,652 --> 01:37:46,452
at. If the d a Mike Lee is

2840
01:37:47,158 --> 01:37:49,558
supposed Violet defeat your

2841
01:37:52,196 --> 01:37:53,464
presentation this evening

2842
01:37:53,464 --> 01:37:54,933
first, I want to say thank you

2843
01:37:54,933 --> 01:37:55,733
for taking time out to meet

2844
01:37:55,733 --> 01:37:59,471
with me. Says that I did okay

2845
01:37:59,471 --> 01:38:02,139
has came out and we have

2846
01:38:02,139 --> 01:38:04,139
covers several different

2847
01:38:04,208 --> 01:38:05,676
topics, including the agency

2848
01:38:05,676 --> 01:38:09,276
coaching and which I heard you

2849
01:38:09,380 --> 01:38:10,800
mention that within the

2850
01:38:10,800 --> 01:38:12,883
presentation and how you guys

2851
01:38:12,883 --> 01:38:14,510
are trying to improve that

2852
01:38:14,510 --> 01:38:16,451
area because counselor Perkins

2853
01:38:17,255 --> 01:38:19,991
has. Tap into that attic

2854
01:38:19,991 --> 01:38:20,659
piece. I'm not gonna at any

2855
01:38:20,659 --> 01:38:22,661
more to that because it we

2856
01:38:22,661 --> 01:38:25,463
continue its, you know, your

2857
01:38:25,463 --> 01:38:27,399
things. We come up with more

2858
01:38:27,399 --> 01:38:29,799
questions. What happened to

2859
01:38:31,436 --> 01:38:34,436
the contract? The agency? So

2860
01:38:34,606 --> 01:38:36,308
before any of our major

2861
01:38:36,308 --> 01:38:37,776
contracts go out for be, are

2862
01:38:37,776 --> 01:38:41,376
they offer everybody or do you

2863
01:38:41,880 --> 01:38:45,480
from 2 expire I see in the

2864
01:38:45,649 --> 01:38:46,318
piece for So the Office of

2865
01:38:46,318 --> 01:38:48,718
Public Health and Safety

2866
01:38:49,921 --> 01:38:50,755
follows local procurement

2867
01:38:50,755 --> 01:38:52,230
procedures per ordinance in

2868
01:38:52,230 --> 01:38:55,230
the and the procedure rules.

2869
01:38:56,328 --> 01:38:59,163
It skews me procurement rules.

2870
01:38:59,163 --> 01:38:59,998
It depends on what type of

2871
01:38:59,998 --> 01:39:02,300
procurement we are using for

2872
01:39:02,300 --> 01:39:04,700
that particular project. But

2873
01:39:07,205 --> 01:39:09,241
regardless. Things like the ac

2874
01:39:09,241 --> 01:39:11,641
and Eskenazi operating there

2875
01:39:11,843 --> 01:39:12,811
or aspire health operating

2876
01:39:12,811 --> 01:39:15,211
winter contingency. All of

2877
01:39:15,213 --> 01:39:17,613
those have been procured

2878
01:39:18,116 --> 01:39:19,951
through even rfp rfq process,

2879
01:39:19,951 --> 01:39:20,685
which takes, you know,

2880
01:39:20,685 --> 01:39:23,880
multiple weeks it it's put out

2881
01:39:23,880 --> 01:39:24,689
for bid to the public because

2882
01:39:24,689 --> 01:39:25,557
in the public in I t j a and b

2883
01:39:25,557 --> 01:39:29,157
star and it's and its public

2884
01:39:30,996 --> 01:39:34,596
on our website. We. Do that

2885
01:39:36,134 --> 01:39:37,369
for all of our projects and

2886
01:39:37,369 --> 01:39:39,471
then okay, chess has also

2887
01:39:39,471 --> 01:39:40,138
gotten kind of in the

2888
01:39:40,138 --> 01:39:41,573
construction game with the

2889
01:39:41,573 --> 01:39:42,474
housing hub. So we now we've

2890
01:39:42,474 --> 01:39:44,376
now done that type of public

2891
01:39:44,376 --> 01:39:47,376
instruction did as well. Ok,

2892
01:39:49,470 --> 01:39:49,849
thank you. Now it is all of

2893
01:39:49,849 --> 01:39:50,549
our contracts with the Marion

2894
01:39:50,549 --> 01:39:52,550
County are outside of Marion

2895
01:39:52,550 --> 01:39:55,320
County. I I'd have to get back

2896
01:39:55,320 --> 01:39:57,550
to you on that. Okay. Please

2897
01:39:57,550 --> 01:40:00,550
do that. One more question,

2898
01:40:00,225 --> 01:40:00,925
MR. CHAIRMAN. Now there is a

2899
01:40:00,925 --> 01:40:01,526
reduction in programming. Has

2900
01:40:01,526 --> 01:40:03,526
this affected minority

2901
01:40:08,433 --> 01:40:10,833
vendors? That's good question.

2902
01:40:11,670 --> 01:40:14,700
The reduction in programming

2903
01:40:14,506 --> 01:40:15,374
is related to the really

2904
01:40:15,374 --> 01:40:17,374
sloppy predominately the

2905
01:40:19,811 --> 01:40:20,512
release lobby what as it

2906
01:40:20,512 --> 01:40:23,512
pertains to our budget, what

2907
01:40:24,500 --> 01:40:25,984
was in our 2026 budget. And we

2908
01:40:25,984 --> 01:40:28,887
did not have vendors in that

2909
01:40:28,887 --> 01:40:30,856
space we we had contractors.

2910
01:40:30,856 --> 01:40:31,690
That part of its from a temp

2911
01:40:31,690 --> 01:40:33,858
agency. And so those

2912
01:40:33,858 --> 01:40:36,258
individuals will be impacted.

2913
01:40:38,290 --> 01:40:39,765
But as far as the rest of our

2914
01:40:39,765 --> 01:40:40,365
programming, we continue to

2915
01:40:40,365 --> 01:40:42,365
work with predominantly

2916
01:40:44,169 --> 01:40:46,569
minority. Partners that the

2917
01:40:47,607 --> 01:40:48,608
services that we offer. Okay.

2918
01:40:48,608 --> 01:40:51,608
Thank you. Thank Thank you,

2919
01:40:51,643 --> 01:40:54,113
Jim. Because the Grays thanks.

2920
01:40:54,113 --> 01:40:54,679
MISTER Chair. Thank you guys

2921
01:40:54,679 --> 01:40:56,679
for the presentation.

2922
01:40:56,682 --> 01:40:59,820
Certainly appreciate it. Chock

2923
01:41:01,870 --> 01:41:02,121
full of great information. But

2924
01:41:02,121 --> 01:41:05,721
director, with if it's ok with

2925
01:41:09,960 --> 01:41:09,762
CHAIRMAN I want asked the

2926
01:41:09,762 --> 01:41:10,429
those in the audience they

2927
01:41:10,429 --> 01:41:12,990
carry out the work to give

2928
01:41:12,990 --> 01:41:14,499
themselves an applause because

2929
01:41:15,501 --> 01:41:19,101
those are the men and women.

2930
01:41:20,940 --> 01:41:22,141
And in our community Whether

2931
01:41:22,141 --> 01:41:25,141
they're whether role in the

2932
01:41:25,878 --> 01:41:26,612
city county building directly

2933
01:41:26,612 --> 01:41:28,547
literally interrupting

2934
01:41:28,547 --> 01:41:31,547
violence in our communities. I

2935
01:41:32,118 --> 01:41:32,785
can't say enough about them.

2936
01:41:32,785 --> 01:41:34,287
Director Merkley. I've seen

2937
01:41:34,287 --> 01:41:35,855
you our community a lot more

2938
01:41:35,855 --> 01:41:39,455
over the recent years are one

2939
01:41:39,458 --> 01:41:40,660
up. Give you a shout for that.

2940
01:41:40,660 --> 01:41:41,894
Thank you for getting down

2941
01:41:41,894 --> 01:41:42,795
into the grass roots. When you

2942
01:41:42,795 --> 01:41:44,196
talk about funding the

2943
01:41:44,196 --> 01:41:46,596
basketball program's over with

2944
01:41:48,468 --> 01:41:49,335
Hampton and those guys. I see

2945
01:41:49,335 --> 01:41:50,736
that they get more energy to

2946
01:41:50,736 --> 01:41:54,374
do the work that they do to

2947
01:41:54,374 --> 01:41:55,108
help keep those young people

2948
01:41:55,108 --> 01:41:57,440
busy with the things that they

2949
01:41:57,440 --> 01:42:00,414
do. So thank you for your

2950
01:42:00,414 --> 01:42:03,414
dedication. There but I do

2951
01:42:04,251 --> 01:42:06,352
want ask a question as you

2952
01:42:06,352 --> 01:42:07,421
take a look at all the

2953
01:42:07,421 --> 01:42:09,821
different departments you over

2954
01:42:10,490 --> 01:42:13,259
so much, so much work. So much

2955
01:42:13,259 --> 01:42:14,610
programming. Is there one

2956
01:42:14,610 --> 01:42:14,695
central organization that's

2957
01:42:14,695 --> 01:42:17,695
above your. Your is your

2958
01:42:19,310 --> 01:42:21,601
mayor's team. The only person

2959
01:42:21,601 --> 01:42:23,637
like you've got representation

2960
01:42:23,637 --> 01:42:25,706
from gun violence to get

2961
01:42:25,706 --> 01:42:26,340
representation from Tennessee

2962
01:42:26,340 --> 01:42:28,542
fictions. And you've got

2963
01:42:28,542 --> 01:42:29,276
you've got all these different

2964
01:42:29,276 --> 01:42:31,111
areas. But who is your like Co

2965
01:42:31,111 --> 01:42:34,111
2? Is your your director who

2966
01:42:37,500 --> 01:42:38,952
helps help you guide all these

2967
01:42:38,952 --> 01:42:39,686
men and make sure you're

2968
01:42:39,686 --> 01:42:40,354
pulling it all together. Yeah,

2969
01:42:40,354 --> 01:42:44,554
you know, just has a lot of

2970
01:42:47,160 --> 01:42:48,261
support and support from the

2971
01:42:48,261 --> 01:42:48,962
rest of the cabinet. Specific.

2972
01:42:48,962 --> 01:42:51,962
If you're if you're speaking

2973
01:42:53,300 --> 01:42:54,340
specifically to me, you know,

2974
01:42:54,340 --> 01:42:54,668
Aaron Jones is integral in the

2975
01:42:54,668 --> 01:42:56,803
work that she does around

2976
01:42:56,803 --> 01:42:58,639
homelessness and you know,

2977
01:42:58,639 --> 01:43:02,239
works hand in hand with our

2978
01:43:03,760 --> 01:43:05,450
housing The deputy mayor's

2979
01:43:05,450 --> 01:43:08,450
Chief Bailey Shea have been.

2980
01:43:08,148 --> 01:43:11,148
And mental and helping us.

2981
01:43:12,387 --> 01:43:15,987
And, you know, chief Terry and

2982
01:43:20,227 --> 01:43:22,162
chief Bailey bring significant

2983
01:43:22,162 --> 01:43:24,562
overseeing major agency. And

2984
01:43:24,765 --> 01:43:26,900
so, you know, we've had

2985
01:43:26,900 --> 01:43:28,468
conversations and they helped

2986
01:43:28,468 --> 01:43:31,468
to know navigating provide you

2987
01:43:31,972 --> 01:43:33,600
with advice. Thank You know,

2988
01:43:33,600 --> 01:43:35,475
cause it's one thing to create

2989
01:43:35,475 --> 01:43:36,476
the programming create

2990
01:43:36,476 --> 01:43:39,476
division asked men and women

2991
01:43:40,247 --> 01:43:41,248
to carry that vision. Now, are

2992
01:43:41,248 --> 01:43:41,982
you doing anything or can you

2993
01:43:41,982 --> 01:43:45,582
talk about what you've done or

2994
01:43:45,619 --> 01:43:47,588
what you plan to do too, to

2995
01:43:47,588 --> 01:43:48,256
demonstrate your care for

2996
01:43:48,256 --> 01:43:49,690
those that are out there to

2997
01:43:49,690 --> 01:43:50,324
make sure that their wellness

2998
01:43:50,324 --> 01:43:53,293
is being taken wake well,

2999
01:43:53,293 --> 01:43:53,895
taken care of as well as those

3000
01:43:53,895 --> 01:43:54,561
in the insight on the

3001
01:43:54,561 --> 01:43:56,497
administrative side of the

3002
01:43:56,497 --> 01:43:59,800
work that you guys do. What as

3003
01:43:59,800 --> 01:44:00,500
a leader of people, what are

3004
01:44:00,500 --> 01:44:04,100
you doing to to oversee their

3005
01:44:07,841 --> 01:44:10,841
wellness? Well, you can take

3006
01:44:12,513 --> 01:44:14,913
your question literally. If

3007
01:44:19,554 --> 01:44:20,288
you called us at this, what as

3008
01:44:20,288 --> 01:44:21,122
I stated at the top, you know,

3009
01:44:21,122 --> 01:44:21,856
there's been a lot of angst

3010
01:44:21,856 --> 01:44:22,490
and a lot of adversity and the

3011
01:44:22,490 --> 01:44:26,900
work that we do is really

3012
01:44:29,297 --> 01:44:29,864
hard. And We encourage

3013
01:44:29,864 --> 01:44:31,864
collaboration and we

3014
01:44:34,669 --> 01:44:35,370
encourage. Taking

3015
01:44:35,370 --> 01:44:36,400
opportunities for additional

3016
01:44:36,400 --> 01:44:38,404
training and getting, you

3017
01:44:39,874 --> 01:44:41,476
know. Going to. Convinced the

3018
01:44:41,476 --> 01:44:43,611
things that will help them

3019
01:44:43,611 --> 01:44:44,679
with their career right into

3020
01:44:44,679 --> 01:44:45,880
that. Well, that's on a break

3021
01:44:45,880 --> 01:44:48,182
from what we do. It is an

3022
01:44:48,182 --> 01:44:51,182
opportunity for getting out of

3023
01:44:52,720 --> 01:44:55,720
the city County building. We

3024
01:44:56,958 --> 01:44:57,625
also I'm really thankful too.

3025
01:44:57,625 --> 01:45:00,625
To kill teacher. Martin are

3026
01:45:01,829 --> 01:45:03,865
teaming Angie, more for their

3027
01:45:03,865 --> 01:45:05,633
support. And we have a monthly

3028
01:45:05,633 --> 01:45:07,603
event that we hope that they

3029
01:45:07,603 --> 01:45:08,404
host. We're we have lunch

3030
01:45:08,404 --> 01:45:09,104
together. And I think that

3031
01:45:09,104 --> 01:45:12,173
that's helpful for us. All to

3032
01:45:12,173 --> 01:45:13,409
get to know each other. Those

3033
01:45:13,409 --> 01:45:14,243
are themed and we we are

3034
01:45:14,243 --> 01:45:16,770
having the opportunity to

3035
01:45:16,770 --> 01:45:17,845
learn about each other's

3036
01:45:17,845 --> 01:45:20,448
backgrounds and just take a

3037
01:45:20,448 --> 01:45:21,983
moment to kind of decompress

3038
01:45:21,983 --> 01:45:22,684
from the challenged every day.

3039
01:45:22,684 --> 01:45:25,684
Challenges that the work that

3040
01:45:27,388 --> 01:45:30,240
we do. I'm going to to rescind

3041
01:45:30,240 --> 01:45:30,692
say that. Thank you. But they

3042
01:45:30,692 --> 01:45:33,692
should go a leader Schober,

3043
01:45:33,828 --> 01:45:34,295
which and not me. Because he

3044
01:45:34,295 --> 01:45:36,295
was giving game

3045
01:45:36,731 --> 01:45:38,731
representation. Yeah. Final

3046
01:45:39,467 --> 01:45:41,937
comments, a team effort. You

3047
01:45:41,937 --> 01:45:45,537
thank you for that. Just one

3048
01:45:45,808 --> 01:45:47,760
suggestion, I think cross

3049
01:45:47,760 --> 01:45:48,710
training assignments, if

3050
01:45:48,710 --> 01:45:51,113
that's something that you guys

3051
01:45:51,113 --> 01:45:51,813
it. If not, I'd love to make

3052
01:45:51,813 --> 01:45:52,982
that recommendation. I could

3053
01:45:52,982 --> 01:45:55,350
see some of those men and

3054
01:45:55,350 --> 01:45:58,530
women that are moving through

3055
01:45:58,530 --> 01:45:59,421
just like in corporate

3056
01:45:59,421 --> 01:46:00,655
America. They're moving up to

3057
01:46:00,655 --> 01:46:02,424
up the ranks become have take

3058
01:46:02,424 --> 01:46:04,158
on more and more

3059
01:46:04,158 --> 01:46:05,127
responsibility. But what I

3060
01:46:05,127 --> 01:46:08,127
really want to finally say,

3061
01:46:09,832 --> 01:46:10,866
MISTER Chair is that I've been

3062
01:46:10,866 --> 01:46:12,801
a supporter phs and the

3063
01:46:12,801 --> 01:46:15,801
programming that you guys have

3064
01:46:16,405 --> 01:46:17,640
done over the years. I think

3065
01:46:17,640 --> 01:46:20,175
that it's important that we

3066
01:46:20,175 --> 01:46:20,876
continue to focus on those

3067
01:46:20,876 --> 01:46:22,678
root causes of crime because

3068
01:46:22,678 --> 01:46:25,715
that in and of itself is crime

3069
01:46:25,715 --> 01:46:27,917
prevention. And if we are

3070
01:46:27,917 --> 01:46:28,718
excited about our crime

3071
01:46:28,718 --> 01:46:29,452
numbers across the board

3072
01:46:29,452 --> 01:46:30,319
moving in the right direction.

3073
01:46:30,319 --> 01:46:30,920
We have to give credit where

3074
01:46:30,920 --> 01:46:33,489
it's due and we have to

3075
01:46:33,489 --> 01:46:36,489
continue to support. What we

3076
01:46:37,526 --> 01:46:38,930
see coming out phs. They're

3077
01:46:38,930 --> 01:46:40,493
true. There are some

3078
01:46:40,863 --> 01:46:41,497
challenges in this document is

3079
01:46:41,497 --> 01:46:42,698
demonstrating some of the

3080
01:46:42,698 --> 01:46:45,698
challenges. So as we continue

3081
01:46:48,971 --> 01:46:50,306
to the supportive director and

3082
01:46:50,306 --> 01:46:52,841
be patient to get those get

3083
01:46:52,841 --> 01:46:54,677
that document. I understand my

3084
01:46:54,677 --> 01:46:55,978
colleagues are really

3085
01:46:55,978 --> 01:46:56,946
demanding that we get some of

3086
01:46:56,946 --> 01:46:57,680
that red and some of the

3087
01:46:57,680 --> 01:47:00,249
yellow corrected on the on the

3088
01:47:00,249 --> 01:47:03,353
on on the sheet. But I do know

3089
01:47:03,353 --> 01:47:04,954
that you guys have been.

3090
01:47:04,954 --> 01:47:05,922
Basically building this plane

3091
01:47:05,922 --> 01:47:06,790
while you're flying it because

3092
01:47:06,790 --> 01:47:09,225
I've been here since he's kind

3093
01:47:09,225 --> 01:47:10,860
of started this thing off. So

3094
01:47:10,860 --> 01:47:13,530
I want to applaud you and the

3095
01:47:13,530 --> 01:47:14,960
team that works with you. And

3096
01:47:14,960 --> 01:47:15,232
yet you got a lot of

3097
01:47:15,232 --> 01:47:17,632
responsibility. We're going to

3098
01:47:18,133 --> 01:47:20,269
continue to to pull more from

3099
01:47:20,269 --> 01:47:20,903
you. So being in this role, I

3100
01:47:20,903 --> 01:47:21,638
know that it's coming and

3101
01:47:21,638 --> 01:47:22,772
thank you for what you've been

3102
01:47:22,772 --> 01:47:26,309
doing. We've got our eyes on.

3103
01:47:26,309 --> 01:47:26,942
Thank you, MISTER. Thank you.

3104
01:47:26,942 --> 01:47:28,942
Council district comments

3105
01:47:31,748 --> 01:47:32,482
Council Perkins. Thank you,

3106
01:47:32,482 --> 01:47:33,649
MISTER Chair. Just a follow-up

3107
01:47:33,649 --> 01:47:36,953
on my colleagues, a sip graves

3108
01:47:36,953 --> 01:47:40,490
and Allen. I think what I

3109
01:47:40,490 --> 01:47:41,124
wanted to use director is that

3110
01:47:41,124 --> 01:47:43,524
you're also getting some

3111
01:47:47,997 --> 01:47:48,665
executive coach. Hugh Carey,

3112
01:47:48,665 --> 01:47:51,665
you lead a very significant

3113
01:47:55,905 --> 01:47:56,906
part of the city. With all the

3114
01:47:56,906 --> 01:47:58,375
concerns challenges that we've

3115
01:47:58,375 --> 01:48:01,375
heard over the last 2, 3 years

3116
01:48:02,212 --> 01:48:05,181
and this particular office I

3117
01:48:05,181 --> 01:48:08,181
know as as an executive.

3118
01:48:10,220 --> 01:48:12,620
Executive coach and also

3119
01:48:13,390 --> 01:48:14,457
helpful. So recommend that as

3120
01:48:14,457 --> 01:48:15,250
citizen that I will also be

3121
01:48:15,250 --> 01:48:15,659
participating in the

3122
01:48:15,659 --> 01:48:17,659
leadership training that

3123
01:48:21,310 --> 01:48:22,999
you're providing. And over the

3124
01:48:22,999 --> 01:48:24,135
last year, I hope my

3125
01:48:24,135 --> 01:48:26,535
colleagues will agree that,

3126
01:48:26,570 --> 01:48:28,939
you know, being thrown into

3127
01:48:28,939 --> 01:48:31,939
I've learned a and there's

3128
01:48:32,742 --> 01:48:35,142
been. Trials and tribulations

3129
01:48:36,379 --> 01:48:37,213
along the So I I don't

3130
01:48:37,213 --> 01:48:37,814
disagree with you and I look

3131
01:48:37,814 --> 01:48:39,983
forward to a leadership

3132
01:48:39,983 --> 01:48:41,885
training. We provide. Thank

3133
01:48:41,885 --> 01:48:45,485
you. Just a final. A follow-up

3134
01:48:45,522 --> 01:48:46,222
on counsel Alan Scherr in

3135
01:48:46,222 --> 01:48:49,222
terms of the precursor public

3136
01:48:50,600 --> 01:48:50,894
human process. Much of the

3137
01:48:50,894 --> 01:48:54,494
work Phs is done to partners

3138
01:48:55,231 --> 01:48:55,932
store vendors. Once a vendor

3139
01:48:55,932 --> 01:48:58,932
is identified to do a

3140
01:49:00,670 --> 01:49:02,674
particular job. What is the

3141
01:49:02,674 --> 01:49:04,708
process off review win and

3142
01:49:04,708 --> 01:49:07,108
renewing that contract given

3143
01:49:09,460 --> 01:49:11,183
that we go through annual

3144
01:49:11,183 --> 01:49:12,782
budget process. How do you

3145
01:49:12,782 --> 01:49:13,484
know that a particular vendor

3146
01:49:13,484 --> 01:49:15,352
is doing what the city needs

3147
01:49:15,352 --> 01:49:18,540
for them to do and that

3148
01:49:18,540 --> 01:49:20,454
contract is renewed. Yeah,

3149
01:49:24,280 --> 01:49:24,729
that's a that good question. I

3150
01:49:24,729 --> 01:49:25,629
think this is going to be the

3151
01:49:25,629 --> 01:49:28,629
first year that we perform

3152
01:49:31,836 --> 01:49:34,171
that review since the audit.

3153
01:49:34,171 --> 01:49:35,600
We that is something that we

3154
01:49:35,600 --> 01:49:36,774
need to to finish the s and p

3155
01:49:36,774 --> 01:49:40,110
and train our team on what

3156
01:49:40,110 --> 01:49:41,979
they're doing right now

3157
01:49:41,979 --> 01:49:43,649
whatever the contract says. If

3158
01:49:43,649 --> 01:49:46,517
it's a monthly invoice report

3159
01:49:46,517 --> 01:49:47,151
or a quarterly report, they

3160
01:49:47,151 --> 01:49:49,920
are required to meet with

3161
01:49:49,920 --> 01:49:50,621
their vendor review the the

3162
01:49:50,621 --> 01:49:53,621
reporting in the data that's

3163
01:49:54,825 --> 01:49:55,526
coming in. Maintain that

3164
01:49:55,526 --> 01:49:58,526
relationship and to make sure

3165
01:49:58,729 --> 01:49:59,997
that the work is getting done

3166
01:49:59,997 --> 01:50:01,165
at the end of those contracts,

3167
01:50:01,165 --> 01:50:01,799
they're required to provide us

3168
01:50:01,799 --> 01:50:03,334
with a rule. They will be

3169
01:50:03,334 --> 01:50:04,468
required provide us with a

3170
01:50:04,468 --> 01:50:06,872
full reporting of how the

3171
01:50:06,872 --> 01:50:09,440
program went that year, which

3172
01:50:09,440 --> 01:50:12,543
will be reviewed in on top of

3173
01:50:12,543 --> 01:50:16,143
that, we will be requiring our

3174
01:50:17,515 --> 01:50:18,149
team to essentially. If

3175
01:50:18,149 --> 01:50:18,849
they're developing a new

3176
01:50:18,849 --> 01:50:20,318
program, they have to create

3177
01:50:20,318 --> 01:50:23,318
these logic models and they

3178
01:50:23,621 --> 01:50:24,855
have to provide us with. You

3179
01:50:24,855 --> 01:50:25,589
know, a reason for why we need

3180
01:50:25,589 --> 01:50:26,958
this program and what's

3181
01:50:26,958 --> 01:50:29,958
working. What will what it's

3182
01:50:30,695 --> 01:50:31,395
going to address. And so

3183
01:50:31,395 --> 01:50:33,297
similarly, we will we will be

3184
01:50:33,297 --> 01:50:34,232
asking them to do that for

3185
01:50:34,232 --> 01:50:36,367
existing programs and present

3186
01:50:36,367 --> 01:50:36,969
that to to understand whether

3187
01:50:36,969 --> 01:50:39,969
or not that program is

3188
01:50:49,147 --> 01:50:49,815
continue. Counseling. Thank

3189
01:50:49,815 --> 01:50:51,749
you, MR. Chair thank you,

3190
01:50:51,749 --> 01:50:55,349
tractor and car less for being

3191
01:50:55,554 --> 01:50:58,490
here this evening. I first

3192
01:50:58,490 --> 01:50:59,291
just want to state that my

3193
01:50:59,291 --> 01:51:01,860
heart and my mind is with the

3194
01:51:01,860 --> 01:51:02,561
victims who are flooded right

3195
01:51:02,561 --> 01:51:05,561
now. They've lost their homes

3196
01:51:06,130 --> 01:51:06,832
and most of what they own and

3197
01:51:06,832 --> 01:51:09,533
a lot of that occurred in my

3198
01:51:09,533 --> 01:51:10,235
district side, just one let

3199
01:51:10,235 --> 01:51:12,635
everybody know. That's where

3200
01:51:12,838 --> 01:51:13,505
my head right now and when

3201
01:51:13,505 --> 01:51:15,507
everybody to be thinking of

3202
01:51:15,507 --> 01:51:18,443
our flood victims in our city.

3203
01:51:18,443 --> 01:51:19,678
We were just declared a

3204
01:51:19,678 --> 01:51:21,546
federal full-scale federal

3205
01:51:21,546 --> 01:51:22,147
disaster last evening. MAY

3206
01:51:22,147 --> 01:51:22,881
PRESIDENT Trump. And so

3207
01:51:22,881 --> 01:51:25,281
there's more resources coming

3208
01:51:26,551 --> 01:51:27,219
our way. But also wanted to

3209
01:51:27,219 --> 01:51:30,819
take this time to thank you

3210
01:51:30,889 --> 01:51:31,523
for being out there. Saw car

3211
01:51:31,523 --> 01:51:33,392
let their personally. I'm

3212
01:51:33,392 --> 01:51:34,590
sorry. Missed you, Director

3213
01:51:34,590 --> 01:51:34,726
Mark Leno. There are other

3214
01:51:34,726 --> 01:51:35,427
folks from the agency that

3215
01:51:35,427 --> 01:51:39,270
were also out there. So thank

3216
01:51:41,533 --> 01:51:44,436
you. My. We've talked a lot in

3217
01:51:44,436 --> 01:51:45,137
this committee about youth

3218
01:51:45,137 --> 01:51:47,874
violence over the last year.

3219
01:51:47,874 --> 01:51:49,608
And I noticed that you said

3220
01:51:49,608 --> 01:51:52,608
you created the youth violence

3221
01:51:53,110 --> 01:51:54,947
Reduction Initiative so I

3222
01:51:54,947 --> 01:51:57,649
wanted to know more about

3223
01:51:57,649 --> 01:51:58,350
that. And then I sit on early

3224
01:51:58,350 --> 01:52:00,350
intervention Planning Council

3225
01:52:02,870 --> 01:52:03,822
along the counselor ne. And

3226
01:52:03,822 --> 01:52:05,223
we're really getting deep into

3227
01:52:05,223 --> 01:52:05,924
the work there. All save all

3228
01:52:05,924 --> 01:52:08,924
that those questions for when

3229
01:52:09,610 --> 01:52:09,761
they come back. But I was

3230
01:52:09,761 --> 01:52:11,964
hoping you could just tell me

3231
01:52:11,964 --> 01:52:13,298
a little bit more about what

3232
01:52:13,298 --> 01:52:14,660
is the Youth Violence

3233
01:52:14,660 --> 01:52:16,202
Reduction initiative. What you

3234
01:52:16,202 --> 01:52:20,402
have plans for it like just a

3235
01:52:21,540 --> 01:52:22,174
little bit more details there.

3236
01:52:22,174 --> 01:52:24,574
The counselor, the Youth

3237
01:52:25,945 --> 01:52:26,679
Reduction initiative is. Is

3238
01:52:26,679 --> 01:52:29,679
much like the Adult Fellowship

3239
01:52:31,183 --> 01:52:32,752
program. For the

3240
01:52:32,752 --> 01:52:33,419
contradictions strategy. Only

3241
01:52:33,419 --> 01:52:35,588
we're addressing those you

3242
01:52:35,588 --> 01:52:38,588
threat highest risk of. Being

3243
01:52:39,626 --> 01:52:40,425
involved in violence. And so

3244
01:52:40,425 --> 01:52:41,360
that, you know, we've

3245
01:52:41,360 --> 01:52:43,363
identified 26, I believe that

3246
01:52:43,363 --> 01:52:44,429
actually MAY be 27 as of

3247
01:52:44,429 --> 01:52:46,829
today. Individuals who are

3248
01:52:48,100 --> 01:52:48,668
participating in that program.

3249
01:52:48,668 --> 01:52:51,680
That those those referrals

3250
01:52:54,107 --> 01:52:56,643
come from various sources impd

3251
01:52:56,643 --> 01:52:58,778
then we are providing high

3252
01:52:58,778 --> 01:53:00,778
intensity, wrap-around

3253
01:53:00,847 --> 01:53:01,547
services to help those that

3254
01:53:01,547 --> 01:53:02,181
individual their families so

3255
01:53:02,181 --> 01:53:06,381
that we can get them on a

3256
01:53:08,121 --> 01:53:09,155
better path. 27 eu states.

3257
01:53:09,155 --> 01:53:09,856
Year 18 under 18. So

3258
01:53:09,856 --> 01:53:12,256
completely separate from the

3259
01:53:13,593 --> 01:53:14,227
other program you expanded

3260
01:53:14,227 --> 01:53:17,827
more staff to be able to

3261
01:53:18,231 --> 01:53:20,990
handle this. So we're

3262
01:53:20,990 --> 01:53:21,301
partnering with voices to

3263
01:53:21,301 --> 01:53:22,201
implement this program. So we

3264
01:53:22,201 --> 01:53:22,835
provided funding in addition

3265
01:53:22,835 --> 01:53:25,235
to the national criminal

3266
01:53:25,471 --> 01:53:27,871
justice reform funding. Okay.

3267
01:53:28,141 --> 01:53:30,541
Just providing funding to

3268
01:53:30,643 --> 01:53:31,244
voices and this is a pilot

3269
01:53:31,244 --> 01:53:33,644
program. So we're still

3270
01:53:34,614 --> 01:53:36,582
receiving data back. But the

3271
01:53:36,582 --> 01:53:37,684
community violence reduction

3272
01:53:37,684 --> 01:53:40,840
team is overseeing that

3273
01:53:41,287 --> 01:53:42,489
partnership with voices. And

3274
01:53:42,489 --> 01:53:47,289
we do have a new staff or her

3275
01:53:47,460 --> 01:53:48,127
name feel Fuller. Is is our

3276
01:53:48,127 --> 01:53:48,828
violence prevention program

3277
01:53:48,828 --> 01:53:51,828
managers social ever see that

3278
01:53:51,998 --> 01:53:54,667
partnership. Thank you. And I

3279
01:53:54,667 --> 01:53:56,736
have seen that reality. The

3280
01:53:56,736 --> 01:53:57,403
the ipc meeting. So there is

3281
01:53:57,403 --> 01:53:59,539
overlap there. So thank you

3282
01:53:59,539 --> 01:54:02,539
very much. It. Counsel counsel

3283
01:54:06,112 --> 01:54:09,112
Alan. Thank you. MISTER Chair

3284
01:54:10,490 --> 01:54:12,190
Quest and going back to the

3285
01:54:12,190 --> 01:54:14,120
question. Is there a website

3286
01:54:14,120 --> 01:54:15,389
or anything that these vendors

3287
01:54:15,389 --> 01:54:16,890
can sign up to, you know,

3288
01:54:16,890 --> 01:54:17,658
sign-up for to able to take a

3289
01:54:17,658 --> 01:54:18,992
look me. Is there a protocol,

3290
01:54:18,992 --> 01:54:22,496
I guess for that for the

3291
01:54:22,496 --> 01:54:25,496
vendors? Her let help answer

3292
01:54:28,402 --> 01:54:29,303
that question. Purchasing

3293
01:54:29,303 --> 01:54:31,238
website. Anyone can sign up to

3294
01:54:31,238 --> 01:54:32,171
become a vendor to the city of

3295
01:54:32,171 --> 01:54:33,400
Indianapolis in they would

3296
01:54:33,400 --> 01:54:35,440
state whatever services that

3297
01:54:38,279 --> 01:54:41,279
they for and the purchasing

3298
01:54:42,783 --> 01:54:43,484
department sent out the rf

3299
01:54:43,484 --> 01:54:45,352
piece to any relevant vendors

3300
01:54:45,352 --> 01:54:46,220
that provide those services to

3301
01:54:46,220 --> 01:54:48,222
let them know that these are

3302
01:54:48,222 --> 01:54:49,123
available for them to respond

3303
01:54:49,123 --> 01:54:51,892
to. So then we would go based

3304
01:54:51,892 --> 01:54:54,892
off those responses. Ok? Thank

3305
01:54:56,960 --> 01:54:57,998
you. And going back to the

3306
01:54:57,998 --> 01:55:00,350
Youth initiative. And you did

3307
01:55:00,350 --> 01:55:01,836
mention in the presentation

3308
01:55:01,836 --> 01:55:02,970
earlier that you guys are

3309
01:55:02,970 --> 01:55:05,639
doing and I forget the other

3310
01:55:05,639 --> 01:55:06,407
initiative that you mention. I

3311
01:55:06,407 --> 01:55:07,341
want to make sure that we

3312
01:55:07,341 --> 01:55:09,843
point out not every child who

3313
01:55:09,843 --> 01:55:12,813
wants play basketball. So I

3314
01:55:12,813 --> 01:55:15,983
want us to be thinking about

3315
01:55:15,983 --> 01:55:16,650
other ways that we can help

3316
01:55:16,650 --> 01:55:17,551
our use because that's the

3317
01:55:17,551 --> 01:55:21,151
very first thing we wanted am

3318
01:55:21,288 --> 01:55:21,922
a mother of 3 boys. Yes, I I

3319
01:55:21,922 --> 01:55:24,892
do see the benefit in it

3320
01:55:24,892 --> 01:55:28,620
because I in all sports, but

3321
01:55:28,620 --> 01:55:29,630
not all kids want to play

3322
01:55:29,630 --> 01:55:30,300
basketball. And I've set with

3323
01:55:30,300 --> 01:55:33,600
some of the high risk of, you

3324
01:55:33,600 --> 01:55:34,301
know, offenders in some of

3325
01:55:34,301 --> 01:55:35,200
them said they want to learn

3326
01:55:35,200 --> 01:55:37,571
how to cook. Some of them are

3327
01:55:37,571 --> 01:55:40,474
teenagers with babies and have

3328
01:55:40,474 --> 01:55:42,900
to figure out how to, you

3329
01:55:42,900 --> 01:55:44,746
know, take care of their child

3330
01:55:44,746 --> 01:55:45,579
or they MAY have a mother, a

3331
01:55:45,579 --> 01:55:46,314
father grandmother. So I want

3332
01:55:46,314 --> 01:55:47,480
us to make sure that we're not

3333
01:55:47,480 --> 01:55:48,950
just thinking about basketball

3334
01:55:48,950 --> 01:55:51,950
all the time, but we're

3335
01:55:52,530 --> 01:55:52,721
thinking about other things

3336
01:55:52,721 --> 01:55:55,721
and making sure that we're

3337
01:55:56,191 --> 01:55:57,825
listening to like you that we

3338
01:55:57,825 --> 01:56:00,761
just now have a at the table

3339
01:56:00,761 --> 01:56:01,997
and we're trying to tilt the u

3340
01:56:01,997 --> 01:56:04,766
what they should head. I do

3341
01:56:04,766 --> 01:56:05,433
think that they should have a

3342
01:56:05,433 --> 01:56:08,603
place at the table and they

3343
01:56:08,603 --> 01:56:10,872
should be able to voice what

3344
01:56:10,872 --> 01:56:11,473
they want and weirdly and were

3345
01:56:11,473 --> 01:56:12,140
then allowed him solely

3346
01:56:12,140 --> 01:56:13,775
through this process. Thank

3347
01:56:13,775 --> 01:56:14,442
you, MISTER Chair. Appreciate

3348
01:56:14,442 --> 01:56:17,442
thank you. To some comments

3349
01:56:18,130 --> 01:56:18,712
from counselors. Missed have

3350
01:56:18,712 --> 01:56:22,830
sign-up sheet for those of us

3351
01:56:22,830 --> 01:56:23,852
speak. Court in one of the

3352
01:56:23,852 --> 01:56:24,752
organs could speak to the

3353
01:56:24,752 --> 01:56:27,152
proposal presentation from MR.

3354
01:56:29,424 --> 01:56:30,250
Merkin will come forward. If

3355
01:56:30,250 --> 01:56:32,425
you read the statement,

3356
01:56:34,195 --> 01:56:34,829
please, this court yes. Before

3357
01:56:34,829 --> 01:56:37,829
we open a Florida public

3358
01:56:39,901 --> 01:56:42,370
comments will light. We like

3359
01:56:42,370 --> 01:56:43,204
my committee members and the

3360
01:56:43,204 --> 01:56:44,773
our rules so everyone can have

3361
01:56:44,773 --> 01:56:46,700
fair chance to speak and be

3362
01:56:46,700 --> 01:56:48,209
heard. It is important that we

3363
01:56:48,209 --> 01:56:48,910
each observe the following

3364
01:56:48,910 --> 01:56:51,346
Bills. First speaker will be

3365
01:56:51,346 --> 01:56:53,148
limited to 2 minutes. Second,

3366
01:56:53,148 --> 01:56:53,848
any public comments most

3367
01:56:53,848 --> 01:56:56,848
recently relate to the agenda

3368
01:56:57,619 --> 01:56:58,687
item under consideration. 3rd

3369
01:56:58,687 --> 01:56:59,421
speakers stray from the item

3370
01:56:59,421 --> 01:57:01,821
under consideration are become

3371
01:57:02,357 --> 01:57:04,727
I'm is maybe yes. Move on to

3372
01:57:04,727 --> 01:57:06,361
the next point conclude their

3373
01:57:06,361 --> 01:57:07,128
comment. Finally attendees to

3374
01:57:07,128 --> 01:57:09,528
cause disruptions to prevent

3375
01:57:09,798 --> 01:57:10,699
the committee from scene to

3376
01:57:10,699 --> 01:57:13,990
tonight's agenda a recently

3377
01:57:13,868 --> 01:57:14,469
fishermen and will be crazy

3378
01:57:14,469 --> 01:57:15,360
members, some types of

3379
01:57:15,360 --> 01:57:17,360
threatening speech or

3380
01:57:17,380 --> 01:57:17,639
incitement to violence are not

3381
01:57:17,639 --> 01:57:20,390
protected by the First

3382
01:57:20,241 --> 01:57:20,942
Amendment at all. We would do

3383
01:57:20,942 --> 01:57:23,111
those issues if they come up.

3384
01:57:23,111 --> 01:57:24,946
But we don't think that will

3385
01:57:24,946 --> 01:57:25,581
now MISTER Chair for committee

3386
01:57:25,581 --> 01:57:26,214
member has for consent to

3387
01:57:26,214 --> 01:57:29,214
that. These rules we can

3388
01:57:29,484 --> 01:57:31,884
proceed to public comments.

3389
01:57:31,954 --> 01:57:32,654
Thank you as Thank you for the

3390
01:57:32,654 --> 01:57:33,321
consensus. Do you guys think

3391
01:57:33,321 --> 01:57:34,220
it's easier to your to your

3392
01:57:34,220 --> 01:57:35,890
left there and is one of the

3393
01:57:35,890 --> 01:57:37,627
time just come up those want

3394
01:57:37,627 --> 01:57:39,594
to speak. Just come to the

3395
01:57:39,594 --> 01:57:40,695
front row state. Your name for

3396
01:57:40,695 --> 01:57:41,430
the record, please. And then

3397
01:57:41,430 --> 01:57:42,565
again, you guys have 2 minutes

3398
01:57:42,565 --> 01:57:45,334
to share your thoughts and

3399
01:57:45,334 --> 01:57:48,170
comments. You name for the

3400
01:57:48,170 --> 01:57:48,871
record. Belinda Drake,

3401
01:57:48,871 --> 01:57:49,538
executive director for

3402
01:57:49,538 --> 01:57:51,538
Community Research Resource

3403
01:57:54,410 --> 01:57:55,770
Center, also known as c r c.

3404
01:57:55,770 --> 01:57:57,546
And I don't need 2 minutes.

3405
01:57:57,546 --> 01:57:58,247
I'll be very brief. Just want

3406
01:57:58,247 --> 01:58:02,251
to speak about being in a cbo

3407
01:58:02,251 --> 01:58:04,186
with the elevation Grant crc.

3408
01:58:04,186 --> 01:58:04,920
Our mission is to empower

3409
01:58:04,920 --> 01:58:06,920
disenfranchised communities by

3410
01:58:06,989 --> 01:58:08,989
connecting people to

3411
01:58:09,825 --> 01:58:10,726
comprehensive health and

3412
01:58:10,726 --> 01:58:12,726
social services. Right-sizing

3413
01:58:14,630 --> 01:58:17,630
black and brown, lgbtq adults

3414
01:58:17,990 --> 01:58:17,768
in a major part of our work is

3415
01:58:17,768 --> 01:58:20,168
some pretty individuals who

3416
01:58:20,703 --> 01:58:21,438
face barriers stability and

3417
01:58:21,438 --> 01:58:23,438
opportunity, including members

3418
01:58:23,839 --> 01:58:25,708
who are just as involved

3419
01:58:25,708 --> 01:58:27,643
through the elevation grants.

3420
01:58:27,643 --> 01:58:29,679
Erc has been able to provide

3421
01:58:29,679 --> 01:58:30,913
direct support just as

3422
01:58:30,913 --> 01:58:32,181
involved community members and

3423
01:58:32,181 --> 01:58:34,116
help them successfully move

3424
01:58:34,116 --> 01:58:36,419
toward greater stability to

3425
01:58:36,419 --> 01:58:39,956
date this year, we have been

3426
01:58:39,956 --> 01:58:40,990
able to help 205 unique

3427
01:58:40,990 --> 01:58:41,791
individuals with support of

3428
01:58:41,791 --> 01:58:44,791
this funding. So thank The

3429
01:58:45,940 --> 01:58:45,795
grant does allow us to connect

3430
01:58:45,795 --> 01:58:48,195
people to critical resources

3431
01:58:48,297 --> 01:58:49,398
to make a real difference.

3432
01:58:49,398 --> 01:58:51,634
We're talking about real

3433
01:58:51,634 --> 01:58:54,340
people with organization to

3434
01:58:55,438 --> 01:58:57,373
help them rebuild their lives.

3435
01:58:57,373 --> 01:58:59,876
For example, we have with

3436
01:58:59,876 --> 01:59:01,445
housing utility assistance and

3437
01:59:01,445 --> 01:59:03,845
legal services while also

3438
01:59:05,214 --> 01:59:06,882
helping them get and keep good

3439
01:59:06,882 --> 01:59:07,483
paying jobs. The supports are

3440
01:59:07,483 --> 01:59:09,483
interconnected. As you

3441
01:59:10,219 --> 01:59:12,822
difficult for someone to focus

3442
01:59:12,822 --> 01:59:13,623
on employment they don't have

3443
01:59:13,623 --> 01:59:16,230
housing or other unresolved

3444
01:59:18,128 --> 01:59:19,962
legal services. Just as

3445
01:59:19,962 --> 01:59:21,962
importantly, Elevation has

3446
01:59:23,833 --> 01:59:24,468
also invested in cr sees

3447
01:59:24,468 --> 01:59:26,468
capacity as organization

3448
01:59:26,502 --> 01:59:28,502
through the individualized

3449
01:59:28,505 --> 01:59:29,472
technical assistance. We have

3450
01:59:29,472 --> 01:59:30,273
developed a stronger

3451
01:59:30,273 --> 01:59:32,673
development plan and strategy

3452
01:59:33,760 --> 01:59:36,760
that helps that helped us

3453
01:59:36,790 --> 01:59:37,247
diversify our funding by 500%

3454
01:59:37,247 --> 01:59:37,881
and strategically plan for the

3455
01:59:37,881 --> 01:59:40,881
long term support of our

3456
01:59:42,190 --> 01:59:43,220
organization and our clients.

3457
01:59:43,220 --> 01:59:44,721
We have also improved data and

3458
01:59:44,721 --> 01:59:45,222
client management systems.

3459
01:59:45,222 --> 01:59:46,456
Given us a better

3460
01:59:46,456 --> 01:59:48,856
understanding of are serving,

3461
01:59:50,294 --> 01:59:50,994
services are needed. I just

3462
01:59:50,994 --> 01:59:51,728
want to say thank you for the

3463
01:59:51,728 --> 01:59:53,397
opportunity we're grateful for

3464
01:59:53,397 --> 01:59:55,797
the elevation program. Thank

3465
02:00:03,206 --> 02:00:03,940
you for your comments next.

3466
02:00:03,940 --> 02:00:04,775
Thank CHAIRMAN Staff. Name is

3467
02:00:04,775 --> 02:00:07,175
Adam Christopher Collins on

3468
02:00:07,678 --> 02:00:09,460
the ceo of Foster Kids. Family

3469
02:00:09,460 --> 02:00:09,579
also advocate for Black Me

3470
02:00:09,579 --> 02:00:11,579
United Envision ERs

3471
02:00:12,149 --> 02:00:12,816
Initiative. Also stand aside,

3472
02:00:12,816 --> 02:00:15,216
Thomas, really and festival

3473
02:00:16,520 --> 02:00:17,721
one like me. What I see here

3474
02:00:17,721 --> 02:00:19,791
is a let's just say if the

3475
02:00:19,791 --> 02:00:21,525
mental health was hydrogen,

3476
02:00:21,525 --> 02:00:22,392
too, gentleman here was

3477
02:00:22,392 --> 02:00:24,940
oxygen. When you bring them

3478
02:00:24,940 --> 02:00:25,996
together, creates water

3479
02:00:25,996 --> 02:00:28,865
rights, the water that we need

3480
02:00:28,865 --> 02:00:30,133
here is what I'm seeing.

3481
02:00:30,133 --> 02:00:31,868
Transportation. I traveled

3482
02:00:31,868 --> 02:00:33,370
around the world speaking to

3483
02:00:33,370 --> 02:00:35,370
people very culturally

3484
02:00:35,405 --> 02:00:37,341
competent. One thing that I

3485
02:00:37,341 --> 02:00:37,941
noticed when people click up

3486
02:00:37,941 --> 02:00:40,941
gang most of don't have

3487
02:00:41,778 --> 02:00:42,846
licenses. Preventing people

3488
02:00:42,846 --> 02:00:45,246
from traveling and defunding

3489
02:00:47,840 --> 02:00:48,785
people who move is a problem.

3490
02:00:48,785 --> 02:00:49,586
So I was I had a question for

3491
02:00:49,586 --> 02:00:52,586
gentleman. If we have funds

3492
02:00:53,156 --> 02:00:54,570
not use for legal services,

3493
02:00:54,570 --> 02:00:56,593
but asking for more funds for

3494
02:00:56,593 --> 02:00:58,993
2,020th legal services. Maybe

3495
02:00:59,697 --> 02:01:02,000
that money can be used towards

3496
02:01:02,000 --> 02:01:03,868
outsourcing external sources

3497
02:01:03,868 --> 02:01:04,836
towards what we can do legally

3498
02:01:04,836 --> 02:01:05,435
to help people get the

3499
02:01:05,435 --> 02:01:06,136
license. You could also

3500
02:01:06,136 --> 02:01:09,720
address that lift issue. You

3501
02:01:09,720 --> 02:01:09,706
guys got going on. So I got to

3502
02:01:09,706 --> 02:01:12,706
thank you, sir, for your

3503
02:01:15,746 --> 02:01:17,746
comments next. Please.

3504
02:01:21,452 --> 02:01:23,221
Welcome. Good evening chair

3505
02:01:23,221 --> 02:01:25,222
and members of the Public

3506
02:01:25,222 --> 02:01:26,240
Safety Committee. My name is

3507
02:01:26,240 --> 02:01:26,758
Jessica, great and I am the

3508
02:01:26,758 --> 02:01:29,158
founder and executive director

3509
02:01:29,727 --> 02:01:31,929
of Deborah's Place since 2018.

3510
02:01:31,929 --> 02:01:33,831
Our mission has been to remove

3511
02:01:33,831 --> 02:01:34,699
barriers and create pathways

3512
02:01:34,699 --> 02:01:36,567
to stability and

3513
02:01:36,567 --> 02:01:38,567
self-sufficiency for

3514
02:01:38,603 --> 02:01:39,170
underserved families just as

3515
02:01:39,170 --> 02:01:41,170
involved individuals,

3516
02:01:41,506 --> 02:01:42,173
survivors of domestic

3517
02:01:42,173 --> 02:01:44,573
violence, youth and seniors

3518
02:01:44,876 --> 02:01:46,876
throughout Indianapolis. With

3519
02:01:46,912 --> 02:01:48,980
support from the Elevation

3520
02:01:48,980 --> 02:01:49,681
Grant program Deborah's Place

3521
02:01:49,681 --> 02:01:51,516
has expanded his work across

3522
02:01:51,516 --> 02:01:53,916
the justice continuum during

3523
02:01:55,353 --> 02:01:57,753
the first 2 quarters of 2026.

3524
02:01:58,523 --> 02:02:00,523
We've served 1446 and

3525
02:02:00,792 --> 02:02:01,626
duplicated individuals. 632

3526
02:02:01,626 --> 02:02:04,626
joined the 1st quarter and 114

3527
02:02:04,896 --> 02:02:05,563
during the 2nd quarter. We

3528
02:02:05,563 --> 02:02:07,963
provide care to development

3529
02:02:08,633 --> 02:02:09,233
training to detained youth and

3530
02:02:09,233 --> 02:02:09,968
financial literacy and

3531
02:02:09,968 --> 02:02:11,968
character development training

3532
02:02:12,770 --> 02:02:13,504
inside the Marion County Jail.

3533
02:02:13,504 --> 02:02:15,504
Participants will successfully

3534
02:02:16,240 --> 02:02:18,640
complete the training required

3535
02:02:19,143 --> 02:02:19,944
testing receive certificates

3536
02:02:19,944 --> 02:02:20,679
of completion. Those

3537
02:02:20,679 --> 02:02:22,680
certificates are placed within

3538
02:02:22,680 --> 02:02:24,148
their personal property. It

3539
02:02:24,148 --> 02:02:26,651
MAY be presented to the court

3540
02:02:26,651 --> 02:02:27,285
as evidence of accountability,

3541
02:02:27,285 --> 02:02:29,685
personal growth in their

3542
02:02:30,221 --> 02:02:31,456
willingness to make positive

3543
02:02:31,456 --> 02:02:35,560
changes. Our Ed does not stop

3544
02:02:35,226 --> 02:02:36,160
inside the classroom

3545
02:02:36,160 --> 02:02:36,829
throughout expungement.

3546
02:02:36,829 --> 02:02:37,428
Resource fair as we connect

3547
02:02:37,428 --> 02:02:38,930
people with expungement

3548
02:02:38,930 --> 02:02:40,930
assistance, driver's license,

3549
02:02:43,202 --> 02:02:44,836
reinstatement. Vixens ceiling.

3550
02:02:44,836 --> 02:02:45,536
Housing insurance, workforce,

3551
02:02:45,536 --> 02:02:46,939
resources and development and

3552
02:02:46,939 --> 02:02:49,939
other services that remove the

3553
02:02:51,410 --> 02:02:54,410
barriers to stability. We also

3554
02:02:55,446 --> 02:02:56,480
provide transportation access.

3555
02:02:56,480 --> 02:02:56,716
People cannot mates and

3556
02:02:56,716 --> 02:02:57,349
employment attend training

3557
02:02:57,349 --> 02:02:59,486
appear in court. Receive

3558
02:02:59,486 --> 02:03:01,190
medical care rss essential

3559
02:03:01,190 --> 02:03:04,190
services if they cannot get

3560
02:03:04,823 --> 02:03:05,423
there. In addition to that,

3561
02:03:05,423 --> 02:03:06,158
the elevation capacity

3562
02:03:06,158 --> 02:03:08,158
building program has

3563
02:03:08,359 --> 02:03:10,359
strengthened Deborah's place

3564
02:03:10,429 --> 02:03:12,364
to individualize financial

3565
02:03:12,364 --> 02:03:14,300
management assistance and

3566
02:03:14,300 --> 02:03:15,601
improvements in our budgeting

3567
02:03:15,601 --> 02:03:17,536
financial reporting outcome

3568
02:03:17,536 --> 02:03:18,737
measurement and long-term

3569
02:03:18,737 --> 02:03:20,737
sustainability. This

3570
02:03:21,740 --> 02:03:23,876
investment is helping us

3571
02:03:23,876 --> 02:03:24,576
remove barriers, restore

3572
02:03:24,576 --> 02:03:25,311
dignity, rebuild lives. Thank

3573
02:03:25,311 --> 02:03:25,878
you again for this opportunity

3574
02:03:25,878 --> 02:03:28,878
to thank you for your

3575
02:03:34,453 --> 02:03:36,323
comments. Next. Please. Good

3576
02:03:36,323 --> 02:03:36,990
evening. My name is John

3577
02:03:36,990 --> 02:03:37,656
Florence. It comes ceo and

3578
02:03:37,656 --> 02:03:39,992
general counsel in the ap's

3579
02:03:39,992 --> 02:03:42,940
legal aid society. And I want

3580
02:03:42,940 --> 02:03:43,329
to begin tonight by thanking

3581
02:03:43,329 --> 02:03:44,290
all of you council members for

3582
02:03:44,290 --> 02:03:47,290
the investment you made last

3583
02:03:47,499 --> 02:03:48,667
year in Phs eviction diversion

3584
02:03:48,667 --> 02:03:52,267
program as well as the re

3585
02:03:52,504 --> 02:03:53,739
commitment proposed tonight.

3586
02:03:53,739 --> 02:03:57,339
Also want to Phs and and

3587
02:03:57,543 --> 02:03:58,210
director Merkley for the

3588
02:03:58,210 --> 02:03:59,678
continued leadership around

3589
02:03:59,678 --> 02:04:00,546
the prevention of

3590
02:04:00,546 --> 02:04:02,946
homelessness. I think it's

3591
02:04:03,115 --> 02:04:03,782
important for you to hear.

3592
02:04:03,782 --> 02:04:06,182
What that investment looks

3593
02:04:07,190 --> 02:04:07,920
like when it reaches. And

3594
02:04:07,920 --> 02:04:09,920
Indianapolis resident recently

3595
02:04:11,824 --> 02:04:12,691
through the eviction program,

3596
02:04:12,691 --> 02:04:13,759
actually lights. It

3597
02:04:13,759 --> 02:04:16,759
represented the tenant in an

3598
02:04:16,962 --> 02:04:18,832
extraordinarily contentious

3599
02:04:18,832 --> 02:04:21,232
eviction case. There are 3

3600
02:04:22,334 --> 02:04:23,350
separate hearings, extensive

3601
02:04:23,350 --> 02:04:25,435
discovery evidence, all sorts

3602
02:04:26,305 --> 02:04:27,400
of court involvement.

3603
02:04:27,400 --> 02:04:27,674
Ultimately our attorney at the

3604
02:04:27,674 --> 02:04:30,740
Legal Aid Society helped

3605
02:04:30,176 --> 02:04:32,578
resolve the case and we

3606
02:04:32,578 --> 02:04:34,613
negotiated a full waiver of

3607
02:04:34,613 --> 02:04:36,820
satisfaction claims that

3608
02:04:36,820 --> 02:04:36,750
exceeded $13,000 for this

3609
02:04:36,750 --> 02:04:39,750
client. He never have been

3610
02:04:41,720 --> 02:04:42,422
able to pay that. So. It

3611
02:04:42,422 --> 02:04:43,323
matters because very few

3612
02:04:43,323 --> 02:04:45,723
tenants could afford legal

3613
02:04:47,160 --> 02:04:48,600
representation like this. You

3614
02:04:48,600 --> 02:04:49,362
know, in fact, in preparation

3615
02:04:49,362 --> 02:04:49,996
for these remarks tonight, I

3616
02:04:49,996 --> 02:04:52,396
asked our staff attorneys

3617
02:04:53,400 --> 02:04:54,402
whether they had ever seen a

3618
02:04:54,402 --> 02:04:55,402
private attorney represent a

3619
02:04:55,402 --> 02:04:57,270
tenant in an eviction case.

3620
02:04:57,270 --> 02:04:59,139
And the resounding answer was

3621
02:04:59,139 --> 02:05:01,207
no. They never seen a private

3622
02:05:01,207 --> 02:05:03,310
lawyer. Do do do work for a

3623
02:05:03,310 --> 02:05:06,310
tenant. So you know, it's

3624
02:05:08,140 --> 02:05:08,748
it's. It's far less expensive

3625
02:05:08,748 --> 02:05:09,449
to prevent a crisis and to pay

3626
02:05:09,449 --> 02:05:11,849
for everything that follows.

3627
02:05:12,519 --> 02:05:15,519
So. You know, we're preventing

3628
02:05:16,756 --> 02:05:18,591
homelessness were preventing.

3629
02:05:18,591 --> 02:05:20,591
Preserving employment,

3630
02:05:20,593 --> 02:05:21,695
avoiding emergency shelter in

3631
02:05:21,695 --> 02:05:22,929
reducing interactions with law

3632
02:05:22,929 --> 02:05:24,929
enforcement and other

3633
02:05:25,310 --> 02:05:27,310
expensive crisis response

3634
02:05:27,367 --> 02:05:30,300
systems. I did want quickly

3635
02:05:30,300 --> 02:05:30,804
address a question about

3636
02:05:30,804 --> 02:05:32,804
funding. The Annapolis

3637
02:05:33,707 --> 02:05:34,341
Foundation was one of our

3638
02:05:34,341 --> 02:05:35,420
founders 97. He almost 90

3639
02:05:35,420 --> 02:05:38,112
years ago. We've had a great

3640
02:05:38,112 --> 02:05:38,812
relationship with them and we

3641
02:05:38,812 --> 02:05:40,613
are working with MR. Merkley

3642
02:05:40,613 --> 02:05:44,213
to fund this. Thank you. Thank

3643
02:05:47,721 --> 02:05:48,722
you for your comments. Are.

3644
02:05:48,722 --> 02:05:49,856
Welcome. Thank you. And good

3645
02:05:49,856 --> 02:05:51,424
evening My name's Davidson.

3646
02:05:51,424 --> 02:05:53,727
I'm also with the legal aid

3647
02:05:53,727 --> 02:05:54,628
society. I just kind tell you

3648
02:05:54,628 --> 02:05:55,662
what the investment your

3649
02:05:55,662 --> 02:05:56,229
fiction diversion program

3650
02:05:56,229 --> 02:05:57,764
looks like when it's

3651
02:05:57,764 --> 02:05:59,199
specifically about one client.

3652
02:05:59,199 --> 02:06:00,600
We had. So we had our client

3653
02:06:00,600 --> 02:06:01,201
was a paraplegic gentlemen.

3654
02:06:01,201 --> 02:06:04,201
His son was the primary

3655
02:06:04,704 --> 02:06:05,372
caregiver. His son told me is

3656
02:06:05,372 --> 02:06:07,241
going overseas for a little

3657
02:06:07,241 --> 02:06:08,775
while, but not to worry the

3658
02:06:08,775 --> 02:06:09,609
rent to pay the bills we're

3659
02:06:09,609 --> 02:06:10,277
taking care of. A new wave was

3660
02:06:10,277 --> 02:06:12,677
coming. Everything would be

3661
02:06:14,949 --> 02:06:15,916
fine. Except none of that was

3662
02:06:15,916 --> 02:06:16,617
true. The sun into the bank

3663
02:06:16,617 --> 02:06:18,985
accounts stop paying the rent

3664
02:06:18,985 --> 02:06:22,189
and left him. He left to die.

3665
02:06:22,189 --> 02:06:23,257
His own side left him to die.

3666
02:06:23,257 --> 02:06:23,890
You know how he discovered all

3667
02:06:23,890 --> 02:06:25,526
that? He got an eviction

3668
02:06:25,526 --> 02:06:26,160
notice on his door. So what

3669
02:06:26,160 --> 02:06:29,363
does he do? He calls the

3670
02:06:29,363 --> 02:06:31,365
court. You know, if the court

3671
02:06:31,365 --> 02:06:32,990
does the court Phs because we

3672
02:06:32,990 --> 02:06:33,600
do have a working relationship

3673
02:06:33,600 --> 02:06:36,600
with the court system Phs

3674
02:06:36,703 --> 02:06:37,571
immediately calls me so we had

3675
02:06:37,571 --> 02:06:38,272
the pleasure of being the ones

3676
02:06:38,272 --> 02:06:39,840
to step in and work on that.

3677
02:06:39,840 --> 02:06:41,809
And because that program is

3678
02:06:41,809 --> 02:06:42,643
funded the eviction of program

3679
02:06:42,643 --> 02:06:46,213
when it contact the court and

3680
02:06:46,213 --> 02:06:46,914
everything one knew what to do

3681
02:06:46,914 --> 02:06:47,548
want to share a couple of the

3682
02:06:47,548 --> 02:06:50,518
first words. He said our

3683
02:06:50,518 --> 02:06:53,255
attorney he said, and I think

3684
02:06:53,255 --> 02:06:54,488
the quote was exactly why

3685
02:06:54,488 --> 02:06:55,923
should I just and it all

3686
02:06:55,923 --> 02:06:56,657
rubber done my own side can

3687
02:06:56,657 --> 02:07:00,940
even handle Eyes will stick my

3688
02:07:00,940 --> 02:07:01,295
head in the oven. Our

3689
02:07:01,295 --> 02:07:02,290
attorneys, obviously able to

3690
02:07:02,290 --> 02:07:03,165
address the eviction. But more

3691
02:07:03,165 --> 02:07:05,132
importantly, what this program

3692
02:07:05,132 --> 02:07:05,933
did, it set up a position, it

3693
02:07:05,933 --> 02:07:07,568
kind of tools and resources so

3694
02:07:07,568 --> 02:07:09,737
that we can reach agreement.

3695
02:07:09,737 --> 02:07:11,500
The landlord, I can say kind

3696
02:07:11,500 --> 02:07:11,839
of probably the landlord agree

3697
02:07:11,839 --> 02:07:12,540
for that person remain house

3698
02:07:12,540 --> 02:07:14,542
free of charge. Well, we got

3699
02:07:14,542 --> 02:07:15,376
them alternative housing. We

3700
02:07:15,376 --> 02:07:16,430
got them and that its

3701
02:07:16,430 --> 02:07:18,179
alternative housing that we

3702
02:07:18,179 --> 02:07:19,714
got them now permanent healthy

3703
02:07:19,714 --> 02:07:21,716
living, the volunteers we got

3704
02:07:21,716 --> 02:07:22,817
came in, moved them, move this

3705
02:07:22,817 --> 02:07:25,686
person, belongings. We got the

3706
02:07:25,686 --> 02:07:26,854
apartment cleaned. We got rent

3707
02:07:26,854 --> 02:07:27,555
ready. And all of that worked

3708
02:07:27,555 --> 02:07:28,255
at all that work because what

3709
02:07:28,255 --> 02:07:31,855
it said was people are going

3710
02:07:32,593 --> 02:07:33,294
to show up. And so eventually

3711
02:07:33,294 --> 02:07:33,894
a man believed nobody wanted

3712
02:07:33,894 --> 02:07:36,294
learn that people cared

3713
02:07:37,232 --> 02:07:37,965
whether he was there tomorrow.

3714
02:07:37,965 --> 02:07:39,767
When this whole time I've been

3715
02:07:39,767 --> 02:07:40,468
kind of saying we did this,

3716
02:07:40,468 --> 02:07:43,871
what I really want to say is

3717
02:07:43,871 --> 02:07:45,107
the city that this this city

3718
02:07:45,107 --> 02:07:45,940
funded that court, if under

3719
02:07:45,940 --> 02:07:46,674
that program is funded, all

3720
02:07:46,674 --> 02:07:48,210
those people that were able to

3721
02:07:48,210 --> 02:07:49,977
step up and do there. The city

3722
02:07:49,977 --> 02:07:52,977
p Chesson Andrew Merkley. The

3723
02:07:53,114 --> 02:07:56,114
city funded his staff. Thank

3724
02:08:00,789 --> 02:08:02,223
you for your comments. Good

3725
02:08:02,223 --> 02:08:02,957
evening. Counselors, Rachel

3726
02:08:02,957 --> 02:08:04,492
Hogan camp. I'm a senior staff

3727
02:08:04,492 --> 02:08:05,961
attorney with Indiana Legal

3728
02:08:05,961 --> 02:08:06,695
Services where represent

3729
02:08:06,695 --> 02:08:08,329
tenant to our partnership with

3730
02:08:08,329 --> 02:08:09,598
okay, just as eviction

3731
02:08:09,598 --> 02:08:10,731
diversion program from

3732
02:08:10,731 --> 02:08:13,100
JANUARY. First AUGUST, first

3733
02:08:13,100 --> 02:08:15,100
of 2026, there've been 13,439

3734
02:08:15,371 --> 02:08:17,272
eviction filings in Marion

3735
02:08:17,272 --> 02:08:20,207
County. So far, Indiana legal

3736
02:08:20,207 --> 02:08:20,877
services to serve over 3 it 3,

3737
02:08:20,877 --> 02:08:22,877
1300 households through our

3738
02:08:24,460 --> 02:08:26,446
partnership with okay chess.

3739
02:08:26,615 --> 02:08:27,316
66% of our tenant clients Self

3740
02:08:27,316 --> 02:08:28,160
express better understanding

3741
02:08:28,160 --> 02:08:28,684
and that they know what to do

3742
02:08:28,684 --> 02:08:31,684
next after contact with our

3743
02:08:32,287 --> 02:08:34,687
office. This program connects

3744
02:08:36,425 --> 02:08:37,693
people. It connects tennis

3745
02:08:37,693 --> 02:08:38,393
lawyers, social workers and

3746
02:08:38,393 --> 02:08:39,628
navigators. Yes, but it also

3747
02:08:39,628 --> 02:08:40,595
connects tenants to each

3748
02:08:40,595 --> 02:08:42,995
other. Our 10 attorneys to

3749
02:08:43,131 --> 02:08:43,832
landlords and their attorneys

3750
02:08:43,832 --> 02:08:45,934
housing advocates in various

3751
02:08:45,934 --> 02:08:46,735
disciplines to each other. We

3752
02:08:46,735 --> 02:08:49,135
have developed a strong

3753
02:08:49,638 --> 02:08:51,173
relationship with the courts

3754
02:08:51,173 --> 02:08:52,107
and this program connected us

3755
02:08:52,107 --> 02:08:53,800
with okay chess, which allowed

3756
02:08:53,800 --> 02:08:55,770
us to partner not only on

3757
02:08:55,770 --> 02:08:56,578
providing legal support to

3758
02:08:56,578 --> 02:08:57,245
tenants but also in the

3759
02:08:57,245 --> 02:08:57,879
eviction education events.

3760
02:08:57,879 --> 02:08:59,879
MISTER Merkley mentioned

3761
02:09:00,449 --> 02:09:02,849
earlier. Through connection we

3762
02:09:03,352 --> 02:09:04,860
have found understanding. And

3763
02:09:04,860 --> 02:09:07,389
I want to tell you a couple of

3764
02:09:07,389 --> 02:09:08,900
stories from our office. And

3765
02:09:08,900 --> 02:09:10,490
19 year-old was being evicted

3766
02:09:10,492 --> 02:09:12,940
from her family home. She was

3767
02:09:12,940 --> 02:09:14,940
facing potential emergency

3768
02:09:14,363 --> 02:09:15,464
eviction and certain

3769
02:09:15,464 --> 02:09:16,131
homelessness and attorney

3770
02:09:16,131 --> 02:09:19,131
worked with the tenant for

3771
02:09:19,635 --> 02:09:21,436
many, many weeks the work of

3772
02:09:21,436 --> 02:09:22,304
the court and her familial and

3773
02:09:22,304 --> 02:09:23,500
more to secure more time for

3774
02:09:23,500 --> 02:09:24,906
her an agreement to keep the

3775
02:09:24,906 --> 02:09:27,906
scarlet you off her record.

3776
02:09:29,112 --> 02:09:29,911
Given her young age, a social

3777
02:09:29,911 --> 02:09:30,647
worker from our office

3778
02:09:30,647 --> 02:09:32,215
connected the young woman with

3779
02:09:32,215 --> 02:09:32,914
a local housing organization

3780
02:09:32,914 --> 02:09:33,549
and helped enroll her in the

3781
02:09:33,549 --> 02:09:34,183
city's homeless response

3782
02:09:34,183 --> 02:09:36,583
system. She is currently

3783
02:09:38,187 --> 02:09:40,222
helps. This morning. I

3784
02:09:40,222 --> 02:09:40,890
assisted a 90 year-old veteran

3785
02:09:40,890 --> 02:09:42,758
who is being evicted from a

3786
02:09:42,758 --> 02:09:44,758
federally subsidized senior

3787
02:09:44,926 --> 02:09:45,627
housing project. He is on a

3788
02:09:45,627 --> 02:09:46,328
fixed income and had nowhere

3789
02:09:46,328 --> 02:09:50,266
to go. But he also wanted to

3790
02:09:50,266 --> 02:09:51,670
leave. Intervention at the

3791
02:09:51,670 --> 02:09:52,134
clinics, allowed him to be

3792
02:09:52,134 --> 02:09:53,136
connected with a Navigator who

3793
02:09:53,136 --> 02:09:54,304
is assisting him with finding

3794
02:09:54,304 --> 02:09:56,606
housing and getting connected

3795
02:09:56,606 --> 02:09:57,273
to services he did not even

3796
02:09:57,273 --> 02:09:59,673
know existed. His attorney

3797
02:10:00,677 --> 02:10:02,945
through our program was able

3798
02:10:02,945 --> 02:10:03,613
negotiate extended move out

3799
02:10:03,613 --> 02:10:04,213
time and protection of his

3800
02:10:04,213 --> 02:10:05,581
eligibility for future

3801
02:10:05,581 --> 02:10:06,282
subsidies. Thank you for this

3802
02:10:06,282 --> 02:10:08,682
opportunity. Thank you. Thank

3803
02:10:08,985 --> 02:10:09,685
you for your comments. Anyone

3804
02:10:09,685 --> 02:10:13,285
else in the audience going to

3805
02:10:16,159 --> 02:10:17,427
speak to the presentation?

3806
02:10:17,427 --> 02:10:19,196
Good evening, everyone. And

3807
02:10:19,196 --> 02:10:22,650
thank you to Andrew Merkley

3808
02:10:22,650 --> 02:10:23,990
and a phs for assisting in

3809
02:10:23,990 --> 02:10:25,835
funding 3rd part of the

3810
02:10:25,835 --> 02:10:28,835
problem, which I would call 4

3811
02:10:28,938 --> 02:10:29,973
of the eviction diversion

3812
02:10:29,973 --> 02:10:31,908
program in Lawrence Township.

3813
02:10:31,908 --> 02:10:32,976
We have the eviction diversion

3814
02:10:32,976 --> 02:10:33,676
initiative. And in 2024, we

3815
02:10:33,676 --> 02:10:36,879
were able to expand to assist

3816
02:10:36,879 --> 02:10:39,879
the whole county since that

3817
02:10:40,283 --> 02:10:43,119
time in 2026 of office, Vo ph

3818
02:10:43,119 --> 02:10:45,722
s was able to supplement our

3819
02:10:45,722 --> 02:10:46,422
funding that we had retained a

3820
02:10:46,422 --> 02:10:48,324
leftover from private funders

3821
02:10:48,324 --> 02:10:50,460
to assist us in continuing the

3822
02:10:50,460 --> 02:10:51,427
program with that was holding

3823
02:10:51,427 --> 02:10:52,128
camp just gave a story of

3824
02:10:52,128 --> 02:10:55,980
exactly what happened in our

3825
02:10:55,980 --> 02:10:56,165
court this morning. This

3826
02:10:56,165 --> 02:10:56,799
morning, we had a 90 year-old

3827
02:10:56,799 --> 02:10:59,199
veteran that actually was

3828
02:10:59,969 --> 02:11:00,703
about to be an house. But

3829
02:11:00,703 --> 02:11:01,571
between the legal services and

3830
02:11:01,571 --> 02:11:03,606
the navigation services that

3831
02:11:03,606 --> 02:11:05,308
found the resource to rehouse

3832
02:11:05,308 --> 02:11:05,975
that person, that person was

3833
02:11:05,975 --> 02:11:09,575
able to find new housing in

3834
02:11:10,280 --> 02:11:10,947
being able to move an

3835
02:11:10,947 --> 02:11:12,949
untenable condition that he

3836
02:11:12,949 --> 02:11:15,252
was. That was not the best in

3837
02:11:15,252 --> 02:11:16,886
housing. I'd like to let you

3838
02:11:16,886 --> 02:11:18,321
know that this three-pronged

3839
02:11:18,321 --> 02:11:20,991
program that has been created

3840
02:11:20,991 --> 02:11:22,925
is essential to our community.

3841
02:11:22,925 --> 02:11:24,495
It prevents are working class

3842
02:11:24,495 --> 02:11:25,361
individuals being able to be

3843
02:11:25,361 --> 02:11:28,961
able to keep up with the

3844
02:11:29,165 --> 02:11:30,602
ability to stay in the home

3845
02:11:30,602 --> 02:11:32,603
and not unsettle and unrest,

3846
02:11:32,603 --> 02:11:35,380
their home at home and their

3847
02:11:35,380 --> 02:11:35,738
children in Franklin Township.

3848
02:11:35,738 --> 02:11:38,738
Their stories were there was

3849
02:11:39,109 --> 02:11:40,277
that a mother of 4 children

3850
02:11:40,277 --> 02:11:42,479
that had $4,000 of unpaid

3851
02:11:42,479 --> 02:11:43,314
rent. She was unable. She did

3852
02:11:43,314 --> 02:11:46,314
not have employment at the

3853
02:11:46,850 --> 02:11:48,452
time, but she was able to

3854
02:11:48,452 --> 02:11:50,187
through navigation services

3855
02:11:50,187 --> 02:11:52,890
and legal assistance, get

3856
02:11:52,890 --> 02:11:53,424
funding from a church as well

3857
02:11:53,424 --> 02:11:55,920
as the trustee's office in

3858
02:11:55,920 --> 02:11:56,961
order to remain in their

3859
02:11:56,961 --> 02:11:59,330
house. In Perry Township, we

3860
02:11:59,330 --> 02:12:00,731
had father, single father of 2

3861
02:12:00,731 --> 02:12:04,331
daughters that was able to be

3862
02:12:04,535 --> 02:12:05,769
able to relocate and relocate

3863
02:12:05,769 --> 02:12:06,437
without losing any type of a

3864
02:12:06,437 --> 02:12:09,808
roof over his head for his

3865
02:12:09,808 --> 02:12:11,308
children himself as well as

3866
02:12:11,308 --> 02:12:13,510
gain employment. He was $100

3867
02:12:13,510 --> 02:12:16,510
short of being able to

3868
02:12:17,315 --> 02:12:18,483
actually pay and stay. But

3869
02:12:18,483 --> 02:12:19,183
with the help of the Navigator

3870
02:12:19,183 --> 02:12:21,510
and legal aid, he was able to

3871
02:12:21,510 --> 02:12:22,920
come up with that money to do

3872
02:12:22,920 --> 02:12:27,120
so. MAY I just give you a 3

3873
02:12:32,262 --> 02:12:34,662
more stories. Absolutely not

3874
02:12:35,399 --> 02:12:36,660
Robinson MAY I so so. So it's

3875
02:12:36,660 --> 02:12:39,666
so it will have a statement

3876
02:12:40,337 --> 02:12:41,500
for the record. City the

3877
02:12:41,500 --> 02:12:42,840
Kimberly Bacon. Judge Lord,

3878
02:12:42,840 --> 02:12:46,440
still give you one more story.

3879
02:12:46,510 --> 02:12:49,880
I'm I it. And then we also

3880
02:12:49,880 --> 02:12:50,614
have a story in Wayne Township

3881
02:12:50,614 --> 02:12:53,614
where there was individual who

3882
02:12:54,190 --> 02:12:55,860
was about to be unhoused and

3883
02:12:55,860 --> 02:12:57,621
that person by the name of Kh

3884
02:12:57,621 --> 02:13:00,621
had 3 children. What I want

3885
02:13:01,191 --> 02:13:02,260
you all to realize is that

3886
02:13:02,260 --> 02:13:03,260
this program is not just the

3887
02:13:03,260 --> 02:13:06,260
individual that you see in

3888
02:13:09,401 --> 02:13:10,134
court. It is too to 7 more

3889
02:13:10,134 --> 02:13:12,103
people sometime in a household

3890
02:13:12,103 --> 02:13:15,703
that has an effect when we

3891
02:13:16,308 --> 02:13:16,940
issue a ruling by having these

3892
02:13:16,940 --> 02:13:18,940
navigation services that

3893
02:13:19,109 --> 02:13:21,279
assist people in finding new

3894
02:13:21,279 --> 02:13:23,810
housing, assist people in

3895
02:13:23,810 --> 02:13:24,281
getting to legal services so

3896
02:13:24,281 --> 02:13:25,350
that they can stress with

3897
02:13:25,350 --> 02:13:27,252
their issues are and bring

3898
02:13:27,252 --> 02:13:28,219
them properly to the court to

3899
02:13:28,219 --> 02:13:31,756
the judge. So they're able to

3900
02:13:31,756 --> 02:13:32,457
hear, though, those issues so

3901
02:13:32,457 --> 02:13:35,457
understand that when you are

3902
02:13:36,429 --> 02:13:37,128
funding a program Phs, you are

3903
02:13:37,128 --> 02:13:38,129
not funding just one person

3904
02:13:38,129 --> 02:13:41,129
that comes before the court

3905
02:13:42,300 --> 02:13:44,235
that gets legal aid. You are

3906
02:13:44,235 --> 02:13:45,971
funding at up to 4 to 10

3907
02:13:45,971 --> 02:13:48,106
individuals at one time.

3908
02:13:48,106 --> 02:13:49,441
Sometimes that is the

3909
02:13:49,441 --> 02:13:50,141
importance of this program. Is

3910
02:13:50,141 --> 02:13:52,110
that the U.S. The people that

3911
02:13:52,110 --> 02:13:54,913
you don't see, not just the

3912
02:13:54,913 --> 02:13:56,470
people that you do see. And

3913
02:13:56,470 --> 02:13:57,782
with that you have to

3914
02:13:57,782 --> 02:13:59,985
understand that that goes to

3915
02:13:59,985 --> 02:14:00,719
other programs that you all

3916
02:14:00,719 --> 02:14:03,888
will fund or have an impact on

3917
02:14:03,888 --> 02:14:05,123
the court systems when a

3918
02:14:05,123 --> 02:14:06,992
mother or father is dislocated

3919
02:14:06,992 --> 02:14:08,159
and they lose the stability of

3920
02:14:08,159 --> 02:14:11,159
their housing, they MAY be

3921
02:14:11,529 --> 02:14:13,465
subjected to dcs programs that

3922
02:14:13,465 --> 02:14:14,833
destabilizes a home in

3923
02:14:14,833 --> 02:14:17,102
separates families when a

3924
02:14:17,102 --> 02:14:17,702
person is unable to provide

3925
02:14:17,702 --> 02:14:19,104
toiletries because they

3926
02:14:19,104 --> 02:14:22,104
sacrifice to make their rent

3927
02:14:22,507 --> 02:14:23,174
payment, that then becomes a

3928
02:14:23,174 --> 02:14:23,908
criminal activity sometimes

3929
02:14:23,908 --> 02:14:26,444
because people are just trying

3930
02:14:26,444 --> 02:14:28,279
to make it and they MAY have

3931
02:14:28,279 --> 02:14:30,715
to go find food and unlawful

3932
02:14:30,715 --> 02:14:32,751
ways or toiletries. Please

3933
02:14:32,751 --> 02:14:35,151
note that housing instability.

3934
02:14:36,855 --> 02:14:39,240
Is the foundation of so many

3935
02:14:39,240 --> 02:14:40,759
other issues that result in

3936
02:14:40,759 --> 02:14:41,626
families. It is important for

3937
02:14:41,626 --> 02:14:45,960
you to fund this program so

3938
02:14:45,960 --> 02:14:47,966
that all of these programs

3939
02:14:47,966 --> 02:14:48,667
have an opportunity to touch

3940
02:14:48,667 --> 02:14:49,368
these families and keep them

3941
02:14:49,368 --> 02:14:51,768
unstable environments so that

3942
02:14:52,371 --> 02:14:53,339
they can provide. This is your

3943
02:14:53,339 --> 02:14:56,107
working class. I want you all

3944
02:14:56,107 --> 02:14:57,309
councilors to understand that

3945
02:14:57,309 --> 02:14:58,711
these are not people that

3946
02:14:58,711 --> 02:15:00,613
choose to be unemployed are

3947
02:15:00,613 --> 02:15:03,214
just unemployed for no reason.

3948
02:15:03,214 --> 02:15:06,214
Many of them have jobs. 2, 3

3949
02:15:07,186 --> 02:15:07,953
jobs. Many of loose their

3950
02:15:07,953 --> 02:15:08,621
employment for week because

3951
02:15:08,621 --> 02:15:12,821
they had to take care of a

3952
02:15:15,194 --> 02:15:17,229
child. So these are not full.

3953
02:15:17,229 --> 02:15:20,829
I tell about more thing. These

3954
02:15:21,233 --> 02:15:24,303
are not people that taking Get

3955
02:15:24,303 --> 02:15:26,238
one opportunity at And so

3956
02:15:26,238 --> 02:15:29,241
these are not people that do

3957
02:15:29,241 --> 02:15:31,144
not want to have a roof over

3958
02:15:31,144 --> 02:15:33,879
their So we ask that you

3959
02:15:33,879 --> 02:15:36,879
continue it. Did raise the

3960
02:15:38,284 --> 02:15:40,284
gavel to me?

3961
02:15:44,900 --> 02:15:45,124
Thank you for your comments

3962
02:15:45,124 --> 02:15:46,759
for your service. And I were

3963
02:15:46,759 --> 02:15:50,959
not there to on Thank you so

3964
02:15:51,630 --> 02:15:51,697
much. MAY just come forward

3965
02:15:51,697 --> 02:15:54,697
state. Your name for the

3966
02:15:54,767 --> 02:15:56,602
record, please. Good evening.

3967
02:15:56,602 --> 02:15:59,200
I'm Shauna majors Brightwood

3968
02:15:59,839 --> 02:16:02,839
Community Center. I made them

3969
02:16:03,976 --> 02:16:04,910
5 she just got I have a huge

3970
02:16:04,910 --> 02:16:06,646
list which will not fit into

3971
02:16:06,646 --> 02:16:09,646
the 2 minutes. So I'm not

3972
02:16:10,517 --> 02:16:11,884
going to do that to you. It's

3973
02:16:11,884 --> 02:16:13,653
a Robinson, but I want to

3974
02:16:13,653 --> 02:16:15,855
speak about a couple things,

3975
02:16:15,855 --> 02:16:18,855
really quickly. First of all,

3976
02:16:19,992 --> 02:16:20,893
elevation. As we've had a

3977
02:16:20,893 --> 02:16:22,893
relationship with elevation

3978
02:16:24,798 --> 02:16:25,498
for many years and they have

3979
02:16:25,498 --> 02:16:27,300
been great supporters of our

3980
02:16:27,300 --> 02:16:29,970
work. And I know that that the

3981
02:16:29,970 --> 02:16:32,738
funding comes through Phs. So

3982
02:16:32,738 --> 02:16:33,639
I really want to highlight the

3983
02:16:33,639 --> 02:16:36,390
fact that now elevation

3984
02:16:36,375 --> 02:16:37,376
process has changed a bit to

3985
02:16:37,376 --> 02:16:40,376
be more reflective of making

3986
02:16:42,382 --> 02:16:43,683
sure that we are sending in

3987
02:16:43,683 --> 02:16:44,483
our data and and our our

3988
02:16:44,483 --> 02:16:47,153
financials and all of those

3989
02:16:47,153 --> 02:16:48,356
things that always happen. But

3990
02:16:48,356 --> 02:16:50,657
it's really become more

3991
02:16:50,657 --> 02:16:53,593
robust. And the opportunity to

3992
02:16:53,593 --> 02:16:54,829
train staff on various other

3993
02:16:54,829 --> 02:16:56,563
things. So just want to shout

3994
02:16:56,563 --> 02:16:57,264
that out really quick that it

3995
02:16:57,264 --> 02:16:59,333
has been instrumental to the

3996
02:16:59,333 --> 02:17:00,934
work that we do with our kids

3997
02:17:00,934 --> 02:17:01,501
talking about teen dating

3998
02:17:01,501 --> 02:17:03,501
violence and suicide

3999
02:17:03,603 --> 02:17:06,300
prevention and mental health.

4000
02:17:07,441 --> 02:17:09,142
The second thing really has

4001
02:17:09,142 --> 02:17:09,843
more to do with the budget

4002
02:17:09,843 --> 02:17:12,212
that I saw on. It's probably

4003
02:17:12,212 --> 02:17:15,812
more of a question Phs. I

4004
02:17:16,383 --> 02:17:17,500
didn't see where you guys were

4005
02:17:17,500 --> 02:17:18,719
continuing. I was here last

4006
02:17:18,719 --> 02:17:21,719
year continuing to fund the

4007
02:17:21,855 --> 02:17:23,824
Thomas really scrapped license

4008
02:17:23,824 --> 02:17:25,592
program. And I didn't know if

4009
02:17:25,592 --> 02:17:26,326
that was being shifted

4010
02:17:26,326 --> 02:17:28,196
somewhere else of this funding

4011
02:17:28,196 --> 02:17:30,330
coming from somewhere else

4012
02:17:30,330 --> 02:17:30,998
because I know that that

4013
02:17:30,998 --> 02:17:33,660
program is outstanding and

4014
02:17:33,660 --> 02:17:34,735
people need it. And we see

4015
02:17:34,735 --> 02:17:35,636
people come to our center on a

4016
02:17:35,636 --> 02:17:39,806
daily basis for it. And so I'm

4017
02:17:39,806 --> 02:17:41,541
just curious if that if that

4018
02:17:41,541 --> 02:17:42,209
switch somewhere else and I

4019
02:17:42,209 --> 02:17:42,876
MISS To door he's met will

4020
02:17:42,876 --> 02:17:45,876
speak to that here shortly.

4021
02:17:46,647 --> 02:17:49,716
But you can your comments. And

4022
02:17:49,716 --> 02:17:50,651
the last thing is I still

4023
02:17:50,651 --> 02:17:54,251
would love to see City County

4024
02:17:54,554 --> 02:17:56,356
Council come out and and be a

4025
02:17:56,356 --> 02:17:57,570
part of these programs in and

4026
02:17:57,570 --> 02:17:58,292
I know you guys wanted to see

4027
02:17:58,292 --> 02:18:01,361
it, smell it and be out there.

4028
02:18:01,361 --> 02:18:04,961
So please come out. Thank you.

4029
02:18:05,932 --> 02:18:06,668
Thank you. MAY just be calm.

4030
02:18:06,668 --> 02:18:09,771
Anyone else care to speak this

4031
02:18:09,771 --> 02:18:10,604
evening from the public. MR.

4032
02:18:10,604 --> 02:18:11,272
Murphy want to speak to the

4033
02:18:11,272 --> 02:18:13,672
Thomas really hopeless the

4034
02:18:16,209 --> 02:18:18,209
program. Absolutely. So.

4035
02:18:20,915 --> 02:18:21,515
Thomas, slow program. Has not

4036
02:18:21,515 --> 02:18:23,915
ever been. Opp, justice

4037
02:18:24,985 --> 02:18:27,385
budget. Originally it was

4038
02:18:27,422 --> 02:18:29,822
funded with American rescue

4039
02:18:30,491 --> 02:18:32,427
plan. Dollars. And last year

4040
02:18:32,427 --> 02:18:34,561
we were able to find and or

4041
02:18:34,561 --> 02:18:37,561
spend from the 2025 and are

4042
02:18:38,232 --> 02:18:41,169
spent to put. Are 2026 budget

4043
02:18:41,169 --> 02:18:41,835
in order to cover the cost for

4044
02:18:41,835 --> 02:18:45,435
Thomas or at least one like

4045
02:18:47,742 --> 02:18:49,110
me. This year. Through

4046
02:18:49,110 --> 02:18:49,979
negotiations with mayor's

4047
02:18:49,979 --> 02:18:52,379
office and the Council

4048
02:18:54,983 --> 02:18:55,750
negotiated budget team it was

4049
02:18:55,750 --> 02:18:58,119
determined we cannot increase.

4050
02:18:58,119 --> 02:18:59,721
They cannot increase. Phs is

4051
02:18:59,721 --> 02:19:00,421
budget to accommodate an

4052
02:19:00,421 --> 02:19:02,421
additional $400,000 for this

4053
02:19:02,624 --> 02:19:03,591
program. That does not mean

4054
02:19:03,591 --> 02:19:07,191
that we don't think it was

4055
02:19:08,620 --> 02:19:09,263
beneficial for that. It was

4056
02:19:09,263 --> 02:19:11,232
good work. But that is what

4057
02:19:11,232 --> 02:19:13,232
the negotiators. Ultimately

4058
02:19:15,336 --> 02:19:16,370
decided. Thank you, MR.

4059
02:19:16,370 --> 02:19:16,638
Comments or questions follow

4060
02:19:16,638 --> 02:19:18,638
comments from committee

4061
02:19:20,410 --> 02:19:21,750
members. Councilor Lee. It's

4062
02:19:21,750 --> 02:19:23,475
counselor Wells. Thank you,

4063
02:19:28,500 --> 02:19:28,683
MR. CHAIRMAN Director Merkley

4064
02:19:28,683 --> 02:19:29,717
would the whole Kessler's

4065
02:19:29,717 --> 02:19:31,552
program be eligible for

4066
02:19:31,552 --> 02:19:33,552
elevation funding

4067
02:19:33,688 --> 02:19:36,880
applications? Thank you for

4068
02:19:36,324 --> 02:19:37,920
asking Yes, they do receive

4069
02:19:37,920 --> 02:19:39,492
elevation funding already in

4070
02:19:41,629 --> 02:19:42,697
the amount of $230,000. We

4071
02:19:42,697 --> 02:19:45,697
have you continued to work

4072
02:19:48,102 --> 02:19:50,710
making and we have also

4073
02:19:50,710 --> 02:19:50,638
because we do find we do

4074
02:19:50,638 --> 02:19:51,339
believe that license

4075
02:19:51,339 --> 02:19:53,241
reinstatement and expunge. It

4076
02:19:53,241 --> 02:19:55,143
is an important aspect to

4077
02:19:55,143 --> 02:19:57,546
recidivism in this county in

4078
02:19:57,546 --> 02:19:58,413
Marion County that we want to

4079
02:19:58,413 --> 02:20:01,413
help find other funding to

4080
02:20:02,383 --> 02:20:03,217
help support this work. It's

4081
02:20:03,217 --> 02:20:04,186
unfortunate that it's not in

4082
02:20:04,186 --> 02:20:06,220
our budget, but we we believe

4083
02:20:06,220 --> 02:20:09,820
that we can find and support

4084
02:20:10,693 --> 02:20:11,426
them in other ways. Thank you,

4085
02:20:11,426 --> 02:20:14,426
director. My question. I guess

4086
02:20:16,432 --> 02:20:17,465
then would be. Yield my time

4087
02:20:17,465 --> 02:20:20,335
because I MAY not be approved.

4088
02:20:20,335 --> 02:20:22,735
Great for television. Biggest

4089
02:20:24,500 --> 02:20:24,740
will discuss the purchase.

4090
02:20:24,740 --> 02:20:27,843
Thank you, MISTER Chair. I was

4091
02:20:27,843 --> 02:20:30,843
almost done. So that I'm

4092
02:20:31,480 --> 02:20:34,480
clear. The decision to not

4093
02:20:34,683 --> 02:20:37,830
fund this program for 2027.

4094
02:20:37,853 --> 02:20:38,520
Was based on negotiation. Not

4095
02:20:38,520 --> 02:20:41,520
on the effectiveness of the

4096
02:20:45,494 --> 02:20:46,161
program. Again, I will

4097
02:20:46,161 --> 02:20:49,161
reiterate this was never in

4098
02:20:50,320 --> 02:20:50,699
our budget. This whether or

4099
02:20:50,699 --> 02:20:53,535
not our budget was going to

4100
02:20:53,535 --> 02:20:54,169
increase. With what went

4101
02:20:54,169 --> 02:20:56,169
through that negotiation

4102
02:21:01,977 --> 02:21:02,611
process. We have not

4103
02:21:02,611 --> 02:21:04,611
historically we've always

4104
02:21:05,314 --> 02:21:08,314
received data from. Thomas was

4105
02:21:09,151 --> 02:21:10,419
Thomas released one like me

4106
02:21:10,419 --> 02:21:13,419
and this year we've worked

4107
02:21:14,890 --> 02:21:15,557
with them increase. Well. To

4108
02:21:15,557 --> 02:21:17,957
increase the reporting what

4109
02:21:19,828 --> 02:21:22,828
they're providing phs I can't

4110
02:21:24,633 --> 02:21:25,802
speak to. The decision that

4111
02:21:25,802 --> 02:21:26,602
was made. What have they

4112
02:21:26,602 --> 02:21:27,304
provided documentation of the

4113
02:21:27,304 --> 02:21:29,704
effectiveness of the program?

4114
02:21:31,206 --> 02:21:33,375
Yes. And that is more. So let

4115
02:21:33,375 --> 02:21:36,712
me back up. It was in your

4116
02:21:36,712 --> 02:21:39,712
budget. You Finnish you funded

4117
02:21:39,982 --> 02:21:40,784
through and are spent. So

4118
02:21:40,784 --> 02:21:43,118
there was a strategy to fund

4119
02:21:43,118 --> 02:21:45,518
it for 2026. They have

4120
02:21:48,691 --> 02:21:49,392
provided the impact

4121
02:21:49,392 --> 02:21:51,792
effectiveness of the program

4122
02:21:51,794 --> 02:21:52,595
through their data reported.

4123
02:21:52,595 --> 02:21:56,195
But the decision was made not

4124
02:21:57,000 --> 02:21:59,134
to fund it for 2027. Correct?

4125
02:21:59,134 --> 02:22:02,134
Not to provide budget line

4126
02:22:06,977 --> 02:22:07,943
item 2027 budget. MR. Chair

4127
02:22:07,943 --> 02:22:11,748
out how you know back to you.

4128
02:22:11,748 --> 02:22:13,515
Ask this committee for an

4129
02:22:13,515 --> 02:22:15,218
opportunity. I know we have a

4130
02:22:15,218 --> 02:22:15,885
pretty tight budgets here and

4131
02:22:15,885 --> 02:22:18,455
schedule for the next month

4132
02:22:18,455 --> 02:22:22,655
and a half. Think this was an

4133
02:22:22,993 --> 02:22:23,693
issue last year and so

4134
02:22:23,693 --> 02:22:26,930
clearly, 12 months later with

4135
02:22:27,163 --> 02:22:28,765
it and fix it. And so I think

4136
02:22:28,765 --> 02:22:30,000
at some point this committee

4137
02:22:30,000 --> 02:22:31,234
should be fully briefed on on

4138
02:22:31,234 --> 02:22:32,268
this and provide a

4139
02:22:32,268 --> 02:22:34,471
recommendation for how this

4140
02:22:34,471 --> 02:22:37,641
office the to move forward. I

4141
02:22:37,641 --> 02:22:39,409
just my comment by saying here

4142
02:22:39,409 --> 02:22:42,409
in the testimony from the

4143
02:22:43,380 --> 02:22:44,147
community is another reminder

4144
02:22:44,147 --> 02:22:45,849
for me that the work Phs is

4145
02:22:45,849 --> 02:22:47,884
too important for us to be

4146
02:22:47,884 --> 02:22:49,853
sidetracked, but the lack of

4147
02:22:49,853 --> 02:22:51,422
accountability, integrity and

4148
02:22:51,422 --> 02:22:53,422
transparency, the community

4149
02:22:55,392 --> 02:22:58,595
depends on We should not allow

4150
02:22:58,595 --> 02:23:01,264
what we can control, which is

4151
02:23:01,264 --> 02:23:01,998
accountability, integrity and

4152
02:23:01,998 --> 02:23:04,167
transparency to sidetrack what

4153
02:23:04,167 --> 02:23:04,834
our community needs. Thank

4154
02:23:04,834 --> 02:23:07,437
you. MISTER Chair Frank Oz.

4155
02:23:07,437 --> 02:23:08,571
The purposes of boots. Thank

4156
02:23:08,571 --> 02:23:11,571
you, MR. CHAIRMAN, I just

4157
02:23:12,609 --> 02:23:15,609
want. People know out there

4158
02:23:15,945 --> 02:23:18,945
that tenant protection is of

4159
02:23:19,783 --> 02:23:21,484
upmost priority for us. We

4160
02:23:21,484 --> 02:23:24,154
will fight tooth and nail to

4161
02:23:24,154 --> 02:23:26,157
protect the tenant eviction

4162
02:23:26,157 --> 02:23:28,793
program. We are well aware

4163
02:23:28,793 --> 02:23:29,759
that eviction is one of the

4164
02:23:29,759 --> 02:23:32,759
core drivers of many bills

4165
02:23:32,862 --> 02:23:33,563
that we experience and our

4166
02:23:33,563 --> 02:23:36,563
community. And to the extent

4167
02:23:36,866 --> 02:23:38,969
we can improve housing,

4168
02:23:38,969 --> 02:23:40,360
stabilization, we think that

4169
02:23:40,360 --> 02:23:42,672
is a major factor crime

4170
02:23:42,672 --> 02:23:45,608
prevention as well as all the

4171
02:23:45,608 --> 02:23:46,344
other problems that come along

4172
02:23:46,344 --> 02:23:47,110
with underemployed

4173
02:23:47,110 --> 02:23:47,777
underemployment, no housing.

4174
02:23:47,777 --> 02:23:51,977
So we hear you and we will

4175
02:23:52,383 --> 02:23:53,830
fight for you. Thank you count

4176
02:23:53,830 --> 02:23:54,685
professor Silver's. You have

4177
02:23:54,685 --> 02:23:57,850
comment or question regarding

4178
02:24:01,580 --> 02:24:03,260
conversation. My name is Loni

4179
02:24:03,260 --> 02:24:05,262
Silva. I'm here as a Marion

4180
02:24:05,262 --> 02:24:06,697
County resident at the new for

4181
02:24:06,697 --> 02:24:07,398
15 years and a board member of

4182
02:24:07,398 --> 02:24:08,834
Thomas for these one like me.

4183
02:24:08,834 --> 02:24:10,868
Thank you, CHAIRMAN Robinson

4184
02:24:10,868 --> 02:24:13,671
and honorable members of the

4185
02:24:13,671 --> 02:24:14,905
council. I just want to echo

4186
02:24:14,905 --> 02:24:16,507
what doctor and council

4187
02:24:16,507 --> 02:24:18,643
Perkins said. I think that

4188
02:24:18,643 --> 02:24:20,778
data driven decision-making is

4189
02:24:20,778 --> 02:24:22,680
a necessity. And Thomas, for

4190
02:24:22,680 --> 02:24:23,414
these one like me thus far for

4191
02:24:23,414 --> 02:24:27,140
every dollar that you gave us.

4192
02:24:27,518 --> 02:24:28,619
We are putting a $1.30 one

4193
02:24:28,619 --> 02:24:31,619
$1.30 back in the pockets of

4194
02:24:31,756 --> 02:24:32,957
indigent folks and all of your

4195
02:24:32,957 --> 02:24:33,591
jurisdictions, all your

4196
02:24:33,591 --> 02:24:35,591
constituents, a driver's

4197
02:24:35,826 --> 02:24:36,661
license changes somebodys life

4198
02:24:36,661 --> 02:24:37,295
and not only changes one

4199
02:24:37,295 --> 02:24:38,562
person's life changes the

4200
02:24:38,562 --> 02:24:40,962
whole entire household. I

4201
02:24:42,800 --> 02:24:43,467
could have brought. So many

4202
02:24:43,467 --> 02:24:44,168
people in here today, but I

4203
02:24:44,168 --> 02:24:46,170
didn't want to take all your

4204
02:24:46,170 --> 02:24:47,938
time. And I had done that

4205
02:24:47,938 --> 02:24:48,973
before. And so while I

4206
02:24:48,973 --> 02:24:50,542
appreciate Director Mark least

4207
02:24:50,542 --> 02:24:52,542
presentation, he didn't

4208
02:24:52,677 --> 02:24:53,511
include us and we are yet not

4209
02:24:53,511 --> 02:24:54,345
on the dashboard for anybody

4210
02:24:54,345 --> 02:24:57,882
to say, even though we provide

4211
02:24:57,882 --> 02:24:59,750
are timely reports. So we

4212
02:24:59,750 --> 02:25:00,518
decided to contact you

4213
02:25:00,518 --> 02:25:01,218
ourselves and provide you with

4214
02:25:01,218 --> 02:25:03,888
our information so you could

4215
02:25:03,888 --> 02:25:04,655
see it ourselves. And by the

4216
02:25:04,655 --> 02:25:07,655
way, that dollars and $0.30 is

4217
02:25:08,426 --> 02:25:09,427
just a projection. It's not

4218
02:25:09,427 --> 02:25:11,595
even what is going to be the

4219
02:25:11,595 --> 02:25:12,331
real number. At the end. We've

4220
02:25:12,331 --> 02:25:13,564
always given you a dollar back

4221
02:25:13,564 --> 02:25:16,534
for every dollar that you've

4222
02:25:16,534 --> 02:25:18,503
given us. So I just encourage

4223
02:25:18,503 --> 02:25:20,903
that committee this evening,

4224
02:25:21,907 --> 02:25:22,540
too, really take into account

4225
02:25:22,540 --> 02:25:26,140
the data and I'm happy to

4226
02:25:26,577 --> 02:25:28,579
answer any questions. Thank

4227
02:25:28,579 --> 02:25:29,413
you, Professor. You do to make

4228
02:25:29,413 --> 02:25:30,820
a comment regarding the funds

4229
02:25:30,820 --> 02:25:33,820
from the foundation as you

4230
02:25:33,218 --> 02:25:34,752
guys receive funding from the

4231
02:25:34,752 --> 02:25:35,419
foundation for a different

4232
02:25:35,419 --> 02:25:37,422
program. So Thomas released

4233
02:25:37,422 --> 02:25:38,356
one like me also as a peer

4234
02:25:38,356 --> 02:25:40,756
mentoring program. They served

4235
02:25:42,940 --> 02:25:42,794
100 people every year. Their

4236
02:25:42,794 --> 02:25:44,296
recidivism rate is very low.

4237
02:25:44,296 --> 02:25:44,929
As is the hope, Hustle a

4238
02:25:44,929 --> 02:25:47,990
program to help us to the

4239
02:25:47,990 --> 02:25:47,765
program is different. Then the

4240
02:25:47,765 --> 02:25:50,165
peer mentoring program and

4241
02:25:51,637 --> 02:25:53,772
they did receive a grant

4242
02:25:53,772 --> 02:25:55,730
CHAIRMAN Robinson for $250,000

4243
02:25:55,730 --> 02:25:56,708
that sustains our staff. We

4244
02:25:56,708 --> 02:25:59,945
have a very, very small staff,

4245
02:25:59,945 --> 02:26:01,713
but we produce huge out. Comes

4246
02:26:01,713 --> 02:26:02,547
in a great impact on the

4247
02:26:02,547 --> 02:26:05,547
community. Think the fence or

4248
02:26:09,287 --> 02:26:11,390
comments or questions Thank

4249
02:26:11,390 --> 02:26:13,458
should stand Thank you. Have

4250
02:26:13,458 --> 02:26:15,227
never had a chance to meet

4251
02:26:15,227 --> 02:26:18,130
you. But her the great work

4252
02:26:18,130 --> 02:26:19,498
that you have done prior to me

4253
02:26:19,498 --> 02:26:21,566
could become a counselor. And

4254
02:26:21,566 --> 02:26:23,502
I'm glad to put face with the

4255
02:26:23,502 --> 02:26:27,102
name good job the wearer that

4256
02:26:29,700 --> 02:26:30,342
you've been q. But going back

4257
02:26:30,342 --> 02:26:32,177
to director Mark you say that

4258
02:26:32,177 --> 02:26:32,944
there was a negotiation and I

4259
02:26:32,944 --> 02:26:35,944
know that we just had

4260
02:26:38,517 --> 02:26:39,718
proposal. One, 92. They came

4261
02:26:39,718 --> 02:26:41,687
before us where they the

4262
02:26:41,687 --> 02:26:42,655
reasons why. I mean, was this

4263
02:26:42,655 --> 02:26:43,355
part of the cut to meet that

4264
02:26:43,355 --> 02:26:46,955
budget help them? Ask them a

4265
02:26:49,828 --> 02:26:51,330
question right? I will do it.

4266
02:26:51,330 --> 02:26:52,164
You never see ice answers.

4267
02:26:52,164 --> 02:26:55,400
Yes, there was a group of

4268
02:26:55,400 --> 02:26:56,680
counselors and council staff

4269
02:26:56,680 --> 02:26:58,468
that negotiated the budget

4270
02:27:01,540 --> 02:27:02,274
administration staff. It was

4271
02:27:02,274 --> 02:27:05,811
not a cut because it was never

4272
02:27:05,811 --> 02:27:08,680
in our budget. The decision

4273
02:27:08,680 --> 02:27:09,181
not to increase our budget was

4274
02:27:09,181 --> 02:27:09,716
made by that that

4275
02:27:09,716 --> 02:27:10,416
negotiations, those

4276
02:27:10,416 --> 02:27:12,816
negotiations over the course

4277
02:27:14,653 --> 02:27:15,687
of. Several weeks, months. And

4278
02:27:15,687 --> 02:27:19,859
no, it is not budget was not

4279
02:27:19,859 --> 02:27:23,459
cut from budget. Okay. I'm not

4280
02:27:24,931 --> 02:27:27,931
gonna MISS It. A college

4281
02:27:27,967 --> 02:27:28,635
counselor. Position right now?

4282
02:27:28,635 --> 02:27:30,335
Well, as I'm sorry, counsel

4283
02:27:30,335 --> 02:27:33,335
Wilson position right now. You

4284
02:27:35,408 --> 02:27:39,800
and my my. Thank you council

4285
02:27:40,130 --> 02:27:43,130
Wells. Thank for the time

4286
02:27:44,250 --> 02:27:45,510
gather my thoughts. Last week

4287
02:27:45,510 --> 02:27:48,510
we heard that the reentry

4288
02:27:49,550 --> 02:27:49,656
court isn't funded and it's

4289
02:27:49,656 --> 02:27:51,824
going away next month,

4290
02:27:51,824 --> 02:27:54,824
actually, in like 2 weeks. The

4291
02:27:55,610 --> 02:27:55,762
whole customers program, many

4292
02:27:55,762 --> 02:27:59,362
of the people they serve and

4293
02:28:00,133 --> 02:28:02,402
please correct me professor.

4294
02:28:02,402 --> 02:28:03,903
So the and big t if I mess

4295
02:28:03,903 --> 02:28:06,739
this up, but those are a lot

4296
02:28:06,739 --> 02:28:08,608
of our returning neighbors and

4297
02:28:08,608 --> 02:28:09,443
the number one barrier they

4298
02:28:09,443 --> 02:28:12,443
face is getting all their

4299
02:28:13,379 --> 02:28:15,379
paperwork right? Finding

4300
02:28:15,715 --> 02:28:18,217
housing and getting a job with

4301
02:28:18,217 --> 02:28:18,951
re-entry court going away. And

4302
02:28:18,951 --> 02:28:21,621
I don't know if you can see on

4303
02:28:21,621 --> 02:28:23,621
trembling. Because we're

4304
02:28:24,691 --> 02:28:27,910
talking about. Our but

4305
02:28:28,940 --> 02:28:30,494
rescinded rights being doomed.

4306
02:28:32,650 --> 02:28:33,633
To increase. And we're not

4307
02:28:33,633 --> 02:28:35,335
just talking about rates.

4308
02:28:35,335 --> 02:28:37,503
We're talking about people who

4309
02:28:37,503 --> 02:28:41,103
we're able to come home after

4310
02:28:42,943 --> 02:28:43,644
serving their time. And we are

4311
02:28:43,644 --> 02:28:44,377
continuing to put barriers in

4312
02:28:44,377 --> 02:28:47,800
front of them. Some of them we

4313
02:28:47,800 --> 02:28:49,716
did not do. We did not. Closed

4314
02:28:49,716 --> 02:28:52,518
down reentry court. But it's

4315
02:28:52,518 --> 02:28:55,518
gone. And the furloughs are

4316
02:28:57,925 --> 02:28:59,125
done. And so it's not just on

4317
02:28:59,125 --> 02:29:01,561
the court. It's yet another

4318
02:29:01,561 --> 02:29:05,161
thing. We are now placing no

4319
02:29:05,499 --> 02:29:07,634
phs shoulder and we have to

4320
02:29:07,634 --> 02:29:08,335
lean on those experts in the

4321
02:29:08,335 --> 02:29:10,803
community who have been doing

4322
02:29:10,803 --> 02:29:12,506
this, who have relationships

4323
02:29:12,506 --> 02:29:16,106
and are known to be safe.

4324
02:29:16,477 --> 02:29:17,144
People trusted people who they

4325
02:29:17,144 --> 02:29:18,145
literally trust with paper

4326
02:29:18,145 --> 02:29:20,147
that could send them back to

4327
02:29:20,147 --> 02:29:23,584
jail and So that's a really

4328
02:29:23,584 --> 02:29:25,919
big deal for me. Because I

4329
02:29:25,919 --> 02:29:26,587
love those people very dearly.

4330
02:29:26,587 --> 02:29:30,787
One of them was my daddy at

4331
02:29:33,560 --> 02:29:34,294
one time. And he's home. MR.

4332
02:29:34,294 --> 02:29:37,197
CHAIRMAN, I don't know who the

4333
02:29:37,197 --> 02:29:38,866
council's negotiators are, but

4334
02:29:38,866 --> 02:29:39,600
I was duly elected by the

4335
02:29:39,600 --> 02:29:42,437
residents of District 6 on the

4336
02:29:42,437 --> 02:29:44,838
far West side for 6, 2, to 2

4337
02:29:44,838 --> 02:29:47,541
who is super impacted by all

4338
02:29:47,541 --> 02:29:49,376
these evictions who has a huge

4339
02:29:49,376 --> 02:29:51,376
immigrant population whose

4340
02:29:51,731 --> 02:29:51,842
legal defenses and supports

4341
02:29:51,842 --> 02:29:53,414
have not been funded in this

4342
02:29:53,414 --> 02:29:56,414
budget either. It feels like

4343
02:29:56,917 --> 02:29:58,886
an attack on my community. And

4344
02:29:58,886 --> 02:30:00,788
I was given a voice by my

4345
02:30:00,788 --> 02:30:02,823
community to say these things

4346
02:30:02,823 --> 02:30:04,580
tonight. And while we weren't

4347
02:30:04,580 --> 02:30:05,326
impacted by the floods in my

4348
02:30:05,326 --> 02:30:05,960
heart goes out to you.

4349
02:30:05,960 --> 02:30:07,960
Counselor Dilanian, your

4350
02:30:08,620 --> 02:30:11,620
residence. We are impacted in

4351
02:30:12,766 --> 02:30:13,801
a different way. And I feel

4352
02:30:13,801 --> 02:30:15,402
disenfranchised as a leader. I

4353
02:30:15,402 --> 02:30:15,970
am not part of the negotiating

4354
02:30:15,970 --> 02:30:18,970
team, but I did help

4355
02:30:19,506 --> 02:30:20,207
negotiate. The whole customers

4356
02:30:20,207 --> 02:30:22,607
getting funded in understand

4357
02:30:23,744 --> 02:30:24,445
last year. So that's

4358
02:30:24,445 --> 02:30:27,445
unfortunate. But my heart, I

4359
02:30:28,549 --> 02:30:30,718
will in by. You know, the loss

4360
02:30:30,718 --> 02:30:31,418
that people sit in this room,

4361
02:30:31,418 --> 02:30:34,955
the people that we very this

4362
02:30:34,955 --> 02:30:39,600
year. I know I my heart goes

4363
02:30:39,600 --> 02:30:41,730
out to you. David Davis, who

4364
02:30:41,730 --> 02:30:44,130
was Elevation? Grant recipient

4365
02:30:44,967 --> 02:30:45,766
who took people out to fish in

4366
02:30:45,766 --> 02:30:48,303
nature. People who have been

4367
02:30:48,303 --> 02:30:50,472
locked up for years. Brittany

4368
02:30:50,472 --> 02:30:52,390
Marble, who sat beside people.

4369
02:30:52,390 --> 02:30:55,639
In their hardest of times, fed

4370
02:30:57,780 --> 02:30:57,712
people. They're gone and this

4371
02:30:57,712 --> 02:30:58,345
room, this crowd bins out

4372
02:30:58,345 --> 02:31:01,945
every year and so did the

4373
02:31:05,620 --> 02:31:06,354
dollars. We have to do more.

4374
02:31:06,354 --> 02:31:07,789
This work is not done and this

4375
02:31:07,789 --> 02:31:08,790
budget doesn't feel sufficient

4376
02:31:08,790 --> 02:31:10,892
to me right now. MISTER

4377
02:31:10,892 --> 02:31:13,292
CHAIRMAN, thank you. Also

4378
02:31:15,497 --> 02:31:17,799
wills comes Okay, director, I

4379
02:31:17,799 --> 02:31:21,870
you know, I'm kind of like a

4380
02:31:21,870 --> 02:31:23,538
straight shooter, right? And I

4381
02:31:23,538 --> 02:31:26,574
told you in one of want to

4382
02:31:26,574 --> 02:31:27,842
ones that whatever you say, it

4383
02:31:27,842 --> 02:31:32,420
comes back to us and we cannot

4384
02:31:32,547 --> 02:31:34,820
do a lot of fact checked. So

4385
02:31:34,820 --> 02:31:36,482
you mentioned that our

4386
02:31:36,718 --> 02:31:39,118
leadership team negotiate it.

4387
02:31:39,120 --> 02:31:42,720
To remove funding for them. I

4388
02:31:43,358 --> 02:31:44,392
want to make it be clear that

4389
02:31:44,392 --> 02:31:45,126
our counselors, leadership

4390
02:31:45,126 --> 02:31:48,697
team, did not have anything to

4391
02:31:48,697 --> 02:31:50,765
do with it. The cut this

4392
02:31:50,765 --> 02:31:53,568
happening. This was never in

4393
02:31:53,568 --> 02:31:55,670
the budget for them to

4394
02:31:55,670 --> 02:31:58,406
negotiate anything. So I want

4395
02:31:58,406 --> 02:31:59,107
to make that be clear that the

4396
02:31:59,107 --> 02:31:59,774
counselors had nothing to do

4397
02:31:59,774 --> 02:32:01,277
with this on leadership had

4398
02:32:01,277 --> 02:32:03,812
nothing to do with it. The

4399
02:32:03,812 --> 02:32:06,147
funding being cut. So I want

4400
02:32:06,147 --> 02:32:10,347
to make that clear. And I went

4401
02:32:11,519 --> 02:32:12,722
so to say we are in support of

4402
02:32:12,722 --> 02:32:15,256
this program because I never

4403
02:32:15,256 --> 02:32:15,991
like to see any programs get

4404
02:32:15,991 --> 02:32:19,940
cut out ph is because I didn't

4405
02:32:19,940 --> 02:32:21,970
know what population that it

4406
02:32:21,970 --> 02:32:22,297
serves. And so I want to be

4407
02:32:22,297 --> 02:32:23,698
clear, the counters leadership

4408
02:32:23,698 --> 02:32:25,100
team had nothing to do with

4409
02:32:25,100 --> 02:32:25,667
the cut. Thank you, MR.

4410
02:32:25,667 --> 02:32:28,670
CHAIRMAN, thank you. Leader

4411
02:32:32,740 --> 02:32:34,710
Mowery. So Okay. Thank you.

4412
02:32:34,710 --> 02:32:37,513
Council moves. Thank you, MR.

4413
02:32:37,513 --> 02:32:39,648
CHAIRMAN and just a final

4414
02:32:39,648 --> 02:32:41,651
comment. I think the

4415
02:32:41,651 --> 02:32:43,320
discussion clearly illustrates

4416
02:32:43,320 --> 02:32:46,320
the importance of why we

4417
02:32:48,156 --> 02:32:51,156
overrode the mayor's veto. The

4418
02:32:52,561 --> 02:32:53,796
original our tax increase

4419
02:32:53,796 --> 02:32:54,530
without that, there's no

4420
02:32:54,530 --> 02:32:57,300
chance in heck we'd ever be

4421
02:32:57,300 --> 02:33:00,269
able to fund anything like

4422
02:33:00,269 --> 02:33:01,300
this. The austere budget the

4423
02:33:01,300 --> 02:33:01,737
administration has put through

4424
02:33:01,737 --> 02:33:03,606
these last couple years is why

4425
02:33:03,606 --> 02:33:06,600
we're here tonight arguing

4426
02:33:07,109 --> 02:33:09,679
about these things. You cannot

4427
02:33:09,679 --> 02:33:11,747
survive a city of 900,000

4428
02:33:11,747 --> 02:33:12,415
people. When you're tightening

4429
02:33:12,415 --> 02:33:15,415
the belt in cutting budgets

4430
02:33:16,352 --> 02:33:18,288
every year. That is why you

4431
02:33:18,288 --> 02:33:21,288
have places in the condition.

4432
02:33:21,424 --> 02:33:24,728
It is. Why our roads stake.

4433
02:33:24,728 --> 02:33:25,461
That's why eviction is high

4434
02:33:25,461 --> 02:33:27,861
because the administration has

4435
02:33:28,764 --> 02:33:31,330
ignored these problems being

4436
02:33:31,330 --> 02:33:31,834
too proud and always never

4437
02:33:31,834 --> 02:33:33,302
going to raise the tax. I'm

4438
02:33:33,302 --> 02:33:34,637
going to cut budget. I'm

4439
02:33:34,637 --> 02:33:37,573
saving money. This is what

4440
02:33:37,573 --> 02:33:38,541
happens when you act that You

4441
02:33:38,541 --> 02:33:40,420
don't have money to do what

4442
02:33:40,420 --> 02:33:40,776
you need to do to provide for

4443
02:33:40,776 --> 02:33:43,679
the people that put us in

4444
02:33:43,679 --> 02:33:46,749
office. So I am a firm

4445
02:33:46,749 --> 02:33:49,180
supporter of doing all we can

4446
02:33:49,180 --> 02:33:49,652
to enhance and expand tenant

4447
02:33:49,652 --> 02:33:52,520
protection to enhance and

4448
02:33:53,723 --> 02:33:54,657
expand reentry programs. It is

4449
02:33:54,657 --> 02:33:56,292
our society will be judged how

4450
02:33:56,292 --> 02:33:56,994
we treat the least in our

4451
02:33:56,994 --> 02:34:00,594
society. And right now we are

4452
02:34:03,867 --> 02:34:05,670
ignoring them. Thank you,

4453
02:34:05,670 --> 02:34:06,703
Thank direct marked a record.

4454
02:34:06,703 --> 02:34:07,370
Broke Merkley. Was your budget

4455
02:34:07,370 --> 02:34:09,770
increased or decreased? The

4456
02:34:12,776 --> 02:34:13,876
mayor had a plan for the

4457
02:34:13,876 --> 02:34:15,344
50 million And there's gonna

4458
02:34:15,344 --> 02:34:16,178
be some budget cuts with with

4459
02:34:16,178 --> 02:34:16,846
the administration's agencies.

4460
02:34:16,846 --> 02:34:19,846
Was your age, the including

4461
02:34:21,817 --> 02:34:25,221
that at all? Our budget was

4462
02:34:25,221 --> 02:34:26,757
reduced by $162,000. Okay. To

4463
02:34:26,757 --> 02:34:28,524
help to help meet 50 Million.

4464
02:34:28,524 --> 02:34:31,524
I can't answer Thank you.

4465
02:34:32,294 --> 02:34:35,294
Cause of heart. It just

4466
02:34:35,966 --> 02:34:36,633
suggestion to my colleagues on

4467
02:34:36,633 --> 02:34:39,330
that whoever is negotiating

4468
02:34:39,202 --> 02:34:39,903
the fall off a school. Maybe

4469
02:34:39,903 --> 02:34:43,503
this is a suggestion for them

4470
02:34:46,343 --> 02:34:47,344
at that final comments or

4471
02:34:47,344 --> 02:34:48,110
questions council perked up

4472
02:34:48,110 --> 02:34:48,745
final comments council what

4473
02:34:48,745 --> 02:34:52,945
you can always run this on the

4474
02:34:58,855 --> 02:35:00,691
side. So it. You are invited.

4475
02:35:00,691 --> 02:35:02,526
I will say thank you, council

4476
02:35:02,526 --> 02:35:05,562
Allen for for that's for the

4477
02:35:05,562 --> 02:35:06,363
clarity to ensure that we

4478
02:35:06,363 --> 02:35:09,363
understand that this was never

4479
02:35:09,833 --> 02:35:10,534
in a point of negotiation with

4480
02:35:10,534 --> 02:35:12,502
the budget team from the

4481
02:35:12,502 --> 02:35:14,938
council, right? So it was

4482
02:35:14,938 --> 02:35:17,938
never presented in the budget.

4483
02:35:18,843 --> 02:35:20,611
But that's why we're here. And

4484
02:35:20,611 --> 02:35:24,211
so my charge to my colleagues

4485
02:35:24,716 --> 02:35:25,616
to sue, make a commitment that

4486
02:35:25,616 --> 02:35:26,283
over the next month and a

4487
02:35:26,283 --> 02:35:29,283
half. This is another thing

4488
02:35:29,886 --> 02:35:33,486
that we bring back to this

4489
02:35:33,824 --> 02:35:35,392
committee to the full Council

4490
02:35:35,392 --> 02:35:36,260
to make some kind of proposal

4491
02:35:36,260 --> 02:35:39,260
that to the budget that's

4492
02:35:40,630 --> 02:35:41,531
presented to us by the mayor I

4493
02:35:41,531 --> 02:35:45,131
think we get to this place.

4494
02:35:46,838 --> 02:35:48,605
And stop. There is a next step

4495
02:35:48,605 --> 02:35:50,508
to this, which is we have the

4496
02:35:50,508 --> 02:35:52,142
power as a fiscal agents to be

4497
02:35:52,142 --> 02:35:55,742
able to amend the budget. But

4498
02:35:56,714 --> 02:35:57,447
the mayor sent to us.

4499
02:35:57,447 --> 02:35:58,281
Challenges over the next month

4500
02:35:58,281 --> 02:35:58,883
to to make sure that we do

4501
02:35:58,883 --> 02:36:00,652
that to reflect what we

4502
02:36:00,652 --> 02:36:02,353
clearly hear from our

4503
02:36:02,353 --> 02:36:05,353
community that they do Thank

4504
02:36:06,790 --> 02:36:08,959
you. I think they'll for. And

4505
02:36:08,959 --> 02:36:10,628
I do want to emphasize council

4506
02:36:10,628 --> 02:36:12,950
hearts point of the fall

4507
02:36:12,950 --> 02:36:12,896
fiscal. It's coming up. So

4508
02:36:12,896 --> 02:36:15,896
there's some room there to

4509
02:36:16,434 --> 02:36:17,168
addresses in that schools.

4510
02:36:17,168 --> 02:36:20,168
Well, council worker the final

4511
02:36:22,774 --> 02:36:23,474
comment. Thank you all for the

4512
02:36:23,474 --> 02:36:25,874
opportunity tonight until the

4513
02:36:27,612 --> 02:36:28,546
last. Discussion I thought

4514
02:36:28,546 --> 02:36:29,847
tonight much better than it

4515
02:36:29,847 --> 02:36:34,180
did a year ago. I assure you

4516
02:36:34,180 --> 02:36:37,180
that. We have worked really

4517
02:36:39,580 --> 02:36:42,580
hard. To deliver on results

4518
02:36:42,293 --> 02:36:43,161
for this body. And for our

4519
02:36:43,161 --> 02:36:46,161
neighbors. We continue to hold

4520
02:36:46,297 --> 02:36:46,931
our vendors, our staff

4521
02:36:46,931 --> 02:36:48,931
accountable to producing

4522
02:36:52,904 --> 02:36:53,771
results that. Educations we we

4523
02:36:53,771 --> 02:36:57,371
believe in the work that slurs

4524
02:36:58,209 --> 02:36:59,944
doing. Look forward to

4525
02:36:59,944 --> 02:37:01,913
continuing continued

4526
02:37:01,913 --> 02:37:03,214
conversations. Thank you,

4527
02:37:03,214 --> 02:37:03,815
Director Merkley. Thank you

4528
02:37:03,815 --> 02:37:04,482
for those came out this

4529
02:37:04,482 --> 02:37:06,882
evening. Thank you. Council