[13:39] This marks the last

[13:40] meeting of the

[13:41] Virginia Boys and

[13:42] Men's Advisory

[13:43] Commission. We will

[13:46] take the role.

[13:57] McGuire here. Senator

[14:00] Locke, Senator Bagby,

[14:04] Senator Ired. Senator

[14:06] Cifers. Secretary.

[14:15] Figaro. Drew. Cameron.

[14:20] Present, and Lauren.

[14:22] Sallee here, Mr.

[14:23] Chair. A quorum is

[14:39] love having a quorum.

[14:40] That's outstanding.

[14:42] Before moving on, I'd

[14:43] like to recognize our

[14:45] two new members who

[14:46] have joined us in the

[14:47] interim from our last

[14:48] meeting. If we could

[14:59] start with Supervisor

[15:00] Drew.

[15:01] >> Good morning all.

[15:02] I am Cameron Drew

[15:04] from Surry County,

[15:05] Virginia. I serve on

[15:05] the Surry County

[15:06] Board of Supervisors.

[15:07] I'm really glad to be

[15:19] >> Good morning. My

[15:20] name is Lauren Sallee.

[15:21] I am a licensed

[15:22] professional

[15:23] counselor. I am from

[15:25] Portsmouth, Virginia.

[15:26] I am looking forward

[15:39] >> Thank you very

[15:40] much. All right. Next

[15:41] item on the agenda is

[15:43] why we're all here

[15:44] and what we've been

[15:45] working for for this

[15:46] entire year so far,

[15:47] which is our annual

[15:48] report, along with

[15:59] this all happen. So

[16:01] I'd like to thank

[16:02] Troy Hatcher, Anthony

[16:03] Sergeant, Doug Weimer,

[16:04] Tanisha Harper and

[16:06] Kathy, who for all of

[16:07] your work this year

[16:08] and making sure that

[16:19] that and it is just

[16:20] got confirmation.

[16:21] That's great. So it's

[16:22] available to the

[16:23] public. I know

[16:24] members of the

[16:24] commission have had a

[16:25] chance to familiarize

[16:26] themselves with some

[16:27] of the

[16:27] recommendations at

[16:28] this point. Open up

[16:36] floor is open.

[16:40] >> Mr. Chair.

[16:40] >> Senator Bagby.

[16:42] >> Thank you. The

[16:43] only sort of

[16:46] amendment I would ask

[16:47] us to consider is

[16:59] facilities and the

[17:03] availability of that

[17:04] data. So I would hope

[17:19] gathering phase on

[17:20] that topic. So we

[17:21] would hope that the

[17:22] recommendations would

[17:23] bear that out. I

[17:23] haven't had a chance

[17:24] to review that, that

[17:25] issue specifically,

[17:26] but I think we'll be

[17:27] able to make sure

[17:28] that there's at least

[17:39] >> Thank you, Mr.

[17:40] Chair. Just a quick

[17:41] comment. Really

[17:41] wanted to just thank

[17:42] you and Vice Chair

[17:43] Bagby, for your

[17:44] leadership on all of

[17:45] the meetings we've

[17:46] had this year on this

[17:47] issue through this

[17:59] again, thank you for

[18:00] the initiative to, to

[18:01] make this commission

[18:03] happen, to stand it

[18:04] up and to, to do the

[18:05] work. So thank you.

[18:08] >> Thank you.

[18:19] you uncomfortable.

[18:22] >> All right, seeing

[18:23] no one else, we'll

[18:24] move on to the next

[18:25] agenda item, which is

[18:26] to vote on the report.

[18:27] This is a voice vote.

[18:39] right now, and then

[18:40] sending it over to

[18:41] the legislature and

[18:43] the governor. So

[18:44] again, this will be a

[18:45] voice vote. All those

[18:46] in favor of ratifying

[18:48] this report and

[18:58] discussion, which is

[19:00] 2027 business. To

[19:01] remind everyone on

[19:02] the commission this

[19:03] year we looked at K

[19:04] through 12 policies

[19:05] and workforce

[19:06] development. It

[19:07] doesn't mean we

[19:07] cannot continue to

[19:19] thereto, which would

[19:20] be health outcomes,

[19:21] social media and

[19:22] family life. I would

[19:24] take a chair's

[19:24] prerogative for a

[19:25] second to underscore

[19:26] the need for looking

[19:28] at health,

[19:28] particularly at some

[19:39] black men in the

[19:40] workforce and also

[19:40] the health component

[19:41] related to that, my

[19:43] recommendation would

[19:44] be of the three

[19:45] substantive meetings

[19:46] there being four in

[19:47] total, one about the

[19:47] report and then three

[19:49] substantive meetings

[19:59] through 12 or

[20:00] workforce development.

[20:01] But open up the floor

[20:02] now to discussion as

[20:03] we formulate our plan

[20:04] for 2027.

[20:05] >> Yes, Mister chair,

[20:06] question about.

[20:07] >> Delegate Weber.

[20:08] >> In regards to

[20:19] where we can make a

[20:21] difference? Or focus

[20:26] on just certain, you

[20:27] know, just start off

[20:28] with certain aspects

[20:39] ranges, if we look at

[20:40] that, there's the

[20:41] health outcomes that

[20:42] we see for young men

[20:43] and boys. And then I

[20:44] also think there's an

[20:45] entire other body of

[20:46] research addressing

[20:47] men writ large,

[20:49] particularly older

[20:59] we might just, as an

[21:01] idea, bifurcate it

[21:02] into different

[21:03] classes of health

[21:04] issues or by age,

[21:06] which I think is a

[21:07] pretty neutral

[21:09] denominator. But

[21:19] >> Somebody else was

[21:20] going first.

[21:21] >> No, Senator.

[21:21] >> So I think we have

[21:22] what do we have four

[21:24] secretaries that are

[21:25] sitting on this. I

[21:26] think it'd be awesome

[21:27] to just have each one

[21:39] each bucket one

[21:40] education, one health,

[21:41] one workforce, and

[21:44] then one public

[21:45] safety.

[21:47] >> Yeah, I think

[21:48] that's a that makes a

[21:59] and I think that

[22:00] would be an excellent

[22:01] way to approach the

[22:02] work.

[22:03] >> Outstanding. Well,

[22:04] it sounds like K

[22:05] through 12 is

[22:06] certainly going to

[22:06] make it onto the onto

[22:08] the list. That's

[22:09] great. Anybody else,

[22:19] I'd love for us to

[22:20] continue looking at,

[22:21] especially within

[22:22] healthcare

[22:22] apprenticeships, that

[22:23] there's a lot of.

[22:25] Thankfully, because

[22:25] of the amount of

[22:26] large veteran

[22:28] population, military

[22:28] individuals that

[22:39] those apprenticeships

[22:41] current. Currently,

[22:41] Jackie Delegate

[22:42] Jackie Glass does an

[22:43] incredible amount of

[22:44] work on our compacts

[22:45] and making sure that

[22:46] when individuals come

[22:47] and retire or leave

[22:59] we're expanding the,

[23:00] the, the

[23:02] opportunities for our

[23:04] individuals, our

[23:04] young men that, that

[23:06] have health care

[23:07] experience no matter

[23:08] that's, you know, if

[23:08] they're a doctor or

[23:19] those individuals do

[23:20] separate or retire,

[23:21] that we're making

[23:22] sure that they can

[23:22] quickly transition

[23:23] their healthcare

[23:24] experience over to

[23:25] the private sector.

[23:28] >> I think it's a

[23:39] about getting more

[23:40] men into heal jobs.

[23:42] So it may portend

[23:44] that we can do two

[23:45] health with one

[23:46] health, perhaps also

[23:47] bleeding over into,

[23:48] well, forgive the pun,

[23:59] Chair. I, I had

[24:00] actually turned my

[24:00] light back off

[24:01] because my colleagues

[24:02] covered a lot of what

[24:03] I was going to.

[24:04] >> I'm sure you have

[24:05] no shortage of

[24:06] comments though, so

[24:07] please proceed.

[24:07] >> So I'll just add

[24:19] media, health and

[24:20] education. So I look

[24:21] forward to the

[24:21] discussion. Thank you.

[24:23] >> Delegate McGuire.

[24:25] >> Thank you, Mr.

[24:26] Chair. My comment

[24:27] would have been a lot

[24:28] better if I followed

[24:29] Delegate Fagan's, but

[24:39] the workforce and

[24:40] shortage of nurses,

[24:42] and we walked by a

[24:43] classroom of about 40

[24:44] students in there,

[24:45] and I think three

[24:46] were male, which was

[24:47] kind of shocking to

[24:48] me, although not that

[24:59] And if we can fill it,

[25:01] then that would be

[25:02] great. So I agree

[25:03] with Delegate Higgins

[25:04] and where he's going

[25:05] on that workforce

[25:05] development aspect.

[25:07] >> Excellent. Does

[25:08] anyone else seek to

[25:19] member of the public

[25:20] online know any

[25:21] member of the public

[25:22] here present seek to

[25:23] be recognized? Please

[25:24] make your way up.

[25:40] Thank you so much for

[25:41] coming. Just please

[25:42] state your name and

[25:43] who you're with. And

[25:44] Madam Clerk, if you

[25:45] can put a two minute

[25:46] clock on there, just

[25:47] because we have some

[25:48] folks that need to

[25:59] spoke at this

[26:00] commission last month,

[26:00] I spoke about the

[26:01] importance of

[26:02] prevention of

[26:02] reaching people

[26:03] before crisis. And

[26:04] after sitting through

[26:04] another one of these

[26:05] conversations. I keep

[26:06] coming back to the

[26:07] same question,

[26:08] because we're doing a

[26:19] absolutely do need to

[26:20] invest in the next

[26:22] generation. But there

[26:23] are many. There are

[26:24] many who are already

[26:25] here, struggling,

[26:25] already falling

[26:26] through the cracks.

[26:27] And you drive down

[26:27] whole street. You see

[26:28] that there's actually

[26:39] who were in trauma,

[26:40] people with living

[26:41] with disabilities. So

[26:42] yes, how do we

[26:43] prepare boys to

[26:44] become healthy men?

[26:45] But how do we keep

[26:46] the men that we

[26:47] already have from

[26:48] falling apart? And

[26:48] why don't why aren't

[26:59] if we need, what we

[27:00] need is evidence. If

[27:01] we need an outcome

[27:02] metrics to determine

[27:03] where preventative

[27:04] peer support belongs

[27:05] and whether it works,

[27:06] let me help you build

[27:07] that evidence. If we

[27:08] need the data to

[27:19] and where investment

[27:20] is needed. Because we

[27:22] cannot keep calling

[27:22] it intervention. When

[27:23] we stabilize someone,

[27:25] return them to the

[27:26] same gaps in support,

[27:27] and then act

[27:28] surprised when they

[27:28] cycle back into

[27:39] health, I think

[27:40] they'll probably be

[27:40] front and center. And

[27:41] what we look at, I

[27:43] acknowledged in the

[27:44] executive summary on

[27:45] page six of the

[27:46] report that while we

[27:47] could have looked at

[27:48] health this year, it

[27:59] given the truncated

[28:00] year. But certainly

[28:02] health is very

[28:03] important to us in

[28:04] our hearts and minds.

[28:05] And so that will be

[28:06] certainly a focus of

[28:07] next year, as you've

[28:08] just heard. So we

[28:19] individuals from the

[28:20] Veterans Department

[28:20] within Virginia,

[28:22] specifically

[28:22] Commissioner Maxwell,

[28:24] myself, and many of

[28:25] the colleagues. After

[28:25] we had a veterans

[28:26] event, he sat down

[28:27] and asked us, what do

[28:39] of the things we do

[28:41] need here in Virginia

[28:42] is a better

[28:43] comprehensive

[28:43] framework of

[28:44] understanding

[28:44] actually, how to get

[28:46] individuals that that

[28:47] are, that are leaving

[28:48] service, that are

[28:59] is for us is we need

[29:01] a one pager. Is that

[29:02] when we have a

[29:03] specialist,

[29:04] specifically a

[29:04] veteran identify and

[29:05] state that they are

[29:06] having housing needs,

[29:08] that there are many

[29:19] love and, and we

[29:20] would love to be able

[29:21] to share that once we,

[29:23] once we get that

[29:24] document to us,

[29:24] because we do, we do

[29:26] know if we're able to

[29:27] catch those

[29:27] individuals before

[29:28] they're actually lose

[29:29] their housing,

[29:38] them, for them that

[29:40] that is one place

[29:41] that the state is

[29:41] able to lean on the

[29:43] federal government to

[29:44] make sure the

[29:44] individuals do have

[29:45] those housing. So

[29:46] thank you for

[29:47] bringing that up.

[29:47] >> Appreciate that.

[29:48] All right.

[29:58] members? Outstanding.

[30:00] I just want to thank

[30:01] each and every one of

[30:02] you for your hard

[30:03] work this year. We

[30:04] got the report out on

[30:06] time, and it will be

[30:07] over to the governor

[30:08] for the regulatory

[30:09] and budgetary piece

[30:19] here at the GAB

[30:20] starting bright and

[30:21] early at 830. There

[30:22] is still time to

[30:23] register and will be

[30:25] panelists from all

[30:25] over the country,

[30:26] coming in from

[30:28] California to the

Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission

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