[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