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[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2020 @ 5:30 P.M. HULLUM CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA Due to the COVID 19 Disaster and the CDC's recommendation regarding social distancing measures, the public will not be allowed to be physically present at this meeting. However, the meeting will be available to members of the public and allow for two-way communications for those desiring to participate. To attend the meeting via video conference, please use the following website www.zoom.com, click on "join a meeting" on the top right hand corner, and input the following Meeting ID: 861 2244 2766. To attend the meeting via telephone, please use the following toll-free number: 1-877-853-5247, Meeting ID: 861 2244 2766. Any person interested in speaking on any item on the agenda must submit his/her request via email to the Community Development Division at CDBG@baytown.org. The request must include the speaker's name, address, and phone number that will be used if teleconferencing as well as the agenda item number. The request must be received prior to the posted time of the meeting. The agenda packet is accessible to the public in both HTML and PDF formats at the following link: https://www.baytown.org/city-hall/city-clerk/agendas-minutes. For more information or questions concerning the teleconference, please contact the Community Development Division at 281-420-5390. CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]
OKAY, THEN NOW FIVE 30.I CALL THIS JUDICIAL ORDER OF THE STATE OF BAYTOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
I NOW, UH, A YEAR OF 2020 2021.
ALL PERSONS OUT SPEAK, SPEAK TO DO.
IF, I'M SORRY, ALL PERSON THAT, UH, ALL PERSON DO NOT SPEAK TO SIGN AND LISTEN IN THE FRONT OF THE ROOF.
SO, UH, PURPOSE OF THIS HEARING IS TO RECEIVE INPUT WITH REGARD TO THE 2021 2021 COMMUNITY.
BUT EVERYONE DESIRE TO PRESENT INFORMATION.
TODAY'S HEARING WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
I WOULD, HOWEVER, LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EACH SPEAKER TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.
THIS IS NOT AN EVERY SHAREHOLDER TYPE PROCEEDING.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS HEARING SHOULD GIVE ALL INTERESTING PERSON AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, SUCH QUESTIONS SHALL BE DIRECTED TO ME.
AND WITH THE AID OF A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, I SHALL ATTEMPT TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
[a. The Community Development Division will conduct a public hearing giving all interested parties the right to appear and be heard regarding the City of Baytown Community Development Block Grant funding for the 2020-2021 program year.]
NOW LIKE TO ASK THAT REPRESENTATIVE FROM BAY AREA TURNING COURT TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.I'M BRENDA SE, VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER AT BAY AREA.
I'M GOING TO DO, UM, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE AGENCY AND WHAT WE ARE PROJECTING TO USE THE CDBG FUNDING FOR IF AWARDED.
SO, OUR MISSION IS ADVOCATING TO END DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
WE'VE BEEN IN OPERATIONS FOR OVER 28 YEARS.
WE ARE A NONPROFIT AGENCY LOCATED IN WEBSTER, TEXAS.
HOWEVER, WE DO SERVE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE BAYTOWN AREA.
SO THIS SLIDE JUST GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDED IN 2019, JUST SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, HOW THE DOLLARS COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED.
OUR CRISIS TIMELINE ASSISTED, UH, ALMOST 9,500 PEOPLE ON LAST YEAR.
WE PROVIDED OVER 23,000 SHELTER DAYS, SHELTERED 465 INDIVIDUALS, AND PROVIDED OVER 96,000 MEALS IN SNACKS.
THE BAYTOWN FROM JANUARY, I'M SORRY, IT'S A LITTLE ON THE PRESENTATION IN 2019, BAYTOWN STATISTICS.
SO WE RECEIVED 162 CALLS VIA OUR HOTLINE TO ASSIST THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE AREA.
WE DID A, A COST ANALYSIS BACK IN 2018 AND WE CAME TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF IT COST US A DAY TO SHELTER AN INDIVIDUAL IN OUR SHELTER.
THOSE TOTAL DAYS, UH, FROM $19,020 AND WE TOLD WE COMPLETELY SERVE NINE, NINE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE BAYTOWN AREA.
FROM JANUARY TO APRIL, APRIL 30TH OF THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD 30 LINE HOT, 38 HOTLINE CALLERS.
WE PROVIDED 201 DAYS OF SHELTER TO DATE.
ACTUALLY, WE STILL HAVE INDIVIDUALS IN THE SHELTER FROM BAYTOWN.
UM, WE JUST, WE LIKE TO PRESENT INFORMATION BY THE MONTH RATHER DAY BY DAY, $60 A DAY AT 201 SHELTER DAYS, THAT'S $12,060.
AND IN TOTALITY, WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO 66 INDIVIDUALS FROM THE BAYTOWN AREA.
SO, THE SHELTER SERVICES WE'RE PROPOSING TO SERVE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE BAYTOWN AREA.
THOSE WHO ACCESS OUR SHELTER RECEIVE THREE MEALS AND TWO SNACKS DAILY.
WE HAVE ONSITE CHILDCARE, 24 HOUR CRISIS INTERVENTION.
THERE'RE ALWAYS A STAFF PERSON AT OUR SHELTER AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
WE PROVIDE TOILETRIES AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS.
WE HAVE A FAMILY ROOM FOR FAMILIES THAT WANT TO GATHER AND MAYBE HAVE A MOVIE NIGHT.
WE HAVE AN OUTSIDE PLAYGROUND FOR OUR CHILDREN WHO WANT TO GET OUTSIDE OF THE SHELTER WALLS.
WE HAVE ASSIGNED LOCKERS FOR OUR CLIENTS WHO COME INTO SHELTER SO THAT THEY CAN SECURE THEIR ITEMS. WE DON'T WANT THEM TO FEEL THEY'RE SOMETIMES SHARING THE ROOMS WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
WE DON'T WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEIR ITEMS WILL BE TAKEN.
SO THEY'RE ASSIGNED A LOCKER WHERE THEY CAN SECURE THEIR BELONGING.
WE ALSO HAVE A SINGLE STONE WHERE WE, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE CHILDREN WHO WANT TO COME IN TO SEEK SERVICES, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE AREA WITHIN THE SHELTER.
WHILE IN SHELTER, WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY COUNSELING SUPPORT GROUPS.
WE HAVE CRISIS CASE MANAGERS THAT WILL WORK WITH THEM.
WE HAVE A BIWEEKLY HOUSE MEETINGS WHERE OUR CLIENTS ARE ALLOWED, AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED WHILE
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THEY'RE IN A SHELTER, MAKE SUGGESTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.AND IT COMES BACK TO MANAGEMENT AND WE PROCEED ACCORDINGLY.
INDIVIDUALS CAN BE PLACED ON A WAIT LIST TO RECEIVE HOUSING, SEARCH AND PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE.
WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF LIFE SKILL CLASSES, TUTORING FOR OUR CHILDREN AND EMPLOYMENT READINESS.
WE ALSO HAVE A TRANSPORTATION AID THAT PROVIDES TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR THOSE IN SHELTER.
WITH, SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A PATHWAY TO OUR SERVICES.
I GOT KIND OF OUT OF OUTTA LINES BECAUSE WE HAD TO CONDENSE IT DOWN FOR THE POWERPOINT.
BUT THIS BASICALLY SHOWS ALL THE SERVICES ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY.
IT STARTS AT THE HOTLINE FROM SHELTER TO CHILDCARE AND ADVOCACY COUNSELING.
WE ALSO HAVE A CLIENT DONATION CENTER WHERE THOSE WHO WE SERVICE CAN ACTUALLY GO TO THAT CENTER.
IT'S NO LONGER THAT IT'S CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND OUR CLIENTS ARE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK ITEMS THAT THEY NEED FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN IF THEY'RE MOVING INTO THEIR OWN APARTMENT.
THEY ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO PICK SOME FURNITURE ITEMS AND SOME HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. WHAT NEXT SLIDE? SO THIS IS JUST A STORY.
SOMEONE WHO CAME INTO A SHELTER.
UM, EACH MONTH OUR STAFF PROVIDES US WITH A STORY SO THAT THIS STORY COMES FROM 2020 AND BASICALLY TALKS ABOUT A LADY WHO HAD COME INTO OUR SHELTER WHO HAD SUFFERED IMMENSE ABUSE FROM HER, A BOYFRIEND.
AND ONCE SHE STARTED TO SEEK SERVICE AND OVERCOME THAT ABUSE, SHE WAS ABLE TO GET MEDICATION.
SHE WAS ABLE TO FOCUS ON HER HEALTH, HEALTH.
SHE WAS ABLE TO INTERACT WITH STAFF AND CLIENTS AT A MORE, AT A, AT A, I GUESS MORE DETAILED RATE.
SHE WAS VERY KIND OF WITHDRAWN, ISOLATED.
SHE NOW HAS WORKING AS FULL-TIME TEACHER IN A DAYCARE.
UH, AND SHE WAS SELECTED FOR OUR HOUSING PROGRAM.
SO SHE GOT AN APARTMENT AND WE HAD A DONOR THAT DONATED A CAR AND SHE WAS SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE CAR AS WELL.
SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE INSIGHT ON WHAT CLIENTS WHO COME TO BAY AREA TURNING POINT COULD POTENTIALLY RECEIVE SEEKING SERVICES TO OVERCOME THEIR ABUSE.
ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, I SEE THAT YOUR PRIMARY OFFICER IS AT WEBSTER OR BIG CITY.
SO I'M BRENDA SITES VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER.
THAT'S MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SEEK SERVICES OR IF YOU KNOW ANYONE CLOSE TO YOU THAT'S A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
WE DO HAVE STAFF EVEN WITH COVID-19 GOING ON ANSWERING THE HOTLINE, PROVIDING COMPLETING LETHALITY ASSESSMENT AND DOING SAFETY, UM, SAFETY PLANS WITH OUR CALLERS.
THAT'S ALSO OUR CRISIS INTERVENTION HOTLINE NUMBER LISTED BELOW 2 8 1 2 8 6 2 5 2 5.
ALSO HAVE CORY PHILLIPS ON THE LINE.
CORY IS OUR, CORY IS OUR COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR.
THAT'S ONE OF THE MANY HATS THAT HE WEARS.
THAT'S HIS PHONE NUMBER AND HIS EMAIL ADDRESS AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT.
TRY TO MAKE IT AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
I HOPE I WAS ABLE TO SATISFY MR. BRENDA, BEFORE YOU GO, WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
UH, I SEE YOU'RE A FIRST TIME APPLICANT, AM I CORRECT? YES, SIR.
IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO FUND ALL OF THE RESOURCES OR THE MONEY YOU'RE ASKING FOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ENTITIES THAT, UH, THAT YOU CAN APPLY TO THAT TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED? YES, SIR.
SO WE RECENTLY WERE NOTIFIED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS THAT THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMING OUR WAY.
SO WE INTEND ON USING FUNDING IN THAT WAY.
AND I AM ALSO, MYSELF AND COREY ARE WRITING PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS SO THAT WE CAN SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SERVICE THOSE CLIENTS WHO COME IN FROM ALL AREAS TO INCLUDE BAYTOWN.
UH, I HAVE A QUESTION CONCERNING TRACKING ELIGIBILITY.
UH, HOW ARE YOU CAPABLE OF TRACKING, UH, WHO IS FROM BAYTOWN AND WHO IS NOT FROM BAYTOWN? SO IT STARTS AT THE HOTLINE.
AT THE HOTLINE WE ASK FOR AN ADDRESS.
WE ASK THEM WHERE ADDRESS ARE THEY COMING FROM AT THE MOMENT NOW ADDRESS WHERE THEY LIVE, BUT WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMING FROM.
SO ONCE THEY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, THEY COME INTO OUR SHELTER.
WE THEN ASK YOU PROVIDE YOUR ADDRESS.
IF THEY CHOOSE TO SHOW US OUT THEIR LICENSE, THEY CAN DO THAT.
WE JUST DON'T MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT.
WE THEN GO INTO THE, UH, HARD, UH, I'M SORRY, COREY, IS IT THE HAR DATABASE? HHA HCA, YES.
AND THEN WE THEN PULL UP THAT ADDRESS AND THEN WE LOOK AT THAT TO DETERMINE IF IT'S ACTUALLY SOMEONE THAT'S ELIGIBLE TO RE-REPORT IT FOR BAYTOWN CDBG FUNDING, WHAT THEY, THE ADDRESS THAT THEY GIVE.
AND THEN WE CROSS CHECK IT WITH THE DATABASE TO MAKE SURE IT'S WITHIN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
AND THEN WE WOULD THEN HAVE THEM COMPLETE AN INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBILITY PERFORMANCE.
BUT THAT INFORMATION IS CAPTURED, SHOWN THAT THEY'RE
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HOMELESS, SHOWING THE ADDRESS IS, THEN WE HAVE THE SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE FROM BAYTOWN.AND THEN ALL OF THAT IS PROVIDED WHEN WE REPORT OUR, OUR SERVICE NUMBERS.
DO YOU HAVE NUMBERS BASED ON LAST YEAR'S NEED FOR BAY COUNTY VERSUS THIS YEAR'S NEED? YES.
I'M SORRY, THAT WAS A DISCREPANCY ON THE SLIDE.
THE VERY FIRST SLIDE, 2019, IT SAID 2020 IN THERE, BUT THAT WAS 2019.
IT WAS 317 DAYS SHELTER DAYS PROVIDED.
AND THEN HAVE YOU SEEN BREAKING IT DOWN THOUGH, BY QUARTER, HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO SEE AN INCREASE FROM BAYTOWN? YES.
FROM BAYTOWN FOR QUARTER FIRST QUARTER 2020? YES.
VERSUS FIRST QUARTER 2019? YES.
SO ALREADY FROM JANUARY TO APRIL, WE'VE ALREADY PROVIDED 201 DAYS.
FROM FEBRUARY TO APRIL, WE PROVIDED 201.
SO WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL EXCEED THAT 317 DAYS THAT WE PROVIDED 2019.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? HOW ARE THEY GONNA, THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BUDGET, LIKE HOW IS IT GONNA GO? OH, 5,000 FOR BUILDING AND HOUSING IMPROVEMENTS? YES.
CONCERNING THE BUDGET THAT YOU PRESENTED.
UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE LINE ITEM THAT YOU HAVE FOR BUILDING HOUSING IMPROVEMENTS, UM MM-HMM
CONSULT SERVICES SLASH PLANNING, AND THEN ALSO UTILITIES.
CAN YOU PLEASE EXPOUND UPON WHAT THOSE ARE EXACTLY ADDRESSING IN THIS PROGRAM? COREY, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? I AM COREY.
SO OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER COULD NOT FIND THE VERBIAGE THAT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR FOR ONE OF THE LINE ITEMS ON THE BUDGET.
SO COREY, COULD YOU SPEAK TO SPECIFICALLY WHAT MS. PEGGY WAS TALKING ABOUT UNDER THAT LINE? UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT WAS REFERRING TO, UH, OFFSETTING SOME OF THE COSTS FOR RUNNING THE SHELTER.
UM, YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE HAVE A LINE ITEM THAT IS UTILITIES AS WELL AS, UH, WAS THAT BUILDING MAINTENANCE, YOU SAID? UH, IT SHOULD BE BUILDING MAINTENANCE.
IT, IT'S UNDER BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS, BUT IT'S REALLY BUILDING MAINTENANCE.
SO HAVING OUR MAINTENANCE PERSON KIND OF, UH, TAKE CARE OF THE BUILDING AND ADDRESSING THE NEEDS AS A COMMUNAL LIVING ENVIRONMENT, I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS GOING FOR.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE CONSULTANT SERVICES AND PLANNING? CORY? UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S IN RELATION TO OUR, UH, TECHNOLOGY.
UM, WE USE A CONTRACTOR THAT, UM, THAT HELPS US WITH IT ISSUES AND NETWORKING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO RECORD SERVICES AND, UH, EVERYTHING THAT KIND OF GOES INTO THAT.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM ON SITE, AND OFTEN TIMES WHEN THERE'S ISSUES WITH THAT, OUR TECHNOLOGY GUY HANDLES THAT AS WELL.
IN ADDITION TO ENSURING THAT THE STAFF AT SHELTER HAVE THE, UH, DATABASE, WE USE THE
YOU MENTIONED THAT THE RESALE SHOP WAS NO LONGER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND I SEE THAT THAT WAS, UM, AN AVENUE OF REVENUE IS HAVE YOU ACQUIRED ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO REPLACE THAT REVENUE? ACTUALLY WHAT WE FOUND THAT WE WERE LOSING MONEY AT THE RESALE SHOP.
SO WE WERE NOT GENERATING ENOUGH INCOME AND WE WERE AT A LOSS AT THE END OF THE TWO PREVIOUS YEARS.
SO WE CONVERTED IT INTO A CLIENT CLOSET WHERE OUR CLIENTS ONLY ACCESS IT AND WE CONVERTED TO A CENTER WHERE WE CAN FAST.
SOME OF OUR, UH, WE CAN HOUSE SOME OF OUR STAFF BECAUSE WE WERE BUSTING AT THE SEA.
WE HAD NOWHERE TO PUT ANYMORE.
AND SO WE CLOSED OUR GEMINI BUILDING THAT WE WERE LEASING, WE CONVERTED THE RESALE SHOP 'CAUSE WE STILL WERE IN LEASE AND WE CONVERTED IT.
AND ACTUALLY WE ARE, WE WERE AHEAD IN 2019 BECAUSE WE CONVERTED IT AND WE WERE NOT, WERE NOT AT A 15,000 LOSS LIKE WE WAS THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND OUR CLIENTS LIKE IT A LOT MORE BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE WALKING IN, THEIR SHOPPING IS THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEY'RE NOT COMPETING WITH THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR NEEDS.
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WELL, IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.HOW CAN WE VERIFY DIRECT? OH, WE DID THOUGH.
UM, THERE ARE NO SERVICES, UM, SERVICE DOLLARS.
SO IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW THE REGISTERED FUNDS ARE USED FOR BAYTOWN.
SO CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY, UM, OR VERIFY THE DIRECT SERVICES TO BAYTOWN? SO THOSE WHO COME INTO OUR SHELTER RECEIVE, UM, THEY HAVE AN RA THAT WORKS WITH THEM THAT PROVIDES THEIR BASIC NEEDS.
THERE'S A COOK THAT PREPARES THEIR MEALS AND SNACKS.
THERE'S A CHILDCARE CENTER AND CASEWORKERS ON SITE IN ADDITION TO COUNSELORS WHO, WHEN THEY COME INTO OUR SHELTER AND IT'S VERIFIED THAT THEY ARE FROM BAYTOWN, THEY ACCESS ALL OF THOSE SERVICES IN ADDITION TO THE CLIENT DONATION CENTER.
AND IF THEY CHOOSE AND ARE ELIGIBLE OR IN A PLACE TO RECEIVE HOUSING ASSISTANCE, THEY RECEIVE THAT AS WELL.
SO ONCE THEY COME INTO OUR SHELTER, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE SAME SERVICES AS ANYONE ELSE, AND THEY WITH DIRECTLY WITH FROM OUR STAFF.
AND ALL THAT IS ROLLED UP INTO THE $60 A DAY COST.
DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OR DO YOU, ARE, IS THERE MORE INFORMATION NEEDED? YES, THANK YOU.
COREY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? UH, NO, I THINK YOU COVERED IT.
Y'ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA CALL BAYTOWN PD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT EMERGENCY SPORTS SHELTER.
DID THE SHERIFF MCCLARTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATOR, IT'S ACTUALLY PAULINA CARILLO THAT'S GONNA BE PRESENTING.
PARDON? PAULINA CARILLO IS PRESENTING.
THEY DIDN'T REPLY UNTIL YESTERDAY.
SO, UM, I'M NOT TECHNICALLY SAVVY, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GO IN AND CHANGE IT TO WHERE YOU SEE MY FACE.
UM, SO I'M PAULINA WITH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT, UM, AND SPECIAL SPECIAL VICTIMS. AND OUR, OUR GRANT THAT WE ARE REQUESTING IS FOR $2,500.
AND SO, LET TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN HOMELESSNESS CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE YET THE PROBLEM IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED, EXCUSED, OR DENIED THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT.
PRIMARY PURPOSE IS FOR THE SURVIVORS TO FEEL SAFE.
THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES TARGETED IN THIS PROPOSED PROJECT IS 25.
THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT IS AN EXTENSION OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT SERVING A DIVERSE RANGE OF CLIENT.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS INCREASED IN IN OUR SURROUNDING AREAS AND ACROSS THE STATE.
HOWEVER, IT HAS NOT BEEN AN INCREASE HERE IN BAYTOWN, EVEN WITH THE PANDEMIC GOING ON.
UH, PROBABLY THE NUMBERS ARE HIGHER IN THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN BECAUSE IT'S A BIGGER AREA, BUT NOT NECESSARILY NEAR MAYTOWN, WHICH HAS BEEN A PLUS FOR US UPON PLACEMENT IN THE HOTEL SHELTER.
OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE IS FOR EACH SURVIVOR TO FEEL SAFE AND TO ALLOW THEMSELVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THEIR OPTIONS IN A CALM AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT, THUS ALLOWING THE SURVIVORS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN.
THE ONE WORST THING THAT AN ADVOCATE CAN TELL A VICTIM OF FAMILY VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT IS THAT WE HAVE NO PLACE FOR THEM.
AS A CASEWORKER, HOW DO YOU TELL SOMEONE THAT, UM, I'M HERE TO HELP YOU, BUT I CAN'T HELP YOU? UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THE VICTIMS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HEAR AT ALL.
AND IT TAKES A VICTIM, A LOT OF COURAGE TO LEAVE THEIR ABUSER ONLY TO HAVE A SETBACK.
DUE TO LACK OF RESOURCES, EACH STATE IS EVALUATED IN TERMS OF THE CLIENT'S DANGER LEVEL AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES.
FURTHERMORE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A CRIME THAT SPANS GENDER, AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND RELIGION AS IT AFFECTS PEOPLE OF ALL SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS AND EDUCATIONAL LEVEL.
THIS PROGRAM WILL HELP COME COMBAT WITH INCREASING NUMBER OF VICTIMS TURNED AWAY FROM SHELTERS DUE TO NO VACANCY.
THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT WILL BE ABLE
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TO PROVIDE A HOTEL AS A SAFE HAVEN, ALL VICTIMS OF CRIME IN THE BAYTOWN COMMUNITY, INCLUDING ADULT AND CHILDREN AND CHILD VICTIMS OF ABUSE, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE FAMILY VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT ELIGIBLE FOR THE SERVICES THROUGH THIS PROJECT.THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT AND SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT GENERALLY RECEIVES REFERRALS FROM THREE MAIN FORCES.
THE FIRST ONE IS THROUGH THE BAYTOWN POLICE OFFICERS WHO MAKE DIRECT REFERRALS WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER CRIME VICTIMS IN THE FIELD.
THE SECOND IS WHEN, UH, CRIME VICTIMS MAY BE ENCOUNTERED AS POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE THE VICTIMS SERVICES STAFF OFFICERS ARE LOCATED PROVIDING A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO QUICKLY AND ACTIVELY REACH AND ASSIST INDIVIDUALS AS INCIDENTS OCCUR.
THIRD, VICTIM SERVICES STAFF REVIEW POLICE REPORTS AND PROACTIVELY CONDUCT OUTREACH BY PHONE LETTER IN PERSON VISITS, AND MORE OFTEN A COMBINATION OF THESE METHODS.
UM, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS COUNCIL OF FAMILY VIOLENCE, THE MOST FREQUENTLY REQUESTED UNMET SERVICES SURVIVORS IS HOUSING.
AND THIS PROGRAM WILL ENABLE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT TO ASSIST SURVIVORS TO FEEL SAFE.
THEREFORE, THE AMOUNT THAT WE ARE REQUESTING IS 2,500 AND WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE CONFIDENTIAL HOTEL ACCOMMODATION IN WHICH WE AS, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT, UH, CASE WORKERS.
WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOTEL MANAGEMENT HERE IN OUR AREA AND EVEN IN HIGHLAND, UH, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO WORK OUT A, A PRICE WITH THEM.
AND SO, BECAUSE IT, IT IS A HEALING PROCESS FOR ANY VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BECAUSE THEY, THEY FEEL OVERWHELMED AND THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE'S HELP OUT THERE.
NOW, UM, LAST YEAR WE, WE HAD A 1300 IN FAMILY VIOLENCE CALLS, WHICH ALSO INCLUDE INTIMATE PARTNER SIBLINGS AND PARENT AND CHILD.
WE HAVE 34 ADULT SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND AN INCREASE OF 938 IN CPS CASES, WHICH INVOLVES SEXUAL ABUSE IN CHILDREN.
SO ALL OF THESE CANDIDATES QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE REQUESTING THE 2,500.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND WE HAD A A, WE HAVE A GRANT STILL WITH Y'ALL FROM LAST YEAR.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS THE FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE, UM, COME ACROSS, WE HAVE TRANSPORTED THEM OURSELVES IN THE PD UNIT, UM, THAT WE ARE ALLOCATED FOR THIS UNIT.
UM, AND WE WILL MEET FAMILY MEMBERS HALFWAY.
SO IF A VICTIM DOES NOT WANT TO STAY IN A HOTEL, GETS IN CONTACT WITH A FAMILY MEMBER, WE WILL DRIVE THEM HALFWAY.
WE DROVE ONE TO COLUMBUS, TEXAS.
WE'VE DRIVEN ONE PAST, UM, HUNTSVILLE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S WHAT OUR SERVICES IS ABOUT, IS JUST TO TRY TO GET 'EM OUT.
IF THEY CHOOSE TO WANT TO LEAVE, THEN WE WILL, WE WILL FIND A WAY TO LEAVE.
WE HAD ONE, UH, WHERE A FAMILY MEMBER SENT HER MONEY, UH, FOR HER TO GET A BUS TICKET TO SEND HER BACK TO, UM, NEVADA.
I MEAN, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE MONEY FOR THE HOTEL HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED YET, BUT IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN GET THE FAMILY OUT OF THE AREA.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, YEAH, I DO.
AND, UM, SO I'M LOOKING AT THE, THE REPORT HERE AND THAT THE REQUEST FROM, UM, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE, THE PROGRAM HERE IS $2,500, BUT LAST YEAR YOU WERE AWARDED 3,700.
AND SO THE, THE AMOUNT THAT, UM, WHY SAYING WHY ARE YOU ASKING FOR LOWER AMOUNTS THAN LAST YEAR? SO THE REASON WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR A LOWER AMOUNT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD AN INCREASE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
ALSO BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, HAD OTHER ALTERNATIVES AND FAMILY MEMBERS, US TRANSPORTING THEM TO MAKE THINGS MORE EASIER, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE VICTIM WHO DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY, UM, TO BE ABLE TO EITHER SEE THEIR CHILD OR PAY FOR A BUS TICKET AND HELP THE FAMILY ON THE OTHER SIDE WHO DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY SOMETIMES TO SEND FOR A BUS TICKET TO GET 'EM OUT OF BAYTOWN.
AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO BRIDGE THE GAP, WE WILL DO THAT.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE, UM, WITH THE LAST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, UH, VICTIMS THAT WE'VE HAD.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE TRANSPORTED ONE BEFORE THE COVID TO HUNTSVILLE.
SO I, I I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF MY, MY CONCERN
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IS THAT WE, THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT YEAR THAN LAST YEAR.AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT WE WOULDN'T NEED, SUSAN, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU NEEDED LAST YEAR.
THIS IS YOUR AREA, BUT I WOULD HATE TO NOT, I WOULD HATE TO UNDERFUND Y'ALL IN, UM, A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THINGS ARE REAL INTENSE.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WITH THE COVID, AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, UM, I WAS CALLED OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, UM, FOR A, UH, A VICTIM.
AND WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING WAS BECAUSE NONE OF THE SHELTERS WERE TAKING ANYBODY, AND I'M FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I COULDN'T EVEN GET A VICTIM IN.
AND SO WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING IS, UH, THIS YOUNG LADY WAS FROM COLORADO.
UM, SHE HAD ALREADY CALLED MOM.
UH, NATURALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THEIR, THEIR PHONE THING, THEIR PHONE IS THE FIRST THING THEY BREAK.
AND SO, UM, SHE DIDN'T HAVE MEANS TO GET AHOLD OF FAMILY PRIOR TO THE SITUATION BECAUSE SHE HAD WAS TALKING TO HER MOM BECAUSE SHE WAS GONNA LEAVE.
SO WHEN THE, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT CALLED AND I CAME OUT, UM, BETWEEN CHERYL AND I, WE WE MANAGED TO TO GET HER TO ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER, UM, CLOSER.
UM, AND THIS, THIS YOUNG LADY WAS, UM, ON SOCIAL SECURITY.
SHE DIDN'T GET HER CHECK TILL THE FIRST OH.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COME ACROSS A LOT OF VICTIMS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND DIFFERENT ECONOMIC STATUS.
AND SO WE WILL TRY TO BE ABLE TO HELP IN ANY WAY WE CAN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE GET PAID FOR.
AND, AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE PLACED IN THE SITUATION BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY'RE, THEY'RE ABUSER LEAVES AND SO THEY'RE NOT ARRESTED, THEY'RE NOT AT THE JAIL.
AND SO THEY'RE STILL OUT WONDERING.
SO THE BEST THING TO DO IS GET 'EM OUT OF HERE.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AND UM, YOU KNOW, 2,500 IS WHAT WE REQUESTED AND WE'VE JUST TRIED AND FIND OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO, TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE STRESS FOR THE VICTIMS. THANK YOU.
THE, UH, ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WE HAVE FROM THE CAC IS GENERALLY HOW LONG ARE THE VICTIMS HOUSED? SO WE WILL HOUSE THEM.
UM, SO IT'LL DEPENDS, UM, BETWEEN ONE NIGHT, NO MORE THAN THAN THREE NIGHTS.
UM, SO IT WILL DEPEND ON THEIR STATUS.
NUMBER ONE, IT WILL DEPEND ON IF WE HAVE THEIR, UM, THEIR ABUSER IN JAIL.
UM, IF WE CAN'T GET 'EM IN TO A SHELTER, YOU KNOW, NATURALLY WE'LL PUT 'EM IN THE HOTEL.
UM, IF WE CAN'T FIND OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO GET 'EM OUT OF BAYTOWN, THEN WE WILL PUT 'EM IN A HOTEL AT LEAST UNTIL FAMILY MEMBERS CAN MAYBE THE NEXT DAY, UH, FIND A WAY TO, FOR US TO EITHER MEET HALFWAY OR SPEND THE VICTIM MONEY TO BE ABLE TO GET HER ON A BUS.
TYPICALLY, THEY'RE NEVER FROM AROUND HERE.
UM, THEY'RE ALWAYS EITHER OUT OF STATE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
THAT WE HAVE IS CONCERNING, UM, TRANSPORTATION IN THE EXISTING ALLOCATION.
SO YOUR LAST, YOUR LAST ROUND, WE, THE, YOU WERE FUNDED FOR TRANSPORTATION, HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION.
IS THERE ANY REASON WHY? CAN YOU EXPLAIN, UM, EXPLAIN, UH, WHAT THAT DISCREPANCY IS BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT YOU WERE ALLOCATED VERSUS THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT YOU WERE USED, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE ALSO, BECAUSE YOU'RE ALSO USING TRANSPORTATION? SO WE USE TRANSPORTATION AND, AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE UM, THE TRANSPORTATION THAT WE'RE NOW ABLE TO USE IS WE HAVE A DESIGNATED POLICE VEHICLE THAT IS INTENDED FOR THIS UNIT NOW.
AND, UH, THE CITY SUPPLIES THE GAS.
AND SO THEREFORE IF IT'S NOT LONG DISTANCE FOR US TO MEET, UM, THEN WE WILL MEET, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE ABLE TO BRIDGE THAT GAP AND TRANSPORT IT.
THE ONLY ONE THAT WE HAD WAS THE ONE IN, IN, UH, COLORADO HERE RECENTLY.
UM, BUT WE COULD NOT GET HER ON A BUS.
NUMBER ONE, SHE DIDN'T HAVE AN AN ID AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ID TO GET ON THE BUS.
SO WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING, UH, MOTHER, WHAT WE HAD TO DO WAS, UH, AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I HAD TO GO WITH HER, UM, AND CHERYL TO WALMART WITH THE LETTER SAYING THAT SHE WAS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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IN ORDER FOR HER TO GET HER MONEY.THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT OBSTACLES AND SOMETIMES, UM, WITH GREYHOUND, IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ID, THEY WILL NOT PUT YOU ON A BUS.
OKAY, STAFF, NO MORE QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO, UH, NUMBER THREE.
COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF BAYTOWN INC.
JOB READINESS TRAINING PROGRAM.
CHRISTOPHER CREASE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, INVITING ME OUT.
THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION.
I HAVE A, UM, A POWERPOINT, UH, I'M HOPING YOU GUYS HAVE, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH IT REALLY QUICKLY AND AT THE END BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING US IN, UM, COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOL NATIONAL PROGRAM.
UM, LOCATED IN BAYTOWN, WE PARTNERSHIP WITH GOOSE CREEK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UH, OUR MISSION IS TO SURROUND STUDENTS WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND EMPOWER 'EM, UM, THROUGH SCHOOL TO TRY TO GET THEM TO COLLEGE.
THE NEXT SLIDE WILL PROBABLY TELL YOU BASICALLY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ABOUT, UH, WHO WE ARE AND ABOUT THE PROGRAM, THE JOB READINESS TRAINING PROGRAM, AND SOME ELEMENTS THAT I CAME UP WITH, UH, THAT WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON ON THE PROGRAM.
UH, PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION IS ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, GOOD TEAMWORK.
IT IS ANOTHER, UH, SENSORY ELEMENT, UH, VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS AND PROBLEM SOLVING.
THAT'S WHAT THIS JOB READINESS PROGRAM WILL HIGHLIGHT FOR, UM, FOR OUR SENIORS IN GOOSE CREEK.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE WOULD GOING TO SAY, UH, BASICALLY WE ARE ASKING FOR THIS FUNDING, UH, BASICALLY ONE SECOND, UH, LITTLE SUMMARY OF WHAT WE ARE USING IT FOR.
UH, WE'LL BE TARGETING 150 KIDS, 150 KIDS IN THE GOOSE CREEK, UH, SCHOOL SYSTEM OUT OF FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE ALREADY TARGETED.
IT'LL LAST ABOUT THREE DAYS A WEEK, UH, UP TO SIX MONTHS.
UH, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM YOU SEE BASICALLY, UH, WE ARE SECURE JOB PLACEMENT.
AT THE END OF THIS PROGRAM, WE'RE SECURE JOB PLACEMENT FOR CITIES, I MEAN, FOR, FOR COMPANIES.
I HAVE A LIST OF MY SHARE WITH YOU THAT I ALREADY TALKED TO.
SO IF KIDS GET THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, THEY CAN GO STRAIGHT INTO A JOB LOOKING AT FOOD TOWN.
ALREADY TALKED TO THE MANAGER, MY STAFF ABOUT THIS.
UH, LOWE'S, WALMART, WHATABURGER, PIZZA HUT, YMCA, KINKO.
SO BASICALLY WHEN THE KIDS GET THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND, AND BASICALLY WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT THEY GRADUATED THROUGH THE PROGRAM, THEY CAN PLACED ON THIS JOB.
OKAY, SO THESE ARE THE THREE COMPONENTS RIGHT HERE.
AND WE'LL MONITOR THESE, THE YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, IN ADDITIONAL UP TO SIX MONTHS EVEN AFTER THEY EMPLOY.
THE NEXT SLIDE BASICALLY WILL, IF I CAN PULL IT UP, IT JUST SHOWS, JUST LOOK AT A COUPLE BEST PRACTICES THAT, THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.
AND I CALL THEM TIER, TIER ONE, UH, CAREER DEVELOPMENT.
UM, IT'D BE GROUP BASED SESSIONS WITH THE KIDS, SMALL GROUPS, UH, BASE SESSIONS, UH, TIER TWO INDEPENDENT, BUT BASICALLY HIGHLY SUPERVISED.
UM, TIER THREE PROFESSION DELIVERABLES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO MEANINGFUL WORK IN THE DEPARTMENT.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY IN THE DEPARTMENT, AT THE PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, ONCE THEY GET PLACED, OKAY, THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT OUT THESE OUT OF THESE YOUTH.
UH, THE MODEL THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.
YOU SEE ACTIVITIES AND YOU SEE SHORT TERM GOALS.
AND I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UH, ACTIVITIES.
DURING THESE WORKSHOPS SESSIONS, THAT'S GONNA BE AT FIVE HIGH HIGH SCHOOLS.
UM, PRE-WORK TRAINING, PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIPS, UH, SKILL BUILDING, UH, POST HIGH SCHOOL COACHING, ALUMNI SERVICES, UH, SKILL SET GROWTH POST-SECONDARY RESIDENCE, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
AND BASICALLY IMMEDIATE COLLEGE UPON ENROLLMENT ARE, ARE BASICALLY BE EMPLOYED.
UM, JUST TO CONTINUE ON THAT, THE INTERMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM GOALS WITH THIS PROGRAM, UH, THE YOUTH WILL REMAIN CONNECTED.
OKAY? WHAT THAT MEANS BY CONTINUING TO BEING IN SCHOOL OR EARNING A LIVABLE WAGE FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR PARENTS AND FOR THEMSELVES.
UH, THE LONG-TERM GOALS OR LONG-TERM OUTCOME OUTCOMES WITH THIS WOULD BE, UH, YOUTH ARE LIVING, UH, ARE LIVING SELF-SUFFICIENT AND, UH, CONTRIBUTING TO OUR SOCIETY.
ALRIGHT, SO THE NEXT SLIDE BASICALLY TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE JOB READINESS PROGRAM.
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A LITTLE BIT BA ABOUT, UH, THE LONG TERM AND THE PLANNING ASSISTANCE.SO WE STILL FOCUS ON JOB FIELD TRAINING, PLACEMENT.
AGAIN, I ALREADY TALKED TO PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT WHEN THESE SENIORS GRADUATE, THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING TO YOUR, TO YOUR SHOP TO WORK.
UM, AND WE HAVE JOB COACHES BASICALLY, UM, HELPING THE KIDS ALONG THE TRACK.
UH, CAREER MONITORING, CASE MANAGEMENT, ONGOING SUPPORT.
NOW, ONE THING I DID DIDN'T MENTION, I FAILED TO MENTION FROM THE BEGINNING, I'M GONNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW, COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS.
WE PARTNERSHIP WITH GOOSE CREEK, BUT, BUT BASIC COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL IS NATIONAL PROGRAM.
AND BASICALLY OUR PROGRAM CONSISTS OF ACADEMIC, UH, ENRICHMENT, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, LIFE SKILLS, UH, MENTAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES OR WELLNESS, UM, COMMUNITY AND SERVICE LEARNING, BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONS, COLLEGE PREP, UH, CAREER PREP.
WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW, THIS PROGRAM AND BASIC NEEDS, THAT'S, THAT'S COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS.
UH, AND BASICALLY WE HAVE THE SAME PHILOSOPHY, NOT ONLY IN BAYTOWN, THEY HAVE THE SAME THING THEY DO IN HOUSTON AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
UM, GET BACK ON THIS POWERPOINT.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S THE PROGRAM, THAT'S THE PROGRAM, UH, THAT WE ARE TRYING TO, UM, TO LAUNCH IS PART OF OUR INITIATIVE OF BEING CIS AND ALSO BEING FUNDED FROM TEA.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE WE'VE BEEN DOING ALL ALONG.
I'M THERE ABOUT THREE MONTHS NOW.
AND BASICALLY THIS PROGRAM, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, I THINK, I THINK THEY APPLIED.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THEY, UH, UH, GOT THE SUPPORT, BUT I HAVE, UH, PROBABLY SEVERAL FOUNDATIONS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH IF WE CAN'T GET THE FUNDING OR IF TO SUSTAIN THE FUNDING.
SO I KIND OF HAVE A, I HAVE THAT ALREADY IN PLACE, BUT I WANT TO REACH OUT WITH THE NEIGHBORING, WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN JUST TO SEE CAN WE GET AN ASSISTANCE.
BUT MOST OF THIS MONEY WOULD GO TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, UH, SOFTWARE, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM THINGS THAT SORT, UH, JOB COACHING AS FAR AS, UH, THE STAFFING.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE MONEY WILL GO TO, WHAT WE APPLY FOR.
BUT THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN, BUT I, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I TRY TO ANSWER 'EM.
UH, YOU SAID YOU HAD OTHER FOUNDATIONS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE APPLIED FOR? UH, YES SIR.
SO WHAT NOW LEMME PUT IT LIKE THIS.
SO IF WE DO NOT FUND YOU TOTALLY OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT YOU CAN KIND OF LEAN ON THE ENTITIES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TO, UH, TO FUND YOU.
I'M JUST THREE, UH, THREE MONTHS ON A JOB.
MY, MY BACKGROUND IS FUNDRAISING, SO I, I, I TRIED TO REACH OUT, UH, MY FIRST MONTH ON A JOB, THEN COVID HIT.
SO I'M DOING A LOT OF, A LOT OF PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS.
BUT BASICALLY, UH, WE GET FUNDED, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, BY SEEING THE BUDGET.
WE GET FUNDED THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE WE'RE PARTNER OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WE ALSO GET FUNDED FOR, UH, THROUGH TEA.
NOW THAT GOES FOR OPERATIONAL OTHER THINGS.
WE HAVE, UH, 21, UH, SITE COORDINATORS THAT WORK IN THE SCHOOL.
SO THIS IS AN ADDITION TO, BUT THESE, UH, FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS BASICALLY ALREADY TARGETED.
WE ALREADY TALKED TO THE, UH, LEADERSHIP, UM, OF THOSE SCHOOLS ABOUT THIS JOB RESIDENCE PROGRAM TO GET THE KIDS, UH, READY FOR JOBS ONCE THEY GRADUATE.
BUT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, YES, I AM LOOKING, UH, FOR EVERYTHING THAT MAKES SENSE.
UH, IF WE DON'T GET FUNDED FROM YOU GUYS TO TRY TO KEEP IT SUSTAINABLE OR WE HAVE TO FIND IT FROM SOMEWHERE, UH, BUT BASICALLY THE PROGRAM WILL MOVE, MOVE FORWARD.
SINCE YOU, THAT'S WHAT NOTE YOU HAD, YOU SAY THREE MONTHS ON THE JOB.
UH, HOW ABOUT YOU, UH, YOUR COLLEGE VISITATION PROGRAM THAT YOU HAD, WAS THAT A SUCCESS? ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.
LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN GOING OVER EVERYTHING NOW, BUT I JUST, I JUST GOT HERE, WELL, YOU KNOW, IN FEBRUARY, BUT BASICALLY, UH, AND KIND OF SETTING UP ON THINGS AS WE GO AND, AND THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I SAID, WE NEED TO GO JUMP ON IT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS DOWN THE PIPELINE THAT WE NEED ASSISTANCE WITH.
AND ALSO WANT TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO HAVE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.
'CAUSE I'M NEW AS WELL, SO YES.
A QUESTION FROM THE CDAC IS WHAT TYPE, UH, OR WHAT DEMOGRAPHIC OR THE, THE CHARACTERISTIC OF KIDS ARE YOU REACHING OUT TO FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM? NOW, HERE, HERE, HERE'S THE DEAL WITH, WITH WHO WE ARE REACHING OUT TO.
AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE IN THE SCHOOLS OF GOOSE CREEK, SO THIS IS MOSTLY OUR, AT MOST AT RISK KIDS.
AND A LOT OF IT IS BASICALLY GEARED TOWARD BASICALLY, UH, THE FINANCIAL, UM, BACKGROUND OF THE, OF THE, UH, THE FAMILY.
THAT'S REALLY HOW WE'RE DOING IT.
AND WE ALSO LOOKING AT BASICALLY, UH, HOW MANY, HOW MANY FAMILIES PER SALE ARE IN INCLUDED IN ONE FAMILY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, AND WE WORK WITH THE COUNSELORS FROM EVERY HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL TO TRY TO IDENTIFY OUR MOST VULNERABLE KIDS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHO WE'RE KIND OF WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW.
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ANOTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, OH, GO AHEAD.SO, UH, ARE THE CRITERIA FOR THE, THE STUDENTS WHO WOULD BE A GOOD MATCH FOR THE PROGRAM, ARE THEY CONSISTENT FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, OR DOES EACH SCHOOL DETERMINE THEIR OWN CRITERIA AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD, UH, REFER A STUDENT TO THIS THIS PROGRAM? THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UH, WE TRY TO KEEP IT UNIFORM AS POSSIBLE, BUT I WORK STRICTLY WITH THE, UH, THE PRINCIPALS AND THE COUNSELORS AT EACH DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT SCHOOLS LIKE, UH, PETER HIGHLAND IMPACT, UH, THESE ARE THE SCHOOLS THAT, THAT WE ARE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, WORKING AT ROBERT E. LEE, GOOSE CREEK, MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND SHE, SO THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE, ARE, ARE REALLY DIFFERENT, BUT WE TRY TO KEEP IT UNIFORM FOR THE CRITERIA.
BUT WE ARE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, TARGET OUR MOST, UM, VULNERABLE, IF YOU WILL.
AND THAT'S THE CRITERIA, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILY STRUCTURE, THE INCOME OF WHAT WE GO BY SO FORTH.
BUT WE TRY TO KEEP IT UNIFORM.
BUT EVEN THOUGH WE IN BAYTOWN AND PARTS OF HIGHLAND, AS YOU KNOW, THE DEMOGRAPHIC CAN BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT WE TRY TO KEEP IT UNIFORM.
DO YOU HAVE DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF STUDENTS AT THE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS? IN OTHER WORDS, IS THERE ONE HIGH SCHOOL THAT HAS GREATER NEEDS THAN ANOTHER? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, AND THERE, ROBIN LEE STERLING AND IMPACT, UM, BASICALLY THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE THREE SCHOOLS THAT NEEDED MORE THAN ANY.
BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS, THIS PROGRAM, UH, IN ALL FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS.
UH, WE SERVE OVER 2100 KIDS OVER, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, AND, AND THEY'RE CONSIDERED AT RISK.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BEING IN THIS BUSINESS, ALL KIDS AT RISK, I MEAN, SO IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE MY PARENTS DON'T MAKE X AMOUNT OF MONEY, I COULD BE MAKING, ALL MY PARENTS ARE MAKING ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, I'M STILL AT RISK.
SO WE HAVE PROGRAMS FOR ALL OF THOSE YOUNG, YOUNG PEOPLE.
BUT THE TOP THREE SCHOOLS, THE HIGH SCHOOLS, UH, THAT NEED IT THE MOST IS IMPACT PROBABLY LEE AND STERLING.
SO CLARIFYING QUESTION, YOU MENTIONED A MENTORING PROGRAM AFTER THEY GRADUATE.
CAN YOU GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT INVOLVES
SO, SO WHAT THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY GRADUATE? IT'S A, IT IS A TRACKING MECHANISM, SO IT'S KINDA LIKE ONGOING SUPPORT.
SO WHEN THEY GRADUATE, WE HAVE JOB COACHES AND WE HAVE THE STAFF THAT'S PART OF THIS TEAM, CHECKING ON 'EM, GOING UP, STUFF LIKE THAT, TALKING TO THE MANAGERS OF THESE, UH, THESE CORPORATIONS TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING.
AND AFTER THEY GRADUATE, WE GET BACK BASICALLY LIKE A LITTLE SURVEY OF WHAT THEY DID WHEN THEY WAS THERE BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE KIDS JUST GOING TO, THEY GO TO COLLEGE OR THEY WERE WORKING AS PART-TIME, AIN'T GOING TO COLLEGE.
SO THE, WHAT I DID FOR, UH, IN THIS PROGRAM IS TALK TO THE, TO THE MANAGERS OF THESE FACILITIES, OF THESE CORPORATIONS TO TRY SO WE CAN TRACK THEIR SUCCESS EVEN AFTER THEY GO TO SCHOOL SO WE CAN HAVE SOME DATA TO REPORT BACK.
PREVIOUS YEARS COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN USING FUNDS OR, OR ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR THESE, UH, SENIORS TO BE PRIMARILY FOR, UM, COLLEGE READINESS.
WHY THE DEVIATION FOR JOB READINESS? WELL, I LOOKED AT IT, I LOOKED AT IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
I KIND OF LOOKED AT, UH, WHAT, WHAT THEY DID IN THE PAST, BUT A LOT OF STUDENTS IN, UH, BAYTOWN AND THE HIGHLAND AREA, A LOT OF THOSE SENIORS TAKING CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES, YOU HAVE A LOT OF, UH, STUDENTS THAT'S TAKING CARE OF MOM AND DAD OR MOM AND DAD THAT MAY, MAY NOT BE ABLE TO WORK EVEN NOW DURING COVID.
UH, SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHY I SAID THIS IS A BIG NEED FOR KIDS, TEACH THEM HOW TO GET A JOB, BASICALLY GET THEM READY FOR COLLEGE.
AND A LOT OF 'EM HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, SMALL CHILDREN, THEY NEED MONEY.
SO BASICALLY THAT WAS MY BIGGEST THING FOR TRYING TO SAY WHAT COULD WE DO OR WHAT WE COULD WE ASK FOR THROUGH COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOL TO HELP STUDENTS.
A LOT OF THESE KIDS, UH, BASICALLY, UH, ARE PART OF THEIR FAMILY WORKING AND THEY HELPING THEIR, HELPING THEIR FAMILY.
AND A LOT OF 'EM GOT SMALL CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT SORT, THEY NEED DAYCARE AS WELL.
SO MY, MY, MY WHOLE OBJECTIVE WAS LET ME GO TALK TO THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, PUT TOGETHER THIS PROGRAM AND SAY, HEY, THEY GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, THEY GOING, THEY'RE GONNA CHECK OFF A COUPLE BLOCKS OF WHAT THEY CAN DO VERY WELL AND BASICALLY GET THEM A JOB SO THEY CAN HELP THEIR FAMILY AND ALSO GET IN COLLEGE.
SO IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, THE JOBS THAT ARE THE RESULT OF THIS PROGRAM WILL OCCUR AFTER THE PROGRAM AND NOT, IT WON'T OCCUR DURING THE PROGRAM? WELL, THE JOB, BASICALLY, I JUST TALKED TO THE, THE MANAGERS AND SAID, WE GOT THE STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH A PROGRAM AND ONCE THEY GOT THIS PROGRAM, I WANT THEM TO, I WANT THEM TO WORK FOR YOU, REALLY? UH, SO BASICALLY, AND I JUST, I IDENTIFIED PROBABLY SIX OF 'EM.
WE GONNA IDENTIFY A COUPLE MORE, BUT THE ONES THAT IDENTIFIED THE FOOD TOWN, THE LOWE'S, WALMART, WA UH, WA, WHATABURGER, PIZZA HUT, THE LOCAL YMZ AND KINKO'S.
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TO THOSE MANAGERS ABOUT THESE STUDENTS, CUMMINS.YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE.
SO THE PROGRAM IS GONNA TAKE PLACE AFTER SCHOOL THREE DAYS A WEEK, CORRECT? YES.
SO HOW WILL THOSE STUDENTS BE ABLE TO GET HOME AFTER IT'S FINISHED? BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PARENTS, SOME OF THEM DON'T HAVE VEHICLES OR THEY MIGHT BE AT WORK AND THEY DEPEND ON THE BUS TAKING THEIR KIDS HOME EVERY DAY.
I HAVE TALKED TO EACH PRINCIPAL AND THEY ASSURED ME THAT BASICALLY WE'LL WORK WITH THE TRANSPORTATION, LIKE THE BUS, THE BUS TO TRANSPORTATION TO TAKE THE KIDS HOME, THE ONES THAT CAN'T, UH, GET THERE, GET 'EM, GET, GET TRANSPORTED BACK AND FORTH.
THAT'S SOMETHING I TALKED TO THE PRINCIPALS AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT, OF TRYING TO GET KIDS BACK AND FORTH THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A, A WAY TO GET THERE.
SO WE GOT THAT UP UNDER CONTROL AS WELL.
AND, AND ALSO ALONG WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WE, I HAVE A PARTNERSHIP AS WELL THAT BASICALLY NEED TO RENT A VAN AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.
WE CAN DO THAT, UH, FROM CISB AS WELL.
AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION IS FOR THE SALARY.
SO THE TOTAL REQUEST IS $10,000 AND $8,000 OF THAT REQUEST IS FOR THE SALARY.
SO HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE USED? IS THAT GONNA BE PAYING A PORTION OF THE SALARY FOR THE COUNSELORS OR BUT YES, FOR THE JOB COACHES AND ALSO OUR SITE SITE COORDINATORS BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE JOB COACHES AT EACH SCHOOL AND WE ALREADY HAVE SITE COORDINATORS THERE THAT'S GONNA ASSIST WITH THIS.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
BAYTOWN RESOURCE AND ASSISTANCE CENTER.
PARDON ME? TALENT YIELD COALITION.
RUSHING THE TALENT MEAL COALITION, FIRST STEP, HELPING THE HOMELESS PROGRAM.
EDDIE WILLIAMS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
UH, THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM, OUR YOUTH SKILLS PROGRAM, AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THE DEVELOPMENT AND CREATION OF A FORENSIC TOURNAMENT IN BAYTOWN FOR THE YOUTH BEFORE, UH, HOUSING UNITS.
UM, AND, UM, WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING IS THAT WE CREATE FORENSIC TEAMS OF, OF YOUTH, AND THIS KIND OF PRECEDES THE KIDS THAT GO INTO CIS AND, UH, COMMUNITIES OF SCHOOLS AND THINGS NATURE.
WE'RE DEALING WITH KIDS BETWEEN THE 14 TO 16 OR 17.
NOW YOU MIGHT ASK, WHAT IS THE FORENSIC TOURNAMENT ON THIS FIRST SLIDE? FORENSIC IS A FORMAL SENSE OF THE WORD
AND YOU MIGHT ASK WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR THIS? WELL, IF WE, UH, ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF HOW TO COMMUNICATE, UH, AT A YOUNGER AGE, THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD IN ADVANCE, UH, IN, IN LIFE, UH, A LOT EASIER.
I'VE PARTICIPATED IN FORENSIC, UH, FOR YEARS AND THEN COACH AND IT HAS BENEFITED ME AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BENEFITED.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND ONLY IF YOU HIT THAT VIDEO REAL QUICK, IT'LL GIVE US AN EXAMPLE AS TO WHAT FORENSIC IS ABOUT.
UH, WE'RE SORRY, BUT THE VIDEO DID NOT TRANSFER VIA THE, TO THE POWERPOINT.
WELL, THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHAT WE'RE TARGETING IS KIDS WHO ARE DISENFRANCHISED OR AT RISK, AND WE'RE TARGETING THE ONES IN FOUR PARTICULAR HOUSING UNITS.
THE REASON WHY WE, UH, FEEL A NEED FOR THIS IS BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF CASE MANAGEMENT AND A LOT OF THE PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS WHO BRING THE KIDS, UH, WHO COME TO US FOR SERVICES, THEY HAVE TO BRING THEIR CHILDREN TO INTERPRETATE FOR 'EM, AND NONE OF 'EM CAN COMMUNICATE, UH, UH, UH, RELAY THE, UH, THE DESIRED NEED.
SO THE ULTIMATE, AND, AND AS YOU GO TO THIS, THE SECOND SLIDE, THE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP CONFIDENCE AND ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IDEAS AND POINTS.
AND OUR PROPOSAL TARGETS
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NORMALLY HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES HAVE FORENSIC JOURNALISTS, BUT THE KIDS WHO AREN'T, YOU KNOW, UH, A AND AND B STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS IN THESE ACTIVITIES.SO THEY, THEY DON'T EXPERIENCE THE BENEFITS OF THESE KIND COMPETITIONS.
UH, THESE KIDS OFTEN HAVE LOW SELF-ESTEEM AND DROPOUTS AND SUBSTITUTE FALLING INTO THE GAME.
WHEREAS IF ESTEEM THROUGH THESE, THESE TYPE TOURNAMENTS AND ACTIVITIES ARE ENHANCED, THEN THEY'RE MORE INCLINED TO, YOU KNOW, GO ON AND FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION AND DO BETTER.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, NOW AS A FOOTNOTE, SINCE COVID-19 HAS TRANSFORMED OUR DAILY MODE OF OPERATION AND FOR UTILIZE SOCIAL MEDIA AS A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION, THAT IS A CHANGE IN THE WAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO OPERATE.
AND SO YOU MIGHT ASK HOW ARE YOU GONNA OPERATE AND TRAIN KIDS TO DO DEBATE AND THINGS OF THIS NATURE? UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY CAN'T BE ONE ON ONE.
BUT WE FOUND HAVING TO WORK THROUGH OUR CASE MANAGEMENT WITH OUR CLIENTS, AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA BE THE WAY OF THE FUTURE.
UH, IT IS A NEW DAY AND WE FEEL THAT WE CAN DO, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, DO THIS PROGRAM VIA ZOOM.
I WOULD BE ASSISTANCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA WITH NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE REQUEST THAT WE HAD ASKED FOR IN OUR PROPOSAL.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, OKAY, NOW FOR FORENSICS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BENEFITED AND PARTICIPATED IN FORENSICS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S SOME WELL KNOWN PEOPLE, MOST SENATORS AND POLITICIANS GO THROUGH THESE TYPE OF COMPETITIONS.
AND WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THESE TYPE OF COMPETITIONS AT A YOUNG AGE, YOU'RE INSPIRED TO DO BETTER AND TO, YOU KNOW, ATTAIN, UH, THOSE TO HIGHER LEVELS OF LIFE.
UH, ANOTHER THING IS WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE BEST MENTORS FOR KIDS, THEIR PEERS.
SO IF YOU GET EIGHT KIDS OUT OF A HOUSING PROJECT TO DO WELL AND IMPROVE THEMSELVES THROUGH THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM, THEY WILL INSPIRE THEIR, THEIR COUNTERPARTS BECAUSE THEY ARE THEIR PEERS, YOU KNOW, AND SO OFTEN KIDS, EVERYBODY FOCUS ON SPORTS.
YOU KNOW, NOBODY, EVERYBODY'S NOT AN ATHLETE.
EVERYBODY'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, AN A LB STUDENT
THESE TYPE PROGRAMS ENHANCE AND ENCOURAGING MORE TO DO BETTER.
SO THE REASON WE WERE FOCUSED ON THE FOR HOUSING UNITS IN BAYTOWN IS BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF CLIENTS FROM THERE WHO CAN'T COMMUNICATE AND UTILIZE THE, THE CHILDREN TO TRY AND RELAY THEIR NEEDS AND THE CHILDREN CAN'T EVEN COMMUNICATE.
SO WE CAN HELP A GROUP TO ENHANCE THEIR COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
THEY, IN TURN THROUGH PEERS ENGAGEMENT, CAN, CAN, UH, ASSIST OTHERS.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AND THIS WAS ANOTHER VIDEO THAT, UH, I GUESS YOU CAN'T GET DOWN TO GO EITHER, BUT IT KIND OF EXPLAINS A LOT ABOUT NOW THE PROGRAM PROBABLY LOT BETTER THAN I COULD.
BUT AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, UH, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, I'M OPEN TO 'EM.
YOU, YOU SAID YOU, YOU GO TO A CERTAIN HOUSING UNIT IN BAYTOWN.
WHAT IN PARTICULAR IS THE NAME OF THAT UNIT THAT YOU GO TO? OKAY, WE HAVE FOUR UNITS.
UH, THIS, THIS YOU HAVE, UH, I THINK EIGHT BAYTOWN HOUSING UNITS, WHICH ARE UNDER BAYTOWN HOUSING, BUT YOU HAVE FOUR WHICH ARE NOT, AND I HAVE THE NAMES OF THEM 'CAUSE WE'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO, BUT THEY HAVE FOUR UNITS IN BAYTOWN AND THEY AVERAGE, I THINK ABOUT, UH, 60 TO SEVEN UNITS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, UH, BAY APARTMENTS, BAY VILLAGE APARTMENTS, WOOD APARTMENTS, AND BAYTOWN VILLAGE APARTMENTS.
SO THOSE ARE THE FOUR THAT WE HAD TARGETED.
AND THE WAY THE PROGRAM WOULD WORK IS WE WOULD HAVE
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A TEAM OF EIGHT KIDS WHO WOULD GO THROUGH AN INTERVIEW PROCESS AND A QUALIFICATION PROCESS TO FORM A TEAM.AND WE HAVE AN IN-HOUSE INDIVIDUAL, UH, WHO WOULD HELP, YOU KNOW, MONITOR THE KIDS AND, AND HELP PROVIDE SOME TRAINING.
AND THEN WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH SOME, SOME PEOPLE FROM, UH, SOME COUNSELORS OUT OF GOOSE CREEK AND FROM THE POINT IN HIGHLANDS WHO WOULD ASSIST AND WHO'VE ALREADY BOUGHT INTO THIS PROGRAM, THIS CONCEPT.
SO, UM, WE ARE KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT IT.
UH, IT SOMETHING THAT I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE WOULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AND THESE KIDS.
WHAT ARE YOUR TANGIBLE MEASURES OF SUCCESS FOR THIS PROGRAM? WOULD EXPLAINED IT.
THIS IS A PILOT IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, BUT, UH, IF YOU BACK UP TO THE SLIDE, UH, NUMBER FIVE AND, AND YOU CAN SEE BECAUSE NO, IT'S NUMBER FOUR THERE.
I'M, YEAH, THAT, THAT YOU COULD, IF YOU CAN SEE THE TYPE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BENEFITED FROM THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM.
NOW THIS PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN, UH, APPLIED IN BAY TIME PER SE.
I DO KNOW FOR A FACT THAT CROSBY, HIV DOES HAVE A, A, A FORENSIC TEAM, WHICH HAS GONE TO NATIONAL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, FROM THE PILOT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROGRAM AND, AND UNDERSTAND A LOT OF SCHOOLS HAVE THIS PROGRAM, BUT IT'S FOR THE EXCELLENT, THE A AND B STUDENTS, BUT THE NEED IS FOR THE DISENFRANCHISED KIDS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THE MOTIVATIONAL, UH, NEED IS.
THAT'S WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HOPE THAT THE PEERS, UH, INFLUENCE ON, ON, ON THOSE KIDS WAS HELP 'EM, YOU KNOW, UH, DEVIATE FROM GANG ACTIVITY AND ENCOURAGE 'EM TO CONTINUE TO GO TO SCHOOL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF KIDS, YOU, YOU WANT TO BE A SUPERSTAR AND PLAY BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL, THAT'S YOUR ONLY AVENUE OF, OF GETTING OUT OF, OUT OF, UH, A PRO SITUATION.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER AVENUES THAT A LOT OF THESE KIDS AREN'T EXPOSED TO OR DON'T HAVE THE P TO BEING INVOLVED IN THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM.
LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE AN ACTOR, YOU CAN BE A, A POLITICIAN, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND THAT TAKES YOU SOME KIND OF TRAINING.
SO, UM, THE SUCCESS FOR THE BAYTOWN AREA, I'M, I I'M CONFIDENT THAT IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, REAL SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A PART OF IT.
THEN YOU CAN SEE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BENEFITED FROM THAT TYPE OF PROGRAM AND ACTIVITY.
I WOULD SAY THAT THE PROGRAM WAS INITIATED AND IT COMES OUT OF YALE AND HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
AND, UM, AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON, FORMER RESIDENT, HE WAS ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM ALL HIS LIFE.
AND THEN HE WAS SO INVOLVED AND BECAME A JUDGE AND A COACH.
AND SO WE HAVE FOUR COACHES, ONE FOR SITE AND FOUR ON ONSITE S SINCE WE'RE, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COACHES, WHAT IS THE, THE, I GUESS WHAT IS THE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE OF THESE COACHES THAT WILL BE DELIVERING THESE SERVICES? ALL OF THE COACHES COME OUT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
EITHER DRAMA, ENGLISH, UH, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING, UH, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE WHO TEACH SPEECH AND, AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, DO WHAT TIME OF ARRANGE DO, DO THEY, YOU PAY THEM FOR OUR, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
UH, I COULD, WHAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT YOU PAY FOR THE SERVICES? THE, UH, REFEREES? OKAY.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR, OUR BUDGET, WE ONLY HAD, UM, $5,400.
AND IT'S BASICALLY STIPENDS, YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE CONDUCTING TRAINING SESSIONS FOR ONCE A MONTH, FOR A 12 MONTH PERIOD.
SO WHAT WE HAVE IS WHETHER IT'S 10 REALLY NOT COUNTING HOLIDAYS, BUT THEY WOULD TRAIN AND WORK WITH THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AFTER HOURS, BUT IT'S CONVENIENT BECAUSE IT'S IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THE TRAINING WOULD BE DONE AT THE COMPLEX.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE A TRANSPORTATION ISSUE OF THE, YOU DON'T HAVING TO GET THE KIDS TO A TRAINING AND BACK AND FORTH AND THINGS.
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UH, FOR THE PROFESSIONALS, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THEIR TIME WILL BE VOLUNTEERED, UM, AND THEY'VE AGREED TO IT.BUT WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO COMPENSATE THE IN-HOUSE FIELD BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING NOT ONLY MONITORING THE KIDS' ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, BUT PROVIDING REFRESHMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NEEDS SHOULD BE ON THAT TRAINING SESSION.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? STAFF? I HAVE A QUESTION.
IT SAYS EACH OF THE PROVIDING APARTMENT COMPLEXES WILL BE, UM, DISTRIBUTED A DESKTOP COMPUTER.
AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS THE INTERNET CONNECTION IS CONCERNED, IS THAT THE PRICE INCLUDED IN THAT? WELL, FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, MOST UNITS ALREADY THERE, SEE, BECAUSE THE TRAINING WOULD BE DONE LIKE IN A, A COMMON AREA AT THESE UNITS, YOU KNOW, LIKE CLOSE TO OFFICE, MOST OF 'EM HAVE, UH, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL 'EM, UH, THE COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY ROOM AND, AND THEY HAVE INTERNET IN MOST OF 'EM THAT WE KNOW OF.
I HAVEN'T FOLLOWED UP ON ALL THE DETAILS OF THAT.
BUT IF, IF THE COST, IF THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL COST FOR THAT, WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
WE ARE BAYTOWN, UNITED WAY, FUNDED AREA AGENCY, AND WE'RE EXPECTING RENEWAL FUNDING, FUNDING FROM THEM.
WE ARE ALSO FUNDED BY, UH, THE INSTITUTE OF, UH, OF SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME RESOURCES, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE SPECIFIC TO BAYTOWN, WE NEED BAY TIME TO HAVE A LITTLE INPUT INTO IT.
IT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE, WE INTEND ON DOING HERE REGARDLESS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE NEED HELP.
SO PART OF YOUR BUDGET, UM, IT ADDRESSES AWARDS, UM, FOR SPEAKING AND AWARDS FOR DEBATE.
UH, IF THOSE, UM, FUNDING MECHANISMS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE, UM, FOR THE CDBG, UH, UH, GRANT, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS PROGRAM FORWARD WITH THAT? 'CAUSE THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT, UH, PART OF YOUR ASK? WELL, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PART, BUT JUST LIKE IN FOOTBALL AND ANY OTHER ACT, UH, YOUTH ACTIVITY, UH, WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING TO DO IS BE ABLE TO AWARD TROPHIES AND, UM, MAKE SOME JERSEYS OR SOMETHING LIKE COULD DO THE FOOTBALL TO PLAYERS OR BASKETBALL PLAYERS SO THEY HAVE A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AT THE END.
NOW, YEAH, WE COULD PROBABLY DO SOMETHING, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE KIND SOME KIND OF INCENTIVE FOR A KID TO REALLY WANT TO STICK TO IT.
SO, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT.
IF NOT, WE'LL TRY TO MAKE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS.
AND MR. WILLIAMS, I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO OF THE FOUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT YOU'VE LISTED IN THE APPLICATION, TWO OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS.
SO THOSE FAMILIES WOULD BE INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ANY FUNDING.
SO HOW WOULD THE PROGRAM GO FORTH WITH ONLY TWO APARTMENT COMPLEXES BE INVOLVED? OKAY, YOU SAID TWO BECAUSE WE GOT, UH, THE APARTMENTS THAT WE GOT WAS, WE GOT 'EM FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IN, IN BAYTOWN.
AND SO THEY, THEY DID AN ENTIRE LIST AND THEY, THESE FOUR BAY BAY CITY VILLAGE IS ACTUALLY IN MCNAIR.
IT'S NORTH OF I 10 AND STEWART APARTMENTS IS ON 1 46 NORTH OF I 10.
BOTH OF THOSE ARE OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS.
I TEND KIND OF ACT ALMOST AS A BORDER TO OUR CITY LIMITS.
NOT EVERYWHERE, BUT RIGHT THERE IT DOES.
SO BASICALLY I THINK WHAT SHARON IS INDICATING IS THAT, UM, 'CAUSE OF THE CITY BOUNDARIES, UM, AND HOW JAGGED THEY ARE, SOME OF THE UNITS THAT YOU HAVE INSIDE OF YOUR PROPOSAL OR OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS, WHICH ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE CD BG GRANT, UM, FROM THIS CD BG GRANT ANYWAY.
UM, SO, UH, YOU, YOU WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION FOR YOUR PROPOSAL.
'CAUSE WE, WE ARE DETERMINED AND IDENTIFIED THESE BY ZIP CODE FROM BAYTOWN ZIP CODE.
'CAUSE WE WORK WITH UNITED WAY AND, YOU KNOW, THEY DEAL WITH BAYTOWN AND SO THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINE AND IDENTIFY THOSE SITES.
SO PROBABLY, PROBABLY WHY DID THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY IN BAYTOWN BTJ PROBABLY IN THE FUTURE.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THE, THE INFORMATION YOU GOT WAS INCLUDING MAGNA EARINGS STUART NIGERIA.
WELL, YOU KNOW, UH, IF, IF, IF THEY'RE NOT ACCEPTABLE THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
WE HAVE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, REDO OUR BUDGET IN OUR REQUEST TO CALL IT.
BUT WE STILL LIKE TO GO FORWARD.
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ALRIGHT.WELL, THAT'S FOR THAT PROGRAM.
ARE YOU THERE, SIR? THANK YOU.
UH, I'M GONNA TURN THE NEXT TWO PRESENTATIONS IS GONNA BE BY MY PARTNER AND MY WIFE, UH, THE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM, MR. HONOR WILLIAMS, 13.
UH, MY NAME IS TON WILLIAMS, UH, THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR TALENT CO.
AND I WANTED TO SHARE THAT I HAVE OVER 30 YEARS OF RETAIL EXPERIENCE IN BANKING AND RETIRED AS A PROJECT MANAGER FOR ONE OF THE LARGEST BANKING INSTITUTIONS.
AND YOU'RE PROBABLY ASKING WHY IS THAT RELEVANT AND WHAT I DO TODAY VERSUS 30 YEARS AGO.
AND I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE BANKING RETAIL SERVICE PLATFORM, THE GOAL IS TO SERVICE CLIENTS TO GENERATE REVENUE FOR THE COMPANY.
BUT ON THE SERVICE, SOCIAL SERVICE NON-PROFIT PLATFORM, THE GOAL IS TO SERVICE INDIVIDUALS TO ENRICH THEIR LIVES IN, BECOME PRODUCTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO ONE OF OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS, WHICH IS THE MARCELLUS WILLIAMS RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH, WHICH WE'RE KNOWN FOR, UH, WE THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 2015, PROVIDED US SOME INSIGHTS ON HOW TO BETTER DELIVER A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THUS, THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE PRESENTING THESE THREE PROGRAMS TODAY.
SO THE SECOND PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE GETTING READY TO, I'M GETTING READY TO SHARE WITH YOU, IS CALLED THE FIRST STEP HELPING THE HOMELESS.
AND YOU ARE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MANY PEOPLE WILL ASK IS, IS THERE REALLY MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF HOMELESSNESS? AND WHEN MOST PEOPLE THINK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, THEIR MINDS OFTEN JUMP TO THE IMAGE OF SOMEONE SLEEPING AND LIVING ON THE STREETS.
BUT REALLY IN REALITY, HOMELESSNESS TAKES MORE FORMS THAT ISN'T ALWAYS OBVIOUS.
EVEN FROM UP CLOSE HOMELESSNESS CAN BE ESSENTIALLY BE BROKEN DOWN INTO FOUR CATEGORIES.
AND THE FOUR CATEGORIES IS CHRONIC, EPISODIC, TRANSITIONAL AND HIDDEN.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IF YOU CLICK CHRONIC, LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT CHRONIC FOR JUST A MOMENT.
THE HOMELESS CAMPS, UH, WERE VERY CONCENTRATED IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, AND AS REVIT REVITALIZATION OCCURRED, HOMELESS HAS BREACHED THE OUTER QUARTERS OF HOUSTON INTO HARRIS COUNTY AND STILL GROWING INTO THE SURROUNDING SEA.
THESE INDIVIDUALS UTILIZE THE MANY SHELTERS IN HOUSTON THAT TODAY IS STILL OVERCROWDED.
THERE ARE STILL NO TRANSITIONAL OR PERMANENT SHELTERS OUTSIDE BELTWAY A THUS WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE HOMELESS UNDER THE FREEWAY OR THE BRIDGES.
AND TO GIVE YOU JUST SOMEWHAT IN AN EXAMPLE, UH, WHEN WE ARE OUT OUTREACHING, LIKE THE PARK NEAR STERLING LIBRARY, WE COME IN CONTACT WITH WHAT WE CALL CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
THEN YOU HAVE EPISODIC, THESE INDIVIDUALS AGE OUT, UH, OF THE YOUTH SYSTEM.
THEY BECOME HOMELESS, THEY STRUGGLE TO STAY ALIVE.
THEY SEEK SELLING DRUGS, PROSTITUTING OR OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES TO SURVIVE PREGNANCY, DRUG ADDICTION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE BECOME A WAY ALIVE TO THESE.
AND THEY MAY TAKE, UH, AND BE IN ONE PLACE ONE DAY AND BECOME
THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE INCARCERATED OR CHALLENGED TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT BASED ON THEIR CRIMINAL RECORD.
UM, WE, UH, HAVE MET THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE WHEN WE ARE OUTREACHING AT FOOD PANTRIES OR WHEN, UH, WE GET REFERRALS FROM CHURCHES OR EVEN IN SOME PARKS.
WE SEE THOSE TYPES OF HOMELESS PEOPLE.
UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE HAD A CATASTROPHIC EVENT, LIKE A LOSS OF A JOB OR DIVORCE OF LOSING THE BREADWINNER AND IN THEIR LIVES ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE.
THEY MAY APPROACH A CHURCH FOR HEALTH.
UH, THEY LIVE IN THEIR, UH, THEIR BIGGEST ASSET OR THE ONLY ASSET LIKE A CAR TO FIND A WAY TO SURVIVE.
CHILDREN SOMETIMES ARE PART OF THIS HOMELESS UNIT, AND, UH, MANY TIMES THEY EITHER DO NOT HAVE FAMILY THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT TO BECAUSE THEY'RE EITHER IN OTHER STATES OR THEY'VE BEEN DISOWNED.
UM, THESE INDIVIDUALS THOUGH THEY ARE ABLE TO OR WANT TO WORK AND SEEK EMPLOYMENT AND SOMETIMES EDUCATION TO END UP GETTING SOME TYPE OF BETTER EMPLOYMENT, BUT THEY JUST HAD THAT CATASTROPHIC SITUATION HAPPEN.
THEN YOU HAVE THE HIDDEN, THIS MAY BE INDIVIDUALS AND OUR UNITS, FAMILY UNITS LIVING IN APARTMENTS, PUBLIC HOUSING, VACANT GARAGES, EXTENDED BUILDINGS PROVIDED BY FAMILY OR FRIENDS
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DUE TO THE TENANT RISK AND PUBLIC HOUSING.THE HOMELESS ROTATE BETWEEN FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WHILE THEY WAIT FOR THE AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING.
WE'VE INTERACTED WITH A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN LOW, UH, INCOME HOUSING THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE.
AND, UH, THE, UH, ORIGINAL TECH GETS NERVOUS AND CALLS US AND SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT? UM, I, I REALLY NEED THIS PERSON TO FIND A PLACE TO STAY.
NOW IN THE FUTURE, BAYTOWN HOUSING AUTHORITY IS PLANNING A NEW PUBLIC HOUSING, UH, TO ADDRESS THE DEMANDS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT HOPEFULLY WILL ALLEVIATE, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, YOU STILL HAVE THE GROWTH OF THIS POPULATION HAPPENING.
ALL FOUR TYPES CAN BE FOUND IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
NOW, AS WE LOOK AT, UM, THIS PROGRAM IN PACIFIC, UH, WE WANT TO JUST REALLY DRIVE HOME THE FACT THAT MANY HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE DENIED, UH, ACCESS TO BENEFITS AND SERVICES BECAUSE THEY LACK LACKED AND ID.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, LOOK AT SOME STATISTICAL DATA AND NOTICE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS, UH, THAT WHEN THEY CAME TO US THAT THEY NEEDED ID, THEY COULD NOT GET SHELTER OR HOUSING.
THEY COULD NOT, UH, MAYBE, UH, UH, GO TO A, SOME FOOD PANTRIES.
THERE ARE SOME FOOD PANTRIES THAT WILL ACCEPT YOU WITHOUT AN ID.
IF THEY WENT TO, UH, THE FOOD STAMP OFFICE, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO, UM, GET, APPLY FOR FOOD STAMPS UNLESS THEY HAD SOME OTHER FORM OF ID.
THEY COULDN'T GET MEDICAL SERVICES.
THEY CAN'T GET HARRIS COUNTY GO CARD.
UH, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T APPLY FOR MEDICAID.
THEY'RE STRUGGLING, UH, FOR EMPLOYMENT OR SEEKING ANY TYPE OF SSI INCOME BENEFITS.
NOW IT'S UNLAWFUL FOR, UH, A PERSON TO BE DENIED APPLYING FOR FOOD STAMPS, BUT IN MANY CASES WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE ARE THOSE THINGS LIKE, UH, BIRTH CERTIFICATES OR ADOPTION TYPE SCHOOL ID, A, A FE ID CARD.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES THE HOMELESS DOES NOT HAVE THAT.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE SEE TOO, UH, IS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HOMELESS, THEY'VE LET THEIR, UH, ID EXPIRE MORE THAN TWO YEARS.
WELL, IN THAT CASE, THEY START THE PROCESS ALL OVER FOR APPLYING FOR, UH, THEIR TEXAS ID HERE THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO HELP SOMEONE GET THEIR I TEXAS ID, THERE ARE FOUR CRITERIA, PROOF OF IDENTITY, PROOF OF TEXAS RESIDENCY, PROOF OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, PROOF OF US CITIZENSHIP ARE LAWFUL PRESENCE.
WHAT YOU SEE IN THE INNER CIRCLE IS THOSE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO, OR THAT WE TRY TO COLLECT TO, UH, APPLY FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE CRITERIA.
AND SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT IF IN MANY CASES, TO COLLECT THOSE DOCUMENTS, UM, WITH NOT SUFFICIENT INFORMATION FROM, UH, THE CLIENT OR THE HOMELESS PERSON.
BUT IN ANY CASE, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS, LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
IF YOU'VE EVER TRIED TO MAKE A CASE
THAT'S KIND OF THE SAME CONCEPT IN TRYING TO HELP THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL COLLECT ALL THE DOCUMENTS OR, OR PUT THE DOCUMENTS IN PLACE THAT FITS EACH ONE OF THESE CRITERIA.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE PROCESS AGAIN IS, IS VERY TIME CONSUMING.
IT MAY TAKE A A A, THE TURNAROUND TIME FOR A HOMELESS PERSON TO RECEIVE THEIR ID CAN BE AS MUCH AS 30 TO 45 DAYS.
IT IS ALL DEPENDEN UPON OUR INTAKE PROCESS.
WE MIGHT FIND OUT THAT PERSON, UH, IS LIVING, UH, WAS BORN IN HARRIS COUNTY OR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, BUT THEN WHEN IT IS OUTSIDE THE STATE OR WHEN IT IS IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT COUNTY IN LOUISIANA, THE PROCESS IS SO INTENSE AND SO TIME CONSUMING THAT THAT'S WHAT TAKES UP MOST OF THIS, OF THE TIME PERIOD TO TRY TO GET THEM THEIR ID.
WE ARE A COMMUNITY PARTNER, UH, WITH TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, APPLY, ASSIST THE CLIENT OR THE PERSON OR THE HOMELESS PERSON AND APPLY FOR, UH, FOOD STAMPS BECAUSE THAT SYSTEM ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO APPLY FOR THE CLIENT MEDICAID CARD, UH, HELPS YOU TO APPLY FOR THE VOTER REGISTRATION CARD, AND IT ALSO HELPS GENERATE A MAILING.
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ONE OF THE CRITERIA FOR APPLYING FOR A TEXAS ID.UH, YOU KNOW, WE STILL TRY TO COLLECT OTHER DOCUMENTS BASED ON THE INTAKE PROCESS.
WE, IF WE'RE WORKING WITH A VETERAN, IF WE'RE WORKING WITH A FELON, IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHO THE PERSON IS.
THAT PROCESS CAN BE VERY TIME CONSUMING, BUT ALSO YOU HAUL OFF TO LOOK AT THE CRITERIA AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE SUPPLY ALL THE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY.
SO THAT ONE TIME THAT, THAT, THAT CLIENT GOES TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND WAITS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, HE'S NOT TURNED AWAY.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO AND ORDER TO HELP THE HOMELESS GET THEIR IDEAS IS THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
UM, TALENT DEAL IS VERY, VERY ADAMANT ABOUT COLLABORATING ITS SERVICES WITH OUR SOCIAL SERVICE PARTNERS.
UH, AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET THE HARRIS COUNTY HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM.
AND IN DOING SO, WE HAVE CREATED AN AGREEMENT, UH, WHERE WE, UH, IF NEED BE, CAN REQUEST A, WHAT THEY CALL A HOT ID.
A HOT ID IS BASICALLY THE PICTURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
AND IF THEY'VE HAD A PREVIOUS, UM, TEXAS ID OR HAD A NUMBER OR DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER THAT IS IMPRINTED ON THE ID, IT GIVES SOME OTHER DETAILED INFORMATION.
BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN HARRIS COUNTY HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO, UH, APPROACH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY THAT THEY'RE IN.
THEY FOUND AND ACCEPT THIS AS PART OF THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS THAT, THAT AN INDIVIDUAL NEEDS TO APPLY FOR, UH, A TEXAS ID.
NOW, THERE'S A COST
WE'RE NOT LIKE, AND, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF STATES WHERE IF THE PERSON IS HOMELESS, THEIR ID COSTS THEM NOTHING.
BUT, UH, BECAUSE OF WHERE WE ARE ON THE EAST END OF, OF HARRIS COUNTY, IF THAT PERSON GOES TO, UH, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEY ARE, UH, UH, HAVE A COST TO PURCHASE THAT IV, WE DO WORK WITH OUR SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER LOVE NETWORK.
BUT IF THAT IS ONLY IF, AND THAT'S USUALLY YOUR HIDDEN HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THEY'RE, REMEMBER THEY'RE IN PUBLIC HOUSING, THEY'RE LOW INCOME HOUSING, THEY'RE THERE WAITING TO GET INTO PUBLIC HOUSING, UM, THEY MAY BE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT.
AND SO THEY FALL UNDER THE CRITERIA OF LOVE NETWORK, BEING ABLE TO HELP THEM IF THEY DO NOT.
OTHERWISE, WE INCUR THE COST AND, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON VARIOUS OTHER SERVICES TO TRY TO MAKE THEM MORE STABLE AND SELF-SUSTAINABLE, SUSTAIN YOU.
THE 2020, UH, HOMELESS COUNT HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
AND SO WHAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU IS 2019 HOMELESS COUNT.
THAT SHOWS JUST IN HARRIS COUNTY.
I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER AT THE VERY TOP THAT SAYS 39 38, BUT JUST IN HARRIS COUNTY, UH, THAT NUMBER IS 35 67.
AND THAT IS NOT INCLUDING THE HIDDEN HOMELESS POPULATION THAT WE DEFINED EARLIER.
THAT IS BASICALLY YOUR CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
SO AGAIN, UM, WE FEEL THAT THIS PROGRAM, THE FIRST STEP HELPING THE HOMELESS WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE TARGETING 50 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN THE BAYTOWN AREA TO, TO ASSIST THEM IN GETTING THEIR ID, THIS IS STILL IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BECOME, UM, MUCH MORE, UH, SELF-SUSTAINABLE AND MUCH MORE PRODUCTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, THE FUNDING REQUEST, UH, THE GRANT FUNDING REQUEST IS $10,000.
AND THAT GRANT FUND, THE GRANT FUNDING REQUEST, UM, DOES LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY WORKER BEING ABLE TO OUTREACH, UH, TO THOSE, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE WHAT WE CLASSIFY AS CHRONIC.
SO YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN, IN CAMPS OR HOMELESS CAMPS.
AND WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IS WORK WITH THE, UH, HARRIS COUNTY HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM.
WHENEVER WE GO OUTREACH TO THOSE TYPES OF CLIENTS, BASICALLY WHAT WE SEE, OR WHAT WE THINK THAT WE'LL BE SEEING IS THOSE TRANSITIONAL AND THOSE HIDDEN HOMELESSNESS THAT WE WILL SEE THE VOLUME OF CLIENTS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SERVICE.
UM, WE ARE HOPING THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM.
UM, WE, IT'S A VERY GOOD PROGRAM.
AND AT THIS POINT I'M GOING TO ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I I HAVE A, NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION, BUT A CONCERN, UH, NUMBER ONE, JUST PROBABLY A, UH, A CONCERN ON YOUR CLIENTS.
DO YOU GET YOUR CLIENTS BY REFERRAL OR, AND WHEN YOUR CLIENTS COME THROUGH YOUR PROGRAM, IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN FOLLOW UP AND SEE IF THEY'RE BETTER THEMSELVES
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OR DO YOU TRACE THAT VERY BRIEFLY? AT FIRST? WE, WE GET, WE DO GET REFERRALS AND WE WORK WITH THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM.SO, UM, A LOT OF TIMES THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT COME TO US, UM, THEY HAVE TOLD SOME, A HOMELESS PERSON HAS TOLD SOME OTHER HOMELESS PERSON AND, UM, THE WORD GETS OUT OR THERE WE'VE GOTTEN REFERRALS FROM CHURCHES BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN APPROACHED WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE NO PLACE TO GO.
UM, OKAY, DO YOU WHAT? TRACKING THEM AND TRACKING THEM, WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, UH, WITH MOST OF THE CLIENTS WE'RE ABLE TO CLASS WHETHER OR NOT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO NOT ONLY JUST GET THEIR ID, BUT TO GET THE FOOD STAMPS.
WE FINALLY HELP THEM TO GET ON THE WAIT LIST BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, I MEAN THERE'S THE AVAILABILITY OF, OF PUBLIC HOUSING IS, IS LITTLE OR NEAR, BUT IN THE INTERIM, WE TRY TO GET THEM INTO, UH, TRAINING PROGRAMS AND WE TRY TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WHILE YOU ARE WAITING, LET'S WORK ON A PLAN TO GET YOU TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
SO WE BUILT AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH MOST OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT WE WORK WITH.
CAN I, UH, OUR INTAKE PROCESS IS PRETTY INTENSE AND WE DO AN INTENSE FOLLOW UP WITH ALL OF OUR CLIENTS.
AND SO OFTEN WHEN A CLIENT IS SENT SOMEWHERE AND HE'S NOT RECEIVING THE NECESSARY UH, UH, SERVICE THAT HE FEELS LIKE HE SHOULD GET TO MY REFERRALS, THEY'LL GENERALLY COME BACK TO US.
WE HAVE, UM, UH, UH, AND WE SERVICE ADVOCATES FOR THOSE CLIENTS.
IN FACT, IF WE CAN'T GET SOMEONE TO SERVICE 'EM IN ONE AREA, BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT AGENCIES, WE ALWAYS HAVE ALTERNATIVES TO WHERE WE CAN REFER OUR CLIENTS.
AND SO, UM, WE UM, WE DO AN INTENSE FOLLOW UP AND WE KEEP PRETTY INTENSE DOCUMENTATION AND RECORDS OUR CLIENT.
HERE'S A QUESTION FOR YOU, AND THIS IS CONCERNING, UM, YOUR BUDGET ITEMS, UM, THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE COST, AND THEN ALSO THE FEES OF TEXAS ID RENEWALS.
UH, THE QUESTION IS THE, THE AMOUNTS THAT YOU HAVE DOWN THERE WITH THAT, WITH THE 1350 AND THE 1000, APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY CLIENTS WOULD THAT SERVE? WELL, OUR TARGET IN SERVICING, UM, CLIENTS WERE GOING TO BE ANYWHERE FROM, UH, 11 TO 12, UH, INDIVIDUALS PER QUARTER.
UH, SO WE HAD ESTIMATED SOMEWHERE AROUND 50 CLIENTS THAT WE WOULD BE SERVICING.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AVERAGE COST OF A TEXAS, ID DEPEND ON YOUR AGE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING $16, UM, THAT ROUGHLY COMES TO ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
MA'AM, I HAVE A QUESTION, YOUR HONOR, FOR, UM, THE BUDGET LINE ITEM OF TRAINING AND TRAVEL, YOU'RE REQUESTING $900.
WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT GONNA GO TO? WELL, IF THEY, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY WORKERS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE COMMUNITY WORKERS TO BE ABLE TO, UM, MANAGE THIS PROGRAM AND, YOU KNOW, TO HELP COMPENSATE THEM FOR, UH, OUTREACH AND GOING OUT INTO, YOU KNOW, HOMELESS CAMPS OR, UM, GOING TO WHEREVER THAT CLIENT MAY BE.
UM, THAT'S PART OF WHAT THAT COST IS, THE TRAINING.
UM, WE HAVE A NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEM, UH, AND SOME OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GET OFF THE GROUND AND WE ARE, UH, OFFERING THAT TRAINING, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY WORKERS AND WE WANNA BE ABLE TO, UH, NOT INCUR ALL OF THE COMP, BUT SOME OF IT IN, IN ADDITION, LET ME ADD THAT WHEN WE GO OUT, JOIN OUR OUTREACH, YOU TALKING TO HOMELESS PEOPLE, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMPASSION THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR CLIENTS, WE HAVE TO BUY 'EM A BURGER, A PHOTO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET THEM TO BUY INTO OUR SINCERITY OF HELPING THEM.
ALRIGHT, SIR, THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO YOUR NEXT, YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION, TALENT AND COALITION, YOUTH LIFE SKILLS PROGRAM.
WHERE EVERYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, UM, WE'VE CALLED THIS THE, UH, DIRECT ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT PROGRAM.
IF YOU, UH, WOULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT.
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OUR GOAL WITH THIS PROGRAM IS TO ASSIST FAMILIES AND BAYTOWN FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING UNITS TO ACHIEVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE AND FAMILY STABILIZATION AS PART OF THEIR LONG TERM GOALS.AND WE WERE LOOKING TO PROVIDE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS TO ULTIMATELY BECOME HOMEOWNERS, UH, ACHIEVE HIGHER, HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION, IMPROVE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING OF THE WHOLE FAMILY UNIT.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, HOW WE WERE PLANNING TO DO THIS IS TARGET, UH, THREE FAMILIES UNIT TO PARTICIPATE, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, IN THE FOUR LOW INCOME PUBLIC HOUSING APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
AND THE FAMILY UNIT IS, WE'VE CONSIDERED, IS, UH, AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF TWO PERSONS.
SO THIS WOULD ROUGHLY BE ABOUT 50 INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WOULD BE SERVICING.
WE'RE ASSIGNED A COMMUNITY WORKER TO EACH ONE OF THE FOUR UNITS.
UH, AND THEY WOULD CONDUCT ASSESSMENTS, DEVELOP INDIVIDUAL TRAINING AND FAMILY SUPPORT PLANS, IDENTIFY REFERRAL SOURCE RESOURCES, AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND FOLLOW UP TO THE FAMILIES AND BE MORE IMPORTANTLY AN ADVOCATE TO THE, TO THE, UM, TO THE FAMILY.
WE WOULD CONDUCT ONGOING FOLLOW UPS THAT INCLUDE, UH, OFFERING THEM POORLY WORKSHOPS WITH SPEAKERS TO THE GROUP OF SUBJECT MATTER THAT WOULD BENEFIT THEM, WHETHER IT BE FINANCIAL BUDGETING OR WHETHER IT BE LIFE SKILL TRAINING.
WHATEVER THAT ASSESSMENT THAT WE WALKED AWAY WITH, WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A TRAINING AVAILABLE FOR THEM.
AND THEN WE WOULD CONDUCT ONE-ON-ONE FAMILY MEETINGS TO DISCUSS CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES SO WE CAN STAY FOCUSED AND CONNECTED TO THESE INDIVIDUALS.
UH, IF YOU HIT THE NEXT SLIDE IS WHAT WE EXPECT OR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MEASURE WHEN WE DO THIS IS LOOK AT THE FAMILY.
SEE HAS THERE BEEN AN INCREASE, UH, IN THE FAMILY UNIT IN TERMS OF INCOME, UH, HAS THE STUDENTS IMPROVED THEIR GRADES? HAS, UM, ARE THEY REALLY ADDRESSING THEIR HEALTH NEEDS ONGOING? AND THAT'S BOTH NOT ONLY FOR THE THE BREAD WINNER, BUT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY UNIT.
AND ARE THEY PURSUING NOT JUST THE CHILDREN, BUT YOU KNOW, THE, THE PARENTS AS WELL PURSUING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES? WHAT OUR HOPE IS THAT WE'LL GET MORE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS TO, UH, LOOK AT HOME OWNERSHIP THROUGH THE HOME OWNERSHIP PROGRAM OR BECOME POTENTIAL, UH, APPLICANTS FOR THE HABITATS FOR HUMANITY.
NOW, UM, THIS WAS PROBABLY THE SHORTEST PRESENTATION, BUT I REALLY WANNA JUST SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM PROBABLY, UH, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE FEEL SO ADAMANT ABOUT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE WANTING TO BE COMMITTED FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.
THAT'S OUR GOAL WITH OPERATING THIS PROGRAM.
AND WE ALSO WANT, UM, THE COMMUNITY WORKER, UH, AND AS LONG AS WELL AS OUR SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS ALWAYS CONNECTED TO THIS FAMILY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROGRAM, WHICH IS A YEAR LONG.
SO WE'VE GOT MOUS AND COMMITMENTS FROM, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS THAT WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, A SET ASIDE IS THAT WE WANNA TRACK AND MEASURE SUCCESS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUOUSLY OFFER THIS PROGRAM ONGOING.
SO, UH, YES, THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM.
UH, YES, WE FEEL LIKE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING TO US ARE, ARE WANTING TO COMMIT FOR ONE WHOLE YEAR AND, AND DOING SO WE EXPECT A GREAT SUCCESS FROM THE PROGRAM.
NOW AFTER LISTENING TO, UH, THE PRESENTATION OR HAVING, UH, UNDERSTOOD ABOUT THE SEA OF BAYTOWN BOUNDARIES, THOSE SAME FOUR LOW INCOME HOUSING UNITS ARE THE SAME ONES THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED EARLIER IN THE YOUTH SKILLS PROGRAM.
UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO ADJUST OUR PROGRAM, WE WOULD ADJUST, SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USE DOLLARS FOR THE SEAT OF BAYTOWN, WOULD WE STILL EXCLUDE, AND I'M GOING TO BE VERY HONEST 'CAUSE I'M A COMPASSIONATE PERSON.
WILL WE EXCLUDE THOSE OTHER UNITS WHEN WE KNOW THAT THERE IS SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS? NO, WE WOULDN'T, BUT WE WOULD USE OUR CITY OF BAYTOWN CDBG MONEY PRUDENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TARGET THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT, WELL, LET ME ADD, WE ARE UNDER THE SAME, UH, WE FOLLOW THE SAME CRITERIA WITH UNITED WAY OF BAYTOWN.
ANY FUNDING THAT WE GET FROM UNITED WAY OF BAYTOWN, WE HAVE TO USE EXCLUSIVELY FOR BAYTOWN.
WELL, BECAUSE THEY'RE BAYTOWN AND CHAMBERS COUNTY, WE DO GET TO USE SOME OF THE FUNDING FOR CHAMBERS COUNTY TOO, BUT WE HAVE STICKERS ON THAT.
UM, NOW WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE GET FROM OUR OTHER OUTSIDE FUNDERS, WE ARE AREN'T AS RESTRICTED, BUT WE KNOW HOW TO DOCUMENT AND, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENT IT AND, AND YOU KNOW, KEEP THE
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.UH, WE'VE DONE THIS FOR A WHILE.
TALENT DEALER HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1990, GOING IN HOUSTON IN 1990.
SO WE HAVE A PRETTY POWERFUL BOARD, PRETTY STRONG BOARD.
WE ARE VING IT UP AND SOME PEOPLE ARE RETIRING, BUT, UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE DO, WE COMMIT.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, LET ME ALSO SHARE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT CVID 19 AND WE WANT TO STILL CONTINUE TO DELIVER SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND IN THE BUDGET, WE, THIS IS THE PROBABLY THE ONE WE SPOTLIGHTED THE MOST.
WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO AGAIN, USE THE COMMUNITY ROOM AND MOST OF THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES TO, TO UH, SET UP, UH, A COMPUTER DESKTOP SO THAT AS THE FAMILY WE CAN INTERACT IN CASE THOSE SITUATIONS OCCUR WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, LONGER MEETINGS WITH THEM, THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE.
SO, UM, WE HAVE THOUGHT THROUGH SOME THINGS IN TERMS OF COVID-19 TO MAKE SURE WE CAN STILL DELIVER THIS PROGRAM.
I SEE THAT YOU HAVE, UM, I SEE THAT YOU HAVE SOME FUNDS ALREADY COMMITTED TO YOUR PROGRAM, HYPOTHETICALLY.
IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO, UH, GIVE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER MEANS OF MAKING UP THE DIFFERENCE.
WE ARE STILL TRYING TO PROCURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
WE ARE WRITING GRANTS AND, YOU KNOW, UH, APPLYING AS OFTEN AS WE CAN, UM, WITH COVID-19 AND, UH, A LOT OF FUNDING SOURCES FUNDS ARE BEING LIMITED SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DIVERTED TOWARDS SPECIFICALLY THE FOOD AND THE PAN, THE PAN PANDEMIC WITH FOOD AND, AND UH, WHAT PEOPLE CONSIDER EMERGENCY NEEDS.
SO, UH, THAT'S KIND OF A WAIT AND SEE OF THIS.
LET'S PRE ON KIND OF SITUATION.
ALRIGHT, SIR, I, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK HUD FUNDS ARE LITERALLY FAR TO THE BANK COUNCIL, PROBABLY UNITED WAY AGENCIES, THEY HAVE MORE LEVERAGE AS TO WHAT BUREAU THEY CAN FUND, BUT HUNT FUNDS ARE STRICTLY FOR THE STATE OF 18.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE IS CONCERNING THE, THE CRITERIA FOR ZOOM MEETINGS.
UM, THE THE $2,400 LINE ITEM, UM, FOR ZOOM MEETINGS, CAN YOU JUSTIFY THAT OR EXPOUND UPON THE NEED FOR THAT AMOUNT? YEAH, FOR THE ZOOM MEETING, UM, WE REALLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO END UP BEING IN A CONTRACT IF YOU, UH, DIVIDE THAT BY 12, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AS AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT IT WOULD COST US TO, UM, CONDUCT ZOOM MEETINGS AT FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
THAT NUMBER PROBABLY WILL, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT MINIMIZING THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS, THAT NUMBER WILL CHANGE SLIGHTLY.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING AT FOUR DIFFERENT UNITS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MEETINGS THAT TAKE PLACE MORE THAN JUST ONCE A MONTH.
THESE ARE ONGOING MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE WITH THESE FAMILIES.
AND THEN THE REQUEST FOR THE DESKTOP COMPUTERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUOTES SHOWING HOW MUCH THEY WOULD COST? LIKE HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE NUMBER OF $2,500? THE, THE IT, IT'S APPROXIMATELY, WE DO HAVE A QUOTE, MATTER OF FACT, WE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT IT REGARDLESS OF THIS PROGRAM OR NOT.
AND, UH, FOR A DESKTOP, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $800 A PIECE.
WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR 2,500 OF THAT TOTAL COST BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUR CASE MANAGERS WHO ARE HAVING TO WORK FROM HOME NOW.
WE'VE HAD TO BUY COMPUTERS THEM TO ZOOM AND UH, WE'VE CREATED OUR NEW WEBSITE.
PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SET APPOINTMENTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH,
I, I JUMPED THAT WE MIGHT NOT EVEN NEED A BUILDING ANYMORE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE STILL, AND IN THE BUDGET NARRATIVE, THE
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OTHER FUNDING SOURCES LIST $26,600.NOW IS THAT FROM THE UNITED WAY? I'M SORRY.
CONCERNING THE $26,000 AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AS LISTED IN YOUR, UM, EXAMPLE HERE MM-HMM
UH, IS THAT, ARE THOSE FUNDS COMING FROM THE UNITED WAY? YES, WE, WE DO SUPPLEMENT A LOT OF, WE HAVE FUNDRAISERS AND OUR BOARD, UH, DONATE, YOU KNOW, FROM TIME TO TIME, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS TO KIND OF OFFSET SOME ABOUT KEEP US FROM HAVING DEFICIT TALK ABOUT AND ALL ABOUT FUNDING.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE ARE GETTING FUNDING FOR IS THE CASE MANAGEMENT
AND I LOOKED AT YOUR PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT AND IT SHOWS THAT THERE'S A INCOME FROM OPERATIONS OF $45,000.
DO YOU EARMARK THAT MONEY FOR ANYTHING OR DOES THAT JUST ROLL OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR? OKAY, WHEN YOU, SO I'M SORRY SHARON, SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME, I'M SORRY, I'M WEARING A MASK.
UM, ON YOUR PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT, IF YOU LOOK DOWN TOWARD THE BOTTOM, IT SHOWS THAT THERE'S INCOME FROM OPERATIONS OF $45,564.
DO YOU USE THAT MONEY? IS IT EARMARKED FOR ANYTHING ELSE OR DO YOU JUST LET THAT SIT THERE? WELL, THAT, THAT IS, UH, FUNDS THAT SIT THERE, THAT THE UN DISTRIBUTED AMOUNT THAT MOST ON A FINANCIAL STATEMENT THAT SITS THERE.
AND WE HAPPEN TO BE ONE OF THE NON-PROFIT STATES THAT CAN DO THAT.
BUT IT IS NOT EARMARKED FOR, UM, ANY ONE PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
IT IS THERE WITH THE BOARD DECISION TO, IF SOME, SOME MAJOR EVENT TAKES PLACE, WE WOULD USE THOSE FUNDS.
SO THEY CAN, THAT CAN BE USED FOR YOUR DISCRETION, IS THAT RIGHT? THE BOARD'S DISCRETION.
WELL YOU HAVE TO GET A BOARD APPROVAL FOR THAT.
BUT THERE BE NO MORE QUESTIONS.
HI, THIS IS BETH THOMPSON, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM.
I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE VIDEO ON MY COMPUTER AND I WANTED TO BE HERE AT WORK TO HAVE ACCESS TO MY DOCUMENTS, SO, UM, BUT ARE Y'ALL READY FOR THE LAST ONE? YES.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE ON TODAY'S, I'M GONNA BE OUT OF TOWN NEXT WEEK, SO, UM, AS YOU SEE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BAYTOWN COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT FOR 2020.
WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS 29 YEARS AND WE OFFICE HERE AT 2 0 6 NORTH WHITING AND WE ARE A RECIPIENT OF THE 2020 CENTER POINT ENERGY AGENCIES IN ACTION, UH, APPROVE AGENCY SO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH CENTER POINT TO HELP, UH, FAMILIES BE ABLE TO, UH, QUALIFY FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT, UH, PIECES OF OF THEIR HOME THAT, OH, HOW I WANT TO SAY IT.
THEY'RE, UH, THEY COULD QUALIFY FOR ASSISTANCE FROM CENTERPOINT AND SO WE'RE ONE OF THE AGENCIES THAT CAN GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE HOME AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS GOING TO QUALIFY BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY COME OUT.
AND FOR EVERY HOME THAT WE DO GET QUALIFIED, WE GET A, A SMALL AMOUNT OF INCOME FROM THAT.
SO IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, WE WANTED TO SHOW THAT WE ARE NUMBER ONE ON THE 2 1 1 REFERRALS FOR THIS TIME PERIOD.
AND I EVEN GOT A NEW ONE UPDATED THROUGH 4 27 AFTER WE HAD SENT THIS.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR HANDS OF THE CARPENTER, WHICH IS THE PIECE WE ARE ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE CDBG GRANT THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED UNDER LOVE NETWORK OF BAYTOWN.
THAT IS A DESIGNATED, UH, PIECE UNDER OUR LOVE NETWORK.
SO IT HAS BASIC NEEDS, IT HAS WORK READINESS AND IT HAS HANDS OF THE CARPENTER AND WE'VE BEEN VERY SPECIFIC THAT IT IS FOR HOME REPAIRS AND, UH, WHEELCHAIR RAMPS, BUT SMALL HOME REPAIRS AND ALSO YARD WORK.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT FIGURE, WE ARE, WE'RE EXCITED, RIGHT,
BUT, UH, WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH COVID.
WE, I AM DEFINITELY NOT HERE WITH ALL MY 20 VOLUNTEERS
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AS EVERY ONE OF THEM IS OVER 65.BUT I HAVE, UH, ABOUT THREE VOLUNTEERS COMING IN AND THERE'S MYSELF AND ONE OTHER PAID WORKER.
WE ARE PRESENTLY WORKING THREE DAYS A WEEK, MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS.
HOPEFULLY IN JUNE WE'LL JUST SEE HOW THINGS GO IF WE CAN GET BACK TO, UH, A, A BETTER SCHEDULE WHERE WE'RE OPEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
BUT WE ARE STILL TAKING CALLS FOR HOME REPAIRS AND WE HAVE GOTTEN A NEW UPDATED LIST FROM MEALS ON WHEELS.
AND SO WE ARE ALREADY ACTIVELY WORKING ON A FEW OF THE SMALLER PROJECTS AND SOME YARD WORK.
FAITH FAMILY CHURCH IS A BIG HELP IN SOME OF OUR SMALLER AND EVEN THE, THE, UM, WHEELCHAIR RAMPS THAT THEY HELP US WITH THE VOLUNTEER SERVICES.
AND SO IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL SHOW YOU, THIS IS NOT ONE THAT WAS VETTED THROUGH CDBG.
UH, IT WAS A SMALLER ONE AND DONE PRIOR TO THAT, BUT, AND YOU'LL SEE A VOLUNTEER FROM COVESTRO IS ACTUALLY PAINTING IT.
WE HAD OTHER VOLUNTEERS THAT HAD PUT THE, THE RAMP IN.
AND SO IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT IS ONE THAT, THIS IS THE BEFORE PICTURE ON THE LEFT AND THE AFTER PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, THE PERSON IN MARIE JUAREZ IS RIGHT IN FRONT.
AND THAT IS A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS FROM FAITH FAMILY ALONG WITH OUR OPERATIONS DIRECTOR WHO'S THE FIRST GENTLEMAN ON THE LEFT WITHOUT THE BLUE SHIRT.
AND HE IS A, A FULL DIRECTOR FOR LOVE NETWORK, BUT HE'S ALSO OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR OUR HANDS OF THE CARPENTER PROGRAM.
AND SO IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT, AND THIS, THIS RAMP MARCUS DID GO OUT AND THIS WAS OUR FIRST ONE THAT, THAT WE GOT APPROVED.
IT WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
SO, UH, LAST YEAR WHEN WE CAME TO THE TABLE ASKING FOR FUNDS, WE, WE THOUGHT WE WERE ASKING FOR NOT JUST RAMPS, BUT OTHER HOME IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO, UM, AND WE REALIZED THAT WAS NOT THE CASE FOR LAST YEAR.
BUT GOING FORWARD INTO THE 20 20, 20 21, WE DEFINITELY ARE REQUESTING FUNDS TO HELP WITH OTHER ITEMS LIKE, UM, PLUMBING ISSUES.
WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE LEAKY TOILET AND THEIR BATHROOM, UH, FLOOR IS FALLING THROUGH OR THEY NEED, THEY NEED SOMETHING TO DEAL WITH PLUMBING.
I, ONE OF THE FAMILIES THAT WE HELPED WAS A LADY WHO HAD NO, AND SHE WAS ON ROSEWOOD AND SHE HAD NO HOT WATER.
SHE HAD NO KITCHEN FAUCET THAT WAS WORKING.
SHE'S A LADY THAT LIVES ON DISABILITY, VERY LIMITED FUNDS AND NO LABORATORY FAUCET IN THE BATHROOM WORKING EITHER.
SO THE, THESE, THE PROJECT THAT WAS GOING WENT FORWARD AND WE WERE ABLE TO USE OTHER FUNDING TO HELP WITH THOSE ITEMS. BUT THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE HOPING COULD BE IN THE, IN THE REALM OF NEEDS THAT WE COULD ASSIST WITH NEXT YEAR.
UH, ALONG WITH THAT WE ALSO GET REQUESTS FOR SMALL, UM, ROOFING PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S GOING TO GO INTO THE CENTER POINT AGENCIES IN ACTION.
THERE CANNOT BE ANY MOLD AND MILDEW ON THE SHEET ROCK, SO THEREFORE THERE CAN'T BE ANY LEAKS AND JUST THERE CAN'T BE HOLES IN THE SHEET ROCK.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WITH THE FUNDING TO PAY FOR THE MATERIALS, AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS FOR THE MATERIALS.
UH, WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE GOOD CREWS THAT CAN GO OUT AND VOLUNTEERS DO THE WORK, BUT OCCASIONALLY THAT WE MAY NEED A LICENSED PLUMBER OR A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN DEPENDING ON THE JOB.
AND THEREFORE WE WOULD NEED TO EMPLOY THAT CRAFT TO HELP US.
UH, THE, LET ME SEE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS.
UH, THE NEXT, IS THAT THE LAST SLIDE? I CAN'T REMEMBER.
I THINK THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE.
AND, AND SO THAT, THAT PARTICULAR RAMP COST ABOUT $930 AND OUR RAMPS COST, IT DEPENDS ON THE SLOPE AND HOW FAR TO THE DRIVEWAY OR OR WHEREVER WE'RE MOVING THE RAMP TO.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST RAMPS THAT OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE DONE.
AND WE FELT LIKE IT WAS DEFINITELY A, A GREAT RAMP AND MS. JUAREZ WAS
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VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH IT.I I'M NOT GONNA TAKE A LOT OF TIME.
UH, DO Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS? I'M GONNA JUST ASK 'CAUSE THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE PROGRAM INVOLVES IS MAINLY TO PAY FOR THE SUPPLIES FOR VOLUNTEER GROUPS TO, TO HELP AND DO THE WORK, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PAY FOR THE SUPPLIES.
UH, MRS. TOM, I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WE'VE DONE FOR YOU, BUT THAT THE ONE YOU SAW IN THERE ON THE SLIDE, YES, THAT IS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
AND OF COURSE WITH C WE REALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN THE WORKS.
I HAVE OTHER PROJECTS, BUT NO OTHER WH UH, WHEELCHAIR RAMPS RIGHT NOW.
SO I AM HOPEFUL THAT THINGS WILL, THAT THE FAITH FAMILY IS WILLING TO GO AND DO THE WORK.
I JUST AM WAITING FOR THE NEED RIGHT NOW JUST FOR WHEELCHAIR RAMPS.
AND SO THAT'S THE, THE OTHER PROBLEM WITH THIS BEING DESIGNATED FOR ONE THING IS THAT IF I DON'T HAVE THE REQUESTS FOR THOSE RAMPS, THEN I WON'T BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE FUNDS.
MS. THOMPSON, DO YOU PLAN ON ADVERTISING THE PROGRAM IN ANY OTHER WAY, OR ARE YOU GONNA RELY SOLELY ON REFERRALS? WELL, I MEAN, WE HAVE, UH, I'VE ASKED UNITED WAY FOR SOME FUNDING TO HELP BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S MORE NEED AND, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA IF THAT WILL BE FUNDED.
WE ARE IN THE WAIT AND SEE WITH UNITED WAY AT THE MOMENT AND SHE, UH, MELISSA DOESN'T HAVE REALLY A GOOD TIMEFRAME UNTIL THEY REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH FUNDERS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE GOTTEN PLEDGES.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT WORKING, IT'S HARD TO BE FUNDED.
UH, WE ALSO ARE, I, I GOT A A'S SEE I THINK FROM JUNIOR FORUM WE GOT SOME FUNDING TO HELP WITH THE RAMP, SO I THINK THAT'LL BE ABOUT 700 FOR OUR RAMPS OR OUR HOME IMPROVEMENTS AND, UM, OUR HOME REPAIRS.
AND SO THAT DEFINITELY WILL GO TO HELP WITH SUPPLIES.
UH, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, SAY FAMILY DID TWO PROJECTS I THINK THIS LAST WEEKEND.
AND I KNOW MOVING FORWARD, MEL STONE IS ONE OF OUR, UH, HE'S ACTUALLY THE PROJECT MANAGER AND HE'S THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY GOES OUT TO THE HOME AND INSPECTS AND SEES WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THEN HE GOES AND BUYS THE SUPPLIES A LOT OF TIMES, UH, WITH DALE OR DALE DOES, DALE DOES THE BIGGER THINGS, BUT MEL HAS DONE SOME OF THE SMALLER PROJECTS.
SO I MEAN, WORK IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
FAITH FAMILY HAS NOT SAID THAT THEY ARE AFRAID TO GO INTO HOMES AND MOST OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ON THE OUTSIDE.
HOW IS THIS PROGRAM DIFFERENT FROM UNITED WAY'S HOME REPAIR PROGRAM? UNITED WAY'S HOME REPAIR PROGRAM? I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH A HOME REPAIR PROGRAM THAT UNITED WAY IN BAYTOWN HAS.
THIS IS NOT ANYTHING, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE IN BAYTOWN TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT IS DOING ANY KIND OF REPAIRS OTHER THAN THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROGRAM Y'ALL HAVE WHERE YOU, YOU KNOW, REALLY DO MAJOR REMODELS.
I THINK MAYBE THE, UH, UNITED WHITE, UH, PROGRAM WAS ONLY AFTER ONE OF THE HURRICANES.
THAT MAY BE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THAT'S HARVEY RELATED ONLY.
WE ARE NOT TALKING HARVEY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOW INCOME SENIORS THAT HAVE DAY-TO-DAY ISSUES WITH NOT HAVING ANYONE TO FIX SOMETHING.
AND IT COULD BE AS SMALL AS A TOILET.
I HAD SOMEBODY CALL AND, YOU KNOW, THE GUTS IN THE TOILET WERE NOT WORKING RIGHT AND THEY HAD NO IDEA HOW TO FIX IT.
AND SO, I MEAN, IT CAN BE THAT SMALL, BUT FOR A, A SENIOR LIVING INDEPENDENTLY, THAT'S A MAJOR ORDEAL.
SHERIFF, ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MRS. UH, THOMPSON.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
OKAY, THIS CONCLUDES OUR, THERE BEEN NO ONE ELSE TO DOWN SPEAK.
I TOLD THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERN THE CLOSE OF 2020 21.
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ITEM.PUBLIC HEARINGS BLOCK GRANT DIVISION WILL CONDUCTED, NO
[a. Discuss the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and staff’s recommendations on how to prioritize Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funding.]
SIR.DISCUSS THE CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT CARES AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON HOW TO PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK RENT CORONAVIRUS FUNDING.
SO, UH, DUE TO THE, DUE TO THE CARES ACT AND, UH, ESSENTIALLY A RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, UM, THERE WAS $5 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO CDBG FUNDING FROM THE, FROM THE 5 BILLION, 5 BILLION, 5 BILLION WITH A BB.
UM, AND THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE DIFFERENT STATES.
THEY CAME FROM THE FEDS FROM HU THEMSELVES, THEY'VE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE STATES AND TO THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.
THE CONSEQUENCE OF THAT IS THAT THE CITY OF BAYTOWN RECEIVED A HUNDRED AND I MEAN $401,000, GIVE OR TAKE, UM, TO SPEND FOR THE RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
UM, IN THIS PROCESS, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS UPDATE OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND OUR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN.
THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, LENIENT, I GUESS, UH, REGULATIONS THAT WERE MADE, UH, MORE LENIENT TO ACCOMMODATE THE, TO EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS.
SO PART OF THAT IS UPDATING THOSE PLANS AND, UM, THEY REDUCED THE TIMEFRAME FROM A 30 DAY WAITING PERIOD TO A FIVE DAY.
NOW THE CHARGE FOR STAFF IS TO COME UP WITH THOSE PROGRAMS TO BRING TO THIS BODY AND SHOW YOU ALL HOW WE PLAN TO, UM, SPEND THE FUNDS.
AND THEN YOU ALL WILL GIVE US THE HEAD NOD, YES OR NO, AND THEN WE'LL GO FORWARD, CREATE THE PROGRAMS, AND GET 'EM BEFORE COUNCIL TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION.
UM, THEN WE REACH OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUAL, UH, THOSE INDI INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS, SET UP AGREEMENTS, SO ON AND SO FORTH TO JUST GET THOSE FUNDS IN THE RIGHT HANDS.
SO WHAT STAFF HAS COME UP WITH SO FAR IS ABOUT FIVE PROGRAMS, BUT THEY, THEY TACKLE THE FOUR PILLARS THAT YOU SEE THERE, FOOD DELIVERY ASSISTANCE.
ONE IS TO, UH, GET FOOD DIRECTLY TO SENIORS.
THE OTHER IS TO TARGET FOOD PANTRIES TO HELP THEM IN THEIR, UM, DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD.
THE NEXT ONE IS BUILDING REHAB FOR PREVENTION.
THE RULE, THE, THE FOCAL POINT OF ONE OF THE COVID RESPONSE, UM, GUIDELINES WAS TO HELP BUSINESSES ACTUALLY ACCLIMATE TO THE NEW DISTANCING.
SO IF YOU NEEDED TO PUT IN NEW FURNITURE, OR IF YOU NEEDED TO PUT IN WHAT IS CALLED A SNEEZE GARDEN, A PLASTIC FACING, UM, FOR YOUR ESTABLISHMENT TO MAKE IT SAFER TO PREVENT THE SPREAD, THEN YOU CAN, AND YOU CAN APPLY FOR THE DOLLARS TO DO SO.
UM, THE NEXT THING IS HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
UNITED WAY DID A, UH, UNITED WAY DID A SURVEY OF THEIR, UM, CLIENTELE AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE, IT CAME IN THAT HOUSING ASSISTANCE, WHETHER IT BE RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE OR UH, UTILITY ASSISTANCE, WERE, WAS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE LOCAL NEEDS AND WE WANT TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS TO DO THAT.
THAT'S FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THEIR MONTHLY RENT OR WHATEVER.
THAT'S, THAT'S INCLUDED IN ALL THAT, RIGHT? YES.
AND, AND I THINK IT HAS TO BE SPENT FOR WHAT, AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER? WHAT, WHAT'S THE TIME OF LIMIT ON OH, WELL THE FUNDS, THE BUDGET IS, UH, ALLOCATED FOR THIS, THIS, THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.
SO I'M LISTEN TO THE HOUSTON, CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, TODAY AND THEY GOT ONE OF THIS SORT AND TERM FOR SAYING THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE TO USE IT AT A CERTAIN, BY A CERTAIN DATE, A
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CERTAIN ONE.I BELIEVE IT WAS 2021, SEPTEMBER OF 2021, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
ALL THE FUNDS NEEDED TO BE EXPENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021.
BUT, BUT EVEN, EVEN THAT, THIS JUST THOSE FOUR ITEMS RIGHT THERE, THAT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT.
YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE PRUDENT ABOUT HOW WE BREAK IT UP TOO.
WE ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER, UH, JUST LIKE THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE PRESENTED BEFORE YOU, WE GOTTA CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH FUNDING GOES TO THIS PARTICULAR PILLAR VERSUS THE NEXT PILLAR.
UM, AND REALLY THE FOCUS OF ALL THE, OR OF THREE OF THESE PILLARS IS TO GET THE MONEY INTO THE HOUSEHOLD.
UM, WE TALK ABOUT PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS.
WELL, YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT LOST THEIR JOBS.
WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE PUT ON THE STREET BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PAY RENT.
WE DON'T WANT THEM TO, TO BE IN HOUSING BECAUSE BEING HOUSING WITHOUT THE LIGHTS ON OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR.
IF CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE IS PARTICULARLY BEING DIRECTED TO HELP THOSE, UH, ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES WHO, UH, HAD TO SUFFER, WELL NOT SUFFER, BUT HAD TO EXPERIENCE THE, THE FACT THAT THE KIDS WERE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL AND WAS A NEED FOR CHILDCARE.
MEANWHILE, THEY WERE BEING ASKED TO STILL GO INTO WORK DURING THE PANDEMIC, RIGHT? SO WHAT THE FUNDS DO ALLOW IS FOR US TO ALSO USE THEM RETROACTIVELY.
SO WE WERE GOING TO SET A DATE OF, I GUESS MAYBE MARCH 1ST OR SO, IF YOU HAD THIS PARTICULAR, UM, HARDSHIP PUT ON YOU MARCH 1ST AND AFTERWARDS, THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY PAY FOR A SERVICE THAT HAVE IT BEFORE WE RECEIVE THE FUNDS.
SO I MEAN, I MEAN, IS THIS, SO THE THE, UH, THE AMOUNTS ARE JUST FOR THAT.
YOU SAY THE PEOPLE, HOW ABOUT THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN HELPING ALL THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, FEED THE KIDS EVERY DAY IN, IN THIS PROCESS? THAT MONEY THAT IS THAT THAT'S IT COULD, IT COULD, IT PROBABLY, WE PROBABLY COULD HELP WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
IF, IF, IF WE WERE TO HELP WITH THAT, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN THE FOOD DELIVERY ASSISTANCE VIA THE FOOD BANK.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE TO THINK WITH THESE SCHOOLS, I MEAN, THEY HAVE ORDERS ALREADY PLACED WITH THEIR SUPPLIERS FOOD THAT'S ALREADY COMING IN AND NOBODY TO FEED.
SO THEY HAVE TO BASICALLY DISTRIBUTE THAT FOOD.
IT'S GONNA GO BAD, BUT THE POSTS GOTTA COME FROM SOMEWHERE THOUGH, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING.
SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE JUST LIKE THE ORDER HAS ALREADY BEEN PLACED THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, THROUGH THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
SO THE, THEY'VE ALREADY PAID FOR IT AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR THEY PAY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FOOD TO COME IN REGULAR DELIVERIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND NOW THEY'RE STUCK WITH ALL THE FOOD AND NOBODY TO FEES.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE MY THING.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO IDENTIFY THESE? YEAH.
HOW ARE WE GONNA IDENTIFY WHO NEEDS WHAT IN THIS PROGRAM? WELL, ESSENTIALLY IT'S GONNA BE WRITTEN IN THE PROGRAM, RIGHT? SO, UH, THE WAY THAT WE LOOKING AT IT AS AN AGENCY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE BUSINESS OR FOR THE BUILDING REHAB, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN WILL BE THE, UM, WILL BE THE AGENT FOR THAT PARTICULAR THING.
BUT LIKE FOR, UH, FOOD DELIVERY FOR EXAMPLE, MEALS ON WHEELS MAY DECIDE TO BE A PARTNER.
SO, SO THAT THESE ARE LIKE SERVICES THAT THESE AGENCIES ALREADY DO.
SO, AND PEOPLE ALREADY GO TO THEM.
FOR THEM, WE'RE JUST GOING TO EXPAND THEM 'CAUSE OF THE, EXPAND THEIR CAPACITY.
SO THAT $400,000 SHOULD BE ALLOCATED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AND NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THERE'S ALSO TALK OF A SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING, BUT WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT OR HOW THEY'RE GONNA REQUIRE US TO EXPEND THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO CORONA.
WE CAN'T USE THIS $400,000 FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
WE CAN'T USE IT FOR ANY CURRENT SEWER PROJECTS OR HOUSING REHAB PROJECTS.
WE HAVE TO USE IT FOR CORONA RESPONSE.
SO, AND ANOTHER INTERESTING GO AHEAD.
THAT WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION IS WHAT, WHAT ARE GONNA BE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, PRODUCING, I GUESS JUST THE TRACKING ON WHO RECEIVED HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND WHAT DID THEY HAVE TO SHOW? WHAT KIND OF APPLICATION? IT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET THE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME, UM, BENCHMARK.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE, DOCUMENTATION WILL HAVE TO BE SHOWN TO, TO SHOW THAT.
SO, UH, FOR INSTANCE, THE FOOD BANK AND THE DELIVERIES, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE, OR NOT FOOD BANK, BUT FOOD PANTRY WHEN IF THERE IS TO BE A, LIKE A MOBILE HANDOUT OF SOME SORT, IT HAS TO BE DONE IN A, IN A AREA THAT IS
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PRESUMED TO BE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME.UM, SO THOSE, THERE, THOSE MEASUREMENTS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE FROM THE CDBG RULES.
WE JUST HAVE TO WRITE THE PROGRAM AND GET IT, GET, MAKE SURE THAT EVERY APPLICANT THAT WE'RE HELPING, THAT WE CAN TRACK WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY WERE LOCATED SO THAT WE CAN SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE FUNDS WENT TO HELP THE, THE DESIRED POPULATION.
SO, SO IN ESSENCE, WHAT I THINK IS THAT THIS MONEY IS RESTRICTED TO THE GUIDELINES OF THE CITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT GOES BY THIS CRITERIA, RIGHT? IN THE BOOK, RIGHT? YES.
THEY STILL HAVE TO BE BASED ON RESIDENCE.
THEY STILL HAVE TO BE UNDER INCOME.
THEY STILL, I MEAN THERE'S STILL THAT THAT WE HAVE TO, SIR.
AND THEN ANOTHER INTERESTING THING THAT I SAW ON ONE OF BETH'S SLIDES WAS THE NUMBER OF CALLS IN REGARDS TO CERTAIN ITEMS FOR FROM MARCH 1ST TO APRIL 20TH, THERE WERE 455 CALLS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND THEN FOR UTILITY 4 22 FOR FOOD 3 82, WHICH IS THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING, RIGHT? SO I THINK, I MEAN, I THINK CHRIS DID REALLY WELL WITH, YOU KNOW, CHOOSING OR PINPOINTING THOSE ITEMS FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND TRY TO USE THE FUNDING FOR, 'CAUSE THAT SEEMED TO BE THE GREATEST NEED AND THAT SLIDE JUST SHOWED IT.
SO THAT WAS A GOOD, GOOD THING RIGHT THERE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO THAT DELETES, MANAGES REPORT.
UH, BECAUSE I SERVE ON THE DISASTER RECOVERY TEAM, THE UNITED WAY.
AND I KNOW THAT THE FUNDS OF GETTING CARES IN TERMS OF HOME REPAIR AND THINGS OF THIS NATURE, WE HAVE A BIG CONCERN.
UH, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS A BIG CONCERN OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FORCED TO STAY AT HOME IN UNREPAIRED HOMES.
SO THESE PEOPLE ARE STAYING IN HOMES THAT ARE STILL MOLD INFESTED.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT POSSIBLY DIS DISPERSING FUNDS FOR HOME, YOU KNOW, THE REHABILITATION OF HOMES, I THINK THAT MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION TO LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO ARE STUCK IN HOMES, WHICH NOBODY CAN REPAIR AT THIS POINT, I THINK CERTAINLY BECAUSE IF YOU'RE IN A LOW INCOME AREA, WE CAN PROBABLY DO THAT.
OH, SO RIGHT, WE COME HERE, YOU PROBABLY DO THAT.
WELL, WE DO CASE MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE A LIST OF SEVERAL HOMES THAT THAT MIGHT, UH, THAT, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WORK WITH YOU ALL IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE AND MAKE, HAVE HIM SUBMIT THAT TO YOU GUYS.
WELL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CURRENT LIST OURSELVES AND WE'VE GOT 25 FAMILIES THAT ARE WAITING FOR ASSISTANCE FROM US BECAUSE THIS $401,000 IS FOR CORONA RESPONSE ONLY.
SO THE HOUSING REHABILITATION THAT YOU SAW THERE, IT WASN'T REALLY HOUSING REHAB, IT WAS MORE OF BUSINESS REHAB TO DO THE SNAKE GUARD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT FOR OUR CURRENT HOUSING RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM, WE HAVE ABOUT 25 NAMES ON THE LIST AND WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO DO ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO FOUR HOMES A YEAR.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS DO IS WE TRY TO REFER THEM TO OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL, BECAUSE I WOULD HATE FOR SOMEBODY TO SIT ON OUR LIST WAITING AND THEY'RE GONNA WAIT FOR FIVE YEARS ABSOLUTELY.
WHEN THEY COULD HAVE RECEIVED ASSISTANCE ELSEWHERE.
SO I ALWAYS SUGGEST, AND I ALWAYS TELL THEM, I WILL TAKE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO, I WILL SEND YOU A LETTER, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WILL BE.
SO I GIVE THEM PHONE NUMBERS, I GIVE THEM LOVE NETWORK, I GIVE THEM UNITED WAY, I GIVE THEM ANY OTHER RESOURCES THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM BECAUSE, JUST BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE, BETH MIGHT KNOW, OR MELISSA MIGHT KNOW, SOMEBODY ELSE WILL KNOW.
SO I ALWAYS TRY TO, YOU KNOW, TELL THEM YES WE CAN DO WHAT WE CAN WHEN WE CAN, BUT TRY THESE PEOPLE TOO, BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP YOU BEFORE WE CAN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO,
[a. Receive the Community Development Manager's Report. ]
THE, THE MANAGER'S REPORT, THE ONE THING THAT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT WAS THAT IN THE PAST MONTH WE DID CELEBRATE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK AND, UM, FAIR HOUSING MONTH.SO I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEND THIS LINK OUT TO YOU ALL.
WE CREATED A PAMPHLET, A BOOKLET, ELECTRONIC BOOK, A VIRTUAL BOOKLET THAT YOU CAN CLICK THROUGH.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE RESULTS THAT, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS DONE AND ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED IN THE LAST YEAR, TWO YEARS OR SO.
WELL, IT'S REALLY A SIGHT TO SEE, TO SEE THE PROGRESS AND THE GROWTH OF THE DIVISION.
SO I THINK YOU GUYS WILL BE, UH, PLEASED WITH, UH, YOUR EFFORTS, YOUR OWN EFFORTS, AND THAT'S IT.
I NEED A, UH, MOTION FOR DISMISSAL.
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