[ 2024 Citizen Homelessness Commission Retreat on May 23, 2024.]
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ARE, UM, CERTAIN THINGS THOUGH THAT YOU DO HAVE ACCESS TO HAVE, TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF HOUSING PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SERVICES.
YOU, UM, HAVE TO BE ABLE TO USE OUR COORDINATED ACCESS SYSTEM.
SO FOR ANY, UM, FUNDING THAT WE DO AND THOSE THING, THAT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT THOSE, UM, SITES CHOOSE.
THEY'RE NOT, IT'S JUST A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY'RE TO, OH, GO AHEAD.
AND SO, UH, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN INTRIGUING TO ME ABOUT HOW I COULD USE THIS.
WE DON'T DO HOUSING SERVICES, BUT WE DO DO A, A LOT OF THE OTHER SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICES, ET CETERA, HAVE A HOUSING PROGRAM, TWO USES.
SO WE DO HAVE, THERE'S DIFFERENT PROGRAM TYPES.
SO LIKE WE DO HAVE OUTREACH, WHICH USES HMIS TO RECORD THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE DOING, OR, UM, THE ENCOUNTERS, IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON, UM, THERE HAS, WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE SYSTEM ARE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING LITERAL HOMELESSNESS.
BUT I CAN GET YOUR INFORMATION AND FIND OUT IF THE SERVICES THAT YOU'RE DOING ARE SOMETHING THAT WOULD, UH, QUALIFY YOU IN ORDER, UM, TO MAKE THEM.
IT'S TYPICALLY AGENCIES TO PRIMARY TARGET POPULATION IS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, BECAUSE IF THAT ISN'T YOUR TARGET POPULATION AND YOU'RE PROVIDING A, A SERVICE, THEN TYPICALLY THOSE PEOPLE ARE CAPTURED IN OTHER PROJECTS.
SO IT'S WHY WOULD ORGANIZATIONS NOT PARTICIPATE IN IT THAT YOU WANT, THAT YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN IT? AND HOW MANY ARE NOT PARTICIPATING? AND WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO PARTICIPATE? SO, UM, I'LL TELL YOU THAT ESPECIALLY FOR SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS, UH, DATA, DATA QUALITY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THEY TAKE RESOURCES IN ORDER FOR IT TO GET DONE.
SO, UM, WE ALL KNOW THAT LIKE IF YOU'RE USED TO JUST HAVING A PERSON AND TAKING THEM AND, YOU KNOW, LATER ON YOU PUT IT INTO A SYSTEM LATER OR YOU KEEP AN EXCEL SHEET, THAT'S WAY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE IN HMIS.
THERE'S LIKE CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT HAVE TO BE REPORTED, UM, AND THERE'S DATA QUALITY THAT YOU HAVE UP AFTERWARDS SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ROLL THESE THINGS UP TO HUD.
A LOT OF TIMES IT WAS THE RESOURCE THAT FAR AS, UM, HAVING TO PAY TO GET IN.
BUT THAT RESOURCE HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY IN OUR C FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, WHERE, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY IN ORDER TO USE, UM, HMIS.
UM, I COULDN'T SAY HOW MANY AREN'T USING IT BECAUSE THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT EVEN BE PART OF ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION THAT ARE STILL DOING WORK AT HOMELESS SERVICES.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE, UM, I DON'T WANNA CALL ANYBODY OUT, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME LARGER, UH, PEOPLE THAT DO WORK AT HOMELESS SERVICES THAT AREN'T WILLING TO USE HMIS BECAUSE OF, UM, THE FACT THAT THEY FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE TRACKED, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I SHOULD MENTION THAT OUR PBE PROVIDERS ARE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROVIDERS.
THEY JUST HAVE TO HAVE A COMPARABLE DATABASE.
SO THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO USE HMIS, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING INFORMATION IN A DIFFERENT WAY FOR THOSE DOMESTIC, UM, THE SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
COULD I ASK WHO IS NOT INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING? YEAH, I CAN ANSWER THAT, BUT LET ME LAY, I THINK A HELPFUL FOUNDATIONAL INFORMATION MIGHT BE USEFUL.
SO PRIOR TO HOUSING FORWARD AND BEING WHO WE ARE TODAY, WE WERE PREVIOUSLY METRO DALLAS HOMELESS ALLIANCE, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A STRONG LEAD AGENCY THAT WAS BRINGING OUR PARTNERS TOGETHER AROUND A UNIFIED STRATEGY.
A UM, COMMON INFORMATION SYSTEM IS REALLY A BACKBONE OF A UNIFIED STRATEGY.
AND SO WHEN THERE WAS A VOID IN LEADERSHIP, WE HAD A LOT OF OTHER AGENCIES THAT WERE FILLING THAT VOID BY STEPPING UP AND LEADING IN A, IN AN IMPORTANT WAY.
AND PART OF THAT LEADING WAS THEM CREATING THEIR OWN DATA SYSTEM.
SO THE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY OFTEN USE MISSIONS, USES MISSION TRACKER, WHICH IS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE DATA SYSTEM.
OUR CALLING, UM, USES THEIR LIKE WHOLE GROWN DATABASE AND HAVE INVESTED A TON OF MONEY IN THEIR OWN LIKE DATABASE.
SO NOW THAT HOUSING FORWARD AND THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION IS WORKING WAY MORE COLLECTIVELY, IT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE FOR EVERYONE TO SIGN UP TO THE SAME DATABASE.
BUT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OUR CALLING, THAT WOULD BE A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP A LOT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN WILLING TO DO THAT TODAY.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THEIR DATA, BUT THERE'S LIMITATIONS TO THAT.
UM, UNION MISSION DO UNION GOSPEL MISSION, I THINK HE'S ON MISSION TRACKERS.
SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING WITH THEM.
LIKE, CAN WE USE AN API TO TRANSFER DATA? AND THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.
YEAH, THOSE ARE THE BIG ONES THAT MATTER ARE CALLING THE BIGGER ORGANIZATIONS THAT PARTICULARLY AREN'T CALLING BECAUSE THEY, UM, HAVE SO MANY OUTREACH WORKERS THAT ARE, UM, ENGAGING PEOPLE THAT WE WANT
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TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY.AND SO THAT IS, I THINK, ONE OF THE BIGGEST AREAS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
TRADITIONAL ALSO, TO YOUR POINT, TO OVERCOME THAT BEST STOOD UP THE DATA WAREHOUSE.
IT'S JUST CHALLENGING FOR AN AGENCY LIKE OUR CLIENT THAT HAS INVESTED SO MUCH RESOURCE INTO CREATING THEIR OWN SYSTEM.
BUT NOT JUST TO GIVE CREDIT WORK CREDITS TOO, THAT HAVING A STRONG AGENCY HAS ALSO ALLOWED FOR SPACES TO TRY AND CONNECT ALL OF THAT DATA, REALIZING THAT NOT EVERYBODY WILL BE IN HMIS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AROUND HAVING US ALL TALK TO EACH OTHER IN THAT SPACE.
RAY, JUST, EXCUSE ME, JUST A MOMENT.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE A QUICK, UM, REQUEST.
LET'S LET, UH, RAY GET THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL RESERVE QUESTIONING FOR THE END.
IS, IS THAT PREFERABLE OR WHAT WOULD YOU IT HONESTLY, WHATEVER YOU GUYS PREFER.
'CAUSE EACH SLIDE KINDA TALKS ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU GUYS, OKAY.
SO EACH SLIDE IS BASICALLY SUBJECT MATTER THAT WE COULD JUST HAVE A SHORT DISCUSSION ON.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO EAT IN TOO MUCH INTO YOUR TIME.
YEAH, THIS IS A GREAT DISCUSSION.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE MINDFUL OF EVERYBODY'S, UM, OF THE, UM, ITINERARY HERE.
SO, UM, REVEREND BOONE, YOU CAN HAVE THAT QUESTION.
I, I MEAN, I JUST, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S INTRINSIC VALUE WITH, UH, WITH A CENTRALIZED DATABASE, BUT CAN YOU SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT LIKE, THE OUTCOMES YOU'RE HOPING TO ACHIEVE WITH HAVING A CENTRALIZED, I MEAN, WE CAN GET KIND OF, YOU KNOW, OBSESSED WITH DATA COLLECTION, BUT WHAT IS THE ACTUAL OUTCOMES THAT ALL TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH THOSE? SO I'LL ACTUALLY GET TO SOME OF THAT.
IF YOU GUYS WANNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO HOW DO WE HEAD IN CONGRESS, USE AND SUPPORT HMIS? SO LIKE I SAID, IT, HMIS IS A REQUIREMENT.
UM, THIS CAME OUT IN 2001, UM, AS A RESPONSE TO, UM, THE GOVERNMENT SAYING THAT THEY NEEDED MORE AGGREGATE DATA, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF HOMELESSNESS OVER TIME.
SO, UM, IT REALLY STEMMED, THEY WANTED TO SEE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MC MCKINNEY BENTO ACT.
AND I ALWAYS WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF POLICY UNDER THE MCKINNEY BENTO ACT.
UM, HOWEVER, WHAT YOU HEAR IN EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AS FAR AS MCKINNEY BENTO IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE HOME SYSTEM AFTER USED FOR OUR DEFINITION OF HOMELESSNESS.
UM, BUT IN THAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO LOOK AT UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS PATTERNS OF USE, AND THEN EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SYSTEM.
AND WE WILL GO INTO, UM, A FEW MORE THINGS WHEN COMES RELATED TO THAT.
LIKE ACTUAL MEASURES THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF, UM, HMIS, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT, ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT DATA'S ENTERED.
WE DO HAVE, UM, DATA AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS, UH, THAT ARE GIVEN TO US BY HUD.
UM, THEY UPDATE THESE STANDARDS.
UH, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT HAPPEN YEARLY, BUT USUALLY IT'S BIYEARLY WHERE THERE'S A, A HUGE, UM, CHANGE IN THE STANDARDS.
IT MAY BE CERTAIN PROGRAM TYPES HAVE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO NOW REPORT OR, UM, UH, IT COULD BE THAT THEY ADDED ON, UM, FOR, UH, GENDER.
YOU KNOW, THEY ADD ON CATEGORIES THAT NOW HAVE TO BE REPORTED.
SO LIKE IN OUR MOST RECENT PIT COUNT, THERE WERE, UM, A DIFFERENCE IN QUESTIONS WHERE THEY PUT RACE AND ETHNICITY TOGETHER AS ONE QUESTION.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE, UM, NO RACE, BUT ONLY CHOOSE HISPANIC OR CHOOSE A RACE AND CHOOSE THE ETHNICITY OF HISPANIC.
SO IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND, UM, WE HAVE TO UPDATE OUR DATA IN OUR SYSTEM IN ORDER TO INTAKE THESE NEW THINGS.
SO, UM, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS SURROUNDING DATA COLLECTION, UM, PARTICIPATION, UM, PRIVACY AND AFFORD SECURITY.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, FOR OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDERS, THEY ARE ABLE TO USE AN
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT CAN HMIS ANSWER FOR US? AND THIS IS A, A SMALL LIST, UM, BUT IT'S ALSO, UM, INCLUSIVE OF A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT.
SO, UM, LOCALLY WE LOOK AT IT A LOT FOR A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN SHELTERS AND ON THE STREET ACTUALLY ACCESSING THE SYSTEM.
'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, IF THEY'RE NOT ACCESSING OUR SYSTEM IN ANY WAY, UM, WE WON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM THROUGH HNIS, UM, CHRONIC VERSUS EPISO.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEE IF SOMEONE TOUCHED THE SYSTEM ONE TIME, AND THAT MAY BE THAT THEY, UM, A FAMILY STAYED IN SHELTER, WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE SOME TYPE OF HOUSING RESOURCE FOR
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DIVERSION, AND THEN SEEING THAT THAT PERSON HAS NOT SHOWN BACK UP AS A TOUCH IN THE SYSTEM AGAIN, YOU KNOW, 12 MONTHS LATER.UM, WHATEVER THAT IS, UM, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO CHARACTERISTIC AND SERVICE NEEDS.
SO THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, ITS DEMOGRAPHICS, IT'S THE SERVICES THAT THEY'VE HAD, BE IT GAY SHELTERS, UM, BE IT IMPLEMENT WEATHER, UM, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, UM, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND THEN ALSO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAMS. SO THAT ONE SOUNDS KIND OF BROAD, BUT, UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE RETURNS, UM, TO HOMELESSNESS, HOW LONG IT'S TAKING, UM, PEOPLE TO GET THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
UM, IT'S MEASURES THAT WE LOOK AT EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, RACIAL EQUITY AND WHO IS TOUCHING OUR SYSTEM, WHO IS ABLE TO RECEIVE HOUSING QUICKER EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE IDENTIFIED AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE USE IT FOR ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION, UH, LOCALLY.
AND EVEN ON THIS OTHER PART WHERE I HAVE HEAD IN CONGRESS, IT HELPS THEM UNDERSTAND LOCALLY WE CAN DO A LOT OF THESE THINGS TOO, BUT WHAT THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT IN A LOT OF AREAS IS JUST OVERALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, WHERE PEOPLE RECEIVE SHELTER AND SERVICES.
SO LIKE IF THEY WERE LOOKING AT OUR REGION OF DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTIES, AND THEY WERE LIKE, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE SHELTER THAT HOUSES WOMEN, YOU KNOW, OR YOU ONLY HAVE ONE SHELTER AND ITS CAPACITY IS ONLY 20 BEDS.
LIKE, THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT WE DO INVENTORY FOR EVERY YEAR WITH IT.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEE OUR SHELTER INVENTORY, UTILIZATIONS OF IT.
UM, AND ALL OF THAT DOES GET REPORTED TO HU UM, PRIOR LIVING CONDITIONS.
SO WHERE WERE THEY BEFORE THEY TOUCHED OUR SYSTEM? WERE THEY LIVING IN A CAR BEFORE THEY, YOU KNOW, SAID FINALLY LIKE, I THINK I NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE AND SEE WHAT SERVICES ARE OUT THERE.
WERE THEY LIVING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS? WERE THEY LIVING ON THEIR THEIR OWN AND GOT EVICTED? UM, WE ASK ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS, UM, WHEN THEY'RE GETTING ASSESSED BY SOMEONE IN OUR SYSTEM.
UM, PATTERNS OF HOMELESS RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM USE.
SO THAT'S KINDA WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
IF THEY, UM, DONE SHELTER, IF THEY'VE BEEN TEMPORARY HOUSING, IF THEY HAD THEIR OWN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, HAVE THEY ENDED UP BACK IN OUR SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF THAT? AND THEN ALSO JUST OUR CAPACITY FOR HOUSING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR, UM, PICK COUNT, ESPECIALLY OUR, OUR PICK, WHICH IS HOUSING INVENTORY COUNT, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO SEE AND MODEL TO DECIDE HOW MUCH MORE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DO WE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY BASED ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE SYSTEM.
HOW MUCH MORE RAPID REHOUSING DO YOU THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED KNOWING THAT PEOPLE ARE IN FLOWING INTO THE SYSTEM EVERY DAY? PLUS WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE SHELTERED.
WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY NEED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE, UM, THAT RATE? SO THAT IS IT THAT I HAD FOR HMIS.
SO IF YOU GUYS WANNA ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT NOW WE CAN.
UM, WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FLOOR TO ONE ROUND OF QUESTIONING AT TWO MINUTES.
UM, ANY TAKERS OR JUST RAISE YOUR HAND? THE COMMISSIONER WAN BROWN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
WILL WE BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS POWERPOINT? YES.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BROWN.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? UM, LOOKING AROUND, NOT SEEING ANY, UM, UH, I HA I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, COMMISSIONER FLORES, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES.
UM, SO EARLIER YOU MENTIONED, I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S CONCERNS WITH THE DATABASES FOR SOME OF THE BIGGER ORGANIZATIONS, BUT I ALSO HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, THERE THERE ARE CONCERNS WITH PEOPLE BEING TRACKED POTENTIALLY.
I JUST WANTED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT THE CONCERN IS ON THAT FRONT.
IS IT SECURITY? SO ALL OF OUR, WE HAVE ALL, LIKE SAID, HUD REQUIRES A STAFF SERVICE, SECURITY AND PRIVACY, UM, THINGS IN IT.
BUT WITH OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT LITERALLY AS, AS LITTLE INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE IS NEEDED FOR ANYTHING THAT COULD IDENTIFY THEM.
SO EVEN WHEN WE GO THROUGH MEETINGS ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE, UM, THAT ARE SURVIVORS, THEY DO EVERYTHING BY NUMBERS AND ONLY CERTAIN LIMITED PEOPLE ARE, UM, HAVE ACCESS TO ACTUALLY LIKE WHO THAT IS.
UM, AS FAR AS HMIS THOUGH, LIKE IF YOUR, UM, ANYONE IN THAT PROGRAM CAN, SOMEONE ELSE CAN LOOK AT IT, MEANING THAT SOMEONE ELSE IN THAT PROGRAM THAT'S A CASE MANAGER, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, IF THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO IT, CAN GO IN.
SO WE TRY TO MAKE VERY SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ARE VERY, UM, MUCH TRAUMATIZED.
AND, UM, IT COULD BE THAT ANOTHER SYSTEM HAS HURT THEM.
WE TRY TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE'S A WAY WHERE ONLY INFORMATION IS SEEN BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE POSSIBLE, UM, IN, IN THAT WAY.
UM, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FLORES.
UM, AND WE HAVE COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, YOU
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HAVE THE FLOOR TWO MINUTES.IS THERE, UM, WHAT'S THE PROCESS OF HOW THE HMIS DATA IS REPORTED AND IS IT, IS IT, UM, SET PUBLICLY? IS IT USED MORE? UM, FOR, FOR THE, THE COUNCIL AGENDAS? I MEAN, JUST, UM, JUST SPEAKING TO LIKE WHERE THE DATA ITSELF IS, IS PRESENTED AND IS, UM, DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS TO IT? SO WE HAVE A COMMUNITY DASHBOARD AND, UM, WHEN WE STARTED DALLAS REALTIME, THERE IS ALSO A SPECIFIC DALLAS REALTIME DASHBOARD
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CERTAIN THINGS THOUGH THAT YOU DO HAVE ACCESS TO HAVE, TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF HOUSING PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SERVICES, YOU, UM, HAVE TO BE ABLE TO USE OUR COORDINATED ACCESS SYSTEM.SO FOR ANY, UM, FUNDING THAT WE DO, ANY OF THOSE THINGS, THAT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT THOSE, UM, SITES YOU USE HMIS IF THEY'RE NOT, IT'S JUST A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY'RE TO, OH, GO AHEAD.
AND SO, UH, THIS HAD ALWAYS BEEN INTRIGUING TO ME ABOUT HOW I COULD USE THIS.
WE DON'T DO HOUSING SERVICES, BUT WE DO DO A, A LOT OF THE OTHER SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICES, ET CETERA, TYPE OF HOUSING PROGRAM, TWO USES.
SO WE DO HAVE, THERE'S DIFFERENT PROGRAM TYPES.
SO LIKE WE DO HAVE OUTREACH, WHICH USES HMIS TO RECORD THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE DOING, OR, UM, THE ENCOUNTERS, IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON, UM, THERE HAS, WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE SYSTEM ARE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING LITERAL HOMELESSNESS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF PART OF IT, BUT I CAN GET YOUR INFORMATION AND FIND OUT IF THE SERVICES THAT YOU'RE DOING ARE SOMETHING THAT WOULD, UH, QUALIFY YOU IN ORDER, UM, TO, IT'S TECHNICALLY AGENCIES TO PRIMARY TARGET POPULATION IS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
BECAUSE IF THAT ISN'T YOUR TARGET POPULATION AND YOUR PROVIDING A SERVICE, THEN TYPICALLY THOSE PEOPLE ARE CAPTURED IN OTHER PROJECTS.
SO IT'S WHY WOULD ORGANIZATIONS NOT PARTICIPATE IN IT THAT YOU WANT, THAT YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN IT? AND HOW MANY ARE NOT PARTICIPATING? AND WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO PARTICIPATE? SO, UM, I'LL TELL YOU THAT ESPECIALLY FOR SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS, UH, DATA, DATA QUALITY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THEY TAKE RESOURCES IN ORDER FOR IT TO GET DONE.
SO, UM, WE ALL KNOW THAT LIKE IF YOU'RE USED TO JUST HAVING A PERSON AND TAKING THEM AND, YOU KNOW, LATER ON YOU PUT IT INTO A SYSTEM LATER OR YOU KEEP AN EXCEL SHEET, THAT'S WAY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE IN HMIS.
THERE'S LIKE CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT HAVE TO BE REPORTED, UM, AND THERE'S DATA QUALITY THAT YOU UP AFTERWARDS SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ROLL THESE THINGS UP TO HUD.
A LOT OF TIMES IT WAS THE RESOURCE AS FAR AS, UM, HAVING TO PAY TICKET IN.
BUT THAT RESOURCE HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, WHERE, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY IN ORDER TO USE, UM, HMIS.
UM, I COULDN'T SAY HOW MANY AREN'T USING IT BECAUSE THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT EVEN BE PART OF ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION THAT ARE STILL DOING WORK AT HOMELESS SERVICES.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE, UM, I DON'T WANNA CALL ANYBODY OUT, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME LARGER, UM, PEOPLE THAT DO WORK IN HOMELESS SERVICES THAT AREN'T WILLING TO USE HMIS BECAUSE OF, UM, THE FACT THAT THEY FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE TRACKED, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I SHOULD MENTION THAT OUR PHOEBE PROVIDERS ARE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROVIDERS.
THEY JUST HAVE TO HAVE A COMPARABLE DATABASE.
SO THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO USE HMIS, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING INFORMATION IN A DIFFERENT WAY FOR THOSE DOMESTIC, UM, THE SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
COULD I ASK WHO IS NOT INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING? YEAH, I CAN ANSWER THAT, BUT LET ME LAY, I THINK A HELPFUL FOUNDATIONAL INFORMATION MIGHT BE USEFUL.
SO PRIOR TO HOUSING FORWARD BEING WHO WE ARE TODAY, WE WERE PREVIOUSLY METRO DALLAS HOMELESS ALLIANCE, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A STRONGLY AGENCY THAT WAS BRINGING OUR PARTNERS TOGETHER AROUND A UNIFIED STRATEGY.
UH, A UM, COMMON INFORMATION SYSTEM IS REALLY A BACKBONE OF A UNIFIED STRATEGY.
AND SO WHEN THERE WAS A VOID IN LEADERSHIP, WE HAD A LOT OF OTHER AGENCIES THAT WERE FILLING THAT VOID BY STEPPING UP AND LEADING IN A, IN AN IMPORTANT WAY.
AND PART OF THAT LEADING WAS THEM CREATING THEIR OWN DATA SYSTEM.
SO THE FAITH MAKES COMMUNITY OFTEN USE MISSIONS, USES MISSION CRACKER, WHICH IS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE DATA SYSTEM.
OUR CALLING, UM, USES THEIR LIKE WHOLE GROWN DATABASE AND HAVE INVESTED A TON OF MONEY IN THEIR OWN LIKE DATABASE.
SO NOW THAT HOUSING FORWARD AND THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION IS WORKING WAY MORE COLLECTIVELY, IT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE FOR EVERYONE TO SIGN UP TO THE SAME DATABASE.
BUT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OUR CALLING, THAT WOULD BE A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY
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WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP A LOT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN WILLING TO DO THAT TODAY.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THEIR DATA, BUT THERE'S LIMITATIONS TO THAT.
UM, UNION MISSION DOC, UNION GOSPEL MISSION, I THINK HE'S ON MISSION TRACKERS.
SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING WITH THEM.
LIKE, CAN WE USING API TO TRANSFER DATA? THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.
YEAH, THOSE ARE THE BIG ONES THAT MATTER ARE CALLING UPM, THE BIGGER ORGANIZATIONS THAT PARTICULARLY AREN'T CALLING BECAUSE THEY, UM, HAVE SO MANY OUTREACH WORKERS THAT ARE, UM, ENGAGING PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY.
AND SO THAT IS, I THINK, ONE OF THE BIGGEST AREAS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND SHOULD YOU ALSO, TO YOUR POINT TO OVERCOME THAT YOU BEST STOOD UP AT DATA WAREHOUSE? YES.
IT'S JUST CHALLENGING FOR AN AGENCY LIKE OUR CLIENT THAT HAS INVESTED SO MUCH RESOURCE INTO CREATING THEIR OWN SYSTEM AND, YOU KNOW, YEAH, BUT NOT JUST TO GIVE CREDIT WORK CREDITS TOO, THAT HAVING A STRONG AGENCY HAS ALSO ALLOWED FOR SPACES TO TRY AND CONNECT ALL OF THAT DATA, REALIZING THAT NOT EVERYBODY WILL BE IN HMIS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AROUND HAVING US ALL TALK TO EACH OTHER IN THAT SPACE.
RAY, JUST, EXCUSE ME, JUST A MOMENT.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE A QUICK, UM, REQUEST.
LET'S LET, UH, RAY GET THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL RESERVE QUESTIONING FOR THE END.
IS, IS THAT PREFERABLE OR WHAT WOULD YOU IT HONESTLY, WHATEVER YOU GUYS PREFER.
'CAUSE EACH SLIDE KIND OF TALKS ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO EACH SLIDE IS BASICALLY SUBJECT MATTER THAT WE COULD JUST HAVE A SHORT DISCUSSION ON.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO EAT IN TOO MUCH INTO YOUR TIME.
YEAH, THIS IS A GREAT DISCUSSION.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE MINDFUL OF EVERYBODY'S, UM, OF THE, UM, ITINERARY HERE.
SO, UM, REVEREND BOONE, YOU CAN HAVE THAT QUESTION.
I, I MEAN, I JUST, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S INTRINSIC VALUE WITH, UH, WITH A CENTRALIZED DATABASE, BUT CAN YOU SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT LIKE, THE OUTCOMES YOU'RE HOPING TO ACHIEVE WITH HAVING A CENTRALIZED, I MEAN, WE CAN GET KIND OF, YOU KNOW, OBSESSED WITH DATA COLLECTION, BUT WHAT IS THE ACTUAL OUTCOMES THAT YOU'RE ALL TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH US? SO I'LL ACTUALLY GET TO SOME OF THAT.
IF YOU GUYS WANNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO HOW DO THE HEAD IN CONGRESS USE AND SUPPORT HMIS? SO, LIKE I SAID, IT, HMIS IS A REQUIREMENT.
UM, THIS CAME OUT IN 2001, UM, AS A RESPONSE TO, UM, THE GOVERNMENT SAYING THAT THEY NEEDED MORE AGGREGATE DATA, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF HOMELESSNESS OVER TIME.
SO, UM, IT REALLY STEMMED, THEY WANTED TO SEE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MC MCKINNEY BENTO ACT.
AND I ALWAYS WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF POLICY UNDER THE MCKINNEY BENTO ACT.
UM, HOWEVER, WHAT YOU HEAR IN EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AS FAR AS MCKINNEY BENTO IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE HOMELESS SYSTEM AFTER USE FOR OUR DEFINITION OF HOMELESSNESS.
UM, BUT IN THAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO LOOK AT UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS PATTERNS OF USE, AND THEN EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SYSTEM.
AND WE WILL GO INTO, UM, A FEW MORE THINGS WHEN IT COMES RELATED TO THAT, LIKE ACTUAL MEASURES THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF, UM, HMIS, YOU CAN GO THE NEXT, ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT DATA'S ENTERED, WE DO HAVE, UM, DATA AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS, UH, THAT ARE GIVEN TO US BY HUD.
UM, THEY UPDATE THESE STANDARDS.
UH, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT HAPPEN YEARLY, BUT USUALLY IT'S BIYEARLY WHERE THERE'S A, A HUGE, UM, CHANGE IN THE STANDARDS.
IT MAY BE CERTAIN PROGRAM TYPES HAVE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO NOW REPORT OR, UM, UH, IT COULD BE THAT THEY ADDED ON, UM, FOR, UH, GENDER.
YOU KNOW, THEY ADD ON CATEGORIES THAT NOW HAVE TO BE REPORTED.
SO LIKE IN OUR MOST RECENT PIT COUNT, THERE WERE, UM, A DIFFERENCE IN QUESTIONS WHERE THEY PUT RACE AND ETHNICITY TOGETHER AS ONE QUESTION.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE, UM, NO RACE, BUT ONLY CHOOSE HISPANIC OR CHOOSE A RACE AND CHOOSE THE ETHNICITY OF HISPANIC.
SO IT'S, THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN AND, UM, WE HAVE TO DATE OUR DATA AND OUR SYSTEM IN ORDER TO INTAKE THOSE NEW THINGS.
SO, UM, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS SURROUNDING DATA COLLECTION, UM, PARTICIPATION, UM, PRIVACY AND AFFORD SECURITY.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, FOR OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SERVICE PROVIDERS, THEY ARE ABLE TO USE AN
ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT CAN HMIS ANSWER FOR US? AND THIS
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IS A, A SMALL LIST, UM, BUT IT'S ALSO, UM, INCLUSIVE OF A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT.SO, UM, LOCALLY WE LOOK AT IT A LOT FOR A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN SHELTERS AND ON THE STREET ACTUALLY ACCESSING THE SYSTEM.
'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, IF THEY'RE NOT ACCESSING OUR SYSTEM IN ANY WAY, UM, WE WON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM THROUGH HNIS, UM, CHRONIC VERSUS EPISO.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEE IF SOMEONE TOUCHED THE SYSTEM ONE TIME, AND THAT MAY BE THAT THEY, UM, A FAMILY STAYED IN SHELTER, WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE SOME TYPE OF HOUSING RESOURCE FOR DIVERSION, AND THEN SEEING THAT THAT PERSON HAS NOT SHOWN BACK UP AS A TOUCH IN THE SYSTEM AGAIN, YOU KNOW, 12 MONTHS LATER.
UM, WHATEVER THAT IS, UM, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO CHARACTERISTIC AND SERVICE NEEDS.
SO THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, IT'S DEMOGRAPHICS, IT'S THE SERVICES THAT THEY'VE HAD, BE IT DAY SHELTERS, UM, BE IT INCLEMENT WEATHER, UM, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, UM, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND THEN ALSO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAMS. SO THAT ONE SOUNDS KIND OF BROAD, BUT UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE RETURNS, UM, TO HOMELESSNESS, HOW LONG IT'S TAKING, UM, PEOPLE TO GET THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
UM, IT'S MEASURES THAT WE LOOK AT EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, RACIAL EQUITY AND WHO IS TOUCHING OUR SYSTEM, WHO IS ABLE TO RECEIVE HOUSING QUICKER EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE IDENTIFIED AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE USE IT FOR ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION, UH, LOCALLY.
AND EVEN ON THIS OTHER PART WHERE I HAVE HEAD IN CONGRESS, IT HELPS THEM UNDERSTAND LOCALLY WE CAN DO A LOT OF THESE THINGS TOO, BUT WHAT THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT IN A LOT OF AREAS IS JUST OVERALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, WHERE PEOPLE RECEIVE SHELTER AND SERVICES.
SO LIKE IF THEY WERE LOOKING AT OUR REGION OF DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTIES, AND THEY WERE LIKE, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE SHELTER THAT HOUSES WOMEN, YOU KNOW, OR YOU ONLY HAVE ONE SHELTER AND ITS CAPACITY IS ONLY 20 BEDS.
LIKE, THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT WE DO INVENTORY FOR EVERY YEAR WITH KIT.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEE OUR SHELTER INVENTORY, UTILIZATIONS OF IT.
UM, AND ALL OF THAT DOES GET REPORTED TO HU UM, PRIOR LIVING CONDITIONS.
SO WHERE WERE THEY BEFORE THEY TOUCHED OUR SYSTEM? WERE THEY LIVING IN A CAR BEFORE THEY, YOU KNOW, SAID FINALLY LIKE, I THINK I NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE AND SEE WHAT SERVICES ARE OUT THERE.
WERE THEY LIVING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS? WERE THEY LIVING ON THEIR OWN AND GOT EVICTED? UM, WE ASK ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS, UM, WHEN THEY'RE GETTING ASSESSED BY SOMEONE IN OUR SYSTEM, UM, PATTERNS OF HOMELESS RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM USE.
SO THAT'S KINDA WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
IF THEY, UM, HAD DONE SHELTER, IF THEY'VE BEEN TEMPORARY HOUSING, IF THEY HAD THEIR OWN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, HAVE THEY ENDED UP BACK IN OUR SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF THAT? AND THEN ALSO JUST OUR CAPACITY FOR HOUSING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR, UM, PICK COUNT, ESPECIALLY OUR, OUR PICK, WHICH IS HOUSING INVENTORY COUNT, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO SEE AND MODEL TO DECIDE HOW MUCH MORE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DO WE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY BASED ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE SYSTEM.
HOW MUCH MORE RAPID REHOUSING DO YOU THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED KNOWING THAT PEOPLE ARE IN FLOWING INTO THE SYSTEM EVERY DAY.
PLUS WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE SHELTERED.
WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY NEED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE, UM, THAT RATE? SO THAT IS IT THAT I HAD FOR HMIS.
SO IF YOU GUYS WANNA ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT NOW WE CAN.
UM, WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FLOOR TO ONE ROUND OF QUESTIONING AT TWO MINUTES.
UM, ANY TAKERS OR JUST RAISE YOUR HAND? THE COMMISSIONER.
WILL WE BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS POWERPOINT? YES, YES.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BROWN.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? UM, LOOKING AROUND, NOT SEEING ANY, UM, UH, I HA I HAVE A QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER FLORES, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
UM, SO EARLIER YOU MENTIONED, I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S CONCERNS WITH THE DATABASES FOR SOME OF THE BIGGER ORGANIZATIONS, BUT I ALSO HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, THERE THERE ARE CONCERNS WITH PEOPLE BEING TRACKED POTENTIALLY.
I JUST WANTED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT THE CONCERN IS ON THAT FRONT.
IS IT SECURITY? SO ALL OF OUR, WE HAVE ALL, LIKE SAID HU REQUIRES A STAFF SERVICE, SECURITY AND PRIVACY, UM, THINGS IN IT.
BUT WITH OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT LITERALLY AS AS LITTLE INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE IS NEEDED FOR ANYTHING THAT COULD IDENTIFY THEM.
SO EVEN WHEN WE GO THROUGH MEETINGS ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE, UM, THAT ARE SURVIVORS, THEY DO EVERYTHING BY NUMBERS AND ONLY CERTAIN LIMITED PEOPLE ARE, UM, HAVE ACCESS TO ACTUALLY LIKE WHO THAT IS.
UM, AS FAR AS HMIS THOUGH, LIKE IF YOU ARE, UM, ANYONE IN THAT PROGRAM
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CAN, SOMEONE ELSE CAN LOOK AT IT, MEANING THAT SOMEONE ELSE IN THAT PROGRAM THAT'S A CASE MANAGER, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, IF THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO IT, CAN GO IN.SO WE TRY TO MAKE VERY SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ARE VERY, UM, MUCH TRAUMATIZED AND, AND, UM, IT COULD BE THAT ANOTHER SYSTEM HAS HURT THEM.
WE TRY TO MAKE LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE'S A WAY WHERE ONLY INFORMATION IS SEEN BY THE FEWEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE POSSIBLE, UM, IN, IN THAT WAY.
UM, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FLORES.
UM, AND WE HAVE COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR TWO MINUTES.
IS THERE, UM, WHAT'S THE PROCESS OF HOW THE HMIS DATA IS REPORTED AND IS IT, IS IT, UM, SENT PUBLICLY? IS IT USED MORE? UM, FOR, FOR THE, THE COUNCIL AGENDAS? I MEAN, JUST, UM, JUST SPEAKING TO LIKE WHERE THE DATA ITSELF IS, IS PRESENTED AND IS, UM, DOES THE PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS TO IT? SO WE HAVE A COMMUNITY DASHBOARD AND UM, WHEN WE STARTED DALLAS REALTIME, THERE IS ALSO A SPECIFIC DALLAS REALTIME DASHBOARD.
ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS GETTING PULLED FROM, UM, HMIS ESSENTIALLY.
UM, SO OF COURSE THERE'S NO DETAILED DATA ON NAMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT YOU CAN GO.
UM, CURRENTLY ON OUR WEBSITE WE HAVE A COMMUNITY DASHBOARD THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT.
SO HMIS DATA KIND OF WHERE IF WE, WE, YOU KNOW, SAY A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE PULL OR, UM, AND THAT WE'RE WORKING TO PULL AND GET MORE INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC IS ACTUALLY COMING FROM HMIS, UM, DATABASES.
THE OTHER THING, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, TO SPELL IT ON THAT, THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAYS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT USES REPORTS FROM THE SYSTEM ARE TO REWARD COMMUNITIES FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE.
IT IS THE ONLY FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT IS STRUCTURED LIKE THAT, WHICH IS WHY YOU NEVER SEE THE HOME ASSISTANCE PROGRAM GETTING CUT LIKE WITH CDBG AND OTHER PROGRAMS. REWARDING REQUIREMENTS CAN NEEDS TO INCREASE BECAUSE CONGRESS HAS MORE DATA ON THIS PROGRAM THAN ANY OTHER PROGRAM.
AND AS A REGION, WE ARE COMPETING FOR FEDERAL FUNDING BASED ON THE OUTCOMES THAT CONGRESS IS LOOKING AT IN THE HIS.
AND THERE ARE LIKE THREE OR FOUR VERY SPECIFIC OUTCOMES THAT THEY DRAW FROM HIS TO KNOW THE HEALTH OF OUR SYSTEM.
AND WE'RE REWARDED WITH FUNDING WHEN WE SHOW PROGRESS ON THOSE.
AND IT'S, IT'S PRODUCING WHAT IS THE, HOW SOMEONE, AND WHEN YOU HOUSE SOMEONE DO THEY COME BACK INTO THE SYSTEM.
AND SO THAT'S HOW THEY CONSENT, WHETHER YOU BE ABLE HEALTHY.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WILL INCREASE
UM,
AND IT'S ABOUT A BRIEF HUNDRED PAGE APPLICATION AND DATA SUBMISSION PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE A NARRATIVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW, HOW WHAT WE'RE DOING TO IMPROVE THOSE OUTCOMES AS A COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO DO NARRATIVE ON THAT.
AND THEN THEY UPLOAD OFFICIAL REPORTS FROM HMI OUTCOMES.
AND THOSE ARE THE SAME OUTCOMES THAT YOU SEE ON OUR DASHBOARD.
YOUR, YEAH, IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE MCKINNEY
SO HOW IS, I HAVE QUESTIONS ALL AROUND THAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
IF YOU CAN, HOW IS THAT FUNDED, UM, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND, UH, WHAT DOES IT FUND AND HOW MUCH DO WE GET
UM, SO EVERY YEAR THE IT IS THAT THAT ACT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN REAUTHORIZED.
NOW IT'S CALLED THE HEARTH, THE HEARTH ACT THAT GOVERNS ALL HOMELESS PROGRAMS. BUT EVERY YEAR CONGRESS APPROPRIATES FUNDING FOR THAT PROGRAM, AND THEN THAT FUNDING IS DISTRIBUTED TO EACH REGION.
SO OUR REGION IS DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTIES.
THAT FUNDING IS DISTRIBUTED TO EACH REGION THROUGH A COMPETITIVE BUILD FLOW PROCESS EACH YEAR, ANNUALLY THAT WE GO THROUGH.
AND SO THE, ONE OF THE LEAD ROLES OF THE LEAD AGENCY HOUSING FORWARD, WE'RE MANDATED TO COORDINATE THAT CONSOLIDATED GRANT PROCESS WHERE WE BRING ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TOGETHER TO LOOK AT OUTCOMES AND TO WRITE NARRATIVE TO COMPETE FOR THAT FUNDING EVERY YEAR.
SO IT'S REALLY RELATED TO CONGRESS APPROPRIATING FUNDS.
AND IS THAT YOUR OWN MAIN FUNDING FOR THE SYSTEM? YEAH, WE BRING
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THAT MONEY.IT GOES DIRECTLY TO PROVIDERS.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD CHUNK OF OUR FUNDING.
AND I'LL JUST ADD, WE TRY VERY, UM, IT'S SUSTAINABLE FUNDING, MEANING THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE CUTS THAT UPSTAIRS SAID, UH, HOMELESSNESS IS ON AREA THAT THEY, UM, CUT VERY OFTEN, IT'S, UM, SUSTAINABLE FUNDING THAT WE HOPE TO HAVE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
SO YOU HAVE YOUR PROGRAMS THAT ARE THERE FOR RENEWAL, AND THEN YOU HAVE NEW PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO BRING ON IN ORDER TO GET MORE FUNDS TO THE SYSTEM.
UM, ANY OTHER ERS WHO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER
UM, DO YOU GUYS, HOW OFTEN DOES, UM, HOUSING FORWARD LOOK AT THE DATA IN HMIS? I KNOW THE PIT COUNT IS FOR OVERALL AND LARGE TRENDS, BUT ALL THAT GREAT INFORMATION THERE IN HI HMIS DO, DOES HOUSING FORWARD LOOK AT IT LIKE QUARTERLY OR, YOU KNOW, EVERY SIX MONTHS OR EVEN MONTHLY TO SEE KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON OTHER THAN THE PIT COUNT? THANK YOU.
YEAH, WE HAVE A WHOLE, UM, DATA MANAGEMENT TEAM AT HOUSING FORWARD.
SO, UH, REPORTS CAME OUT TO DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
UM, OUR DASHBOARD RIGHT NOW IS BEING UPDATED ON A MONTHLY BASIS, BUT AS FAR AS LOOKING AT THE DATA THAT HAPPENED, UM, EVERY DAY CONSTANTLY.
'CAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO DATA QUALITY, WE SEND REPORTS OUT TO SAY, HEY, IT LOOKS REALLY WEIRD THAT WE'VE GOT THIS GOING ON.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF ONGOING CLEANUP THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT TEAM.
UM, BUT I WOULD SAY NOT ONLY US ARE WE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT REPORTS, BUT ALSO THE SERVICE PROVIDERS, UM, WHAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE LOOKING AT HMIS, UM, ON THAT SAME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WEEKLY BASIS.
IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF ALL OF OUR WORK GROUPS TOO, OUR COORDINATION TEAM.
SO PROVIDERS COMING TOGETHER, RAPID REHOUSING PROVIDERS, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROVIDERS, OUTREACH.
LIKE THAT DATA BECOMES THE BASIS OF THE COORDINATION THAT HAPPENS.
LIKE, HOW MANY CLIENTS HAVE YOU HOUSED THIS WEEK? HOW LONG DID IT TAKE? WHERE ARE WE WITH THIS PERSON? YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST USING IT EVEN AT A MANAGEMENT LEVEL.
COMMISSIONER
BUT LIKE WHERE, HOW DO YOU EVER GET, UM, OUR CALLINGS DATA? DO THEY SHARE IT WITH US? NO, NO, THERE'S A HOLE.
I MEAN, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF HOLES BECAUSE THEY'RE A BIG ONE RIGHT THERE.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW BIG THE HOLE IS BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO IT A LIKE A CROSSCHECK TO SEE HOW MANY OF THEIR PEOPLE WE'RE NOT TOUCHING.
SO IT COULD BE A MASSIVE POLL OR IT COULD BE.
SO THE ONLY WAY WE GET INFORMATION ON THOSE PEOPLE IS DURING THE PIT EVERY YEAR WHERE WE KNOW WE GO OUT AND UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.
OTHERWISE WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE, IF THEY ARE SERVING A BIG CROSSOVER POPULATION OR IF THERE'S A POPULATION THAT REALLY IS TOUCHING OUR CALLING AND NOBODY ELSE.
DOES UH, PARK LUNG PARTICIPATE? THEY'RE HOMELESS PROGRAMS? YES.
OVERALL DOING ONE AROUND QUESTION.
SO, UM, AND SO IF QUESTION TO MY QUESTION, ANY JUDGE
UM, I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, BUILD ON THE TRACKING PART, UM, YOU GUYS ARE OFFERING, AND YOU GUYS ARE GIVING US GREAT INFORMATION ON REASSURANCES THAT THOSE WHO ACCESS THE, THEY'RE, THEY HAVE LIMITED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S FULLY SELECT VIEW ACTUALLY ACCESS TO MY, WHICH I WOULD REALLY WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.
I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN BUILD ON THAT LATER.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE SEEKING IS, IS LIMITED.
SO AS, AS, AS A WAY TO PROTECT THE IDENTITY OF THAT PERSON TO PREVENT TRACKING.
UM, CAN YOU GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF A DETAIL OF WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION, LIKE A
AND FOR EVERYONE THAT IS IN HMIS, THEY DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN HMIS TRAINING, UH, THROUGH HOUSING FORWARD, WHICH, UH, IS BOTH AN ONLINE PORTION AND AN IN-PERSON PORTION.
UM, THAT ALSO TALKS ABOUT, UM, PERSONAL INFORMATION AND ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO IF, UM, A CASE MANAGER IS ABLE TO SEE PEOPLE WITHIN THEIR PROGRAM AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GET TO CERTAIN PARTS OF IT AS FAR AS THEY CAN DO ENROLLMENTS, THEY CAN DO THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY CAN ASK CASE NOTES, UM, THAT CAN ONLY BE DONE BY LIKE A HOUSING FORWARD ADMIN, UM, OR SOMEONE WHO HAS SYSTEM LEVEL ACCESS VERSUS, UM, PROGRAM LEVEL ACCESS.
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THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.I THINK THAT'S, EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE DATABASE THAT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO.
I MEAN, HEALTHCARE HAD BEEN FOR 20 YEARS AND WE STARTED WITH THE BAY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND I REMEMBER THE PAPER CHARTS AND THEN ALL THE HOSPITALS WENT ONLINE WITH THE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD.
AND UM, THERE IS VERY LIMITED ACCESS ON WHO CHART YOU CAN LOOK AT.
THERE'S ALSO AN ELECTRONIC AUDIT TRAIL, RIGHT? SO I THINK JUST AN INSURANCE PRIVACY, I EXPECT THAT IT'S ON ALMOST THE SAME LEVEL, IF NOT, YOU KNOW, IN MORE, MORE OF AN INCREASED SECURITY, UM, FOR THE, UH, THE CLIENT'S.
UH, SO WE SKIPPED AN ITEM PART A, DO YOU WANNA TRY TO ADDRESS THAT NEXT? ARE YOU GUYS ABLE TO PLAY THE VIDEO? DO WE THINK? OH, SHE'S NOT THERE.
SO I GO SHARE YOUR SCREEN ON WEBEX.
I'M JUST TELLING DORY, I'M SO GLAD IT WOULD BE SO STRESSFUL TO ME TO BE THE, BUT IT'S COMPANY COME, THERE'S SUCH A SPACE AROUND MESSES UP
I SAW HIS BECAUSE EVERYBODY, YOU CALM LAST, I JUST, SORRY.
HE'S LIKE UNFORTUNATE THAT MY, SO IT'LL TAKE THEM ALL.
I'M SHARING THE SCREEN ON THE WEBEX FOR EXTERNAL AND THE SHARING INTERNALLY.
WORKING THROUGH MORE DIFFICULTIES FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT, DO YOU THINK GO AHEAD, DOC, BE INTERESTED IN BEING A TEMPORARY AND JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, WE'RE GONNA SPEAK ABOUT AFTER THE VIDEO SO WE CAN KEEP GOING FOR YOU GUYS.
THERE'S NO ON WEATHER CHILDREN AND THE SLIDES THAT WE WERE GONNA DO WITHOUT THE VIDEO, SO I KIND PEOPLE AT LEAST, WHICH WE'VE BEEN TRYING FOR AN HOUR.
COMMUNICATION, YOU KNOW, UNDERGROUND, SO TO SPEAK.
I, IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE I'VE MET WITH WEBEX.
I USED TO DO THIS PROFESSIONALLY.
CAN WE JUST LAPTOP AND PUT THIS QUESTION,
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SEE, TO SEE? YEAH.CAN WE MOVE TO, THEY'LL TAKE A MINUTE TO SET IT UP TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
DID YOU HAVE HIS EMAIL WHILE THIS WORKED OUT? SO, OKAY, GOT IT.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE SECTION ABOUT WHO ARE WE AS FAR AS THE, UM, COC, WHICH IS THE CONTINUUM OF HERE.
UM, YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY HEARD FROM US A FEW TIMES NOW AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THESE SLIDES BEFORE.
UM, BUT UM, WE'RE GONNA JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOUSING BOARD AND UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HEARD SAY ARE SAFE.
SO WE ARE HOUSING BOARD THOUGH WE, OR THE SAME AGENCY OF THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION.
UM, SO THAT MEANS THAT THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS.
OUR OWN COALITION IS UH, KIND OF AN UMBRELLA OF ALL OF THESE, UH, THE DIFFERENT RISK PROVIDERS WHO DO THE DIRECT WORK WITH OUR CLIENTS, UM, CROSS SECTOR PARTNERS, SO THAT COULD BE THINGS LIKE, UM,
SO ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND STAKEHOLDERS ARE PART THE ALL COALITION AND
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, UM, STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND ALL OF US HAVE THE, THE VISION, UM, TO IT HOMELESSNESS IN DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTIES.
SO EVERYTHING WE DO IS BASED ON BOTH OF THOSE COUNTIES.
UM, IT'S A REGIONAL APPROACH, UM, TO WHAT WE DO.
SO IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, A CITY OF HEALTH BECAUSE IT IS LARGER.
IT DOES COVER ALL THE CITIES WITHIN PAUL COLLIN COUNTIES.
IF YOU CAN GO FOR A COUPLE OF SLIDES.
YEAH, SO THAT KIND SOUNDS ABOUT WHO WE ARE.
PEOPLE OFTEN ASK THAT OR WE A NONPROFIT.
UM, HOUSING BOARD IS A NONPROFIT THAT HAS ITS OWN BOARD AND WE ALSO HAVE A GROUP FOR THE OLD NEIGHBORS COALITION THAT CONSIST OF NOT ONLY A FEW OF THE AGENCY PARTNERS, BUT ALSO PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT SECTORS, BE IT, UM, CITY OFFICIALS, UM, UM, JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, UM, HERE WE HAVE FAITH PROVIDERS, UM, WE HAVE
ALRIGHT, SO BACK IN 2021, UM, YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY HEARD US TALK ABOUT THIS.
WE WENT THROUGH A WHOLE SYSTEM DETERMINATION.
SO AS TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE NORMALLY VENTURE DALLAS ALLIANCE, WE WENT THROUGH A REBRANDING, UM, TO HOUSING FORWARD.
BUT ALSO THROUGH THAT TIME WE INCREASED THE CAPACITY AND WE WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND PRETTY MUCH SAID, WE HAVE NOT BEEN THE LEAD AGENCY THAT WE NEEDED TO BE AND NOW WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT WE CAN BE.
SO DURING THAT TIME, EVERYONE, UM, WAS REALLY DOING GREAT, AMAZING THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY WERE DOING SILOS.
SO THERE WASN'T A LOT OF, UM, COMMUNITY STRATEGY.
IT WAS JUST, THIS WAS GOOD FOR SHELTERS, THIS WAS GOOD FOR THESE OUTREACH TEAMS, AND EVERYONE WAS TRYING TO GET THEIR OWN MONEY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO 2001, WE CAME TOGETHER AND THAT THEY SHARED GOALS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO TARGETS THAT WE WERE GONNA WORK ON IN ORDER TO HELP TAKE HOMELESSNESS RE AND NON-RECURRING IN BOTH OF THOSE COUNTIES.
SO, UM, THERE YOU SEE ARE THREE GOALS.
YOU REDUCE CHRONIC UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS EFFECTIVELY, AND VETERAN HOMELESSNESS.
SO IF YOU, UH, WERE WITH US YESTERDAY OR FALL, UM, IN THE NEWS, WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DECLARATION FROM THE UNITED STATES AGENCY, UM, ON COUNCIL, COUNCIL
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UM, SO, UH, THAT WAS DELIVERED YESTERDAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET AN SPECTIVE IN TO VETERAN HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE YOUR FUNCTION ZERO.
I HAVE A SYSTEM THAT CAN, UM, IDENTIFY VETERANS THAT ARE HOMELESS AND THEN GET THE HOUSE WITHIN 90 DAYS.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE NO, UM, VETERANS IN OUR SYSTEM THAT SHOW THAT THEY'RE, UM, CHRONIC.
AND THEN OUR NEXT STEP IS TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE MAINLY IN YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.
UM, SO, SO, SO THROUGHOUT THAT, WE, UM, CAME TOGETHER TO GET ALL OUR, UM, SERVICE S TO GO THROUGH, UM, A COORDINATED ACCESS SYSTEM.
SO THROUGH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ASSESS THE NEEDS, FIGURE OUT WHERE PEOPLE NEED, UM, SOME HELP AND WHAT SERVICES WE NEED, AND THEN NAVIGATE THEM, UM, TO THE IMPORTANT SERVICES.
AND FOR US, UM, WE HAVE A REALLY, REALLY BIG, UM, WE WOULD GO INTO LOOKING AT HOUSING AND LONG SERVICE THAT COME WITH THAT.
SO HOUSING FIRST BECAME A VERY PROMINENT THING WITHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND, UM,
UM, SO EVERYONE REALLY ALIGNED TO THAT.
AND THROUGH THAT WE ALSO STARTED WITH, UM, INCREASING THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING THROUGH HOUSING FORWARD, HOW PEOPLE ARE FUNDED AND, AND ALSO, UM, A BASELINE RACIAL EQUITY, MAKING SURE THAT WE BAKE THAT INTO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGHOUT THE SECTOR.
SO NOW I THEN LET SARAH TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON NOW.
AND, AND I HAVE TO SAY, I, I, UM, PRESENTED TO AUSTIN STREET BOARD, MIGHT BORROW THE SAME, WASN'T JUST STREET, BUT OBVIOUSLY HERE WE GO.
TRYING TO PUT SOME PERSONAL FLAVOR IN THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT SLIDE.
ACTUALLY WE JUST SIT, UM, NEXT A COUPLE OF TIMES BECAUSE THERE'S SOME ANIMATION ON HERE, BUT YEAH.
SO I GUESS THE OTHER BIG THING THAT HAPPENED IN 2021 BEYOND WHAT THEY DESCRIBED WAS WE SAW AN ALIGNMENT OF, UM, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT, LIKE HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.
THERE WAS NEW RESOURCES COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WE HAD THIS NEW SYSTEM DESIGNED AND THAT WAS FUELED BY, UM, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, OTHER CITIES ACROSS DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY MATCHED BY PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT BRINGING TOGETHER A LOT OF MILLIONS DOLLARS TO EXPAND THOSE PATHWAYS BACK INTO HOUSING THAT WE HAD DESIGNED WITH THE SYSTEM.
AND SO WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS CREATE A LOT MORE REHOUSING CAPACITY.
AND THAT WAS FOR A LOT OF REASONS, HISTORICALLY, WHAT HAS HAPPENED ACROSS THE NATION AND DALLAS IS GROWN OUR PLACES RESPONSES WHEN WE SHELTER AND WHEN WE DO THAT, UM, OFTEN THERE CONTINUES TO BE AN ADEQUATE EXIT PATHWAYS OUT OF SHELTER, BUT IT IS ALWAYS A NATURAL TENDENCY, AND I'M SURE YOU FEEL IT AS WELL, WHEN YOU GO DOWNTOWN AND YOU SEE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY TO WORK AND YOU SEE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THERE ISN'T REASON A TENDENCY TO GROW T TEMPORARY HOUSING, TO HAVE POWER SHELTERS, TO HAVE A SANCTION ENCAMPMENT TO HAVE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, TEMPORARY HOUSING.
BUT WHEN WE DO THAT, NONE OF THOSE ARE, NONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE ACTUALLY SOLVING HOMELESSNESS.
THEY'RE JUST MOVING IT IN THIS FUNNEL.
AND WE, THE TENDENCY IS TO GROW THE FUNNEL.
AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE NEVER HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO ACTUALLY HAVE EXIT PATHWAYS BACK INTO HOUSING.
AND ANNUAL WORKFLOW CONTINUES, SO YOU CAN BUILD AS MANY BIG WAREHOUSES AS YOU WANT, BUT EACH YEAR WE HAVE ABOUT 7,000 PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR THAT ARE FALLING IN EACH YEAR.
SO IF WE WANNA REDUCE HOMELESSNESS, WE HAVE TO HAVE 7,001 EVERY YEAR.
SO WITHOUT THAT REHOUSING INVESTMENT, UM, WHAT, WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING IS SHELTER GROWS, ANNUAL INFLOW CONTINUES, THERE'S INADEQUATE EXITS AND PEOPLE GET STUCK IN HOMELESSNESS.
AND THE NATION, THAT'S SORT OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE, IS LET PEOPLE GET STUCK IN HOMELESSNESS.
SO HOMELESSNESS GROWS, UM, IT BECOMES MORE EXPENSIVE, IT BECOMES MORE PROBLEMATIC, UM, IT BECOMES MORE TRAUMATIC AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF LONG TERM HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE DIGGING OURSELVES OUT OF.
SO THAT BIG INVESTMENT IN 2021, WHAT WE DID IS INVERT THE FUNNEL AND INTRODUCE NEW, NEW INTERVENTIONS AND STREAMLINED THE WAY THAT WE APPROACH THIS BY FIRST HAVING THIS YEAR FALLING OUT ALL OF OUR BIG SHELTER DIVERSION AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE SHELTER TO SAY WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO STAY IN SHELTER FOR MORE THAN JUST THREE OR FOUR DAYS, THEN WE WANT TO GET
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THERE AND IT'S SUPER CHEAP AND JUST OF THOSE PEOPLE NEVER COME BACK, BUT FREED UP CAPACITY IN OUR SHELTER WITHOUT PAYING FOR A NEW SHELTER.SO THAT'S ONE NEW INTERVENTION.
THE SECOND IS WE'VE INCREASED OUR REHOUSING CAPACITY BY 44%.
SO WE, SO WE CAN TARGET PEOPLE WHO ARE NEWLY HOMELESS AND RAPIDLY SUPPORT THEM TO CONNECT WITH SUPPORT AND HOUSING, BUT WE CAN ALSO TARGET OR WRAP AROUND BEHAVIOR, HEALTHCARE, PERMANENT HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN STUCK IN SYSTEM FOR A WHILE.
AND THAT COMBINATION OF THINGS THEN CREATES A SYSTEM THAT CAN ACTUALLY REDUCE OUR NUMBERS.
UM, ONE THING WE CAN'T DO IS TURN OFF THE TAP AS A HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
WE CAN'T, UM, STRUCTURAL RACISM AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS, WE CAN ONLY TRIAGE AND GET PEOPLE BACK IN THE HOUSING QUICKLY.
AND WE NOW BUILT THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, AND SO AS ANNUAL INFLOW KEEPS COMING IN BECAUSE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS, WE HAVE TO BE EQUIPPED TO
AND SO
AND SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE REDUCTION THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT TIME.
OKAY, I'M HAVING AN ISSUE HERE.
I MEAN, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE DATA BEFORE.
I KNOW RAY PRESENTED IT, UM, LAST TIME.
SO I THINK THE STORY THAT IT'S TELLING US IS THAT LEVEL OF INVESTMENT, SEE EX SHELTERED HOMELESSNESS GROWING AND GROWING AND GROWING BY ABOUT 45% BETWEEN 2015 AND 2021 SINCE 2021.
WE'RE NOW SEEING BECAUSE OF THOSE STRATEGIC SHIFTS, WERE GOING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION AND WE GOT THROUGH A LOT MORE WORK TO DO
UM, BUT THAT WAY OF SHIFTING IS SETTING US APART NATIONALLY.
WE ARE ONE OF A FEW BIG CITIES THAT HAD REDUCTIONS IN HOMELESSNESS LAST YEAR.
UM, WE, AND WE WERE REALLY ONLY A PORTION OF A QUARTER OF REGIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT SELL REDUCTIONS BECAUSE WITH HOUSING BECOMING MORE AND MORE UNAFFORDABLE IN A VERY HARSH ENVIRONMENT, MEANING TO KEEP PACE WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE FALLING IN, WE'VE GOTTA HAVE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND FREE HOUSE QUICKLY.
AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
I THINK, I THINK THE RESULTS THAT RAY, I THINK SHOWED TO YOU LAST REALLY THAT OH, I THOUGHT YOU, DID YOU SHARE THIS DATA WITH THEM ALSO? NEIL SHARED WITH EACH OF US INVITATION, SO I THINK 15 OR WAIT, SORRY, THAT'S ON MY DECK.
SO, UM, I THINK WE'RE JUST GETTING A LOT OF SIGNALS.
WE, THIS YEAR AT OUR STATE OF HOMELESS, WE SAW SINCE 2021 WHEN WE STARTED THIS IN 19% REDUCTION IN HOMELESSNESS OVERALL, 4% REDUCTION IN UNALTERED HOMELESSNESS, THE LOWEST COUNT IN NEARLY A DECADE.
AND I SAY ALL OF THAT THOUGH, WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT FEELING THE PROGRESS BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, THERE ARE AREAS THAT ARE VERY PROBLEMATIC AROUND THE CITY THAT HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE AND HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE FOR A VERY LONG TIME THAT AS A SYSTEM WE NEED TO COMMIT TO TACKLING.
AND UM, RAY IS GONNA TALK ABOUT JUST WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP NEXT TO MAKE SURE THAT YES, WE'RE CONTINUING OUR PROGRESS, BUT WE'RE ALSO GETTING TO THAT VERY VULNERABLE POPULATION THAT IT'S VERY VISIBLY HOMELESS.
AND, UM, THERE THAT COMES ALONG WITH PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS AND, UM, CHALLENGES WITH OPENING BACK UP PUBLIC SPACES REALLY TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN OUTSIDE FOR A WHILE IN, IN A LOT OF OUR PUBLIC DOWNTOWN AND AROUND THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO RAY, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT? SURE.
SO SARAH MENTIONED, UM, THE 24% DECREASE IN UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE 2021.
SO OUR NEXT BIG MILESTONE IS FOR US TO GET TO A 50% REDUCTION IN UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS BY 2026.
UM, SO THE BIG THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT WE HAD THAT HUGE INFLUX WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, UM, AND DOLLARS COMING INTO THE SYSTEM WITH DALLAS REALTIME IN 2021.
SO ALONG WITH THAT, MOST OF THOSE WERE ONE TIME FUNDING SOURCES THROUGH ARPA DOLLARS, COVID MONEY.
UM, SO NOW WE'RE AT A PLACE WHERE WE'RE LIKE, IF WE DON'T REPLACE THAT MANY IN SOME TYPE OF WAY, WE CAN'T KEEP UP THE MOMENTUM WE'VE HAD.
SO NOT ONLY ARE WE TRYING TO KEEP IT UP, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE, UM, THE AMOUNT OF, UM, HOUSING THAT WE'RE DOING.
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TWO MORE SLIDES, MAYBE TWO.UM, SO
UM, SO 10 MILLION OF THAT WE ALREADY HAVE FROM HUD FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THAT.
UM, THE NOFA SUCH AS OUR NOTICE OF FUNDING, UM, AVAILABILITY EVERY YEAR.
UM, SO WE'VE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THAT WITH SUSTAINABLE FUNDS THAT WE EXPECT TO HAVE YEAR AFTER YEAR, BUT THERE IS $20 MILLION OF IT THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED FROM LOCAL AND PRIVATE, UM, FUNDING.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, UM, A CAMPAIGN FOR THAT INITIATIVE JUST SO THAT WE CAN KEEP UP WITH THE SYSTEM THAT WE CREATE SO FAR.
UM, AND A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TOWARDS REHOUSING, UM, RESOURCES.
SO THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE IS OUR, UM, ENHANCED STREET TO ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, THIS INITIATIVE CALLED STREET TO HOME ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE.
IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN HAPPENING AROUND ALLISON COLLIN COUNTIES.
UM, BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS REALLY EXPAND IT AND UM, DO IT AT A QUICKER PACE.
SO OUR GOAL IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO UNSHELTERED POPULATIONS AND LIKE SARAH SAID, THEY'RE OUR MOST VULNERABLE.
UM, SO WHAT WE DO IS WE TARGET AND PRIORITIZE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY DEPENDING ON A LOT OF, UM, DIFFERENT FACTORS.
AND THEN FROM THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT WITH THEM, THE OUTREACH WORKERS ARE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING.
SO INSTEAD OF IT BEING LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, DO YOU WANT TO GET INTO A SHELTER AND THEN YOU CAN GET HOUSING, WE COME IN, UM, AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? IF WE CAN GET YOU AN APARTMENT STRAIGHT FROM HERE.
AND WHAT WE FIND OUT IS THAT PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S SERVICE RESISTANT, THEY'RE THIS AND THAT.
WE HAVE 95% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE ENCOUNTER ACTUALLY SAY YES TO THIS INTERVENTION AND ARE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH US.
SO IT TAKES ABOUT FOUR TO EIGHT WEEKS USUALLY.
'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE TO COME IN AS FAR AS GETTING IDENTIFICATION, UM, VOUCHERS, UM, RAPID REHOUSING, RESOURCES, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE.
UM, BUT REALLY WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, IT IS AMAZING THE DAY YOU GET TO GO AND TELL, UM, A PERSON THAT'S BEEN LIVING OUTSIDE FOR WHO KNOWS, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG THAT YOU HAVE KEYS TO THEIR NEW, UM, APARTMENT, AND THEY'RE GETTING TO MOVE IN.
UM, A BIG PART OF THIS IS ALSO THAT WE HAVE, UM, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT PARTNER WITH US AND GO OUT.
WE HAVE PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS, SO THEY'RE TALKING TO THEM OUT IN ENCAMPMENTS, WHEREVER THEY'RE LIVING AT THAT POINT, KNOWING THAT, UM, AND THEN THEY'RE TOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET CONNECTED TO SERVICES, THESE ARE GOING TO STAY WITH YOU, UM, AS YOU MOVE IN.
SO THOSE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TEAMS THEN ARE CONNECTED WITH THEM AFTER MOVE IN ALSO TO BE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE TEAM.
SO THERE'S CASE MANAGEMENT, THERE'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CASE MANAGEMENT, UM, THAT'S GOING WITH THEM TO HELP STABILIZE HOUSING, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN STAY IN IT, AND ALSO TO GET THEM THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED TO HELP THEM, UM, START TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES AND DEAL WITH THE TRAUMA THAT THEY'VE HAD FROM BEING UNSHELTERED IN A HOUSE DURING THAT TIME.
SARAH, YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? NO, I GUESS THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT MAKE THIS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY EVER DONE BEFORE WITH RELATED TO STREET OUTREACH.
THE FIRST IS, UM, WE, WE HAVE NEW TOOLS TO ACTUALLY SOLVE HOMELESSNESS FOR PEOPLE.
LIKE WHEN WE GO ONSITE OF ENCAMPMENT, WE ARE ENDING SOMEONE'S HOMELESSNESS, WHICH MEANS WE'RE RESOLVING THE ENCAMPMENT.
THE MAJORITY OF OUR OUTREACH IS GOING TO ENCAMPMENT, UM, OFFERING PEOPLE A BOTTLE OF WATER AND, UM, OFFERING PEOPLE A SHELTER STAY.
SO THEY'RE PACKING UP AND THEY'RE MOVING THREE BLOCKS DOWN, AND WE'RE MOVING THE ENCAMPMENT, BUT WE'RE NOT RESOLVING IT.
SO THAT'S ONE REALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF ALTERNATIVES BEING CONSIDERED RIGHT NOW, AND I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF 'EM.
PALLET SHELTERS, SANCTIONED ENCAMPMENTS HAVEN FOR HOPE.
UM, THOSE THINGS ARE, UM, FIRST WOULD TAKE YEARS TO BRING ONLINE.
THIS IS A MODEL THAT WE NEED TO BRING TODAY TO THESE LOCATIONS,
THOSE MODELS ARE ALSO EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MOVE PEOPLE TWICE.
AND SO WHEN WE CAN FAST TRACK THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING AND WRAP THEM IN SUPPORT, WE'VE PAID FOR THEM ONCE, WHEN WE FAST TRACK THEM INTO A VERY EXPENSIVE SETTING AND THEN HOUSE THEM OUT OF THERE, IT TAKES MUCH LONGER AND IT'S VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE.
UM, AND AS RAY SAID, PEOPLE FOR, THERE'S A VARIETY OF REASONS WHY THERE'S A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ACCESSING SHELTER, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A RESPONSE FOR THAT GROUP BEFORE.
SO THIS IS A WAY WHERE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NEVER GONNA GO INTO SHELTER,
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NO MATTER HOW MANY HAVEN FOR HOPES YOU BUILD.AND SO THIS IS A WAY TO MEET THOSE PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT AND HAVE A RESPONSE THAT SOLVES THE PROBLEM.
SO, UM, YOU GUYS, WE START AROUND THE QUESTION AGAIN? YEAH.
UM, SO WE'LL WE DO ONE ROUND OF BRUSHING AT TWO MINUTES AND TRY TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
I THROW, STICK THROUGH IT, BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE'S TIME.
UM, I'LL HOOK THE DOOR I SEE THE HAND WITH, WITH CHARLOTTE WRIGHT.
SO THE ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE IS, IS A BIG, UM, PASSION AREA OF MINE,
AS SOME OF YOU THAT HAVE HEARD OF, OF MY PASSION WORK, KNOW, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TEXAS INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR SECURITY DIRECTOR, DANNY MENO, AND I'VE HOSTED TOURS BEHIND THE SCENE.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO MEET DANNY AND GO SEE, IT'S AMAZING WHAT HE DOES TO KEEP THEIR CAMPUS SAFE AND TO REALLY SHOW COMPASSION FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND, UM, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
HE WANTS IT TO BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE CITY.
AND, UM, AND THAT'S ONE OF MY MAIN GOALS AS A COMMISSIONER, IS TO REALLY FACILITATE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND TO HAVE HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION, TO BE INFORMED ON THE PROCESS OF WHAT'S PRODUCTIVE AND WHAT IS HELPFUL AND WHAT LEADS TO LASTING RESULTS FOR, FOR THE INDIVIDUALS AND TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY CLEAN AND SAFE, UM, JUST FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT.
SO, UM, I GUESS FOR MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, AS A COMMISSIONER, HOW, HOW CAN WE ENGAGE TOGETHER TO HAVE A COORDINATED RESPONSE, UM, AND, AND UTILIZE AND LEVERAGE THE RELATIONSHIPS AND, UM, THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE EXPERIENCE OF JUST BEING A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND, AND HAVING THE, THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, I GUESS, APPROACH.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, SPEAK, I DON'T, THIS MAY BE A SLIDE FOR LATER, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUTREACH AND CASE MANAGEMENT, WHERE IS THAT HAPPENING? I KNOW THAT SOME OF WHAT, UM, CHRISTINE'S TALKED ABOUT IS SAYING THAT THE MONEY THAT THE CITY WAS AWARDED, THEY'RE GONNA BE DELEGATING THAT INTO DIFFERENT PARTNERS AND PROVIDERS.
SO WHAT KIND OF STRATEGY IS THERE FOR CASE MANAGEMENT AND WHAT AGENCIES ARE ACTUALLY, UM, HAVE THE STAFF THAT, UM, THAT IS BEING MANAGED UNDERNEATH THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, PLACES THAT ARE COLLABORATING? I GUESS TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, I MEAN, I THINK IF YOU HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND EYES ON YOUR DISTRICT, OBVIOUSLY YOUR COMMUNICATING WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE ENCAMPMENTS ARE TO OHS AND OHS OBVIOUSLY TRACKS THAT INFORMATION.
SO THIS PROCESS, AS WE BRING THIS PROCESS TO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AROUND THE CITY, THAT INFORMATION HELPS US GET THAT SITE ON THE, ON OUR RADAR SO THAT WE KNOW IT'S THERE AND WE KNOW IT NEEDS TO BE ONE OF THE SITES THAT'S CONSIDERED AS WE DETERMINE WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S, I THINK ONE WAY AS A COMMISSIONER, IF YOU KNOW YOUR DISTRICT AND YOU KNOW WHERE THE PROBLEMATIC AREAS ARE, I MEAN, THAT'S INFORMATION THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO COLLECT AND UNDERSTAND BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT INFORMATION YES.
AND IT MOVES SO FREQUENTLY THAT, UM, SOMETIMES IT'S A MOVING TARGET, BUT THAT, THAT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL TO KEEP OUR SIGHTS ON WHERE THINGS ARE.
AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT LATER IN THE DAY AS WELL.
UM, YEAH, SO, SO THAT'S A, A GOOD THEME TO PUT OPINION FOR LATER.
UM, AND OF COURSE WE ALWAYS OFFER RIDE-ALONGS TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DO ONE IN THEIR DISTRICT.
LET US KNOW, UM, IF YOU WANNA DO SOME JOINT ONES, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOMEONE OFFER BEFORE AND NOT HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE US UP ON IT.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE WAY THAT OH S3 OUTREACH RESPONDS IS THROUGH 3 1 1, BUT ALSO THROUGH MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, UH, EMAILS AND THINGS THAT ARE FLAGGED TO US IN THE FIELD.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT DOES COME THROUGH YOU AND THEN YOU'RE EMAILING YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND CCING ME OR VICE VERSA.
WE ADD THAT INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND SOMETIMES THAT'S WHERE OUR EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS COME FROM, WHICH THEN SEND OUT THE HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE TEAM.
LIKE IF THERE'S AN ENCAMPMENT NEAR SCHOOL, WELL THAT'S GROUNDS FOR IMMEDIATE REMOVAL.
AND SOMETIMES IT FEEDS INTO THE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ENCAMPMENTS THAT MAYBE AREN'T SEEN THAT GOES INTO OUR LONGER TERM DECOMMISSIONING.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEWHERE IN THAT CYCLE FOR IT TO FIT.
YEAH, I GUESS IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE THE DISTINCTION WHEN THE HEART TEAM GOES OUT, THEY ARE, THE, THE ENCAMPMENT IS MOVING THREE BLOCKS DOWN WHEN WE, WHEN THIS PROCESS GOES OUT, WHICH IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OHS, WE'RE RESOLVING THE ENCAMPMENT.
AND THOSE THINGS HAVE A DIFFERENT TIMELINE ASSOCIATED TO THEM AND A DIFFERENT OUTCOME.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTION.
'CAUSE I THINK PART OF THE REASON WHY SOMETIMES HOMELESSNESS FEELS SO VISIBLE AND SO VAST IS BECAUSE IT'S MOVING EVERY DAY ALL AROUND WITH CHUNKS LIKE THIS VERSUS BEING ABLE TO SYSTEMATICALLY KIND OF EXPAND ENOUGH TO HOUSE.
BUT WITH THOSE 16 OUTREACH WORKERS THAT THE CITY'S INVESTED IN, THAT ALLOWS US TO, TO, UM, GROW OUR CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO MORE SYSTEMATICALLY GET TO DIFFERENT REGIONS.
AND IT IS NOW JUST ABOUT TAKING DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIZING DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AS WE KNOW THINGS ARE PROBLEMATIC.
AND, AND THE SUBCONTRACTED THROUGH YOU GUYS TO DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
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THE SOLE SOURCE.WE HAD THAT FUNDING AND THEN THE ATTORNEY SAID, YES, HOUSING BOARD IS REALLY THE ONLY AGENCY IN THE AREA THAT MAKES SENSE IN TERMS OF HAVING THAT CONNECTED TISSUE TO SUBCONTRACT IT PROPERLY OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT, UM, FOLKS WERE ALREADY CONNECTED INTO THE WORK WE'RE DOING THAT ALSO IS SO SOURCED THROUGH HOUSING BOARD.
SO THE MONEY WENT TO THEM AND THEN NOW THEY HAVE SUBCONTRACTED IT OUT.
SO IT'S A LAYER OF CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS, WERE ALL HOLDING EACH OTHER ACCOUNT ON.
IS THERE A MAP, LIKE A, A GRAPHIC OR THAT KIND OF LIKE DRAFTS OUT OF IT WAS CONNECTED TO WHAT? THAT CONNECT TISSUE? YOU MEAN LIKE THE, LIKE THE FINANCE, THE FUNDING MAPPING? I THINK IT'S MORE OF, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE OUTREACH TEAMS THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT AREAS THEY'LL COVER? YEAH.
THE FUNDING THAT THAT FUNNEL THROUGH OHS AND THE ATTORNEY APPROVING IT FOR YOU GUYS AND YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THE MAPPING OF THAT, LIKE THE, THE PARTNERS THAT ARE INVOLVED, THE AGENCIES, YEAH.
SO IT'S, THAT'S ONE ELEMENT OF LIKE A BROADER COORDINATED OUTREACH STRATEGY WHERE WE NOW HAVE SPLIT THE ENTIRE GEOGRAPHY INTO REGIONS.
AND SO THERE'LL BE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF, OF STANDARD STAFF THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO EACH REGION.
AND THAT'S, THOSE STAFF ARE NOW ARE BEING TRAINED LIKE TODAY.
SO YES, WE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHO IN YOUR DISTRICT, WHO ARE THE, WHO ARE THE COORDINATED OUTREACH TEAMS, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF SOME EXISTING OUTREACH RESOURCES, THE NEW FUNDING FROM THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO FILL OUT THE GAPS IN THAT.
THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL INFORMATION.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
UM, I JUST WANNA ASK A VERY QUICK QUESTION BEFORE I DEFER TO VICE CHAIR OWENS.
UM, FOR HER QUESTION, UM, THAT FUNDING, UH, WHAT CAME FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS BUDGET FOR THE 16, UM, OUTREACH WORKERS? ARE THEY ONLY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS PROVIDING OUTREACH? ARE THEY GOING TOWARDS DALLAS COUNTY AND COLLIN COUNTY? SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE WAY THAT IT, THE WAY THAT IT'S CONTRACTED, AND IT WAS THE SAME FOR THE REAL TIME REHOUSING, IS THAT THIS IS FOR ACTIVITIES THAT START WITHIN DALLAS, BUT THEN CYCLE OUT.
SO AS LONG AS YOU'RE STARTING WITHIN DALLAS, WE'RE FINE.
AND YOU KNOW, HOUSING BOARD IS BASED IN DALLAS AND A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ARE BASED IN DALLAS, BUT PART OF THE REASON THAT THEY TAKE THAT AND WORK IT INTO LARGER COLLABORATION IS BECAUSE COLLABORATION, OUR COC IS TWO COUNTIES WIDE, WHEREAS FOR THE CITY WE ARE NOT.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S MIXED IN, IN THAT WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RESPECTING THAT, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT THIS AS REGIONS, NOT JUST ONE CITY, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OBVIOUSLY, OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOR DECOMMISSION.
I MEAN, WE, ALL OF OUR DECOMMISSIONINGS HAVE BEEN IN, WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS DECOMMISSIONINGS IN THE, THE TOOLKIT KIT THAT CREATES THE DECOMMISSIONINGS ARE ONLY IN DALLAS.
WERE THERE ANY OTHER CITIES WITHIN THE CONTINUUM OF CARE WHO FUNDED OUTREACH WORKERS? YEAH, WE HAVE FRISCO'S FUNDING OUTREACH NOW.
PLANOS FUNDING OUTREACH, MCKINNEY'S FUNDING OUTREACH, COORDINATING THAT WITH RTR.
WELL, SO THIS, THAT'S PART OF THE COORDINATED OUTREACH STRATEGY IS ALIGNING HOW MANY STAFF WE HAVE TO THIS NEW MODEL OF WORKING TOGETHER IN A MORE CO COORDINATED WAY.
AND MULTIPLE CITIES ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT.
I WAS GONNA SAY, WHEN WE'RE SAYING THE COORDINATED OUTREACH TEAMS, IT'S NOT JUST THE ONES THAT WERE FUNDED THROUGH DALLAS, THERE'S ALSO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE FUNDING FROM OTHER PLACES, BUT THEY'RE ALL COMING TOGETHER TO SAY, WE'LL COVER THIS GEOGRAPHY, WE'LL COVER THIS GEOGRAPHY, OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER'S NECESSARY FOR THAT.
AND PART OF THAT'S BECAUSE THE DECOMMISSIONINGS IN DALLAS HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, CALCULUS CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS, YOU'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS WITH OTHER CITIES WHO WERE LIKE, THIS IS GREAT.
CAN WE DO IT? AND WE'RE LIKE, YES.
LET US SHOW YOU HOW TO BUILD YOUR TOOLKIT BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, CITY OF DALLAS CAN'T PAY FOR YOUR DECOMMISSIONING.
AND SO THEN ALL OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS COME BACK TO SARAH WHO WORKS WITH THOSE CITIES AND THOSE JURISDICTIONS STAND UP THEIR OWN BIRTH.
VICE CHAIR OLAND, DO YOU HAVE, THANK YOU.
UH, DO YOU ALL EVER, I KNOW WE MEET WITH LANDLORDS, I'VE HEARD, DO WE EVER CREATE MEETINGS FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, HOUSING FORWARD REALTORS, UM, BUSINESS INVESTORS, LIKE TALK TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW THEY CAN ASSIST WITH HOUSING? I MEAN, I CAN START WITH YEAH.
UM, THE PRESIDENT OF THE, UH, AS THE ASSOCIATION AREA ASSOCIATION FOR GREAT APARTMENT ASSOCIATION FOR GREATER DALLAS, THE A A GD, UM, IS ON THE DALLAS AREA PARTNERSHIP BOARD.
I'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM OVER THE YEARS.
I MEAN, I CAN SPEAK FOR OHS, I'VE HAD GROUPS OVER THE YEARS, UH, HOTEL YEARS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT THAT ASK ME TO COME SPEAK, AND I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW TO GET INVOLVED.
IT, IT'S JUST WORD OF MOUTH AND TRYING TO GET MORE AND MORE EXPOSURE.
UM, AND I THINK YOU GUYS THROUGH HOUSING NAVIGATION HAVE A BIT MORE OF A FORMULAIC OUTREACH FOR THAT.
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BUT YOU'RE SAYING YOU ALL, YOU ALL HAVE MET, BUT HAVE YOU SEEN THEM ACTUALLY OR INTO THIS MISSION OR ASSIST WITH LAUREN? YEAH, I MEAN, WE, FROM A LANDLORD PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH OVER 400 PROPERTIES RIGHT NOW TO GAIN ACCESS INTO PRIVATE UNITS AROUND THE BOTH COUNTIES.AND THEN FROM A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESSES.
THE, THE, THE, WE HAVE A LOT, A LARGE PORTION OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT'S CONTRIBUTED TO THE DALLAS REALTIME EFFORT AND OTHER CENTRALIZED EFFORTS.
BUT ARE THERE ACTUAL PARTNERS THAT ARE, LIKE I SAID, INVESTORS OUTSIDE OF, UH, THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME AND REGULARLY ASSIST THE HOMES? YEAH.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT THESE STAT ARE.
DO YOU ALL HAVE MEETINGS FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT COME TO THIS CITY THAT INVEST IN OUR CITY AND CAN ACTUALLY SAY, HOW CAN YOU GUYS COLLABORATE WITH NEW VISION? I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHICH INVESTORS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO FOLLOW THE MONEY WHEREVER IT IS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE, YEAH.
WHICH WE CAN DEFINITELY CHECK IN WITH.
WE'VE HAD TOUCHPOINTS WITH THEM IN THE PAST.
THE CHAMBER WE, WE PRESENTED WITH THAT.
WE TRY TO PRESENT THAT REGULARLY.
AND DALLAS CITIZENS COUNCIL, WE PRESENTED THAT REGULARLY, BUT YEAH.
BUT THAT'S A GREAT POINT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CULTIVATE MORE OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND INVESTMENTS.
AND JUST A SMALL THING FOR BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS IN THE AREA, A LOT OF THEM COME TO US LETTING US KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IF THEY'RE TRYING TO GET, UM, VOUCHERS ATTACHED TO IT FOR PERMIT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SO WE, UM, TALK ABOUT THE BARRIERS OUR PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY HAVE AS FAR AS BACKGROUND, EVICTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN TRY TO, WE WILL OFFER SUPPORT FOR THOSE IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE, UM, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GET INTO THOSE TYPES OF PROPERTIES.
AND AS I'VE TALKED TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THE, THE BOND THAT WE NOW SUCCESSFULLY HAVE THAT'S GONNA GO INTO A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING NOFA, THE FIRST ITERATION OF THAT IS GONNA BE TALKED ABOUT TOMORROW AT THAT, UH, HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS MEETING.
UM, TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S COMING UP FOR THE, UH, THE PROPOSED VENDOR TO BE AWARDED ON JUNE 26TH BY COUNCIL FOR THE MIRAMAR.
AND THAT NOFA NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY PROCESS STARTED AS WE MEAN TO CONTINUE BY SAYING, IF YOU'RE APPLYING FOR THIS, YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO WORK WITH, BE PUT THE COC AND HOUSING BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO APPLY FOR VOUCHERS TO UNDERWRITE THE COST OF RENT THAT YOU'RE TAKING PEOPLE THROUGH THE COORDINATED ACCESS SYSTEM SO THAT WE'RE NOT WORKING IN SILOS ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER.
AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER PLACE THAT DEVELOPERS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS FUNDING THAT THEN RE ROUTES THEM TO PLUG INTO THE SYSTEM.
AND I KNOW, SORRY, COMMISSIONER KEYS HAD A QUESTION.
UM, SO NEXT UP WE HAVE COMMISSIONER KINGS.
UH, SO I DON'T WANNA GLOSS OVER THE FACT YOU SAID THAT YOU HAVE A 95% SUCCESS RATE.
IS THAT CORRECT? 95% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE OFFER HOUSING TO, UM, ARE WORKING WITH US.
I THINK WHAT THE, THE POINT OF THAT WAS BASICALLY OF THERE'S A MYTH THAT PEOPLE ARE SERVICE RESISTANT.
AND WE HEAR THAT OFTEN AMONG COUNCIL AND IN THE COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE OFFERING 'EM.
BUT WHEN WE CAN ENGAGE AROUND A CONVERSATION ABOUT GETTING INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, YEAH, THAT OPENS UP A CONVERSATION ABOUT
I THINK THAT'S, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
IN LINE WITH THAT, I'D LIKE YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW YOU APPROACH THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU TALK SOMEONE IN AN ENCAMPMENT, COULD YOU JUST GIMME LIKE A ANECDOTE OF THAT, BUT THEN, UM, WHERE ARE THEY BEING HOUSED? CAN YOU GIMME SOME IDEAS LIKE WHERE GEOGRAPHICALLY, APARTMENTS, HOMES, AND THEN, UM, SUSTAINABILITY AND THEN HOW DO WE SUSTAIN THIS? AND REALLY YOUR QUESTION IS WHAT DOES THIS COST ANNUALLY, MONTHLY FOR YOU GUYS? AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT'S CHEAP.
SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT, UM, ABOUT IT.
WHEN THEY GO OUT, THE OUTREACH WORKERS, THEY'RE GOING OUT AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS.
THEY START TALKING ABOUT LIKE, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH US TO GET INTO PERMANENT HOUSING TO GET YOUR OWN APARTMENT? AND USUALLY THROUGH THAT, THEY BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP.
THEY TELL THEM IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF STEPS, BUT I'M GONNA WORK ALONG WITH YOU.
IF THIS IS A GOAL AND YOU WANNA DO IT, JUST KNOW I'M GONNA BE HERE.
AND THEN START MAKING THE OTHER CONNECTIONS TO, UM, MENTAL HEALTH.
THEY START MAKING CONNECTIONS TO WHATEVER THAT PERSON NEEDS SPECIFICALLY.
AND THEN ALSO HAVING THOSE PEER, UM, PEERS OUT THERE WHO HAVE MAYBE EXPERIENCED THIS BEFORE AND ARE NOW SAYING, THIS REALLY WORKS, MAN.
YOU KNOW, WHATEVER'S GOING ON.
UM, THEY WORK THROUGH IDS, THEY
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WORK THROUGH ALL OF THAT WITH THAT PERSON, AND THEY'RE GOING BACK EVERY DAY ESSENTIALLY TO SAY, I'M HERE.UM, AS FAR AS, UM, PROPERTIES, CLIENTS HAVE CHOICE, WE USE A SYSTEM CALLED PAD MISSION, WHICH IS THE LANDLORDS THAT SARAH'S SAYING WE'RE ENGAGING WITH.
IF THEY AGREE TO HOLD UNITS FOR US, UM, THEY GET INTO PAD MISSIONS, SO PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO SEE IT JUST LIKE APARTMENTS.COM.
BUT IT'S ONLY FOR, UM, OUR CLIENTS.
UM, AND ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
AND WHAT'S IT CALLED AGAIN? I'M SO SORRY.
IT'S A, IT'S CALLED PAD MISSION.
IT'S AN ACTUAL SOFTWARE THAT, UM, WE USE.
SO THEY CAN SEE PICTURES, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
ALSO, CASE MANAGEMENT WILL TAKE THEM OUT TO THE PLACE SO THAT THEY CAN SEE IT AND SAY, YES, NO, YOU KNOW, OR WHATEVER THAT MAY BE.
WE ARE REGION, SO IT HAS BOTH PROPERTIES IN COLLIN AND DALLAS COUNTIES.
UM, AND SOME PEOPLE GO INTO PERMANENT MAJORITY OF THEM GOING TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHICH MEANS THERE'S CASE MANAGEMENT THAT WILL STAY WITH THEM THROUGH THE LENGTH OF TIME, UNLESS THEY'RE NOT, THEY'LL QUALIFY FOR THOSE THINGS.
AND THEN THEY GET RAPID REHOUSING.
SO THE STABILITY AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT COME ALONG WITH IT SERVICES ONCE THEY MOVE IN, BUT IT'S NOT A PARTICULAR PROPERTY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S WHOEVER WILL, UM, WORK WITH A VOUCHER OR SOME TYPE OF SUBSIDY.
I WILL ALSO SAY WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE ASK OHS BEFORE FOR A LIST OF PEOPLE AND WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED.
WE DON'T CONTRACTUALLY REQUIRE THAT.
IT'S NOT SOME, IT'S NOT DOCUMENTATION THAT WE KEEP, WE DON'T HAVE IT.
BUT EVEN IF WE DID, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW HOUSED.
SO THEY'RE NOT HOMELESS ANYMORE.
THEY'RE JUST LIKE THE REST OF US.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE AN INVASION OF PRIVACY FOR ANYONE.
AND THEN IN, IN VERY, VERY RECENTLY THIS WEEK, I HAVE SEEN SOME PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES WHEN THEY HAVE PROBLEMS, THEN CALL UP THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND MYSELF AND RIGHTLY WANNA DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY, SOMEONE IN THE APARTMENT FINDS OUT THAT SOMEONE'S ON A VOUCHER, WHICH COULD MEAN MANY THINGS.
THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO MEAN THIS PROGRAM.
THAT COULD MEAN THEY HAD A VOUCHER 20 YEARS AGO AND THEY'VE MOVED IN WITH IT, BUT THEY AUTOMATICALLY THEN ATTRIBUTE ALL OR ANY, OR ALL PROBLEMS IN THE BUILDING TO THAT SUBSIDY.
AND YOU GET INTO REALLY EASY DISCRIMINATION.
AND THEN I HAVE TO BE ON A CALL UNPICKING THAT AND HELPING THEM TO SEE WHAT IS A CRIMINAL QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE THAT WE CAN'T HOLISTICALLY SOLVE FOR YOU.
BUT IF YOU'RE JUST TARGETING IN ON WHAT YOU ATTRIBUTE TO HOMELESSNESS, NUMBER ONE, THAT'S NOT EQUITABLE OR ACCURATE.
AND NUMBER TWO, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THE OUTCOME YOU WANT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE.
SO IT, IT CAN REALLY HAVE A REVERSE DISCRIMINATION EFFECT.
AND THAT MUCH, IF YOU THOUGHT I WAS ASKING WHERE THEY ARE, I'M JUST SAYING IT'S WHO, WHO'S DOING THIS, THIS, IT'S GOOD.
AND THEN LASTLY, SUSTAINABILITY QUESTION.
HOW MUCH DOES THIS COST? AND THEN IS, I'M SURE, IS THERE A PERSON TO GET PEOPLE TO A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN BE SUSTAINABLE THEMSELVES, I HOPE? YEAH, LIKE TYPICALLY, I MEAN THE, THE VAST 15% OF THE POPULATION EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE THE POPULATION THAT NEED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND HAVE CHRONIC DISABILITIES.
THAT'S JUST THE POPULATION THAT YOU SEE ON THE STREET.
BECAUSE TYPICALLY OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION IS OUR POPULATION WHO'S CHRONICALLY HOMELESS AND IS BASED WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS AND DISABILITIES THAT HAVE CREATED BARRIERS FOR THEM MOVING ON.
BUT THAT'S REALLY JUST 15% OF OUR POPULATION THAT NEEDS THE MOST EXPENSIVE INTERVENTION.
BUT EVERYBODY ELSE AFTER 12 MONTHS, UM, THE IDEA IS THAT'S A 12 MONTH PROBLEM SOLVING EXERCISE WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO GET BACK ON YOUR FEET.
BUT I MEAN, THE COST IS DIVERSION EVEN LESS.
I, I SHOULD SAY THE LARGEST AMOUNT WOULD, WOULD RECEIVE DIVERSION NOW THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ROLLING IT OUT, WHICH IS A 10TH OF THE COST OF A SHELTER STAY.
SO THAT'S THE CHEAPEST INTERVENTION.
BUT I MEAN, FOR MOST PEOPLE, WE ESTIMATED THAT FOR A YEAR OF US ENDING THEIR HOMELESSNESS, IT'S $25,000, BUT THEY'RE GONNA COST US PROBABLY CLOSE TO $50,000 ON THE STREET DUE TO ALL THE NARRATIVE RIGHT THERE.
WE HAD TO PREACH THAT LIKE, AND TOMORROW HOUSING IS HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS.
DR. WONG FROM THE COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE PRESENTING, UH, A WHITE PAPER ON THE COST OF HOMELESSNESS FOR THE SYSTEM.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO I KNOW IT'S 9:00 AM ON A FRIDAY BEFORE MEMORIAL WEEKEND.
WE'RE ALL SUPER STOKED ABOUT THAT.
UM, BUT EVEN IF YOU CAN'T ATTEND OR DON'T CHOOSE TO, WHICH I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, YOU CAN ALWAYS ACCESS THOSE SLIDES.
AND I JUST WANNA AND SEND TO EVERYBODY ACTUALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THAT.
THANK, UM, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT REAL QUICK COMMISSIONERS, UM, THAT, UM, WE'RE KIND OF CLOSING IN ON TIME HERE.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT HARD CITY BACK THERE.
UM, SO, UM, I'M GONNA TAKE TWO MORE BRIEF QUESTIONS AND UM, I WILL START WITH YOU.
UH, REVEREND FA, WE HAVE THE CLOSING THANK CAB.
UH, HOW DOES HOUSING FORWARD INCENTIVIZE
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COMPLIANCE OR ALIGN WITH STRATEGY? HOW DOES IT SUMMARIZE VOLUME OVERALL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT PERMIT ATTACHED TO IT IS, YEAH.I MEAN WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, LIKE FOR ALL OF OUR RFPS THAT WE PUT OUT, YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO USE HMIS, UM, IN OUR INTAKE, UM, REFERRALS FROM OUR, UM, COORDINATED ACCESS SYSTEM.
SO ESSENTIALLY THAT'S THE INCENTIVE.
ANYTHING YOU DO, YOU HAVE TO PARTNER WITH DIALYSIS, GOVERNMENT WON'T FUND ANYBODY WHO'S NOT USING THAT SYSTEM.
SO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE COUNTY, NO HOUSING FOR ACKNOWLEDGE OR FEDERAL DOLLARS RAISE ALL THEM.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THOSE STOCKS REGARDING THE BALANCE, SORT OF STRETCHING TERMS. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE I AM BETWEEN MERCY AND JUSTICE.
UH, I UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE A COORDINATED EFFORT AND MOVING TO SORT OF A ONE STOP DISPLAY AND WRITING OF SERVICES TO S ONCE A MONTH SEAT AT THE TABLE.
I THINK A GREAT IDEA, WE SEE THE YESTERDAY FROM, FROM DR. JACKSON REFERENCING
I AM CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR, THAT IN TERMS OF A FAITH COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE WHAT IS ESSENTIAL PART OF LIKE TO PRACTICE AND
AND THAT WOULD BE ACTS IN THE CHURCH WITHOUT RESTRICTION.
AND SO I'M JUST, I'M
SO I CAN TEE US UP FOR THAT BECAUSE THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALK ABOUT IT AT THE CITY AS COMPASSION PLUS CARE OR NO COMPASSION AND ENFORCEMENT.
UM, AND YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD ME TALK A LOT BEFORE ABOUT THE THREE TYPES OF, UH, ENGAGEMENTS WE DO WITH ENCAMPMENTS.
AND SO DECOMMISSIONING WHERE WE ARE BREAKING THE CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS, UM, THAT IS THE GOLD STANDARD.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT FOR EVERYBODY.
CLEANINGS HAPPEN IN THE MEANTIME BECAUSE A BUNCH OF DEBRIS ON THE STREETS HELPS NOBODY.
AND SO THERE IS MOVEMENT INVOLVED WITH THAT, BUT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, CLEANINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OTHERWISE THE STREETS GET IMPASSABLE FOR EVERYONE.
UM, AND REMOVALS ARE WHERE THE HEART TEAM HOMOSEXUAL RESPONSE TEAM IS GOING OUT.
AND WE'RE SAYING, HERE IS THE GRAY SPACE.
HERE IS THE PAINFUL TENSION THAT WE LIVE WITH BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT AS A SYSTEM GOTTEN TO A POINT YET WHERE WHEN WE FIND YOU, WE CAN HOUSE YOU.
AND THAT IS, THAT IS WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE WE WILL ACHIEVE IT.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THERE ARE SOME SITUATIONS THAT ARE JUST SO UNSAFE THAT EVEN KNOWING WE DON'T HAVE A HOUSING SITE PLACE FOR YOU, WE HAVE TO MOVE YOU BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR ITERATION IS SO UNSAFE.
AND SO WITHIN THAT, THE NICE THING IS THAT WE NOW HAVE THIS COORDINATED OUTREACH BY QUADRANT THAT'S BEEN MADE FORTH THROUGH, MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH OUR SYSTEM.
SO AS WE WERE GOING INTO THOSE PAIN POINTS AND WE CAN STILL SAY, HEY, I FATHER AN OUTREACH, THIS IS HAPPENING.
AND YOU KNOW, LIKE KNOW THAT YOU WE'RE VERY PROACTIVE ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND SAYING, HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT IS AS IT'S LESS DISRUPTIVE TO THE SYSTEM.
AND I THINK SARAH SPOKE TO THAT EARLIER ABOUT SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE IT IN RIDEALONGS WHERE ENCAMPMENTS ARE BEING MOVED BECAUSE IT'S A CLEANING OR AN EMERGENCY DECOMMISSIONING OR EMERGENCY, EXCUSE ME, CLOSURE, NOT DECOMMISSIONING.
AND PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY MOVING A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY, WHICH IS PART OF WHY LOOKING AT ENCAMPMENTS BY DISTRICT IS JUST SO IMPRACTICAL BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON BECAUSE WE'RE VERY AGGRESSIVELY CLEANING AND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY'S SAFE.
UM, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WOULD PREFER, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT.
SO THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS JUST RAMPING UP THE BI QUADRANT STREET OUTREACH AND THE ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING SO THAT WE CAN GET TO PEOPLE MORE QUICKLY, WHICH WILL TAKE PRESSURE OFF HAVING TO DO THIS PART.
PAUL, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE IT GOT SO UNSAFE, UM, THAT WE REALLY HAD TO MOVE IT.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE BEEN CHASED OUT OF DOWNTOWN.
THEY'RE JUST GONNA GO AROUND THE CORNER.
BUT THAT PARTICULAR ITERATION WAS
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TOO UNSAFE.JACKSON'S EMAIL, AND SHE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS LATER TODAY, WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO GIVE, WE REALIZE THAT THERE ARE THESE ACTS OF COMPASSION THAT MAKE DALLAS AN INCREDIBLY STRONG CITY AND THOSE SHOULD NEVER GO AWAY.
BUT CAN WE DO IT IN A WAY THAT'S MORE COORDINATED? IT DOESN'T UNINTENTIONALLY HURT THE PEOPLE YOU'RE TRYING TO SERVE BECAUSE IT'S A CHICKEN AND EGG THING.
AND SO ST PAUL WAS IN PART CREATED BY PEOPLE COMING DOWNTOWN TO DO ACTS OF MERCY IN A WAY THAT UNINTENTIONALLY CREATES AN ENCAMPMENT AND THEN ENDS UP FORCING AN UNSAFE SITUATION.
AND NOW WE'VE HAD TO CLEAR IT.
BUT I ALSO WANT SARAH TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE DECOMMISSIONING PART.
AND THAT REALLY IS, I MEAN, THE COMPASSION, THE COMPASSIONATE PART IS A SYSTEM THAT'S SO WELL INVESTED THAT WE CAN GET TO PEOPLE QUICKLY AND HUMAN, I KNOW WE'RE AT TIME, I WOULD SAY IS WE, WE NEED ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE NEED US.
AND THAT IS WHAT SOLVES EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND SO WE WILL, I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL AND CAN HOUSE ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF EXPANDING OUR REACH IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
I WOULD JUST, I WOULD THANK YOU.
THAT WE SPEAK TO COMMUNITIES IN WAY THAT ENCOURAGES PARTICIPATION AND NOT YEAH, I AGREE.
AND THAT'S SERVED DR. JACKSON.
WHO WILL BE HERE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE TITLE.
UM, I DO WANNA ADD OHS FRIENDS GROUP, THE INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER PROGRAM.
WE NEED CHURCHES TO OPEN THEIR DOORS.
WE NEED CHURCHES TO BRING PEOPLE IN.
UM, YOU COULD DEFINITELY PARTICIPATE AND ADVOCATE.
WE HAVE, I MEAN, YEAH, WE HAVE DEFINITELY DONE THAT.
WE HAVE ALMOST ZERO PARTICIPATION IN QUIT WEATHER SHELTER.
IT'S, IT'S, YOU WANNA SEE DEBT PARTNERING THAT WAY? UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE DENOMINATIONS DO IT.
SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PANELIST SO WE CAN ALL BELIEVE THAT.
AND, UM, WELL, THEY'RE TALKING UP, I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, BUT I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU GUYS TO MARK
SHE HAS MOVED ON TO, UM, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, WHICH IS AMAZING.
AND, UH, MARK IS OUR LIAISON FOR UNITED WAY AND A REALLY EXCITING CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM THAT WAS STARTED, UH, WITH 1 MILLION IN FUNDING WHOLE CITY COUNCIL IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
UM, AND SO CLARK WANNA INTRODUCE YOURSELF? TAKE IT AWAY.
JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE SPEAKING INTO THE MIC FORWARD POLL ON THE BACK.
WE SHOULD TAKE A BREAK BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE ABOUT A 10 MINUTE BREAK FOR EVERYBODY TO GO.
HEY, MARK WEST KEY BILLS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
ARE YOU, WELL HAVE TO, NO, ACTUALLY YOU HAVEN'T BOUGHT ME YET.
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YOU EVERYONE.UM, SO AGAIN, UM, GLAD TO BE HERE.
I'VE BEEN WITH UNITED WAY METROPOLITAN DALLAS FOR ALMOST 18 YEARS.
UM, AND SO I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM.
UM, IT'S A MOUTHFUL THAT WE'RE THE HOMELESSNESS SERVICES CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM.
WE USE HSCB, UM, 'CAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS ACRONYMS, BUT THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
UM, AND I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, BOTH HOW UNITED WAY AND HAS DEVELOPED INTO THIS CAPACITY BUILDING AREA AND SPEND MORE TIME ON THIS SPECIFIC PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM THE OFFICE OF HOMELESSNESS SOLUTIONS.
SO, UM, I CAN HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO I'M, I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL ARE IN THE NON-PROFIT FIELD, I SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES AS WELL.
UM, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANNA SET THE TABLE OF WHAT IS CAPACITY BUILDING FOR A NON-PROFIT KIND OF IN
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OUR FIELD.UM, ACCORDING TO THE GRANT MAKING SERVICE FOR EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS, CAPACITY BUILDING IS DEFINED AS THE FUNDING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP NONPROFITS INCREASE SPECIFIC CAPACITIES TO DELIVER STRONG PROGRAMS, TAKE RISKS, BUILD CONNECTIONS, INNOVATE AND INNOVATE.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE SOME DEFINITIONS FROM THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NONPROFITS.
UM, THE URBAN INSTITUTE IS MY FAVORITE DEFINITION, POSSIBLY BECAUSE IT'S THE SHORTEST.
UM, BUT IT, IT IS DESCRIBED AS THE ABILITY FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO FULFILL THEIR MISSIONS IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER.
UM, AND THAT IS WHAT CAPACITY BUILDING IS ABOUT.
UM, THIS WORK HOPEFULLY STRENGTHENS THE NON-PROFIT'S ABILITY TO DELIVER ON THIS MISSION OVER TIME.
UM, ENHANCING THE NON-PROFIT'S ABILITY TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES AND COMMUNITIES WHICH THEY SERVE.
AND THAT, OF COURSE, IS THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL ON PROGRAMMING.
AND THIS DEFINITION OF, UM, IS OBVIOUSLY BROADER THIS CAPACITY BUILDING ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT AREAS.
BUT AGAIN, I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT IT.
UM, FOR RELATED TO OUR HOMELESSNESS RELATED WORK, SO MY SUPPORT CAPACITY BUILDING, UM, I'M HONESTLY NOT SURE HOW THIS PROJECT CAME UP WITH THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS SOLUTIONS.
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MY PREDECESSOR ASHLEY.
UM, BUT IT IS A CRUCIAL PART OF THE WORK, UM, THAT WE AS A GRANT MAKER, AS UNITED WAY DOES, AND A LOT OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UM, UH, FUND NONPROFITS IN THE COMMUNITY DO.
UM, OF COURSE, MANY NONPROFITS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES ARE OFTEN SMALL.
UM, THEY POSSESS LIMITED RESOURCES TO SAY, UM, KIND OF KINDLY.
UM, AND THEY ARE, UM, IT'S, IT'S LIMITED AND THEY DON'T HAVE RESOURCE MEASURED AGAINST THE CHALLENGES OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY ADDRESS.
SO ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THAT THEY HAVE MONEY TO DO OR SUPPORT OR OFFER STAFF IS CAPACITY BUILDING BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THAT NEXT CLIENT THAT COMES IN THE DOOR, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE.
SO, UH, RESEARCHERS FOR THE CENTER OF EFFECTIVE PHILANTHROPY HAVE FOUND THAT NONPROFIT LEADERS CONSIDER CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS TO BE ONE OF THE MORE EFFECTIVE TIMES OF SUPPORT.
UM, 82% OF LEADERS THAT THEY SURVEYED FOUND THAT CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT IS VERY OR EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
UM, IN THE DECADE PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, ONLY ABOUT 80% OF NONPROFITS REPORTED RECEIVING CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT.
SO THERE'S AN OBVIOUS DEMAND AND THEN AN OBVIOUS FAILURE TO MEET THAT DEMAND FOR CAPACITY BUILDING.
UM, AND THEN WE AS UNITED WAY SURVEY OUR GRANTEES AND PARTNERS ALL THE TIME, AND WE ALWAYS ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT OTHER THAN DOLLARS CAN UNITED WAY PROVIDE TO YOUR ORGANIZATION AND SUPPORT AND CAPACITY BUILDING IS, COMES UP ALL THE TIME.
UM, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND ON THE RESOURCE AREA, UM, THAT REALLY HELPS ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE SERVICES IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND FOR OH S'S PART, WE SPENT A LOT OF THE LAST YEAR TALKING ABOUT THIS, UM, NOT THIS PAST YEAR, BUT THE YEAR BEFORE.
AND THEN, UM, COUNCIL DECIDED TO DO A $1 MILLION BUDGET.
ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, WILLIS DECIDED TO GIVE US A $1 MILLION SPECIFICALLY FOR CAPACITY BUILDING.
SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE IT ALL, UM, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO WHEN PROVIDING EFFECTIVE CAPACITY BUILDING, UM, THERE ARE KIND OF THREE TRAITS.
THE CAPACITY BUILDING MUST BE CONTEXTUAL, SO IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO TAILOR IT TO THE NEED OF THE PARTICIPANTS.
UM, JUST KIND OF GENERAL CAPACITY BUILDING MAY HAVE SOME BENEFITS, BUT THE MORE TAILORED IT CAN BE, THE BETTER, UM, PARTICIPANTS NEED TO BE TAKING THE LONG VIEW APPROACH TO CAPACITY BUILDING.
SO DOING A ONE HOUR SESSION, A TWO HOUR SESSION, ONE DAY THING IS LIMITED, ITS EFFECTIVENESS.
UM, AND SO YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT HOW WE'VE ADDRESSED SOME OF THOSE KIND OF BEST PRACTICES, UM, WITH THIS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, MAKING THE LEARNING COLLECTIVE, UM, AS I JUST THOUGHT THE END OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WORKING TOGETHER, BEING ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER MAKES THE WORK STRONGER AND MORE EFFECTIVE.
AND SO DOING THE SAME, PROVIDING CAPACITY BUILDING, UM, IT ALSO REALLY HELPS WITH THAT COMPONENT.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A BACKGROUND, UNITED WAY HAS BEEN DOING CAPACITY BUILDING SINCE 2013.
WE STARTED WITH OUR SOCIAL INNOVATION LAB, UM, WHICH WE ALSO HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST AS OUR SOCIAL INNOVATION ACCELERATOR.
AND THIS WAS A PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS ENTREPRENEURS AND NONPROFITS, UM, THAT DO WORK IN EDUCATION, INCOME TO HEALTH TO HELP THEM GROW AS AN ORGANIZATION.
SO IT'S A YEAR LONG FELLOWSHIP THAT PROVIDES FINANCIAL CAPITAL, HUMAN CAPITAL, SOCIAL CAPITAL TO HELP 'EM GROW.
IN THE 10 YEARS THAT WE'VE DONE THE SOCIAL INNOVATION LAB, UH, WE HAVE INVESTED AND HELPED RAISE SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, 112 SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS GOING THROUGH THAT WITH 1600 DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS FORGED BY THOSE FELLOWS SINCE 2013.
SO AGAIN, OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS, BUT SOME OF THE BACKGROUND WITH UNITED WAY ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO OUR NON-PROFIT SUCCESS INSTITUTE, WHICH IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE BASED OUR APPLICATION TO THE CITY, THIS PROGRAM OFF OF, UM, SINCE 2017, WE HAVE BEEN DOING MORE SPECIFIC CAPACITY BUILDING THROUGH OUR NON-PROFIT SUCCESS INSTITUTE.
WE'VE HAD SIX SEPARATE COHORTS, UM, SINCE 2016.
AND IT WAS STRUCTURED IN A WAY TO PROVIDE COHORTS WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE FOCUSED ON EITHER
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A SINGULAR SECTOR OF, UM, HUMAN SERVICES.UM, SO WE DID A COHORT AROUND REENTRY.
WE DID A COHORT AROUND LIVING WAGE EMPLOYMENT OR IN PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHIC AREA.
UM, SO WE'VE DONE ONE AROUND, WE ACTUALLY TWO IN SOUTH DALLAS, AND WE DID ONE IN COLLIN COUNTY.
AND SO IT KIND OF HEARKENS BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT TALKED ABOUT THE BEST PRACTICES WHEN OFFERING CAPACITY BUILDING.
SO WE RAN 58 ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH THIS COHORT.
UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SURVEY RESULTS WHERE 85% OF THE PARTICIPANTS ARE MAKING LONG-TERM CHANGES IN THEIR ORGANIZATIONS, AND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE MEMBERS REPORTING POSITIVE IMPACT ON THEIR ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR MISSION.
WHAT, IN, IN YOUR CONTEXT, WHAT IS CAPACITY BUILDING? UM, SO I, I JUST THINK I MAY GET INTO THAT IN A MOMENT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
UM, BUT IT, IT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THESE PROGRAMS IS, UM, BRINGING THEM TOGETHER FOR LIKE LITERAL CLASSROOM SESSIONS, CONNECTING THEM WITH EXPERTS IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE NONPROFIT FIELD OR SECTOR.
UM, I'LL GET INTO A LOT MORE DETAIL FOR THE HOMELESSNESS, UM, COMPONENT, BUT IT, IT ECHOES WHAT WE DID HERE AND, AND WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONING AT THE END OF YOUR PRESENT.
I'M JUST, I ALL, THE REST OF IT WON'T MAKE SENSE UNLESS I CONNECT BASICALLY TAKING ORGANIZATIONS AND HELPING THEM GROW TO BE STRONG ENOUGH AND SKILLED ENOUGH TO PLAY IN THE SANDBOX THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS IN.
MY FAVORITE DEFINITION, THE SANDBOX BIGGER.
SO I BELIEVE THAT'S TRANSITIONED REALLY NICELY TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, WHICH IS THE
UM, SO AS MENTIONED, IT IS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THIS OFFICE.
UM, IT WAS DESIGNED TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF POTENTIAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD WORK WITH THE CITY AND THE AREA OF HOMELESSNESS, UM, SERVICES.
UM, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE A PART OF THIS COHORT CAN A TOTAL OF 48 HOURS IN SESSIONS, UM, AND WITH COURSEWORK AND TRAINERS, UM, DEVELOPING THEIR PROGRAMMING AND EVALUATION, UM, GRANT WRITING, MARKETING, HUMAN RESOURCES, VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS, BOARD GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY.
UM, AND IN EACH OF THOSE AREAS, WE OBVIOUSLY GET MORE SPECIFIC.
UM, GRANT WRITING, WE LOOKED AT APPLYING FOR GRANTS FROM PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY.
WE ALSO HAD YOUR SESSION FOCUSED ON GOVERNMENT GRANTS, UH, WHERE ACTUALLY SOME OF YOUR TEAM CAME AND JOINED US, UM, TO TALK ABOUT GRANT MAKING THROUGH THE CITY OF DALLAS, AS WELL AS HAVING HOUSING FAILURE COME AND TALK ABOUT HOW THE FEDERAL DOLLARS WORK WITH THEIR ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, PROGRAMMING AND EVALUATION IS LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES.
HOW DO YOU MEASURE THOSE PRACTICES? BECAUSE ALL THAT COMES INTO PLAY WHEN YOU DO GRANT WRITING AND WHEN TO APPROACH OTHER OUTSIDE FUNDERS FOR DOLLARS AND BEING ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THE IMPACT THAT YOUR PROGRAM MAKES.
UM, AND THEN IT ALL TIES TOGETHER WITH, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS THAT YOU USE.
AND THEN HAVING THE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THOSE DOLLARS TO WORK WITH GOVERNMENT FUNDERS, TO WORK WITH PHILANTHROPY, UM, BECAUSE IT'S ALL KIND OF SIMILAR IN THAT WAY.
UM, AND SO THOSE SESSIONS HAVE BEEN DONE OVER A PERIOD OF MONTHS.
UM, WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD SESSION FIVE, UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK.
UM, AND SO WHAT WAS REALLY COOL ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS SERVICES CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM, UM, AND WHEN I TELL PEOPLE IN MY FIELD LIKE, I'M DOING THIS, UM, THEY'RE LIKE, REALLY? THAT'S HOW IT WORKS? UM, AND THEN WHEN WE TOLD THE ATTENDEES WHEN THEY WERE ACCEPTED, THEY'RE LIKE, REALLY, THIS IS HOW THIS WORKS.
UM, THERE WAS A GREAT, UM, SET UP TO WHERE THE PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS, UH, RECEIVING DOLLARS FOR ATTENDING THEIR SESSIONS ESSENTIALLY FOR THEIR TIME IN SESSION BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING OUT THEIR NORMAL JOB, THEIR NORMAL WORK WITH THE NONPROFIT.
UM, AND SO WE WANNA HONOR THAT WORK AND ALLOW THEM TO, UM, COME TO THIS LEARNING WHILE STILL SUPPORTING THE WORK THAT THEIR ORGANIZATION HAS DONE.
THESE ARE VERY SMALL GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, AND SO WHEN THE THAT PERSON IS GONE, THE WORK IS NOT BEING DONE BECAUSE THEY'RE IN OUR, OUR SESSION.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A COMPONENT WHERE THERE'S A GRANT OF $10,000, KIND OF, IT'S A STARTUP COMPONENT FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, WHEN THEY COMPLETE THE SESSIONS AND THEN LATER ON DOWN THE LINE, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR, UM, AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT.
AND THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN, IN AN AUDIT IS A HUGE BARRIER FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO GET LARGER FUNDING OR TO WORK WITH PARTICULAR PARTNERS, EITHER IN GOVERNMENT FOR SURE THAN PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY, EVEN UNITED WAY.
ONCE YOUR ORGANIZATION EXCEEDS A CERTAIN SIZE, WE REQUIRE AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT TO GET A GRANT FROM UNITED WAY.
UM, AND SO MAKING THAT SUPPORT AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR
UM,
IT'S AN UP TO $15,000 REIMBURSEMENT, UM, DEPENDING ON, UM, WHAT IT ACTUALLY COMES OUT TO BE.
AND THE AUDIT GENERALLY TIES THEM LIKE 18 MONTHS WORTH OF HAVING IT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, WHERE THEY CAN DO A LOT OF THAT FUNDING BEFORE HAVING TO GO AND DO AN AUDIT, OF COURSE FOR THE, THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR TOO.
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SO JUST TO CAN GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF, OF WE'RE WORKING WITH, OF COURSE.FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE ARMED THIS PROGRAM, THE ADDRESS OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS OR LOCAL HEADQUARTERS HAS TO BE HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO CITY OF DALLAS RESIDENTS BUT ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CITY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, THEY HAVE TO BE, UM, EITHER NOT CURRENTLY A NONPROFIT, UM, BUT ARE PROVIDING EITHER SERVICES IS ONE, BUT AREN'T ABLE TO OBVIOUSLY, UM, DON'T HAVE THAT CERTIFICATION.
THAT'S A 5 0 1 C3, UM, TO CROSS HYPER FUNDING.
THEY CAN BE A CURRENTLY OR CURRENT REGISTERED NONPROFIT WITH KIND OF LIMITED EXPERIENCE, OR THEY CAN BE A MORE ESTABLISHED NONPROFIT THAT, THAT NEEDS THAT CAPACITY BUILDING ASSISTANCE, I BELIEVE IN OUR CURRENT, UM, COHORT, UM, ALL OF THEM ARE EITHER THAT SECOND TO THIRD BULLET, UM, THAT, THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR GROUP RIGHT NOW.
AND THE ORGANIZATION OF COURSE ALSO NEEDS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON PROVIDING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR IN DANGER OF BECOMING HOMELESS WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UM, AND SO THAT IS HOW WE KIND OF BROKE OR BROUGHT THAT GROUP TOGETHER GOING FORWARD.
SO, UM, JUST TO KIND OF BRING IT BACK TO THAT FIRST SLIDE, THE THIRD SLIDE WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT MAKES FOR EFFECTIVE CAPACITY BUILDING, UM, WITH IT BEING CONTEXTUAL, WE HAVE ACHIEVED THAT AND THOUGHT THROUGH THAT BY MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS OF COURSE, HAVE THAT HOMELESSNESS SERVICES RELATED, UM, FOCUS.
UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO USE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS THAT ARE CUSTOMIZING THE TRAINING AND THE SESSIONS AROUND THE NEEDS OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
WE'RE DOING A LOT OF SURVEYING AND A LOT OF INFORMATION GATHERING FROM OUR PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SPENDING TIME ON IN TRAINING.
IT'S VALUABLE AND NEEDED TO THEM AS AN ORGANIZATION, UM, FOR THAT LONG TERM COMPONENT.
UM, THE SESSIONS THEMSELVES TAKES PLACE OVER FOUR MONTHS, UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CAN'T TAKE PEOPLE AWAY FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME.
SO THEY MEET EVERY OTHER WEEK ON TUESDAY, UM, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO DO THEIR NORMAL JOB.
AND THEN SOME CASES WITH THESE ARE VOLUNTEER LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS, THEY'RE DOING THEIR NORMAL LIKE SALARY EARNING JOB AND THEN ALSO DOING THEIR NON-PROFIT JOB ON TOP OF THAT.
AND SO WE, WE ARE WORKING WITHIN THAT STRUCTURE, UM, AND THAT COMPONENT.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THAT ONGOING SUPPORT FOR THE DOLLAR GRANT AND THE AUDIT DOWN THE LINE CONTINUES THAT SUPPORT OVER TIME.
UM, AND THEN REALLY MAKING IT COLLECTIVE.
WE'VE SEEN THIS THROUGHOUT OUR NONPROFIT SUCCESS INSTITUTE, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, SOMETHING JUST KIND OF HAPPENS IN THE ROOM, UM, THEY START TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
THEY HAVE ACTUALLY CREATED THEIR OWN GROUP CHAT SEPARATELY FROM US.
THEY'RE NOT MEETING OUTSIDE OF WORK.
UM, THEY DO SIMILAR ENOUGH WORK THAT THEY'RE REFERRING CLIENTS TO EACH OTHER BACK AND FORTH, OR I KNOW SOMEONE ALONG THOSE LINES.
AND SO MAKING IT COLLECTIVE, UM, HAS ALREADY STARTED TO HAPPEN, HAS ALREADY STARTING TO STRENGTHEN THE ORGANIZATIONS.
WE'RE CONNECTING THEM WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE CONNECTED THEM WITH HOUSING FIRST.
THE CITY THAT HAS ALL JUST KIND OF STARTED TO HAPPEN.
AND WHILE IT KIND OF HAPPENS ORGANICALLY TO SOME EXTENT, WE HAVE BEEN DELIBERATE IN DOING THAT AS WELL BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY, UM, TO ENHANCE COLLABORATION AND COLLECTIVE IMPACT SERVICES, UM, THROUGH CAPACITY BUILDING.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THESE ARE THE 15 ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR COHORT.
UM, THEY ARE OF COURSE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING HOMELESSNESS RELATED SERVICES.
UM, AND THIS IS ON OUR PUBLIC WEBSITE ALSO, UM, BECAUSE I'M GONNA ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, AND KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME QUICK FACTS.
SO THERE IS A DEMAND FOR THESE CAPACITY BUILDING SERVICES.
WE HAD 27 APPLICANTS, UM, THAT WE CUT DOWN TO 15.
UM, WE JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF MOST OF OUR PARTICIPANTS IN THE COHORT, IT'S A RANGE OF STAFF SIZE.
THERE ARE ARE SEVERAL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ENTIRELY VOLUNTEER LED.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE A STAFF PERSON.
UM, AND THAT IS A PERSON COMING TO OUR CAPACITY BUILDING.
AND THERE ARE A COUPLE THAT HAVE MULTIPLE FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME STAFF.
UM, OF COURSE, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE HOMELESSNESS RELATED SERVICES.
UM, THE ORGANIZATIONS DO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
EMERGENCY HOUSING, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PREVENTION AND DIVERSION.
UM, BASIC NEEDS PROVISION, PUBLIC HEALTH, BASIC HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND CASE MANAGEMENT.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE UNDER $300,000 IN TOTAL BUDGET FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION.
UM, AND SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A, A SNIPPET AT WHO, UM, THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE.
AND WE HAVE STARTED WITH SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP THEM BUILD THAT CAPACITY AND PLAY IN THE SANDBOX, IF YOU WILL, UM, WITH THE OTHER IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO HOW DO WE KNOW WE ARE BEING IMPACTFUL? UM, WE HAVE TO TRACK THINGS FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS, UM, OF COURSE.
AND SO THAT IS THE LIST, THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS COMPLETING, UM, IF APPLICABLE, THE NUMBER THAT ARE CREATING A 5 0 1 C3, UM, THAT ARE FILING THEIR FORM NINE 90 TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE STAYING AS A, AS A NONPROFIT ANNUALLY.
HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO SECURE FUNDING IF THEY'RE ABLE TO ADD PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
WE ALSO, OF COURSE, DO SEPARATE SURVEYS OF WHAT HAS BEEN VALUABLE, WHAT IS USEFUL, WHAT DO YOU NEED, WHAT QUESTIONS HAVE
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OR HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED.UM, WE ALSO, OF COURSE HEAR, UM, CONVERSATION ON THE COMMITTEE FORUM AMONGST OUR, UH, UH, PARTICIPANTS.
I'VE HEARD SOME QUOTES, UM, FROM OUR SURVEYS.
UM, I'M DOING THINGS LIKE THE SESSIONS ARE VERY INFORMATIVE AND INACTIVE.
I LOVE THE PRESENTATIONS AND HAND AND HANDS-ON EXERCISES.
ALL OF THE SESSIONS ARE EXTREMELY USEFUL.
THE INFORMATION PROVIDED GIVES US DIRECTION AND HELPS US GAUGE WHERE WE STAND IN APPLYING FOR GRANTS.
SO WE'RE GETTING THAT, UM, FROM OUR ACTUAL PARTICIPANTS THEMSELVES.
BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO DOING THESE THINGS TO KIND OF TRACK ALONG THE WAY AND HELP US INFORM FURTHER CAPACITY BUILDING THAT WE DO AS UNITED BAY, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, THE FUNDING THAT'S BEEN AWARDED HELPS US DO TWO SEPARATE COHORTS, UH, OR TWO COHORTS.
SO WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER ONE OCCURRING THIS FALL.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING THE INFORMATION FROM COHORT ONE TO INFORM WHAT WE DO WITH COHORT TWO THAT STARTS LATER THIS YEAR.
UM, SO IF I CAN HAVE NEXT SLIDE, UM, WHICH IS QUESTIONS, BUT I ACTUALLY, 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S ONE AFTER THAT.
SO FIRST ON JUNE 4TH, OUR CURRENT 15 ORGANIZATIONS ARE BEING SPLIT INTO TWO GROUPS AND WE'LL BE MAKING VISITS TO CITY HALL, UM, DURING THEIR DAY.
UM, THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING TO MEET PERHAPS WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, WHERE THEIR DISTRICT IS, BUT THEN ALSO WITH Y'ALL BASED ON THE DISTRICT THAT YOU REPRESENT.
UM, AND SO THERE'LL BE, IT'S A KIND OF A MEET AND GREET IN THAT SPACE, UM, WHEN THEY'RE GONNA COME AND KIND OF TALK WITH YOU ABOUT BOTH THE CAPACITY BUILDING COHORT THAT THEY'RE A PART OF, BUT ALSO THE WORK THAT THEY DO AS AN ORGANIZATION AND KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN DOING AS THEY DEVELOP AND GROW IN CAPACITY AS AN ORGANIZATION.
YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER HAS RECEIVED THAT COMMUNICATION.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ASKED THEM TO INVITE YOU TO COME TO THAT DAY.
SO FOR SOME REASON YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT OF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, IT'S NOT EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT THAT THERE'S SOMEWHAT A DIFFERENT, UH, ONE FROM, BUT THEY ARE SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF DALLAS.
SO CHANCES ARE YOU'LL EITHER HAVE ONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT OR VERY, VERY NEARBY.
I KNOW WE HAVE NINE DISTRICTS REPRESENTED, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE SPECIFICALLY ON THAT.
IT, IT WAS IN A LIST TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHICH DISTRICT MATCHES WITH WHICH.
AND I THINK WE TOLD THEM TO SEND THAT ON TO YOU GUYS SO WE CAN RENITA COULD WE FORWARD THEM ALL A COPY OF WHAT WE SENT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? YES.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE, YOU CAN VISIT UNITED WAY'S WEBSITE.
OH, AND THEN, UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE WILL HAVE A SECOND COHORT, UM, AND THE APPLICATIONS ARE OPENING LATER THIS WEEK.
UM, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH JUNE 22ND.
UM, THAT IS UNITED WAY'S APPLICATION SITE.
YOU CAN ACCESS IT OF COURSE OFF OF THE APPLICATION OR OUR PRIMARY WEBSITE AS WELL.
UM, AND IF YOU ARE AWARE OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT MIGHT BE, UM, BENEFITING FROM THIS, UM, WE EXPECT THIS TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE, UM, THAN THE PREVIOUS GROUP COMING IN BECAUSE WE ARE NOW A KNOWN CAPACITY BUILDING ENTITY IN THIS, THIS AREA.
UM, WE ARE A TECH MEETING AT THE, UM, HOUSING FORWARD, UM, MONTHLY MEETING THAT THEY NEED NEXT WEEK TO TALK ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH ALL THEIR ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION PARTNERS.
UM, AND SO WE EXPECT TO SEE MORE INTEREST IN THIS.
UM, AND THAT KIND OF JUST GIVES THAT, THAT SUPPORT TO THAT STATEMENT THAT THERE IS A DEMAND FOR THIS AND THERE'S AN UNDER UNDER RESOURCE FOR CAPACITY BUILDING LIKE THIS.
UM, BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THE PROGRAM IN PLACE, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE IT KEEP GOING.
SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME IF WE WANT TO.
IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND UM, INSPIRING.
I MEAN, ESPECIALLY THAT FELLOWSHIP PART, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY AS WE GET HERE TODAY, TODAY IN A GROUP, WE ALL GET TO SEE EACH OTHER'S FACES AND BEAT EACH OTHER AND UM, PICK UP ON NUANCES AND WHATNOT THAT PROBABLY COULD BE CAPTURED IN A WEBEX VIDEO.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA START THE FIRST QUESTION WITH VICE OWENS.
UM, I KNOW IT SAYS CITY OF DALLAS, BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, DOES IT MEAN ALL SUBURBS AS WELL OR DOES IT HAVE TO HAVE THE IT
SO THIS PARTICULAR GRANT, BECAUSE IT'S FUNDED BY THE CITY, UM, THE UH, NONPROFIT OR ORGANIZATION DOES HAVE TO HAVE THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN DALLAS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF UNITED WAY, I MEAN IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS DO OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE THIS ONE.
SO IS THERE A CHANCE THAT SOMETHING COULD GROW LIKE THIS TO ENCOMPASS THE SUBURBS OR OTHER CITIES? SO FOR OUR OTHER CAPACITY BUILDING EFFORTS, THEY ARE KIND OF VARIABLE TO WHAT KIND OF FUNDING WE'RE ABLE TO SECURE AS UNITED WAY.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW OF ANYTHING LIKE RIGHT NOW THAT'S HAPPENING, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF DO REGULARLY, UM, AND WE PUT OUT WHEN WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT.
AND YOU, UM, MARK IT HOW YOU'VE TOUCHED ON
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IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT BASICALLY HAVING YOU EXPOSE THIS STUDENT, UH, EVERYWHERE.SO FOR THE HOMELESSNESS CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM, UM, WE USE OUR, UM, UNITED, IT'S CALLED UNITED NEWS, THE NEWSLETTER THAT GOES TO LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF NON-PROFITS IN THE DALLAS AREA.
WE DO A COUPLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AROUND THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AND THEN WE GO TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
SO THOSE ARE OUR PRIMARY NEEDS OF, OF OP UH, MARKETING IT.
ANY OTHER COMMISS HAVE A QUESTION? YOU, CHRIS EINSTEIN.
NUMBER ONE IS, UM, FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE NOT BECOME A 5 0 1 C3 OR EVEN THE ONES WHO ARE VERY EARLY ON, ARE YOU ENCOURAGING THEM TO MERGE? BECAUSE WE HAVE SO, SO MANY NONPROFITS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON SIMILAR AREAS OF, YOU KNOW, FOCUS.
UM, AND NUMBER TWO IS, DO I KNOW THAT THE COHORT, THE FIRST COHORT JUST ENDED, BUT ARE YOU GOING TO PRESENT US WITH SORT OF A SUMMARY OF THE FUNDING THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING IN THE PARTNERSHIPS THEY CREATED SO WE CAN SEE THE SUCCESSES THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT? YEAH, SO LET ME, I'LL TAKE THAT SECOND PART FIRST.
UM, THEY'RE NOT DONE, ACTUALLY THEY'RE NOT DONE.
THEY'VE DONE FIVE OF EIGHT SESSIONS.
UM, AND SO YES, EVENTUALLY, UM, WE ARE REPORTING THAT WE HAVE TO DO BACK IS WITHIN A YEAR OR A YEAR AND A HALF OF THAT.
SO WE WILL BE DOING SURVEYS BACK OUT TO THEM TO ANSWER THE METRICS THAT WE GOT, UM, ON THAT.
SO THAT WILL COME, BUT THAT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BECAUSE OF THAT.
THE, THE JUNE 4TH, THE JUNE 4TH CITY HALL IS ONE OF THEIR SESSIONS.
SO THEIR SESSION THAT DAY WILL BE COMING TO MEET WITH YOU GUYS IN CITY HALL JUST TO GET A TASTE FOR POLICY WORK AND WHO'S IN THEIR AREA AND HOOKING THEM UP TO YOU GUYS AS RESOURCES FOR THEIR DISTRICT.
AND THEN THEY HAVE ONE LATER IN JUNE AND ANOTHER ONE, THEIR LAST ONE IS IN JULY, UM, ON JULY 9TH.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT'S IN THE INVITE, UM, THAT WAS COMING THROUGH COUNCIL IS AN INVITATION TO THE GRADUATION IN JULY.
SO THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION.
UM, IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ATTEND, CHECK WITH AMANDA IN THE BACK BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY.
UM, TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT MERGING, THAT'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS PROGRAM.
UM, THERE ARE OTHER, IT'S KIND OF LIMITED, BUT THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY LIKE THE BETTER TOGETHER FUND TO DEAL WITH THAT.
UM, BUT THAT IS OUTSIDE OUR SCOPE FOR THIS PROGRAM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR QUESTION.
UH, NEXT COMMISSIONER, UH, WESLEY KEYS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
UM, IN THE SCENARIO THAT, THAT DONNA WAS TALKING ABOUT, UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, OUR, OUR CHURCH, RIGHT? THEY HAVE A, NOT A 5 0 1 C3, BUT IT'S LIKE A FOOD PANTRY.
BUT HOMELESS MINISTRY DO A TON OF HOMELESS STONE.
UM, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN 5 0 1 C3, BUT THEY DO HAVE THE CHURCH'S 5 0 1 C3.
IS THAT A DETERRENT FOR THAT GROUP GET BEING A PART OF THIS COHORT? BECAUSE I THINK THEY'D BE UNBELIEVABLE BEING IN A, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, NO, THAT WOULD NOT BE A ADJOURN BECAUSE OF THE, THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES AT THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF BEING A NONPROFIT THAT YOU CAN BE, THAT WOULD STILL BE, UH, APPLICABLE.
COMMISSIONER KEYS, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE A QUESTION? IS THE, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER COFF, DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES.
AND I, AND OBVIOUSLY AS YOU SAY, THERE'S A BIG NEED FOR IT.
UM, AND YOU'VE GOT A GRANT TO DO THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
DOES THE UNITED WAY SEE THAT EVEN AFTER THE SECOND COHORT CONTINUING KIND OF TO, TO LEAD THIS AND, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I DON'T, IF WE WANNA GO TALK TO SOME CAPACITY BUILDING PARTNERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND, AND TELL THEM THAT THIS IS AVAILABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG IS IT GONNA BE AVAILABLE, I GUESS IS MY QUESTION.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS CONTINUE, ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO GOING FORWARD EVEN AFTER THE SECOND COHORT, DO YOU THINK? OR ARE YOU GONNA SORT OF EVALUATE HOW IT'S GOING AND THEN DECIDE IF YOU'RE GONNA KEEP YEAH, SO FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE FUNDING TO DO THE TWO COHORTS.
UM, AND SO AFTER THAT, WE AS UNITED WAY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD WANT TO CONTINUE THAT MM-HMM.
UM, IF TYPICALLY IN THE PAST WE CREATE AND DO A CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM LIKE THE NONPROFIT SUCCESS INSTITUTE, IT IS DRIVEN BY PARTNERS EITHER APPROACHING US OR US GOING TO THEM AND ABLE TO SECURE THAT FUNDING.
UM, AND SO IT, IT WOULD BE THAT SECOND OPTION WHERE WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH COHORT TWO, WE'D HAVE TO EVALUATE WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE AND, AND WHERE WE COULD FIND DOLLARS TO CONTINUE IT.
AND I'LL SAY THAT IT WAS A ONE TIME, $1 MILLION GRANT THAT COUNCIL GAVE.
SO WE LOVE TO SEE THAT RE-UPPED, UM, OF COURSE.
BUT I THINK AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, THERE ARE A LOT VERY HARD FISCAL DECISIONS THAT ARE COMING FOR THE CITY, UH, TO RIGHT SIZE.
SO, YOU KNOW, TALK TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT IT, BUT ALSO KNOW THAT IT, IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS NOT ABLE TO SHOULDER THIS PARTICULAR YEAR.
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CAN'T COME IN FUTURE YEARS.IT JUST, THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETING PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW.
UM, ANY OTHER ERS WHO HAVE A QUESTION? WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER WAN BROWN.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM IS THE GOAL TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS BECOME NONPROFITS? SO I I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARILY A FULL GOAL.
SO, LIKE I SAID, ALL THE CURRENTING COHORTS, THERE MIGHT BE ONE, I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE THIS MEMORIZED.
THEY ARE ALREADY HAVE THAT FINAL ONE C3 COMPONENT, SO THEY MAY BE VERY TINY AND, AND, AND HAVE ONLY ONE TEAMS LIKE IN THE LEADING ORGANIZATION, BUT THEY ARE TECHNICALLY A 5 0 1 C3.
UM, SO IN OUR NEXT COHORT, WE MIGHT HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UM, HAVE NOT GOTTEN THAT 5 0 1 C3 YET.
AND FOR THEM, YES, ONE OF THE GOALS WE NEED TO HELP THEM BECOME AN OFFICIAL 5 0 1 3, UM, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE THE GRAND DOLLARS THAT THEY GET THROUGH THIS PROGRAM TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PAY FOR THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH DOING THAT.
UM, SO FOR OUR CURRENT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE MOST OF THEM, WITH THE EXCEPTION PERHAPS OF ONE R ALREADY 5 0 1 C THREES, THAT IS NOT A GOAL, BUT IT COULD BE FOR OUR SECOND COHORT.
THE GOAL FOR THE CITY IN STARTING THIS WAS TO RAISE, GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE EVERY APPLICANT TO THE LEVEL THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY NOT ONLY FOR MUNICIPAL DOLLARS, BUT IF THEY WANTED TO LATER ON FEDERAL DOLLARS.
AND SO THAT'S A CERTAIN THRESHOLD.
SO EVEN IF THEY'RE COMING FROM NOT BEING A 5 0 1 C3, THE INTENT IS TO RAISE THEM ALL AT THE SAME LEVEL.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT JOURNEY, AS YOU SAID, MIGHT BE A LOT LONGER FOR THEM.
THEY'RE STARTING AT A LOWER RUNG OF THE PROCESS, BUT THAT IS THE INTENT IS TO CREATE THAT EMPOWERMENT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BROWN.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO ASK A QUESTION? COMMISSIONER KINGS, DID YOU HAVE A SECOND QUESTION? NO, I DIDN'T.
UM, I THINK THAT WE CAN ALSO ACT AS BOOTS ON THE GROUND IF WE MEET OF A BLOOMING NON-PROFIT.
UM, I MEAN, WE CAN DIRECT THEM AWAY.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR, UM, UH, SESSION 1.2, MARK P*****K.
AND WE GOING ALL RIGHT, SO VINCE'S, UM, TIME'S NOW 1 42.
WE'LL GET A LUNCH RECESS AT 60 MINUTES, SO WE'LL STAY AT 1245.
WE'LL COME BACK HERE AND WE'LL GET ROLLING AGAIN.
SO WE WILL DO IN ORDER AS A, IN AN EFFORT TO STAY ON TIME AND SO THAT WE'RE ALL DOWN HERE, A LITTLE PIECE, UH, WE'LL DO A 1230 START TIME, UH, FOR SESSION TWO.
SO THEY GIVE US ABOUT 45 MINUTES.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY MUCH CHANGE.
NO, SO HAVE, GREG, DO YOU, IT MEANS YOU DO HAVE TO PAY FOR TO THE COMPONENT.
SO OFFICER AFTER, OH, YOU DIDN'T SAY I'M NOT IN CA, BUT I LIVED IN, I ALSO, IT'S MEL AND THANK MS. CAN YOU HEAR ME IN THE MICROPHONE? OKAY, GREAT.
UM, BEFORE I INTRODUCE DR. MARK B. JACKSON, UM, I'D LIKE EVERYONE TO JUST, UH, THIS IS JUST THE COMMISSIONER.
WE'RE JUST GONNA GO AROUND THE TABLE.
UM, WE'LL START WITH YOU GA INTRODUCE YOURSELF, SAY WHO YOU ARE.
'CAUSE NOW WE'RE ALL IN THIS MORNING GROUP ALL TOGETHER.
SO WE WANT TO PUT NATE'S FACES, UH, JUST DO A REAL BRIEF INTRODUCTION, YOUR NAMES, YOUR DISTRICT, YOUR COUNCILMAN, AND THEN SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR, OKAY.
AND WE'RE ONLY GONNA DO THE COMMISSIONERS, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO STAFF AND THE SOUND GUY LEFT, BUT WE'LL LET
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GAIA ILHAN.I KNOW THAT'S A REALLY WEIRD NAME, BUT IF YOU WANNA KNOW HOW TO SAY THE NAME, YOU JUST SAY GAIL AND THEN SAY, YEAH.
UM, ALL OVER RIVER IN HOLLYWOOD HEIGHTS, WHICH IS DISTRICT 14, OR, UM, AND COMMISSIONER, UH, RIDDELL IS COUNCILMAN
I DID THAT IN WRITING SOMETIME.
I WAS LIKE, WHY DO I KEEP CALLING HIM? I KNOW WHO HE IS.
UM, AND, UH, MET HIM THROUGH, UH, KNOWING, KNOWING SOMEBODY IN COMMON AT THE LEGAL AND VOTERS.
UM, I SPENT ABOUT 30 YEARS IN RADIO AND, UM, I'M NOW A REALTOR AND LOVE THAT.
AND, UM, I GOT REALLY DRAWN TO THIS WORK WHEN, UM, I READ THAT STORY ON NEXTDOOR.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT NEXT DOOR.
SO THIS DID WORK, UM, WHEN A REALLY, UH, WELL KNOWN VETERAN THAT WAS HOMELESS AND, AND DIED WHEN IT GOT SUPER COLD, WHAT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO? AND THEY FOUND HIM DEAD THE NEXT MORNING.
AND I JUST, I SOBBED
UH, I'M DIANA EINSTEIN FROM DISTRICT 13.
UM, MY COUNCIL MEMBER IS, UM, GAY, UH, WILLIS.
UM, AND, UM, I MOST RECENTLY WAS WORKING AT DWELL WITH DIGNITY, WHICH IS AN INTERIOR DESIGN BASED NONPROFIT THAT DOES FULL HOME, UM, TRANSFORMATIONS FOR FAMILIES LEAVING HOMELESSNESS.
SO ONCE THEY'VE GRADUATED FROM ANY PROGRAM IN THIS AREA, UM, WE WOULD COME IN AND DO THEIR ENTIRE HOME FOR THEM FOR FREE, INSPIRED BY THAT FAMILY.
SO IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION.
UM, AND THERE'S ABOUT 30 PARTNER AGENCIES IN, UM, DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY AND TARRANT COUNTY THAT NOMINATE, UM, FAMILIES TO DWELL WITH DIGNITY.
UM, MOST RECENTLY I STARTED MY OWN SOCIAL IMPACT CONSULTING FIRM, SO I'M NOW CONSULTING FOR DWELL DIGNITY AND OPEN FOR OTHER BUSINESS.
UM, I AM DORY WRIGHT AND I'M COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT 10 WITH KATHY STEWART.
UM, KATHY'S REALLY CLOSE, GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
AND I'VE JUST BEEN INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY IMPACT EFFORTS IN MY DISTRICT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND, UM, A COUPLE YEARS AGO I HELPED, I RAN AT HOME FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS, AND I'M GOOD FRIENDS WITH DANIEL ROY AND OLD SMITH JORDAN AND A ONE OF, UM, KEY LEADERS IN THE HOMELESSNESS SPACE.
AND SO IT'S JUST BECOME MY AREA OF PASSION.
AND I LOVE, I JUST LOVE PEOPLE.
I LOVE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS.
UM, AND I JUST THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO SHOW UP AND, AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND JUST TO REALLY KNOW EACH OTHER, UM, AND JUST TO CREATE A POSITIVE, UM, A POSITIVE COMMUNITY THAT SHOWS THAT IT'S POSSIBLE FOR, FOR US ALL TO SIT AT THE SAME TABLE AND KNOW EACH OTHER AND, AND GET SOME REALLY IMPORTANT WORK.
I SERVE, UM, AS A SENIOR MINISTER AT FIRST YEAR METHODIST CHURCH OF DALLAS.
UM, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE IN, UH, CASA LINDA ESTATE, RIGHT BEHIND GUESTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL ON.
AND, UM, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS WORK CONTINGENTLY, UH, BECAUSE OF MY WIFE, UH, WORKED FOR CITY SQUARE FOR 12 YEARS, UH, AS A SENIOR DIRECTOR OF THEIR AMERICORPS PROGRAMMING.
AND SO, UH, GOOD FRIENDS WITH, UM, LARRY JAMES, UH, WHO'S A METHODIST CLERGY PERSON.
WE WERE IN THE SAME ORDINATION CLASS, SO, UM, YEAH, WE HAVE TWO BOYS WHO ARE SIX AND THREE, AND, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A WILD TIME IN, IN, IN OUR LIFE RIGHT NOW.
UM, MY BACKGROUND IS I'M ALSO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR NOT MY SON.
THE MISSION IS TO REFORM CITY POLICY AND CHANGE COMMUNITY CLIMATE THROUGH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, WHICH ALSO LEADS ME INTO BEING A PROUD MEMBER TO SERVE ALONG YOU GUYS IN THIS COMMISSION.
UM, HOMELESSNESS, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT SEVEN, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF SOUTH DALLAS, A LITTLE BIT OF PLEASANT GROVE, UM, AND BUCK TERRACE, OF COURSE, FOR THOSE OF WALKING
UM, WE, WE HAVE A, WE'RE WE'RE BUILDING A TRIBE OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO MORE AND WANT TO LEARN MORE.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED AND VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT HERE, TO BE A ADVOCATE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE GRASSROOTS BOOTS ON THE GROUND, TO BE ABLE TO START WORKING WITH THE LARGER ORGANIZATIONS, TO REALLY BUILD A STEADY HAND
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SO THAT WAY WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THE WORK DONE COHESIVELY TOGETHER.UM, I WORK WITH CHAD WEST IN DISTRICT ONE.
UM, I AM CEO OF BROTHER BILL'S HELPING HAND, WHICH IS WRAPAROUND SERVICE, NONPROFIT, SERVING WEST DALLAS, OAK CLIFF, SOUTH DALLAS, PLEASANT GROVE, AND, AND OVER 200 ZIP CODES NOW, WHICH RIDICULOUS TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, BUT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN HOMELESS WORK, UM, HOMELESSNESS WORK, SOCIAL SERVICE WORK SINCE I WAS IN SEMINARY, WHICH WAS 20 YEARS AGO.
UM, AND, UH, JUST REALLY HAVE A HEART AND PASSION FOR, FOR HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS WHO FIND THEMSELVES WITHOUT HOMES.
UH, MY WIFE AND I LIVE IN WINNETKA HEIGHTS, UH, IN NORTHDALE CLIFF.
AND I HAVE TWO KIDDOS, SARAH AND LIAM.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA JUMP BACK TO COMMISSIONER ANGELA, GO AHEAD.
SO, SO WHAT YOU'LL DO, UM, JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF, UM, GIVE US YOUR DISTRICT, YOU'RE COUNCILMAN, AND SOMETHING ABOUT YOU SPEAK ABOUT YOURSELF THAT DRIVES YOUR PASSION.
SO, I'M ANGELA KLATTEN, UH, DISTRICT 11.
MY COUNCIL MEMBER IS JANIE SCHULTZ.
UM, WHAT DRIVES MY FASHION FOR THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE NEEDS A PLACE TO LIVE, AND THAT'S JUST SORT OF A MINIMUM.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, UH, IN LIFE AND IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE, OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS HAVE HAD A LOT OF, WE NOTICED A, AN INCREASE IN HOMELESS PRESENCE AND IN OUR PARK AND IN OUR WOODS.
AND, UM, AND SO I SORT OF GOT INVOLVED THROUGH IT, THROUGH THE HOMELESS, I MEAN, THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
BUT MY COUNCIL MEMBER ASKED ME TO DO THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH IT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, AND MY NAME IS LINDA GARNER.
I'M CHAIR, LIKE, THAT'S KIND OF AN ACCIDENT, DISTRICT TWO.
UM, MY, UH, COUNCILMAN IS JESSE MORENO.
UM, HE ALSO CHAIR THE, UM, HOUSING AND HEALTH SOLUTION, UH, COUNCIL.
UM, I HAVE BEEN RESIDENT OF THE CEDARS, UH, FOR 20 YEARS.
I KIND OF GOT THERE BY ACCIDENT AND, UM, IT IS DEFINITELY MY HOME.
AND, UM, I, UH, I THINK WHAT DRIVES MY PASSION HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS, AND I THINK, UM, MAYBE WE CAN ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO BE AN ADVOCATE, UM, IN SOME CAPACITY FOR, UH, THE MENTALLY ILL HOMELESS, WHICH I THINK KIND OF FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS IN A WAY THAT IT, UH, IT'S MULTIFACETED.
UM, BUT I WANNA SEE, UM, COHESION AND I WANNA HAVE THE HARD CONVERSATIONS AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN SPEAK FREELY AND BE RESPECTED, UH, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR VIEW IS.
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE THE HARD, HARD CONVERSATIONS.
WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD PART AND, UM, THAT WAY WE CAN MOVE THE NEEDLE.
AND I'D LIKE TO TURN THIS OVER TO VICE CHAIR OWEN.
I AM THE FOUNDER OF WHERE ARE OLA OUTREACH, WHERE I STARTED THAT OVER 11 YEARS AGO.
I WAS ONE HOMELESS MYSELF, SO THAT'S WHY I SO PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT I DO.
UH, I HAVE BEEN HONORED MY PRESIDENT LIFE FOR MY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
IT IS SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO TREAT AND IS SO, UH, YOU ARE ALWAYS GONNA GET A FIGHT FROM ANYWAY.
IT IS NOT GOING TOWARD THE BENEFIT OF THE HALL.
SO THIS, UM, I AM, UH, JAMES HULK.
UH, MY COUNCIL PERSON IS, UH, MAYOR PROTON, CAROLINE KING ARNOLD, UM, WHO IS THE PERSON WHO INVITED ME TO BE PART OF THIS COMMISSION.
WHEN SHE AND I FIRST MET, I HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH HER ABOUT HOMELESSNESS IN THE AREA.
AND ABOUT A YEAR LATER, SHE SHOWED UP AT A S PARTY I WAS AT, WALKED UP, GRABBED ME, DRAGGED ME OUT.
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO SHE WAS AT THE POINT, 'CAUSE SHE WAS ALL COVERED UP
I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO MY DEATH AS SHE OUTSIDE AND TOLD ME SHE WAS PUTTING ME ON THIS.
UM, I BELIEVE IN RADICAL SOCIAL JUSTICE.
I, I, THAT'S MY PHILOSOPHY ON LIFE.
EVERYONE DESERVES EVERYTHING THEY'RE ENTITLED TO.
NO ONE IS MORE ENTITLED THAN ANYONE ELSE.
AND I WILL FIGHT THAT UNTIL MY LAST BREATH.
UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN DALLAS SIX YEARS.
I LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR 25.
I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE WORST HOMELESS SITUATIONS THAT DOES NOT MAKE ME AN EXPERT.
I AM FAR LESS QUALIFIED THAN MANY OF YOU AROUND THE TABLE.
BUT MY HEART, MY SOUL, AND MY BELIEFS AND
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WHAT DRIVES ME TO DO WHAT I DO, UM, MY NAME IS SANTOS.UM, I'M THE APPOINTEE FOR DISTRICT FIVE.
UM, I HAVE LIVED IN DALLAS EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE.
UM, AND I LOVE THE CITY AND THE FACT THAT, UM, MY MOTHER IMMIGRATED TO THIS COUNTRY FROM MEXICO AND HAD SO MUCH HOPE FOR ME.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE MY LIFE HAS TO BE A REFLECTION OF HER INCREDIBLE SACRIFICE, AND TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THE CITY THAT WAS THE FIRST PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT SHE SET FOOT ON, AND THAT SHE LIVED HERE FOR ALL OF THOSE YEARS.
UM, I TAKE THAT, THAT RESPONSIBILITY AS, AS AN HONOR.
UM, AND I LOVE THIS CITY, AND I TOLD, UH, JAIME, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN EVER DO, UM, TO SERVE THE CITY, PLEASE, UM, GET SOMETHING
AND, AND WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS IS THAT I'VE BEEN AN ACTIVIST, BUT MOSTLY IN THE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS SPACE, UM, FOR THE PAST, FOR MANY YEARS.
AND TO BE ABLE TO USE THE ORGANIZING TOOLS AND COMMUNITY OF ORGANIZING, UH, TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT I HAD IN, IN REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, AND REALLY THINK ABOUT IT IN A NEW WAY, UM, FOR HOMELESSNESS, UM, I JUST HOPE THAT, THAT I'M ABLE TO MAKE SOME REAL POSITIVE AND TANGIBLE CHANGE, UM, IN THIS CITY THAT I LOVE SO MUCH.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER IS OMAR EVAAS.
UH, SO FOR ME, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY BACKGROUND.
I AM FIRST GENERATION, UH, MY FAMILY IS FROM EL SALVADOR AND MOVED HERE SEEKING ASYLUM FROM THE CIVIL WAR, UM, AS I WAS BORN HERE IN THE STATES.
BUT I LIVED IN EL SALVADOR, UH, LATE EIGHTIES, EARLY NINETIES.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS ABLE TO SEE A LOT OF THE ORGANIZING WORK THAT WAS HAPPENING THERE.
THE REASON FOR THE, THE CIVIL WAR WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE BEING OPPRESSED.
UM, AND WHAT THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR WAS SOCIAL JUSTICE.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, I'VE HAD A CORPORATE CAREER AND PRODUCT AND TECHNOLOGY MARKETING FOR MANY YEARS, BUT MY SIDE HUSTLE'S ALWAYS BEEN, I'VE, I'VE FOCUSED A LOT OF MY EFFORTS ON VOLUNTEERING.
UM, I WORKED WITH A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED PROJECT HOPE, UH, BASED OUT OF ST.
ANDREW'S AND PLANO FOR SEVEN YEARS.
UM, AND THEY WERE RELATIONAL FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY OFFERING MENTORSHIP, UM, BUDGET COACHING, CAREER COACHING, AND, UH, SERVICES THAT FOCUSED ON WOMEN WHO WERE DEALING WITH SOME SORT OF CRISIS.
AND MANY TIMES THOSE WERE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES.
UH, FOR ME, I WAS ABLE TO SEE A LOT OF THE, THE, UH, THE, THE ISSUES THAT DRIVE THE HOMELESSNESS RATE UP IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY, THEY WERE VERY RAMPANT IN, IN THE PARTICIPANTS OF THAT ORGANIZATION.
UM, I PERSONALLY, UH, HAVE DEALT WITH HOMELESSNESS MYSELF, AND I HAVE FAMILY THAT STILL ARE DEALING WITH SOME OF, OF THAT.
AND SO IT WAS AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE, UM, OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M GRATEFUL FOR BEING ABLE TO STAY HERE WITH YOU ALL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS.
IT IS SO GREAT TO HAVE EVERYBODY HERE.
UH, SO I GUESS WE'LL DO SOME QUICK INTRODUCTION STAFF, THE, THE, THE STAFF THAT SUPPORTS US SO THAT WE CAN BE HERE.
UM, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE FACES HERE, SO, UM, I'LL JUST, CHRISTINE, YOU WANNA TAKE OFF ON THAT ONE? SURE.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA GO AROUND THE ROOM AND HAVE EVERYBODY STAND UP AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES SO YOU CAN HEAR FROM THEM.
I OBVIOUSLY AM CHRISTINE CROSLEY, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF COLUMBUS SOLUTIONS, UM, DALLAS NATIVE, GONE FOR A LONG TIME AND BACK FOR ABOUT THREE AND A HALF, FOUR YEARS NOW.
SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE A THIRD GENERATION DALLAS SITE, ABLE TO REALLY HELP MAKE AN IMPACT, UH, IN THE CITY WHERE I WAS RAISED.
GEEZ, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUT YOU.
I'M THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR, THE S OF THE SOLUTIONS.
YOU GET ALL THOSE WONDERFUL EMAIL UPDATES ABOUT THE OHS FRENCH GROUP.
IT'S COMING FROM ME AND MY NEW TEAMMATE.
UM, SO I'M ORIGINALLY FROM THE BORDER, UM, FROM DEL RIO AND I MOVED TO DALLAS.
UM, WHEN I FINISHED GRADUATE SCHOOL IN NORTH CAROLINA, I HAD TO FIND A JOB THERE AND I'VE BEEN HERE EVER SINCE.
LOVE WORKING IN OHS AND OUR TEAM, REALLY PROUD.
UM, I'M ONE OF THE LAST
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WHO CAME TO THE DEPARTMENT WHEN IT WAS FIRST CREATED IN 2017.SO REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THE EVOLUTION IN PROGRESS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
I AM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN OTHER, UM, AT ACTUALLY THE DALLAS FIRE RESCUE BEFORE I CAME TO OHS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS WHY I CAME TO OHS 'CAUSE I LOVE, I WAS ADMIRING FROM AFAR, UM, AND I'VE BEEN KNOWING GLORIA FOR YEARS.
BUT ANYWAY, CAME, I CAME OVER AND I'M JUST PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM.
AND I DO HAVE A GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT, SO IT IS MY PASSION AS WELL.
AND I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 16 YEARS AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES, UH, SEEN A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, I WAS BORN IN MARLIN, TEXAS, BUT I CAME TO DALLAS AT THE AGE OF THREE, I BELIEVE.
AND MY MOTHER SAYS, AT THAT TIME WE SPOKE MOSTLY SPANISH AT THE HOUSE, ALTHOUGH MY MOTHER WAS BORN HERE.
AND, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE WITH HOMELESS AND LOTS OF IMPROVEMENT.
SO, HI NAME, CINDY
UM, I'M MOVED TO THE CITY, BUT I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS.
UM,
UM, I AM THE DATA COORDINATOR FOR SOLUTION.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR CHRISTINE, AND I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE AS WELL.
UM, I AM COMPLETING MY MASTER'S DEGREE IN STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP, UM, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
SO HOPEFULLY Y'ALL CAN DO WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING PRETTY SOON.
I'M THE, UH, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SUPERVISOR FOR OHS.
I ACTUALLY STARTED AS AN INTERN IN DISTRICT EIGHT UNDER ATKINS.
I WORKED ON A BIG PROJECT WITH LETICIA AND THEN I CONVINCED CHRISTINE TO HIRE ME.
I'VE ACTUALLY WORKED SO
I AM YOUR BOARD LIAISON FOR THE CITIZENS HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION ALONG WITH THE DALLAS AREA PARTNERSHIP.
MY RESIDENT IS ACTUALLY A PASTOR, SO I AM A FIRST LADY.
SO I ENJOY DOING WHAT I DO, WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I SPEAK REGULARLY WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.
MY PASSION IS ACTUALLY TO BE A LIFE COACH FOR CHILDREN AND CERTAIN PLEASURE TO ASSIST YOU ALL WITH WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY.
MARC, REAL QUICK, A REAL QUICK THANK YOU TO OUR SOUNDMAN, WHO'S BEEN ON WITNESS.
I AM THE OHS COMMUNITY LIAISON AND PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SOME OF YOU.
I AM A DOLLAR SITE, BORN AND RAISED.
BUT HOWEVER, AND IT'S CRAZY, IT'S 30 YEARS AGO, RIGHT? NOT GOING 'CAUSE THEN THAT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL OLD.
RIGHT? HOWEVER, I AM AND HAVE BEEN, UM, ON THE POST OF THE NONPROFIT SECTOR FOR MANY YEARS, UM, IN THE, UM, AT RISK YOUTH TO HOMELESSNESS.
I'VE JUST GOT IN WHERE I FIT IN.
IT'S ALL, UM, UNDER SOCIAL JUSTICE.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE.
IT'S BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE'S WORK.
AND SO I AM, UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO RESEARCH FOR MY DOCTORATE RECENTLY.
DIRECTOR CROSSLEY GAVE ME THAT, THIS, UH, WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.
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TO BE ABLE TO WORK AND STUDY AT THE SAME TIME.SOME OF YOU VOLLEYBALLS I'VE LEANED ON IN, YOU KNOW, JUST MY QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE IN BECOMING THE SINGLE ISSUE EXPERT AS WE WILL TALK ABOUT TODAY.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I'M GOING TO TAKE THE FLOOR AND WE ARE GOING TO START.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR SESSION TWO OF THE RETREAT ENTITLED, EMBARKING ON THE EXPERTISE JOURNEY, A COMMISSIONER'S BLUEPRINT OR SINGLE ISSUE EXPERTISE IN THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
MANY YEARS AGO, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING CENTER IN ATLANTA.
AND AS I WALKED THROUGH THE TWO STORY BUILDING, I READ THE PLAQUES OF THE MILESTONES OF HIS LIFE, AND I STARTED TO SEE A COMMON THREAD.
AND OF COURSE, HE EMERGED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT, UM, AND SOCIAL LEADER IN THE MODERN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
AND OF COURSE, HE ACHIEVED MORE GENUINE PROGRESS TOWARDS RACIAL EQUALITY IN AMERICA THAN THE PREVIOUS 350 YEARS HAD PRODUCED.
AND OF COURSE, DR. KING WAS WIDELY REGARDED AS AMERICA'S PREEMINENT ADVOCATE OF NONVIOLENCE AND ONE OF THE GREATEST NONVIOLENT LEADERS IN WORLD HISTORY.
HOWEVER, I SAW THAT HE WAS A SINGLE ISSUE EXPERT OF PEACE.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HE LIVED IT, HE STUDIED IT, HE BECAME IT.
EVEN BUILDING RELIGIOUS WITH OTHER RELIGIOUS WORLD LEADERS SUCH AS MAHAMAS G GANDHI, BECOMING AN EXPERT TAKES TIME, DEDICATION, AND CONTINUOUS LEARNING.
IT IS A JOURNEY OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THAT REQUIRES PATIENCE, PERSISTENCE, AND A WILLINGNESS TO EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND YOUR SKILLS.
TODAY WE ARE GOING TO DEEP DIVE INTO THE COMPLEXITIES OF ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING EXPERTISE IN THIS CRITICAL AREA.
AS COMMISSIONERS YOUR TASK WITH BEING ADVISORY BOARD, BUT NOT JUST THAT, YOU ARE ALSO A SOUNDING BOARD FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TO BOUNCE IDEAS OFF AND GET ACCESS TO EXPERTISE THAT MIGHT NOT ORDINARILY BE AVAILABLE OR EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
YOU ARE A PROBLEM SOLVING MODEL, WHICH CAN BE USED TO PROVIDE CRITICAL THINKING, ROBUST ANALYSIS, AND STRATEGIC INSIGHTS TO INFORM RELATED ISSUES TO HOMELESSNESS.
IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU HAVE A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FACE AND THE VARIOUS FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR SITUATIONS.
TO BE EFFECTIVE ADVOCATES AND DECISION MAKERS, WE MUST EMBARK ON A JOURNEY TO DEVELOP THIS EXPERTISE.
THROUGHOUT THIS SESSION, YOU ARE GOING TO EXPLORE THE KEY COMPONENTS OF HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEMS AND EXAMINE HOW COMMISSIONERS YOU CAN PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN DRIVING CHANGE AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR THOSE IN NEED.
THROUGH BRIDGING THE GAPS IN YOUR DISTRICTS, WE WILL DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE AND COORDINATED APPROACH TO ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING STRATEGIES, PREVENTIONS, INTERVENTIONS, AND LONG-TERM SUPPORT.
WE'LL TOUCH ON THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM HERE IN DALLAS, FROM NATIONAL PLATFORMS TO GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS IN YOUR DISTRICT'S BACKDOOR.
BY UNDERSTANDING THE ROLES AND PERSPECTIVES OF THESE STAKEHOLDERS, COMMISSIONERS CAN BETTER COLLABORATE AND LEVERAGE RESOURCES TO CREATE STURDY AND STABLE BRIDGES IN YOUR COMMUNITY TO BROADER PLATFORMS, WE'LL EXAMINE BEST PRACTICES AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
BY LEARNING THESE EXAMPLES, YOU CAN ADAPT AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES THAT ARE TAILOR MADE TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
AS WE EMBARK ON THIS EXPERTISE JOURNEY TODAY, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN THESE DISCUSSIONS AND ASK QUESTIONS AND TO SHARE YOUR INSIGHTS AND EXPERTISE BY WORKING COLLABORATIVELY AND LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER.
WE CAN COLLECTIVELY MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO WE TOUCH.
WHETHER YOU ARE NEW OR EXPERIENCED, CONSIDER TODAY THE STAR HERE, RED PEN ON THE MAP TO BECOMING A SINGLE ISSUE EXPERT IN THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
I'M GOING TO TURN THE FLOOR BACK OVER TO YOU CHAIR
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SO THAT WE CAN GO OVER THE GAME PLAN.EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO DO, UM, WITH THIS COMMISSION.
AND, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THE STRATEGY IN FRONT OF ME.
UM, YOU'LL GET A COPY OF THE STRATEGY.
SO I DON'T EVEN THINK I CAN PRESENT THE STRATEGY THAT I CAME UP WITH AND COLLABORATED WITH OHS STAFF.
SO, UM, WE SHOULD BE GETTING A COPY OF THE CHC GAME PLAN.
UM, I WANT ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THAT RIGHT THERE.
UM, WITH THESE THREE STRATEGIES.
I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD JUST DEFER THIS TO YOU, DR.
UM, SO YOU HAVE A DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, DOES EVERYBODY HAVE IT? OKAY.
UM, USING THREE STRATEGIES, WORKING IN TANDEM TO DISCLOSE AND CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THE CITY OF DALLAS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL, UH, ORGANIZATION.
HOMELESS RESOURCES INTO SHAREABLE INFORMATION THAT CAN BE USED TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE ALL CITIZENS TOWARDS SOLUTIONS THAT IS HOUSED AND UNHOUSED.
AS THE RESIDENTS HOUSE AND UNHOUSED ENGAGE THROUGH THESE REPORTING SYSTEMS, THE CITY WILL UTILIZE A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON HOW CITY AND PARTNER INITIATIVES ARE ALLOCATED.
AS IT RELATES TO THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
UH, THIS INFORMATION IS USED TO ESTABLISH FURTHER DATA TRANSPARENCY, TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT, THE GAPS IN THE HOMELESS RESOURCE SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO YOUR DISTRICT.
OKAY, THIS IS PART OF US BECOMING A SINGLE ISSUE COMMUNITY EXPERT.
THE CHC WILL UTILIZE THIS INFORMATION TO PLAN FUTURE ACTIONS AND SHAPE COMMISSION OBJECTIVES.
THE TIMELINE FOR THIS PART OF THE CHC STRATEGY WILL BE ABOUT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.
SO THIS ISN'T GONNA BE PERMANENT, THIS ISN'T GONNA BE WHAT WE ONLY DO.
WE ARE IN THE INFORMATION GATHERING STAGE.
SO ULTIMATELY THIS INFORMATION ALLOWS THE COMMISSIONER TO BE A VALUABLE RESOURCE TO THEIR CITY COUNCIL PERSON AND THEIR COMMUNITY.
UH, BALANCING DISTRICT ADVOCACY AND ACTION AS A SINGLE ISSUE COMMUNITY EXPERT.
AND ONLY THEN CAN WE RE REMEDIATE THE INEQUITIES AND BE A SERVANT TO OUR DISTRICT.
SO, UM, DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST GO THROUGH YES.
YOU WANT ME ACTUALLY READ IT OR, AND, AND FEEL FREE TO ADD TO IT.
I ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE YOU'RE GONNA DO A BETTER JOB.
UM, STRATEGY ONE, OPERATION EMPOWERMENT.
SO COMMISSIONERS WILL DISCOVER AND DISCOVERY WILL DISCOVER AND CONSOLIDATE ALL THE HOMELESS RESOURCES, SERVICE HOMELESS RESOURCES WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE BOTH NON-MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT.
BECOMING THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT COMMISSIONERS WILL RESEARCH, ANALYZE, AND COMPILE ALL ACTIONABLE RESOURCES, SUCH AS WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW TO USE 3 1 1, UH, INTO CONCISE, PRACTICAL, AND USABLE INFORMATION.
THERE ARE SOME LINKS HERE THAT, UM, IF YOU WERE TO HAVE THIS ELECTRONICALLY AND CLICK ON IT, THE, UH, DALLAS CITY HALL DATA TRANSPARENCY WILL TAKE YOU TO, UM, THESE RESOURCES.
UM, THE 3 1 1 HOMELESS SERVICE REQUESTS, UM, THE, UH, THE GIS SYSTEM.
UM, THESE DATA REPORTS ARE PROVIDED BY HOUSING FORWARD ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
COMMISSIONERS WILL THEN ANALYZE THE REPORT AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
UH, PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONERS MEETINGS ARE ACCESSIBLE.
SO WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO PRIOR MEETINGS AND WHATNOT SO WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THAT CITY OF DALLAS CALENDAR, WHEN YOU CLICK ON THAT CALENDAR, UH, IT'LL TAKE YOU TO EVERY MEETING.
UH, THIS MEETING WAS ON THERE.
IT'LL EVEN, AND IT'LL TAKE YOU TO ALL THE BUTTONS OF ALL THE MEETINGS.
YOU CAN CLICK ON WHEREVER YOU WANT TO GO.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN ALL FIND EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED.
SO ONCE WE'VE GATHERED ALL THIS INFORMATION, WE KNOW HOW TO ANSWER A QUESTION.
WE KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THE DATA, THEN WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IT.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THIS INFORMATION TO, UM, OTHER CITIZENS HOUSED AND UNHOUSED TO HELP THEM BE ENGAGED IN A GRASSROOTS WAY.
UH, COMMISSIONERS WILL SHARE INFORMATION FROM OFFICIAL CITY OF DALLAS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, OFFICIAL NEWSLETTERS, COMMUNITY FACING FLYERS, COMMUNITY FACING, MEANING WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T SHARE SOMETHING THAT'S PRIVATE OR INTERNAL.
UM, AND VIA COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO GOING TO NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, UH, TO ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO ENGAGE IN WAYS THAT LEAD TO A LEAD TO SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE SPECIFIC TO OUR DISTRICT.
UH, THEY'LL BE FOUND ON THE COUNCIL DISTRICT PLATFORM AND COMMISSIONERS WILL SIGN UP.
SIGN UP FOR THE OHS QUARTER WE NEWS NEWSLETTER.
I HAVE NOT CLICKED ON THIS YET.
SO IS THIS THE, THE ONE, OKAY.
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OPERATION, UH, OPERATION DATA DRIVES INITIATIVES.SO AS WE GET ENGAGE, UH, CITIZENS TO REPORT, AND AS YOU YOU'LL GET EMAILS, YOU'LL GO TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR EVERYONE'S CONCERNS, UM, HOUSED AND UNHOUSED.
AS WE ENGAGE PEOPLE TO REPORT THIS DATA WILL DRIVE INITIATIVES.
COMMISSIONERS RECOGNIZE THAT ANY CITIZEN REPORTING COM, UH, COMPLETED THROUGH 3 1 1 IMPROVES THE CITY'S.
IMPROVES THE CITY'S UNDERSTANDING ON HOW RESOURCES CAN BE ALLOCATED IN THE FUTURE.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A BALANCED APPROACH.
THE CITY CAN APPROACH EACH ISSUE IN A WAY THAT IT CAN BE ADDRESSED TOWARDS A SOLUTION IN A COMPASSIONATE WAY.
UM, DATA DRIVES, INITIATIVES AND OUTREACH.
IF YOU DON'T PUT THE ONE ONE IN FOR THE ENCAMPMENT, THE CITY WILL NOT KNOW AND NEITHER WILL HOUSING FORWARD.
AND GUESS WHAT WE CAN'T DO? WE CANNOT CONNECT THAT PERSON LIVING IN THE ENCAMPMENT TO HOUSING.
JUST LIKE SARAH SAID, THE END GOAL, WE WANNA GET THEM HOUSED.
SO THIS IS GONNA HELP WITH THAT PROCESS.
STRATEGIES, ONE, TWO AND THREE FUNNEL AND TWO AND INTERMEDIARY GOAL.
UM, THIS IS UNDERSTANDING THE COORDINATE ACCESS SYSTEM, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA GO INTO DETAIL ON WHAT THAT IS.
UM, COMMISSIONERS WILL HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT DOES, WHY THE DATA IS PRO PROTECT, UH, PROTECTED.
AND IT SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM AND HOW TO ADVOCATE TO NON COC MEMBER SERVICES, SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THEIR REPRESENTING DISTRICTS TO BECOME A PART OF THIS CAS.
UH, SO WE'RE TYING IN THE OPERATION EMPOWERMENT REALTIME AND STATIC DATA CAN THEN BE ANALYZED BY CROSS-REFERENCING REALTIME 3 1 1 DATA VIA THE PUBLIC PORTAL WITH KNOWN STATIC DATA, UH, NON COC AND COC MEMBERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.
ALL INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR ANALYZATION, UH, ANALYZATION, WHICH WILL THEN ALLOW COMMISSIONERS TO REPORT OUT TO THE COMMITTEE.
AND TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF THE HOMELESS RESOURCE INEQUITIES.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE LACKING, WHERE IS THE AREA WHERE THE NEEDS ARE UN MET.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE.
WE NEED TO KNOW HOW THEY'RE MET, WHO, WHO'S IN THAT AREA.
WE HAVE THIS DATA TYING IN OPERATION RESHARING, FACEBOOK TO FRONT LINES.
THIS, THE NAME OF THIS IS JUST FROM YOU GET THOSE PEOPLE ON NEXT DOOR.
YOU GET THOSE PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK.
ALL THEY WANNA DO IS JUST TYPE FROM THEIR COUCH AND NOT DO ANYTHING.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING THEM TO THE FRONT LINES WITH THE WAY WE ENGAGE WITH THEM, THE WAY WE COME UP WITH A STRATEGY TO RESHARE THE INFORMATION TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT JUST, I WILL NOT USE THE WORD, UH, UH, THAT, THAT COMPLAIN.
UM, AND HELP EMPOWER THEM TO SHOW THEM WHERE TO GO.
SO, OPERATION RE-SHARING FACEBOOK FRONT LINES, ADVOCATING, EDUCATING, INFORMING CITIZENS, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS OF CURRENT ACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES BEING COMPLETED BY THE CITY AND ITS PARTNERS BRINGS AWARENESS TO THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE ONGOING AND HELPS TO MITIGATE THE RISK OF INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS, RESIDENTS WORKING IN SILOS.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE WORKING IN SILOS.
WE WANNA BRING THE BIG ENTITIES IN AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL MESHING TOGETHER.
UM, THIS NE NECESSITATE NECESSITATES AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE DIFFERENCE OF ACTUAL ITEMS THAT THE CITY MAY UNDERGO VERSUS THE COC TYING IN OPERATION DATA DRIVES INITIATIVES.
THE CITY AND ITS PARTNERS ARE DATA DRIVEN.
INITIATIVES ARE STOOD UP BASED ON DATA INITIATIVES ARE JOINTLY RUN BY THE COC MEMBERS.
THE END GOAL REMEDIATION AND SERVANTHOOD.
BY BEING A SINGLE ISSUE COMMUNITY EXPERT FOR YOUR DISTRICT.
CHC COMMISSIONERS WILL ASSIST THEIR CITY COUNCIL PERSON IN ADDRESSING AND ALLEVIATING THE HOME SHELTER AND RESOURCE INEQUITIES WITHIN OUR CITY AND BEYOND.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO REMEDIATE THE INEQUITIES AND SERVE.
BUT WE NEED ALL OF THIS INFORMATION FIRST.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S THE STRATEGY OF GAME PLAN 0.1.
UH, PART ONE, HOW CAN THE COMMISSIONER ADVOCATE REMEDIATE AND SERVE? SO WE HAVE SOME AD HOC COMMITTEES.
UH, DO YOU WANT TO PRESENT THEM NOW OR DID YOU WANNA, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? NO, NO.
YOU, YOU WILL PERFECTLY TIE IN
UM, SO THE AD HOC COMMITTEES, UM, DATA TRANSPARENCY.
SO BASICALLY THERE'LL BE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF, UH, PEOPLE, UH, OF, OF COMMISSIONERS OF FIGURING OUT WHAT THE RESOURCES ARE.
OKAY? THERE ARE DIFFERENT 3 1 1 REQUESTS.
THERE ARE, UM, THAT YOU CAN APPLY.
THERE ARE THEORETICAL SCENARIOS.
I DON'T ACTUALLY, I DON'T EVEN WANNA SAY THEORETICAL OR HYPOTHETICAL.
YOU SEE EVERY DAY SCENARIOS THAT WE NEED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
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HOLDING A PANHANDLING SIGN, SAID, JUST GOT OUT OF PRISON.OR WE KNOW WE HAD TO GIVE RESPONSIBILITY CAMPAIGN.
AND WE KNOW THAT IT WILL NOT HELP THAT MAN BY JUST GIVING DIRECTLY TO HIM.
BUT BECAUSE YOU'RE A COMMISSIONER AND YOU KNOW YOUR DISTRICT AND YOU KNOW ALL THE RESOURCES THAT ARE, THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CITY AND THROUGH CITY PARTNERSHIPS AND A COC AND NONPROFITS, PEOPLE WHO SERVE ON NONPROFITS, YOU CAN GO, I CAN HELP THAT MAN.
I HAVE AN ANSWER AND I'M GONNA DIRECT HIM TO THAT RESOURCE.
OR A CONSTITUENT WHO COMES TO YOU AND SAID, SAYS, I SEE THE SAME LADY SLEEPING UNDER A TARP ON ELM STREET IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
WHAT CAN I DO FOR HER? HOW CAN I HELP HER? YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THAT ANSWER.
AND WE, AND YOU'RE GONNA USE CITY RESOURCES, NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS.
WE ARE GOING TO HELP THAT WOMAN ON ELM STREET WHO'S SLEEPING UNDER THE TARP AND NOT GETTING UP, GET CONNECTED TO SERVICES AND HAVE THE END GOAL OF GETTING HER HOUSED.
SO WE ARE GONNA BE EQUIPPED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, WE'RE GONNA KNOW HOW TO DIRECT THE PERSON WHO IS ASKING IT.
THAT'S GONNA MAKE US A SINGLE ISSUE COMMUNITY EXPERT FOR YOUR DISTRICT.
AND THEN WE COME TOGETHER AS COMMISSIONERS AS A WHOLE, AND WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR THE WHOLE CITY TOGETHER.
WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THESE INEQUITIES ARE, KNOW WHAT THE RESOURCES.
SO THAT'S THE DATA DATA TRANSPARENCY COMMITTEE.
UH, WHAT ARE THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES AS IT RE RELATES TO AVAILABLE PUBLIC FACING DATA HUBS AND CHC, THE SECOND SUBCOMMITTEE, CHC, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE ALL THIS THAT WE LEARN AND WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, WE NEED TO SHARE IT, RIGHT? THIS IS THE FACEBOOK FRONT LINES.
WE'RE RESHARING IT, WE'RE GRASSROOTS ENABLING CITIZENS HOUSED AND UNHOUSED TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR THESE SOLUTIONS AND FIND THE SOLUTION.
SO THAT'S THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PART.
UM, I'LL READ A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME STUFF ADDED HERE.
UM, REPUBLISHING CITY APPROVED MATERIALS FROM OFFICIAL CITY OF DALLAS, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, OFFICIAL NEWSLETTERS, COMMUNITY FACING FLYERS, AND VIA COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO ENGAGE IN WAYS THAT LEAD TO SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS.
WE'RE GONNA COME UP WITH STANDARD RESPONSES TO A LOT OF THESE ISSUES, OR WE HOPE WE CAN, UM, IN THE DATA, UM, THE DATA TRANSPARENCY COMMITTEE, IT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, THE STANDARD RESPONSE RESPONSES SHOULD DIRECT IN INDIVIDUALS TO THE 3 1 1 REPORTING OR THE OHS WEBSITE.
ALL ITEMS TO BE APPROVED BY OHSP, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, UH, PRIOR TO ENGAGEMENT TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE OHS BRAND.
PIO WILL PROVIDE SCRIPTED RESPONSES.
SO WE'RE GONNA HELP, WE'RE GONNA COORDINATE THAT.
UM, AND THE REASON WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS SO WE'RE NOT TELLING, SAYING DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT DIFFERENT, UM, WE'RE NOT GIVING AN OPINION.
WE'RE GIVING THE CITY'S STRATEGY.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.
UM, I THINK BEING ON THE SAME PAGE HELPS BUILD THAT PUBLIC TRUST TOO.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT ALL SAYING DIFFERENT THINGS.
C ADVOCATE FOR THE LOCAL COC AND ENCOURAGE ORGANIZATIONS TO JOIN THE MEMBERSHIP SO THAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT WORKING IN SILOS.
WE SAW THAT IN THE AM SESSION, HOW WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO, UM, THE CAPACITY BUILT.
MY GOODNESS, THERE'S SO MANY GOOD IDEAS OF NONPROFIT AND HOW CAN WE STAND THEM UP.
SO WE ARE NOW GETTING EQUIPPED WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THAT, OH, AND I'M, I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE, WE ARE GONNA ALSO LOOK AT THE WEBSITE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA REVAMP IT, WE'RE NOT GONNA CHANGE IT, BUT, UM, UM, AND MAYBE THIS'LL BE AN INDIVIDUAL THING.
BUT WE DO NEED TO, UH, UPDATE OUR WEBSITE SO THAT IT IS ACCESSIBLE TO US AND THE PUBLIC.
UM, SO THAT IS ALSO ON THE TABLE IN SORT OF A LOWER FORM.
UM, IT'S DEFINITELY A PRIORITY.
BUT I'D LIKE TO TURN THE FLOOR BACK OVER TO YOU, DR.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO DO IS TODAY, UM, WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TAKE THIS FORM HERE AND SET IT TO THE SIDE BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST SHEET THAT YOU'RE TO USE IN YOUR TOOLKIT.
BECAUSE BY THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE LEARNED AND, AND, AND GLEANED AND TAKING NOTES, THE BOOKS THAT YOU HAVE SHOULD BECOME YOUR TOOLKIT TO BECOMING A SINGLE ISSUE EXPERT.
YOU'D BE ABLE TO, UH, PUT YOUR THUMB ON IT IF YOU NEED TO.
UM, ALSO, ANOTHER THING FOR ME AS I, AS I PROGRESS IN THIS SESSION, UM, I I AM, I DON'T WANNA INUNDATE YOU WITH MORE PAPER.
I'M GOING TO ASK IF RENITA WOULD BE ABLE TO EMAIL YOU THE DEBT THAT I WILL BE OPERATING FROM, OKAY? BECAUSE IT IS GOING, IT'S I PERTINENT INFORMATION ON HERE.
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GO FORWARD, UM, AND EVEN IF I MOVE FAST THROUGH IT, I LIKE TO GIVE THAT DISCLAIMER.I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE IT ELECTRONICALLY SO YOU'D BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO IT AND REFERENCE IT AT ANY POINT.
OKAY? DID YOU GUYS GET SOME COOKIES AFTER, I MEAN, FOR LUNCH? MM-HMM.
BECAUSE IS THAT CHOCOLATE TAKING EFFECT RIGHT NOW?
UM, I WANT AFFIRMATIONS, AND I WANT YOU TO SAY, I AM TO BE COMING IN SINGLE ISSUE, SINGLE ISSUE, COMMUNITY EXPERT, EXPERT.
NOT JUST FOR MY DISTRICT, FOR MY DISTRICT, BUT FOR MY CITY, FOR MY DISTRICT.
OKAY, SO IT STANDS ON, I WANT YOU GUYS TO, UM, PARTICIPATE WITH ME, OKAY? I WANT YOU TO TALK WITH ME.
I AM A LITTLE LESS FORMAL, A LITTLE UNORTHODOX IN MY, UM, PRESENTATIONS.
I'M NOT GOING TO JUMP ON THE TABLE AT 48 YEARS OLD.
YOU WON'T LET ME, OKAY? HOWEVER, I DO WANT YOU TO ENGAGE, OKAY? AND I, AT, AT ANY POINT THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I WANT YOU TO ASK, OKAY? RAISE YOUR HANDS.
I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ENGAGE YOU.
THERE WILL BE TIMES WHERE WE WILL GO INTO DISCUSSIONS.
UM, BUT I, UM, I WANT US TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER.
OUR NEXT SLIDE IS OUR OVERVIEW.
UNDERSTANDING THE LANDSCAPE IS, UM, THE BEGINNING.
LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT THIS AS THOUGH WE'RE WALKING UP TO A DIVING BOARD ABOUT TO DIVE INTO ONE OF THOSE REALLY SCARY COMMUNITY POOLS THAT'S LIKE 5,011 FEET DEEP, OKAY? WE'RE AT THAT AND WE'RE LOOKING DOWN AND WE'RE WANTING TO SEE AN AERIAL VIEW.
HOWEVER, YOU WHAT, WHAT WORKS FOR YOU.
SO IF YOU CAN SEE THAT I'M AFRAID OF THAT POOL, LIKE I USED TO DO THAT OVER IN MY COMMUNITY GROWING UP, THAT REALLY BIG POOL.
AND THEN WE GOT A POOL, BUT I STILL WAS AFRAID OF THE DIVING BOARD.
BUT LOOKING DOWN, IT WAS INTIMIDATING.
THAT WATER JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WAS GONNA KEEP GOING TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH.
AND IT BECOMING A SINGLE ISSUE, UH, COMMUNITY EXPERT IS GOING TO FEEL LIKE THAT TO YOU.
BUT TODAY WE'RE GONNA COVER THAT AND UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE.
WE'RE GONNA GO INTO NATIONAL DATA AND STATISTICS AND TALK ABOUT HOW IT WILL WORK FOR YOU AS WE DELVE DEEP INTO THIS.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO LOCAL COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT OF COMMUNIC, UH, COMMUNICATING OUR EXPERTISE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME FUN WITH IT THEN, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM OTHERS ONCE I BECOME AN EXPERTISE IN THIS, UM, SECTOR.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO IN UNDERSTANDING THE LANDSCAPE, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT NATIONAL DATA AND STATISTICS ON HOMELESSNESS AND HOW IT HELPS TO PROVIDE A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE ISSUE AND HIGH TRENDS AND CHALLENGES.
NOW, THIS CAN INCLUDE INFORMATION FROM, UM, ON THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR DEMOGRAPHICS THAT CAUSE HOMELESSNESS, UM, AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CURRENT RESPONSE SYSTEM.
NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, LEVEL, ON A FEDERAL LEVEL.
SO LIKE, WE'RE GONNA ZOOM UP OUT OF OUR CITY AND WE'RE GONNA GO TO WASHINGTON AND WE'RE GONNA SAY, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY? WHAT'S HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COUNTRY? HOW DOES OUR COUNTRY, OR HOW IS OUR A COUNTRY BEING AFFECTED BY HOMELESSNESS? IT HAD NOT ALWAYS BEEN A CRUCIAL OR A CRITICAL SITUATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
THIS ISN'T, THIS IS, UM, RELATIVELY, UH, KNEW WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD TO DECIDE THAT THEY WOULD DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT IT AND HAVE TO INTERVENE.
BEFORE IT WAS JUST NED THE WINO AND SINGLE ISSUES.
AND SO ON A FEDERAL LEVEL, AS TIME CHANGED AND PEOPLE WERE, UH, STARTED TO SEE PEOPLE MORE ON BENCHES IN THEIR PARKS AND, UM, UH, AS THEY WALKED FROM SCHOOL WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
AND THEY SAW THAT, WAIT A MINUTE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE MID THE WINOS THAN I THOUGHT.
SO THEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT IN THE COUNTRY.
AND SO THAT, UH, BECAME WHERE, UM, THERE ARE ENTITIES THAT ARE, HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE, BUT ON THE LEVEL THAT IT IS NOW, AND I'M TALKING PRE COVID LEVELS THAT IT, THAT THEY ARE NOW, UM, THE NATIONAL DATA AND STATISTICS CAN HELP YOU GAIN INSIGHT DOWN TO WHAT'S GOING, WHAT'S HAPPENING, OR TRENDS THAT ARE, THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY AND, UM, THAT OTHER STATES AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT TO LOOK AT IT NATIONALLY WILL HELP YOU GAUGE WHAT'S HAPPENING LOCALLY.
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IN ORDER TO DO THAT AND BECOME THAT EXPERT, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO PUT YOUR HAND ON THIS INFORMATION.REMEMBER I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT WHAT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING DID.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T REALIZE WHEN I WALKED THROUGH IN ATLANTA IN THAT CENTER WAS THAT HE WENT AND SPENT TIME WITH GUNDY TO LEARN NON-VIOLENCE AND TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND PEACE.
AND SO YOU WOULD DO THE SAME GOING TO THE NATIONAL PLATFORM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING NATIONALLY AS IT RELATES TO HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COUNTRY.
YOU SPEND TIME AND GRAPPLE WITH THAT, AND YOU DO THAT AT THESE PLATFORMS. AND REMEMBER I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE RED PEN ON THAT MAP.
THESE ARE, THIS IS LIKE A START HERE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF TO END HOMELESSNESS, HOW DOES IT CONTRIBUTE TO THE, THE BROAD PICTURE.
IT IS A NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PREVENTING AND ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND THEIR WEBSITE WILL OFFER YOU RESEARCH AND POLICY ANALYSIS AND RESOURCES ON HOMELESSNESS, AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON BEST PRACTICES AND EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING AN ISSUE.
WHEN I WAS DOING MY RESEARCH ON HOMELESSNESS, IT ACTUALLY LENDED ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ ABOUT HOW THEY BELIEVED COLLABORATION WITH FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WOULD BE HOW HOMELESSNESS WILL BE AFFECTED AND CHANGE WILL BE AFFECTED IN OUR COUNTRY.
BECAUSE CHURCHES ARE FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS IS WHERE PEOPLE, UH, CONGREGATE AND WHERE THE MOST PEOPLE CAN MASS OR, UM, ASSEMBLE OR ORGANIZE OR MOBILIZE VOLUNTEERS FOR READILY AVAILABLE IN THAT SECTOR.
THEY HAD RESEARCH ON THAT FOR ME.
AND SO I GIVE THAT TO YOU TO START HERE WITH THAT, THE UNITED STATES INTER-AGENCY COUNCIL OF HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS USAGE, WE ARE FAMILIAR, THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT COORDINATES THE NATIONAL RESPONSES TO HOMELESSNESS ACROSS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND PARTNERS.
THEIR WEBSITE PROVIDES DATA, REPORTS AND RESOURCES ON HOMELESSNESS, AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON FEDERAL INITIATIVE AND PROGRAMS. ALSO, HUD, IT IS A FEDERAL AGENCY THAT OVERSEES HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, INCLUDING EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
AND THEIR WEBSITE OFFERS DATA, REPORTS AND RESOURCES ON HOMELESSNESS, AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND ON AND PRACTICES.
AND I BRING THIS HOME FOR YOU, UM, TO UNDERSTAND THIS BETTER.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS.
THIS COALITION IS A NATIONAL NETWORK OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO END HOMELESSNESS.
AND THEIR WEBSITE PROVIDES INFORMATION ON HOMELESS ADVOCACY AND POLICY ISSUES AND RESOURCES FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.
SEE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT IS DATA.
DATA DOES DRIVE BEHAVIOR, OR IT SHOULD DRIVE BEHAVIOR.
JUST LIKE OUR THINKING SHOULD DRIVE OUR BEHAVIOR WHERE WE NEED SOMETHING TO GRAPPLE WITH.
AND WE NEED THE, THE DATA TO DRIVE OUR BEHAVIOR.
WE DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL, WE FOLLOW THE DATA.
AND SO IF THE DATA IS THERE FOR YOU, AND YOU CAN PUT YOUR HAND ON IT AND YOU CAN FOLLOW IT TO MAKE A MORE INFORMED DECISION ON HOW YOU ARE GOING TO APPROACH LESSNESS AND YOUR AID AND YOUR PARTICIPATION IN YOUR DISTRICTS FOR IT.
AND THEN YOU GOT THE HOMELESS RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
NOW, LET ME TIE THAT BACK IN TO THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS.
THIS IS THE INSTITUTE THAT DOES THE RESEARCH FOR THEM.
SO IF THEY WANNA DO RESEARCH RIGHT NOW ON GRAND PATHS, RIGHT? CRIMINALIZING HOMELESSNESS.
AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S A RESEARCH STUDY THAT THEY JUST RELEASED THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT CITIES WOULD BE MOST AFFECTED BY IT BASED ON THE DATA.
THEN YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IF IT WERE YOUR CITY AND IN UC, YOUR DISTRICT WOULD BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THOSE WHO WOULD BE CRIMINALIZED.
YOU COULD FORMALIZE OR ACTIVATE OR DEVELOP OR COLLABORATE ON STRATEGIES ON HOW YOU'RE GONNA APPROACH THIS IF THIS SHOULD BE PASSED IN YOUR DISTRICT.
YOU TRACK TRACKING WITH ME? YES.
OKAY? REMEMBER THE WORD HERE TODAY ALSO THAT I WANNA PUT AT THE FOREFRONT OF YOUR MINDS AS I PROGRESS THROUGH IS EMPOWERMENT.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO EQUIP YOU WITH THE KNOWLEDGE.
SO NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE.
SO WE WENT BROAD AND WE GET, WE, WE KNOW WHERE WE CAN GET THAT DATA ON A BROAD SPREAD SPECTRUM, WHICH IS WHERE WE DO.
WHEN WE GOT FUNDING FOR CO POST COVID, OUR OFFER FUNDS CAME FROM THE
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BROADER SPECTRUM AND EVERY CITY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO WITH IT.AS THEY PLEASED OUR CITY CHOSE THAT.
WE CHOSE TO PUT IT ALL TOWARDS HOMELESSNESS.
AND WE DEVELOPED THE DALLAS REALTIME RAPID REHOUSING INITIATIVE THAT IS NOW COINED REALTIME REHOUSING INITIATIVE, RIGHT? SOME CITIES FROM A, ON A NATIONAL LEVEL AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
SOME CITIES SAID, WELL, WE'LL SPLIT IT AND WE'LL PUT IT TOWARDS THAT, BUT WE'LL ALSO PUT IT TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
BUT OUR MODEL FOLLOWED THE DATA AND WE WENT TOWARDS PUTTING IT TOWARDS A HOUSING, UH, FIRST APPROACH, WHICH I WILL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT LATER.
SO OUR LOCAL LANDSCAPE IS PROVIDING SPECIFIC DATA AND INSIGHTS ON HOMELESSNESS IN YOUR DISTRICT, SUCH AS LOCAL TRENDS AND RESOURCES AND, AND THE GAPS IN SERVICES.
AND I, I, I WANNA LINGER THERE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU WILL COME IN.
THAT'S WHAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU ARE A CONNECT THAT YOU ARE CONNECTED TO.
FOR SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE HERE WHO HAVE ORGANIZATIONS, YOU ARE THERE IN YOUR COMMUNITY FILLING A GAP AND YOU'VE DONE THAT OR SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT BASED OFF OF THE DATA THAT YOU SAW.
YOU DIDN'T REINVENT IT, YOU JUST FILLED THE NEED.
YOU SAW WHERE WORK WAS NEEDED AND YOU WENT IN AND FILLED THE GAP.
AND THE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES THAT YOU THAT, THAT YOU PARTICIPATE IN, THAT, THAT CAN HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND OUR OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE AREA.
THIS LOCALIZED INFORMATION CAN INFORM DECISION MAKING AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT TAILORED TO THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF YOUR DISTRICT.
SO YOU JUST DON'T PUT A BLINDFOLD ON AND YOU AIN'T FIRED.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T WANNA OFFEND THEM.
THEY SHOULD BE HUNGRY AND YOU, UH, DECIDE THAT YOU WANT TO DO THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT THE NEED.
YOU DO IT BASED OFF OF THE DATA.
YOU FIND THE DATA ON THE NATIONAL PLATFORM AND YOU REDUCE IT DOWN TO THE LOCAL OR YOU TRACK IT WITH IT.
WE'VE COME LOCALLY NOW WHAT HANDLES IT? WHO MANAGES IT? EVERY CITY WHO RECEIVES THIS MONEY FUNDING HAS A LEAD AGENCY.
AND YOU GOT TO MEET OURS THIS MORNING AND OUR LEAD AGENCY THERE, THAT'S WHERE FEDERAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT HOMELESS PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES, THAT'S WHERE THEY GO.
THESE LEAD AGENCIES PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN COORDINATING RESOURCES.
REMEMBER THAT WORD? COORDINATING AND DEVELOPING STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTING SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND BY CHANNELING THESE FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, THROUGH THESE AGENCIES, THE GOVERNMENT ENSURES A MORE COORDINATED AND EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO COMBATING HOMELESSNESS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
NOW THEY MANAGE THAT MORE, 140 PARTNERS COLLABORATING TOGETHER, WHICH IS CALLED OUR LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE THROUGH OUR OWN NEIGHBORS COALITION TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS TO END HOMELESSNESS.
IN OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ARE BASED ON A HOUSING FIRST MODEL.
THIS MODEL MEANS THAT OUR NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE MOVED INTO HOUSING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND THEN PROVIDE, PROVIDED WITH SUPPORTIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND ANY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT MIGHT NEED, UH, THEY MAY NEED, UM, HELP TO STABILIZE THEM.
HAVE YOU GUYS EVER HEARD OF MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS? YEAH.
SO ON THE BASE LEVEL, IT IS SHELTER, FOOD, AND WATER.
AND THIS MODEL CAUSING FIRST IS BASED ON HOUSING NOT BEING A REWARD, BUT IT IS BEING THE BASE NEED.
SO IF I CAN TAKE CARE OF YOUR BASIC NEED, THEN I CAN GET YOU TO SELF-ACTUALIZATION, THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITH MYSELF? HOW AM I GOING TO SHOW UP EVERY DAY AND GET PAST THOSE BARRIERS OF ALCOHOLISM OR DRUGS OR MAYBE ABANDONMENT, YOU KNOW, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WHATEVER BROUGHT ME TO THE STREETS.
AND SO SOMETHING IS NOT LOOKED AT AS A REWARD THAT, OH, I GOTTA GET YOU CLEANED UP FIRST, NED.
YOU GOTTA STOP DRINKING NED THE WINO, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE YOU TO A HOME VERSUS IT BEING NED.
LET'S GET YOU OFF THESE STREETS.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO, I I'M GOING TO, UM, OPEN UP A DOOR FOR YOU TO VOLUNTARILY WALK THROUGH, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU ARE AT LEAST COMFORTABLE.
MARY BETH SHIN OUT OF BAYLOR UNIVERSITY HAS DONE EXTENSIVE STUDIES AROUND WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS SOCIAL SETTING.
SHE'S A, UM, UM, WHAT HAPPENS SOCIALLY WITH, UM, PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE, WHEN THEIR BASIC NEEDS ARE MET, AND
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WHEN THEY CAN SEE THEMSELVES IN A DIFFERENT LIFE, WILL THEY BE MORE WILLING IN THIS MODEL HERE, THE FIRST MODEL IS ABOUT 85% NATIONALLY SUCCESSFUL.AND WHAT SHE SAYS IS, SHE WOULD BET ON THE 85 AND TO THE THE 15 TO SAY NOT TO DO THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE IT IS SOME WHO DON'T SEE IT THAT WAY, THAT THEY FEEL LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S NOT WORKING.
THEY'RE NOT STAYING IN, IN, IN THEIR HOUSING.
SOME OF THEM ARE GOING BACK TO THE STREETS.
THAT IS WHAT OUR CITY HAS, UH, PARTNERED WITH.
SO, COLLABORATION, I TALKED ABOUT, LET'S KEEP THAT WORD IN OUR MIND.
SO IT'S GLEANING FROM KEY STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS SERVICE PROVIDERS AND ADVOCATES AND INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCES IN HOMELESSNESS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES.
GUYS, THIS CAN OFFER A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF HOMELESS, OF THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, AND HEARING DIRECTLY FROM THOSE INVOLVED IN THE SYSTEM CAN PROVIDE VALUE AND INSIGHTS INTO CHALLENGES AND GAPS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT.
I'M GONNA MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE'RE GONNA GO INTO OUR SESSION CALLED COMMUNICATING OUR EXPERTISE.
I, UM, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS AND WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME HERE.
I MOVE THROUGH THOSE OTHER SLIDES.
IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME, THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UH, GRAPPLE WITH IT.
BUT AS AN ADVISORY BOARD, YOU ACT AS A SOUNDING BOARD FOR THE DIRECTORS OR CITY MANAGERS OR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND TO BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OF AND GET ACCESS TO EXPERTISE THAT MIGHT NOT ORDINARILY BE AVAILABLE, WHICH I SAID EARLIER.
AND YOU ARE A PROBLEM SOLVING MODEL, WHICH CAN BE USED TO PROVIDE CRITICAL THINKING, ROBUST ANALYSIS, AND STRATEGIC INSIGHTS TO INFORM, TO EDUCATE.
BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.
AND IT WOULD BE FOR YOU TO GO DOWN THOSE RABBIT HOLES OF A RESEARCH AND SPEND TIME WITH THE DATA, SPEND TIME AT THE EVENT MEETING THOSE WHO, UH, MAY HAVE GONE BEFORE YOU AND HAVE SPENT TIME IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, TALK TO 'EM TO SEE WHAT WORKED, WHAT DIDN'T WORK, HOW WAS IT FOR YOU? BECAUSE IT IS MORE THAN JUST YOUR PASSION.
AND I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BY WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU TODAY, BECAUSE DATA, IT DOES DRIVE BEHAVIOR.
I WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE I HAND THE FLOOR OVER.
I CALL KEEPING YOUR EAR TO THE GROUND.
THAT MEANS STAYING INFORMED AND AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN A PARTICULAR SITUATION OR ENVIRONMENT.
IT INVOLVES BEING ATTENTIVE AND RECEPTIVE TO INFORMATION NEWS, EVEN RUMORS OR DEVELOPMENTS, ACTIVELY LISTENING, OBSERVING AND GATHERING INSIGHTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
THIS EXPRESSION SUGGESTS BEING ATTUNED TO THE PREVAILING TRENDS AND CHANGES OR ISSUES IN A SPECIFIC CONTEXT IN ORDER TO STAY AHEAD, ANTICIPATE POTENTIAL CHALLENGES OR MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS IN A BROADER SENSE, AND EMPHASIZE WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING CONNECTED AND ENGAGED AND INFORMED ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND YOU.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP OUR EAR TO THE GROUND TODAY, AND WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM SOME DYNAMIC LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GONNA, WE WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THEM.
I'M GONNA TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO THEM, BUT I WANT YOU TO LISTEN WITH A DIFFERENT LENS, BECAUSE I LIKE TO OPERATE FROM MY SPHERE OF INFLUENCE.
I START OFF WHO I KNOW AND I WORK MY WAY OUT.
AND HERE AT THIS TABLE, YOU HAVE TWO DYNAMIC INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN DOING WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THIS SECTOR, AND THAT HAVE PROVEN TO BE, UM, SUCCESSFUL IN DOING IT.
WE HEARD OF AN ACCOLADE EARLIER, UH, THAT THE PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGED, BUT I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU TO LISTEN TO LETICIA OWENS VICE CHAIR FROM A DIFFERENT LENS, NOT YOUR PEER, BUT AS SOMEONE WHO HAS GRAPPLED WITH THE BROADER CONTEXT AND HAS BROUGHT IT LOCALLY.
LISTEN TO HER STORY AND LISTEN TO MAYBE HOW DOES SHE CONNECT THE DOTS AND BRIDGE THE GAPS.
HOW DOES SHE FIND THE POCKET THE GAP? AND WHERE DOES SHE SITUATE HER ORGANIZATION TO BE EFFECTIVE AND AFFECT CHANGE? THANK YOU.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
THAT WAS A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
WE APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH, DR.
CAN YOU, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS I DON'T GET SOUND HERE, BUT AS LONG AS YOU ALL CAN HEAR ME, I WILL TALK LOUD.
SO MY REQUEST WAS TO COMMUNICATE
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MY EXPERTISE AS AN ADVISORY BODY COMMISSIONER.THAT WAS WHAT I WAS ASKED TO DO.
SO THAT'S WHAT I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALONG WITH, I WILL BE BRINGING IN COMMISSIONER TRAMON AT THE SAME TIME, BUT YOU ALL HAVE KIND OF GONE OVER SOME OF THESE THINGS ALREADY.
SO IT, SOME OF IT WILL BE A LITTLE REDUNDANT, BUT I'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO EXPLAIN WITH THIS.
BUT AS A COMMISSIONER, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS JUST KIND OF SHARE WITH US SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN, UH, EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEY CAN SUPPORT US.
SO I'M GONNA START WITH ADVISING THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS TO PROVIDE INFORMED RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON DATA, RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
SO THAT MAKES SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO ASSIST THEM BY GIVING THEM INFORMATION THAT WE ACQUIRE.
THAT MEANS TO WORK WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING NONPROFITS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS.
CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO HOMELESSNESS.
IS ANYBODY IN HERE ALREADY COLLABORATING? OKAY.
THAT SOUNDED A LITTLE SLIGHTED.
I'M HOPING THAT WE DO MORE OF THAT.
KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST RESEARCH AND TRENDS IN HOMELESSNESS.
MARCY WAS JUST SHARING ABOUT THAT, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BECOMING AWARE OF WHY WE'RE EVEN DOING THIS.
THAT MEANS REGULARLY UPDATE YOUR COUNCILMEN AND FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON NEW FINDINGS AND SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS FROM OTHER CITIES.
SO IT WILL BE WONDERFUL FOR US NOT TO CREATE A QUORUM, BUT LET EACH OTHER KNOW WHAT YOU FOUND OUT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I THINK IT MEANS PUBLIC MEETINGS AND FORUMS, HOST OR PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC MEETINGS TO GATHER INPUT AND SHARE UPDATES ON YOUR WORK.
ENSURE THESE EVENTS ARE ACCESSIBLE AND WIDELY ADVERTISED.
WE HAVE THE MEANS TO SHARE WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH EMAIL, TEXT MESSAGES, JUST TO HEAR WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT AND KEEPING EACH OTHER ENGAGED IN WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND US.
COMMISSIONER BROWN, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT? SURE.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU GUYS THE IMPLEMENTATION STRUCTURE OF IT ALL.
SO TELL BY SHOW OF HANDS, WHO KNOWS THEIR COUNCIL LIAISON? EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO CREATES THE SCHEDULE.
I JUST, I JUST GAVE Y'ALL HOMEWORK.
SO TYPICALLY THEY HAVE BETWEEN ONE TO THREE PEOPLE WHO WORK INSIDE YOUR OFFICE.
WE ALL KNOW, ESPECIALLY SOME OF US HERE, THAT THERE'S A SLIGHT DISCONNECT WHEN IT COMES TO TRYING TO ARTICULATE TO OUR PARTICULAR COUNCIL MEMBERS, NOT MINE, BUT JUST LET THE RECORD REFLECT.
BUT, UM, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO BECOME, WE HAVE TO CREATE A BUDDY SYSTEM WITH THOSE PEOPLE.
SO YOU CAN'T ALWAYS SAY, I'M GONNA USE MINE JUST 'CAUSE I ALWAYS USE HIM.
UM, HEY, BA, I NEED TO GET A MEETING WITH YOU, RIGHT? I'M SENDING HIM A TEXT MESSAGE.
THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK BECAUSE WE ARE SPEAKING FOR A WHOLE COMMUNITY.
SO WE HAVE TO NOW TAKE OUR POSITION EXTREMELY SERIOUS.
SO WE NEED TO, YEAH, YOU GOTTA FIGURE OUT, RYAN IS OUR, THE CITY COUNCIL SECRETARY LIAISON.