Sep 14, 2026 Senior Affairs Commission

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND.

SECONDED BY PATRICIA STEVENS.

COMMISSIONER STEVENS, DISTRICT SIX.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY YAY.

A A OPPOSED MOTION PASSED.

AT THIS TIME, THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION MEETING IS NOW IN ORDER, AND WE HAVE PLEASED

[II. Advisory Board Member & City Staff Roll Call]

AND WE HAVE ACT BEEN CHAIR FREEMAN.

I WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT THIS IS MY VERY, UM, LAST TIME CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.

AND IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE YOU ALL OVER THESE PAST TWO YEARS.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

UM, FIRST THING WE'LL DO IS A CITY STAFF AND ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER ROLL CALL.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS ON VIDEO.

LISA KELLY AND MIKE NURI AND THE REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION HERE IN, AT CITY HALL.

UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE TWO OPENINGS.

IS THAT CORRECT? TABITHA? OKAY.

AND SO WE HAVE THE FULL COMPLIMENT OF THE COMMISSION.

ANYTHING ELSE TO COVER THERE? MS. WELCOME.

I AM SORRY I'VE FORGOTTEN YOUR NAME.

I POLITE AND STUFF PRONOUNCED.

WE KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR FIRST MEETING, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE YOU HERE.

THANK, THANK YOU ALL.

LOTS OF NEW MEMBERS.

DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, WE DO NOT.

[III. Public Comments on Items V-VI.]

[IV. Approval of Minutes of August 17, 2026, SAC Meeting]

THEN WE'LL MOVE NEXT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.

HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO READ THOSE.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE TOWARDS APPROVAL.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I SO MOVE.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

GREAT.

OH, WILL EVERYONE PLEASE RAISE THEIR HAND IF THEY VOTE TO APPROVE? ALRIGHT.

LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE RAISE THEIR HAND.

WE APPROVE.

MOVE ON QUICKLY TO OUR BRIEFING, WHICH WE HAVE A FEW GUESTS TODAY WHO ARE GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS CAMPAIGN FOR SENIOR SERVICES.

THEN WE'LL

[V. Briefing: Community Connections Campaign for Senior Services — Final Report. Presentation by The Senior Source and Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) of Texas on the Community Connections Campaign, a door-to-door outreach initiative designed to survey senior citizens and connect them with available social services and resources.]

UM, I THINK EVERYONE THAT A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION REMEMBERS THAT THIS WAS AN EFFORT THAT WAS CHAMPIONED BY OUR FORMER CHAIR, PETE KLEIN.

AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR FROM THE TEAM WHO ACTUALLY DID ALL OF THE WORK, UM, TO, TO IMPLEMENT THIS EFFORT.

AND SO, CHRIS? YEP.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

YOU ARE UP FIRST AND THEN CHAIR.

JUST TO POINT OF ORDER HERE.

I I'VE NOTICED THAT THE, UH, THAT THERE ARE NO TIME FRAMES FOR THESE PRESENTATIONS.

HAVE WE ESTABLISHED TIME FRAME? I'LL SPEAK.

THE COMMISSIONERS.

TYSON CHAIR, IF I MAY.

UM, TYPICALLY WE ALLOW OUR PRESENTERS 20, 20 TO 25 MINUTES

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TO PRESENT.

UM, WE LIKE TO ALLOW FOR FIVE OF THE 10, MAYBE 15 MINUTES, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY QUESTIONS ADMISSION HAS TO RESPOND BY WAY OF Q AND A.

UH, WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US.

UH, AGAIN, ON, ON THE BEHALF OF STACY MALON, THE SENIOR COURSE.

MY, MY NAME IS CHRIS , UH, UH, VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS.

AND WE'RE GONNA WALK THROUGH, UH, A PRESENTATION AT, AS OUR CHAIR NOTED, IT CAME FROM, UM, SOME OF THE INITIAL WORK THAT THE COMMISSION DID AROUND UNDERSTANDING, UH, VULNERABLE POPULATION, HAVE SENIORS THROUGHOUT, UH, THE CITY OF D.

SO, UH, WE WORKED WITH, UH, OUR, THE FOREIGN CHAIR DECLINE, UH, IN HIS VISION.

AND WE TOOK THAT, STACY AND I WENT OUT AND DID SOME FUNDRAISING AROUND THAT.

I WAS ABLE TO REALLY KICK THIS CAMPAIGN OFF.

UH, SO IF YOU'LL CLICK TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ACTUALLY, GIMME ANOTHER VIEW, THE CAMPAIGN SUMMARY.

ALRIGHT.

CAMPAIGN SUMMARY.

UH, AGAIN, THE IDEA WAS FOR US TO REALLY GO TOWARDS WORK TO REALLY CAMPAIGN, REALLY SURVEY, UH, SENIOR CITIZENS WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

UH, WE PICKED UP A FEW PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS TO REALLY SEE HOW THEY WERE UTILIZING, UH, SERVICES THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

UH, SO IT WAS US, THE SENIORS.

IT WAS US VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION SENIOR FORCE, AND THEN WE REENGAGE IN ORGANIZATION CALLED GROUNDWORK OUTREACH, WHICH DOES WHAT HAS HAD A HISTORY OF DOING A NUMBER OF CAMPAIGNS IN A LOT OF VARIETIES, REALLY AROUND, UH, EDUCATION FOCUS.

SO THEY WERE HIRED BY BISD, UH, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO TO BEGIN TO WORK ON, ON GETTING FAMILIES TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS EARLY, UH, CHILDHOOD EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.

THEY KIND OF GREW FROM THAT.

THEY'VE DONE REMARKABLE WORK.

SO STACY AND I ENGAGED THEM ON THIS PROJECT.

WE, UM, WE HAD SUPPORT FROM DALLAS, DALLAS CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT THREE, UH, BROTHER BILLS, HELPING HANDS.

UH, WE WENT OUT AND RAISED DOLLARS SO WE COULD DO THIS CAMPAIGN.

UH, PHILANTHROPIES, COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TEXAS AND THE DALLAS FOUNDATION ALL ALL BE $8 TOWARDS THIS EFFORT.

UH, AND THEN AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, A LOT OF THE WORK, UM, THE CITY OF DALLAS SENIOR SERVICES TASK FORCE, REALLY PEAK LINE, UH, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, LOVE DATA.

YOU DUG IN AND REALLY WORKED HARD TO, HAD TO CREATE SOME OF THE DATA THAT YOU'LL SEE TODAY.

AND THEN WE WENT OUT AND DID SURVEYS.

SO CITY OF DALLAS'S A BIG PLACE.

UH, WE FOCUSED ON REALLY THREE CENSUS TRACKS IN THE SEA MILLS NEIGHBORHOOD AND TWO CENSUS TRACKS IN THE PLEASANT GROVE NEIGHBORHOODS.

UH, WE DID, ONE OF THOSE SURVEYS WAS CONDUCTED IN FALL OF 25, AND THEN ONE OF THEM WAS CONDUCTED IN THE SPRING 26TH.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

EXCUSE ME.

UM, CAN YOU, UM, GIVE US A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THESE CENSUS TRACKS ARE? WE, LIKE, MAYBE SOME STREET BOUNDARIES OR SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT STREET BOUNDARY, BUT I'M GONNA, WE'LL, WE'LL WALK THROUGH.

OH, YOU'LL HAVE IT.

I, I FORGOT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE WE CAN.

IS JUST KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF THOSE, UH, SNAP BENEFITS, MEALS AND MILLS, UH, MEDICARE, UH, SERVICES, UH, SENIOR ILLNESS, FLU VACCINATIONS, SO FORTH AND SO ON.

AND UM, AGAIN, THIS JUST SORT OF SHOWS JUST THE KIND OF CAMPAIGN STRUCTURE.

AGAIN, CAME OUT WITH WORK WITH THIS COMMISSION, EARLY SENIOR SOURCE AND DNAR THREE FUNDERS, THREE HOUR OUTREACHES IN THE CAMPAIGN ITSELF.

SO WE WANTED TO SHOW KIND OF THE STRUCTURE OF THAT NEXT SLIDE.

UH, THIS SHOWS ALL THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, UH, AND THEN YOU WILL SEE AT THE BOTTOM, THERE'S THESE TWO KIND OF BORING BOXES WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE DATA WORKING WITH OUR, OUR SURVEY COMPANIES.

WE, WE CAME UP WITH, THESE WERE TWO OF THE BEST PLACES TO START.

AGAIN, THIS IS A PILOT.

THIS WAS A PILOT TO GO OUT AND SEE IF THIS ACTIVITY WOULD WORK.

SO THESE ARE THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS WE, UH, WE FOCUSED ON NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF HAVE AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH IN THE SENSE OF BOTH SENIOR SOURCE, VNA, AGAIN, BROTHER BUILT WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.

WE ENGAGE, WE KIND OF CAME TOGETHER AND REALLY LOOKED AT WHAT ARE OUR REALLY SERVICES, UH, THAT RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY SENIORS COULD BENEFIT FROM.

WHAT, WHAT ARE THE KIND OF LISTS OF SERVICES OUT THERE THAT, THAT WE FEEL LIKE, UH, AS, AS AN OUR TWO ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE, WHETHER IT'S BNA OR SENIORS FORCE AND OF SOME OF THE OTHER PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE HERE ARE THE, HERE ARE THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE AND OUR SENIORS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, DO THEY KNOW ABOUT THOSE SERVICES, ARE ENGAGING IN THOSE SERVICES? ARE THEY REACHING OUT TO US? AND HOW ARE WE HELPING THEM? SO WE, WE CAME TOGETHER AND WE KIND OF OFFERED REALLY 17 SERVICES, PROBABLY A LOT MORE WE COULD DO.

BUT THESE WERE THE ONES WE SORT OF BROKE IT DOWN.

THIS

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IT WAS A WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICES THAT WERE IN THE SURVEY WHEN THEY WENT OUT.

THIS IS JUST KIND OF A SNAPSHOT.

YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE SMALLER FONT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, KIND OF A LISTING OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WHEN WE KNOCK ON THE DOORS, THESE ARE THE SERVICES THAT WE TALKED TO FOLKS ABOUT.

BUT IT'S JUST A SENTENCE SNAPSHOT OF THAT.

GO TO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.

THIS WAS AROUND, UM, SOME OF THE MARKET ANALYSIS THAT WE DID PRIOR TO GOING OUT.

YOU'RE GONNA GO TO A SURVEY, YOU KINDA WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING AFTER, WHY, AND SOME OF THE NUMBERS.

SO THIS JUST REALLY PARTICULARLY AROUND ON AT SINGING HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, COMMISSIONER, YOU ASKED ABOUT STREETS.

THAT KIND OF GRAY BOX SHOWS YOU THE AREAS THAT WE SURVEYED.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE ON THE SCREEN, BUT CERTAINLY IN, IN YOUR SLIDES IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE EXACTLY.

BUT THESE WERE THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS.

THESE WERE THE BOUNDARIES OF THOSE STREETS.

WE COULD CERTAINLY GIVE YOU GUYS GREATER DETAIL IF YOU LIKE, BUT THIS IS KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF THAT.

AND WE DID A SURVEY, OR WE DID SOME MARKET ANALYSIS, UM, BASED BOTH ON WHAT VNA UH, CLIENTS ARE, WHAT SENIOR SOURCE CLIENTS ARE, AND IF YOU NOTICE IT RUNS THROUGH IN THE SHOWS AND THE DIFFERENT ZIP CODES THAT WE APPROACH WITHIN THOSE SERVICE TRACKS.

IT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THAT.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SENIORS THAT KNEW BOTH SERVICES, AND THERE WERE A NUMBER THAT KNEW ONLY SENIOR SOURCE, ONLY DNA AND THEN OF COURSE NO STUDENT.

THIS LARGE GROUP THAT DIDN'T, UH, DIDN'T INTERACT WITH OUR SERVICES.

BUT IT GIVES YOU KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF WE WANTED TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING BEFORE WE WENT OUT.

WHAT, WHAT THE GROUND, WHAT THE GROUND LOOKED LIKE.

THANKS A LOT.

A COUPLE THINGS WE DID PRIOR TO, TO ACTUALLY SENDING SURVEYS OUT.

UH, WE ALL, UM, KNOW WHEN WE'RE AT HOME OR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND PEOPLE COME KNOCKING ON THE DOOR.

TYPICALLY THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WE CAMPAIGNS ARE, ARE HOT AND HEAVY.

YOU KIND OF, YOU GET ALL THOSE POSTCARDS AND THEN THEY KNOCK THEIR DOOR, YOU GO WITH EMAILS, AND THEN THEY KNOCK THEIR DOOR.

SO WE TRIED TO DO SOME BRAD SOFTENING ACTIVITIES.

WE DID A, A PRESS RELEASE.

UH, THEY KIND OF WENT OUT AND SAID, HERE, HERE'S THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, AND HERE'S SOME OF THE AREAS IN WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING.

UH, NEXT SLIDE WE DID FOR THE SINGING HILLS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE DID DO A POSTCARD.

'CAUSE THAT IS IN, UH, COUNCILMAN GRACIE'S DISTRICT.

WE, UH, WORKED WITH HIS OFFICE, SENT THIS POSTCARD OUT PRIOR TO KNOCKING ON DOORS.

SO WHEN OUR SURVEYORS DID THAT WORK, UH, OUR RESIDENTS KNEW THAT THEY MIGHT BE COMING.

NEXT, UH, TWO SLIDES.

THIS IS KIND OF THE OUTREACH PART.

IT'S AN INTERESTING, UH, SLIDE BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THIS DATA, THE, AGAIN, WE PULLED THE, UH, CENSUS TRACKS, PULLED THE NUMBER OF SENIORS, YOU PULL THE HOUSEHOLDS, UH, AND THEN THIS SHOWS YOU THE AMOUNT OF, OF DOORS THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO KNOCK ON.

IT SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD WITH .

UM, IT'LL SHOW YOU THAT THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, THE 554 RESIDENTS OVER 60 WHO WE VISITED WITH, WHETHER IT WAS SOMEBODY THAT WAS OVER 60 OR SOMEONE WHO WAS CARING FOR THEM.

SO THESE ARE SURVEYORS GOING OUT AND KNOCKING ON DOORS WITH THAT INFORMATION THAT I SHOWED YOU PRIOR ON THE, UM, ON THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY CAN ENGAGE WITH AND REALLY TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THEN IT SHOWS YOU THAT THAT 160 INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP, UH, AND THERE WERE 483 UNIQUE SER SERVICE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OFFERING UP THOSE SERVICES.

YES, SIR.

UM, SO THE, THE DOOR KNOCKING, DID YOU JUST MAKE A, DID YOU JUST DO THAT ONE TIME OR DID YOU WE DID THAT OVER ABOUT A THREE OR FOUR WEEK PERIOD.

PERIOD.

I MEAN, AND DID YOU JUST, DID YOU KNOCK ON THE SAME DOOR ONLY ONCE? GO BACK? YES.

ONLY ONLY ONCE.

UM, AND IF, AND IF THEY KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND SOMEONE WAS NOT HOME, WE LEFT WIRE INFORMATION.

RIGHT WHERE THEY WOULD CONTACT YOU.

THEY WANTED, THEY REACH OUT TO THE RIGHT.

AND PHONE CALLS, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO DO TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT SENIORS IN OUR CITY HAVE ACCESS TO OUR SERVICES.

THE IDEA, THE SPIRIT OF THIS IS REALLY, WE ALL GET MAIL, WE ALL GET EMAILS, WE ALL GET PHONE CALLS.

THE IDEA AROUND THIS CAMPAIGN WAS REALLY, IF WE KNOCK ON THE DOOR FOLKS AND TALK TO THEM FACE TO FACE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, OFFERING OFFERED SERVICES THEY CAN BENEFIT FROM, DOES THAT INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE UTILIZING THOSE SERVICES? THAT WAS THE SPIRIT REALLY IN THE BEGINNING OF WHY PETE WANTED TO DO THIS IN THE SENSE WHY WE WANTED TO ENGAGE.

AND THIS ACTIVITY WAS THAT SENIOR SOURCE OF DNA.

WE CAN SEND OUT TONS OF POSTCARDS, SENIOR SOURCE OF DNA, CAN DO EMAILS

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BUT THEY'RE KNOCK ON THE DOOR, JUST SORT OF PROVEN OUT.

THAT'S THE REALLY THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT THAT.

BUT THAT'S HOW YOU CAMPAIGN.

ONE MORE QUESTION.

I I'M SORRY, ROB.

SO YOU LEFT THE FLYER.

I'M JUST VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR DATA DISCUSSION.

YOU LEFT THE FLYER, DID YOU GET MANY PE DID MANY PEOPLE RESPOND TO THAT FLYER AND CONTACT YOU TO PARTICIPATE? NOT AS MANY AS THOSE THAT WE HAD FACE TO FACE, OBVIOUSLY, YES.

THERE WERE SOME , THERE WERE SOME, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S SOME, WE'LL SEE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT, THAT'S GREAT.

EXCUSE ME, CHRIS, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YEP.

I THINK THAT I UNDERSTAND, AND THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THE DATA BACK ON PAGE EIGHT IS ABOUT 85% OF THE RESIDENTS WERE RECEIVING NEITHER VNA, NEITHER, NEITHER SERVICE, RIGHT? CORRECT.

SO 85% THAT POSSIBLY COULD NEED THAT WEREN'T RECEIVING CORRECT.

EITHER SERVICE.

AND THEN YOU KNOCKED ON 2,500 DOORS, 2,546 DOORS.

HAD 580 CONVERSATIONS.

SO ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE DOORS YOU KNOCKED ON, YOU HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

THAT'S ROUGHLY NOT 23%, BASICALLY, AND THEN 160 PEOPLE OF THAT 580 FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATIONS SIGNED UP FOR A SERVICE.

SO AGAIN, ABOUT ANOTHER, ROUGHLY A QUARTER QUARTER.

YEAH, I MEAN, THOSE ARE PHENOMENAL RESULTS FOR THIS TYPE OF EFFORT.

REALLY, REALLY, WE WERE, UM, WE HAD NO HI INKLING ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.

RIGHT? WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE RESULTS WOULD BE.

GROUNDWORK, DFW AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, HAS DONE A NUMBER OF SURVEYS LIKE THIS BEFORE.

AND THEY HAVE REALLY, UM, REALLY HONED IN ON HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS, FROM THE COMMUNITY KNOCKING ON THE DOORS, REALLY, SO THAT PEOPLE, WHEN THEY OPEN THE DOOR, IT'S, IT'S A FACE THAT THEY MAY RECOGNIZE OR SOMEONE THEY MAY CONNECT WITH.

AND THEY HAVE REALLY PROVEN OUT THAT THAT TYPE OF WORK REALLY CREATES RESULTS.

UM, IT, THESE RESULTS WERE, WERE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN EVEN WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD GET.

SO IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS REMARKABLE.

SORRY, THERE, WAS THERE A QUESTION FROM ANYONE ONLINE? I THOUGHT I HEARD THAT.

OF TALK THROUGH SOME OF THESE THINGS.

UH, YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

JUST A, A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE SURVEYORS, EVERYBODY, MORE A YELLOW T-SHIRT THAT WENT OUT SO THAT THEY WERE RECOGNIZABLE.

THEY ALL HAD NAME BADGES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AGAIN, UH, WE GET A LOT OF KNOCKS ON THE DOOR, RIGHT? UM, AND SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A SOLICITATION FOR NEW ROOF.

THIS IS SOLICITATION FOR OFFERING SERVICES.

AND SO ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR SURVEYORS, UH, UH, WORE, UH, THESE JELLO T-SHIRTS AND HAD IDENTIFICATION, AND AGAIN, HAD THE FLYERS FROM THAT CODESTAR SIMILAR TO WHAT SOMEONE WOULD'VE RECEIVED.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CONNECTION THERE.

THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, SHOWS KIND OF A CONTRACT CONTACT RATE, AND AGAIN, SHARED THOSE TO YOUR, YOUR COMMENT EARLIER, THERE WAS ABOUT A 23% CONTRACT RATE, WHICH IS CONSIDERED HIGH FOR THIS MATTER OF WORK.

AGAIN, NOT HOME LEFT FLYER.

WE HAD A LOT FOLKS, HAVE YOU HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS? UM, ABOUT 110 MORE UNACCESSIBLE OR REFUSED, UH, AND SO FORTH.

BUT THE IDEA AGAIN, IS, IS THAT IF YOU'RE GETTING 23% OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, LIKE IT'S STILL A PRETTY GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENTS FROM, FROM THE WORK THAT, THAT VNA AND SENIOR SOURCE DID AS WELL AS OUR FUND.

SO, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA CLICK READ OF SLIDE 16.

SO THIS IS JUST SOME, UH, KIND OF TREND ANALYSIS.

UM, AGAIN, NAME RECOGNITION, NAME RECOGNITION.

RESIDENTS MIGHT NOT KNOW WHO, UH, IT IS THAT PROVIDES THE SERVICE, BUT A LOT OF THEM, UM, UM, BUT IT JUST SORT OF MATTERS THAT THEY RECEIVE IT.

AGAIN.

I THINK THAT'S A COMMENT TO A LOT OF TIMES, EVEN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON MEALS ON WHEELS DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S COMING FROM DNA MM-HMM .

A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THAT ARE RECEIVING MAYBE SUPPORT OR, OR RESOURCES FROM THE SENIOR SOURCE EXACTLY.

KNOW THE ORGANIZATION, BUT THEY KNOW THEY RECEIVE SERVICE.

AND FOR OUR ORGANIZATIONS, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.

IT'S THAT, THAT PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING THAT SERVICE.

WE'D LOVE FOR THEM TO KNOW IT'S COMING FROM US, BUT THAT'S NOT THE, THAT'S NOT THE REAL REASON WE DO IT.

SO, UH, SERVICE AWARENESS AT THE END AND SORT

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AND THEN, UM, REALLY THE, THE SENIOR SERVICES THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, WE HEARD FROM, IT'S REALLY WORRIED ABOUT IT'S THEIR NEIGHBOR, IT'S THEIR FAMILY, IT'S THEIR COMMUNITY, IT'S THEIR COMMUNITY CENTERS.

IT'S ALL THE SENIOR CENTERS THAT, UH, THE CITY OF DALLAS OPERATES, UH, WHERE THEY, THEY LEARN ABOUT THINGS.

SO, UH, NEXT SLIDE.

THIS SURE SHOWS IT AGAIN, HOW YOU FIND ABOUT, UH, SENIOR SERVICES.

IT'S WORD OF MOUTH, FRIENDS, CITY, AND OTHER.

AGAIN, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THIS DATA BECAUSE I THINK IT HELPS US DETERMINE HOW WE CONTINUE TO MOVE, MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.

UH, AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE THAT I'M GONNA DO BEFORE I TURN OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, UH, STACY, IS REALLY TRENDS IN UTILIZATION AND DEMAND.

UM, NOT USING IT THIS YEAR.

AND SO WE HAD A NUMBER OF THE KNOCKS ON THE DOORS WHERE IT MAY NOT BEEN SOMEBODY THAT NEEDED THE SERVICENOW.

MAYBE THEY DON'T NEED SOMETHING FROM DNA OR SENIOR SOURCE TODAY, BUT, UH, THEY WERE SAYING NOT NOW, BUT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO, AGAIN, PART OF THE WORK WAS IDENTIFYING PEOPLE THAT COULD USE THE SERVICES TODAY.

PART OF THE WORK WAS SORT OF MAKING SURE THEY KNOW THAT IT'S AVAILABLE NEEDED.

UM, REALLY THE TWO, KIND OF, SOME OF THE TANGIBLE FOOD SERVICE CONSIDERATIONS MOST HELPFUL IS SNAP AND MEALS ON WHEELS.

UM, AND THEN FAMILIES DON'T OFTEN DON'T KNOW WHICH SERVICE PROVIDERS, AGAIN, GOES BACK TO, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHO IT ISN'T PROVID THE SERVICE.

THEY JUST KNOW ABOUT THE SERVICE ITSELF.

SO AGAIN, THIS WAS MY PART WAS REALLY TO TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL CAMPAIGN AND WHAT WE DID AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND OUT, UM, THROUGH AS A PILOT.

AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, TO STACY AND SHE'S GONNA WALK THROUGH SOME ADDITIONAL OUTCOMES AND NEXT STEPS.

SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THAT.

OH, YES, MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR JOB.

INCREDIBLY WELL DONE.

UM, AND I'M GONNA ASK A QUESTION IF WE WANNA TABLE THE QUESTION UNTIL THE PRESENTATION IS DONE.

I'M TOTALLY FINE WITH THAT.

SO YOU PARTNERED WITH BROTHER BILLS, AND IN MY WORK WITH BROTHER BILLS, THEY, UM, REQUEST THAT ANYBODY THAT THEY WORK WITH PARTICIPATE IN SOME RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY.

DID THAT HAPPEN IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.

SO WHAT WE PARTNERED WITH THEM FOR WAS IF SOMEBODY NEEDED A RESOURCE THAT SAID SENIOR SOURCE OF DNA COULD NOT PROVIDE.

SO OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE FOOD PANTRY AND A HEALTH CLINIC AND THEY HAVE LONG LETTER SERVICES.

SO NOT, I DON'T, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

ALL RIGHT.

SO IT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST A CAUTION.

YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY FOR LIKE A NONPROFIT IN THE CITY THAT, UM, ANYTIME I'VE INTERACTED WITH THEM OR SEND SOMEBODY THERE, THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT.

SO IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS AN ANSWER OR IF WE DON'T, WE JUST DON'T.

YES MA'AM.

HI, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

I'M STACY KINSON.

I'M PRESIDENT OF THE SENIOR SOURCE.

BEFORE WE GET INTO TRENDS AND UTILIZATION AND DEMAND, I DID WANT TO SAY YOU'VE HEARD US WRITE THAT 85% OF PEOPLE SAID THEY DID NOT USE ONE OF OUR SERVICES.

AND THEN WHEN WE GOT IT AND THE DATA, OH YES, THEY HAVE RECEIVED UTILITY SYSTEMS OR OH, THEY ARE MEALS ON WHEELS CLIENTS.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF SELF-REPORTING.

UM, SO WE DON'T FEEL SO BAD AT NOT, PEOPLE USE US, AS CHRIS MENTIONED.

THEY MAY KNOW THE SERVICE, NOT THE ORGANIZATION.

SO ABOUT TRENDS AND, UH, UTILIZATION AND DEMAND.

SO THIS JUST IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEPER DIVE INTO, PARDON ME, CONTACTED.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THE TWO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO SINGING HILLS WAS CERTAINLY LARGER, 2,500 PEOPLE VERSUS ABOUT 838.

BUT IN BOTH CASES, ABOUT 20%, 23%, YOU'RE A KNOCK ON THE DOOR.

AND WHAT WE NOTICED IN PLEASANT GROVE, A LOT OF S MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS.

SO WE ARE SPEAKING TO THAT ADULT CHILD, TAKING CARE OF THEIR PARENT DIFFERENT THAN SEEING HILLS.

UM, WE HAVE THE GOOD, YOU KNOW, GOOD POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF THE SENIORS.

THE WORK THAT WE DID, WE BOUGHT DATA AND ZIP CODE DATA AND SAID, ARE PEOPLE OVER 60 IN THE ZIP CODE AND KNOCKED DOOR TO DOOR.

AND THEN WE MAILED A POSTCARD AND IN NON PLEASANT GROVE, JUST FROM BUDGET STANDPOINT.

SO YOU SEE KIND OF A HIGHER RATE.

I THINK THE DATA WAS A LITTLE CLEANER IN SINGING HILLS AND PLEASANT SANCTUARY, MR. WERE ABLE TO KNOCK ON THE DOORS.

AND THEN DID WE HAVE INTERACTION WITH THEM? AND YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM AT THE VERY BOTTOM, SIX, 10 AND 11 SERVICES WERE REQUESTED.

THE OTHER THING THAT FOUND WORK OUTREACH, UM, WELL THIS WAS THAT THEY WERE A LOT MORE SENIORS AT HOME THAT WHEN THEY REGISTERED PRESCHOOL KIDS AND PARENTS ARE WORKING.

SO THEY WERE VERY PLEASED

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WITH THAT.

20% IS A VERY HIGH CONTACT RATE.

SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, SOME SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO SINGING HILLS WAS ABOUT 50%, WHAT, 50% AFRICAN AMERICAN AND 35% HISPANIC.

AND PLEASANT GROVE WAS KIND OF 71% HISPANIC AND 21% AFRICAN AMERICAN.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF OUR GOALS TO GO TO PLEASANT GROVE TO GIVE THAT AFRICAN THAT HISPANIC PERSPECTIVE.

UH, WE, UH, THERE WERE MORE APARTMENTS IN PLEASANT GROVE.

SO AGAIN, WE WANTED TO SEE IF OUR SERVICES AND WHAT WE WERE OFFERING MADE A DIFFERENCE.

KING PEOPLE APARTMENTS OR NOT.

WE DID NOT SEND A, A POSTCARD IN PLEASANT ROAD LIKE WE DID IN ST.

HILLS.

WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET TO COUNCILMAN EZ IN TIMELY MAP TO DO THAT ADDITIONAL OUTREACH.

BUT AGAIN, WE HAD GREAT RESPONSE IN ST.

HILLS AS WELL AS PLEASANT ROAD.

AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS JUST A BAR CHART LEVEL SERVICES REQUESTED.

SO THIS IS HARD TO SEE.

BUYING NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU CAN SEE UTILITY ASSISTANCE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THE SENIOR SOURCE OFFERS FOR PARTNERSHIPS WITH ATS ENERGY, TXU.

YOU CAN SEE MEALS ON WHEELS.

YOU SEE THAT FOOD PANTRY, GROCERY, WHICH CAN BE SENT TO OTHER BILLS.

HOME REPAIRS IS A REALLY BIG ISSUE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ASSUME HOME REPAIRS.

WE KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FOCUSED ON.

HOWEVER WE CAN BE HELPFUL WITH GETTING THAT REQUEST.

BUT IF PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO REPAIR THEIR HOMES, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THEY COULD BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO A FRAUDSTER, YOU KNOW, REPAIR PERSON JUST 'CAUSE THEY'RE DESPERATE OR THEY MAY HAVE TO MOVE.

AND IF YOU'RE ALREADY IN YOUR HOUSE AND IT'S PAID FOR, YOU CAN'T AFFORD.

AS WE KNOW, THE AFFORDABILITY CAUSES DISABILITY PROBLEM.

SO THAT HOME REPAIRS ARE SO IMPORTANT.

SNAP BENEFITS PEOPLE ACTUALLY, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT WILLS, BUT WHEN WE DID, PEOPLE SAID, OH, I'D LOVE TO HAVE WHITE.

WILL WE HAVE WILL CLINICS AT THE SENIOR SOURCE? SO THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL.

ONE OF THE THING ON HERE, UH, FLU VACCINATIONS THAT THE DNA OFFERS, UM, OUT OF CARE INSURANCE, COUNSELING, MEDICARE, ET CETERA.

AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU SEE SOME OF THE OUTCOMES IN LEARNING.

SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE, THERE'S A LOT IN, IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

GOING DOOR TO DOOR I THINK REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE.

JUST INTRODUCING PEOPLE TO OUR SERVICES.

IF THEY DIDN'T TAKE US UP ON THEM, WE KNOW THEY WILL IN THE FUTURE.

AS CHRIS MENTIONED, PEOPLE IN THEIR LOWER SIXTIES, WE SAW THIS, ESPECIALLY IN , THEY WERE STILL WORKING, SO THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY NEED THE SERVICES, BUT MAYBE A NEIGHBOR, A LOT OF THEM SAID, OH, I DON'T NEED THIS SERVICE, BUT MY NEIGHBOR DOES GO MOM ON THERE.

SO WE DID GET A LOT OF THAT, WHICH WAS GREAT.

WE WERE ABLE TO HELP EVERYBODY.

UM, THIS PARTNERSHIP THAT CHRIS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, THE TWO OF US AND THE BROTHER BILLS TO SOME EXTENT, THE FUNDERS AND GROUNDWORK OUTREACH MADE THIS A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN AND, UM, ALREADY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DECIDED HOW WE CAN GO INTO THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THE NEXT RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, OR TWO SLIDES DOWN, ONE IS ON JUST SOME QUICK WINS.

UM, WE TALKED TO, WE REFERRED PEOPLE TO MILES OF FREEDOM TO DO SOME TREE REPAIR AND WALMART REPAIR.

I THINK WE'VE TALKED TO Y'ALL IN ABOUT THE, UM, HOME REPAIRS.

AS WE MENTIONED, VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA HAS TAKEN ON, I THINK THE CITY CONTRACT FOR HOME REPAIRS.

WE WOULD, THE SENIOR PERSON IN DNA WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AN INTRODUCTION WITH THEM JUST TO INTRODUCE VOLUNTEERS OF, UM, AND AMERICA TO OUR SERVICES, GET TO KNOW WHAT WE DO SO WE CAN START BUILDING OUT THOSE BETTER.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A NEED LONGER TERM.

HERE WE ARE TODAY, SHARING THE CAMPAIGN INSIGHTS WITH, UM, LOCAL LEADERS WITH ALL OF YOU.

AND THEN OUR GOAL IS TO ACTUALLY, UM, ONCE WE'RE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, TO GO TO DO SOME MORE GREEN ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.

SO NEXT STEPS YOU'LL HAVE TO, UM, ON TWO SLIDES DOWN, JUST THE YELLOW.

I NOTICED THAT THE BLUE WAS COPIED FROM THE PAGE FOUR, SO MY APOLOGIES.

BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT VNA AND SENIOR SOURCE ARE GONNA HAVE ON BILLING PRESENCE IN PLEASANT ROAD AT PLEASANT SPOKES REC CENTER AND SINGING PLACE REC CENTER.

AND SO OUR TEAMS HAVE ACTUALLY MET WITH THE REC CENTER DIRECTORS DOWN THERE WILL BE TWICE A MONTH IN PLEASANT OAK AND ONCE A MONTH IN SINGING HILLS.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE AND SET UP SHOP AND TRY TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, BUILD THAT TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE NEIGHBORS, LET THEM KNOW WE ARE HERE FOR THEM.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN, AGAIN, I SAID WE CAN SEND OUT EMAILS IN MAIL, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT READ IT.

BUT HAVING THAT ONGOING CONSISTENT PRESENCE, WE THINK IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, BUILD TRUST, BUT SECONDLY, MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND SERVICES THAT

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THEY NEED.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE'LL EVALUATE KIND OF WHAT THAT PRESENCE HAS DONE.

WE'RE HOPING THAT INCREASE, WE'RE HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL GET MORE AND MORE PEOPLE COMING AND THEN DETERMINE KIND OF WHAT THE NEXT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE FOR DISTINCTION.

SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT.

I'M SO DID YOU SAY YOU'RE GONNA BE AT BOTH SYDNEY HILLS AND THE REC CENTER AND, AND REC CENTER AND SINGING HILLS.

GREAT.

HEY, WHY DON'T WE GO AROUND THE ROOM AND ON THE CALL AND IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS, WE'LL START WITH TERRA CITA AND JUST PROCEED AROUND THE TABLE.

HI, I'M IN DISTRICT ONE.

UH, THAT'S OAK CLIFF, BASICALLY.

AND I THINK THAT'S FABULOUS THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE AT THE REC CENTERS FOR ANY AREA BECAUSE THE MERE FACT, A LOT OF SENIORS AND PEOPLE FORGET THIS, THEY DON'T HAVE COMPUTERS AT HOME.

I AND SOME REFUSE TO USE THEIR PHONES.

THEY'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT HAVE MINUTE PHONES WHERE THEY BUY SO MANY MINUTES.

BUT I THINK THAT'S FABULOUS.

THAT'S GREAT NEWS THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT.

AND I WILL BE SURE TO ENCOURAGE MY COUNCIL PERSON TO LOOK INTO THIS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA FOR THE HOME REPAIRS, AND I'M GOING OUT HANDING OUT BUYERS TO OKAY, GREAT.

NEIGHBORS AND SO FORTH.

WELL, WE WOULD LOVE AN INTRODUCTION TO VOLUNTEERS OF THE MAYOR.

THAT'S AN EASY THING.

I I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT.

WE THAT TAKE YOU RIGHT TO THEIR OFFICE.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

MY QUESTION WAS ON, WE FOUND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SOLO AGENTS.

DID YOU FIND THAT IN YOUR, IN YOUR OR OR WAS THERE ANY NOTICE OF THAT? UM, I THINK THE LAST, I'VE READ THAT PRETTY SOON IT'S GONNA BE 50% OF OUR SENIORS ARE GONNA BE SO LOW AGES.

WELL, CERTAINLY A CONCERN THAT WE SEE IS STILL OF AGES.

PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, THEY NOT LIVED THEIR FAMILY OR THEY DIDN'T HAVE KIDS OF THEIR OWN OR THEIR, OR THEIR CHILDREN DON'T LIVE NEARBY.

THAT'S A HUGE MM-HMM.

THAT'S A HUGE CONCERN.

SO IT'S SOMETHING OUR SERVICES APPLIED KIND OF NO MATTER WHAT THAT PERSON'S LIVING SITUATION IS.

I DON'T KNOW, THERE WAS NO PHONES OR ANYTHING THAT WAS FROM, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING THAT HIGH THERE SAW, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CERTAINLY TRACK AND ACKNOWLEDGING A LOT OF TIMES.

OH, GO AHEAD.

AND SO, COMMISSIONER, A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE, I GOTTA COME BACK TO THE MIC.

WE HAVE OUR RULES HERE.

I WE'RE JUST DETERMINED TO KEEP YOU FIT.

SO JUST ANECDOTALLY, UH, I THINK IT'S AROUND 60% OF ALL THE BOOKS THAT ARE ON WHEEL ON WHEELS OR SO, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.

IT'S A PRETTY HIGH NUMBER.

UM, UH, THAT FLUCTUATES OF COURSE.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, SENIOR 65 AND OLDER, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT DEMOGRAPHIC THAT THEY'RE AGING IN PLACE AND THEIR AGING, IT'S A SINGLE HOUSEHOLD.

BECAUSE WE ARE NOT, UH, ADDRESSING THOSE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, ONE OR TWO QUESTION BEFORE US TODAY, WHAT CONCERNED ME TALK ABOUT, UH, SNAP SAW ON THE NEWS THIS MORNING, AND I'M NOT GOING TO, I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THINGS THAT I CARE ABOUT.

SHE GOT A NO GOOD GOVERNOR GOING TO, UH, TAKE FOOD OUT OF MOUTH KID.

WHEN YOU SEE 56% OF THOSE THAT IN NEED IS THE AFRICAN AMERICA, THEN YOU GOT A NO GOOD PRESIDENT AS WELL.

SO MY QUESTION IS, I I LIKE THESE KIND OF PROGRAMS BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I DO.

I FEED THOSE, UH, THIS FAR BECAUSE THE SCRIPTURE SAYS IF YOU DO IT TO THEM, YOU DO IT TO ME.

IF WE TAKE THOSE THINGS THAT WE SAID AND ACTUALLY DO WHAT Y'ALL DOING, THEN THIS WILL BE A BETTER WORK BECAUSE WE ARE IN BAD SHAPE.

I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW THAT OR NOT.

THIS COUNTRY SAID I, I'M GONNA KEEP IT CLEAN.

ANYWAY, I DID HAD AN INTERVIEW.

THAT'S OKAY.

IF Y'ALL WANNA KEEP, I HAD AN INTERVIEW THIS MORNING BEFORE I CAME DOWN HERE WITH JOHN A, THE YOUNG LADY, UH, USED TO WORK ON CHINA.

A CAME INTO MY HOME TO DO THIS IMAGE, HAD SO MANY DIFFERENT COURSES BECAUSE I'M VERY SMART PERSON WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WE NEED, HOW WE CAN MOVE THE COUNTRY IN NEW DIRECTION.

AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD TAKE SOME OF THIS STUFF AND GIVE IT TO THOSE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONE UP IN THE COMP, IF THERE'S, IF THE ONE IS THE ONE JUST LIKE THE SUMMER, WE GOING TO BE IN THAT PREDICAMENT.

AND HOW WE GOING HIRE SNITCH PEOPLE.

SO IT, IT'S SO MANY QUESTION

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WE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO TRY TO DO THE SENIOR SOURCES TO MAKE SNAP APPLICATIONS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE.

AND THEY'RE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.

BUT SOME OF THEM PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO STAY.

HOW WE GOING REACH THEM WHEN THEY ARE LIVING UNDER THE BRIDGE, AS YOU KEEP SAYING.

I SEE THAT.

SEE I'M FROM DISTRICT FOUR.

SEE I DON'T HAVE THE L AS DISTRICT 12 OR 11.

I DON'T HAVE THAT.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE DATA PEOPLE, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE, UM, MY QUESTION, I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS.

FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T ANSWER THE DOOR, WHEN THE LOT OF SENIORS WILL NOT ANSWER THE DOOR, DID YOU LEAVE CARDS ON THE DOOR Q CALLING EMAIL, PHONE NUMBER, QR CODE? SO DID YOU GET MANY RESPONSE? I KNOW HOW WE WERE ABLE TO TRACK THAT SPECIFICALLY PEOPLE FOLLOWED UP ON THAT CARD OR NOT.

BECAUSE ONE THING ABOUT SENIORS, THEY'RE GONNA LEAVE THE MAIL AND THEY'RE GONNA READ, YOU KNOW, USE THE FLYER THAT ARE ON DEAF ON THE DOOR.

AND THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TO LOOK AT.

UH, WHAT SET DID YOU RECEIVE OF PEOPLE RESPONDING AND OR, UM, ALSO JUST THEM UNDERSTANDING AND THE, THE, THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS ON THE FLYER.

HOW SIMPLE WAS IT? NOT SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND, MAKING SURE THAT THE TERMINOLOGY ON THERE WAS WRITTEN SO ANYONE COULD UNDERSTAND IT.

THANK YOU KAREN.

I WAS THINKING WE COME BACK UP THIS WAY AND, UM, DO THE, UM, ONLINE AND I'LL GO FAST.

14.

SO GO.

WELL WE WEREN'T GOING IN ORDER, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

RENEE, SHE'S LIKE ASKED ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, NO.

CONGRATULATIONS.

GOOD WORK.

AND OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONER.

WELL JUST CURIOUS AS, AS FAR AS ANY OTHER MATRIX BESIDES, UM, POVERTY THAT YOU GUYS ARE CONSIDERING IN TERMS OF EXPANDING, UM, YOUR TARGET AREA, ANY OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS? IT WAS, IT WAS SETTING THAT AGE GROUP.

SO IT WAS THE HIGH H GROUP AND IT WAS THAT POVERTY.

WAS THERE ONE OTHER ELEMENT? YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS, YEAH, IT WAS THE HIGHER AGE GROUP BELOW THE, BELOW THE FEDERAL POLICY.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE WANTED TO START.

SO IT WAS POVERTY DESIGN.

YES SIR.

WITH THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS IN THE CITY.

THAT STREAMING HILLS, YOU CAN SEE THE DARK LITTLE, THAT MAP.

PLEASANT GROVE WAS BECAUSE, UH, PLEASANT ROAD WASN'T CONCENTRATED BECAUSE THERE AREN'T AS MANY SENIORS SPANISH POPULATION.

SO A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER, BUT WE WERE ABLE SEE THAT.

SO I THINK A PART OF THE COURT GOING THIS WAY NOW.

SO ON THAT NOTE, UM, IS ANDREA SANDERS SINGING HILLS? DID YOU GUYS INTERACT WITH HER? ANGELA? NO, SHE'S NOT.

SHE'S NOT.

'CAUSE HER WORK I WAS WONDERING ABOUT SHE'S PARTNERSHIP, OTHER NEEDS RIGHT.

IN TERMS OF FOOD SOURCES.

SO I WAS THINKING YOU, YOU'VE ACTUALLY ASKED ONE QUESTION THAT I WAS, WAS, WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE CRITERIA THAT WE USE FOR, UH, THE AGE GROUP, 60 VERSUS 65.

WAS THERE A, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE CRITERIA? YEAH, IT WAS 60 PLUS.

THAT IS THE AGE GROUP FOR WHICH MANY OF OUR SERVICES ARE PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR.

FOR YOUR SERVICE.

SO THAT IS, YOU STARTED THE 60 FACILITY ASSISTANCE NOW? YES, WE WENT DOWN TO 16.

ALRIGHT.

AND, UM, POTENTIAL EXPANSION OUTSIDE OF THOSE AREAS, WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO EXPAND IT INTO ADDITIONAL AREAS? YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE STILL GONNA LOOK AT HIGH CONCENTRATION.

MAKES SENSE BECAUSE YOU CAN GO, WE'D LIKE TO DO ANOTHER DOOR KNOCKING CAMPAIGN IN THOSE OTHER AREAS.

SO TRYING TO FIND THAT CONCENTRATION I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

UH, WE HAVEN'T DECIDED THAT.

I THINK ONCE WE LEARN FROM ING HILLS AND PLEASANT FOLKS, WHAT'S WORKING OR NOT MAY HELP DIRECT US WHERE THAT NEXT, WHERE THOSE NEXT S ARE.

AND THAT'S THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR? PROBABLY NEXT YEAR FOR SURE.

IN ORDER FOR US TO CONTINUE IT, IT IS A RESOURCE BASED CHALLENGE.

I THINK A BIG, BIG PART OF IT IS, SO WE, WE WENT OUT AND ASKED THOSE FUNDERS TO HELP SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN.

NOW THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE INTERACTIONS OF THOSE SENIOR CENTERS, OF OUR TWO GROUPS THAT ARE GONNA PRESENT, WE WANT TO SORT OF SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS FAR AS CONNECTING EVEN MORE PEOPLE TO THOSE SERVICES SO THAT WE CAN THEN PRESENT, GO BACK TO THOSE FUNDERS AND SAY, HEY, WE DID TWO NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE'VE GOT MANY MORE TO DO.

HELP US PROVIDE THE RESOURCES.

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AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION IS I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN ADDITION TO PROBABLY NOT THAT, UM, POPULATION DENSITY FOR GROCERY STORES.

SURE.

AND OF COURSE THE RESULT, THE IMPACT THAT IS ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS OR SENIORS.

THAT'S FINE.

BUT SO DO YOU HAVE PLANS TO MAYBE LOOK TO EXPAND THE CRITERIA OR IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GRANT SCHEME OF THINGS LATER ON? NOW? THAT'S SOMETHING YES.

I I THINK ONCE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THAT PILOT, RIGHT? OKAY.

WENT OUT AND DID THAT.

NOW WE'RE GONNA INTERACT IN THOSE SENIOR CENTERS IN A WAY THAT WE DON'T NOW.

UH, WE BOTH DO.

BUT TOGETHER DOING IT, ALL OF THOSE SERVICES COMES OUT.

I THINK ALL EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING, WE'RE GONNA LEARN SOMETHING NEW.

AND THEN AGAIN, AS WE EXPAND IN CHANGE CRITERIA, THEY CHANGE FOCUS.

OBVIOUSLY WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH TWO OF US, BUT ENGAGE OTHER, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY DO THINGS THAT DON'T.

UM, AGAIN, THE IDEA WAS REACHING SENIORS IN THEIR HOME.

HEY, DO YOU KNOW THESE SERVICES EXIST? A LOT OF PEOPLE DID A LOT BEEN, AS THE DATA SHOWS, HOW CAN WE CONNECT YOU TO THOSE SERVICES AND HOW, WHAT, WHAT FITS FOR YOU? AND THEN WE, WE WANNA REPLICATE THAT TILL WE'RE DONE.

KEEP ALL THOSE ESSENTIAL TRACKS WITHIN THAT INITIAL STUDY AND THEN EXPAND.

YES, EXACTLY.

THINK THE, THE CONCEPT OF THIS PILOT AND THEN DEMONSTRATING THE SUCCESS OR LACK OF SUCCESS, AND I THINK WE ALL AGREE THIS WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN REACHING A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T AWARE OF THE SERVICES PRIOR TO THIS SPECIFIC DOOR-TO-DOOR OUTREACH.

AND THAT WAS REALLY THE BIG QUESTION IS WILL THIS BE MEANINGFUL? AND I THINK IT'S DEMONSTRATED THAT IT IS.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE ONGOING FUNDING WILL BE THE, THE CHALLENGE.

BUT IMPROVING SUCCESS I THINK WILL HELP HOPEFULLY EXPAND THIS, TRICIA.

YOU CAN GET TO THE WEST DALLAS AREA TO SERVE OUR PEOPLE THERE.

UM, I'M DR.

PAT STEVENS WITH OUR DISTRICT SIX.

AND, UM, I'M ALREADY DOING A, UH, FOOD PANTRY IN WEST DALLAS.

THERE IS ALSO, UM, DALLAS COLLEGE CATHOLIC CHURCH MOTHER PURPOSE CENTER.

UM, I'M DOING IT UP ON THE, UM, DALLAS WEST CHURCH.

CHRIST.

AND I MOVED IT FROM WESTMORELAND HEIGHTS TO THE CHURCH 'CAUSE IT WAS A BIGGER FACILITY.

BUT, UM, MY THING IS I WANTED TO REACH THE SENIORS BECAUSE I HAVE SOME SENIORS THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DELIVER THEY BOXES TO THEM.

THEY BLUE BOXES TO THEM.

AND SINCE WE HAD THE YOUTH, UH, COMMISSIONERS THAT'S COMING ON, WE HAD TWO ASSIGNED TO, UH, OUR, UH, COMMISSIONER BOARD.

I WANTED TO UTILIZE THOSE, UH, YOUTH AND GOING KNOCKING ON THE SENIORS DOORS AND OFFER MY ASSISTANT OF DELIVERING THEM GROCERIES, YOU KNOW, TO THEM.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S, UM, HIS SURVEY NEEDS TO COME, I KNOW IT'S THE PILOT TO GO TO PLEASANT GROVE.

ANDS HILL, BUT IT NEEDS TO COME TO WEST DALLAS, NORTH.

WELL, NO, IT IS PEOPLE IN NORTH DALLAS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IN NEED.

IT'S ALL OVER THE CITY.

IT IS ALL OVER THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S IN NEED.

WE CAN'T JUST SAY BECAUSE THEY IN A RICH PART OF TOWN OR WELL TO DO PART OF TOWN THAT THERE'S NOT ANYBODY THERE THAT, THAT'S NOT IN NEED.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY COULD BE, UH, THERE ON SOME TYPE OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, LIVING, LIVING THERE.

BUT ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, MY THING IS, I I THINK THIS IS A GOOD, UH, PROGRAM THAT Y'ALL GOT GOING.

MY MOTHER HAVE USED, SHE LIVED TO BE, UH, A HUNDRED YEARS OLD AND WHEN SHE LIVED WITH ME, SHE, UM, USED SENIOR SOURCE AND SHE USED MEALS ON WHEELS, YOU KNOW, DELIVERED IT, YOU KNOW, TO MY HOUSE AND BACK LAST YEAR, UM, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, BROTHER BILL'S HAVE IN HAND.

LAST YEAR, UM, WESLEY AND MYSELF WAS ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA ON LOOK OUT, SO, AND I, BUT THEY TALKED ABOUT US FEEDING THE PEOPLE THERE, YOU KNOW, IN WEST ISLAND.

SO THAT IS A PASSION OF MINE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, UH, WEST DALLAS AREA.

SO, UH, I THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY

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DR. STEVENS, IN THE MEANTIME, WE'D BE HAPPY TO, TO GIVE YOU THE FLYERS THAT WE GAVE BECAUSE THEY'RE APPLICABLE TO ANY NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, OKAY.

YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, DELIVERING MAILBOXES AND FOOD PANTRIES.

WE'D LOVE FOR, YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING TO YOU AND TRUSTING YOU ALL ALREADY.

THAT RELATIONSHIP'S DEVELOPED.

AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A FLYER THAT'S GOT THESE SERVICES IF THEY CAN CALL , BECAUSE I ALREADY ASKED RNA FOR FLYER, SO YOU RIGHT ON TIME.

YOU RIGHT ON TIME ON MAKE SURE.

YES MA'AM.

WE KICKED AROUND ONE TIME, UH, A FREE BULLETIN BOARD OR A, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? THE BIG, UH, ROAD SIGN.

WE, WE MAY ALL, WE MAY ALL WANT THAT.

NO, ABSOLUTELY.

WE'LL SEND IT.

MAKE SURE ALL OF YOU, BERNIE, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, RNA MITCHELL, DISTRICT THREE? UM, NO QUESTIONS OTHER THAN INITIALLY I WAS A PART OF MEETING WITH YOU ALL AND THEN FOR SOME REASON I KIND OF DROPPED OFF.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN ACTIVELY, UH, INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.

UH, ONE TO SHARE AND THANK I THANK SENIOR THE SOURCE FOR BEING WITH US.

EACH YEAR WE'LL DO OUR SENIOR CONVERSATION AT CONCORD AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT AGAIN FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.

WE'LL BE DOING IT ON THE 24TH.

AND AT THAT EVENT, UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 20 VENDORS AND THOSE VENDORS ARE ALL SERVICE SENIORS.

WE BRING SOME SENIORS IN BY BUS.

AND OUR MAIN TARGET, UH, IS CHURCHES BECAUSE WE FOUND THAT CHURCHES HAVE VANS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

IT CAN BRING, UH, THE, UH, PERSONS TO, UH, THE EVENT.

UM, I KNOW NOW, IN FACT, I MOVED THEN, UH, BECAUSE, UH, PETER AND I TALKED ABOUT IT, IS THAT, UH, THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING PERSONS FROM THE SINGING HILLS COMMUNITY TO THE SITES.

AND SO WE NEED TO, TO REALLY WORK ON THAT.

WE USUALLY HAVE ANYWHERE FROM A HUNDRED TO 120, UH, SENIORS THAT PARTICIPATE AND WE SHARE, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION WITH THEM AND FOLLOW UP WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.

AND SO, UH, WE WILL WANT BE WANTING TO AGAIN, UH, COLLABORATE WITH YOU SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TARGETING ALL PARTS OF DISTRICT THREE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A HUGE DISTRICT AND VERY, UH, DIFFERENT ECONOMICALLY THE WHOLE DAY.

AND, UM, SO, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH AND, AND BRINGING US THE DATA AND SUBMIT DATA.

THANK YOU, LISA.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? EXCUSE ME.

UH, NO, I WAS JUST GONNA BASICALLY ASK WHAT THE OTHER COMMISSIONER ASKED WHAT IMPACT CITY, STATE, AND FEDERAL FUNDING HAS ON THESE PROGRAMS. WELL, THEY'RE ALWAYS THAT FUNDING AND GOVERNMENT FUNDING IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. WE ALSO SUPPLEMENT GOVERNMENT FUNDING WITH PRIVATE DONATIONS AND PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY.

UM, NO, I, I THINK THAT THE, THE PRESSURE FROM PRESSURE OF RECEIVING THOSE FUNDS FROM THE STATE, THE FED IS ALWAYS IN PLUS.

AND SO AGAIN, STACY, YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, OUR SENIOR SOURCE AND D AND THEY BOTH GO OUT AND RAISE PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY DOLLARS FOR A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO.

CERTAINLY SUPPLEMENTS OUT TO SOME GOVERNMENT FUNDED, BUT, UH, THAT'S ALWAYS TENUOUS AS WE KNOW.

AND SO IT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A CHALLENGE.

UM, COMMISSIONER YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THERE ARE CHALLENGES WITH, WITH, UM, STATE SORT OF FUNDING AND FEDERAL FUNDING REALLY FOCUSES ON PROVIDING, UH, RESOURCES TO SENIOR ST.

FLORIDA.

SO THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.

EXCUSE ME.

DO THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, CONTRIBUTE TO THIS SOURCE? TO THIS SURVEY? NO.

THAT, THAT WAS SOMEWHAT BY DESIGN TO, YEAH.

AND THAT WAS BE CHECK, RIGHT? TO REALLY SEE HOW THIS PILOT WOULD WORK AND WITH FUNDING, UM, OUTSIDE OF GOVERNMENT BETTER? YES.

ALL, UM, MIKE , YOU'RE NOT, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.

OKAY, NOW I DID IT.

THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU, UM, FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS, UH, VNA AND UM, UH, SENIOR SOURCE, UM, THE THING THAT GOT ME, THEY'RE HEARING SO MUCH WORD OF MOUTH SENIORS, THAT WAS A, A THING.

WE TALK ABOUT A LOT ON THE COMMISSION HERE AND WE JUST NEED TO KEEP FIGURING OUT WAYS TO INCREASE THAT AWARENESS.

AND IF Y'ALL AS PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD CAN GIVE US ANY FEEDBACK,

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UM, JUST WONDER IF THERE'S ANYTHING, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY SERVICES.

AND LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE.

IT IS RIGHT HERE.

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LEARNING IT BY WORD OF MOUTH COMPARED TO IT IS INCREDIBLE.

IT'S KIND OF SCARY.

WELL, THAT'S WHY WE ARE HOPING THAT THIS, AGAIN, ONGOING PRESENCE OF MOVE DISTRICTS TO START WILL HELP THAT WORD OF MOUTH AND JUST INCREASE IT.

BUT IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, YEAH, PUTTING UP THAT BILLBOARD ON CENTRAL MAY NOT, YOU KNOW, OR I 30 MAY NOT BE AS EFFECTIVE AS JUST, WE DO A GOOD JOB.

YOU TELL YOUR MAYOR ABOUT IT, BUT THAT'S TAKES LONGER.

UH, IT'S MORE EFFECTIVE.

BUT I, I AGREE, MICAH, I THINK IT CONFIRMED SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I WAS, UH, REALLY ENCOURAGED TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THIS EFFORT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS, IS THE WORD OF MOUTH, GETTING OUT THERE AND TALKING TO PEOPLE FACE TO FACE AND THE RESULTS.

AND, AND ESPECIALLY FROM A A, FROM A CORPORATE BACKGROUND, LIKE I HAVE A 25% RESPONSE RATE IS UNHEARD OF .

YOU NEVER SEE THAT WHEN YOU DO A TV ADVERTISEMENT OR NO WAY, UH, ONLINE DIRECT MAIL, DIRECT MAIL THAT NOWHERE EVEN CLOSE.

2%.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

AND SO THE FACT THAT 25% OF THE RESPONDENTS ANSWER THEIR DOORS AND, AND THE 25% OF THOSE NEEDED A SERVICE, UM, IS ACTUALLY DEMONSTRATIVE OF THE, THE IMPACT OF THIS TYPE OF EFFORT.

AND FINALLY CARING.

WELL, I, I, I SHARE, UH, THEIR ACCOLADES AND, AND, AND, UM, I MEAN IT'S MORE THAN JUST, PLEASE, THIS IS VALUABLE.

IT, IT'S RE IT GIVES RESULTS.

I SEE OUR COUNCILMAN HERE.

UM, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, UH, THE, WE DID, WE HAD A BIG DATA COLLECTION AND WE DID, WE'VE COME OUT WITH SOME OF A STRATEGIC PLAN.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE IT STANDS WITH BEING APPROVED, BUT WE HAVE THIS PLAN AND, AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS ON THE PLAN, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SOME OF US HAVE HAD ALREADY THOUGHT OF IS WORKING TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIPS.

AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, PETE HAD THE SENSE TO BRING Y'ALL TOGETHER.

I KNOW YOU'RE AFFILIATED WITH AAA BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME OF YOUR FUNDING, BUT, BUT, UM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TODAY, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE US COME TOGETHER MORE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE DATA THAT WE'VE COLLECTED, UH, SHOWS THAT THE SENIOR POPULATION IS INCREASING.

UM, WE DON'T NEED A DATA COLLECTION, BUT THAT, AND UM, THAT IT'S THE ONLY POPULATION, YOU KNOW, H POPULATION IN DALLAS THAT WHERE THE POVERTY RATE IS INCREASING.

AND I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M REAL FAMILIAR WITH AAA AND I, AND THE PROGRAMS THEY DO, AND I, I JUST, AND I KNOW THEY DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THE COUNTY.

AND SO I'D LIKE Y'ALL TO JUST THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN COME TOGETHER TO BECOME EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE AND POWERFUL.

BECAUSE AS THIS LADY POINTED OUT, I MEAN SNAP, I MEAN, I READ YESTERDAY'S PAPER ABOUT SNAP AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO READ THE PAPER TO KNOW, WE KNOW SENIORS ARE PROBABLY AMONG THE ONES THAT HAVE THE MOST TROUBLE.

AND, AND SO ANY OF THE THINGS YOU CAN THINK OF COLLECTIVELY, WE'RE NOT, I DON'T THINK WE DUPLICATE SERVICE BECAUSE I THINK THE NEED IS SO HIGH, BUT JUST SO WE CAN BE MORE COORDINATED AND HAVE MORE EMPOWERMENT.

UH, AAA I THINK IS IN THE PROCESS OF HOPEFULLY GETTING A $3 MILLION BRAND PHONE REPAIR AND SAY AAA IS FOR PEOPLE , OH, I'M SORRY, DALLAS AREA AGENCY ON AGING, WHICH IS, UH, FUNDED BY, UM, THE OLDER AMERICAN SEC.

LBJ.

UM, AND UH, IT'S THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR MEALS ON WHEELS IN THE NURSING.

YES, I KNOW.

I'M SORRY.

I MEAN, I KNOW THE CITY OF DALLAS PUTS FUNDING IN ON THAT TOO, SO, AND KAREN IS A COUNTY, IS IS DALLAS AREA AGENCY ON AGING.

IST IS A SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION.

IS DALLAS, DALLAS.

DALLAS.

IT'S GREAT OF DALLAS COUNTY.

I MEAN OTHERS, YOU KNOW.

SO ANYWAY, ANYTHING WE CAN DO AND, AND WITH THIS COMMISSION ALSO, UH, I THINK IT'S REAL IMPORTANT.

SO I DON'T, I DON'T EXPECT THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT, UM, I WANNA SEE US DO THAT.

WE HAVE A GOOD PART, KIND OF A WEREN'T PARTNERS ON THIS PROGRAM, BUT WE DO PARTNER.

I KNOW YOU DO.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND SO HOW WE COME TOGETHER TO BE MORE, UH, IDENTIFY MORE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE CITYWIDE OR COUNTYWIDE.

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GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU STACY AND CHRIS VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE.

YES, MR. OH, OKAY.

VERNON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE, I WOULD JUST LOVE TO INTRODUCE MY COUNCIL, CITY COUNCILMAN, MY OUTSTANDING COUNCILMAN, SARAH GRACIE, WHO CAME TODAY FOR THE REPORT AND TO SHOW HIS COMMITMENT TO THE IMPROVEMENT IN DISTRICT THREE ALL AREAS DISTRICT.

, A FEW , VERY QUICK.

I WOULD LOOK TO TABITHA.

I KNOW I'LL MAKE THIS VERY QUICK.

THANK YOU, UH, TO BEING A FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.

I ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT WITH THEM AND KNOCK ON THE DOORS.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE NOTES THAT I MADE WAS, A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY, THEY HAVE THE SERVICES, BUT DON'T REALIZE WHERE THEY GOT IT FROM OR REALIZE WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.

AND I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER POINT OF COMMUNICATION I'LL WORK WITH.

MOVE ON TO THE, THE, UH, STAFF REPORT BRIEFING FROM GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS MAYOR NORMAN WHO PROVIDES FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES WITH THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT.

UH, MS. BURNER TO, TO TALK THROUGH AS WE CONTINUE GETTING MORE PEOPLE, UH, IN THERE.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING, THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE'LL

[VI. Staff Report/Briefing: Presentation by OHCE, Senior Services. OHCE will provide a monthly update on services provided, programs, and contracts targeting the older residents of Dallas.]

SO HERE TODAY TO JUST TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR AUGUST NUMBERS AND ON SOME EVENTS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON OR HAVE RECENTLY ATTENDED.

SO I WANNA START WITH OUR OUTREACH AND THE EVENT.

SO, UM, WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR FAIR HOUSING HAS BEEN CONDUCTING COMMUNITY CONNECT TOURS.

THEY'VE BEEN TO DISTRICT FIVE AND 12, UH, AND THE NEXT ONE THEY'VE SCHEDULED IS GOING TO BE DISTRICT 14 ON SEPTEMBER 24TH FROM TWO TO SIX AT THE OAKMONT LIBRARY.

AND I KNOW THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON ADDITIONAL DATES WITH EACH DISTRICT.

SO ONCE THOSE BECOME AVAILABLE, WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH, UH, WITH THE COMMISSION.

UM, ALSO WE'VE CONTINUED OUR, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH DEMENTIA FRIENDS, UH, AND WE HAVE A SESSION COMING UP THIS WEDNESDAY AT THE HARRY STONE RECREATION CENTER.

WE'LL BE THERE FROM 11 TO NOON.

AND THIS IS AN HOUR DEMENTIA FRIENDS IN, UH, INFORMATION SESSION.

IT'S NOT A EDUCATION, IT'S NOT A, YOU RECEIVE KIND OF LIKE I'M A DEMENTIA FRIEND AFTER THE, THE SESSION.

BUT IT'S NOT REALLY AN EDUCATION, SO TO SPEAK.

IT'S MORE AS BRINGING AWARENESS ABOUT HOW TO BE MORE MINDFUL, MORE COGNIZANT OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF DIMENSIONS, UH, AND HOW YOU CAN AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER TO MAKE THEM, UM, MAKE THEM FEEL MORE, UM, CONNECTED IN OUR COMMUNITY AS YOU MIGHT ENCOUNTER THEM ANYWHERE AS DEMENTIA.

SUCH A INCREASING, UM, ILLNESS IN OUR, UH, POPULATION.

UM, I DO WANNA ALSO MENTION, UH, THE DISTRICT THREE SENIOR LISTENING SESSION COMING UP, UM, AT THE CONCORD CHURCH CHURCH.

THIS, UM, THIS MONTH ON THE 24TH, THE SAME DAY, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE 68 0 8 PASTOR BAILEY, THE DALLAS COUNTY, UH, SENIOR, UH, SENIOR GROUP ROOM COMMISSIONER, BISHOP FELLOW FELLOWSHIP HALL.

FELLOWSHIP HALL.

AT THE, IN WEST DALLAS? THAT WOULD BE AT THE WEST DALLAS COLLEGE, CORRECT.

AND THEN OUR LARGER EVENT, OUR AGING AND HOUSING SUMMIT IS COMING ON OCTOBER 8TH.

SO WE'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVELY WORKING ON THIS.

I'VE SEEN EMAILS COME THROUGH.

UM, THIS IS GONNA BE AN ALL DAY SUMMIT FOCUSING ON ALL TYPES OF HOUSING.

NOT ONLY IT'S GONNA BE HOMEOWNER RESOURCES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LONG-TERM CARE.

UH, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING MORE ON THE TOPIC OF SAFETY THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE THE DALLAS COUNTY, UH, DISTRICT, UH, ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT DE FRAUDS.

WE HAVE THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UH, TALK MORE ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX EXCEPTIONS.

AND THEN WE WILL HAVE, UH, DALLAS FIRE RESCUE AND RED CROSS TALK ABOUT HOME SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

AND THEN OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE TONS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING RELATED VENDORS TO OFFER RESOURCES.

UH, LEGAL AID IN NORTHWEST TEXAS WILL BE OFFERING A FREE LEGAL CLINIC THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.

SO ANY ELIGIBLE TEXAN WHO MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY TYPE OF HOUSING RELATED OR OTHER, UM, LEGAL MATTER CAN, CAN BE WITH THEM AND SEEK INDIVIDUAL COUNSEL DURING THAT TIME.

NO, I'LL TALK WITH THE EIGHTH.

WOULD THAT BE

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THAT'LL COUNT.

THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION.

AND THEN FINALLY, UM, AS IT WAS MENTIONED ALREADY, THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM IS DOING INFORMATION SESSIONS ALL AROUND DALLAS.

THIS IS THE MOST UPDATED FLYER AND WILL BE AGAIN SHARED.

UM, LAST WEEK, THE FLYER THAT WAS SENT OUT HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND DATES.

SO THIS IS THE UPDATED ONE AND WILL BE SENT TODAY TO EVERYBODY.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE SOME EXTRA PUPPIES FOR YOU TO TAKE AT THE END OF THE EVENT.

SO YOU CAN SHARE, THERE'S MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT THEY'LL TALK ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED.

IS THAT THE SAME AS THE ONE THAT WAS SENT OUT OR IS THIS SO THIS IS, YEAH.

SO THERE WERE A COUPLE OF DATES THAT HAVE CHANGED.

SO THIS IS AN UPDATED VERSION OF WHAT WAS JUST SENT FRIDAY.

OH, OKAY.

SO FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE FORWARDED TO OUR CITY COUNCIL PERSON, WE NEED TO TELL, RECEIVE, STOP THE PRESSES.

RECEIVE, RECEIVE, YOU'LL RECEIVE AN UPDATED ONE TODAY.

APOLOGIES FOR THAT.

THERE WERE SOME SUDDEN CHANGES.

YES, RIGHT.

THANK YOU ROB.

UM, OKAY.

AND SO THE APPLICATION PERIOD IS GONNA BE SHORT FROM OCTOBER 5TH THROUGH THE 16TH.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO GET EVERYTHING READY, UH, AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT AS THE APPLICATIONS DO OPEN, YOU CAN JUST SUBMIT IT AT THAT TIME.

WHAT, WHAT IS THE, THE H THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME BELOW 80% A MI? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO THERE'S AN EXAMPLE RIGHT HERE ON IF, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FLYER.

SO IT'S JUST A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, GUIDELINE AVERAGE MEDIUM INCOME PER HOUSEHOLD.

AND HERE IN DALLAS AREA FOR ONE PERSON, IT'S 67,850.

SO IF YOU'RE THERE OR RIGHT UP BELOW YOU WOULD QUALIFY.

AND THEN, UM, JUST TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR CALLS.

SO WE ARE ALMOST AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

WE'VE ALREADY EXCEEDED OUR ANNUAL GOAL AND WE ARE ABOUT 21% HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR, UH, WITH OUR CALLS, INDIVIDUALS CALLING OUR SERVICES, UH, AGAIN, MAJORITY OF THOSE CALLS ARE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND HOME REPAIR, KIND OF SIMILAR AS WHAT SENIOR SOURCE JUST, UH, AND DNA MENTIONED ABOUT THE OUTREACH.

THOSE WERE TOP ITEMS PEOPLE WERE ASKING.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE ALSO SEE THROUGHOUT CALL CENTER.

AND THEN, UM, ON OUR OUTREACH, WE'RE JUST FEW EVENTS LESS THAN LAST YEAR, AND WE WILL NOT BE REACHING OUR 112, UH, ENGAGEMENT GOAL THIS YEAR.

UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT'S BEEN IMPACTING THIS, BUT NO MATTER WHAT, WE'RE STILL GONNA BE VERY CLOSE TO, UH, LAST YEAR'S GOAL AND LAST YEAR'S, UH, NUMBERS.

SO OVERALL, WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS SO FAR.

UM, AGAIN, AS EVERYBODY KNOW, THERE WILL BE CHANGES TO OUR TEAM AND TO OUR SERVICES AS WE LEARN MORE.

I WILL SHARE MORE UPDATES WITH YOU, UH, AT THIS, AT THIS TIME.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO OPERATE OUR HELPLINE AS IS.

UM, OUR OUTREACH WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESS, UM, AT THIS TIME, BUT AS WE LEARN MORE AND HOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE, I'LL SHARE THOSE UPDATES WITH EVERYBODY.

IKA.

UM, AND FORGIVE ME IF I'VE MISSED A FORMAL COMMUNICATION ON THAT.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING.

I THINK FORMALLY, AND I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.

I DON'T BELIEVE OUR, DID I MISS SOMETHING? I, I DON'T, NO, YOU HAVE NOT MISSED ANYTHING.

SO WE HAVEN'T PROVIDED, UH, WE WILL, UH, I'LL ALSO MAKE A NOTE OF THAT AND WE'LL PROVIDE TO THAT TO EVERYBODY THIS WEEK.

I MEAN, ALL OF A SUDDEN IF SHE'S JUST GONE.

BECAUSE IT CAME UP LAST MONTH, AND THEN I THINK AT THE MEETING IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WE COULDN'T DISCUSS IT BECAUSE IT HADN'T BEEN SET UP AS AN AGENDA ITEM.

AND SO I WAS SURPRISED THAT IT WASN'T AN AGENDA ITEM ON TODAY'S MEETING.

SO WILL IT BE A FORMAL AGENDA? HOW, HOW WILL WE, I THINK I'M A LITTLE BIT OF A LOSS AS TO LIKE HOW WE WILL FIND OUT ABOUT SOMETHING.

WELL, AND WE CAN INCLUDE IT AS THIS IS AN UPDATE ON OUR SERVICES, SO I CAN CERTAINLY SHARE IT DURING THIS ITEM HERE.

UM, AGAIN, WE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT AS OF YET.

UM, WE, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF ADJUSTING TO THE CHANGES, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF LAST MONTH.

UM, AGAIN, YES.

SO MOVING FORWARD, OCTOBER 1ST, OUR SENIOR SERVICES TEAM WILL BE, UH, TWO MEMBERS.

MM-HMM.

MYSELF AND CARL HEART.

WOW.

UM, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO ALSO DISCUSS THE, THE PLANS MOVING FORWARD AND HOW THINGS WILL OPERATE.

SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER.

I, I, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THIS CAN BE DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW IN THIS WAY.

IT IS NOT.

DISCUSSION HAS BEEN WITH US.

CAN WE AT LEAST HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE HER IF SHE'S DEPARTING FROM US?

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SO, UM, I, I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL STAFF MEMBER POSITIONS IN A PUBLIC FORUM IN THIS WAY.

WE, YOU PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO TALK TO PEOPLE IN INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS, BUT I THINK THAT IN THIS FORUM, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE COULD DO A GROUP EMAIL, IN OTHER WORDS.

LET'S DO THAT.

LET'S, I MEAN, THE JAR THAT I MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY.

SO ANY, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NUMBERS? YES.

OH, I WOULD YOU REPEAT WHAT IT IS AT LIQUID LIBRARY ON THE 24TH? I KNOW I'VE GOT SOMETHING ABOUT THAT NOW.

I CAN'T FIND IT.

NO, UH, WE CAN RESET THAT AS WELL.

SO THE FAIR HOUSING IS DOING COMMUNITY CONNECT BOARD.

SO THESE ARE EVENTS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT FAIR HOUSING.

UH, AS WELL AS BRING OTHER CITY SERVICES TO THAT MEETING.

UH, SO THEY WILL BE AT THE OAK LAWN LIBRARY ON 24TH, UH, FROM, I KNOW IT'S ON FOUR.

IT'S GOOD.

I MY NOTE, BUT TWO TO FOUR, TWO TO SIX I AUGUST TWO TO SIX.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

WELL, IF NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

I DO NOT HAVE AN, A SPECIFIC REPORT.

YOUR,

[Items VII & VIII]

I'LL COVER MY SPECIFIC DISTRICT INFORMATION AS WE GO AROUND THE ROOM TO PROVIDE ANY DISTRICT UPDATES.

AND AGAIN, I'LL JUST, FOR SIMPLICITY PURPOSES, START WITH TARA CITA AND WE'LL GO AROUND THE ROOM WITH ANY UPDATES.

AND IF NO UPDATES, JUST SAY NO UPDATE, PLEASE.

HELLO EVERYONE.

UH, YOU KNOW, I'M WITH DISTRICT ONE AND, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON BOA RIGHT NOW FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT AND TRYING TO LET, UH, ALL THE NEIGHBORS THAT MIGHT NEED ASSISTANCE, WHAT THEY'LL HAVE TO DO.

AND THEY HAVE AN OFFICE AT REDBIRD.

IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT CAN GO TO REDFORD AND MEET WITH THEM, THEY WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP THEM.

BUT A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS DO NOT HAVE TRANSPORTATION.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM TO COME MAYBE TO THE REC CENTERS OR THE LIBRARY TO HELP, HELP ASSIST ON THE, UH, APPLICATIONS.

MY THANK YOU.

RIGHT NOW, UH, DISTRICT HIGH HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AROUND THE LIBRARIES, I GUESS.

UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, EVERYONE IS AWARE THAT THE LIBRARIES ARE BEING USED FOR DIFFERENT THINGS BESIDES, YOU KNOW, BOOKS AND, BUT, UM, DISTRICT FIVE HAS DONE A REAL GOOD CALENDAR ON ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE WORK.

DISTRICT FOUR, WE WOULD BE HAVING THE NATIONAL NIGHT EYE.

IT IS A BIG THING FOR DISTRICT FOUR.

WE BE AT THE KEY, UH, PART OCTOBER THE SIXTH.

UM, DISTRICT SEVEN.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK.

UM, OF COURSE WE GONNA HAVE THE, UH, NIGHT OUT.

ALSO, WE HAVE SEVERAL AROUND THE, UH, AREA AND THERE'S A GOLDEN SENIOR FINANCIAL IMPROVEMENT EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, SEPTEMBER THE EIGHTH, 17TH, 11 TO ONE.

I CAN SEND TO MIRACLE BEING ABLE TO PASS OUT, IF SO, NOT GET A SCAM HOW TO, HOW NOT TO GET SCAMMED, ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING AROUND, BUT SEEING AS THAT PEOPLE TRYING TO DO .

WELL, 14, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE NATIONAL NIGHT, NOW WE DO OURS.

UH, ALSO, UH, DISTRICT TWO AT WILLIS PARK GOT A BIG DEAL PLAN.

UM, IN TERMS OF CONCERNS IN OUR DISTRICT, WHAT I KEEP HEARING IS CODE ENFORCEMENT OVER ENFORCEMENT, LACK.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.

UH, THE WATER BILL.

WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE WATER BILL AND WHY WE'RE PAYING A FEE.

SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO BRING SOMEONE HERE TO DISCUSS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

UM, LIBRARIES, AGAIN, WE HAVE TWO LIBRARIES IN OUR, IN OUR DISTRICT, AND, UM, HAD A BIG BUDGET MEETING AT THE ONE IN, IN OAK LAWN.

I MEAN, EVERYBODY IS VERY IN FAVOR OF MAINTAINING LIBRARIES.

SO, UM, THOSE ARE THE BIG CONCERNS.

AND SAFETY HALL .

I THINK I SHARED WHAT'S UPCOMING.

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WE'VE ALSO, UH, THOSE OF US THAT ARE SENIORS AND ARE AVAILABLE DURING THE DAY ARE REGISTERING VOTERS.

WE'RE GOING TO THE GOVERNMENT CENTERS AND LIBRARIES AND, UH, OTHER SOURCES TO ENSURE THAT OUR SENIORS ARE REGISTERED AND THAT THEIR STATUS IS ACTIVE, AND ALSO PROVIDING THOSE THAT NEEDED, UH, REGISTRATION FOR TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO THE VOTING SITES.

THANK YOU, SCOTT.

UM, DISTRICT SIX ALSO IS DOING A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT FOR THE BE HELD AT, UH, JC REC CENTER.

AND, UH, ALL OF THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS, IS, UH, DOING A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF PUTTING THIS ON.

SO Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO COME OUT.

THANK YOU, DAVID.

I GET DINNER ON THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, LOUIS JOHNSON COMMUNITY CENTER AND THIS, AND ALSO AT THE LAKE HIGHLAND, UH, NORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, SO, SO MY TERM EXPIRED AT THE END OF JUNE, SO I HAD TO BE REAPPOINTED.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK A COUPLE MONTHS TO GET THAT DONE.

SO I'VE BEEN KIND OF WAITING, WAITING ON THAT TO TRANS TO TAKE PLACE.

THAT'S PROMISE.

OFFICIALLY DONE.

'CAUSE I'M, BECAUSE I'M HERE TODAY.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP THAT I NOTICED AND I SHARED WITH MY COMMUNITY THAT IT IMPACTED ME DIRECTLY AS WELL AS THESE HIGH UTILITY BILLS.

AND HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE GET AROUND THESE HIGH UTILITY BILL? UH, WELL, MY, MY PROVIDER IS, IS THUI CALLED THU DIRECTLY, SPOKE WITH A PERSON IN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND, UH, AND, AND TALKED ABOUT BEING A SENIOR CITIZEN OVER 65.

AND, UH, AND, UM, AND, AND HOW ARE THEY HANDLING THOSE TYPES OF, OF SITUATIONS WITH THESE HIGH UTILITY BILLS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS? THEY DID SHARE WITH ME THAT THEY WERE, THEY WOULD OFFER, IF YOU REQUESTED, UH, A, A DISCOUNT AND ON A PERSONAL BASIS, I GOT A DISCOUNT FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS FOR MY TXU UTILITY BILL.

BUT YOU HAVE TO REQUEST IT.

THEY DON'T, THEY WON'T DO THAT AUTOMATICALLY.

AND SO I SHARED THAT WITH, UH, I SHARED, I SHARED THAT WITH THE HAMILTON PARK COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE SENIOR CITIZENS AS WELL.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL BE REQUESTING FROM THE INDIVIDUAL PROVIDERS IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY FEEL LIKE SITTING NICE AND SEAT.

THANK YOU, DAVID.

SURE.

DISTRICT TWO, AS THE OTHER DISTRICTS, WE, WE HAVE A CULTURAL VALUE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER, AND I KNOW ALL OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE DIFFERENT LIBRARY, SOME OF THE REC CENTERS ARE, ARE HAVE PARTICIPATING.

UM, OUR VET, UM, THAT WILL INCLUDE ONE OF THE, THE 50 ARTISTS CHOSEN BY THE OFFICE OF ARTS CULTURE WILL BE THIS WEEKEND OVER AT THE HARRIS STONE REC CENTER, I BELIEVE.

AWA PARK CENTER.

HMM.

THANK YOU, RENEE.

UH, DISTRICT 11, UH, TOMORROW.

AND I, ANDREW SIMON IS OFFERING BDR TRAINING FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTS IT IN THE NORTH DALLAS GOVERNMENT OFFICE.

I THINK IT'S BEGINNING OF 30.

UH, THEY'RE DOING THAT.

UM, UH, I HAVE BEEN SELECTED.

I THINK CCA, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO JUMP IN ON THIS FOR WHAT I MAY NOT KNOW, .

UM, SO WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE YOUTH COMMISSION.

UM, AND SO THE YOUTH COMMISSIONER, ONE OF THE PIECE PEOPLE LEADING THIS, UH, HY KNOWS ME, SHE'S A DISTRICT 11 KID.

AND SO SHE CALLED ME AND ASKED IF THEY COULD MEET WITH ME.

SO MY HUSBAND AND I HAD THEM, SOME OF THEM FOR PIZZA AT OUR HOUSE, UM, AND HELP THEM LAY OUT WHAT THEY ARE THEY ARE PLANNING ON DOING.

UM, I PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH ROBERT KY SO THAT HE COULD BE HELPFUL TO THEM ABOUT LOCAL INVOLVEMENT.

I'M NOT SURE.

YOU MAY KNOW MORE WHERE THAT ONE WENT.

UH, AND THEN THEY HAD, I LOOKED AT THEIR LAST FLYER AND PATRICIA, I THINK THEY'RE IN WEST DALLAS ON THE 19TH ON SATURDAY.

AND THAT WAS WHAT I WASN'T SURE.

HAS THAT BEEN CONFIRMED OR DO WE KNOW? RIGHT.

UH, YES.

AMERICAN ORMOND SUPERVISOR WITH THE COMMUNITY CARE SERVICES.

SO I'VE SHARED WITH ALL THE COMMISSION YOUTH COMMISSIONERS ARE WORKING ON THEIR, ON THEIR, UM, YOUTH DEMOCRACY PROJECT.

AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS SHARE, UH, THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION.

UH, WE EACH ONE OF THEM WITH THE YOUTH COMMISSIONERS MEETING BEING THE, UM, THE, UH, THE LEADER ON THIS PROJECT.

UM, AND THEY'RE PLANNING TO BE AT THE WEST DALLAS, UH, THIS SATURDAY.

AND NOW I HAVE TO SAY, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE THE EXACT TIME, BUT WE CAN SHARE THAT EVENT AS WELL WITH ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.

UH, SO YOU HAVE THAT DATE AND TIME.

THEY'VE DONE THIS AMAZING FLYER THAT I LOOKED AT YESTERDAY.

AND, AND THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO GET OUT THE VOTE.

AND SO

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UM, UM, A LOT OF DETAILS ON IT.

BUT, UM, AND THEIR GOAL IS TO BE AT, AT WEST DALLAS TO HELP SENIORS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW TO VOTE AND WHEREVER ELSE WE CAN GET DONE.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

WELL, DO YOU HAVE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SENT OUT? BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK THAT WOULD WARRANT INCLUSION IN OUR COUNCIL.

SO, SO ME, CAN WE, TABITHA, CAN WE SEND OUT WHAT THEY'VE DONE AFTER? I MEAN, I'VE SEEN THE FLYER.

I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THE FLYER, TABITHA, IF YOU'VE SEEN THE FLYER.

UM, SO THAT, I MEAN, IT'S JUST FABULOUS.

WE WORRY ABOUT THE WORLD COMING IN.

HERE ARE THESE KIDS THAT ARE JUST REALLY READY TO GO.

SO WE SEND THEIR, MAKE THEIR FLYER AVAILABLE.

SO I'LL GATHER THE INFORMATION AND, AND CONFIRM AND SHARE WITH THE THANK YOU.

ANY UPDATES? YEAH, A COUPLE.

UM, LET ME FIND IT HERE.

DISTRICT NINE IS GOING TO BE DOING A, UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON OCTOBER 8TH.

PAULA BLACKMAN'S PUTTING IT ON.

IT'LL BE OVER AT THE RIDGEWOOD BELCHER REC CENTER FROM FOUR 30 TO SIX 30.

AND THEN OVER CLOSER TO ME, IT'S, IT'S IN DISTRICT TWO, BUT IT'S KIND OF AN AREA WIDE, TWO NINE, WHOEVER THING.

UM, THERE'S A NEW GROUP CALLED FRIENDS OF HARRY STONE.

THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VERY LARGE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT OVER AT, UM, HARRY STONE.

THERE'LL BE A, UM, LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE CITY, UM, BEING REPRESENTED THERE.

UM, FOOD TRUCKS, DPD, HELICOPTER, FUN STUFF LIKE THAT.

GREAT.

MIKE.

NOTHING OTHER THAN A GENERAL NATURE THAT, UH, THE POLICE ARE PUSHING AND STRESSING.

I'VE JUST BEEN IN A MEETING, IT'S SOMETHING UNRELATED TO OUR COMMISSION NECESSARILY, TO REVAMP AND RE AND, UH, STRENGTHEN AND REINFORCE THE FAMOUS VOLUNTEERS IN PATROL.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, UH, THE CITY IS DOING MUCH BETTER, BUT THERE'S SUCH CONTROVERSY OVER THE FLOCK CAMERAS, THEN LET'S JUST ASSUME THEY'RE NOT.

THERE IS WHAT ONE POLICEMAN TOLD ME.

AND JUST GO BACK TO THE BASICS.

IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING.

AND, UH, I KNOW LISA'S ORGANIZATION, HER NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS MINE, THEY ARE REALLY TRYING TO REVAMP, UH, TO REVIVE IS A BETTER WORD, BECAUSE COVID JUST TOOK AWAY ALL OUR FAMOUS, UH, CRIME WATCH GROUPS AND, UH, ESPECIALLY THE, UH, VI PATROLS.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S MY REPORT.

I, I HAVE THANK YOU CLARIFICATION.

JUST NEED TO CLARIFY BASED ON WHAT ARE, ARE YOU LEGAL COUNSEL? YEAH.

WELL, WELL, YOU KNOW, ATTORNEY ARE IN THE ROOM.

WELL, I JUST, I WANTED, I WANTED CLARIFICATION.

UH, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, I'VE SPENT SIX YEARS ON, OR SCHOOL BOARD AND I'VE DEALT WITH A LOT OF THESE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO I JUST, IN, IN OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE PEOPLE THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN ELECTED.

SO THE AGENDA, AS AN EXAMPLE, WAS PUT TOGETHER BY, IS THERE ANY FEEDBACK FROM US OR FROM THE CHAIR IN TERMS OF, OF THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR, FOR MEETINGS.

AND ALSO, WHEN WILL THERE BE A PERMANENT CHAIR WHO, WHO CAN ADDRESS THAT? MAYOR DECIDES.

ALRIGHT, VANESSA, WHAT'S HOLDING THAT UP? UM, SO AS, AS THIS TIME, THE SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION DOES NOT HAVE A APPOINTED CHAIR.

UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE MAYOR, MAYOR, JUMPING BACK ONE MORE TIME.

OTHERWISE WE COULD HAVE, RIGHT, RIGHT.

UH, SO ONCE THE MAYOR APPOINTS THE CHAIR, UM, AND THEN CITY COUNCIL APPOINTS THE VICE CHAIR, WE WILL HAVE A CHAIR.

AND OF COURSE, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THE, UH, THE CHAIR WILL TAKE PART IN THE AGENDA PLANNING.

UM, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE BEEN TAKING NOTES REGARDING WHAT'S BEING BROUGHT UP DURING OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS AS WE HAVE BEEN DRAFTING THE AGENDAS.

UM, AND SO, UH, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.

UH, WE'VE ALREADY, UH, PROJECTED SOME AGENDA ITEMS, UM, REGARDING WHAT'S BEING ASKED.

AND THEN TRY TO SCHEDULE A GOOD TIME FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO COME AND VISIT.

UH, AND WE'LL, WE'LL WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE MAKE SURE WE BE.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE ANY VISIBILITY INTO WHAT THAT POTENTIAL OR REQUESTED AGENDA ITEM LIST LOOKS LIKE, SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND IS IT ACTIVELY BEING WORKED? IS IT ACTIVELY BEING NOT WORKED? UM, WE, SO, SO WE HAVE, UH, IT, UH, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF THE, THE,

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THE AGENDA ITEM HERE.

UH, AND AGAIN, UM, WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS ACTUALLY, BECAUSE THIS HAS COME UP AND, AND I, IF I NEED TO PROPOSE THAT WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN ADD AGENDA ITEMS, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT BECAUSE I WOULD MOVE THAT WE DO THAT.

BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS GREAT CONFUSION AMONG THE COMMISSION MEMBERS AS TO HOW DO WE ACTIVELY PROPOSE, UH, AGENDA ITEM AND HOW DO WE RECEIVE FEEDBACK ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT PROPOSAL IS BEING ACCEPTED, REJECTED, ACTED UPON, ET CETERA.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT AN AGENDA ITEM BE ADDED TO UNDERSTAND HOW AGENDA ITEMS ARE ADDED.

AND THIS COULD BE ADDED IN OUR NEXT AGENDA.

, THANK YOU.

THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE I WAS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AT ONE TIME AND I WAS INVOLVED IN PUTTING THE AGENDA ITEM TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, BUT DOES THAT NEED TO BE ACTED ON? OR, OR NO, NO.

I, THE CHAIR, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE, WE ORDER I'M OF THEISM.

WELL, I I HAVE ONE UPDATE THOUGH.

I DIDN'T DO MY UPDATE ON A TANGENT.

NO, EXACTLY.

I WILL.

UH, FOR DISTRICT 12, I DID ATTEND MEMORIAL, ATTEND FAIR HOUSING COMMUNITY CONNECT TOUR.

UM, AND I WAS THE ONLY ATTENDEE FOR THE FIRST 45 MINUTES THAT I WAS THERE.

SO NOT A, NOT A TREMENDOUS TURNOUT.

IT WAS EARLY, IT WAS FROM FOUR TO EIGHT.

AND SO HOPEFULLY MORE PEOPLE CAME AS IT BECAME LATER IN THE, UM, IN THE DAY, UH, I WAS REALLY ENCOURAGED.

THERE WERE TWO PHENOMENAL HANDOUTS.

ONE FROM VEGA'S ORGANIZATION THAT LISTS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

IT'S ONE OF THESE TOPICS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS HOW DO WE AGGREGATE EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE.

UM, INTERESTINGLY, THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE FROM A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT OVERLAPPED QUITE A BIT, BUT AGAIN, JUST ENCOURAGING THAT THERE ARE MORE AND MORE OF THESE TYPES OF DOCUMENTS BEING PUT TOGETHER.

UM, BUT I HAD REALLY GREAT DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS EMPLOYEES THAT WERE THERE, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THEIR WORK.

AND SO, UH, IT, IT WAS A, IT WAS GOOD SESSION.

I JUST HOPE MORE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT FROM OUR DISTRICT.

AND THEN I'LL BE ATTENDING THE AGING AND HOUSING SUMMIT ON OCTOBER 8TH.

SO WITH THAT, BACK TO YOUR TERM OF THE MEETING.

ANY SECONDS? SECONDS.